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The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

duty as judge OF this court: one for falL
ing to enforce the general statutes in
regard to persons being guilty of lewd-
ness and acts tending 10 debauch the
public morals and keeping open tip
ping and gambling houses on the Sab
bath; the other for failing to enforce
the act with reference to Sunday clos
ing of saloons.
ut Is no part OF the duty Of this
court to Institute criminal proceedings
against citizens. indeed, 1t would be
highly Improper for me to prejudge a
case in any manner The court has at
all times been ready to enforce the
laws and is still anxious 10 do sO Grim
inal prosecutions are commenced by
filing complaints by persons familiar
with the facts, and not by Judges or
courts. The difficulty with the situa-
ton In Leadville is us well expressed
In your majority report. AS good citl-
zens, and particularly as officers and
deputy sheriffs, and us ministers of the
gospel, us some of you are, 1t Is your
place to make complaint against any
and nll persons whom you know are
violating the law. This you failed to do,
and then you attempt to shift the re-
sponsibility upon the court or its pre-
siding Judge.
individually the court is not perturb-
ed by the insult you offer in returning
the indictments. Since If this court is
guilty OF crime as charged. every
judge In the state is probably guilty
also. but l regret that you should at
tempt to cast Il stigma upon this court
which. II permitted to pass without no.
tice. might act ms above stated. Another
Judge will be called to dispose of the
indictments against myself. and such
further steps taken with reference to
this matter as shall be best adapted
TO protect the standing and dignity of
this court"
The Judge then returned the indict-
men to the grand jury. charging him
with not closing saloons on Sunday,
claiming that 1t was defectively made
out, and requesting the jury to retire
and report on this indictment at 8
o'clock
Standing room was at a premium
when court reconvened at 3 o'clock.
Rev. A. Grant Evans. as spokesman for
the grand jury. addressed the court
He returned the indictment as 1t was
in the first place. and stated that they
had been Informed by their attorneys
that the Indictment was correct and
that no change was necessary.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
sp ders Tapped the Wire.

Cincinnati Enquirer: There was a
general disorder recently in the tele-
graph system of Japan. Everything
came to stop on the main trunk line
of the governments service. Inspect
Drs We're greatly puzzled. and party
Of linemcn were sent out over the
route. Mr.. Mochizuki. who has visited
America several times. was at the
head of this expedition.
About fifty miles from Toxic he dis
covered nest of gigantic spiders.
which had spun their webs along the
wires, extending to the ground. BY
touching one of the webs strong
shock was received. Then the idea
was clear to them. The dew of the
morning made the spiders webs good
conductors of electricity. and the cur.
'ent was carried into the groun !
through them.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
THREE THOUSAND KILLED.
A Big Battle Bctwecn Fanatics and Go,
ernment Troops Near Canador. Brazil.


New York, July 29.--A dispatch to
the Herald from Rio JancirO, Brazil,
says that Information has reached that
city to the effect that more than 5000
soldiers have been killed in big bat
tie near the site of Canador.
The fanatics. numbering more than
10000 men, attacked the government
troops. Whole brigndes of the soldiers
were swept down and destroyed.
trampled under foot as the victorious
fanatics, with wild, hoarse shouts Of
triumph, passed over them.
The full extent OF the loss of life
cannot be told. There is no reasonable
doubt. however that the loss In killed
on both sides is more than 5000. For
miles the ground around Canador is
sterwn with the dead and dying. The
government troops were compelled to
leave their dead on the field and fee
to save themselves from complete de-
struction by the avalanche Of fanatics.
When the report OF the awful battle
reached Rio dc Janeiro 1t was corfstd-
cred by the president and ministry and
it was decided to send the minister OF
war to the scene next week with 4,OOU
men who are now gathering. They
will carry with them great store of
ammunition and will endeavor to dis
lodge the fanatics from the Positions
they now hold.
Fighting has been in progress ns
Canador for several weeks. In the
meantime, while the fanatics fought
apparently with little heart, they have
been gathering their forces from oil di.
rections. The result was the final ut
tack on the government troops, which
led to such awful results.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
Old Soldier, Complain.

Denver, July 31.-Charges were pre-
ferred against Superintendent S. NJ.
French and the commissioners of the
State Soldiers Home at the meeting of
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rection yesterday afternoon. The
charges were made by delegation of
former inmates of the home who were
discharged. They alleged that the man.
ner of their discharge was a bar to
dlers' home in the country, acd they
declared that they had been treated un-
justly. The board was not satisfied with
the manner in which the charges WIRE
presented and asked that they be male
specific and reduced to writing.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
Recent Patents.

The following list of western patents
is furnished by A. ]. O'Brien, patent
attorney. rooms 4O2-403 Peoples Bank
building. Denver Colorado:
No. 5S6,S72, July 20. 1897, sewing ma
chine attachment, WIN. A. Scott, New.
castle, Colorado.
No. 5s6,65O. July 20. 1897 water bag
Roger w. Woodbury.. Denver. Colorado
No. 5S7.14. July 81, 1897, pump
Warren w. James. Evergreen, Colo
RADIO.
No. 5s7,123. July 81, 1897 thimble
Lafayette Holcomb. Ft. Logan, Colo
RADIO.
No. 5S7,179. July 81, 1897. treatment
of gold and silver ores. Joachim II. Bur
tiend. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Further information in regard to pat
ent matters may be obtained by writ.
ing the attorney whose address is Civ,
en- above. A hand book of information
sent free upon request.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
A Ncwsp per BmlI.lIng.

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 90
Ground was broken this morning for
a new business block on Pixies Peak
avenue next to the Freeman building.
The building will be erected by w. s..
Sratton for the use of the Evening
Telegraph. The structure is two stories
nigh. with basement under the
building, and will be made to order un-
Ter the direction of the Telegraph
Printing Company, who will take a
long lease on the property. The build
ing will cost between $4,000 and S15.-
300. and will have all the improve
ments of modern newspaper estab-
lishment. This is one of Il number OF
business blocks. which Mr.. Stratton
will probably erect on the block which
he owns on the corner of Pixies Peak
and Nevada avenues.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

Good government in cities is made
diHcult, not alone by lack of con-
science, but also by lack of wisdom.
Writing of the city of Brooklyn, a cor
respondent of the New York Witness
says that when the thieves are in
power the people are swindled: and
with only one exception. when the re-
formers have been put in power, mat
ters have been no better. and in some
cases worse" The exception. doubt
less, refers to the mayorality OF Seth
Low. man OF clear sense and great
ability. now president OF Columbia uni
versity, New York. The study of mum
icipal problems has been entered upon
by many OF the best citizens. and none
too soon. Folly may be as costly as
knavery.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
Mrager Particulars of u Tornado While
SMcpt Through Illinois.


Swept Through Illinois.
Bloomington, ILL.,, July 3O.-A special
from San Jose, Illinois. thirty-tive miles
west on the Jacksonville division of the
Chicago Il Alton, gives meager particu-
lars of tornado this evening at Z
o'clock. 1t passed through the farm Of
A. G. Mcdowell, two and a quarter
miles north of that town, completely
destroying the house and barn.
Seven persons were killed. They are:
A. G. Mcdowell and grandson, Mrs.
Samuel Brownlee and three Brownlee
children. and Miss Jessie Groves a
neighbor who was spending the day at
McDowell's.
The following were seriously injured:
Mrs. A. C. Mcdowell, her son. Charles,
and daughter. May. Miss Mcdowell is
but slightly hurt.
The storm came directly from the
north and entirely destroyed the Nc
Dowell house. barn and walnut grove.
1t then rose and went over the town
of San Jose.
At Mason City lightning struck the
spire of the Presbyterian church and
set 1t on fire.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
NoN-uNloN MAN KILLED.
Was Shot Down In an Encounter with
Number of SttLkers.

Scottdale, Pa, Aug. William Cum
mings, the leader of the non-union men.
brought here by the Scottdale Iron &
Steel Company to take the places of
the strikers, was shot and instantly
killed last night in front of the Com
mecial hotel. Cummings and three
companions, all non-union men, en-
countered n number of strikers as they
came out of the barroom and war of
words ensued. Some one fired re
volver and dozen shots followed in
quick succession. Cummings dropped
dead, with n bullet in his right temple,
and his three companions fled to the
mill hotly pursued by an angry crowd.
When the non-union men reached the
enclosure the deputies on guard sur
rounded them and the mob was forced
to retreat. Word was at once sent to
Sheriff Seanor at Greensburg and he
is now on his way to Scottdale with
fifty armed deputies. AT midnight ev-
erything was quiet. however. and
there was no fear of further
outbreak. Reports as to how the shoot
ing occurred are conflicting. James
Dolf, one of the nOn-union men who
were with Cummings, was arrested,
and other arrests will follow. The sit
uation is very much strained. and no
one can predict the outcome.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
SALE OF THE DENVER PACIFIC.
Final Steps In Union Pacific Foreclosure
Proceedings.

Final steps In Union Pacific Foreclosure
Proceedings.
Denver, Aug. 2.-The final steps iu
the foreclosure proceedings of the
Union Pacific Railway Company and
the various additional railway com
panies organized to carry forward the
work of extending the railway IL pro-
ceedihg rapidly. Judge Walter II. San
born Of the United states Circuit court
with his sent Mt st. Paul is moving
about the western country In special
train of seven coaches and with large
array of legal counsel for tho purpose
of taking the proper action in the vari-
Gus states in which the company and
its branches operate.
Saturday the court held session of
a few minutes duration at the federal
building in this city and during that
time the court room was filled with
distinguished members of the bar. The
business was formal and routine. the
documents presented being mainly
printed copies of the proper legal steps
which had already been filed in Kansas
and Nebraska. The judge signed his
autograph to these printed copies and
handed them over to the clerk of the
court for filing away and then he ad-
journed court to hasten to Cheyenne
where similar proceedings We're had be-
fore the day was done The party pro-
ceeded thence to Salt Lake City. where
the last business of this special trip
will be completed.
The legal action taken at this time is
the formal signing of the decree of
foreclosure upon the property under the
title Of the Union Pacitic Railway Com
pany. the Kansas Pacific Railway Com
pany and the Denver Pacific Railway
and Telegraph Company. Action has al
ready been taken towards foreclosing
upon the Union Pacific In Nebraska and
upon the Kansas Pacific in Kansas. and
supplementary DEGREES covering the
properties of these two corporations
were filed in the Colorado branch of the
court.
The new business was the filing Of
similar decree Of foreclosure tipoti the
property of the Denver Pacific Com
pany. which is a Colorado corporation.
This closes practically the history of the
first railway company that entered
Denver
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

John X Lynch, the negro political
leader OF Mississippi. intends moving
10 Louisiana, where he thinks there is
better chance of success in politics
than In his own state. Lynch has been
In Congress. was the speaker of the
House of Representatives of Mississ-
ippi. chairman of the national Republic
can convention In 1888, and fourth au-
ditor of the treasury under President
Harrison.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VIII Start Big Plant in One of IT'S r. :
fineries at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2.-The war be-
tween the sugar trust and Arbuckle
Brothers, the big coffee roasters, which
has carried the trust into the coffee
trade and the Arbuckles into the mys-
tcries of sugar refining, is soon to he
transferred in part to this city. Some
time ago, the trust. in order to strike
at the Arbuckles, bought control of the
Woolson Company of Toledo, Ohio. and
now it proposes to convert the old Del
aware sugar house at Reeds and Swa-
son streets into great coffee roasting
establishment, from which the trnde
along the Atlantic scuboard may he
easily reached, The old sugar house
which was formerly an Independent re-
iinery, was purchased by the trust
about the time that it secured the CON
-trol of the Spreckels and Franklin re-
tineries. For some years 1t has lain
idle, its machinery being somewhat
old-fashioned and its capacity limited
ms compared with the other big plants
here. Recently a number of interior
changes have been made In it md nj
ready two cOnsignments of coffee have
been delivered at the establishment for
experimental purposes, 1t is not like
ly, however. that active operations will
be started for some time to come, us
all the machinery needed has not been
delivered yet.
Much of ii is to be imported from
Germany. The plant complete will
give employment to large number of
skilled workmen.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

An Italian saloon keeper saw the
sign. Sandwich Manufacturing Co.. +"
over the branch of an Illinois imple-
ment factory in West Kansas City, and
he went in and ordered five dozen sent
over to his place, with plenty of mus
tard, please"
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

Actor Seabrooke has been ordered to
continue paying $40 week alimony
to his wife, even though he is out of
a job Just now and she is making $100
q week more by her own efforts on the
stage That is a good deal more dis
NAL than the tomb scene in "The Isle
Of Champagne"
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

Some one has figured out that LOO
theaters have been destroyed by fire
in the last 100 years, and that 10000
fatalities were the result. The United
States was unfortunate enough to have
462 of these fires.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

After filling the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church at Buffalo for six
teen years the Rev. DIR. s. S. Mitchell
has just been installed as its regular
pastor. The congregation ought to
know by this time whether it likes him
or not.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

1t begins to look now as II a few
train loads of relief supplies for the
ouoans might with entire propriety be
distributed among the coal-mining dis
tricts of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

Edhem Pasha has resigned again.
Ihat makes no practical difference to
the military situation, because as an
orthodox Moslem he is always resigned.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

That Montana man who is shedding
mis- skin formerly lived in Chicago. OF
course he had to get out of town just
as soon as skin games were interdicted
here.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-06

An ambitious negro admits that 1t
makes him blue every time he remem-
bers that he is black.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
PITTSBURG S3,5oo,ooo FIRE
INSURANCE Si,5OO,OOO IN 200
COMPANIES.
One Man Dead and Four Injured 6ut
Will Recover Origin CT Fire
a Mystery.

Pittsburg May 3.--The origin of the
fire. which destroyed $3,5OO,OO0O worth
of merchandise and property last night, IS
a mystery. The flames broke out about
midnight in the wholesale grocery build
ing of II. G.. Jenkins and Company and
burned with great fury until four O'Clock
this morning The insurance will proba-
bly, amount to $1,5O0,0O0. The burnt sec
ton extends from Fifth street to Cecil
alley on Pennsylvania avenue, and from
Cecil alley to Fifth street on Liberty
street, covering an area of several acres.
One fireman was killed and a number
injured by falling walls The dead is
George Atkinson, of Is Engine Company
The injured are:
Elmer Croko. No. Engine Company.
struck on the head by falling bricks.
Michael DAILY, No. Engine Company,
cut and bruised and arm broken by falling
arc lamps.
Robert Badger. No. 4 Engine. ankle
broken
Robert Meekin. No. Z Engine Company,
struck by falling bricks and cut AMI
bruised.
The injured men will all recover.
The fire completely destroyed two of
the greatest mercantile houses of Pitts
burg. the wholesale grocery establish
ment of Thomas c. Jenkins and the re-
tail store of Joseph Horne and Company.
About two hundred insurance companies.
scattered all over the country held poll
cies on the stock of the last named con-
cerned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
TO FURNISH OPERATING ROOM
The Ladies Hospital Association Has
Raised Enough Money to Pay The Bill.

The Ladies Hospital Association Has
Raised Enough Money to Pay The Bill.
Yesterday afternoon at the Supreme
court room, the Ladies Hospital Assc-
citation held a meeting. IT was largely
attended AMI the reports from the va
rlous committees showed that the asso-
citation is in flOiirishiny condition. The
ladies were quite enthusiastic when it
was ascertained that they hard sufficient
money now on hand to furnish The new
operating room at Rex Hospital.
The successful opera, Princess Bon
ME" given at the Academy of Music last
Thursday night. r. the Portsmouth
Dramatic Club, under the auspices of the
Hospital Association. was particularly
gratifying to the ladies present yesterday
afternoon. They had received the thanks
of every person present for affording an
entertainment so delightful, and besides
they added a vast sum to the assets of
the Association. The ladies were also
gratiied at the appreciation shown by
Mrs Shpp and all the members of the
Dramatic company. The Norfolk Land
mark of Sunday contained the following
reference to the stay of the company in
Raleigh:
Raleigh gave them a cordial welcome
on the Goth. Clubs, composed of the
first men of the capital. and its best
citizens entertained and feted them, and
when they came before them in char
acters We're wild in their acclamations.
An audience-the talent of the town
which filled to repletion the large house
in which they appeared, greeted them en-
Enthusiastically, entertained them before
and after the performance royalty. 1t
was Carolina-Eke and they rarely or
never depart from their old-time tradi-
tons A troupe of rare ability, with all
the naturalness with which purity
and freshness can clothe it, with none
of the strut that old stagers give their
audiences, but the mantle of grace COW
ering their every gesture, word and
movement, it won its way into the hearts
of the good people of Raleigh, and they
showed their appreciation of what, to
their surprise, equalled, if it did not excel,
one of the finest amateur operate pro-
auctions of the time"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
A FIND HORSE PURCHASED.

Mr.. Walter Grimes, of Pitt county, has
purchased from Capt. Williamson the
beautiful bred stallion Currituck. At his
closing out sale of horses, Capt William
son being unable to get his price for
him. withdrew him from the sale. He
has recently sold him at private sale TO
Mr.. Grimes. Currituck is five years old
and half brother to Mr.. Bachelors
great horse, Pamlico, the finest trotting
horse that ever lived Currituck was
sired by Meander, and he by Belmont
is perfect model-151a hands high, dark
brown bay STANDARD and registered No.
1851 A. T. r., and Capt. Williamson
says is the finest horse he ever owned.
Mr.. Grimes has. within the past year,
settled on his farm, nine miles below
Greenville, and has started right by buy
ing the finest horse in the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
BAPTISTS ON THE WAY.

A special train loaded with prominent
Baptist ministers and laymen on their
way to the Southern Baptist convention
at Wilmington, will arrive in Raleigh
over the Seaboard Air Line tomorrow
at 1890, and a stop of one hour will be
made here, and the party will dine at
the Park Hotel. The train, which is
known as Baptist Special" has a chapel
car attached, fitted up with an organ, ETC.,
and religious services are held from time
to time along the route. Many Baptists
of this city will 90 down to the station
on tomorrow to greet the party.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
A NEW STEWARD AT THE PEN.

There has been hitch over the posi-
ton of steward at the penitentiary for
some time. 1t was promised to Vic
Dockery and he has virtually been ap-
pointed, but Gov. Russell opposed the
appointment and prevented it's being def
nitely made or Dockery taking charge
Now it is said that James Mott, of
Statesville, a son of DR.. James Jeremiah
Mott, is to have the place. And this is
what Marshall Lachrymose Mott was
doing down here last week when he was
telling his newspaper friends that there
would be a special session of the Legis-
lature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

!. At Washington: as-s,
Washington - ~. .OOOOoO .
New York -. ....f... Wv . "
Batteries: Mercer, Swain and Farrell:
Seymour and Warner. Umpire, Lynch.
Time, 1:0S. f,r aks,eat
At Pittsburg: IS 1<[.1aI%
Pittsburg =. .0302110Ox 10 !
Louisville ....s 100000 o. . 4
Batteries: Killen and Sugden; Fra
ger and Wilson Umpire. Sheridan.
Time, / 30. .4s
At Brooklyn:
BROOKLYN OOOO1O2OOOO-3 Is )
Baltimore 2010O0-3 Z 3
Batteries: Payne and Grim; Corbett
and Robinson. Uumpire. Hurst. Time
2:45.
At Cleveland.
Cleveland ;. .21OOO2O1x-6 10 1
Cincinnati OOOO0O2OO-2 5 1
Batteries: Young and thinner; Brett
enstein and PETIT. Umpire, Mcdonald
Time, 1:45.
At Norfolk:
Norfolk. % . % / 6 O Oil IL .
Richmond. o 900 Q o. 5 8 >
Batteries: Pfannmiller and and Hey
den: Lever, Schabel and Foster.
GAMES POSTPONED.
Chicago. May 3.-The opening game
was postponed on account of wet grounds
and cold weather.
The games of Newark at Philadelphia:
Hartford at Reading and Paterson at
Lancaster were all postponed on account
of rain
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
SPRINGS TAKES THE CAKE.

Negroes Were Openly Bought as if at
Auction, Against Democratic Nominee
Weddington.
r. b. Springs, Independent Democrat,
was elected Mayor of Charlotte to-day
over ]. II. Wellington, a straight Dem
Ocrat by a majority of Ala.
The election was the most hotly con-
tested in the history of the city, money
being poured out like water by both can
didates.
The negro vote decided the election,
and it was up to the highest bidder.
Votes were bought openly and pub
licly, and men were bid on as if it had
been an auction sale at one precinct.
The largest vote ever known here was
pOlled
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-04
Talk About Water.

Nature has supplied us with remedy
for every disease. Many of the RENE
dies are found in roots herbs and barks,
and to effect cures the medicinal prop
critics must be extracted and put into
concentrated form, and then properly
compounded.
Nature has also placed some of the
very best medicines in water, common
ly known as mineral water" One of
the best of these is the famous OTTER
BURN LITHJA WvTER. For Indigestion,
kidney, bladder and diseases of like ma.
ture there is nothing better than Otter
burn Lithla. And the price is moderate
I handle it in large quantities, and am
the sole dealer in Raleigh. Bring your
own containers and / will furnish the
water at 90 cents for half gallon, 35
cents per gallon, or 30 cents in gallon
lots. Extra charge if l furnish con.
tainers, By the glass at my soda foun-
tain, carbonated, s cents.