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The times., 1897-08-09
wIDRIG GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Tries to Create the Impression
That He Is Insane.


Buffalo, Aug William Widrig, the
Springv!lle wife murderer, who had kept
his liberty although 500 men had searched
for him from dawn through the woods of
Cataraugus county and part of Erie
county, was seen to get off a freight train
station at IL O'Clock last night, and dis
appeared in the woods. The news was
taken to the village hotel, and half a hun
dred men, who had been collected by the
deputy sheriff, were turned into the woods,
While they were thus employed Widrig
walked into the deserted hotel, put his name
on the register and lay down on a sofa
A maid who found the name on the
register startled HIM with her screams.
The hunted man ran into the darkness
again and reappeared at the station few
moments later. Widrig sat down on a
bench and fell into a doZe. In 4 short
time Sheriff Lamey and Sheriff Williams.
of cataraugus county, arrived aud took
him into custody.
Sheriff Laney brought his prisoner to
Buffalo and lodged him in Jail, where he
began violent demonstrations, evidently in
tended 10 create the idea OF insanity. He
refused to say whether he had or had not
killed his wife and claimed to be in grea t
physical pain
his constitution was affected by the eN-
element of the man hunt, but he was per-
fectly sane.
The times., 1897-08-09

Russia must be an interesting place for
counters them in his jeurneyings. a recent
writer ON the subject of tours in that coun-
try describes q little episode which oc
Cured near Moscow. The traia stopped
and W as surrounded by soldiers, the blinds
being drawn down, and soldier sta
toned at each window, with orders to
shoot anyone who attempted to draw aside
the blinds CT TO leave thecar 4 lady who
was passing from one part of the train
TO another was stopped by an officer, who
refused to allow her to move another
step, telling her it was as much as his
life was worth to let anyone into the car
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or out OF the car. The lady remained
standing from p. m till a. m, when
she collapsed from exhaustion, and no
one dared move to assist her. Three trains
went by the car during this time, but no.
body knew which contained the Emperor.
If this story is true, it would seem as if
the Russian empire Were located on top
OF volcano which might atany time break
forth. When such precautions as these have
to be taken TO prevent tile assassination
of the ruler OF the people, it seems TO an
ordinary American as If he would want to
ahdicate and live in peace somewhere like
u cor1inoh man. This ssort of thing is worse
than barbarisin.
The times., 1897-08-09
FIGHT WITH DESPERADOEs.
Allen and Joe LightfoOt, Father and
Son. Shot nv Officers.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. S.-Allen and
joe Lightfoot, father and son, two negro
desperadoes, who have terroriZed the peo-
ME of Coffee and Geneva counties for
year, were overtaken in a public road
near Pea River in Coffee county yesterday
by five armed officers. A fight followed,
in which many shots were exchanged.
Alien Iightfcot was killed, being sho6
through the heart. His son was shot in the
shoulder and ill proba bly, die. The wound
ell man in his sufferings benoaned tile fact
that he did not kill some of the Officers.
The times., 1897-08-09

News was received yesterday that Gen
MaXinlo Gomez was marching with a
strong detachment of the Cuban army to
take personal command of the operations
against Havana and Matanzas Gen Cas-
ullo, who is in front of the former posi-
ton with two divisions, continues to at
tack the suburbs. Weyler was at Matanzas,
but was reported as about to move his head.
quarters to Guines, town in the southern
part of Havana province, about thirty or
thirty-five miles by rail from Alatanzas and
nearly the same distance from Havana.
We do not much credit the report Weyler
is such an arrant coward that he would
hesitate To ltave the seacoast and his means
of escape in case OF a battle. All the same,
1t is 10 he Hoped that the story Is true.
The times., 1897-08-09
WHO IS DIR. SAMUEL d. HIcKsa
Hero OF Romantic Wedding Not
Known in Washington.

A dispatch reached Washington late
SATURDAY. night that DR.. Samuel Delaney
Hicks, of Washington, and Miss Lena Spier,
daughter of J. w. Spier, State treasurer
of Georgia, were married at Virginia Beach,
va. Saturday under somewhat romantic
circumstances. The name Samuel Delaney
Hicks is not to be found in the Washington
Directory either of 1896 or 1897. inquiries
at other usual news sources failed TO dis
cover that such person liyes In this city
John McC. Hicks, the dentist, lives at
No 11t Sixth street southeast. but he and
his family were cut of the city when re-
porter for The Times called last night.
The times., 1897-08-09
SENATOR FoRAKER's NEW HOME.
He VIII Build HANDSOME Resi-
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dence on Sixteenth Street.
Senator ]. B. Foraker, of Ohio, has de-
cided to erect a handsome home here, and
he took ont d permit on Saturday for
residence TO cost $4,000. 1t will stand
on the northwest corner of Sixteenth and
streets, and will be handsome structure
of pressed brick and stone. He VIII have
as neighbor Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
who Will erect an attractive home on an
opposite corner.
shortly after his arrival the Ohio Senator
began q search for suitable residence site,
and finally selected the one mentioned.
The plans of the interior are for home
of the most elaborate description. and the
residence when completed Will be one of
the handsomest homes owned by mem-
Der of the upper house of Congress.
Mrs. Foraker, during her residence at
Cincinnati, was one of the social leaders
of the Queen City of the West, and with
her three attractive daughters will enter
tain on a lavish scale during the approach :
ing season.
The times., 1897-08-09
THE DAY AT PLATTsBURG. !.
Church in the Morning and a Drive
in the Afternoon.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug S.-President
Mckinley spent today quietly This
morning, in company with Vice President
and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary and Mrs .Alger,
Hon. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Miss Frances
Alger, aud c. B. Pike, he attended services
in the First Presbyterian Church, where
the Rev. DR.. Reid, Of Detroit, Mich,
Secretary Alge1's former pastor, officiated.
In the afternoon, President and Mrs. Nc.
Kinley and Hon. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
enjoyed drive through the surrounding
country.
Tomorrow the Presidential party will
be the guests Of ex-Gov. Woodbury. ut
Burlington, VT, going to that city by
private yacht.
The times., 1897-08-09

Cablegrams from Paris announce the ar
rival OF the Duke d 'Aosta, nephew of King
Humbert. This prince it is said, is charged
with u mission TO the Orleans family, iu-
tended to prevent the duel between Prince
Henri d Orleans and the Italian Gen. Alber-
tone After SO much fuss over the Abys-
incident without shot or thrust ..r two.
These duels in high life are generally of
the advertising and very seldom of the un-
,lertaking order.
The times., 1897-08-09

Cheered by the dishonest straddIe of the
Maryland Democratic State platform the
gold boilers of Pennsylvania, the great
they may ride back into the party on the
treason which carried them out. If money
will help them, there or elsewhere, il Will
ceners in this country and England, would
be willing to spend almost any amount to
secure seats and influence for the gold
boilers in future Democratic conventions.
The rank and file Of Democracy every
where must be watchful, or the power of
gold will betray the party again.
The times., 1897-08-09
The shin Otto Floated.

Bridgham?ton, N. Y, Aug. e.-Thc ship
Otto, Capt Bruhl, which stranded early
Thursday morning, was pulled off the bar
at O'Clock this afternoon and at once
started in tow for New York. The ex-
tent of the damage TO the ships not known.
The captain and his crew have never leit
the ship since she struck the bar.
The times., 1897-08-09
Crowdlng the Eatahles.

(Erom the Atchison Globe.l
There is onz serious objection To the
watermelon-tile watermelon season makes
every woman discontented with the size
of her refrigerator. !
The times., 1897-08-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.

There are features of the new Elon-
dixie gold discoveries which some people
oyerlc0k,'' said Mr.. w. P. Hill, who ar
rived at the ShoTehanl from Chicago last
night. Mr.. Hill is the cashier for the firm
Of JOY, Morton & Co., Mr.. Morton being the
son Of Hon. j Sterling Morton, eX-Secre
tary OF Agriculture. The people of Chi
cago, like all others over the country, have
caught the KJondike fever, after the Chi
cago fashion, and the utmost detail of n
trip from the lakes to Alaska has been dis
cussed in every business house in the city.
] have the fever myself, so know some
thing about it. The special point want to
emphasize is that 1T has been determined,
as q Consensus of opinion, that ii is danger
Gus to start to Alaska from Chicago with
less than 81 900 III your pocket. l think
there will be no danger Of starving there,
or ey yen going hungry, for the Nortf: Ameri-
can Trading Company, which has been
buying goods from us to ship there for
several years past, has given us orders for
three times the quantities of foods usual
ly shipped, and this company knows what
1t is about. We are sending many carload
lots OF rolled oats, corn grits, and all kinds
OF Cereal foods to Alaska, and other firms
are shipping similar lots of dried and
canned meats, etc
There will be an abundance of food
delivered at Dawson City and other points
before the cold weather, but thu poor man
who goes there without sufficient funds
win fare five times worse than he will
here, because ever ything that arrives there
in the shape of necessary food and cloth
ing sells for five times the price it does
here. thousand dollars there will keep
a man about as long US $500 will here.
1t is also mistake TO compare Kiondlke
To California In 40. There is compTa-
lively easy communication to Alaska now.
All railroads and steamboats, across the
United States and in the Pacific waters
have bcc1 built since then, and methods OF
living ard travelling III roug h countries have
been almost entirely changed But it Is
suicide to start without sufficient money"
The times., 1897-08-09
DEMOCRATIC TICKET ISDoRsED.

Important Action IhheH ny the
Ohio Silver Republicans.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 9.-The State
central committee of the Silver Republican
organization of Ohio held meeting here
last night and under authority vested
in IL by the State convention last May,
adoptcd resolution indorsing the Demo
cratic State ticket and platform, on the
ground that the Democrats had reaffirmed
the Chicago platform and made the money
question the issue. There We're only seven
members at the meeting.
The times., 1897-08-09
Apotber Jopanese wnrship.

Berlin, Aug e.-The, japanese govern
nlent las ordered from the Vulcan works
hattleship Of $500 tons, which is to
cost 100000 marks.
The times., 1897-08-09
The Truth.

(Frcm the Chicago Dispatch
ssWas it gold pen with which the
tariff biz was signed?" asks corre-
soondent. No. IL was Just q plain steal
The times., 1897-08-09

Hon. Albert d. Lasker, OF Galveston,
Texas. is at the Arlington for few days
ON politics and pleasure.
The times., 1897-08-09

Mr. F.. S. Partridge, representing large
wholesale liquor establishment OF New
York, said at WIZARDS last night that the
new tariff has not yet affected his bust
ness to any great extent.
The times., 1897-08-09
Our August
Special Sale of
Housekeeping
Supplies
BEGINS TODAY,

And includes Table, Bed
and Toilet Linens, Blan-
kets. Quilts, Sheets, Pillow
and Bolster Slips, Sheet
ings, Shirtings, etc.
1t is a great ingathering
of Linens and other house
keeping supplies. especially
for this yearly occasion, and
will afford housekeepers and
hotelkeepers having present
or prospective needs an op-
portunity to secure goods
for all housekeeping pur-
poses at a very decided saw
ing on regular prices. Con-
tracts made long months
ago give prices that compe-
tltlon cannot meet today
and which cannot be repeat
ed In the near future. Away
ahead planning and large
buying give us a grea. adj
vantage.
The times., 1897-08-09

12-inch Bleached Scotch Table Damask,
extra heavy, choice quality aud beautiful
designs,
81 90 a ward
The times., 1897-08-09
Special.
August Special Sale
Blanket s
At About Half Regular Prices.

These Blankets are the six
months accumulation of one
of the best known manufac-
turers in the country, and
are subject to mill imper-
fections. For years they
have been purchased by us
during the early part of
August and sold at very spe-
cially low prices. When we
say regular price" we
mean the regular retail
price, provided the Blankets
were strictly perfect.
The times., 1897-08-09
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The dismissal or Daniel Morgan, dis
bursting officer of the Bureau oil Engr raving
and Printing, under the guise of q forced
resignation, may be an illustration of the
way the heads OF departments intend to
construr the recent order OF the President
with respect to the civil service reformiaw
The President in that order provided that
every man whose removal was sought or
who was deemed a fit subject for removal
should have charges preferred against him
in writing and be granted an opportunity
OF meeting them. This order commendable
throughout, is hardly a week old before 1t
is Violated in this open manner. No charges
were preferred against Mr. Morgan, as
stipulated, nor was he given "a chance to
meet them. He was Simply requested to re-
sign, and, rather thin put his son-in-law,
Claud Johnson, chief of the bureau, in
trouble, he acquiesced
Several weeks agp sefretary Gage ap-
pointed a Treasury Commission to investi-
gate the various bureaus under his charge,
and this bureau was one of those investi-
gated. 1t is said that this commission
found mach fault with the manner in
which the disbursing office was kept and
recommended Mr.. Morgan for dismissal
on the grounds that such action would
be 'for the good of the service" Mr..
Morgan is out, and TIE first tnfraction
OF the recently nneh.yaunted order OF
President Mckinley has occurred.
The times., 1897-08-09

69-inch Bleached Scotch Table Danask,
extra heavy and extra quality,
S5c yard
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The times., 1897-08-09
WOODWARD
manaLOTHROP and
10th. 18th and F SITS. N. w.

7:45 a. IN. to 8 p. M; Saturdays, 7:45
to 1.
The times., 1897-08-09

Congressman Rowland B. Mahauy, of
Buffalo, left Wizards last night for his
home.
The times., 1897-08-09

Pattern Cloths, extra heavy Scotch
Damask, about u dozen designs and all
pretty
2x2 yards s.. 90 each
2x2H yards-S2. so each
2x3 yards-S3.oo each
IS Napkins to match, $500 a doz
The times., 1897-08-09

The Civil Service Copni ssion has set on
foot quiet investigation of two or three
or the collectors of internal revenue in
Mark Hanna's State. Complaints have
reached them from many of the store
keepers and eaugers that discrimination
Is being shown on account of the politics
OF the officials. The storekeepers and
gaugers are assigned by the collectors to
various points In the district, and their
pay is per diem based upon the number
OF days work they perforin 1t is thus an
easy matter for collector to give the men
OF bis own party good billet and keep
the other fellows on waiting orders. This
is the discrimination complained of. IL
is an open and flagrant violation of the
civil service reform law /, and if the charges
are proven it may go hard with some OF
these collectors.
The times., 1897-08-09

The county where Mark Hanna resides
appears 20 be controlled by u class Of
Democrats who want home rule in every
particular. At the Democratic convention
there Saturday Mr.. Mclean received a
rather left-handed Endorsement, and the
late Democratic Senator from Ohio, C. S.
Brice, was also given dubious compli
ment. Twelve men were placed in noIni
nation for the State legislative ticket 1t
was good, ,old-fashioned, Democratic, free
silver convention, and the Chicago platform
and all that sort of thing was agreed to
with an unanimity that indicates very
clearly the temper of the Democrats of
that section of the State. But when 1t
came to constituting State plank upon
which the legislative candidates We're to
stand a clause was inserted setting forth
the everlasting disapproval of the Demo-
Gratis of Cuyahoga county of the candidacy
of any man for the Senate who was not a
resident of the State, and the delegates
were instructed TO that effect. This is the
first pronounced opposition TO Mr. Mc-
Leans candidacy that has manifested IL
self.
The times., 1897-08-09

Tine earsof the director Of the mint ought
to he burning at tremendous rate II there
is any truth IN the old saw. He is one of
the most talked about men in the city in
certain circles. Mr.. Preston has called
down Upon him the wrath OF the silver
men, and he is heing denounced right and
left for his recent interview, in which he
asserted that all nations would soon go to
a gold ba sis, and tnat Mexico was prepar-
ing the way for such a changein her fiscal
policy. The silver men admit that Mr..
Preston is entitled to his own views on
this subject, but they deny that as putt
lie official, dealing entirely with the ma
terial from which our money is coined, he
has the right TO run propa ganda in the
interest OF one metal and against another.
The times., 1897-08-09

Also several pairs in mis-
cellaneous sizes and weights,
including half pairs, at pro-
portionately low prices.
Second floor,
The times., 1897-08-09

eO-inch Bleached German Table Damask,
extra heavy,
CSC yard
The times., 1897-08-09

Tue cable announced yesterday that
Baron Won Thielman, the German an.bassa
dor who was recalled for the purpose of
being put at the head OF the financial
affairs of the German empire, was in dis
grace because OF his recent newspaper
interviews, In which lie did too much
talking Tor a shrewd diplomat. The
only mistake the German diplomat made
was to forget to disa vow what had been
attributed 70 him. Baron Won Thielman
Is u most exemplary man In this particu-
lar compared with several other diplomats
who might be named.
Take the case of the Spanish minister,
for an instance. That gentleman is too
foxy at this stage of the trouble in Cuba
to rush into print and get himself in
bad odor at the State Department, but
~ all reports be true. he has been doing
lot OF talking about the clubs and in
the drawing-ro OF certain citizens, where
the diplomats have eDtree, in preference
TO representatives of good American
families. If the half that has been at
OF Criticism of this Government In con-
necton with the war In Cuba is true,
he should have been in disgrace with this
Government long ago. But nothing that
the Spanish minister can do or say by
way of criticism of our Government VIII
make him persona non grata so long as
the present foreign policy is maintained.
The times., 1897-08-09

Irish Damask Pattern Cloths at less
than the same quality costs by the yard;
choice patterns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
FACTORIES WILL CLOSE
COOPERATION TO MAKE INDIANAP-
OILS DAY All THE FAIR A SUCCESS.
Meeting of Manufacturers at CONNER
Annual State Exhibit.

fairly well attended meeting of manu-
facturers was held at the Commercial Club
yesterday afternoon, and they were unan-
imous in their agreement to close down
their works on the afternoon of Wednes-
day, Sept. 10, in order to give their en-
ployes an opportunity to see the two-min-
ute pacing race and other attractions Of
indianapolis day at the fair.
The meeting was called by J. f. AIcGetti-
gan, chairman of the subcommittee ap-
pointed by the citizens committee to obtain
a general closing Of business for that day.
In opening the meeting Mr.. McGettigan
stated that he had found no objection to
the closing movement among manufacture
ers or wholesalers, but the only retail mer-
chant he bad approached had fatty de-
clined, declaring that he could not affard
to lose a half day Of the best week in the
year.
Secretary Kennedy, Of the State Board of
Agriculture, made a statement Of the pro-
gramme of the day He said he was sure
it would bring a vast number of people to
the city, and as most of them would go to
the fair, the afternoon trade was not likely
to be heavy. The visitors would be apt to
do their shopping in the evening before 60
ing home. Charles e. Merrifeld supple
mented this statement by declaring that
Indianapolis had never done all that it
should do for the fair Everybody knew
that it brought a great deal of business to
the city, and the city should certainly De
willing to do everything it could for it.
d. M. Parry said that the Parry Com
pany would this year follow its usual GUS
tom Of giving its employees whole day for
the fair. The works would close down
Wednesday, and he believed that if he had
any means of sorting out those employees
who were unable to buy tickets he would
get their tickets for them.
Hugh Fl. Hanna said the Atlas works
would close down Wednesday afternoon He
regarded the custom a good one, and
had followed it each year. Other express
sions were of a similar nature and it seems
likely that the factories Will very generally
shut down that afternoon. The commit
tee has asked the state, county ard city Of
ficers and judges of the courts to close that
afternoon, and the request will probably
ha comnlfed with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
AN UNKNOWN MAN KILLED
Stepped I'm Front of an Engine at the
BrightwOod Yards.

Late yesterday afternoon an unknown
man was killed in the Big Four Bright
wood yards. The man had boarded
the wrecking train that had been out to
ingalls, to clear up a wreck at that point.
but none of the men on that train seemed
to know where he got on. When the
wrecking train pulled into the Brightwood
yard the man jumped off and stepped In
front of an engine on another track. In an
instant he was thrown back against the
wreck train and crushed. The train men
placed the injured man in a box car and
started to the Massachusetts-a STA
ton. In the meantime, a telephone mes
sage was sent to the City Hospital and the
ambulance met the engine a the Massa-
chusetts-aVenue station. The man was
placed in the ambulance, but died before il
was fairly on its way to the hospital.
There was nothing about the maa to in
dictate his identity. Not even a scrap of
paper could be found. He is about medium
height, with a beard of weeks growth
on his face. His lower jaw is broad and
firm He wore a black coat and Jeans
trousers, black soft hat and brogan shoes
The trainmen say there was negro with
the man who was killed, but after the ac-
cident this man disappeared and the police
were unable to find him last night There
Is no clew to his identity.