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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
For Sale.

A desirable house and lot. Corner
lot about 50 x SO feet, beautiful To-
cation, all modern Improvements; will
be sold at once. Cheap for cash, or
part down and balance to suit the
purchaser; or part in exchange for
other property.
For further information call on S. D.
Neyhard, Building, Loan and Real
Estate Agent, over First National
Bank, Bloomsbure. Pa. II.Is-tf.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
HURLED HIGH IN AIR.


Boiler of a Locomotlye, Explodes, Killing
the Engineer and Probably Fatally In
juring the Fireman. sPt
= Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 2S. Engineer
Bennett Mitchell was killed and Fire
man John r. Cawley seriously Injured
yesterday by the explosion offa loco
motive on the Northern Central rail-
way, at Georgetown, few miles north
of Harrisburg. The victims were both
residents of Harrisburg and had been
in the passenger service of the COM
pany for many years.
Mitchell was thrown up the side of a
mountain distance of go feet and was
dead when found. Fireman Cawley
was hurled in an opposite direction, al
most to the edge of the Susquehanna
river, He was so badly scalded that it
is thought he will die.
The wrecked locomotive came out OF
the shops Saturday after an overhaul
ing and the railroad officials cannot ac-
count for the explosion. The boiler
was blown 15O feet and alighted on a
mountain side, which rises at an angle
of go degrees from the track. The
trucks were thrown into the river and
the tender along the bank. All the
cars except the rear Pullman sleeper
were derailed. None of the passen'
gers were injured, although several
were badly shaken up. The explosion
occurred opposite watch box, which
was reduced to kindling wood and the
watchman badly hurt. The wires ant
tracks for distance Of $50 yards were
badly torn up
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
The JURY DIVIDED.


Two verdicts Rendered In the Case of the
Miners Killed by Sheriff Martin and His
Deputies.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 2s.-The coro-
ner's jury which investigated the death
of the striking miners at Latimer has
ordered the following verdict:
That from the circumstances of the case and
the evidence offered, the said Clement Platock
and others came to their deaths by gunshot
wounds on September 10 at the hands of Sher-
III James Martin and his deputies, and in this
we the jury, do all agree, and we, Phil ]. Boyle,
Thomas T. Thomas, Barton Frease and Peter
McKiernan, of this jury, do further say that
the said Clement Plstock, with others, was
marching peaceably and unarmed on the public
highway; that they were intercepted by said
Sheriff Martin and his deputies andmerciless-
ly shot to death, and we do further find that
the killing was unnecessary and could have
been avoided without serious injury to either
person or property. and we find finally that the
killing was wnnton and unjustiflable.
In this we, George Maue and F. j. McNeal, OF
| this jury, do not concur and we further say
that there was such strong suspicion Of unlaw-
| full violence OF the hands Of person or persons
unknown TO this jury as to make this Inquest
| nanapsarv
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Murdered and Robbed.

St Louis, Sept. ga mysterious
murder developed Monday in the find
ing in front of the Gaiety theater the
body of benjamin f. Lamar, a promi-
nent farmer living at Fairbanks, Okla,
with his skull crushed in. Lamar, who
is member of the territorial legisla-
ture, came to St Louis several days
ago with party of friends to see the
sights. The dead mans friends say
that Lamar, who had been drinking
until midnight Sunday night, had a
large sum of money when last seen,
but none of this was in his pockets
when found.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
PRESS OPINIONS.

OThe farmers who were deceived by
the silver nonsense will be apt to vote
right this fall.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
EyThat great silver picnic" that was
advertised in Ohio is reported as being
able "to crawl under the dinner table
and keep out of the rain" Chicago
Inter Ocean.
ryThe Nebraska republicans are
quite right in declaring free silver
dead issue. Fifty boy orators, all talk
ing at once, could not galvanize it,
Boston Journal.
EyMr. Bryan declares that it is last
years threats of foreclosure that are
forcing the farmer to pay off his mort
cages, but he does not explain whence
the farmer gets the money.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
UManufactories are starting up in
all the cities and larger towns. Better
times are here for the workingmen as
well as for the farmers, and yet the
value of the bullion in silver dollar IL
but 39A cents.-Toledo Blade.
DThe Kansas farmers are paying off
$4O,OOO,oOO of indebtedness this year.
How lucky for the popocrats that this
didn't happen a year ago. They would
not have carried an elector anywhere.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
rzA little popocratic paper published
down in the interior of Ohio says: ''rhe
Mckinley administration is failure,
Hanna must CO." wouldn't take more
than $4O0 post Office to change that fell
lows tupe.-Cleveland Leader.
UJosiah Patterson, former con-
gresham of Memphis, who voted for
Bryan, will stump Kentucky this year
for the gold democratic ticket, The
Chicago platform to him is no longer a
thing of beauty and Joy foreyer.-Al-
bany Journal.
EyA dispatch from the little town of
Pennington, Mo-, says Mr.. Bryan
charged and received $500 for speaking
at the county fair in that town. It is
in little out-of-the-way towns like that
that freaks OF the Bryan order CON-
mand big prices indianapolis Journal
EzThere is more intelligence among
the workingTnen than there was q year
ago. An increasing number OF them
have come to understand that the free
coinage advocates are not their real
friends and that the policy they favor
would plumber labor Of its savings and
| cut down it's wages.Chicago Tribune
ryMr. Bryan says that the high prices
| for wheat this year are governed solely
) by the law Of supply and demand. Very
3 well, then why were the low prices las
+ ycar not governed by the same laws
= But last year he said thelow prices wer'
4 due to the crime Of 1873" Why nren'
+ the high prices this year due to the sam
cause ?AIowa State Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Il eARMER.s. AWFUL cRIME..

lie Kills His wife and Six Children and
then Sends Bullet Crashing Into His
Own Head.
.Carrollton, Ia, Sept. 2S, The slaugh-
ter Of mother and her six children
occurred at the home of John Boecker-
farmer living eight miles northwest
Of here. Sunday night. Afterward the
fiendish or demented husband and ia
ther at whose hands they died COM
pleted his bloody work by sending a
bullet into his own head, intlicting q
fatal wound. The family were pros
porous Germans and as far as is known
lived happily. No motive for the trag-
edy has been disclosed. Boecker's vic
Tins are his wife and these children:
Caroline, aged IA; Christine, aged o;
Henry, aged 8; Lizzie, aged g.; John,
aged 8, and an infant All are dead
but Henry, and the latter cannot re-
cover from his wounds.
Boecker had an engagement to held
a neighbor Monday morning, and on
his not putting in an appearance his
brother Henry, who lives about 20
rods away, went to see why he did not
come. The doors of the Boeeker house
were locked and there were nosigns oi
life about Henry tried to get in the
house, but met no response, and finally
he kicked in the door and came upon 9
1 horrible scene. Boecker with his wife
and baby slept in back room, anc
the three corpses lay on one bed. Tht
wife had been shot in the neck with {
shotgun which stood in the corner
The baby had been shot and itsy heat
crushed with the butt of revolver
The man, still breathing, had bulle
hole high on the forehead, and by hi
side was six-shooter with two cham
bers empty, The Boecker home is
story-and-a. half frame house and VI
stairs Henry and Lizzie lay on a be-
with bullet holes in their foreheads
! the latter dead, the boy still breath
} ing. In the opposite corner Of tn
same room Caroline, Christine an
John were dead, each with bulle
hole in the forehead, though Carolin
had two. se Yg
i Boecker was "a years old and TO
over 20 years lived in the same neigh
borhood, in fact, on the same farm. II
was married II years ago and after liz
3 ing year with his parents moved
: the scene of Sunday nights tragedy
which is almost within hailing di
tance of the old home. He has bee
! regarded as prosperous farmer an
: only recently bought 2OO-acre farm
! few miles from the old homestead
!. Sunday he attended Catholic servic'
/; at Breda with his wife and some OF tt
]. children.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
OHIO NEWS.
Items of Interest from AL Sections
of the State.
Crop Report.

"
The following is condensed from the
bulletin issued by the United States
department of agriculture for the past
week: s4
Southern section-all counties south
of Franklin: Late corn, wheat and rye
in ground, late tobacco, late potatoes,
fruit on trees, late cabbage, garden
truck, grapes and pastures all suffered
by reason of the great heat, drouth
and sudden change to cooler weather.
Late corn is safe from frost, but has
deteriorated during the past two
weeks; some corn has already been cut
for fodder. Tobacco crop reasonably
good. Some wheat sown. Late po
gtatoes badly hurt by drouth. Glover
seed threshing made good progress
yield and quality fair. Millet about al
cut. Pastures very dry. Tomatoes
plentiful.
Middle section. EARLY corn matur
ing, late corn in danger OF frost
Wheat about half sown. Potatoes
poor. Sugar beets good. Seed Glove
yields fairly we'll. Tobacco all Gu
aud shielded in fine condition. Grape
good. m
Northern section-all counties nortl
of Marion: EARLY planted corn abou
ready to cut. The apple crop is nearl,
failure. Potatoes covered with blight
Clover seed good, large yield. Oat
good. Cabbage rotting. Melon vine
drying. Grapes plentiful. Buckwhea
cut. Pastures and meadows good.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS.
A Desperate Battle Between Rival Bands
of Po anders In a Pennsylvania Town.

A Desperate Battle Between Rival Bands
of Po anders in Pennsylvania Town.
Girardville. Pa, Sept 28.-At least
nine men received fatal injuries and
possibly two score others were more
or less seriously wounded in a bloody
riot here late Sunday night. The bat
tie was the outcome of a quarrel over
the Hazelton troubles. Thirty-six
men are known TO have been wounded
and about so more are being secreted
by their friends, who fear that they
will be sent to Jail. Twelve Of the
ringleaders were brought before JUS
tice Kissinger and ten before Justice
johnson. All were charged with as
sault with intent to kill, house break
ing and rioting and were held in heavy
bail for court. Many more warrants
have been issued, but have not been
served as yet
Several hundred Polanders board at
William Culacabbage's hotel. Joseph
Cavendish is proprietor of hotel at
the east end of town, where several
hundred more Polanders make their
Headquarters. Bad blood has existed
between them for long time and the
recent strike troubles at Hazleton em-
bittered them still more. Sunday night
matters came to crisis Culacabbage
and his followers to the number Of
several hundred, arming themselves
| with guns, revolvers, knives, axes and
clubs marched to Cavendish's hotel,
where several hundred Of their ene-
mics were celebrating pay day. The
| Cavendish men, finding that their foes
were marching on them, armed them
selves and awaited their arrival.
When the Culacabbage contingent
arrived they stormed the saloon. Then
bloody battle ensued. The men
fought like demons. The shooting was
fast and furious. Axes knives, clubs
and other weapons were used with
deadly effect. The battle lasted al
most an hour, when the Culacabbage
gang was routed, leaving their wound
ed behind. Everything in the house
was smashed and the floors were
strewn with wounded men. After the
routed rioters had returned to their
Headquarters, the Cavendish gang
armed themselves and marched to their
enemies rendezvous, where battle
still bloodier than the first ensued.
The police force and the constables Of
the surrounding region were called tc
the scene, but were unable to cope
with the rioting horde, which contin'
ued hostilities until morning.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
d. ". b. Onioers Eleoted.

Columbus, Sept. s5.-The national
encampment of the Union. Veteran
legion elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: National com
mander, Archibald Blakeley, Pitts
burg; senior vice commander, E. D.
Spooner, Chicago; quartermaster gen
eral, Thomas J. Hubbard, Baltimore
The date of the encampments OF the
future was changed from the seconc
Wednesday in October to the seconc
Wednesday in September. The mex
encampment will be held in Williams
port, Pa. A resolution was adopted
expressing sympathy with the strug
Cling Cubans.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
eranted : Perpetual Injunction.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 2s Judge John
f. Williams has granted perpetual
injunction to prevent Superintendent
Of Insurance McNall from interfer-
ing with the business Of the New York
Mutual Life Insurance Co. The attor-
ney general was also enjoined from in
terfering with the company in any
other manner except BY bringing pro
ceedings in quo warranto. The suit
was the result of trouble over the "a
nous Hillman case The Mutual Life
is one Of the companies which it ii
claimed Is liable on the HillmRn claims
and McNall refused to grant II q Ii
cense.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
A POOR CROP OF RYE.
A Shortage This Year in All the Countries
Producing the Cereal.

New York, Sept. 2s-A disappoint-
ing rye crop is indicated by final re-
turns to the American Agriculturist.
Instead of some 2s, 600, 900 bushels ex-
pected from earlier indications, the
crop of the United States now figures
out about $4,000, 900 bushels, 1000, 900
more than last year and 100000 less
than in 1886 and 1894 The increase is
mainly in Pennsylvania, the western
crop being quite disappointing. Ger
many's rye crop seems to be somewhat
larger than earlier reports indicated,
but reduced estimates for France and
other countries partly Offset this.
Stocks of old rye at home and abroad
are lower than for years, and export
demand for American rye continues
very active.
Except during the fall Of 1895 and
1895, rye has not been so low in price
as at present since before 1890
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
win Paw Interest on pheIr Bonds.

Baltimore, Sept 2s. The receivers
of the B. s. o. railway have arranged
to pay the interest on the bonds Of the
B. & o. and Chicago division of the
system upon which default was made
on June /, and say they are in fair
way to do the same with that Of the
Pittsburg 4 Connellsville branch, on
which default was made on July !. In
this event the suits for foreclosure, in
both OF which separate receiverships
are asked for, viii be discontinued and
the danger OF those two important
feeders To the main line being taken
out Of the hands of the present man
agemSnt will be avertsd.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Haa Found the IdenI spot.

Denver, COL, Sept. % The Arkan
sas valley has been selected as the
place where hundreds of families from
the cities Of the United States will be
located on farms Of their own and be.
come self-supporting. Adjntant M. J..
Ferrie, general counsel for the Saliva,
tion Army, arrived in Denver yester
day after trip through the valley.
He said: my visit was very satisfac-
tory and ] think the country some
thing grand-the veritable paradise q
America. think we will need in AL
for the first colonization project about
| 1000 acres and we expect to locnti
abont 500 families upon It.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
HELD ron RANSOM.
rwo Americans are Believed to Have Far
len Into the Hands of Swiss Bandits.

=
len Into the Hands of Swiss Bandits.
Toledo, O.; Sept as Harry Toller.
ION, aged, 20 years, son of Attorney B.
w. Tollerton, and Prof Daniel j.
Holmes, of Meadville (Pa.) college,
have been travelling in southern Eu-
rope since June, but now no one knows
where they are and circumstances in
dicate that both are held by Swiss ban.
dts who are demanding a ransom for
theif release. They were last heard
from on September 8 at Martigny,
Switzerland. A few days previous to
that time they had received sufficient
funds through Geneva to provide them
with money for the rest of their trip to
Berlin, where both were to enter the
university. Onthe 22nd of this month
Mr.. Tollerton received a Scablegram
from Prof. Holmes dated Lucerne re-
questing an immediate remittance OF
81, 900 by cable to Cologne.
He cabled to the United States con-
sui at Lucerne for information as to
the whereabouts of the young men
and what, if any, trouble had befallen
them, and also ,cabled to Holmes for
particulars. The reply from the con
sui was indefinite and that purporting
to, be from Prof Holmes was even
more so A second demand for S1,00t
was made on the 2Sd inst, asking that
the money be cabled to'Lucerne Las
Saturday a third demand was made
for an Immediate cable of $500 to Lu
cerne and the remaining $500 by mail.
Yesterday a message was received
from Assistant Secretary Day at Wash
ington that the minister at Berne and
the consul at Horgen had been cablet
to make a searching Investigation.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Islanders' Fruit Crop Not Profitable.

Sandusky, Sept 95.-The fruit crop
this year has been poor one for the
hundreds of islanders engaged in this
industry. With no peaches on account
of the severe weather last winter, the
growers have lost large amount OF
money. and with the present price OF
grapes their loss will be still greater.
Delawares are selling at wholesale on
the islands as low as two cents pound
and Concords will bring even less.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Canaad ahoo.ooo Losn.

Rapid City, S. D., Sept. Os.4-A de-
structive timber fire has been raging
in the Big Horn country. g, w. Green,
special agent Of the interior depart
ment, who has charge Of public tim
ber, has just returned and reports 81
square miles Of the heaviest timber de-
stroyed. The estimated loss is over
S5OO,OOO The fire was finally extin-
0nished bv a snow storm.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
,.ro. Incre,se in Postal business.

Canton, Sept. aS-A report of the
Canton post Office shows that the busi'
ness in Canton increased 1877 per cent.
in the last decade. 1t is stated that
every person who gets mail at the Can
ton Office would receive 275 pieces an
nually if the mail matter were equally
l;etr;hutad
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
THE coLoRED MANS ANSWER
Always the Way When Republicans
Are in Power.

Always INC way
Are in Power.
Des Moines has a business man who
is well to do, but who was nevertheless
carried away with the free silver move
ment last year. He was not making
money as fast as he thought he ought
to make it, and so he cast his lot with
the free silver men, thinking thereby
to improve his condition. He talked a
great deal of hard times and he swore
a great deal at the gold standard. This
man has colorsd man as the driver
of his carriage. The colored man heard
all about the iniquities of the gold
standard, but it did not divert his af-
fections from the republican party. The
republican party with protection and
the gold standard thrown in was good
enough for him. He reasoned and re-
allied that the republican party has
never led this country astray. He was
still willing to trust it with power.
Recently wheat went up and silver
went down. The farmers have been
making more money than they did be-
fore in many years, and the laboring
people of Des Moines as well as of the
country generally are well employed.
The colored man thought the time had
come to remind his employer of these
improved conditions: Nov what have
you to say?" he asked; "wheat's go
ing up, everything else is going up ex'
cept silver, which none of us have to
sell, and the laboring men are all en-
ployed." The free silverite was still
unwilling to yield. He explained that
our better times are not due to pro-
lection, nor to the gold standard, and
finally that our better times were large
ly imaginary.
But wheat is higher" said the col
ored man.
"Why, of course it is; but that is moi
due to the gold standard or to pro
lection, nor to the republican party
what is it due to?"
1T is due to the fact that there arr
extensive crop failures in Europe"
Its mighty strange" said the col
ored man to his employer, "that ther,
should be crop failures in Europe art
higher prices in America every tirn'
the republican party is in power. Cues
the old republican party is all righ
yet. gold standard and protection
thrown in"
The free silverite was at the end o
the conversation. State Regis
ter.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Dog Saved the Family from Cremation

Dog Saved the Family from Cremation.
Alliance, Sept 24.-The Rastetter
building, occupied by the owner as a
residence and saloon, and the Tolerton
building adjoining, occupied by Ellis
& Mcdonald, plumbers, and Mrs. Ann
Cain, dressmaker, on Main street, were
destroyed by fire early Thursday morn
ing The loss is $4,000, partially Gov
cred by insurance, except Ellis u Nc
Donald, who were uninsured. But for
their dog jumping on the bed and
biting them until awakened, Rastettel
and his wife would have burned to
death
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Found the Third Victim.

Chillicothe, Sept. 2s.-Ths body OF
William Brown, the third victim OF
the cambridge fire, was found Mon
day morning almost entirely consumed
in the cellar of the Beardsley block.
His home was in Greenfield and his
distracted wife appeared at Balm nbridge
on Sunday in search of him. 1t was
not known until then that Brown was
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
A Novel Project.

Sandusky, Sept as Sam c. Wheeler,
OF the Sandusky shipyard is at the
head of syndicate that will build a
boat here and send it to the Yukon in
sections. They believe that the sand
richest in gold lies at the bottom OF the
streams and will equip the boat with
machinery like that used by lake sand
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Tbrovn from Buggy and Killed.

Bowling Green, Sept. 2S-Mrs. Ma
tilda Nigh, aged "a, wife OF a farmer
near here, was thrown from a buggy
and instantly killed. The horse be-
came frightened and ran away, over
turning the carriage. Mrs. Nigh's neck
INNS hrnlkAn
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Hunter Fatally Shot.

New London, Sept 2S Winnie Bur-
rell. aged 10, an employe Of the CurSis
& Elder Butter Tub Co., was fatally
shot by S. Barnes, with whom he was
out hunting. Burrell stepped in front
of Barnes gun while he was loading II,
and the weapon was accidentally dis
charged.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
uanaa Cruahod in 4 AInchIne.

Akron, Sept. 2S. - James Evans
hands were crushed in machine at
the works of the Goodrtsh Rubber Co
Monday morning. R<sh hands will be
amnutated.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
A Car Famine.

Cleveland, Sept ss. = Cleveland is
now experiencing the worst car fam
inc this city has ever known. Not only
coal, but grain, fruit and merchandise
shinments are affected.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-29
Notion Dealers Assign.

Cleveland, Sept 25. Moses, Mansell
& Haas, wholesale notion dealers on
ST. Clair street assigned Friday after
noon. The estimated liabilities are
ON nOO