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A mau who has been traveling In
lowa has hit upon an odd use of corn
cobs. Ho says:"l made a trip
through a big part of lowa recently
and I found several grain-shipping
towns that had corncob sidewalks. In
spite of what one would think about it
cobs make a pretty good sidewalk.
They are a little rough at first, but
when the cobs become tramped down
tin; walk is smooth."
A woman of New York vim applied
lor license as engineer was examined
in accordance with the law, and, hav
ing been found qualified to act as
manager of a stationary engine, a li
cense has been issued to her. This 19
the first license of the kind ever is
sued to a woman in this district. Her
husband is a baker and does a large
business, requiring the use of a stpam
engine in the running of his establish
ment.
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Elgin, 111., is as noted for its butter
as for watches. Last year the dis
trict of which it is the center pro
duced 45,121,360 pounds of butter val
ued at $10,887,784, and 5,847.403
pounds of cheese valued at $167,792.
In the 31 years since the Elgin board
of trade was organized the district
has produced 587.089,045 pounds of
butter and 193,631,354 pounds of
cheese, the whole valued ai $147,361,-
251.
Prof. Alexander Bell said, the other
day, that, he expected to have a flying
machine in successful operation bo
fore the summer is over. "I am con
vinced that the flying machine of the
future will be one built on the aero
plane theory," he said. "A machine
capable of combating atmospheric con
ditions successfully must be heavier
than the air, and, to a certain extent,
capable of utilizing these atmospheric
conditions."
When business men and the banks
in the heart of the business district
of Pittsburg attempted to open their
safes and vaults the other morning
but few would respond. Among those
fiat stuck fast was the big lock on tho
Union Savings bank vault. An ex
pert said heavy blasting on a new
building in the neighborhood caused
the time locks to change. Contractor
George Egan was arrested for violating
a city ordinance as the result of a
complaint by the cashier of the bank.
The demand for servant girls in
Kansas and Missouri is greater than
the supply. In the country the wives
of prosperous farmers are having al
most as much trouble in securing the
services of girls as the farmers are in
Retting harvest hands. The scarcity
of girls in the country is not difficult
of explanation. The farmers and
townspeople are all so prosperous that
there are few who are willing to let
their daughters go out to service, it 13
said.
The Kansas state board of agricul
ture issued a crop bulletin devoted to
the wheat yield and the condition of
growing corn. Tabulated returns of
assessors for each of 105 counties in
the state show the total winter wheat
area this year to be 5,911,081 acres
and that the yield for the entire area
will average slightly more than 15.2
bushels an acre, or a total of 90,270,-
000 bushels. This year's total produc
tion is greater by 66 per cent., or
35,946,200 bushels, than that of 1902,
and surpasses even the yield of 1901
of 90,045,514 bushels, making the ban
ner crop in Kansas' history.
Prominent Canadians have been at
I.oekport, N Y., for a fortnight, wit
nessing tests of the Marcus Ruthenburg
electrical process of manufacturing
steel, which the inventor, a Philadel
phia!!, claims will revolutionize tho
manufacture because it reduces tim
cost of production 20 per cent, and
turns out a purer steel than the Bes
semer process. The Canadians are re.
ticent, but it is reported they are con
vinced to the extent of making a com
mercial test of the process in a larjii
stool plant on the Canadian vide of
the Niagara river.
James 11. Hyde, one of t'.i six rich
est. bachelors in America, owns what ii
generally regarded as t lie mo t art hit in
home in ail the land. It Is located
n< ar Llip, 1.. I. The forests ar-« pre
served almost as nature turned them
out, there is a beautiful 'ak«' on t!i
vast e. talt\ The dwelling Ii telf U it
dream of convenience and artistic
beauty. An Idea of the general luxury
may be obtained when It i< said that
In the stiibb s carved mahogany is the
material used in cases for harneit* and
caddies. Mr. Hyde's bacticloriiovd i<
tfi'oui chol«', not netuKHiiv.
NO FIGHT ON THE TARIFF.
Hep u lil lt*a II H, llnalr ra of I lie Sit mi I Imi.
\\ 111 llruil OH' lli-iiiocratlc
Plot*.
According to Senator Gorman, "at the
( coining session of congress the joint
resolution to atflrm the Cuban reciproci
ty treaty will open up a general tariff j
j debate." The senator is mistaken. ,
! There can be no debate on anything un- j
! less more than one side engages in it. j
Only one side will figure in any extend- j
i ed talk which the democrats try to put •
up in the approaching congress. It |
makes no difference whether the Cuban |
treaty is dealt with in an extra session j
or whether it is taken up in the stated |
session which begins in December, there
Will be no contest on the tariff. The
treaty will be dealt with quickly in any
case. It will be defeated or ratified
promptly, and the end which will be j
reached will stay ended until after the j
election of 1904. Let nobody have any ;
doubts on this point Rumor has it that
congress will be called in special session !
on November 9, just after the state elec- j
tions of 1903, and four weeks before the
regular meeting day. Possibly this will
turn out to be true, but there will be no
tariff fight, either then or in the regular
session, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
The republicans have a good working
majority in each branch of congress.
They will be in complete control from
the moment that body meets until it ad
journs without day, on March 4, 1905,
just before President Roosevelt's next
inauguration. The republicans will dic-
WILL IT FLY?
It la Prof. Ii ;• !- Working on Tiding Machine.
tate the legislation which is to be had.
They will determine the things which
are to be considered and those which
are to be ignored or shelved. Very lit
tle time will be consumed by congress
in tariff discussion, whether the Cuban
reciprocity treaty succeeds or falls. Con
gress will have something better to do In
the approaching time than to listen to
democratic follies on the tariff. It is
probably true that such men as Gorman
think that a tariff debate would make
capital for their party by embarrassing
the republicans. As the republicans,
however, will be masters of the situation
in the senate as well as in the house, they
may be relied onto head off all plots !
of this sort which Gorman and his |
friends may have in mind.
Probably the democrats have two I
things in mind in connection with their t
tariff discussion programme. They;
might bring out some differences of opin
ion among the republicans on the gen- ■
eral subject of tariff alterations, and they |
would delay needed legislation. Either j
of those two tilings would hamper the
republicans. Because they would ham- j
per is one very good reason why the
republicans will not permit, them. If
Gorman and his associates want to make
a few speeches in favor of tariff reduc- .
tion, there will be no way to stop them. <
as the senate has often been known to |
give up days to trivial things. Put the
embargo will not be allowed to last, j
long, and the republicans will not take
part, in the talk. It will be out of the
power of the democrats to precipitate
any fight on the tariff in the coming scs- j
sions, extra or regular, of congress. The
probability is that the republican lead
ers will arrange tMngs so that the long
session will have ended by the time the
big conventions meet next summer, and (
the party will have a chance to give its
undivided attention to the rolling un
of a majority for their presidential tick- 1
et which will at least equal (hat of 1900.
(■ormit ti W
Gorman's boomers among the ditr.o
crats cannot understand how it. Is that 1
the republicans are disposed to welcome
that personage r.s a possible candidate.
This is all easy. The republicans would
be glad t« s/..j Gorman nominated, be
cause of the fact that they believe he
would be v.' ak. The republicans ar"
supporting Bryer for a like reason. Gor
man never had the eloquence tin mag
netism nor tho popularity of Ilryan, but
everybody knows now that Ilryan as the
candidate in l.iti would • t fewi r vote
than ho rr-r» iveii in 1900. Gorman wi.iili'
he one of tho fo< lib .-t nominees whom the
democrats could choose. If ho wer< tln
candidate It would be hard to inject 1
much excitement Into tho canvass. If
the democrat* want to confer an rspe
clal favor on the republican party they 1
will nominate the Maryland tricktti r.- ;
Bt Louis Globe Democrat.
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CAMKRON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1903.
NOT MERELY PLAYING.
The l*r«**l<lcvi t iiia* llwiii M 11 !tep«*
ututiou for UIMI
Sincerity.
Within a year from the present time
both political parties will have held their
national conventions and made their
nominations lor president and vice pres
ident. Usually at this stage of the pro
ceeding there is evident a good deal of
combination and wire pulling on both
sides to secure the respective nomina
tion. The present situation shows an
abundance of this ononesideaudlittleor
none on the other, says the Indianapo
lis Journal. Our friends, the enemy, are
ail at sea in regard to candidates as well
as issues, while the republicans are tak
ing it quite easy in a sort of calm seren
ity as to both. Their confidence is well
based on President Roosevelt's adminis
tration and his personal popularity.
The republican party has a good habit ol
recognizing faithful public service. In
1900 no other name was presented before
the national convention for president
but that of William McKinley, who was
recognized at the time as his only logical
successor. His nomination was second
ed by Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. McKin
ley received for first place 926 votes and
Theodore Roosevelt for second place 925
votes. The latter was a delegate and
could not vote for himself. The unex
pected fatality that made him president
gave him an oppoitunity to prove that
the party had made no mistake in nom
inating him for second place, and since
his accession to the presidency he lias
not only grown steadily in personal
i
popularity, but he has added steadily to
the strength of the party. It is no exag
geration to say that President Roosevelt
is to-day the most popular man in the
United States and that the republican
party is stronger than it was when he
became president. These results have
not been achieved by the president's
playing politics. The country has
learned that he is above that sort of
tiling. A man of friendly impulses, he
likes to make friends. He is not insen
: sible to popularity, but it is not a ruling
motive with him. The dominating pur
pose of his administration, as of his
! whole public career, has been to do right,
, and to serve the people honestly, faith
fully and fearlessly. A prominent repub
' lican politician of New York who has
j been feeling the public pulse throughout
i that state says that the popularity of
: President Roosevelt, particularly among
i the rural voters and in the villages, sur
j passes anything he ever knew before.
He says the church element of all de
nominations believe in him and the
j young men of all classes idolize him.
This is because the people know the
: president is an honest and sincere man,
| and because he does the best he knows
: 'now without playing politics.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
C' r "The difference between the Borelll
comet and the long-sought democratic
issue is that the comet may be seen with
a powerful glass.—St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
| i "When Mr. Bryan employs the epi
! !het bunco steerer he forgets that many
people regarded his free silver pro
gramme as something rather similar to a
green goods game.—Washington Star.
Gorman, as a democratic ex- j
pert, observes that "we seem to be
getting away from a number of false 1
| ideas the party ha 3 been chasing
around after in the past few years."
The tendency still continues, and the
supply of false ideas Is always equal
i to the lively democratic demand.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
B \\ il!in.ni j. Bryan is his own wor?'t
enemy. No man ever broke Into na
; lior.al politics more easily or cut a
i wider swath at the beginning cf his ca
reer with brighter pn -pi ci ■ of future
'.rrowth. Hut he has thrown them awnv
and > u; his own political grave by hi
I.hindering leadership and his displays I
(ip rsonai unfitness. His course has
bei n (Uiwnw :til in.otend of upward.
Prom an ora'.or of national reputation,
, though in advocacy of wrong princl
-lis, he has sin k to tho level of a po
: UUeal sling-whanner. His personal
.ibtif of Mr. Cleveland In his speech at"
; I rbana shows ;!)•• loiii, tMstnuce be
)' wtpn a genttlfman ard a blath-raklte.
; Mr. Cleveland <!«.<* well never to notloo
' him.- Indianap'ilb Journal.
FRESH OUTBREAKS.
They «r<- lt< p<>ri< <l Irom Varloii* I'lir
lloiifc ul 'I in* oil II «i lii ll.iii-ii' ol u Mill.
iCiirln N- ■ ll rkl*li War liii ri-uMi'M.
Sofia, \ug. £2. —All the dispatches
j received her** indicate thai the revo
j hit ion in Macedonia is spreading.
; The situation is causing intense anx
| iety in otticial circles. The most
I alarming news relates to an outbreak
covering a considerable area in the
eastern part of the Adriauople vil
ayet, where the insurgents have cap
tured the town of Vasiiiko. They
took the chief Turkish officials prls
' oners anil brought them to the Mul
! garian frontier, where they liber
ated them.
The insurgents burned the villages
behind Vasiiiko and attacked a Turk
ish military post at the monastery of
.Elijah, south of Ti«*rnovo. The e'ast
ern part of the Adriauople vilayet is
a mountainous region and the vil
lages are few and scattered. The
strength of the insurgents is un
known.
The peculiar danger of the latest
outbreak lies in its proximity to the
Bulgarian frontier, thus creating a
situation long foreseen and dreaded
by the Sofia government. The Turks
are now certain to send a consider
able force to this territory to sup
press the outbreak, which will neces
sitate the strengthening of the Bul
garian troops along the frontier.
With the two armies close to each
other under the present strained re
lations, the situation becomes ex
tremely delicate.
Severe fighting is proceeding near
Gehgle, with heavy losses on both
sides.
The Sofia Dnevjnjk declares that till
the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia
will bo in full rovfflt August 23 and
that the revolution is spreading from
Saloniea into the districts towards
Seres.
The Turkish and Christian inhabi
tants at Kumnnova have agreed to
mutually support each other in the
event of an attack either by insur
gent bands or Turkish soldiers. At
Kratovo lialf of the Turkish garrison
deserted, the men saying that they
hail enough to do at home. The
Turkish authorities have mobilized
their whole forces in Macedonia,
numbering 18,000 men.
Vienna, Aug. 22. — \mong the sensa
tional reports circulating here, it is
stated that all the guard bouses
along the Monastir-Salonica railroad
line have been destroyed; that 20,000
Turks under Marshal Omerrushti
Paslia have surrounded and annihi
lated 1.200 insurgents in the Monastic
district; and that at Constantinople
Thursday a Turkish soldier insulted
and attacked an oflicial of the Rus
sian post office, who was severely
wounded and had to be taken to a
hospital.
London, Aug. 22.—The Odessa eor
! respondent of the Standard affirms
that immediately the Russian squad
ron left Sebastopal for Turkey or
ders were issued to Vice Admiral
Skrvdloff to bold the remainder of
the Black Sea squadron in readiness
for active service in ease eif need.
A RECKLESS CHAUFFEUR.
•ll* Willi Driving < an wed CI tii'ltuia tP«
'lnjur to Payt<2so llßinasen.
Kingston, X. Y„ Aug. 22.—Judge Al
ton I!. Parker and County Judge
John O. Van Etten yesterday caused
the arrest of Joseph 11. Bridges,
chauffeur of Mayor Julius Fleiscli
lniinn. of Cincinnati.
The mayor and a party of friends
wore on their way to Fleischnianns
in-the-Cat skills, Mr. Fleisohmann's
summer home. Bridges sped past
Judge Parker's carriage on Broadway
at an estimated speed of 40 miles an
hour. The team became frightened
and only the combined efforts of
Judge Parker, Judge Van Etten and
a liveryman prevented their running
away. Meanwhile the auto caused
another team to run away, the horses
plunging intei the office windows of
the Kingston Electric Co.
Mr. Fleisclimann was served with
papers in an action of damages when
he appeared tit the courthouse. He ;
settled all claims for $250 and secured
the release of Bridges.
litiiliCley'a .11 rsli 1 1>.
Widewater, Va., Aug. 22.—Langley's
big aerodrome was placed in position
on the superstructure of the house
boat Friday afteruoon. The whole
airship force worked"on the body, ar
ranging machinery and adjusting the
wings, until sundown. The flying ma
chine then was returned to the» in
terior. It was the first time that it.
! had been exposed to the press repre
; sentatives. Her machinery and dimen
i sions were plainly visible. Amidships
is a great mass of wheels, rods, boil
ers, pistons and various other me
dia nicsi l devices. It is exceedingly
; complicated.
Kill,' ICiiiloil In lloaili.
Ithaca. X. V.. Aug. 21. —Mrs. Lode
man Stoughton, of Philadelphia, was
instantly killed atrfl her sister, Miss
.\ii\-, seriously injured while driving
to the Lehigh Valley railroad station
at Ludlow village yesterday. Mrs.
Mortimer Milliard, a daughter of
| Mrs. Stoughton, was driving the
horse when it became unmanageable
and throw the throe occupants nut of
tho buggy. Mrs. liillinrd escaped un-
I hurt.
I. II I'LL 'nlisliu rv'* IIIIIOKM,
London, Aug. 22. A bulletin issued
nt 9:4."i p. m. last night said: "There
a slight improvement in Lord Salis
burg's condition, which, however, is
still very serious."
* J'atal davit llflivii tirade.
Iruddock. Pit., \ug. 21. ui open
ear mi the Wilkiusburg iV East Pitts
burg «li \ i ion nt the Pittsburg liail
way I". Mil away from the motor
man mi a high grade in North l'rad
dock Ist -1 evening and in its wild dash
COM nne man hi* life and fatally in
jurod another, be.-iih s badly injuring
MM-rnl more. The dead: Vrchie
Hamilton, aged mi, uf Ed-rewood;
head split open, died instantly, Pn
t iliy injured: Philip con
ductor. of lloniewood; skuil frno
tured and serious internal injuries
( I f rn onst'loiis and cannot live.
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
IHtn l'i< I 111 Break* till- UiirlitS ltco«r«l
tor I'actrn on (In- Brighton Hrarb
Truck Hawthorne rupture* the
( iU.UIIO linn tier Stake.
Xew Vork, Aug. 19. —There was a
large attendance at the grand circuit
meeting at Brighton Beach yesterday,
j The 2: l.'i trot was the curtain raiser
j anil in a lield of ten the black geld
! ing Masetto wns the favorite. The
talent made no mistake, as the favor
! ite won in straight heats.
I'he $5.(>00 Brighton stake for 2:10
j pacers was a fast race. Yoakum won
j in straight heats.
Ten met. in the 2:2t trotting class,
| and Crown Princess was the choice
at s.')s to SSO for the field. The favor
ite won in two very close finishes.
The SI,OOO Kentucky Stock Farm
stake for pacers was a very easy vie
| tory for Mattie I!., the favorite, who
i distanced her field.
New York, Aug. 20.—Dan Patch
\ broke the world's record for pacers
; yesterday by pacing a mile in 1:30 at
Hrighton Beach and thereby won
' $2,500.
Tilt; opening event was a dash of a
mile antl a half for 2:ori pacers, anil
Beauzant was the choice, 1>.;I I,ocnn
da won easily. He was a 4 to 1 shot.
For the s.'i,ooo Kentucky purse for
3-year-old trotters. Ethel's Pride was
the favorite. Mary Grace led in the
first heat nil the way, with IJliel's
l Pride close up. The finish was
most exciting, the favorite losing by
j a head. She won the next three
beats.
.Xew York, Aug. 22.—The grand cir
cuit meeting was resumed Friday at
ltrighton Beach before 8,000 specta
tors, The big event of the card was
] the $20,000 Bonner stake for 2:12 trot
ters. The betting was very heavy,
liillv Buck selling for SI,OOO to S7OO
for the field. The favorite won the
first heat by luilf a length from Jim
Ferry, with Swift a close third, but
in the second he was beaten in a close
and exciting finish by the rank out
sider, Hawthorne, with Tiverton sec
ond. In the third heat at the first
turn Swift stumbled and swerved into
Hawthorne, and both went down, the
horses being soon caught. In the
meantime Kinney Lou had got the
leatl and won the heat.
For the fourth heat Kinney Lou
I'd to the home with Billy
luck antl Hawthorne close up, but
here Hawthorne came up with a
splendid burst of speed, anil won j
easily by a length. The next heat
| was close from start to finish. Haw- ;
thorne winnning by two lengths, with
the other two tired out.
Judge fireen was a hot favorite for
the $5,000 purse for 4-year-olds, antl
he won in straight heats. Dariel and
iAI Bock were strong favorites in j
their races. Tn the 2:09 trot The j
: Roman was the choice and finished j
last.
For the 2.12 pace Strathline de
feated the favorite. Page Hal.
MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
Fri'uliloiit Iloi>«(>volt Kcvlew* a Fleet
of 'i'i In I lr<l St it (cm War Ve*»i'l«—A
Slight Accident Occur* During the
.llaiicu vent.
Oyster Bay, N. V., Aug. IS. —For the
first time in the history of the eoun- ]
try the president of the United .States
reviewed and inspected, in time of
peace, a great fleet of United States
warships. The ceremony was a mag
nificent and impressive naval spec- j
taele. It was uninarred by the slight
est mishap until just at its eonclu- .
sion, when the torpedo boat de
stroyer Barry rammed the destroyer j
Decatur, fortunately doing little j
damage.
The incident was exciting, it oc- 1
curred just at the moment when the
president was receiving congratula- j
tions upon the success of the man- |
euvers.
The first squadron of destroyers,
consisting of the Decatur, Bain bridge,
! Barry, Dale and Chauneey, all un- I
der command of Lieut. L. 11. Chand- j
ler, was approaching the Mayflower
at full speed. The vessels were in
close formation.
Orders were signalled from the
Decatur to the other vessels to form ;
a wedge. In executing the orders,
the Decatur swung across the bow of
the Barry. An instant later the Barry
rammed her on the starboard side. ;
As the ships were running at a speed
of 20 knots, the blow was tremendous.
Admiral Dewey ordered Lieut, j
Chandler to proceed with the five
vessels to the Brooklyn navy yard,
where such repairs as may be neces
sary could be made quickly.
The review occurred on Long
Island sound, two miles and a half
off the entrance to Oyster bay. j
President Roosevelt in company with
Secretary of the Navy Moody, Ad
miral Dewey, Rear Admiral Taylor,
Rear Admiral Rodgers, Capt. Brown- ;
sou, (Jen. Chaffee and Gen. Harry,
stood on the bridge of the Mayflower,
ns she steamed slowly down one col
umn of tlie warships and up the
other. The two columns extended
2,500 yards, the ships being anchored ,
at intervals of 500 yards.
As the Mayflower passed each ship !
in the two columns, the yards and
rails of each were manned by jackics J
in white duck, the marines were
paraded and presented arms, the
buglers sounded a flourish. Ihe drum*
| tilers gave four ruffles, the band piny- j
ed "Hail Columbia" antl the entire !
crew stood sit salute. As the May
flower swept majestically past each
ship, the crew of the saluting vessel
gave the president three cheers as
the commander-in-chief of the army
and navy of the United Stales.
Arrcil «l Frclulit Thieve*.
Buffalo, X. Y., \ug. 18.— Fred Boyd,
Frank <>. Weir and Henry Hart/ have j
been held for hearing on the charge
of stealing express and freight in
tran>it front Xew York lo P iffalo.
The arrests were made by a num
ber of railroad detectives, who sur
prised the men inn saloon at Belie
vue, a suburb of this city. Outside
was a van in which was about $;),-
tHit) worth of stolen goods. It is a
sertcd that during the past year
thousands of dollars' worth of
I freight has been stolen from cars.
DUN'S TRADE REVIEW.
A favorable l!r|i<iii a« to < o(»:iiier<la
i'Ollllltlollla
New York, \ug. 2-. K. •!. Dun &
t Co.'s llt'vit'H of Trade says:
Business is well maintained, aside
j from th<- i|uieting influence of the
' vacation season uhicli somewhat re*
! strict* trade and retards collections.
Making due allowance for the period,
j there is no cause »nr complaint. The
! adverse factors that have been oper
ating against prosperity in recent
preceding weeks are no longer as po
i tent, normal influences gradually pre
vailing, Labor controversies still ex
ist, curtailing the output of a few
products and the consumption of all
the necessaries of life. Crops are not
going to market as freely as usual, al
though the agricultural outlook is dis
tinctly favorable.
In spite of several reasons for ex
pecting a check to freight traffic,
earnings of railways thus far report
ed in August show an average gain
of !).(! per cent, over last year. Com
plaints are beginning to be heard re
garding the inadequate facilities of
the railways, amj il now appears that
inconvenience and loss must again be
experienced, notwithstanding the ex
tensive improvements. Sensational
stories of the large number of buyers
now at lliis center and the fabulous
sums that tliev spend cannot be ac
cepted as accurate? but if is probable
that an increase over all previous
years is actually occurring.
Failures this week numbered 2HS in
the United States, against 207 last
year, and eight in Canada compared
with 00 a year ago.
SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED.
One Jljm Killed and Several Injured
it) an Accident at B'it txblil'Zi.
Pittsburg, Aug. 21. —By the collapse
of a scaffold last night in the annex
to the Joseph Ilorne Co. building
on Penn avenue, one man was killed
and two others so seriously hurt that
they will probably die.
The dead man is: Samuel Brooker,
and the injured are:
P. Thompson, colored.
llopsaw, colored.
In the remodelling of the large of
fice building adjoining the Ilorne
store for the purpose of enlarging
the company's store room, ten work
men were on a scaffold on the sixth
j floor engaged in tearing down a par
-1 tition between the two buildings.
From some unexplained cause the
scaffold began to totter and within a
j few seconds the whole structure
plunged to the cellar, a distance of
95 feet.
When the first warning of weak
ness in the scaffold came several
workmen succeeded in saving tliem
| selves by clinging to the stc'H girders
that were stretched across the build
ing. Brooker was carried all the way
to the cellar and when dug out from
j the debris was dead and horribly
| mangled. Thompson and Hopsaw
were carried through several floors,
i humping against the girders, being
! hit by falling bricks and portions of
the wrecked scaffold, finally lodging
on one of the floors, from where tliey
! were later rescued in an unconscious
condition.
A TIN PLATE COMBINE.
Independent Co ill pa il ICN In tlie Plllw
bliryf District Have I'nited,
Pittsburg. Aug. 22.—8y the merg
-1 ing of a number of sheet and tin
plate companies in the Pittsburg dis
trict an independent combine has
been formed. The United Sheet and
j Tin Plate Co., with headquarters in
I Pittsburg and Columbus, has just
1 been organized with the absorption
of llie following companies:
Marietta Sheet and Tinplate Co.,
| Marietta, ().; the tin dipping branch
of the American Tin and Terne Plate
Co., Philadelphia; Tuscora Steel Co.,
with rolling mill and galvanizing plant
at Newcomerstown, O.; Cambridge-
Byesvillc Sheet Co.. now building
a 50-ton open-heartli steel furnace
with blooming and billet mills at
| Byesville, ().: the Byesville Coal Co..
Byesville, anjl the Tucker Steel Roof
j ing Co., Newark, 0.. also owning nat
ural gas well.fi at Marietta and Byes
| ville.
The estimated output annually of
the company will be 10,0(10 to 50,000
ton of billets, sheet and tin plate
bars, 30.0')0 tons of black sheets, plate
| and tin plate and galvanized iron,
some of which will be in the shape
of corrugated iron conductor pipe
and steel ceilings.
11 r. Hoot Sails for ICurope.
New York. Aug. 22.—Secretary of
War Klihu Root sailed for Liverpool
yesterday on flic Celtic, lie goes to
England to act with Senator Lodge
and ex-Senator Turner, of Washing
ton. as the I'nited States representa
tives on the Alaskan boundary dis
pute. Before sailing the secretary
declared that he would, according to
his present plans, get out. of the cab
inet about the middle of the winter,
lie would not enter into any diseus
-1 sion of his future plans except to
! deny that he was going to enter ac
tively iu politics in this state.
A Jlaim''nctiirer'» Prediction.
Sharon. Pn.. Vug. 22. A prominent
pig iron manufacturer states that
j witlifn the next 30 days practically
1 every blast furnace in the Mahoning
and Shenango valjeys will be iu opera
tion. lb- says that the demand for
pig iron is increasing. The demand
for pig iron is a sure indication that
the iron and steel business is also go
ing to be good.
Sw ore ISlniteli OK"tile !lcl»rli.
Kansas City, Aug. '.'2. Believing
•hat he will not be able to be impar
tial in the -econd trial of Lulu Prince
Kennedy for the murder of her hus
band. which has been set for Novem
ber tti. .fudge John W. Woffonl yes
terday swore luni-elf oiT the* bench
mul named Judge Joshua \V. Ylexun
der. of Callatin. to try the case. \t
her liist trial Mrs. Kennedv was
given ten years in the penitentiary,
'■' lie killed bur husband, Phi 1 Itl> 11.
Kennedy, a month afte- their marri*
age because be refused to 1i \ < with
her.