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DRESS
GOODS
.Are always hi demand by women of
taste anil fashion, but tlii'iv is .1
peculiar attractiveness ami bright
ness about them this season which
cannot fail to make them more pnp
tilur than ever. The somber, dull,
dead weaves of other days have
given place to lustrous. glace effects
In such it mult It title of different
ways thut no matter how one's
) nitturnl taste may run. It Is sure to
find something exactly In sympathy
y with It.,
These facts have led us to make
A SKE'CIAL
DISPLAY IF
BLACI MESS
VI
For one week, beginning Tuesday,
Sept. 17th. when all the
LJEAMG mEM.
Out for Fall and Winter wear will
be submitted for your inspection.
A walk through the department
should prove highly Interesting
these days, as it will post you on
fashion's latest decrees as to what
is correct.
The Mew
Crepon Weaves
In dull or Glace "Mohair effects.
Prices from "i c-rvts to jj.uO.
Boucle Effects
From foreign and domestic looms.
Prices S3 cents to $l.;o.
Bourette Cloths
With new prettlners In them. Prices
"3 cents to $1.25.
Zibeline
A new cloth with furry Appearance
and a decided novelty, Sa cents up.
New Seeded Weaves
Tn all sorts of ways from 43 cents to
$1.25.
Quadrille Cloths
Come In bright, lustrous cube and
basket weave effects. J 1,00 to $1.23.
Polntelles
Glace dots and other small effects.
$1.00 to 11.23.
Granite Cheviots
A rough weave with new brightness
In It. $1.00 to $1.25.
Sicilian Lustres
Heavy enough for cold weather,
and a certain favorite. 75 cents to
$1.25.
Diagonal Cloths
In new Mohair effects which are
very striking, or In soft wool
weaves. 2"4 cents to $1.00.
Silk and Wool Novelties
riohairand Wool Novelties
SHk and flohair Novelties
In Brocades and all sorts of con-
celts and fancies are among the
other things shown. We'd only
weary you to continue details, and
" why should we when a glance from
' you at the stock can reveal so
much? '
' 1 WAREHOUSE.
Sec
THE EXPOSITION OPENED
Atlanta's Great Show Is Now in
Running Order.
THE CITY ALIVE WITH VISITORS
After Imposing I'uradcs unj Speeches of
Welcome, ('resident Cleveland Touches
tho Uuttun ot (irny liublc.
and Starts tho Machinery.
Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. IS. Atlanta Is
alive with people. Strangers have been
coming in for two weeks to bo present
at today's exercises,, hut they were as
nothing, in numbers, compared to the
thousands who arrived last night tttitl
this morning. The city Is profusely
decorated with bunting stud the na
tional colors. The crowds are gooil-
I natured, and. as in obi carnival limes,
: everything goes.
Tito list of distinguished personages
niul historic organizations here is a
long one. Xew York, Pennsylvania.
'Massachusetts, Connecticut, ci'moiil,
; Now Jer.-. y, Maryland, Virginia, llli
; nois. In. liana, Arkansas, California,
j Texas. Alabama, Florida, South Caro
lina ami Ohio and many other states
'rtW- otlleially represented, either by the
i governor or members of his staff or a
board .of suite commissioners.
I The pai.u!.' of civic and military
I bodies, which acted as an escort to the
I otlic'.als of the exposition and Its guests
today, was the most Imposing proces
sion ever seen- in the-south. Several
thousand Grand Army members came
down 110111 Chiokamanga ami were
conspicuous on the snvels. They iv
tvlved marked attention from the citi
zens. ine of these. Lieutenant Frank
lin IVrry. brought down from Massa
chusetts the Identical Hag which waved
from Keniiesaw to Allatoomi. the fa
mous signal on which was written the
song: "Hold the fort, for J am com
ing." The llmtenant went upon Ken
iiesaw mountain today, and about the
time the exposition was formally pro
nounced otieit. waved the same signal
which he h id received thirty-one years
ago from General Shermttn and waved
to General Corse.
.ItiJgc l-moiy Spcer's Jdro..
ilti.-h has been made of the Wash
ington artillery of New Orleans, and
ali along the route of the para tie today
the artillerymen were cheered. Whoa
the parade reached the exposition
grounds the otllclal party proceeded to
the auditorium, when- Judge Kninry
s-'peer. of tre.' (Tnlteil states court at
Macon, deliver.-.! the address of the
day. He was followed by Mrs. Joseph
Thompson, chaiiinan of the women's
board, and Hooker T. Washington,
colored. In behalf of the negro board.
Then Albert liowell. of the Atlanta
bar. lead an ode written by FiMtik 1..
Stanton. George Prown lead nn ad
dress by Governor Atkinson, of
Georgia, and President Collier, of the
exposition company, reviewed the work
of building the exposition.
When he concluded his speech he
called Gray Gables, which bail direct
wire communication by the Western
Union line, with the auditorium. This
was the signal that all was ready.
Pivsid. nt Cleveland touched the elec
tric button and the electric spark start
ing the ponderous engines In machinery
hall. Then a pandemonium of noise
followed and the exposition was form
ally open.
At (ivoy fiahlcs.
liuzzirds li.ty. Mass., Sept. 18. The
vast maciiire ry of the Atlanta exposi
tion was successfully s-ot In motion to
day from the president's summer home,
Gray Gables.
Superintendent Viles, of the Huston
office of tlie Western I'nion Telegraph
company, was at his temporary desk
at Gray Gables, and made frcipjcnt
tests to Atlanta, to see that every thing
was in proper shape. Mr. Vilcs was in
direct communication with Atlanta,
and reeclvnl, during the ufternonn,
several in'-sages concerning the pro
gress of the exei"lss there.
A-t about 2 o'clock the chairman of
the committee of arrangements tol
graphed that the president would not
I be called upon to perform hi:i part
until a or at the earliest. This
caused come little disappointment, for
It was understood, though not from
official roitrce.t, that the button would
In- pr d at or about 2 o'clock. Tiio
room In which the ceremonies were
p'-ifornvd is known as the president's
gun room. On a little rlnlf close by
I he window Is placed the annunciator.
This is of black rubber, with n small
solid gold band around the edge with
the following inscription engraved
thereon:
"Marlon Cleveland. Sept. 11.
The knob of the annunciator Is white
with an engraved Masonic emblem -npwre
and comprrs In gold, nn ex
ceedingly pretty affair.
The l.xpnstf itin romfcio.
Atlanta, Ga., Kept. IS. The exposi
tion is much nearer completion than
the public have supposed. From sen
sational reports sent out, the Inipres
(don bad been conveyed that things
were In a chaotic state, but the actual
progress revealed a series of displays
nearer completeness than any ever
r.hown by nn exposition lit its opening.
All the government departments are
strongly represented and make a su
perb showing. The exhibit of lint; arts
Is also completed.
The agricultural exhibit Is practical
ly complete, nnd is nn excellent, Inter
esting and attractive display. The ex
hibits In machinery hall are not. all In
place, but many are. Fourteen of the
seventeen engines began to move when
President Cleveland touched the but
ton. The minerals nnd forestry display Is
complete, and makes one of the most
comprehensive und biautlfid exhibits
of natural resources ever goITon goth
er.The midway proves to be a line one,
am almost every racial type on earth
Is exhibited on the grounds.
AIUKDKR ()! ANNIE KOCICKH.
Johnson Questioned nt the Inquest In tho
Court House,
gomervllle. Sept. IS. Coroner Ilr.nly
continued 'the Inquest today In the
county court house In the case of Annie
lingers, or llocltmnn, the young negro
woman, who was found murdered
II bout a mile, from this city on Hunday
morning last.
Jacob Johnson, his wife, their son,
Charles aicnry, and Isaac Lewis, the
prisoners, were present. Jacob John
son Is suspected of having killed the
woman. lie wns tho last person seen
in her company ill Komcrvllle, nnd
Kingman Gorman, of the Central rn II
roatl, snys he saw Johnson and tho
womnn together on .Saturday night not
far from where the woman's body was
subsequently found.
growlim; at im.r.WM.
England May Interfere- In tho Troubles tit
the Congo.Froo Ktnto.
I,ondon, Sept. 1S.-J-Thire are Indica
tions that the powers may be Invited
to Interfere In the affairs of Belgium
and the Congo Free State. The feeling
In Kngland regarding King Leopold's
African venture was never very tuvor
uble, and the execution last January
of the Kngllsh trailer Stokes, without,
it Is alleged, observance of the line
processes of law, excited much Indig
nation here, which found expression in
tile late session of parliament, when
the foreign ollice was urged to demand
explanations.
The reports which have reached this
country in private letters, as cabled
exclusively to tile Associated I'ret s yes
terday, that a condition of virtual
anarchy prevailed In the Congo Free
State, that In several Instances Itelglun
troops have been defeated u ml
slaughtered by natives, and that two
Kngllshinen were murdered there and
eaten by savages, have iiiteiisllleil the
feeling, which is given voice 111 a leader
In the St. James' Gaxette this aller
110011. After reciting the facts above
alluded to the St. James' Gazette says:
"A troublesome time Is clearly at hand
for Kln'V Leopold, whose African re
sponsibilities are far greater than Mr.
Stanley led him to expect that they
would be."
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ji inn: i5ii)i)i. r. r.xnoKsr.i).
Iieinociats of Philadelphia Kutlfy 11 K'e
puMicait Nomination.
Piilladeli 'aia, Sopt. lx.--lVmnrratlc
c 'inventions to nominate county oiiiceis
w 1 'held in-je this morning and aside
tiom dilVeivnci a s to the ill -trlcl attor
neyship, the work was harmonious.
For ju l-'.e of court of common picas
'o. 1. lion. Craig I'.iildle, the liepnh
licaa candidate, received the unani
mous endorsement of the judicial con
vention which was held in Musical
Fund hall. The other nominations
were:
Itecorder of d Is, John J. Ctirley;
clerk of the court of iptarler sessions,
Kiluin J. 'Sellers; city controller, Fred
erick 1-'. Vaiiilegrlft; coroner, I r. Kd
w In S. llan iim'ton. No nomination
was made for the otllco of district at
torney, the convention deeming It In
expedient to do so. This means that
Oistrict Attorney Graham (liepubll
canl will have 110 opposit ion, but docs
not receive tlie eniocratle endorse
ment. SKIRMISHES IX CL'lJA.
Kcports from Havana Say the Insurgents
Were orted.
Havana. Pent, is. The column of
Colonel Kuiz. operating in the l'roln. e
of Puerto Principe, lias, according to
otllclal dispatches received lure, had
several brisk skirmishes with insurg
ents. In one of these seven insurgents
Were killed and twelve wounded, while
of the troops seven were wounded.
An ollicial report states that Captain
Mora, with Mi Infantrymen and
cavalrymen, engaged insurgents to the
number of 2.1a, and after a hard tight
forced them to retire. The insurgent
joss was four killed and three wound
ed, one soldier was killed ami tlve
were wounded.
The steamer Santa Barbara has ar
rived here with l.nm) soldiers and t!7
officers from. TVluan, Morocco. The
troops were given a splendid reception
by the citizens of Havana. The news
paper proprietors of the city distri
buted among tlie newcomers l.j.nuii
cigars and 2U,0uu packages f cigar
ettes. STRENGTH OF A MADMAN.
Herman Sprouse Picked I'p Hugs of I lour
Willi (lis teeth.
'Mount Vernon. N'. Y., Sept. Is. Her
man Sprouse. aged 2s. a baker, from
New York city, is 111 the hospital In a
stiaight-jaokct, suffering from hydro
phobic. Sprouse came from New York Sun
day and went to work for Karl Kbert.
on 'Sunday night 'the men Indulged la
beer, and at i o'clock ..Monday morning
Sprouse was missing. The foreman
found Sprouse jumping over tables,
boxes and 'barrels, like a crazy man.
He would bark, snap and growl like ti
dig.
'the foreman chased him Into the
bakery, where he picked up bags of
flour weighing W) pounds and shook
tnem In tils teeth as a dog would a rat.
It took ten men to secure him.
NEEDLE IN HIS KNEE.
A I'oltstnwn laid l.inblu tn Lockjaw from
u Singular Cause.
Pottstown, V,i Sept. is. As the re
sult of running a needle Into his knee
last June, Charles, a !i-yenr-old son of
Andrew Johnson, Is In a serious condi
tion. At the time of tlie accident a part
of the needle could not be extracted,
andln a short time it was forgotten. Ite
cenlly, however, ho fill 011 the same
knee and bruised It, and now the leg Is
stiff and very much swollen, nnd a
bright red spot shows where the needle
t nfercd.
The child suffers great pain, and It Is
feared that tin- needle will have to be
cut out ill order to save him from lock
Jaw. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
Thousands of Cases lleportcj and an
.Manning Number of Heaths.
SI. Pcten'hurg, Sept. 1x. In the Pro
vince Volliytiia, between Aug. is and
Aug. 21, Inclusive. r..S cases of cholera
Were reported, and 2. IIM dent lis from
that disease.
In the Province of Podolla. from Aug.
21 to Aug. "I 101 cases of cholera nnd
forty-live den I lis Wi re reported,
Jr. i. P. A. M. officers.
McICei'spurl, Ph., Sept. IN. The elpct'on
of oflicers was one uf the itilerestiug fea
tures at the Junior Order Fulled Ameri
can Mechanics' eunvent'cui today. The
big fight was for vice stale councillor,
liev. I. Llehlller, Shu I'slnn g. was
chosen over Cliiirlen Lung nnd James ,Mc
Creniy. John W. Calver wns re-elected
treasurer inn! r. M. II. Williams ninl
Cyrus S. Weiss were chosen representa
tives to the national ciiiiucll.
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limed by n Hull.
Bethlehem. Pft., tfept. IX. Mrs. Jesse Ln
bar, iigid l'.r, years, was gored so badly by
a Q 1 11 1 1 lit Hanger, near here, this lifter
noon Unit she will die. Her skull was
cracked and her brain oozed out.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Cigar Manufacturer Israel Good, of
Kidiruta, fell from a hay mow and was
killed, near Lancaster.
There Is n. hot fight over the next presl
ilency of the W inlow Glass Worker;)' as
sociat'ion, at Pittsburg.
George I.. Ilerriiigton has been appoint
ed fourth-class postmaster nt llamiliig,
Vice W. 11. Wright, removed.
Dr. J. Pierce Iloherts, of Shenandoah,
drove his horse over one of two high
waymen who halted him oil tho road.
Tho coroner will 'investigate tho case of
nged Jacob Pa gel, who is said to have
been killed by a cycler at Norrislown.
Potatoes poisoned with Purls green were
enlcn 'by Mrs. Joseph Lawrence slid child,
lit Norrislown, and the couple nearly died.
The famous stilt of Mrs. V. 10. IIiUTiim,
bitter known as MM. Annlo WaH ngford,
against her fiilhef-ln-law, J. C. Itiin'iim,
for alsc arrest, has been iKHcoiitiiiucd,
1'homns Heddnll's heirs, nt Port Cur
bon, have' sued the Imdson Mill Creek
Coal comimnles for f t, (XH damages, caused
fiy culm washed down tho creek to their
premisses. - ,
The 13d!Ron Klectric 1,'ght. company, of
lluzletoii, bus filed a pet ticn for a man
tlunius to compul Controller jucohg to sign
the five-year contract for illuminating
the streets of Huzleton.
CURANT MM TRIAL
Tltc Chain of EvMencc Drawn Tightly
About the 1'ientl.
VERY STKONC.CASE I'KCSENTEI)
The Prosecution Weaves a v ch About the
Prisoner 'Hint Seems to Allow .Mi
Opportunity fur I senpo-A
Kemiirkublc Cuno.
San Francisco. Sept. IS. lnirant in
the 'I'.'.inaiiucl Llaptisl church, pale, agi
tated, with "bloodshed cyi s. anil his hair
disheveled, Ills coat and bat oil, .and
with every evidence id' weakness, was
presented to the Jiuy today by tie;
prosecution us he appeared after his al
leged travtl.s from the irnnial school
ou the afternoon of April il. It had
been short 11 by four witnesses that lie
left tlie school with Blanche Lainont
on thai atteruoon, and by three others
that he lode with -a young lady of her
description out to the church and en
ti'i'ed It. From the lime lie entered tlie
chinch, about l.:;n. it is the theory of
the prosecution that he was occupied
until ,ri o'clock in eipetiutii!g the mur
der. At 5 o'clock he was seen in the
church by anolber witness, to orge Ic.
King, the church organist, who occu
pied the stand all of today.
The murderer of Clam he l.amont.
after having killed her, locked the d.ior
to the belfry, broke the lock and look
the knobs off the door and threw them
under the belfry door. It was then
necessary for hint to cross above the
ceiling to tt rear garret of the church,
from which there was a passage down
to the basement. Ii was down this!
rear passage that Imraiit came when
he burst 011 King's view, lie stopped
in a space between partly opened fold
ing doors when b saw King sitting at
a piano in 11 corner, and when Kln't
asked him what was the malti r he did
not at once reply. When he did reply
It was to explain that he had I n lix-
Ing a sun burner al.ove the ceiling ami
mat ne nan been overcome by
' escaping
gas.
Unrnnt's Startling Appearance.
'Intrant's appearance was so starflinff
that King ran to a drug store a block
mid a half distant, at his suggestion, to
get him some bromo seltzer, and hast
ened back with it. King was in doubt
as to whether imraiit, on his return,
was standing In the vestibule at the'
church entrance, or lying on a plat
form in the Sunday school room in
the rear. As he remembered il, Hiirant
was lying on the platform. I'pon first
entering the church King had detected
file order of escaping gas, the only
thing In his testimony favorable to
liurant, and this led him to enter the
closet used for a library, where the
body of Minnie Williams was after
ward found. At that time he did not
see Ouraut's coat and hat in the room
adjoining the closet, but after bis re
turn with the bromo seltzer lie entered
the room with liurant and the hitter's
coat and hat wjyt . Ui.m. lyiiiR on n
box. The door tn this room was usual
ly kept locked, but when King assisted
nt the church he found the door open.
Only liurant and King had keys to It.
The prosecution attempted to show
that the di fense had tried to tamper
with this witness and had got hlni to
change his testimony as to place Inir
ttnt lying on the Sunday school plat
form instead of standing in tlie vesti
bule, but a reference to the records of
the police court showed that King had
teslllled, on cross-examination In tlie
preliminary examination, that he
thought liurant might have been lying
on the platform. The point Is imma
terial except as to the nlleged attempt
to Inlluence the witness.
Miss Lucelle Taylor was on the stand
for a few minutes to say thut he was
not In the church on the duy of the
murder. Her testimony was to clear
up a point left In doubt by Mrs. Leak,
who yesterday testilied that from her
front window she had seen Liurant en
ter the church with a young lady she
said looked like either Itlanche Lainont
or Miss Turner. The case went over
till Friday on account of the Jewish
holiday tomorrow, to accommodate two
of the Jurors.
HONORING JOE JEFFERSON.
Theatrical People All Over the Country tn
T ake a Hand.
New York, Sept. IS.-When Joseph
Jefferson opens his season In this city
next month with "Hip Van Winkle," a
loving-cup will be presented to blm by
members of the Theatrical profession.
The presentation was arrn nged at a
meeting of prominent theatrical people
held in the Hotel Waldorf this atter
uoon. Haldol Frohman presiding.
Francis Wilson, Mrs. John Hrew nnd
others advocated the presentation of a
loving-cup. .Mr. Wilson moved that n
W)-cent subscript Inn be solicited from
theatrical people throughout ihe cotin
Iry. The motion was carried unani
mously and n committee was appointed
to arrange for the gathering of the
subscriptions.
A number of letters from Ihoatrlenl
people" all over the country, expressing
sympathy with the movement, were re
ceived. NO I'RAYING IN SCHOOL,
Ohio State l.nw to He Kit-Idly In forced in
the T own of l.inwooj.
Cincinnati, Sept. IS. The customary
Lord's . prayer In the I.inwood, Ohio,
Fchool has been ordered stopped. James
A. Under,' who Is a Unman Catholic,
sent his tlilld to the village school to
fhe primary room. At home in the eve
ning the child mentioned the prayer.
The father decided In withdraw the
child from the school and su untitled
Professor Andrew.
Principal Andrew consulted the at
torney of the Cincinnati schools and
i!hcr attorneys on the legal status of
the matter. He was told that prayers
had bociv eliminated from the city
schools and that the state laws forbid
anything of a sectarian nature being
taught In the public schools.
LAD WITH A CHARMED LIFE.
Whllo Nutting He fell Twenty-ITvo t-cet
Across n l eiico nnd Survived.
Cob tesvllle, 'Pn.. Sept. IS. A 10-yonr-old
son of Jesse Gross, of Contesvllle,
went with three companions for nuts,
and when up tho tree fell a distance of
twenty-five feet across the top of a
fence. 'He broke flhree ribs rtnd tore
two others loose. His companions car
ried him home, a distance of over two
miles.
Mrs. Carpenter, an aged woman of
Con tesvllle, had another remnrknblo
full, down a Might of stairs with a
baby In her arms. She received severnl
bad bruises, 'but managed to save the
baby from belnff-hurl.
JOHN LEMON'S FUNERAL.
r.x-Audltor Concrnl Hurled with Impres-J
r sivo i croinonics.
'irollldaysburg, Pa., Sept. - 18. This
city was crowded today with the
mourning friends of ex-Auditor Gen
eral John A. Lemon. The funeral ser-
Ices this uf ill neon were conducted
by dtevs. S. V. I'rier.r ami i. II. lt.ir
ivn, 1 1. II.. and were highly impressive
throughout, liusiia ss was complct- ly
suspended toil.iy in honor or tile .sena
tor's iiiciiioi y.
Auditor General Amos Mylin, State
Treasurer S. .M. J.u ksmi. Si-rgeuut-nt-Aims
Ha! rah. Senators lioi- s Penrose,
John C. Ci.oly. George ii.mdy Smith.
C. Wesl. y Tlioiuas and twenty oile r
stale senators were hroucht here in :i
special train. Interment was made ill
Hie Presbyterian tviuet 'iy of this city.
MR. SHEIM'AUD RESIGNS.
HicliarJs Mucklc ltcctcd Treasurer of
Sovereign l.rnitvl l.oJge nf Odd I ellnws.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. lS.-The
r-'oveleh.u Grand lodge. Independent
order of odd Fellows, resiim d tlnli'
sittings this nun nia r. Itosop.itiotis pr -
hlin:, lor a n visioa of the ritual uml
pall iarchs militant ami providing lor
th" 111111 111I1111 lit of the Insula nee Inv of
the order were introduced and relmTi,.!.
Messrs. James Young and John M.
Jones, of Maryland; W. W. Mollis, of
Kentucky; M. ilichards MucMc, J'hil
adelpl.la; All'l . d Sil.lo i ton, Massa
chusetts; General A. ". Cable. Ohio,
and 'L. L. l'ai'.-oii, Missouri, were np
puinti d a committee to take action rela
tive to tile purchase of propei iy la lial-
tibioie for the Use of the Sovereign
Hand secretary. .Soviieign G'tind
Treasurer Isaac Shi ppard, of Philadel
phia, then pri si nlid a letter aini'ouiio
ing his lesigiiat ion.
'.VI. liichards iM inkle, of Pennsylva
nia, was nominated for the vacancy,
lb- was unanimously elected. He will
lie Installed 011 Friday.
At the secn t session fills afternoon
an amendment to tin, constitution was
passed prohibit lug the admission in the
1 11; me lo inenil.ersiilo In tho ot'.I t of
saloon-keepers and professional gam
blers. The closing speech 111 favor of the
amend nt was delivered by Past
Grand Sire James P.. Nicholson, of
'Pennsylvania, and had great weight
w ith the body In bringing about the re
sult. The (lllesliull has Vi ell a Vexed
one for yen is. The iiieslioii, "Where
shall the next annual session lie bold'?"
will be settled tomorrow. Hi prescnta
tive Itussell, of liallas. Tex., and repre
sentatives from Arkansas, Kansas and
Canada tire working hard for their
respect Ive a bodes.
A resolution ,-isklng that the ritual
be printed In the Italian laio-nago nu t
Willi strong; opposition. 'P.. night, at
the Ciiited States hotel, n grand ball
and reception vc..,., tendered the mem
bers of the Sovereign grand lodge, their
wives and friends.
LARGE FIRE IX INDIANAPOLIS
IiiJiiiiia.Nntion.il Itnnk. I press offices
linj Smres Destroyed.
ImliaiiuiMdis, I111., Sept. IS, At C
o'clock this iiioi'iiing tire broke out In
the tive-.story building on Washington
street, between i.Merldian ami Pennsyl
vania street's, occupied by the llrm of
Kastman, Schleicher & Lee. It upload
immediately to the stone building 011
the east occupied by the Indiana Na
tional bank, ami thence to the Fulled
States and American express building;.
It then communicated to the fin-story
Western I'iiIoii building, fronting on
South Meridian street.
The upper Hour of the Western I'nion
building tvas used as the battery room,
and the next floor below as the operat
ing room. They were soon Hooded with
water and all the wires were burned
off, cutting off communication with oth
er points. The J'111 nit m e and china
store of Fast man, Schleicher Lee
was one of Hie largest in tlie country
and an immense stock was carried. The
entire building; and stock were de
stroyed, and only the walls remain
standing. The bank building was com
pletely wrecked. The banking room
has recently been remodeled at a cost
of about JiiO.linii. Next to the express
olllces was the three-story brick build
ing occupied. Ly George Mannfebl,
clothing merchant, and George Win
gerter, tobacco dealer. The building
and stock were badly damaged.
To the west, around the corner on
Meridian street, was the lllackford
building, four stories high, und of brick.
This is occupied by the Western I'nion
Telegraph company, American Kxpross
company, Huston Clothing company
and fhe I'.l.r Four railroad ofllces and
the Speni'erian I'.ilsiness college. The
damage In this block will be largely
from smoke and water.
The great vault 111 the Indiana Na
tional bank, which is situated In the
rear of the building and fronting on
Pearl street, contains nearly $2.(iiiii,oim)
in cash. The flumes licked everything
clean around It. but the money Is be
lieved to be snfe.
TOSMOKi: OFT HARRISON.
Indiana Kcptihlicnns Would l.lko to
know vi here lie stands.
Indianapolis, Sept. IS. A conference
of the leading Uepithllcans of tlie stale
has been called for the latter part of
the week, at which methods of reor
ganization will lie discussed and steps
taken to open lieaditiartcrs at once
und procei d to active organization for
the coming national campaign. It is
proposed lo reorganize the commit
tees in all the counties during the full
mid early whiter, and place them at
work as soon us the new stale colu
mn tee Is elected, which w ill be In Janu
ary. It Is understood that the conference
lias been calleil in order that some
thing delliiite may he learned regard
ing the Intentions of ex-Presideiit Har
rison touching Ills candidacy, lie will
lie asked lo take pint In the confer
ence, In the hope that he may give an
expression regarding his Intentions.
TORNADO IN MICHIGAN.
live Lives UcporicJ Lost nnd Much
Hiiuinge lione.
Detroit, Mich.. Sept. IS. Despatches
to the livening News tell of a tornado
that passed over a portion of the stale
last night. At Charlevoix a house was
demolished and fences, trees and out
houses scattered III the path of the
wind. . 'No one was hurt.
Port Austin reports a heavy storm.
Considerable damage was done to
buildings, and three lives are said to
have been lost by the collapse of a
house In Hume township.
At Sand Heacli nearly every building
was more or lesw damaged, I wo houses
and twelve barns being destroyed.
Near Kliule I -o children of Uicliard
Tott were killed by falling timbers and
three others Injured.
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TURKS APPREHENSIVE.
Hrlllsh Minister's Yaclft Heady to Hush
Dispatches to the l icet.
London, Sept. IS. A dispatch to the
Chronicle from I'onstantliiopleFays that
the Itrltlsh minister's yacht has been
under steam for the last twenty-four
hours awaiting dispatches for the fleet.
Great apprehension Is felt among the
Turks.
Crushed by a Keel of Wire,
Allenfnwn. J'a.. Sept. 18. Tsnnc Genneft,
of Philadelphia, wireimin for the new Al
leiitown and Heading Fleetrle. Huilw.ty
company, was instantly killed toduy bv a
reel of wire weighing one ton roll.ng over
hint. He leaves a wife and one child.
MOKiiffiENTSARE DEDICATED
The Ceremonies at IhR-kamauna and
Chattanuotja National I'ark
MICHIGAN LEADS THE SERVICE
Pennsylvania's Muraonals Af Incutn
plele and the tiicrcises Are Postponed,
Speeches by Jov. Mckinley and
Others- Many Visitors present
Chattanooga, TVnn., Sept. IS. Thou
sands of visitors leached this place
Jest -Play und today. The heat is un-ii.-iiul,
ev-ii for this Section and native
uol strangers alike sitlTcr from It.
The day pivlinilnaiy tn the formal
dedication of the Chickamaiiga and
4 iiatiiauooga. National park was de
voted largely to the exercises in con
nection with the dedication of state
inoiiiimenls erected ut various points
within the park.
Owing to the absence of Secretary
1. anion! the monuments were present
ed in each Instance to General Fuller
Ion, president of the National I'ark
commission. .Michigan led oft in this
pleasing and patriotic service, the com
mission occupying for that purpose the
I'latforiii 011 .Snndgrass 2 1 ill. on which
th" general dedication exercises will
take place tomorrow.
The monuments nnd mnrkers erected
upon the battletlelds of Chickaiiiauga.
Chattanooga, .Missionary itldge anil
orchard Knob were presented to Gov
ernor Kicli by Captain and ex-Con-gr.-ssmaii
C. 1:. p.olknap. president of
the state park commission. The Michi
gan organizations taking part in the
cum pa hjns and 'ha.tlles were the Ninth,
Tenth, Kleventh, Thirteenth, Twenty-
i.rsi ami Twenty-second regiments of
Infantry; Second and Fourth cavalry;
First Knglnoors und Mechanics; liat
tcri. s A and 1), First light artillery.
After Governor lilch 'had accepted
the monuments on behalf of the state,
G. neral Henry M. Dullb bl, of Detroit!
wlm commanded the Ninth regiment
In the war, delivered an eloquent ora
tion. The monuments were then turned
over to General Fulh rton. and with
prayer by Itev. Washington Gardner,
secretary of state, the exercises ended.
The Ohio llcdication.
The Ohio dedication followed, under
direction of General John lntty. presi
dent of the board of commissioners.
This was the most elaborate, and nota
ble event of the day. ltlshop Juice, of
the Methodist church, ofteied prayer,
and addresses were made by General
Charles li. Grosvetior. ex-Governor
James K. Campbell, General Aiiiilla
Wiley, who turned the monument over
to Governor McKinley, and he in turn
to General Fullerton. Jlembers nnd of
licers ot the' siate commission also
spoke.
A distinguished gathering marked
the dedication of the Indiana monu
ments ut the camp established Hear
Vive Springs. ltesides.Governor Claude
Matthews, the occasion presented as
speakers the soldier-author. General
Lew Wallace. Colonel I. N. Walker, the
newly elected grand commander of the
Grand Army of the Itepuhlie; General
.1. U. Carnahan and Judge U. P.. Me
Conwell, of the Ninth Indiana Infantry.
Kelly's Held was occupied by the Wis
consin people, near which stands the
monument erected to the First regi
ment of that state. Itev. Jackson 10.
Webster, chaplain of the Tenth Wis
consin, opened with prayer. Addresses
were made by Governor W. II. I'phum,
ex-Governor Hoard, W. W. Watklns,
chairman of the state board, and oth
ers. This afternoon the Massachusetts
delegation dedicated the monuments
to the Third nnd Thirty-second regi
ments of that state. Governor Green
halge made the address.
At the completion of the several
state dedication exercises the troops in
Camp Lament, on the battlefield, under
coniinainl of Colonel Poland, gave a
dress parade, which was witnessed by
thousands of spectators. This closed
the programme for the day In the park.
Pennsylvania Ceremony Postponed.
The i.M issotirl nnd Pennsylvania com
missions bad expected to dedicate their
monuments, or some of them today, but
found that they were Imiuiiplete. The
Pennsylvania monuments are In the
shape of bronze panels, which It Is the
Intention to bolt to the rocks on the
face of Lookout mountain. The Penn
sylvania ceremony has been (lostponed
until Nov. IS, the Missouri to a date
yet to be tix"d.
Forty members of the Second .Minne
sota regiment, under command of Col
onel J. W. ltlshop, escorted the mem
bers of the state commission to the
Hel l, nnd this afternoon joined a re
union of the brigade with which they
served In Itratulon's division. P.esidcs
the .Second Minnesota, 1 licit Were the
Nineteenth Ohio, Colonel Kammerdlng;
lilgbty-sevrnth Indiana, Colonel Hath-lii'-ild;
Tlllrty-llflli Ohio, Colonel H. V.
Poynion. Speeches were made by Col
onel ltlshop, cx-Govcrnor Campbell and
ol tiers.
Army of the Cumberland.
The quarter centennial reunion of the
Society of the Army .of the Cumber
land, meeting 111 conjunction with the
dedication of the Chickaiiiauga and
Ch.itlanooga National park, was lield
tonight In the monster tent erected to
iioeonimodaTo the several gatherings of
Ihe week, which convenience required
nhotild he In the city. Its ample folds
covered a concourse of about 10.000
people, 2,000 of which were on the stage.
OUICKEST DIVORCE.
Wichita Woman Secures a Decree in
Ten Minnies.
AVichfla, Kan., Sept. 18. Mrs. Julia
A. lenmird secured a divorce In just
ten minutes and two seconds In the dis
trict court today. Judge I teed drew
out his watch and timed the proceed
Imrs. They occupied nine minutes less than
lln recent divorce suit before Judge
Jennings, of Woodward, which was
heralded far and wide as the quickest
divorce on record.
SPARKS IIY WIRE.
The sudden denth of J. Arnold Ttrecker,
member of a hitukrii'il Chicago linn, Is
believed by many to have been a suicide.
Itev. J. 11. O'Neill, of Mlddleboro. Mass.,
becomes one of the faculty of Ihe Theolog
ical Seminary of St. Hulpice, ut Italtlmoie.
Tonnage men at the Hay View (W'ls.)
Iron works won 1111 important concession
from the company relative to wealing
tags.
Hecauso of a thentened Importation of
mon-uiiloti nie 11, tirty piiddlcrs in the
I'nion Steel mill, nt Alexandria, Ind., quit
work.
A mysterious letter Is believed to hnve
prompted llev. James Wooilard, of o
chester, I)., to swallow a fntal dose. of
ucoulte. , .
In trying to reach a railway mail car,
Henry II. Wilcox, a probate judge at
Madison, Conn., was struck by another
train and fatally hurt.
WEATHER REPORT.
For pastern Pennsylvania, fair, preceded
by local thunder storms In the early
morning.
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as they do today. Realizing this
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the Kngllsh, French and Gorman
(Manufacturers curly enough to se
. cure not only the most desirable
Styles of Staple Goods and Novel
ties, but at a great -savins on pres
ent prices. It is well knowa thai
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For His Season. . . .
Few, perhaps, are aware that to
day (Manufacturers have advanced
the price of most Mohairs nearly
one hundred per cent, higher than
Wki We &r;sM
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sertion when you examine our lines,
which we can safely assure you
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