The Somerset County star. (Salisbury [i.e. Elk Lick], Pa.) 1891-1929, April 07, 1892, Image 2

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Capital, Labor and 1ndustrial,
The Duluth (Minn.) Imperial Mill Com-
~ pany is this week making a second annual
apportionment of profits to employes. A
system of profit-sharing was inaugurated
' sometime ago. The system was started by
the taking out of life-insurance policies by
the company on each employe of from
$1,000 to $2,500, and in this way $3,000 was
distributed. This week about $5,000 will be
distributed, and this goes to about 150
men.
About 2,000 negro river roustabouts, engi-
aeers and firemen went on a strike at St.
Louis for higher wages, tying up a number
of steamers with their cargozs unloaded.
Spring Colliery at Locust Gap, Pa., closed
indefinitely, throwing 400 men idle. :
J he cheap concerts given at the Chicago
Auditorium by the Apollo Club in the inter-
ast of wage-earners have been so thoroughly
appreciated by the rich and fashionable that
$he working people have been crowded out.
The club proposes to publish the names of
wealthy people who will take a 25-cent seat
from a poor man. :
The union plasterers of Wheeling, ' Mar
tin’s Ferry and Bridgeport struck for a 50-
cent advance in their daily wages. It is
feared this isthe beginning of a general
. building trades’ strike in those three cities.
The sheet mill and rolling mill of the
Reading (Pa.) Iron Company closed down.
Over 300 hands are affected. The company
claims that the shutdown is only to make
repairs.
Union tailors at Steubenville, 0., are on
the eve of a sinike over the proposed new
scale which employers refuse to sign.
The Durham, England, Miners’ Federation
has voted, by a majority of 129710 in favor
of continuing the strike against a reduction
of wages. As both miners and coal owners
are stubborn, it is feared that the strike
may be indefinitely prolonged.
The nailers atthe Labelle factory, Wheel-
ing, W. Va., have had their wages reduced
to the bagis of what is called the Mingo scale, *
a reduction of about 3 cents a keg. A strike
is not'likely, as other mills are running at
the reduccd wages.
All carpenters at Ottawa, I1l., have gone
out on a strike because their demand for an
eight-hour day without reduction of wages
was refused. .
The Bellaire, O., stamping works, the
largest munufactory of the kind in the
f country; closed and will move to Harvey;
* Ills. Qver400 people are thrown ott ‘of
employment. : 0
The mext international socialist congress
will be held in London, June 7, when the
question of an international strike to secure
a working day of eight hours, will be one of
the chief subjects for discussion,
; _ Crime and Penalties.
A farmer named Edwards, near Madison,
Alabama, was murdered and his house
burned over his remains. A posse of citi-
gens is scouring the country for two men
suspected of jhe crime. s
~ At Boston Judge Sherman has sentenced
William Hamilton, C. A. Barley and C. A.-
Frazer, who pleaded guilty to receiving $50,
000, stolen from the Order of the Rising Sun,
to five years in State Prison.
On Friday, May 20, four men and one
woman, Elisha Young, Iky Young, Holman
Noble, Alfred Crosby and Martha Young,
will be hanged in the jail yard at Chester, S.
C., formurder. :
Abraham Cooley, a farmer at Richmond,
Mich., cut his wife’s throat with a razor and
then committed suicide.
The jury in the trial of Charles A. Wright
at Troy, N. Y., for the murder of Mrs. Fi-
delia Taylor in the town of Westport, Essex
. county, N. Y., in August. 1890, has rendered
a verdict of guilty in the first degree.
At El Roy, Wis., the city bank was blown
up by hurglars and $3,500 secured. The
robbers escaped.
Patrick Joyce, who owns a farm on the
outskirts of Fonda, N. Y., became suddenly
insane and set fire to all the buildings on
his place. His dwelling and household
furniture were burned, together with his
barn and a lot of farming implements,
grain, &c. Before firing the barn he cut the
throats of his horses with a butcher's knife.
He drove hisneighbors, who tried {o save
“his furniture, from the yard “with an ax,
and attempted to kill his wife and son. The
family had been having a lawsuit over some
property, and this brought on Joyce's insan-
ity. He is now in jail. :
‘Walter E. Shaw, under arrest at Houston,
Tex., has confessed that he killed his moth-
er and aunt for $40.
Two land seekers, white men, while pros-
pecting on the Sisseton Reservation, were
«met by Indian police and ordered off. They
resisted, and in the struggle both were
Xilled.
The jewelry store of M. Huffman, at
Quingy, Ill., was entered by burglars and
Jooted of diamonds, watches and other valu-
ables to the amount of $15,000.
Charles Hadspeth, a negro stage driver,
shot and instantly killed Rube Miller, a
piano player, at the Iron Clad dance hall,
Cripple Creek gold camp, near Denver, Colo-
© + zado. The shot was intended for John Mc-
Mechen, a bartender, but missed him and
struck Miller, Hadspeth was placed in jail.
At Chicago the Grand Jury returned true
bills against nine aldermen, charging them
with bribery or attemapted bribery in con-
* section with the passage of certain municip-
al legislation. If convicted several of the
aldermen may go to the penitentiary,
Disasters, Accidents and Fatalities.
Mrs. Kate Clay, her child and her sister,
Mre, Hannah Earley, were riding at. Mont-
gomery, Ala,, near the river and the horse
became frightened and went overa preci
_ piceinto a ravine filled with water. Mrs.
Clay was drowned. Her child and sister
were saved by a negro, vf A
A
ty from the effect of being hit in the side
by a Turkish bath attendant. =
_ While coming down a steep grade on ‘the.
Trackville branch of the Philadelphia and.
; | Reading road, the engineer lost control of |
SE . -
‘the engine, which
collided with another |
train. Brakeman Joseph Troy and John f
Bauer were killed. =~ 5
During the war, a large amount of bombs
and other ammunition was thrown into
Buffalo Bay, Husten, Tex. to avoid capture.
Friday a boy named Charlie Harris got one
of the bombs out of the bay and proceeded
to open it with an ax. One foot was blown
off, he has a slug in his groin, another in
his head, and the stable Where he experi-
mente 1 was blown to atoms. :
Two daughters of Charles B. Hawley, -of
Ontario, were bitten by a dog last fall. One
is dead from hydrophobia and the other is
exhibiting signs of the same disease.
A-wheel on a fanning machine burst at
‘White Bear, Minn., and killed a schoolboy.
A passenger train. on the Louisville .&
Nashville Tan into some wild freight cars
near Evergreen, Ala., and L. A. Lyons, of
Atlanta, Ga., the mail weigher was killed,”
and Postal Clerk Thomas seriously injured.
Fires . ,
At Cincinnati the Ohio Spiral Spring.
Buggy Company's factory, with its contents |
was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $140,-
000.
At Chicago Prentiss Bro’s stock barh at
Dower's grove burned, cremating fifty
horses, including ten thoronghbreds. Loss,
$30,000.
Near Salem, N. J,, the large stock barn of
Mrs. C. M. Eakin, with machinery and 22
head of live stock was barned. . Insurance
on stock, $3,000; on building, $1,500.
At Shenandoah, Ta.; Churchill & Kroech’s
lumber yard, T. 8. Bowers’ coal and gasoline
sheds, William Griffith’s barn and a barn
and eight horses belonging to Edward Day:
were burned. Losses large. COanse, light- |
ning. 5s
At Erie, Pa., fire destroyed the Downing
Baby-carriage Works, a number of residen-
ces, and the merchant flouring mill. This
was the largest fire Erie ever had and the
total loss is a quarter million.
At Greenville, Miss., the Opera House and
30 other buildings. Total loss, $100,000; in-
surance, $25,000.
At Providence, R. I, the historic house
known as the ‘Old Lawton Stand” at
Scituate. + Richard Lawton and family fled
in their night clothes. ‘Mrs. Lawton’s aged
mother died of fright.
At Orange, N. J., the large warehouse
£100,000.
At Detroit, Mich., a four-story building
occupiei by Newton "Annis, furrier, and
James Lowrie & Sons, dry goods. The loss
to each is. $30,000; fully-insured:. »Damage
to building $10,000, insured.
_ Washington News.
In the week ended March 19, the Pension
Bureau allowed 5,735. claims, of which 1,623
were under the general law and 4,162 under
the act of 1890. . The total first payment was
$833,800, the average being $144, ‘and thé
average monthly rate $7.96.
The committee on foreign. .relations fa-
vorably reported tothe Senate a bill to pro-
vide for the punishment of violations of the
treaty rights of aliens.
The public debt statement was issued.
The aggregate cash in the treasury is $800,-
$62,812.33. The cash balance March 31,1892
shows an increase of $736,679.17 over last
month.
" Mortuary.
Ex-Congressman George G. Williams,
Register of the Land Office, died at Water-
town, 8. D. He represented the Racine,
‘Wis., district in Congress for ten years and
was a brilliant orator in Congress in his
day. re :
Hon. Charles D. Drake, late chief justice
of the United States court of claims, was
found dead in bed at Washington, D. C.
Justice Drake died at the advanced age of 81
years.. His death was wholly unexpected
and without warning The remains of Judge
Drake will be cremated and his ashes taken
to St. Louis. Thisis in accordanc: with the
the terms of his will.
Financial and Commercial.
The United States Rubber Company, with
a capital of $50,000,000, has been incorpor-
ated in Middlesex county, N, J. Itis a trust
including every important factory in the
country except one.
Anthony Peter & Son, manufacturers .of
silk embroideries, Boston, Mass., have as-
signed. Liabilities, $150,000.
State Bank Examiner Krumbharr sus
pended the business of the Mutual Bank-
ing, Surety, Trust and Safe Deposit Com-
pany, at Philadelphia, Pa., pending an in-
vestigation of its books and accounts.
Judicial.
Judge Henry Caldwell, Judge of the
Eighth Circuit Court, at Little Rock, Ark.
appointed Miss Adelaide Utter Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the United States for the
‘Western division of the Western district of
Missouri at Kansas City. This is the first
case on record in the United States where a
woman has been appointzd clerk of a circuit
court.
Turf News.
The stock of the Speedwell farm, Lancas-
tew, Pa., was gold. The prices were low and
bidding slow. The largest price, $1,625, was
paid for Ned Winslow, by Tom Benton,
which was sold to H. Jones Conn.
Sanitary Items.
© Pittsburg, Pa., is unusually healthy at
present, During the week past there were
108 deaths. During the same week last
year there were 211.
3 Convention News i
The Kentucky Republicans assembled in
Louisville and elected delegates to the Na-
Convention in Minneapolis, instructing for
the administration.
The Weather.
Reports from North Dakota and Eastern
Montana indicate the greatest spring floods
in ten years. To theBouth of Grafton is a
Lake reaching for miles into the country,
Political.
Thetwo Republican delegates from the
Third North Carolina Congressional district
are both colored and both are for Harri-
Eon. .
gusta Rintelowan died at’ Balt Take | —
that the bed on which he died was stuff
with green-backs, nearly $5,000 being f
| He had
of Charles M. Decker & Bro. Loss abot |
Rain has ruined millions_of bushels of
nad dog. Last Thursday h was taken sick
re og Monday night. MR
John Bund, an old man wholived alone
in a miserable hovel near Lanca
died of pneumonia after persistently d
ing medical assistance. He was always sup-
posed to be poverty-stricken, and prepara-
tions were fuade to have him buried at the
To Be Settled By.
‘Wants the Seals > 3
the Arbitration Proceedings.
Wasniscron, March 30.—The Bering Sea
8 | Goud was lifted from the Senate end of the
Capitol yesterday, when the arbjtration
treaty was unanimously ratified with one
or two amendments acceptable to Great
county's expense, when it was discovered
John and William Bloom, two bays
Detroit, have confessed that they started
about 20 fires in that city for fun. © 1
a re-
State Attorney Longnecker kicked
_porter out of court at Chicago. The paper’
with which the reporter was connected had
accused Longnecker of being a boodler.
A farmer, while plowing near Ozark, Ark.
found a jar containing $3,000 in gold buried
during the war by Mrs. Mary Wilson, whose
gandchildren have brought ‘suit to recover
the money. . >
Additionai contributions received by Drex-
el & Co., Philadelphia, for the Russian fa-
mine fund make the grand total $116,227.
Six prisoners escaped from the jail = at
Charlotte, N. C., by digging through the
wall Among the numberis John Boyd, a
negro, who is charged with wrecking the
Western North Carolina train at Bostain's
bridge last Augus!, when 22 peoplé were
killed. & 4% & | “2 I
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Députy Sheriff
‘Tom Howard captured Ford, murderer;who
escaped from Mississippi while under sen-
tence of death. He is supposed: to be a
brother of Jesse James’ slayer. He has:
killed eight white men and several negroes,
and $2,000 reward . was offered for his ar-
rest. i 5 9 ook &
Mayor Stewart, of ‘Philadelphia, has re-
ceived a cablegram from the citizens of Kos
trome, Russia, thanking the citizens of
Philadelphia for the relief sent by them to
the starving of Russia. :
The Susquehanna river at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., is 16 feet above low water mark. The
flats.on the: west side are inundated and
boats are being used to convey people to
Kingston. : 5
Secretary Blaine has so far recovered from
his recent illness as to be back .at his. ..desk
at the State Department. This is the first
time in nearly three weeks that he has béen
at the department. : i Loa
" BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
At Brussels, M. Franquois Delbounce,
minister of State, and one of the most elo-
quent members of the Belgian bar, died at
the age of 77. ‘ Prince de Chimay, minister
of foreign affairs, is also dead.
In many districts of Russia where the
famine prevails, the children are 80 poorly
nourished that they are too feeble to under-
take the long walk to the schools where
soup is doled out to those who make appli-
cation. The children greedily, ate rags, and
these rags failing them, devoured quantities
of earth.
In fires in two London restaurants four
persons perished. :
The North German Lloyd steamer Eider,
stranded on the Atherfield rocks for two
months, was moved and towed to Southamy-
ton.
. Advicesfrom Santos, Brazil, under date of
demic in that city is claiming..from:one-to
two hundred victims daily. : 3
The Yellow fever epidemic in Santos,
Brazil, is claiming from 100 to 200 yictims
daily.
People near Vesuvius.are again in dread
of an eruption. The flow of lava is redder
than usual, aud other signs indicate danger.
Prince Bismark was 77 years old Friday.
An immense number of floral gifts were
sent to him from all parts of the empire.
Railway travel generally is interrupted
throughout upper Italy by floods. AtTurin
the floating bridges were swept away
and three persons were drowned. At Mon-
calieri the Po and Snagone rivers are now
one vast lake. } ;
A passerby who had a quarrel with a sen-
tinel at the barracks of the guards at Berlin
was shot and mortally wounded, the bullet
passing entirely through his body and
wounded another man.
At Dunbar; Scotland, a large paper mill
was burned. .. Loss, £100,000. ¢
At Hockspeyer, Rhenish Bavaria, the
great chemical works were consumed.
At Hamburg; Germany, a fire started in a
ware house on the Kaiser - quay, which
spread dnd caused a loss of several million
marks. Several firemen were injured and
the chief is missing, :
Firemen at Posen, Germany, seem to be
unable to hold a blanket firmly. Six per-
sons who jumped froma fourth story upon
the stretched blanket duringa' fire ' were
either killed or mortally wounded.
The steamer Missouri, from New York,
with food for the famine sufferers, was en-
thusiastically welcomed on her arrival at-
Libau, Russia. The discharge of the Mis-
souri’s cargo has already commenced.
WON'T INDEMNIFY THEM,
Lord Salisbury Informs Canadian
Sealers That They Willgo to Behring
Bea at their Own Risk.
Orrawa, ONT. April 1—Lord Salisbury has
refused to ‘consent to indemnifying the
Canadian sealers this year for any loss they
may sustain by being excluded from Behr-
ing sea. The Canadian sealers have been’
informed that they will go to Behring sea at
their own risk;and ¢an not lay claim to an
protection from: ritish ‘or Canadia
governments if th
Terrible Fire in “Mandalay, India 1
Thousands May Die if Prompt Relief
"Be Not Furnished. 4;
has b~zn almost entirely destroyed by fire;
At ieast.200 lives have been ‘lost. © If food
|and medicines are not furnished immedi-
ately from Ragoon, thousands will
ho ‘perish;
About 25,000 fathilié8 akg Homeless. = 5
March 17, says that the yellow fever epi]
CaLcurTa, March 81—The city of Mandalay
| &n@ babies are doirg well.
Britain and the United States alike. This
Be z
prodealings, that being satisfactory fo Lord
Salisbury. :
Resolutions informing the President of its
ratification and removing the injunction of
secrecy from the vote were adopted. ©" =
The Bering sea arbitration treaty or con-
i signed in Washington on
ruary 29 last by James G. Blaine on
e
ote on the part of Great Britain, It was
3 Sentio the Senate in confidence an the 8th
stant. i :
The treaty provides that the Bering sea
ontve shall be submitted bo a jiboaal
of arbitration, to be composed of seven arbi-
trators, the President of the: United States
and Britannic Mae “to name&two each, and |
the President of France, the ie of Italy
and the King of Sweden and Norway to
name one each. The arbitrators are to be
distinguished jurists in their respective
countries, and the treaty provides that they
shall meet in Paris within 20 days after the.
delivery of the counter case or what might’
be called evidence in rebuttal. The printed
case of the two parties, accompanied b
documents, -official correspondence, an
1 ‘other evidence is to be delivered in duplicate
to each arbitrator, and to the agents of each
high contracting party, as soon as possible
after the appointment of the tribunal, but
within a period not exceeding three months
from the exchange of the ratification of the
reaty. Within the next three months, un-
less more time is required, the counter cases
are to be delivered. The arbitrators are
commissioned to ‘proceed impartially and
carefully to examine and decide the ques-
tions that have been or shall be laid before
them.”
All questions considered by the tribunal,
including the final decision, are to be deter-
mined by a majority of the arbitrators.
| lr QUESTIONS AT ISSUE. « .'
Five questions are to be submitted to the
arbitrators. These are: . 1. What exclusive
urisdiction in the sea now known as the
Bering Sea, and what exclusive rights in the
seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and
| exercise prisrandup to the time of: the
¥ cession of ka to the United States? 2.
{ How far were these claims of jurisdiction
as to the seal fisheries recognized and con-
ceded: by Great Britain? 3. Was the bo
of water now known as Bering fea in-
fluded in the phrase ‘Pacific Ocean,” as
sed in the treaty of 1825 between Great
ritain and Russia; and what rie hts, ifany,
in the Bering Sea sere held and ¢
‘exercised by Russia after said” treaty?
Did not all the rights of Russia as to juris-
diction; and to the seal fisheries in Bering
Sea east of the water boundary, in the
treaty between the United States and Rus-
sia of the 30th March, 1867, pass unim-
aired to the United States under that
Peaty? . 5. Has the United States any right,
and if so, what¥ight of protection or props
erty inthe fur seals frequenting the islands
of the United States in Bering Sea when
such seals are found outside the ordinary
“threée-mile limit ?
* If the arbitrators decide thatthe concur-
rence of Great Britain is necess he
establishment of regulations for the proper
protection and preservation of the fur seal
in Bering Sea, the arbitrators shall then de-
termine what concurrent. re ng outs.
| respect-
Tr
side the jurisdictional limits of the
ive Governments are necessary, and over
what waters such regulationsshould extend.
The high contracting. parties also agree to
co-operate in securing the adhesion of other
~poivers to such regulations. The question
of the lability of either ;Governmbut for
damages isto besubject to farther negotia-
tions, although the arbitrators may
on questions of fact involved. = = © :
Th P des for the appoint-
stoners by each of the
high contracting parties toinvestigate and
measures necessary for its preservation. The
decision is to be made within four months
after the close of argument on both sides,
and it is to be final. :
The exchange of the ratification of the
treaty is to be made either at Washington or
at London within six months from its date
(February 29) or earlier, if possible,
lecide
MURDER IN A LONELY ROAD.
Jonathan Hochstetter, an Aged Man,
Shot as He Was Going Toward His
Home Near Trent in Somerset Co., Pa.
SomerserT, Pa., April 2—Jonathan Hoch-
Btetter, 60 years of age, was murdered near
nesday afternoon, and thus was carried out
the threats of ‘‘moonshiners,”’ who swore to
have his life for his testimony against four
-of their companions at the recent session
of the United States District Court at Scran-
ton.
CAUSE OF THE CRIME.
For along time a gang of illict distillers
had been working in Somerset and Fay ette
1 counties: In" January the" United States
officers made a raid on the gang, and after
a desperate chase and fight caught three of
the gang. At that time the “moonsh ners”
accused Hochstetter of aiding the officérs by
giving'them pointers,and when he appeared
in court against those captured they were,
positive that the old man was in league
with the officers. ‘The leader of the gang
had escaped capture and he and some of his
band had been heard to say: ‘‘We'llfix old
Hochstetter before he is many weeks older,”
The sequel of their threats is to be found in
the tragedy. :
e murder was the result of a feud of
years’ standing. = He was killed by a party
Spmpdsed of William C. Miller, his son,
obert C. Miller, and William Pritts. 1tis
charged that at least a dozen perssns laid
the plot for his death, and the story of an
oath-bound brotherhood “of moonshiners is
coming to light. Hochstetter was a member
of it. He died, not for treason to it, but be-
cause he incurred the-enmity of its leaders.
It is charged that the majority of the resi~
dents of the district where Hochstetter was
killed are Miller sympath zers, and that the
balance are afraid to make a stand for law
.and order. There is every. indication that
ie balance of the gang. :
Robert C. Miller is in jail charged with
eing one of the murderers. He has made
8.committed, and is perhaps as nearly
dhe true version of the crime as will ever be
obtained.
oF Six Boys at a Birth
Horry Springs, Miss., Murch 30.—Mrs. C.
K. 8mith, wife of a white laborer, wing on
‘a farm near this city, has given birth tosix’
babies, all boys, well dereloped and weizh-
‘in the aggregate 45 pounds. The mother
part of the United States and Julian Paunce- |
BxC naively |
D* | dead, while the: inhuman father is in
Trent postoffice, 15 miles'from here, Wed-4
B
Whizh the :
were found buried under the floor at Din-
ham villa, Rain Hill, has told to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press themethod |.
fcllowed by Deeming, the murderer. He
said that the crime discloses a calculating
wickedness and cool, heartless savagery that
is almost beyond belief.
The work of murder was that of an ex-
pert. Orly in one case was the stroke that
caused death more than sufficient “for that
purpose. Each stroke severed a vital'organ.
and no aore might have been accomplished
by a surgeon or butcher wha knew his busi-"
ness well. The children;
nourished condition and well-order
showed the good and careful tre
matter had partaken of the
“The Mother,
The mother was first called from the room
in which she was with the children into the
‘room where themurderer awaited her. This
s shown from the position of the wound
that killed her and the fact that one of her
shoes was off ad the other partly unlaced.
1t further appears that as she stooped to un-
her shoe she was attacked from behind
and died almost without a struggle.
Then the children were called” one by one
whose well- |
1 cloth-
atment
r even-
lo meet theirdeath. Bertha, the eldést, had
herd4humbs fied behind her back witha
iden bandage two inches wide. A similar
bandage was wound twice around her head
80 gs to cover her mouth snd keep her from
fing. A pillow case was then placed over
her head and the murder strangled her.
The hands of the second girl were also tied.
‘behind her back; but in the case of the other
.children this precaution was not thought
necessary.
° One other significant and sinister fact is
that, although the throats of four out of the
five victims were cut, on none of the bodies |
“or clothing was there a trace of blood, which
leaves a dreadful inference regarding the
‘deliberate and calm carefulness with which
the slaughter was committed. :
' MELBOURNE, April 2.—Deeming is guarded
&
watchers. It has been discovered that the
a)
pearance of his shaving his moustache is
ue to him plucking the hair out by the
roots in order to baffle identification. :
MURDERED WITH A HATCHET,
Joseph- Lytle Slaughters His Wife and
Three Daughters.
Frxpray, O., March 81.—Jos. Lytle, an
-old inmate of the soldiers’ home at Dayton,
"who has a family in this city, came home.
about a week ago and began: abusing « his
wife and daughters. After breakfast this
morning he procured a hatchet and started
in to kill his two daughters, both young la-
dies, whom he blamed with being the
cause of the trouble between himself and
wife. Before any of the family. realized his
intentions or could procure assistance,
Lytle cut his eldest daughter down with
a blow on her head, ‘cleaving her skull
"He then attacked the second girl in the
same way, and in a moment she was welt-
ering in the blood which flowed from a
ghasly ‘wound ir her forehead. ‘His wife,
coming to the rescue of her children, met
| the same fate, and all three are now lying
jail,
a. THE MURDERER LYNCHED.
FinpLAY, O., April 1—Joseph Lytle, the
{fiendish old soldier who cut down his wife
and two daughters with a hatchet, as nar-
rated above, was lynched early this morn-
ing. The jail was surrounded shortly after
‘iinight, Si re mu 3 diffont rfthe
doors were battered down. Lytle was, drag.
ged out into the stréet and taken to a bridge
a short distance awsy. A rope was put
‘around his neck and one end thrown over a
cross-piece of the structure. When the mob
were in the act of pulling him up a shot
from a re x the rope and the
revolver :
ee fell bo theo . But the 5:2 Here
( ined the man « x He
Ee
teleg LPS where" lynching was’
Song El died without a struggle.
ws BoA § i
mere ot esteem
CONDITION OF BUSINESS,
Greater Activity Shown in Lines of D:-
mastic Trade.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekl : Revie » of Trade
says: The business outlook is distinctly
improving. The e has come a distinct in-
crease in the marketing of manufac‘ured
products and greater activity in‘many lines
of domestic trade. The manufactures are
doing well. The distribution of cotton
manufacture has been remarkably larger
and the results of trade generally satisfac-
tory. The woolen manufacture also shows
distinct improvement in some branches.
The boot and shoe business is also increas-
ingly active, shipments now exceeding last
year's and orders being large and urgent.
. Reports from other cities are generally
improving. The depression in iron contin-
ues, though it is thought bottom prices have
been reached, and bar: mills have full or
ders. At Cleveland trade is good. At Cin-
cinnati the clothing trade is better than a
year ago, the harness strike continues. and
uthern merchants are asking extensions
because cotton is low. At Chicago a large
increase is seen in merchandise sales, and -
collections in dry goods equal last year's,
while in clothing and shoes they are not
quite satisfactory, though no special “com-
plaint is made. ; iy
; Henetpis of grain and flour show great in-
«crease. but of other products some Soononse.
‘At Milwaukee businéss is improving with
money easy; at St. Paul the prospects of an
early spring stimulates trade. Increased
distribution in all. branches is seeli at St.
Louis. . ‘Ai Kansas City trade is improving
with better weather, receipts of grain are
heavy and of cattle and hogs good. At Den-
ver trade is fair, but'at Louisville generally
improving. with a phenomenal increase in
sales of tobacco. At Memphis trade is
dull. At New Orleans business is'only fair.
cotton being dull, but sugar strong an
ve, and at Savannah business is slacker.
he business failures occurring through-
out the country during the last seven days
number for the United States 199, Canada
.19, total 218; as compared "with 231 last
week, 240 the week previous to the last, and
243 for the corresponding week of last year.
LYNCHED FOR VAGRANQCY.
The Only Nagro in Holm ss County, 0
Hanged for Loafing About Door-
ways.
MrLLERSBURG, O., April 2,—This morning
a mob lynched an unknown negro, hanging
him to a tree. He had been about the town
.a few weeks and had been ordered to leave.
He had lingered about people's door steps
and annoyed them in various ways. There
are supposed to be no negroes in Holmes
county. Nothing is known of the vietim’s
history, not even his name. He was said
to be the only negro in the county, :
Naval Vessel Launched.
PortsmouTH, VA., April
United States steamer Raleigh
at the Norfolk navy yards.
LR
4.~The new
was launched
were more or less damaged. T!
of New : aven, ‘Towanda, 2 An
ai des aE RR
too, had eaten her supper. | i
traung a 8
night and day aboard the Ballerat by seven |.
1 the track 40 miles north of here hy the highy
Kaxgas Crry, April 4. —Half
a hundred
nares compose the list of those” killed ib
Kansas by the cyclone of last Thursday,and
still the death list is incomplete. ~ The® de--
tails of the disaster so far as it affected the
towns of the stricken section
are now _ be-
ma Yo the
face of the earth, and a dozen or
T=
people nearly all ugh
Hf ea
Un1cAc0,—A terrific wind
storm passed ov 3
brick building at and_16 Pe
on the West Side, was struck. by the
and crushed like an egg shell.) x
ing was surrounded by.one-
frame and brick. Puildings, vod
laboring men, which. were -
killing and injuring the
killed are as follows: Da
are: Ali ett, Mrs..Ada Keown, Mary:
Wi wal, Hozace ig ; an infant, James:
Mott, 8. James Moth, - James Mott, and
Mamie Mott, James MeGoswan; his'wife and
Son, William, 10 years old, are su :
buried in the rains.i =
Sr. Josep, Mo—The storm gH
Joseph at midnight, and inflicted damage to
the extent of at least $50,000, Nearly every
house in the'city is damaged: ~~ ~~
BurringroN, Ia.—The Burlington and ©:
Morth western narrow guage passenger train *
which arrives at 7 p.m,’ was ‘blown frome
wind. Four persons were injured; viz: Maik ~
Agent Mc , Express Messenger H. A.
Russell, J. D. Stevenson, passenger, Mrs.
blowing it completely off the track: = -
. OManA, NEB.—A tornado swept over this:
state Wiping out on Saal Re ands
killing several people. - It .was the worst:
storm Nebraska hasexperienced, .« = = ¢
Sr. Lous.—A storm here wrecked several =
buildings and injured many people. a
NEAR $4,000,000 IN SMOKE.
:Two Big Fires Cause Immensz Tamage
$ “in New Orleans. =~
New OpLEANS, April 4—New Orleans was’
visited Sunday by two of the worst'fires in
the city's history. Eleven blocks of build~ ...
ings were destroyed, involving.a loss of $3,» =
600,000. Both fires-were the Tesult of ‘care *
lessness, and would have Been “trivial but.
for the extreme dryness. which was the
result of a long'dronth, high wind 8nd" the
inadequacy: of ‘the fire department: The
latter wasreorganizedin January from the
volunteer to the paid department: system; «++
“and the number. of firemen was = :
about nine-tentks. +... 0 ©
The first fire started
first : ‘about 1 o'clock ‘in
pile of cotton in: front of the fire-proof
press at the corner of Robin and Front Us :
streets. Some one-threw a lighted : cigarette ceria [at an
in the pile, whichina few. moments was san
burning fiercely. The flames quickly ate ~
their way into the compress building where! ey
12,500 bales of: cotton were stored. e airs cba
pas soon filled with masses of burning cot-- os be
ton, which communicated the flames to the:
adjacent structures. ‘dhe shippers cotton:
éd was the next to go, and the Orleans com--
press with 25,000 bales soon followed.
THREE FIREMEN FATALLY HURT. ti
‘While the firemen were combatting the
flames in the Orleans Compress, the walls.
suddenly gave way and Captain Dupree,
Lieutenant Shaw and Pipeman Bordeaux
were buried in the ruins. All were probably
fatally injured. He TE
he cotton 1-ss is estimated at about 65,=
000 ba'es. This would mean a 1. ss of about:
$2,225,000 int cotton alone. It is claimed by
some thatthe fire was the trork of laborersy”
who wished to avenge thé purchasing of the. ..*
presses by the trust. fo
COAL OIL STARTS ANOTHER FIRE.
While the firemen were engaged in a
hopeless struggle with the cotton fire.
another blaze broke out at the corner of
Laurel and Third streets, a mile away. Mrs.
Valentine trie 1 to start a fire with coal oil.
An explosion. followedrand the house was
soon in flames. 1t was reported at the time-
that two children were killéd by the explo-
sion, but investigation fails to confirm the:
statentent. Six blocks in extent, reaching
from Mapuzine strect to Constance crossing,
in all 185 houses, were destroyed. The. losses:
will approximate $500,000. . a.
PAT ELLIOTT GETS 20 YEARS.
H3 Will Join His Brothar Bill, in: the:
Ohio Pen, for Murder.
_ Corumsus, April 2—Patrick J. Elliott, of :
the Sunday Capito’, who followed Advert.
C. Oshorne, a reporteron the Sunday World,
‘info McDonald's hat store, on High street,
[ this city, and killed him, shooting Osborne:
twice with a revolver and’ who was found
guilty of manslaughter,” was sentenced by
Judge Duncan to 2) years in the Ohio peni~ +
tentiary—the full limit of the law.
The tragedy occurred February 23, 1891,
while Osborne was watching a processions,
passing on. High street, being a celebrations
in honor of Washington's Birthday. Pat
and hisbrother William fired: at Osborne =
and Bill killed W, T. Hughes by accident,
for which he is now serving a life sentence
in the penitentiary. The killing was the
result of a newspaper war on the part of
both papers, and in which the vilest person~: +
alities were indulged in.
Colorado Silver Mines Shut Down. ol
DzrxynR, Cor., March 31.—Owing to ‘the...
resent very low price of silver, the Aspen. ¢
mineat Aspen, Col., has closed down, ands:
9800 men are thrown out of employment.
The Telluride mines in Marshall basin, 2
managed by J. H. E. Walters, have also
shut down to-day, throwing out over 700%
men. Two mines at Leadville that formerly
paid big dividends closed yesterday: = Silver
men are discouraged at the outlook.
Or pe 31,000 With a Plow.
aYenter on the King farm, mi
this place, ploughed up a
) Fully 40,000
people witnessed the sight. y
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