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FREELANP, PA., AUGUST 30, 1894.
Electric welding lias been used to
remedy blowholes in defective,'castings
by Hist drilling out tho defects, and
then beating tiro casting and in
troducing scraps of steel, which are
molted by electricity, making a perfect
joint, without a scam or Haw of any
kind.
Unquestionably certain lines of
business will be favorably affected by
tho end of all uncertainty about the
tariff'. But for any cmi pie to restore
tion of prosperity more than tariff
legislation must bo accomplished.
The money question must be settled
and settled right. The continued
appreciation of the single measure of
price must be checked. But more
necessary than this is the breaking of
the bold which the possessors of
natural monopolies have upon trade
and commerce. So long as every in
dustry and interest gives up the hotter
part of its blood to the leeches of socie
ty there can be no health in the busi
ness community.— Chicwjo Times.
Never, says the Philadelphia Times,
never in the wildest dream of ambi
tion of all his remarkable career can
one think of tho late Jay Gould im
agining his own son hobnobbing with
the possible future king of England
in the cabin of a royal yacht at
Cowes, and never in all the ecstatic
moments of roof-splitting applause
did Edith Ivingdon Gould venture to
hope that a royal arm would support
her to the dinner table, or that duch
esses and countesses should shake
hands with her and call her 'My
dear." It simply goes to show what
wealth can do. The only satisfaction
that men who struggle for great
wealth have is that while they cannot
"got there" themselves, their children
will.
Among the prominent men lately
claimed as members by the A. P. A.
was Governor McKinley, of Ohio,
the prospective candidate of Repub
licans for tho presidency in 181)0, and
author of the famous tariff bill that was
wiped off the statute books this week.
The claim was made by the highest
A P. Aist in Ohio, and for tho past
two months has caused much discus
sion in the west. The comments of
tho leading newspapers of that section
have boon very unfavorable to the re
ported action of tho governor in join
ing an order whose principles are
cowardly and antagonistic to the
country's constitution, and so severe
did the criticisms become that the
governor wrote a letter last week to
Ibe < 'illhoiic Tones, of Philadelphia,
denying that ho is or ever was a
member of the A. P. A.
Kaiser Wilhelm contemplates the
abolition of Sedan day as a national
holiday in Germany. It is possible
that this latest project of the Kaiser
to heal tho wounds of the great
France-German conflict may raiso a
storm of opposition throughout the
German empire. The wisdom of the
proposal, however, from the point of
view of broad statesmanship is quite
evident. An equally appropriate and
sigificant national fete day could be
substituted by the German people,
the celebration of which would not,
as does that of Sedan day, necessarily
wound the susceptibilities of their
western neighbors. Tho establish-1
mcnt of a perfect entento with the j
French republic should he considered \
worth the sacrifice which tho German j
people would be called upon to make, j
—Phila. Record.
Tho improvements which have boon j
made in the old capitol at Harrisburg,
together with tho erection of a new
building for the executive depart
ments and state library, are most de
sirable additions to the structures on I
Capitol Hill, according to the Phila- |
delphia Press. Most of tho stato do- ;
partments have been too long kept in
unfit and shabby quarters, but a few
months hence there will bo no longer
any complaint on that rcoro, while
the new hall of the house of represen
tatives, besides having greater capa
city, will not ho open to the serious j
objection of the past that it was health <
destroying 011 account of poor ventila
tion, or what was practically no ven- j
tilation at all. It was much better j
for tho state to make these improve, j
monts as it has than to enter tho ox -!
pensive and almost endless job of con- !
utructing a new capitol.
See McDonald's 7oc lace curtains. I
The ticket placed in the field by the
Democrats of Luzerne county 011 Tues
day afternoon has not been received by
the voters of the party with the favor
its makers thought it would. It is a re
cognized fact that tho Democrats of
buzerne now have before them ttie
greatest battle in the party's history,
and to win next fall the ticket should
have been selected with more regard to
tho different elements of the party and
more attention paid to the location and
fitness of the candidates. Those who
had complete control of the delegates
had not the courage to throw over tho
man whose presence on the ticket is
enough to insure its defeat. Instead,
they coerced delegates into supporting
him and giving him a nomination, and
then tried to keep off of the ticket the
only representative of the laboring men
that asked for office. For their coward
ice a part of their plan was thwarted,
and the result is that dissatisfaction
exists more or less in every part of the
county.
The renomination of Judge Klione
will keep within the ranks those who
desire that the judiciary should he free
from political influence ami political
trickery, lie is the peer of his oppon
ent on the Republican side in ability
and commands the respect of every per
son who had dealings with him in his
twenty years of service on the bench.
Peter A. O'Boyle deserved the recog
nition he has obtained at the hands of
the Democrats. His nomination by ac
clamation as the candidate for district
attorney was only a proper appreciation
of the valiant work this man has done
for the party. In electing him the citi
zens of the county will honor them
selves by placing in an important office a
gentleman who posseses the qualifica
tions to fill it with credit.
Through ill advice, however, Mr.
O'Boyle made a mistake which may cost
him many votes. In forcing upon the
convention the renomination of the
present congressman, Mr. ltiues, he
interfered in a matter which should have
been left to the free will of the delegates.
Only through the pressure brought to
bear upon O'Boyle's delegates was the
nomination of Ilines made possible.
The fact that forty votes were cast
against Ilines, without solicitation and
without promise, is sufficient to show
what the delegates' opinions were of the
man. To say the least, it was a small
and contemptible trick on the part of
O'Boyle's managers to bind his delegates
to support three men when they had
been elected for only one.
Ilines' nomination wHI act as a mill
stone to the ticket, and nothing hut un
ceasing work by the other candidates
can prevent them from going down to
defeat with him. Hines' course in cm
gress is rebuked in the resolutions by
the silence with which Iris record is
treated, and the nominee will receive a
more forcible rebuke from the voters 011
election day.
In naming Jacob Schappert for pro
thonotary tho delegates strengthened
the ticket somewhat in the third district
and also among the voters of Mr.
Schappert's nationality. Some were of
the opinion that the present incumbent
of the office, Mr. Weigand, would bo of
more benefit to the ticket, but as that
gentleman made no effort to secure the
nomination, the nominee selected was
the next best one to choose. Ilis record
as a Democrat and party worker entitles
him to the support of all.
In choosing John 11. Rice as the
standard-bearer for clerk of courts the
Democratic delegates disobeyed the in
structions of self-constituted bosses, but
the wisdom of the choice w ill be seen 011
election day. Mr. Rice is recognized
throughout the county as a true represen
tative of the workingmen, and his co
workers on railroads, in shops or about
the mines should not allow to pass this
opportunity to elevate from their ranks
one of whom they can he proud. But
his friends must watch his interests care
fully and bo on their guard against the
trickery and jealous scheming of Hines,
who will sacrifice Rice if given a chance.
Individually, the candidates are
strong, each having personal friends
who will work heart and soul for the
one they want elected. As a whole, the
ticket is weak, inasmuch as it does not
proportionately represent tho elements
that comprise Luzerne Democracy, and
the sections where the battle will rage
tho fiercest were ignored in its makeup.
STUART B. REED, of Harrison county,
\\. Va., was Introduced to the repub
lican league convention at Fairmount,
IV. \ a., the other day, as the oldest re
publican in the United Stutes. Jle is
one hundred and three years old and Is
still in good health.
A MEMPHIS (Tenn.) colored nuin
thought ho had a right to practice
medicine because he had been tho
body-servant of a physician. lie tried
liis skill on a woman of his own raco,
giving her an opiate from which sho
never recovered. His skill was not
tried in vain, so to speak.
CHICAGO'S common council has earned
commendation by passing a law
against selling cigarettes to minors
over the maj or's veto. The Massachu
setts legislature has under considera
tion a bill to the same effect.
A mix making Labor day a national
holiday has been passed by congress
and signed by thg president.
I HISTORICAL ELOOD RAINS.
TOUUNAY, Belgium, had a red rain in
4038.
IN 1050 there was a great fall of red
| snow throughout Armenia.
IN 1842 there were two red rains in
| the United (States, one in Massaehu-
I setts and the other in Tennessee.
( I IN the j'ear 020 red sand, mingled
1 with water of the same color, fell for a
space of twenty minutes at Bagdad.
ON January 0,1043, red rains were re
-1 ported from two different places,
1 Voeliigen and Weinsberg, both in
• Wurtemberg.
i ON November 5 and 0, 472, A. D., a
shower of soot or black dust "miitgjed
, with drops red us blood" fell at Con
' j stantinople.
j ON December 24, 150, nt Lillebonne,
' I France, a meteor fell, followed by a
1 red rain. Something similar occurred
in Syria in the j'ear 1018.
IN 1210 or 1222 (there is some uncer
taintj' in regard to the dates) red rain
and sand fell In Bohemia, "In such a
manner as to coagulate like blood."
AT Brixen, Austrian Tj'rol, in the
year 809 (month and daj' not given),
1 red rain fell for three hours "until the
streets looked like the floor of a slaugh
ter-house,"
On November 0, A. D., 1548, a fall of
fire "fell with a groat noise in Thurin
gia, followed by a smart shower of red
dish substance, much resembling thick
blood, and which remained on tho
ground several days before turning
black; a great pestilence followed."
ODDS AND ENDS.
PARAGUAY is governed under a con
stitution which is strikingly similar to
that of the United States.
AN object which weighs one thousand
pounds at the sea level would weigh
two pounds less on a mountain four
miles high.
In Europe during the early years of
the middle ages no woman was allowed
to appear in church unless her face was
covered with a veil.
IT is about thirty miles across town
in London, and for that entire distance
there is said to be an unbroken line of
residences and stores.
THE largest mammoth found in Si
beria measured seventeen feet long and
ten feet in height. The tusks weighed
eight hundred und sixty pounds.
VENUS and the moon are exactly
alike in one respect a least, each ro
revolving on its axis in the same space
of time taken to complete Its orbiL
THE expressions "Hallelujah" and
"Amen" are said to have been intro
duced into Christian worship by St.
Jerome some time about the year A.
1 D. 39a
JUNE was named in honor of Juno, a
Roman divinity, who was worshiped as
Queen of the Heavens. It is called the
"month of marriages and of suicides."
QUITO, Ecuador, is the only cltj' in
the world in which the sun rises and
sets at six o'clock the j'ear round. The
reason of this is that it is situated ex
actly on the equator.
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
THAT a few drops of salad oil on tar
stains will lfcmove them.
THAT hot loaves should never bo left
on a table to absorb the odor of tho
wood.
TnAr to whip cream successfully it
should first be thoroughlj' chilled, then
whipped in a cool r<x>m before sweet
ening it.
■ THAT molcjs should lie rinsed In cold
water before using, and to remove
' creams and jellies easily they should
' be dipped in hot water for a few min
i utea
I TIIAT j'our shoes will last longer if
i j'.ou keep them well oiled in damp
weather and when thoy become wet
, through let them dry slowly or thej'
i will shrink and warp.
TIIAT you inaj' keep stovepipe from
rusting when put away in summer by
brushing it over with a mixture com
> posed of equal quantities of linseed oil
I and kerosene well shaken together.
TIIAT you can make good sticky flj'-
. paper by heating together three and a
I half ounces of raw linseed oil, one pound
of resin and three and a half ounces of
molasses. Spread It on paper while j'et
i warm.—Orange Judd Farmer.
L
IN EUROPE.
: AUSTRIAN law permits hoj's and girls
, to marry at the age of fourteen.
LIFE savers on the French coast are
) hereafter to be aided by trained dogs,
i THE German parliament house was
. built with the money extorted from
, j France after the war of 1871.
I FEMALE employes In inanj' of tho
German factories are not permitted to
j wear corsets during working hours.
TIIE healthiest children in tho world
1 dwell In the Scottish highlands. They
. I seldom wear shoes before they are
twclvo years old.
IN tests last j'ear in the German town
of Dessau, it was shown that cooking
by wood and coal costs a little more
than twice that done with gas.
PARISIAN restaurant keepers mix A
little honey with their butter. This
gives it an agreeable taste and flavor
1 and makes inferior butter more palata
ble.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
TIIE flattening of tho poles of Jupiter
can bo seen through the telescope.
BAILEY, the astronomer, calculates
the earth as weighing (1,049,830,(XK),000,-
j 000 tons.
SUN spots were first observed in 1011,
and were then noted by several as
j tronomers at about tho same time.
AN aurora seen from Toronto last
| j'ear has been calculated to bo 100 miles
high and 2,300 miles from end to end.
! IT would require eight hundrod
thousand full moons to produco a day
as brilliant as one of cloudless sun
j shine.
THE sun and the whole solar system
j is moving through space toward a
| poiut in the constellation Hercules,
I having a right ascension of about 209
degrees, and a north declination ot
about 35 degrees.
CONDENB * TIONB.
Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. 24.—Over
10,000 people attended the camp-meet
ing services at the Ocean Grove audi
torium last night. Rev. J. W. Marshall,
of Camden, spoke.
Susquehanna, PA., Aug. 23.—While
suffering from temporary aberration of
mind, John Dix, a prominent resident
of East New Milford, committed sul
sldo by cutting his throat.
Wolcott N. Y., Aug. 23. —In a raid of
temperance crusaders here yesterday
on a elder mill they blew up the struct
ure with dynamite. The proprietor
had a narrow escape from death.
Rome, Aug. 24.—The Moniteur de
Rome says that the congregation of the
propaganda will lose 40,000 lire annual
ly by the new tax on government
bonds. It urges the government to
spare the congregation's possessions
such violent fluctuations.
Boston, Aug. 25. —At a meeting of the
populist state committee Henry R. Le
gate read a letter resigning the posi
tion of chulrman and state organizer,
declining to serve any longer. Mr.
Legato also declined to accept the
nomination for congress in the Tenth
district.
London, Aug. 25.—Paddy Slavln has
issued a challenge to Jim Oorbett and
Peter Jackson, or to the winner of the
fight between them, should one occur,
to meet him for 13,000 a side and the
largest purse offered, in America or
England. He will deposit £I,OOO with
the Sporting Life on August 28.
London, Aug. 23.—The Dully Chroni
cle's Rome correspondent says: "The
pope has sent a letter to the Italian
bishops requesting them to Instruct
the clergy to refrain from secular sub
jects in their sermons. The occasion
for the letter arose from the preaching
of political reforms by some priests.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—Budd Doble, the
horseman, has just been made defend
ant in a SIO,OOO damage suit filed In the
superior court by S. A. Brown & Co.
The plaintiffs charge that Doble did
not give their horse, Belle Vera, an op
portunity to test her speed in various
races, thereby incurring loss to them.
New York, Aug. 24.—The three flags
from the 111-fated K oar surge, which
Captain Malcolm, of the schooner Re
lief, brought into port on Wednesday,
floated gayly from the mastheads of
the schooner at sunrise yesterday. Cap
tain Malcolm said that he did not know
what disposition ho would make of the
relics.
Washington, Aug. 24.—Superintendent
Stump, yf the bureau of Immigration,
treasury' department, has advised all
commissioners of immigration on the
Atlantic seaboard to watch out for the
arrival <>t' a criminal from Denmark
by the name of Van Wuerle of Vorle,
who, it is said, has started for the
United States.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 24.—The state
board of education has appointed
Professor White, of the Norwich Free
academy, principal of the state nor
mal school at New Britain. Mr.
White Is professor of natural science
and political economy at the Free
academy. He will begin his duties at
New Britain September 1.
Albany, Aug. 23. —James C. Mat
thews, president of the New York
state Cleveland league, an organiza
tion of colored voters, has issued a call
for the executive committee of the
league to meet in conference In this
city Tuesday, September 4. next, at 10
a. m. Each senatorial district is en
titled to one representative in the
committee.
Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 24.—The Pur
cell Envelope company, which has the
contract for supplying the United
States government with $3,000,000 worth
of stamped envelopes, is soon to move
here from Albany. The company is to
produce 2,000,000 envelopes per day, and
will employ over 800 people. It will
also tend to increase the business of
the paper mills here.
Washington, Aug. 24.—An official
statement prepared at the bureau of
statistics, treasury department, places
the amount fo wool in bonded ware
houses on July 31, 1894, subject to free
entry when the tariff bill becomes r
law, ut 63,799,321 pounds, of the value of
$7,516,672. To bring this wool in free
will necessitate its export and re-im
portation under the law.
Davenport, la., Aug. 25.—The Ladles'
Aid society, Sons of Veterans, hue
elected the following national officers:
President, Miss Madge Hewey, Illinois;
vice-president, Miss Pearl Wills, In
diana; treasurer, Mrs. Ella Jones
Pennsylvania; Chaplain, Mrs. A. P
Davis, Pennsylvania; chief of staff
Mrs. John Morgan, New York; Inspect
ing officer, Miss Kate Paynes, Ohio.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The twenty
fourth payment for the construction
of the armored battleship Oregon was
made by the navy department yester
day to the Union Iron works, of Sen
Francisco. The payments on this ves
sel are in thirty equal instalments, of
which three are reserved until after
her final acceptance by the govern
ment. This indicates the near approach
to the completion of the Oregon.
Sandy Hook, N. Y., Aug. 25. —Five
15-inch projectiles, each containing 306
pounds of nitro-glycerine, and one con
taining 200 pounds, were fired at the
fourth day's test. The explosions were
perfect, three exploding when striking
the water, causing a thunder-like noise
and emitting sheets of flame. No fire
was visible from those exploding under
the water, but the usual rising up of
the water caused by the force of the
explosion was perceptible.
Washington, Aug. 24.—Lieutenant
Commander A. K. Couden, who for the
past three years has been recognized as
one of the leading ordnance experts of
the navy, will be detached from duty
at the navy department and ordered
to comand the Plnta. Commander Cou
den takes this duty, which is generally
considered undesirable, because it is
necessary that he should have a tour
of sea service, and no other command
ing duty is at present available.
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 25.—The general
grand chapter Royal Arch Masccis of
the United States of America held its
concluding session of the triennial con
clave lust evening and elected the fol
lowing officers: George McCahan, of
Maryland, G. G. H. P.; Reuben C.
Lcmmoii, Ohio, L. G. G. H. I'.; James
W. Taylor, Georgia, G. G. K.; Arthur
G. Pollard, Massachusetts, G. G. S.;
Daniel Striker, Michigan, G. G. treas
urer; Christopher G. Fox, New York,
G. G. secretary; Joseph E. Dyer, Illi
nois, O. G. C. H.; William C. Sawain.
Wisconsin, G. G. P. S.; Nathan Kings
ley, Minnesota, G. G. R. A. C.; Bernard
C. Witt, Kentucky. G. G. M. Third Vail
company; George E. Corson, D. C. G.
U. M, Second VoiL
NKW YORK M A RKI3TB.
GRAlN—Wheat is a little more ac
tive than last week with prices a tri
fle lower. Cash quotations ranged from
58 to 50 cents.—Corn moderately ac
tive at 62 to 63.—Oats fairly active,
quotations ranging from 33 to 31 cents
BUTTER—SIow trade; hold firmly;
receipts moderate; Western creamery,
fancy, 24 , 2 c; do, poor to prime, 15@23;
Pennsylvania, do 18<??)24Vfcc; do, state
creamery, new, 18<0>24%; state dairy,
half tubs, best, now, 22% c; do, poor to
prime, 14@21c; imitation creamery, 15®
18c; western dairy, 18V6<3>16c; western
factory, 13($15V&c.
CHEESE held higher; demand mod
erate; state, full cream, large, 8® 10c;
skims, 3%@7c; full skims, 2Vifa3c.
EGGS—Heavy receipts; light inqui
ry; stady; state and Pennsylvana, 18c;
western, 16(Q/17c; do, ice-house, 15@16e;
do, per case, $2<3>53.50.
FRUITS—FRESH—AppIes, red vari
eties, per bl, 1 50&>$2 50; do green, 1 50tp
$2; do open heads, slt?isl 50. Pears
Bartlett, per bbl, $1 75FJ $2 75; do
Clapp's favorite, s2@s2 50; do other
kinds, sl@s2 Plums, per basket, 20<3>
40c; do per bbl,s2@s4. Peacht s, fant j .
P i basket, $1 25(h $1 f,o; do fair to good,
75c<@)$l; do culls, 25tTj50c. Grapes, up
river Delaware, per 1b,12@15c; do Niag
ara, 10@12c; do Worden's and Moore's
early, do champion, 1%<??2 , 4";
do Southern, as to kind, per basket,
20fffl0c. Huckleberries, per mtart, s<?p
6c. Muskmelons, per bbl, sl@s2 GO.
Watermelons, per 100, $5(9)515.
HAY AND STRAW—Hny, prime,
per 100 lb, do No. 3 to No. 1,
55@75e; do shipping, 50c; do trash, 20tfp
30c; do clover mixed, 50(?ij>60c. Rye
straw, long, 50£//Gsc; do short, 40®45c;
oat straw. 40c.
POTATOES AND VEGETABLES—
Potatoes, Long Island, per bbl, $! 75®2;
do Jersey, $1 50® $1 75; sweet potatoes,
s2®s2 25; cauliflowers, s3&sl; onions,
white, s3®s4 50; do yellow, $1 50@$2;
do Eastern, red, $1 50® $2; do state,
red. sl@sl 25; peppers, 60®75c; squash,
75c®$l; turnips, 75c; cabbages, per 100,
ss®)sß; okra, 6®>loc; celery, flat bunches
per dozen, $1 50®$1 75; do single stalks,
per dozen, 10®60c; eggplants, per bbl,
SI 50<§)175; green corn, per 100, 75c®
$1 75; tomatoes, per bush, 20®)40c; lima
beans, per bag, sl®s2; string beans,
$1 50®$1 75; green peas, sl®>s2 25.
K. OF I*. E.Ni A M I'M EXT.
Opening Reception at Washington
Held liust Night.
Washington. Aug. 28.—Last night
was to witness the formal opening of
the Knights of Pythias en -ainprnent
by a reception at Convention hall, at
which the vice-president was to be
the central figure, but the death of
Congressman Shaw, of Wisconsin, a
past supreme chancellor of the order,
at bis home In Eau Claire, caused a
change in the programme. A meeting
of the supreme council was held to
take action on Mr. Shaw's death, and
It was decided that the reception
should not be Xeld, us a mark of es
teem to his memory.
A meeting of the commanders of the
various state brigades has been called
to lake suitable action.
Affairs were very quiet at the mon
ument grounds camp during the day.
Thousands of persons visited the scene
and a large number of these made the
trip to the top of the Washington
obelisk.
After once declaring off the recep
tion at Convention hall on account of
Congressman Shaw, the supreme lodge
amended its decision by agreeing that
the reception might be held without
the sanction of the supreme officers.
The reception was therefore held and
a very brilliant affair it proved to be.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Vice-President Stevenson and Presi
dent Itose, of the board of district
commissioners. Mr. Stevenson's spech
was the event of the evening, although
it wus very brief.
THEIR TERMS EXPIRE,
Senators Whose Successors Are To
lie Elocted This Year.
Washington, Aug. 28.—The terms
of the following United States sena
tors expire March 3 next, and the leg
islatures which choose their successors
are to be elected this fall):
Democrats —James H. Berry. Arkan
sas; Matthew C. Butler, South Caroli
na; Donelson Caffery, Louisiana;
Johnson N. Camden, West Virginia;
Richard Coke, Texas; Isham O. Harris,
Tennessee; Willim Lindscy, Kentucky;
John Martin, Kansas; John R. Me-
Pherson, New Jersey; Matt W. Ran
som, North Carolina, and Patrick
Walsh. Georgia.
Republicans—Joseph M. Carey, Wyo
ming; William B. Chandler, New
Hampshire; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois;
William P. Frye, Maine; Anthony Hlg
glns, Delaware; George F. Hoar, Mass
achusetts; Charles F. Manderson, Ne
braska; James McMillan, Michigan; R.
F. l'ettlgrew, South Dakota; Thomas
C. Power, Montana; George C. Shoup,
Idaho; William D. Washburn, Minne
sota, and Edward O. Wolcott, Colo
rado.
NEW WHISKEY TAX
Internal Revenue Col lectors Notified
by Telegraph of t lie Advance.
Washington, Aug. 28.—The following
telegram was sent to collectors of in
ternal revenue at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon:
"After to-day collect tax on spirits
at one dollar and ton cents per gal
lon and proportionate rates on all frac
tions of one-tenth or more. Notify all
stamp deputies. JOS. S. MILLER.
Commissioner.
Benefit Game for Charlie Hen net t.
Boston, Aug. 28. —Tin-Boston baseball
club, with Champion Jam< s J. Corbett
occupying the left field, played with
a picked nine yesterday afternoon a
benefit game for ex-catcher Charlie
Bennett, who lost his logs on the rail
road recently. About $6,000 was netted
for the unfortunate man.
Reward for u Murderer.
Washington, Aug. 28. —Secretary
Carlllse has offered S2OO reward for the
supposed Illicit distiller, or distillers,
In Stokes county, North Carolina, who
shot \7. C. Lewis, a United States raid
er, on August 8, while endeavoring to
capture moonshiners.
I'orest Fire in Massachusetts.
Wlnsted, Conn., Aug. 28. —A fierce
forest lire has ben raging in the moun
tains near New Boston, Mass., since
Saturday, and a large tract of land
has ben burned over,destroying crop%
Formers are lighting the b'uze.
11 COLONEL HARD HIT
Fublicly Denounced by His
Former Sister-in-Law.
TVl.fc.-a May Dosha in an Open Ijottor
i Appeals lo tlio Voters of Kentucky
lo Defeat IS rock in rid go, Restore t ho
Lleputatlon of the State and Do
Honor to the Memory of ller De
parted Sister.
Louisville, Aug. 28.—Miss Mary Do
; shaw, of Washington, sister of Col.
W. C. P. Breckinridge's second wife,
has issued an appeal, addressed "To
1 the men and women of the Blue
i Grass." urging the defeat of Col.
• Breckinridge. It is in part us follows:
"I have hesitated for many days
before writing this letter, because I
know the prejudices of Kentucky men
and their opinion that if a woman
lifts her voice against 'the estab
lished order of iniquity' she is out of
her sphere. But the occasion is so
grave that I venture, even at the risk
of shocking my friends, to tell you
some truths which it is necessary for
you to know, knowing well you will
never hear them from Kentucky men
who have been in Washington. They
are bound to keep silence, either from
the feeling of loyalty which is stronger
in man than in woman, or from 'a
fellow feeling that makes them won
drous kind."
That Col Breckinridge will be re
turned to congress has never for one
moment entered my mind. The very
thought of it is an insult to the state
whose boast has been that her 'men
were brave and her women virtuous.'
"I am not troubled about his re-elec
tion, but I am afraid that the poli
ticians will snd some onelike him.
If they suceed In renominating him
or some other Immoral man, will the
reputable portion of the community
unite on n man, regardless of politics,
who can lift the soiled banner of the
Ashland district, cleanse Its stains by
a pure life and bear it with such honor
that we, who live in Washington, and
have been deeply humiliated, may
egain be able to say, with uplifted
heads: 'We are Kentucklans!'
"The plain truth is that of all im
moral delegations in congress, that of
Kentucky has the reputation of being
the worst. With the Taulbee and
Breckinridge scandals and the low ob
scenety of Thompson, you will not
wonder at It.
"To the women of the Blue Grass I
give my grateful thanks that they
have remembered my Bister—her faith
ful, beautiful life —and have showed
by every means In their power their
appreciation of It, and their detesta
tion of the man who dishonored her
while living, who has desecrated her
memory and disgraced her children.
"To the Confederate veterans, I
would say—living she never forgot you.
In persecution, in trial, in exile her
own people were always remem
bered. You passed resolutions of re
spect when she died and followed her
to the grave with almost the honors
given to a soldier—show that your pro
testations were sincere by retiring to
private life the man who has commit
ted the unpardonable sin against her,
and by sending to congress a respecta
ble, reputable man, to lift Kentucky,
the state she loved so well, back to
its proud place among Its sister states.
"With pride in Kentucky's past, with
shaine and confusion that even one
man is left within her borders who Is
wiling to se her humiliated, with
an abiding trust In the final triumph of
law and order, decency and morality
in her midst, I am,
MARY DESHA,
A citizen of the Ashland district, of
Kentucky.
The letter caused much excitement
here. It is the talk of the town, re
calling to mind as it does the memory
of the woman who founded the Ken
tucky Woman's Veteran association.
Col. Breckinridge spoke at Ather,
this county, yesterday. His address
was devoted principally to evening up
scores with ex-Controler of the Treas
ury Milton J. Durham, Judge Jere
Morton and Judge Klnkaid, who have
recently hen making such hot speeches
against him.
The colonel thought something was
wrong politically or personally with
each of his assailants, and the crowd
went wild with enthusiasm.
ODDS AGAINST BRECKINRIDGE.
Thousands of Dollars Wagered on
the Congressional Fight.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 28.—As the
time draws near for the congressional
primary to be held, the betting men
are getting their money together, and
to Judge from present indications
there will be more money wagered on
the result of this contest than was
ever laid on an annual election in
Kentucky.
Col. R. P. Pepper, of Frankfort, has
already wagered $21,000 on Owens. He
is now betting SI,OOO to SBOO on o#ens,
and wants all the takers he can get.
Col. E. F. Clay, proprietor of the fa
mous Runymede farm, Is said to have
wagered some big amounts on V)wens.
W. 11. Laudeman, the well-known
bookmaker, and D. F. Frazer, one of
the owners of the Phoenix hotel, are
taking all the bets they can get.
It Is stated that lilley Grannon will
send as much as $40,000 here to bet on
Owens.
The only Breckinridge plunger so
far developed Is C. K. Oldham, the
real estate broker. He has laid be
tween SSOO and SI,OOO on the colonel,
and he says he will bet more.
Itnnca Hmitaiia'f* History.
'oStiOLunj, JoiUJjs— *BZ \Bnv 'atuon
ex-governor of the Banca Romana, is
about to publish a pamphlet concern
ing the bank's eventful history. He
will make a detailed defense of his
administration of the bank's affairs.
Iron Works Start Up.
Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 28.—Valentine
Iron company's furnaces were fired up
yesterday after an idleness since the
coke strike. The employees will prob
ably be kept busy all winter.
For a Six Weeks Trip Abroad.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Superinten
dent Stump, of the bureau of immigra
tion, has gone to New York, whore he
will take the steamer to-monow for a
six weeks trip to Europe.
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