Marion News-Tribune from Marion, Indiana (2024)

the the GIVEN A SURPRISE Intended Attack on the Union Miners at Washington Stood Off with Guns. STRIKERS FORMED AN AMBUSOADE, Bat the Proposed Victims Got a Tip and Were Ready for War- Women Could Not Do Restrained, However MusterOut of. Studebaker's wider. Sull Languishes Jall-Terre Haute's Carnival. Washington, Oct.

yesterday afternoon coal miners from Montgomery and Cannelburg carne to this city and joined In with the local strikers. numbered 300, about fifty women, wives. of the strikers, being in the crowd. They at once marched to No. 4 mine.

"two miles south of here, where about Atty non-union men are at work. "The strikers secreted themselves behind fences, corn shocks, and awaited their chance to swoop down on the mine and drive the men out. The miners had a tip of the mob's presence and were prepared. When the meb advanced toward the mine it was met the non-unlonists, who had Winchesters and pistols drawn. Women Attack the NonSeeing this the strikers retreated without a blow struck.

-The nonunionists marched from the mines in a body and came to this city. Just after leaving the mines the women in the mob threw and clubs at them, striking several, but not Injuring them. The nonunionists acted wisely and not resist the attack of the women. One miner, John Kellar, was captured by four of the women and given a severe beating. They warned him not to go to work- again.

OOL. STUDEBAKER'S "TIGERS." Nearly' Every Man in the Regiment Now at Camp Mount for Duster-Out. 4, Indianapolis, Oct. George "Tigers" have reported to the mustering officer at Camp Mount, and the work incident to discharging the regiment from the United States army will soon be under way. Nearly every man, belonging to the organization has responded to the order to come to Indianapolis by elther appearing In person or by sending physician's certifcate that he is unable to leave home.

The regiment passed a sorry night in camp. There was a downpour of rain, and the soldiers spent the first half of the night digging shallow ditches around their tents and spreading out straw to make them comfortable. the last half. Yesterday morning there were small lakes of muddy water about on the camp ground and company streets were soggy." PURSUED BY THE INCENDIARY. Farmer Near Chesterfield Ilas to Fight Fire Very Often.

Chesterfield, Oct. appears a8 Frederick Bronnenberg. and family were being Incendiaries. The latest loss is the of barn and contents on the old doctor's farm near here, tenanted by Fred Bronnenberg, a grandson. Many- rods of fencing have been burned on the premises.

of the senior Bronnenberg. farm was also consumed, and one year His large barn on the Shimer agO whitecap notices were posted on the new. building as a warning. Bronnenberg employed detectives, but nothing came of it. He has opposed the opening of a highway through his land, and in doing so it Is supposed that he made enemies.

FULLENWIDER STILL IN JAIL Takes the situation Coolly and Says the Jury WIll Belleve His Story. Crawfordsville, Oct. C. Fullenwider, the Indianapolle real estate man who la charged with forging the name of William 11. Mount, of gomery county, is still In Jail here.

A thorough canvass of his old friends here has been vainly made, and his Indianapolls friends, although appealed to, have not as yet responded with the necessary surety, Fullenwider 1. taking the situation coolly, and says that he has no doubt that the jury will accept the he tells the case ever comes to trial. It 1s certaln that the will. net be dropped. Carnival Week at Terre Haute.

Terre Haute, Oct. carn nival week started, off Monday under auspicious lodge of Elks took possession or the city, Invading the council chamber, where the council was in session, and throwing out the, city officials. Officials from among the members were elected to assume positions. The inock council meeting was followed by a reception 2' she lodge rooms and yesterday the carnival. mayor presented the key of the city to the king of the carnival.

The presentation was attended with much ceremony and several thousand people witnessed the affair. He Never Will Be Missed. Crawfordsville; Oct. Hole, believing that his sweetheart, Miss Alice Stillwell, no longer loved him, sent a bullet through his At his funeral Miss Stillwell fell fainting, and It is belleved that she will not recover. Hole saw a young man he disliked drivIng in company witha girl whom he mistook for Miss Stillwell and shot himself.

He lived just long enough to learn that he was mistaken an to his supposed rival's companion. Window Glass Workers' Scale. Muncie, Oct. a call was lanued for final conference of the joint ware committee of window glass manufacturers, and cutters and Battenera, at Pittsburg, on Thursday and Friday. Midnight Friday 18 the hour set for resumption, but it depends on the issue of the conference.

Baptist Centennial Anniversary. Peru, Ort. 100th anniverbary and the sixty- -ninth convention of the Baptist curch of Indiana convened in this city last night with a attendance of nearly 1,000, which will be increased. The meetings are held In the First Baptist church. The meetwill continue 1111 next Bunday being a general observance day throughout Indiana in commemoration of the event.

Farmers Worried About Wheat, Vincennes, Oct. cor.ditton of the wheat is causing the farmere considerable worry about hure, On account of the backward fronts, it has advanced much too "rapidly, and is in poor condition for the winter. Much of It was sowed carly, and is now an far advanced as it should be March 1. Many farmers are arranging to pasture their wheat delds, or to inow them with mowing machine. Another Returned Soldier Dies.

Knightatown, Oct. 12, Willie McCorkle, of company Twelfth States lufantry, taken wick during the Santiago cams and ordered home on furlough, d. I in this city at the home of his parents. He Was 19 years old. He served bugler in the battle of Hantlaro.

Mad Dor Scare at Portlaud. Portland, Oct. mad doc run amuck east of this city and bit Jehn Goodson and his three children and John Thompson. One of the children bitten is a baby. two of its teeth being knocked otit.

by the rabid animal. The dog was Anally killed with pituhforks. They Fooled with a Vincennes. Oct, 12 MIA 1 vey was actidentally ahot at her while home, they In were Bridgeport, scuffling by for her possession husband of a revolver, She cannot recover, STATUS OF THE INDIAN. WAR.

Everything Waiting: to. Hear from the Mustile Minneapolis, Oct. special to The from Walker, Beaulleu, Father Aloysius, tied Blanket, and another Indian left Walker yesterday afternoon on the steamer Flora. The peace party expected to reach Bear Island cleat night and the two chiefs would to ashore and ask for an Immediate council. Commissioner Jones' letfor.

to was try to be to read' persuade and the Father men Aloysius wanted to rive themselves up. Beaulleu beleves that 8. favorable answer will be brought back by the peace party. He expresses some doubt about Bog-a-NeGe-Shig consenting to: surrender himself, but if the rest come in his. capture can easily be effected.

The return of the peace party pected today. If It brings back word that the hostlles have refused to consider Commissioner Jones' letter, and have decided to follow Bog-a-Ne-GeShig. active operations them will at once commence. Commissioner Jones has established headquarters at the agency." Another Michigan Bank Robbery, Detrolt, Oot. special from Holland, says: Jacob Denherders' private bank at Seeland was.

broken' into yesterday morning and the safe blown open with dynamite- and rifled. It is estimated that the lose will be 000, although an examination has not yet been Anished. Rain has obliterated all traces of the robbers, but they are believed to be professionals. Look for Trouble at Any Time, Pana, Oct. miners' strike situation remains unchanged.

Large bodtes of miners are congregated on the street corners, but plans of action are with the executive board. The mines were. practically idle yesterday; the no-, groes, having- received their pay, declined to work. Serious trouble may be looked for at any time. TEMPLAR CONCLAVE IS OPEN.

Twenty Thousand Kuights March Previous to the Buatneas Meeting. Pittsburg, Oct. parade of the twenty-seventh triennial conclave of the Knight Templars took place yesterday. Whatever had been anticipated In the way of gorgeousness, splendor and general -round success, was amply realized. It was grandest parade ever held in this city from whichever view one may take it.

In point of numbers--there were 20,000 marchers in line -it easlly doubled similar occurrences of the past, and as the appearance of the men, their uniforms, the trappings of their horses, as as the perfection of their movements were concerned, Pittsburg has never seen anything tojequal.it. Immediately after the parade the formal opening of the de twenty-seventh triennial conclave of the grand encampment of Knight Templars of the United States of America took place in Carnegie Music hall, Scheffley park. After the formal opening the grand master fordered the roll called and the organization of the grand encampment took place. Thereafter the reports of Grand Treasurer Lines and Grand Recorder Mills were read and referred, to the proper committees. We'll Civilize 'Ew All Right.

San Francisco, Oct. new trade with the Philippines has sprung up. During the past six or seven weeks no leas than fifty. carloads of beer and six carloads of cigarettes have been sent there. Milwaukee and St.

Louis Arms are shipping beer, and Richmond, New York and several other eastern cities are forwarding the cigarettes. The articles are for the use of the American soldiers, though it is expected that the shipments may be welcomed by the natives. priming Helplessly In the Lake Marquette, passenger steamer Peerless of the Lake Superior, line: WAS picked the steamer R. E. Schuck and towed Into this port.

The Peerless was drifting helplessly from disabled machinery on Lake Superior when sighted by the Schuck. A Heavy Loss with No Insurance. Tacoma, Oct. uncompleted Tourlst being bullt by the Northern Pacific Land company, was totally destroyed by Are, entailing 8 loss of $000,000, with no insurance. THE MARKETS.

Chicago Grain 'and Produce. Chicago, Oct. 12. Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat Open Highne Low. Closer October December May CornDeceinber .31 May' 'OatsDecember .22 May PorkDecember 7.75 7.87¼ 7.70 7.85 January.

8.95 9.1$ 8.92½ 9.07½ LardDecember 4.80 4.82½ 4.77⅛ 4.80 January 4.90 4.92½. 4.85 4.90 Butter- Extra creamery, per extra datry, 18c: fresh packing stock, Eggs--Fresh stock, per dozen. Live Poultry -Turkeys, per chickens, To; ducks, Potatoes -Early Ohio, per Ib. Sweet Potatoes-Jerseys, $1.85672.00. Chicogo Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 12. Hogs--Estimated receipt for the day, sales ranged at for pigs, for light, for rough packing, 3.90 for mixed, and ping lots. Cattle--Estimated receipts for heavy packing a and shipfor the day, quotations ranged at $5.505.75 choice to extra steera, $4.86 good to choice for fair to good, $4.10604.65 common to medi. um $4.0004.45 butchers' steers, $4.13 fel western' steers, $3.2044.10 stockers, feeders, $2.0004.25 $3.00604.70 heifers, $2.70674.25 bulls, oxen and staga, Texas steers, $3.50 1.60 grass western steers, 4.40 western cows and heifers, and $4.00 07.40 veal calves.

Sheep and LambsEatimated receipts for the day, quotations ranged at $3.7004.50 westerna, $3.0004.70 natives, and $3.750 6.35 lambs. Kant Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Oct. 12.

Dunning Slovene, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. quote A8 follows: car; market steady; veala 40 head on sale; market steady; demand good; good to prime veals, 8.25, Sheep and Lambs-Receipta, 25 cara; 18 Canada: lambs, bucks to prime, native lambs ateady for prime, $4.000 6.10; easy for bucky; late, culls to common, 35.000 6.50. SheenSteady: mixed, wethers, Hogs-Ieceipta, 50. cars; market steady: demand fair; mediuma, mixed and heavy, Yorkers, granay to choice, corn fed pigs, stags and roughs, $2.75 3.25, closing Fifteen cars of lights and pigs unsold at noon. St.

Louis Grain. St. Loula, Oct. 12. -Easier: No.

2 red cash elevator, 700 bid; track, 71c: October, 680 asked: December, May; 674 anked; No. 2 hard, 65 660, Corn-Higher: No, cash, October, 81c: December, May, asked. oats- Firmer: No. 2 camh, track, 24c; December, May, No. white, Rye-Hleady; Milwankre Grain.

Milwauke, Oct. 12. Wheat -Iligher: No. 1 northern, No. 2 northern, 0 c.

Rye No, 1, 49C. No. 2, G44c; sample, Detroit drain. Detrolt, wet. 13, December: 1 asked; May, 680 bid.

Wheat--Cash white, red, -Cash, $1c. Oats -White, 160. Rye 500 bid. 4 an I NATAL BOARD'S REPLY. Cervera's Fleet Destroyed by Plans of Sampson.

POSITION OF VESSELS ENGAGED. When the Cristobal Colon struck Her Oolors the Flagship New York Was More Than 'Nine Miles Distant -Brunt of the Fighting Borne by the Oregon, Texus and Iowa -More Convalescent Soldiers. from Santiago. New. York, Oct.

12. -The official board appointed to determine, the relative positions of the ships engaged in the naval. battle at Santiago has completed Its report: and sent it to Washington. The chief issues. before "the bourd related to the taken the battle by the two New York and parts, in Brooklyn.

Many other questions came Incidentally. The board was made up AR follows: Lieutenant: Commander Richard Walnwright of the Gloucester, presiding officer: Lieutenant Samuel P. Comly of the Indiana, Lieutenant Lewis C. Hellner of Texas, Lieutenant William H. Schuetze of the Iowa; Lieutenant Albon C.

fodgson of the Brooklyn, Lieutenant William H. Allen of the Oregon and. Lieutenant Edward E. Capehart of the New York. Conclusions Sumwarized.

The conclusions the board are summarized as follows: The battle was fought and won upon plans prepared by Sampson. Any directing of the movements of ships done by Schley during, the battle was inconsiderable. The New York had no active part in fight. The Brooklyn was not engaged at no close quarters as has been represented by the first report. 1 The brunt of the fighting was borne" by the Oregon, Texas and Iowa.

The New York was over nine miles from the Colon when that: and between four and five miles from the nearest of her sister ships engaged. The average range of the ships most engaged was about a mile and a half. No American ship at any time during the battle was within a mile of an unsurrendered Spanish ship. SECRETARY ALGER'S REPLY. War Plans Made Public by the Investigat- A Ing Con: Washington, Oct.

reply of. Secretary Alger to the questions asked ston him by is the exciting war considerable Investigating commiscomment. He stated that on the declaration of war it was decided to Immediately blockade the important ports of Cuba and hold troops at points nearest Cuba to be ready for any emergency. On May 9 orders were Issued to land a of force at Havana, Mariel, preparatory twenty-Ave to a miles movement west upon that city, a but this plan was changed on the discovery that Mariel was an unhealthy place, on account of the uncertainty of the movemento of the Spanish fleet. Mr.

Alger says the Santiago campaign was necessitated by the presence of Admiral Cervera's fleet In Santiago harbor, but it had previously been contemplted. The immediate. destruction of. fleet was necessary, and the operation of the military force was hastened by the recelpt of a telegram: from Admiral Sampson on June Tin which he stated that on the previous day he had bombarded and quickly silenced the forts at Santiago, and that If 10,000 men were there the city and fleet could be captured in forty-eight hours. Troops sailed from Tampa on June 14, with 16,988 officers and men.

They were held on transports there 8. week after embarkation on account -of a warning from Commodore Perry Spanish cruiser and torpedo boat destroyer were waiting in Nicholas channel to destroy the convoy, The answer states that the camp at Fernandina was organized on the recommendation of Major General Milea, and that at Jacksonville on the recommendation of Major General Lee. A permanent camp, it la stated, was never contemplated at Tampa, which was selected as a hame of operations on account of its chipping facilities. Troops were mont there, preparatory to embarkation, when no longer needed were sent "to Iuntaville, a camp selected by ofleere. Porto Rico CAmpaign, the secretary says, has long been considered, and orders to carry' it aut Were issued June.

26. Alger's reply accompanied by a number of tel grams that passed between Seneral Shafter and the war department before Cuba was invade MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED. Spanish Soldiers Fire into a Crowd of Unarmed Porto San Juan, Porto It Oct. numher of Spanish soldiers and Porto Ricwhile drinking in a cafe at Arecibo, became- Involved In -a quarrel. The Spaniards withdrew and armed themselves and then returned and fired Into the crowd of unarmed civilians, killing five of them and wounding twenty-five.

Five of the wounded will die. The natives were furious the action of the Spaniards, and after the shooting they attacked a number of houses occupled by Spaniards In the suburbs. The disturbance resulted in the American forces taking charge of the city, whereupon the trouble ceased. Admiral Schley, one of the American evacuation commissioners, slipped on the steps of the Inglaterra hotel and sprained his ankle. He is confined to his bed.

His ankle had been weakened by a previous sprain. SOLDIERS FROM SANTIAGO. One Hundred and Seventy-Six Convales. cents Reach New York. New York, Oct.

transport Obdam, which left Bantiago Oct. 6, arrived at quarantine, bringing about 176 convalescent soldiers from Porto Rico and Santiago. In addition to the soldiers there were about thirty cabin passengers, including a number of army officers on leave of absence and a few civilians. Amung the passengers were Colonel Charles I. Gibson.

8 special agent of the president, and field commissioner of the national relief commisalon; Lieutenant Evan M. a Johnson of the Fourteenth Infantry: Major T. M. Summers, surgeon of the at Santiago, and a number of clerks, employes and laborers. Surgeon Major Seaman war in charge of the sick and Captain Walter Allen waR acting quartermarter of the reasel.

Only one death occurred on the voyage. P'rivate J. I. Sweeney of company Sixth Illinois, on the night following the vessel's departure from. Santiago, was found on the deck, dead.

His death la. supposed to have resulted from dysentery and fever. Ile was burled at sea the next day. Only four of the soldiers brought on the Ohdamn are seriously 111, They will be removed to hospitals in the morning. Troopers Mustered Out.

Chicago, Oct. Young's troopers were mustered out of the United State service at Fort Sheridan and paid average of each by Paymaster Gulld. With little or no ceremony the work of converting soldiers Into clvillans was performed and officers and men shared alike in their to quit camp. Furloughs granted to the men of the Reveuth regiment, Illinois volunteera, have expired and the soldiere met In the armory, Wabaah avenue and llubbard court, at o'clock in the afternoon, and had their leaves extended ten days. The disposition of the regiment after the second expiration is not known.

Much Sickness, Now Tork, Oct. 12. Crome Agent Darnes cables Stephen IC. Barton of. the executive committee here that an volunteers in Porto Rico have been ordered home and that 10,000 regulars will be sent from the United States to take their places.

He predicts that ten days after their arrival the sick rate AmONg the regulars will equal that of the present troops in Porto Rico and says that he needs a large amount of stores for them and to stock the vessels starting north with troops. Wilmington Gets Orders. Boston, Oct. gunboat Wil-' mington has received sailing orders for next Tuesday, and simultaneously the navy yard officials got word to rush work on her and have her ready by that date without fail, even if it was necessary to work overtime in all departments to do 80. Her sister ship, the Helena, is under orders already to sail for China the following Tuesday, and the work has been pushed on her rather htan on the Wilmington: More Sailors for Dewey.

San Francisco: Oct. the Gaelic, which has sailed for Hong Kong, were forty sailors for Dewey's squadron. They were trr charge of Lieutenant Commander Lombard and destined for the Culgoa, one of the vessels captured by Dewey. Major W. A.

Simpson, who arrived on the transport Newport, is the bearer of important dispatches for the war department, the nature of which he will not disclose. Sword for Captain Clark. Portland, Oct. Lord has appointed a committee of well -known citizens of Portland to collect funds for the purchase of a sword to be presented to Captain Clark of the Oregon: The committee desires to raise: $1,000 and has collected nearly one-half that amount. Americans Enter Manzanillo.

Manzanillo, Oct. American troops raised the stars and stripes over the custom house and in the public square and took formal possession, The Spanish garrison departed for CienfuegOS. NO MORE FIGHTING. Bellef That Indians Wanted by Marshal O'Connor Will Surreuder. Minneapolis, Oct.

Journal's staff correspondent at Walker wires: There will be no more fighting. Father Alovslug and Gus Beaulleu returned at 4 o'clock in. the morning after a long conference with the hostiles and made this welcome announcement. They refused to say anything further untll EL conference had been held with Commigsioner Jones. It is umderstood that Mr.

Jones will go to the hostile camp with the priest and Beaulleu and have a formal conference. While nothing has been said as yet as to. whether the Indians wanted by Marshal O'Connor will surrender themselves, there is little doubt this is the case, because It has been understood all along that no other terms would be considered. The posttive assurance of both the: returning conferees that the war is over. points to the conclusion that pledges of surrender' been made.

"The Indiang say they have forty men In the camp and still insist that not a man was killed. The Yellow Fever in Mississippi. pa patches Washington, to the Oct. marine -The hospital official service disshow that on Tuesday there ten places; in, the state of Mississippi- Infected with, yellow" fever, seven. new cases were reported and one death, which occurred at Harriaton.

At Franklin, there were twenty new cases, but they are reported to be of a mild type And. there were no deaths there. The outbreak reported at Bay St. Louis, proves to be at Waveland, a little village four miles this aide of the center of the bay, -The report day showed nine new cases there." Fell Dead While Speaking. Omaha, Oct.

addressing the closing session of the National Dairymen's association at the exposition grounds L. 8. Gates, state dairy commissioner for Iowa, suddenly threw up his hands and dropped dead. Apoplexy was cause, He was stricken durIng the middle of a sentence telling of Iowa's great a resurceg In the dalry field. The body was removed to the exposition hospital and later placed in charge of the family for shipment back to Iowa.

Mra, Nock Recoming Blind. New York, Oct. 12. -Mrs. Augusta Nack, accomplice of.

Martin Thorne, who was executed for the murder of William Guldensuppe, is becoming blind. Double cataracts are forming over both the woman's eyes. Experts who examined her at Auurn prison, where she 1s serving a Afteen years' sentence, say they cannot nave her sight. Double Tragedy Ta Ohio. Bellefontaine, 0., Oct.

dead body of James Trail, a farmer living near Middlebury, wag found at his home with a bullet hole through his left temple. His wife was still alive, although four bullets were in her body. The inference was that Prall shot his wife and then himself. Ex-State Legislator Killed. Mascoutah, Oct.

A. Morgan, of Okawville, was instantly killed by a through passenger train on the Loulsville and. Nashville rallroad at: Okawville. attempted to cross the track ahead of the train and was struck by the engine. Deceased represented his district In the state legislature for several terms.

He was a lawyer profession, but inherited fortune and never attempted to practice. Bealdes his services in the legislature Morgan held numerous offices In his town and county, Sins of the Father." Kansas City, Oct. son of the notorlous bandit, Jesse James, the pioneer train robber, was arrested by the police last 'evening. Two other men whose names are not known, and whom the police absolutely refuse to talk about, were arrested soon after the police took young James Into custody. Jesse James, has been under.

surveillance of the police since the robbery of a Missouri Pacific express train near Leeds on Tonia Marrying Old Man. Niles, Oct. Stilson, an Ionia veteran, has broken the record for quick marriages. A. year and a half ago his wife, whom 'he married about twenty years ago, died; in' about three weeks he remarried.

On Sept. 22 Mrs. Stilson No. 2 died, and Oct. he married Bira.

Caroline Briggs. Stilson is 69 years old and his bride 58. Scores on League Diamonda, Chicago, Oct. are the baso ball scores yesterday made by League clubs: At Baltimore -New York 1, Baltimore (second game) New York 6, Baltimore at Brooklyn--Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 14; at Washington Washington 5: at Loulsvilla and Pittsburg- -Wrather. Death of an Aged Veteran.

Niles, Oct. Elisha Mix Monday at his home In Allegan, where he has lived Atty years. He WAS made brevet brigadier general in the civil war. Ile was conned in Andersonville prison for a long period, TIE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Rutler-Goddard Aght, scheduled for Tuesday night at Pittsburg wan declared off beanuse Butler was nut satinNed with the purse.

It is stated that the Airdar 1. to be made. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, and he will receive the sum of $125,000. The city of Syracuse, N. has decided to buy ten voting machines.

The late Empress Elizabeth left vast fortune. She had much larger civil lint than she. ever spent, and her surplus income wan Judiciously laid out in purchasing property Viepna, I BLOODSHED AT VIRDEN. Fierce Fight Between Miners and Deputy MANY CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES 7, 1. The Trouble Brought About by.

the Arrive al of a Train Loud of Imported Negroes from' the Routh to Take the I'lace of the Striking White Miners- -The Train Kiddied Mullets- Varying Estimates of the Number of Killed. Springfeld, Oct. -Governor Tanner has just received a telephune message from Sheriff Davenport of Macoupin county that the fight between miners and those guarding the stockadas at Virden is still going on, and that over one hundred men have been killed. Governor ordered Captain Craig, in command of battery and the Sons of Veterans' companies at Pana, to proceed at once to Virden. Virden, Oct.

12. -The arrival of the imported negroes from the south at 12:30 was followed by a desperate battle. Five hundred shots were exchanged between the strikers. on one side Sheriff Davenport deputies and railroad police on the other side. It is thought that at least twenty men on both sides were killed or wounded.

The best information is that ten were killed, ave mortally wounded and five seriously wounded. Chicago and Alton special policeman is among the killed. His game is sald to be D. Kiley, Armed Miners Lined Up. When the Chicago and Alton train' bearing the negroes arrived it was met by fully 1,500 armed miners, who lined up one each side of the track, between the telegraph office and the mine of the Chicago-Virden Coal company, The train was stopped immediately front of the fast gates of the stockade and the trouble began.

Dozens of shots were fired 'from the stockade at the white men while strikers were half a mile away, and the Chicago and Alton policeman was undoubtedly killed, by a shot from the tower, The wildest rumors are afloat, one being that as many as fifty miners have been killed. Great Excitement Prevails. The town is in the greatest excitement, men are securing whatever arms they can get hold of, expecting to use them for their own protection if the trouble spreads. Women and children are fleeing to their homes and barricading themselves behind their doors. Some of the wives of the dead miners, however, decline go to their home, and are almost mad with grief and anger.

It 1m said that the miners Were Ared on from the stockades after the train had gone through. Mayor Nall has sent messages to Girard for doctors and Shortly before 1:30 Manager Lukens: tried to make his escape from the shaft. The attempt was a signal for another fusillade from a' body of men said to be miners. Another Fusillade. The manager and a small force of detectives ran into the alley, behind the The attacking party, ever, continued to fire away.

It is not known yet whether any of the shots took effect. The marshal. has telegraphed the chief of police at Springfield, to send a special train with doctors. Sheriff Dayenport has sent a telegram to Governor Tanner, asking that troops. be sent immediately.

The sheriff thinks possibly one hundred men have been killed and wounded but oth: era deem estimate too large. There la the greatest indignation felt. against Mine Operator Lukens, who is held for the tragedy. What Railway Officials Say, Chicago, Oct. officials of the Chicago 'and Alton railroad made the following statement to the Absociated Press: "We have just received a report to the effect that Afty miners and six officers were killed In a riot at Virden, Ills.

D. I. Kiley, one of the watchmen sent from here to guard the switches of our road, was one of the killed. These switchmen were sent down to. Virden for the express purpose of operating the switches and instructed to go unarmed, They were also instructed to Inform the striking miners that they (the switchmen) did not come to help negroes but simply to help operate the Chicago and Alton railroad." Train Riddled with Bullets Springtield, Oct.

train ridded. with bullets pulled into the Chicaro and Alton depot. One deputy 1s but his name is not obtainable. He was riding on the front of the car with a Winchester, and THe miners fired on and him. WAs He shot discharged almost to his Winchester.

gineer Bert Kyger, drawing the train. was shot in the The train: 18 loaded with negroes, who say they came to Illinols false representations by the operators. Killed by a Policeman. 8t. Louts, Oct.

trying to arrest George Bates, a negro, Patrick Gunning, town marshal of Kirkwood, a fashionable suburb of St. Louis, was shot and instantly killed. Several posses are out looking for Rates, who egcaped, and there is some. talk of a lynching, The whites and negroes in Kirkwood have always had trouble. Lately the negroes have been very surly.

Bates and several other negroes wer making thmalva vry obnoxious to storekeepers in the town, and when the marshal attempted: to arrest him he was killed. Apostolic Delegate to Cuba. Washington, Oct. Gibbone, who is here attending the meeting of the archbishops-at the CAtholfe un! -recelved a cablegram from Rome a announcing that the pope had appointed Archbishop Chappell of New Orleans as apostolic delegate to He will retain his position at New Orleans, his new field being a special misalon. Archbishop Chappelle is now In Rome.

Isfahops Favor San Francisco. Washington, Oct. house of bishops of the Epicopal council voted to hold the convention of 1901-at Sun Francisco. In the deputies an effort was made to concur in thie action, but on objection to immediate consideration the resolution of the bishops went to the calendar. Two years ago the khalita's Innuence stretched in an unbroken line from ram above the second cataract to Bedden in Esquatoria, 1,100.

miles from north to south, and from Guru to Matemneh, 800 miles from weat to cast. Charles Brockwitz, worth $100,000, was sent to Taland, 'New York, aN a professional mendicant. On an Average the re received by the German emperor number 600 a day. 'The oll wells of Senator Roger Q. Mille are sald to net him about $100 a day: A Japanese newspaper declares that, while in Japan the government la proArt ssive and the prople conservative, in China it is the government that: la con.

servative and the people progressive. Part of the useless fortifications which surround Paris are now coming down, and the question is discussed of enlarging the city. ROBBED KLONDIKE KING. Remarkable Narrative Related by a Trave eler From the Mighty Yukon. Stauley II.

Pearce, a mining engincor of Deuver, who last apring went to the Klondike and returned to San Francine 60 rucuutly, tells a atory of the theft of $40,000 by the partner of Alex McDoundd, the "king of the. Klou: dike, and his escape on the little steamer Governor Stoneman: down the Yakon. Mr. MoDonald's partner's name 1s Arthur Peary, and be is said to have one time been warden of the penitentiary in either Washington or Oregon. The gold taken by him was the output of a bench claim owned by them jointly.

aboard This the at steamer least was Monarch, the on story which told Mr. Pearce a little later took passage. the same vessel was a member the Canadian mounted police. At a point between Circle City and Minook, several hundred miles this side. of the Canadian line, the Monarch ran across the Governor Stoneman.

Captain Sprague of the Monarch and the official signaled her, and after some parleying the Monarch got alopgside and the Canadian'offoial jumped aboard the Stoneman, "He grabbed Peary, said Mr. Pearce, there was quite a scuttle, but the officer got handouffs on him. The prisoner was then taken aboard the arch. The. gold, which was in a bag and weighed.

70 or, 80 pounda, was also brought off. Mrs. Peary came with her busband. "We then proceeded down the river. There were a lot of miners aboard our boat and they got mad about the man being arrested in such a manner on American territory.

They Held a meeting and sent a committee to Captain Sprague, asking him what he was lug to do, pulled his pistol and said intended to aid the officer to hold the man. The miners said they -Were as much for law and order as aBybody, but they would not stand such work. They whipped out their pistols. There was an armed truce then all day. 'At midnight, while the miners were asleep, the captain and the Canadian official saw a steamer coming up the river.

They hailed her, and when she came alongside the prisoner, his wife, the $40,000 in gold and the dian officer were -hustled aboard and started on their way. back to Dawson. The miners were greatly surprised the next morning when they learned what bad If the prisoner had not been smuggled off, I think there would have been bloodshed. "-San Francisoo Examiner. A SEWALL'S LAST REPORT.

Documents of Great Value Received by the State Department. The state department has received the last report from Mr. Sewall in bis capacity of United States ministor to Hawaii. The mail included several documents that will be interesting from an historical point of view. The minister transmits to the department the the annexing act the United islands to States the 'congress formal acceptanco by Prusident Dole of States.

He also handed to Mr. Sewall the treaty of annexation that had been ratified by Hawaiian legislature, but which failed to receive the approval of the United States senate. There was no occasion to turn over this document, but it is presumed that Mr. Dole did a0 to complete the rocord. There are some claims outstanding against the late government of Hawaii, mainly on account of British subjects, and the adjustment of these will be matter for future consideration.

Among tho issucs satisfactorily closed, according to Mr. Sewall's: report, was the claim of the Japanese government against Hawaii for the illegal detention and return Japan of certain Japanese cooly laborers who were excluded under a Hawaiian immigration law framed after that of the United States Chinese exclusion aot. The amount of the claim was about $75,000, and almost the last act of the expiring Hawaiian government was discharge this obligation, which came perilously near involving the United States and Japan in difficulty about a year -Washington Star. Pd: Narrowly Escaped Burial Alive, Mra. Jacob Satter of 1201 Eighth street, Milwaukee, can thank a deputy coroner that she is not now occupying a ooffin preparatory to being buried alive.

She from the insane hospital at Wanwatosa, came home and was found lying unconscious on the back of the porob of her home, after having attempted to break the glass of a window with her hands, A doctor pronounced her dead, but Deputy Coroner Van Lare was certain ho saw eyelid quiver. So strong an improssion did this make upon him that he refused to'let the Chody rest. It was placed upon a bed, and anxious neighbors worked over it for halt an They wero rewarded by ber recovery, and another physician said a that the attaok of mania had passed and that she would soon be well as ever. Sho is 26 years old. -Chicago l'ut to Flight, This hero of the ounflict was a man of valor rare; He'd face a battleship with frowning guns and care, He quietly, commanded and was instantly And when the foemen saw him they wore at trely dismuyed.

His nerves would show no tremor in a of shot aud shell; Fo kept him wall poencasion as be struggled long and well; In all his life it never onco occurred to him to rill Until they'd signed a protocol and said that war wag done. Bat to hits quiet office, where ho scanned his o'er, A. feurful pallor seized him when a sharp knock shook the door And the messenger politely handed lengthy list Of the fair ones in the hallway who were wait ing to be kissed. -Washington Alar 1898 OCTOBER. 1898 Su.

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Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Blumenthal Co. Visit our Hat and Cap Choicest stock in Marion. Celebrated Young Stiff Hats and Broadway Special. We carry every quality, and at correct prices.

4 Visit. our Shoe Department. Choicest stock in Marion. Every quality. Ask to see our wool cushlioned shoes, in ladies' and gents' at $3, $4 and also gents' finest shoes with half rubber heel.

See them. Blumenthal Co. West Side Square. ALL LADIES AT TIMES Need a -reliable; monthly regulating medicine "Ir you want" the herand most reliable gat DR. PENOR'S TANSY PENNEROYAL PILLS.

1.00 You will never be disappointed, Safe and sure, THE per WICHITA box; 6 MEDICINE boxes CO. $5.00. 508 S. Washington St. Per Sale he N.

A. STONPE, Dressiat. Marion, lad The People's "Wants." head at Advertisem*nts will be Insorted under this word. the very low rate of one-balf of cent: No advertisem*nt taken loss than 10 cents, 1159 WANTED. :1..

The man who cares for style gets into one of our High Art Suits. The man who cares for health and comfort carries one of our H. A. T. Fall Overcoats--this is no telling.

weather. The man who careg for looks and quality and economy is 'sure to get our H. A. T. olothes.

The man who cares for assortment will find more goods here to select from than in all the other tailoring houses in Marion combined. F. S. ALEXANDER, High Art Tailoring. Marion, Ind.

TAILORING! Second Season for Ladies' Tailoring NEW STOCK NOW. IN. Fall and Winter" line of Ladies' and Gents' Suitings. Berger Co. MARION STEAM Dye Works, 217 West Third Street.

French Process Dry Cleaning. Silk Dresses or woolen garments and men's fine suits, as worn, cleaned by thia process without shrinking, or spoiling the Dyeing, cleaning pressing and repairing neatly done. Cream or white can be dyed any color; light drab, pink, yellow and tints in gencral can be dyed auy darker, color. Any color can be dyed black. Goods that are badly sun want color, as black corers burnt abould be dyed black, if you all fade and trimming marks.

All work guaranteed. GEO. W. LONG, Phone No. 356.

CHAS H. ECKERT, Physician, Surgeon, and Bpocial children. attention Also given chronic to diseases of woruen "Office and residence 510 B. Adams atriot. Offlee hours, 8 to to and 7 to 8 p.

m. Telephone 115. New phone 126. board ANTED--Two mon to' room and at 314 West First o13d6t WANTED -Girl morning for between general 9 and housework. Ap624 Speucer avenue.

10 oldtt o'clock. WANTED -Case of bad health that will not Hend 5 coats for ten samples and 1,000 testimonials. housework, -Two good girls, one for general pond and one for chambermaid: but drst-clasa neod apply. The Brunswick, cornor Fourth and Branson streets. oft! POR RENT.

FOR RENT-1 room one square of court Inquire at News office, RENT -Two uufurnished rooms suitable for light housekveping. Apply at 605 East Third stroot. 010d8t POR SALB. FOR SALE-Horso, Call at Boatty's barn," FOR druggists. SALE One givos R-1-P-A-N-S rolief.

for 5 july2dly cents at $20,000 To- Loan inany amount on household goods. Pianos, horses, wagons, buggies, without removal. Also on bicycles, watches, diamonds, or any kind of personal property of value at positively the lowest ratea in the city. We give the longest time to pay the money, back, in weekly or monthly paymenta, or to suit yourself. We leave the goods in your posession.

Loans made to persons working for wages or salaries on their personal 3 notes, without endorsem*nt or employers' knowledge. Oall and get rates. All business atrictly private. Two private of. Aces.

MARION LOAN S. W. Oor. 2nd Floor, -Over Prina' Olothing Store. Office hours 8 a.

m. to 8 p. m. cago 8:40 p. m.

Leave Marion 9:51 p. arrive Chicago 7:23 a. m. Stewart Bros, 2. See Our Electro- Gas Lamp! We bave some good bargains in new and second band wheels to clean up our stock.

C. J. 1 Auctioneer, Valuer and Commission Agent. WILL CONDUCT SALES AT AUCTION, OR privately. Parties wishing to dispose of horsea, cattle, fursiture anything of value, will do wall to see me at TAN HATFIELD HOUSE.

Peace Jubilee at Chicago. On account of peace jubilee at cago the Clover Leaf will sell tickets to Chicago and return, Oct. 17 and 18, return limit Oct. 22, at one fare for at round Frankfort. trip, $1.70.

You cau Direct connections 6:03 a. m. and arrive Chicago at noon. Leave Marion 1:10 p.m., arrive Chi- Monday's Special Sale! (SEE NORTH WINDOW) I Commencing at 10 a. sharp, A Beautiful Medallion, worth 50c, they go for 19 cts.

We are showing the largest and best line of goods in every department of any: house, in Grant county, 7. i Marion Novelty A Store. o10dtt 1 i.v.

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Marion County was created September 25, 1836, from Izard County. First called Searcy County, it was renamed in 1836 in honor of Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War general. Yellville is the county seat. Prior to its occupation by white settlers, this county seat was a Native American village.

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The County of Marion was established in 1855. It was named in honor of American Revolutionary War hero, Francis Marion of South Carolina. Marion Centre was chosen as the county seat in the August 1865 election. The original boundaries of the County were divided into three townships, Marion, Cedar and Santa Fe.

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