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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Famous
Poet-Physician. j
Was never once lost daring the sixty odu
years of literary life which followed.
in 18..J lie was chosen processor of
auatomy and physiology at Dartmouth,
and in 1840 married Amelia Ledaugh
ter of Judge Charles Jackson, of the
supreme court of Massachusetts. A son
of this marriage, Oliver Wendell, Jr.,
1 D°rn March 8, 18-11, made a vory hon-
jig WAS A LIFE OF USEFULNESS. SStoTSStaSd^SJf^.te
In 1882 ho was made a member Irf- the
supreme court of Massachusetts, having
previously published various law works.
t 1“ holmes succeeded Dr.
John C. Warren as professor of anato
my and physiology in the medical school
at Harvard and soon after became prom
inent as a lyceum lecturer. Thence,
till 18G0, his larger works appeared in
rapid succession, works on literature
and medicine alternating, for it is not
the least of the curious facts about this
many sided man that if he had not been
a poet, a humorist, a novelist and agen-
1^, >|(rlrh <>f tlio Man Whose Brilliant
, r ,,. r Hears tlie Stamp of Genius In
J,,. r v rhase of Llfr—Ho Diet! reaceful-
I, MirroiimloU by Those Whom lie Had
Lu«->l In Life.
ISo-ros, Oct 8.—Oliver Wendell
Ilohiu > i* dead. Without the semblance
t „ struggle or a pain, he passed away
.)„. has lived—peacefully and beauti
fully-
Tiu> end came at 12:10 o’clock Sunday
jfKruoon ut the venerable poet’s town
Silver Will Play an Important
Part in Politics.
AHD THEBE MAY BE A SPLIT UP.
Sensational Story Sent Out from Washing,
ton on the Silver Outlook—Senator Uor.
kan May Lead tho Silverites— Reed's Be.
cent Conversion—Western Senators on
the Silver Question.
New York, Oct. 8.—A Washington
special to The World says: The recent
secession of Senator Jones from the Re
publican party and the utterances of
u _ Senators Teller and Wolcott attheCol-
eral essayist he would have ranked high orado convention are indications that
as a medical writer. As it is, few peo-*
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,
korne, 2:>t> Beacon street. He was sur
rounded by his children, and was visi
bly conscious of their presence up to
vithin a few minutes of the last,though
nimble to speak. Then he closed his
eyes wearily and seemed to fall asleep,
is indeed he did—the sleep of death—at
which the whole world will mourn. His
death was due to exhaustion, caused by
i severe attack of asthma.
Just north of tho common in Cam-
tvidge. Mass., and overlooking what is
perhaps the most interesting spot his
torically in Massachusetts, stands a cu
rious gambrel roofed house. It is at
leer 100 years old. It was used by the
committee of safety in 187b, and Bene
dict Arnold’s first commission was
Bide out there. Not far away stands
the famous elm under which* George
Washington took command of the
American army. Washington occupied
the house for a time. A little later it
became the homo of Dr. Abiel Holmes,
hi-torian of New England, clergyman
sul author, and in it, on Aug. 29, 1809,
was lorn his famous son, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
All the historic and patriotic associa
tions < f the place seemed to have had
(heir influence on the hoy. To the last
o: Lis life he was proud of his birth-
| ju-\ and the spirit engendered and so
i expressed in words and acts there
ts to have entered into the very
| W. blood aud fiber of the genial doc
When he was but 20 years old ho sat
a .n attic room of t he quaint old hon.se
u;: p-iined his stirring lines on the pro-
| posed destruction of tiro frigate (Jousti-
>u, "Old Ironsides,” as was after-
| Tin! thus described:
intone who listened to tho tale of shame,
"to-r heart still answered to that sacred
mime,
I etas-«■ ye stili followed o’er bis country’s
Ity till.! inns fl.-isr, our brave Old Ironsides!
from i n Ion.- attic on a smnme.i’s morn,
I m im-cked the spoilers with his schoolboy
won
Tin family was truly noble. It was
■*> old, as age goes in New England.
John Holmes settled in Woodstock,
jConii., in itisij. His grandson, David,
Ifcnwl as a captain of British troops in
I the French war and snrgeon in the
Iptriot army of the revolution. His son
I Ahiel, who was born in 1763 aud died in
I™',, "o- graduated from Yale in 1783,
Itedied theology and became noted both
I* * preacher and a writer. His second
I We was a daughter of Olivef Wendell,
Iwof her five children the third was
I* renowned genialist and “Autocrat
|»the Breakfast Table.”
Except the historian Bancroft no
l«her AniHneaa had so long a literary
Iwner, and probably no other had one
l* tm ‘ foru dy brilliant, for he did ad-
l«rable work in boyhood, and until
If^-cemiv it could truly be said of
IMathat the tire of his intellect was not
" r his natural force abated. At
I “®) vrr, te musical linos glowing with
|™m. and at 83 he looked upon the
lj? w whhont asperity and expressed
lfii ‘ " | th all tlie vivacity of youth.
I*!’native constitution and good habits
r^'ly had most to do in maintaining
s nniform elieerfulness, and from his
h „ ” >, ,y , ' ars be breathed an intellectual
jwesphere. IJis father was a scholar
wnsnal attainments, his mother
• n of 'nany social attractions, and
■St his school mates were Alfred
afterward bishop of Delaware
toa f t ai 'd Richard Henry
Preparing for college at Phil-
nilover academy, he made his first
v.r i at , verR ifieation, turning the
.. >k of t he Amid into heroic coup-
^ he was graduated from
tillio,. ® m 9ng his classmates being
IW u U Chauniug, Benjamin R.
turn? * ames Freeman Clarke. He
d ivV. C °' ,iie ‘' lass at commencement
ii{o,V JI, L ; of the 16 chosen into the
lirf, Ka PPa society, an honor of
me J. ' V ls proud to the last of his
**fithfg t ars ty man y allusions in
tttn^v. to attract general at- ^
histiinfi th ® famous one-.on the
Qt 'un, beginning—
.hooehaaf. ta,t * r S d ena, sn downl
Atm “* 11 waved on high.
.Thun!!*..!* 11 ‘‘>' e *‘ as danced to see
- —. — ’peo
ple even know that he was the author
of six valuable treatises on medicine
and took three prizes for minor medical
essaysr The _ zenith of his power was
attained in his contributions to The At
lantic Monthly for the first three or
four years of its existence—1857 and
1861. The most popular of all his pro
ductions, the one which secured him the
title by which ho is best known, “The
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” ap
peared as a serial in the first numbers
of The Atlantic, and its advent was an
era in literature.
In 1886 he visited England, where he
was received with great cordiality.
Editions of his poems have appeared
from time to time, the first in 1886, the
last in 1889.
He has contributed largely to current
medical literature as well as to the lit
erary journals and reviews. A series of
papers from his pen entitled “Over the
Teacups” appeared in the Atlantic
Monthly during 1890.
GEORGIA’S GATHERING.
The Complexion of Her Next General As.
senility—Safely Democratic.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—There are 219 mem
bers of the Georgia legislature—44 sen
ators and 175 representatives.
Of these the complete election returns
from all the counties in the state show
that the Populists will have 47 votes on
joint ballot and the Republicans 4.
The senate stands 36 Democrats, 7
Populists aud 1 Republican.
The hotfse stands 130 Democrats, 42
Populists an.l 3 Republicans.
The Popnlists carried the Nineteenth,
Twenty-ninth, Thirty-third, Thirty-
sixth, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth
districts and the Republicans carried
the Forty-first; of the Popnlist districts
the Democrats will contest the Thirty-
third.
The counties carried by the Populists
with the number of members of the
house from the same are as follows:
Baldwin, 1; Bartow, 2; Carroll,
Chattahoochee, 1; Columbia, 1; Doug
las, l; Effingham, 1; Fnyetto, 1; For
syth, 1; Franklin, 1; Glascock, 1; Gor
don, 1; Greene, 2; Gw innett, 2; Haral
son, 1; Harris, 2; Jackson, 2; Jeffersou,
2; Johnson, 1; Laurens, 1; Lincoln, 1;
Marion, 1; McDuffie. 1; Meriwether, 2;
Milton, 1; Oconee, 1; Panhuiig, 2'; Polk,
1; Screven, I; Taliaferro, 1; Taylor, 1;
Warren, 1; White, 1; Worth, 1. Total,
41. Of these the Democrats will con
test Fayette aud Jackson.
The Republicans carried Fannin, 1;
Liberty, 1; Picket::;, 1. Total, 3.
Where Convict* Ate Roughly Treated.
City of Mexico, Oct. 3.—A sensation
has been caused in this city by the as
sertion that in the state of Michoacan
convicted prisoners are hitched to carts
and plows and made to do labor ns
beasts of burden in the fields. The as
sertiou appears to be well founded, and
an investigation into the case will prob
ably be instituted at an early date.
Dixon and Young GrlfTo Matched.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8.—Tom O’Rourk,
manager of George Dixon, champion
feather weight, and Walter Campbell,
representing Young Griffo, have signed
articles for a fight to a finish for $5,000
a side at catch weights, the contest to
take place before the dub offering the
largest purse. _
A Fatal Holler Explosion.
Savannah, Oct. 8.—Ten miles from
Adel, Ga, a boiler exploded in B. M.
Devain’s cotton gin aud decapitated
James Futch. Several other men were
injured.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
=7=
Produce anil Provisions.
New York, Oct. 8.—Pork, dull, but steady;
new mess, Middles, nominal:
short clear —. Lard, duU; western steam,
S8.00; city steam. *7.50: options, October,
$8.00 asked; January, $7.85
Chicago, Oct. 8.—Cash quotations were
aa follows: Mess pork, $12 8&ajl3.&5. Lard.
$7.;i0®$7.55. Short ribs, loose, 16 iS®$0.W).
Dry salt shoulders, boxed. $6 37)4ai6.ii0; short
clear sides, boxed, |7.tSSt1.IB!4-
Cincinnati, Oct. 8.—Pork, mesa, $13.80.
Lard, steam leaf. $8.25; kettle dried. $8 87)4
bacon, shoulders, $7.00; short rib sides.
$7.87)4: short clear. $8 37)4.
Naval Stores.
Savannah, Oct. 8.-Spirits of turpentine
Arm at 25 for regulars, with sales of 787 casks;
receipts, 531 casks. Roslu, firm at the decline
In lower grades; sales, 5,000 bbls: receipts,
1 913* A, B. C and D, SI.00: E. $1.10; 8, SI 80;
G $i.4u: H. Slaw; I, $175; K. $I4B; M. $2.20;
N. $2.50; wlndowglass, $2.65; water white,
$2.85.
Wilmington, Oct 8 -Rosin Arm. straln-
aoer in the sky:
New York Cotton Futures.
Nkw York, Oct 6.
Cotton futures opened steady at a decline.
October £ J5
November
December
January ...
February
March...
6.96
....6 02
.V.6.08
6.15
yot In Heaven, but In Kansas.
A peculiar circumstance has come to
i light hero with regard to Warren D.
Jewell, a member of the Eighty-fourth
regiment of Indiana volunteers, For
os did several years tho local G. A. R. posthas
winner. ■ The decorated the memorial monument in
4 smo s f: M ne b ®came national i« a the postroom for him os one of the un-
“worldwide soon after. The kmowii dead, Jewell not having been
in the' . almo8 5 ®, very hoard of Maco the war dosed. At a re-
by cent reunion of the regiment, however,
tts »l protest*®!? “k he AMl up and said that he had been
'•^Sl’SiSSSiSgAS Kaunas. Kicbuiou.l
8u ddenly won popularity Dispatch.
fcTVUn,
i Vir [’!!'« Gie battle i>hoat
I i,,... . VI •annonV4 roar;
is ^"11 BK, 1 . .v*** aj| *
III 6 |- tlou Lno moro.
S ,he ^ mlar heart,
i»~ spangled Banner.’
the silver issue is to become all potent
in national politics within a short time,
and that unless it be satisfactorily set
tled before the next national campaign
there is likely to be an upheaval in the
west and south which may mean the
dominance of a new party whose prin
cipal tenet will be the substantial recog
nition of the white metal.
An interview with Senator Gray of
Delaware upon the silver question, re
cently published, the sndden conversion
of such meu as Thomas B. Reed aud
Senator Lodge to the cause of silver, and
the position recently taken by Mao-
Veagh in his canvass for the senatorship
in Illinois, indicate clearly that the old
parties are recognizing the situation and
are preparing to meet it.
The tariff question having been set
tled, there remains only one issue of
consequence before the people, and that-
is the money issue. It will necessarily
become predominant, if not immediately
in the national legislation, at least in
the next congress. The silver men are
straining every nerve to elect repre
sentatives to the next congress who will
favor legislation in accordance with
their views, but such legislation is not
likely to find its way upon the statute
books while President Cleveland occu
pies the White House. There is, there
fore, amoug the silver men a despair of
accomplishing their purposes before the
election of another president. Upon
that election the issue, therefore, will
have a peculiar and potent influence.
Senator Jones, forced by the political
circumstances of his own state, has al
ready been compelled to withdraw from
the Republican party, giving as his rea
son that he has no hope of remedial sil
ver legislation at the hands of that or
ganization. Senator Teller and Senator
Wolcott have in effect raid that .unless
substantial recognition of the chums of
silver be made by the Republican party
they will separate themselves from it.
In a recent interview, Senator Du
bois, while disclaiming any intention
to withdraw from the Republican party
and alleging his belief that no other
silver Republican senator would follow
the course of Senator Jones, said that
unless some action was taken promising
the free coinage of silver by either the
Democratic or Republican party before
the election of 1896, a new party would
spring np from the people, and, with
some snch man as Senator Morgan or
Senator Cameron as its leader, would
enter the field against the old parties,
and by the united votes of the sonth
and west, would establish itself in con
trol of the government and enact the
legislation demanded by the people of
these sections.
Senator Roach, of North Dakota, was
asked for his views upon the situation.
“The people of the east,” hesaid, “do
not understand the situation of our peo
ple in the west. We are a farming peo
ple. We have no interest in protection.
All our interest is centered in the money
question. Prices have fallen so greatly
that it is next to impossible for ns to
obtain a decent livelihood. Why, I
have a mortgage of $1,000 upon my
farm, which I could have paid off with
1,200 bushels of wheat three years ago.
Today 1 could not raise the mortgage for
less than three times that amount. The
people of the west know the rearan for
decline in prices; they have gone to the
root of the matter, and nothing will
persuade them that the financial legis
lation of the past is not responsible for
these conditions. Unless the old par
ties recognize the situation and enact
the favorable-legislation demanded by
them yon will see an upheaval in this
country which will cause a new align
ment of parties. Same western man
will be nominated for the presidency on
a silver platform and he will be elected. ”
He was asked if he believed that the
southern people would break away from
their old traditions and abandon their
political beliefs upon the single issue of
financial reform and throw themselves
into the arms of a new party. He re
plied :
“Recent events have shown the
growth of independent political senti
ment in this country. The election of
1892 was the result of independent
votes. The western and sonthern peo-
ple have tired of party names. What
they desire is legislation. If they cannot
get it under the banners of the old party
they will seek it at the hands of a new
one. Our people in the west are inde
pendent. The will no longer act as
party men if they cannot obtain their
wishes by so acting.”
The sadden discovery of a new light
by Tom Reed and other Republican
leaders, may mean that the Republican
r rty, as well as the Democratic party,
their national platforms in 1896, will
adopt a financial plank at the dictation
of the silver vote. Whether promises
of national conventions will induce the
silver men to remain within their par
ties and act with them, in the hope of
the fulfillment of snch pledges by con
gress, remains, of course, to be seen.
Senators Jones, Wolcott and Teller
evidently have lost their faith in party
pledges. The speeches of the silver men
m the present session of congress all re
ferred to the same loss of faith in silver
legislation at the hands of the old par
ties. Yet a good deal may happen in
the months winch precede the next na
tional election, and, with the improve
ment in business and in prices which
must inevitably follow the tariff legis
lation just enacted, the prophecies of
Senators Roach aud Dubois may fail.
AMERICAN ARRESTED.
Latest Report* from Hlueflelds Tell of t
Wealthy Men’s Rrouble.
New Orleans, Oct. 8.—Advices from
Bluefields state that Calvin O. Ausbern,
of Pittsburg, the wealthiest American
resident, has been arrested for partici
pating in the. July riots, although he
says he can prove he was standing din
ner and took no part. He has laid his
case before Captain O’Neil, of the Mar
blehead, which has returned. Captain
O’Neil waited at port Limon two weeks
for instructions, and finally received
word from Washington that Zelaya had
consented to permit American prisoners
to laud in Blnefields and settle their af
fairs, although still considering them
exiles and not entitled to trial.
This is evidently all America will do
for the prisoners abandoning the de
mand for speedy trial. England gave
even less comfort to its exiles, and the
Mohawk took them to Colombia and
Jamaica. It has not dropped the case
of Vice Consul Hatch, however. Gen
eral. Ortiz has escaped from prison in
Managua, and a revolution doubtless
will occur Boon. Ortiz has promised to
restore the Americans in Bluefields.
Cabezas is framing new laws for the
Moiquito reservation, the principal fea
ture being prohibition of foreigners
from holding office and including Grey-
town in the territory, and abolishing it
as a free port of entry.
RUN OVER AND KILLED.
A Young Man Who Was Going from At
lanta to Social Circle.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.-*-An early outgoing
freight train on the Georgia road ran
over and ground to pieces a young man
who is said to have bi$en on a fiat car of
the train.
The accident occurred just beyond
Edgwood about 6 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. There seemed to be considerable
doubt us to the cause of the young
man’s death at first, but it was finally
decided that he had been aboard the
train and had fallen between the cars.
The young man was Walter Brown of
Social Circle, Ga., and he was on his
way to his home at that place when the
tragedy occurred.
A Registered Hell Pouch Robbed.
St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 8.—The through
registered mail pouch over the Burling
ton has been robbed and 19 registered
letters are missing. The amount of
money taken is not known. The rob
bery was discovered by the postoffice
officials in Chicago. A slit was ent in
the poach under the flap and the theft
was not discovered for some time. It
is claimed that the pouch was all right
when it was delivered to the postal
clerk on the line between this city and
Cameron. Further investigation will
be made.
Work Begun for the Macon Pair.
Macon, Oct. 8.—Work has commenced
ou the Midway Plaisance for the great
Dixie Interstate fair that opens at Ma
con on Oct. 23, and lasts until Nov. 8.
The plaisance will be a true reproduc
tion of the one at the World’s Fair.
The Last Days of Pompeii, Phillion and
the Montana statue will also be among
the attractions: The racing feature,
for which $10,000 in stakes is offered,
will prove a drawing card, as already
some of the fastest horses in the coun
try have been entered.
The Dead Lady's Savings Stolen.
Sharon, Pa., Oct. 8.—Mrs. John Vo-
gan, of Sandy Lake, died two weeks
ago and her son Greeley shortly after
wards left for New York. Later a will
which Mrs. Vogan left was found. It
bequeathed $1,500 which it said was
hidden beneath a certain board in the
kitchen floor to the son. The house has
just been opened to find the money.
The kitohen floor was. found all torn up.
The money was not there.
Free Loach Pugilists Mast Go.
Cincinnati, Oct. 8.—Prize fighters
have been adjudged a nuisance by Chief
of Police Deitsch, who gave orders to
every dstective and policeman on the
force to dear the city of this class. The
order is directed particularly against the
cheap fighters who lounge about publio
resorts waiting for a treat and eating off
free lunch counters. They will be told
to leave the city or find work.
A Rat Stampeded the Elephants.
San Francisco, Oct 8.—While a cir
cus elephant named Jess was asleep in
her tent a rat ran up her trunk. The
elephant became frantic, and, after
breaking her fastenings and nearly
wracking the circus, started on a ram
page in the streets. As soon as the rat
was pulled out of Jess’ trunk she be
came docile, and was led back to her
quarters.
A Wealthy Cherokee Killed.
Van Buren, Ark., Oct. 8.—Near Sal-
lisaw, L T., Nathan Jones, a deputy
United States marshal, shot and in
stantly killed Newt Fry, one of the
wealthiest Cherokees in the nation. Fry
shot at Jones first and was attempting
to shoot again when killed. Jones was
guarding a prisoner whom Fry was de
sirous of releasing.
Poster Settles with Creditors.
Fostoria, O., Oct. 8.—The long, de
layed settlement with the creditors of
ex-Governor Foster and his partner has
at last come about. The assignee an
nounced that he would be able to pay
40 cents on the dollar, and the claims
amount to $213,000. The settlement
With creditors will begin at onoe.
A Murderer Identified.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 8.—Thomas
Blank, the murderer of Charles Bird-
well, has been positively identified as
the murderer of Marshal Jeffries, of
Puyallup. He was taken to the court
aud pleaded guilty to a charge of mur
der in the first degree. His trial is set
for October 16.
TRAILED THE THIEP.
Th# Wonderful Performance of a Noted
Tennessee Bloodhound, a
Chattanooga, Oct. «.—A remarkable
performance has been made by the al
ready famous bloodhound, Jude of the
Chattanooga police department, when
the animal tracked a negro 20 miles and
enabled the officers following to capture
one of the most daring burglars that
has operated in this vicinity for some
time.
Friday night the ticket office and
freight depot of the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroad at Wauhatchie were
broken into and everything valuable
and portable was taken. The same
night the postoffloe at that place was
looted.
In the morning, when the robbery
was discovered by the Nashville and
Chattanooga station agent, he came at
onoe to Chattanooga for Jude. Her
owner, Perry Phipps, consented to let,
her go, and accompanied by him and
several other officers, the party went
immediately to Wauhatchie on a special
engine furnished by the Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad.
Arriving at the station, the animal
was given the scent. She took it np at
once and went straight down the rail
road track. Boarding the engine the
officers followed. The dog fairly flew
over the ground, and mile after mile
was rapidly covered with the engine
close behind, until nearly 20 mile had
been passed over, then Jade took to the
woods. Leaving the engine, the officers
followed her.
Two or three miles out in the country
the negro was run into a thicket. The
officers following covered him with
their gnns. He came oat and surren
dered, giving his name as Charles Bird.
When he was brought to Chattanooga
it was fonnd that he was not only the
man who had robbed the. Wauhatchie
depot and postoffice, but that he is
guilty of the half dozen burglaries per
petrated on Wildman, Davidson, Riggs
and other prominent merchants on
Market street during the past month.
THAT THIRD TICKET.
New York May, Yet, Have a Split In Dem.
ocratie Ranks.
Brooklyn, Oct. 8.—Shepard Demo
crats in Brooklyn have announced at
their headquarters that there would pos
itively be a third state ticket and that
Edward M. Shepard had sent out a call
for a meeting of tho delegates of his or
ganization who were barred out of the
Saratoga convention. The call states
that the object of the meeting is for
delegates to select candidates for gover
nor, lieutenant governor and judge of
the court of appeals to go on their state
ticket.
The Sheppard men are not raying
who their candidate for governor will
be. The faot is that they are waiting
for Sheppard, and Thomas G. Spear
man, who is working with Sheppard,
to toll them. Many are inclined to the
belief that it will be Charles S. Fair-
child. ~ >
Full State Ticket Has Been Put
Out in Boston.
JOHN E. RUSSELL FOR GOVERNOR.
THE TYPOS MEET.
Gorernor Rossell Was Made Permanent
Chairman, and Made a Boating Speech.
U»t or Abe Name# That Lead the Massa
chusetts Democrats In the Coming Con
test for Snpremaco.
Boston, Oct. 8.—-The Democratic state
convention ,was called to order by Hon.
John W. Corcoran, chairman of the
state central committee, at 11:30 a m.
Ex-Governor William E. Russell was
made permanent chairman, and Daniel
E. Buckle, of North End, and Nathaniel
G. Robinson, of Boston, secretaries.
The ex-governor was introduced by
Judge Corcoran, and Mr. Russell re
ceived an old time Democratic welcome.
He then- delivered an address which
was applauded at frequent intervals.
The chairman’s denunciation of the
American Protective association and its
Republican allies was, especially, the
cause of applause which was both loud
and long continued, and at the close of
the address the applause was only stop
ped by musio of the band.
Hon. Nathan Matthews, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, read the
platform and all the salient declarations
were indorsed with hearty handclap-
ing. The resolutions were adopted with
out dissent.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor, John E. Russell, of Lei
cester.
Lieutenant governor, Charles E.
Stratton, of Boston.
Secretary of the commonwealth,
Charles A. DeCourcey, of Lawrence.
Treasurer and receiver, General James
A. Grinnell, of Greenfield.
Auditor, Alfred C. Whitney, of Bos
ton.
Attorney general, Henry F. Hurlburt,
of Lynn.
IN DISGRACE.
THE DEARMAN MYSTERY.
Speculation Ruined Him.
Paris, Oct. 8.—M. Pingault, a'promi
nent sugar broker in this city, was ar
rested on Tuesday charged with em
bezzling the sum of 144,000 pounds,
which, it is claimed, was due to Baron .. - ,
Hirenh, the complainant, as the result {P OTO8 aQ d were engaged in a regular
of recent speculations in sugar. sparring contest.
Killed In a Boxing Contest.
New Orleans, Oct. 8.—John A. Ge-
raghty, a 14-year-old boy, while boxing
with his cousin, Ed Turner, about his
own age, was struck over the heart and
dropped dead. The boys wore boxing
Their Forty-Second Annual Convention
Being Held in Louisville.
Louisville, Oct. 8.—The forty-second
annual convention of the International
Typographical union opened here at
Odd Fellows’ halL W. B. Prescott of
Indianapolis, president of tho L T. U.,
called the convention to order and Dr.
T. G. Eatin opened the convention with
prayer. Mayor Taylor delivered the
address of welcome to the visitors.
Colonel R. M. Kelly, editor of The
Commercial, welcomed the “typos” on
behalf of the press, and H. A. Boies,
president of the local typographical
union, on behalf of the local printers.
The convention adjourned at noon
to meet again at 9 a m.
COVERED IN SNOW.
The Bllszard of Fourteen Years Ago, May
I Be Reprated in tha West.
Minneapolis, Oct. 8.—North Dakota,
portions of Sonth Dakota and the north
ern border of Minnesota are buried un
der a heavy fall of snow.
The storm, which, in some localities
has developed into a blizzard, began on
Sunday morning, and every indication
points to a repetition of the blizzard of
14 years ago.
Snow in the West.
St. Paul, Oct. 8.—Reports from va
rious parts of eastern Sonth Dakota and
the western part of Minnesota are to
the effect that a severe snowstorm pre
vailed Sunday, accompanied by high
winds and heavy rains.
Fnrdoned_Ont to Die.
Washington, Oct 8.—The president
has pardoned Peter Green, convicted in
South Carolina of having counterfeit
money in his possession, and sentenced
in June, 1893, to six years’ imprison
ment at hard labor and $100 fine. The
ground for pardon, which was once be
fore denied, is the bad health of the
convict, who is in the last stages of con
sumption.
Washouts on the Texas Paelfio.
El Paso, Tex,, Oct. 8.—The wash
outs on the Texas and Pacifio railroad
aggregated 10 miles, in spots scattered
over 80 miles of track. A long freight
train on a siding at Mountain Station
was turned completely over by the wa
ter washing the roadbed from under
the train. ‘C ’
BRIEFS OVER THE WIRE.
The failures for last week were 219 in
the United States against 320 last year,
Hid 39 in Canada, against 45 last year.
' When formally notified of his nomi
nation, Senator Hill accepted the nomi
nation of New York’s Democracy for
governor.
Near Smitlisonia, Ala., John Chand-
. ler sind his wife left their four children
in the house“alone with a fire burning
| in the stove. When the parents re-
I turned the house was in ashes and their
children cremated.
Charles J. Martin, a justice of the
peace of Birmingham, Ala., while
drunk, shot aud killed his sou John, a
Young man 24 years old. He mistook
Jdlra for an unknown man who attacked
them. The assailant escaped.
A Chiness Official's Double Dealing with
His Government In Ammunition.
London, Oct. 8.—A dispatch to the
Central News from Shanghai, says a
rebellion has broken oat In Jehol, the
seat of the celebrated imperial palace,
120 miles from Pekin.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin reports
that Sheng Taotai, of that oity, is in
disgrace. It appears that Sheng had
bought from Germany 300,000 discarded
rifles for which he paid 2 taels each, and
then charged the government 9 taels.
He also bought a large quantity of
cartridges which were fonnd to be ut
terly useless. Li Hung Chang discov
ered the fraud and snmmoned Sheng to
him. In the interview that followed
Li Hang Chang is said to have slapped
Sheng’sface.
Sheng, later, made application for
leave of absence on the plea that he was
ill and leave was granted.
Woman and Children Leave Pekin.
London, Oct. 8.—A dispatch from
Che-Foo to the Pan Mall Gazette says
that the British and Russian ministers,
N. R. O’Connor and Count Cassini, start
ed for Pekin yesterday. The object of
their visit to the eapitol is not known.
The dispatch adds that all women and
children belonging to foreigners have
left Pekin for places of safety.
PRAYERS FOR THE CZAR.
HU Illness Haa Beeoma Worss gad tha
Bud May Be Near.
Breslau, Oct. 8.—The Schlesische
Zeitong publishes a dispatch from St.
Petersburg which says that a sadden
change for the worse has taken plaoe in
the condition of the czar. The dispatch
adds that the minister of war has or
dered prayers for the preservation of
the life of the czar to be offered up in
all garrison' and regimental churches.
This order is said to be due to a tele
gram received direct from Liuadia,
stating that, the czar’s illness has taken
a disquieting torn.
Th* Supreme Court In Session.
Washington, Oct. 8.—The supreme
court of the United States began the
October term at noon with jfil the jus
tices present. Chief Justice Fuller an
nounced that as the president was out
of town, the usual practice of immedi
ate adjournment to enable members of
the court to pay their respects to him
would not be followed and the court
would remain in session for the trans
action of business. Fourteen attorneys
were admitted to practice, and a num
ber of minor cases were disposed of. At
12:20 the court adjourned.
A Story of Mistaken Identity Involving
the Dead and tho Living.
“I have heard of a great many cases
of mistaken identity,” said an Ulster
county (N. Y.) lawyer, “bnt never of
one quite as remarkable as that of John
Dearm an of Old Hurley, in - county.
Ten years ago John Dearman married
Katherine Crispell, a well to do farms* v ’
daughter. Soon afterward he took to
drink and in time abused his wife
shamefully. Five years ago she deter
mined to have him arrested for ill treat
ing her, but he disappeared before she
carried out her intention.
“Mrs. Dearman heard nothing of her
husband after he went away, but a year
or so later she read in a newspaper an
account gt the discovery of the body of
a man In the Hudson river, near New-
bnrg. The description of the drowned
man was so much like that of her miss
ing husband that she went to Newburg
to see if the body was his. It had been
buried when she got there. She showed
to the ooroner, the physicians who had
held the post mortem and to others who
had seen the body a photograph of her
husband, and every one at onoe pro-
nounoed it that of the dead mam
“Mrs. Dearman had the body disin-
terred in order that she might herself
see the faoe and make sure that it was
her husband. She recognized the body
at once, and the further faot that the
dead man had two front teeth missing,
just as her husband had, made the iden
tification the more positive She re
moved the body to her home and had it
reinterred.
“A year or so ago Mrs. Dearman
married John Brantbover and removed
wfth him to Albany, where they now
live, prosperous and happy. One day last
week, to the amazement of everybody
who had known him, John Dearman,
long supposed dead and buried, returned
to Old Hurley. There oould he no mis
take as to his identity. Too many cir
cumstances proved that he was the true
John Dearman. The story of his sup
posed drowning was told to him, and
the grave where it was believed he had
been lying these four years was shown
to him. He also learned that his wife
had remarried and had moved away,
and he said:
“ ‘It’s all right I deserve it *
“Then he walked away and hasn't
been seen sinoe. Bnt who was the man
who was drowned, identified and buried
as John Dearman?”
LtJE’S BIBLE CLASS.
Will Talk With the Pope.
Roue, Oct 8.—Senor Emilio Castelar,
an eminent Spanish statesman, has ar
rived here and has obtained the promise
of an audience with the pope. His ho
liness is reported to have said to the
Marquis de Commilas, who arranged for
the audience, that he greatly admired
Castelar’s oratory and agreed with
some of his opinions.
Slchtod the Jsokson-IIarmiworth Party.
London, Oct 8.—J. Russell Jeaffre-
son has returned from Iceland, having
traveled by the way of the Faroe Isles.
He reports that the Jackson-Harms-
worth polar expedition was sighted in
latitude 75:45 north, longitude .44 east,
steaming north in open water.
Arrested and Ordered to Leave.
Lisbon, Oct. 8.—Don Nicolas Tolme-
ron, a Spanish republican leader who
was visiting this city, was arrested Sun
day evening aud ordered to leave the
country. Arrangements had been made
by his admirers to entertain liim at a
banquet. AcSgffii fig p
Wilson at Home.
Charlestown, W. Va, Oct. 8.—Hon.
W. L. Wilson arrived here at 2 p. m.
from Washington. He was met at
Harper’s Ferry by a special.
t;
It Has Become One of the Religious In
stitutions of Omaha.
Speaking of churches reminds me
that Elijah Halford’s Bible class haa
become one of the great institutions of
the town. When he lived in Indianapo
lis and edited The Journal for the Horn
John C. New, Lije had a Bible class in
the Methodist church that was almost as
large as the average attendance at morn
ing servioe. On rainy Sundays, or dar
ing the hot weather, when the brethren
didn’t feel well enough to go to church,
they oould always be depended upon to
turn up after the benediction for Sun
day school and listen to Llje Halford ex
pound the Scriptures, as he could do
better than any preacher or layman
sonth of the Wabash river.
When, he went to Washington, that
Bible class disintegrated, and Lije didn’t
start one there because he was so bur
dened with the cares of state: But when
he went to Omaha as a brand new major
and paymaster in the army the first
thing he did after getting measured for
his uniform and unpacking his trunk
was to organize a class in the First
Methodist church that isn’t equaled far
numbers and general intelligence—ex
cept perhaps by the one Mr. Wanamaker
conduots in Philadelphia—in the whole
lapd. There are 285 members—all men
—and some at the wisest and the most
learned of the population answer “here”
as Lije calls the roll every Sunday
morning. No fatigue or business en
gagements, no storm or oold or heat, can
keep them away, for when Lije Halford
commences to expound Scripture it is
worth going a long journey to hear Urn
talk.—Omaha Cor. Chicago Reoord.
Our Small Mineral Product.
The total value of the mineral prod
uct of the United States in 1898 was
the smallest since 1889, aooording to a
recently issued report of the govern
ment geological survey. It represented
$609,821,670, oomparedwith$688,616,-
954 in 18^2, a decline of 11.44 per oent
The most conspicuous decline was in
iron and structural materials. Bitumi
nous coal showed a slight increase in
quantity over the produot in 1892. Pe
troleum increased in value, but de
creased in quantity. Pig inn declined
from 9,167,000 tons In 1892 to 7,124,-
502 tons in 1893. The total produck
of iron ores fell from 16,296,666 tons,
worth $33,204,898, to 11,587,629 tons,
worth $19,265,978 at the mines. The
gold produot, on the other hand, In
creased from 1,696,875 troy ounces,
with a coinage value of $33,000,000, in
1892, to 1,739,081 ounces, worth $35,-
950,000, in 1893, the largest quantity
since 1886. Of silver there was mined
in 1893 60,000,000 ounces as against
63,500,000 ounoes in 1892.
Pee* of Famous Physicians.
The British Medical Journal, just
out, contradicts Dr. Shrady’s assertions
in his recent article in an American
magazine regarding the fees of famous
physicians. It says:
“The fees attributed to Sir William
Ball and Sir Andrew Clark for country
attendance are multiplied by ten. The
total fees earned by Sir Morel! Macken
zie for attendance on the German em-
j peror, extending over months, are don-
' bled, and no such fee as £50,000 was
! ever earned by any surgeon in IndiA ”
BIooil Scrum For Diphtheria.
Experiments in the injections of blood
serum for diphtheria are meeting with
increasing suocess. In Vienna the pa
tients in the Children’s hospital there,
who are given up under ordinary treat
ment, are receiving the new remedy,
and three oat of four recover.