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Of More Than Ordinary Interest OccurredLast Evening.

MAYOR WALKER'S APPOINTMENTS MADE.

Rules of Procedure in tne Clark CaseAdopted.—Technicalities Are Not to

Govern. — Common Sense theRule.—Many Other Items

of Interest.

Whitmore Lake Wil l Remain on theRoad.

The Ann Arbor road has changedit former plan of leaving out Whit-more Lake in the new route. Itwil l run directly north from Whit-more Lake and strike Zukey Lakeat the eastern corner. The changein the road bed wil l have a northbound grade of 35 feet to the mileand south bound 30 feet, as againstthe old grade of 105 feet to the mile.

At Whitmore Lake.The season at Whitmore lake can

be delared to be opened. On Sun-day there were a number of guestsat the Clifton and Lake houses.The large fleet of boats of bothhouses have been repainted andcalked. The regular guests fromOhio are expected. In additionthere will be a number of Saginawand Detroit people.who will sojournat the lake a number of weeks. Theenforcement of the game laws hasimproved the fishing and good luckmay be expected by those inclinedto fishing.

An Old Time Reminiscence."Yes, I can recollect when all

that part of the town where theZions' church now stands waswoods," said Ben H. Martin, ofBay City, who spent Sunday withhis brother, Oliver M. Martin."The big tree in front of JudgeKinne's residence on S. Fifth ave.,is the last remnant of that woods.There was formerly a ravine run-ning from tke swamp south of Mad-ison street across the town west ofState street. One morning myfather had me fetch a deer on myhand sleigh that he shot in this ra-vine. Many a time I have shotprairie chicken on what is known asthe Miller addition."

character and true to nature. Helearned the photographers tradewith Krueger and worked at it untillast September when he began workfor George Wahr in his State streetbookstore which he continued untilhe became ill . He made friends ofall who knew him as he hadagentlelovable character and his death is asad blow to his father, brothers andsisters. The funeral services heldyesterday afternoon at the residenceof his father was very largely at-tended. Rev. Mr. Housmann, ofDetroit, officiated. The floral of-ferings were unusually fine andnumerous. The remains wereplaced in the vault in Forest Hil lcemetery.

Death of Maurice O'Rourke.

Many citizens will recollect Maur-ice O'Rourke, of Elreno, Oklaho-ma, who for many years was engagedin the tailoring business in Ann Ar-bor. He died, April 29, at thehome of his son, his remains beinginterred in Plattsmouth, Neb. TheNews, of the latter place, containsthe following:

"The old gentleman had beenmaking his home for the last yearwith his son, Jerry, a prominentbusiness man of Elreno, Oklohoma.He was taken sick some time agowith a form of consumption. Hewas born in County Kerry, Ireland,seventy-three years ago. He resid-ed several years in this city, wherehe followed his occupation of tailor-ing. The deceased leaves six chil-dren, all grown, to mourn his de-mise. Their names are Jerry, Maur-ice, Edward, Dan, Mrs. McHugh,and Miss Margaret."

He was a man of strong individ-uality, and had many friends.

A Member of the 300 Musicians.A New York paper has the follow-

ing to say in reference to the societyof which Prof. A. A. Stanley, direc-tor of the University school of mu-sic, is an honored member: "Whatis known as the most successful mu-sical organization in Gotham is theManuscript society which has re-cently added to its membership alarge number of new names. Thesociety now counts on its list overthree hundred active musicians andmusic lovers, among them Anton,Seidl, Walter Damrosch, Emil Paurand Theodore Thomas for musicaldirectors, and Dudley Buck,WilliamMason, Harry Rowe Shelley, ArthurFoote, Xaxier Scharwenka, Reginaldde Koven, W. W. Gilchrist andSamuel P. Warren. It is proposedto make the society a national insti-tution, with branch societies in theprincipal cities. With this end inview a congress of musicians fromBoston, St. Louis and San Franciscois to be held here."

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PROGRAMME .

(Eight o'clock.)Piano Solo, - - Miss FisherSong, - - - Fred DalyRecitation, - - Miss StebbinsCrayon Sketches, - Mr. ArmstrongSong, - - - Miss FooteItecitation, - - Miss MingayCrayon Sketches, - Mr. ArmstrongRecitation, - Miss McMonagleClaroriet Solo, - - Mr. DudleyCrayon Sketches, - Mr. Armstrong

Admission, ten cents.

Death of Charles C. Miller.Charles C. Miller , the youngest

son of George Miller , of North Div-ision street, died twenty minutesafter midnightt Friday nigh of con-sumption. He had been il l sinceFebrurary 12, but as he had ap-peared much better and his deathwas unexpected. He was born De-cember 4, 1872, and was a naturalartist. His work being lifelik e in

The Clark Investigation Raised a Debate.

The regular meeting of the coun-cil last evening was an old-fashionedaffair, lasting until after 11 o'clocklocal time. It was a busy meeting,and it cannot be said much time waswasted, excepting, perhaps, a shorthour when the burning eloquence ofHon. A. J. Sawyer, the attorney fori lbert Clark, president of the boardof public works, and Aid. Butter-field told of the procedure in theimpeachment trial of President An-drew Johnson and other great men.Mr. Sawyer made a strong effort tohave the investigation of Mr. Clarkmade as technical as possible. Aid.Butterfield answered Mr. Sawyer'sarguments, contending for commonsense and a thorough investigation,without bias, of the charges madeagainst Mr. Clark.

The appropriation of $1,000 tosettle a law suit for a defective side-walk, with other requests, showedthat the mayor will have his handsfull to keep taxes from growing uponthe "dear people."

The large crowd of spectators, in-cluding Messrs. Bullis and Clark ofthe board of public works, showedthe interest taken by the generalpublic. This did not abate untilthe adjournment of the council.The newly elected aldermen are be-ginning to feel their oats, if such anexpression is permissable in connec-tion with an alderman. If all signsdo not fail, a number of new menwil l be heard from. Among theseAid. Koch did not hesitate to ex-press himself as to what were hisviews, which were grounded on goodcommon sense.

Pres. Hiscock lost no time in call-ing the meeting promptly to orderat 8 o'clock. The mayor's veto onthe resolution offering a reward forthe dog poisoners was sustained bya vote of i t to 3, Aid. Koch, Fergu-son and Shadford voting no.

The following nominations of themayor were unanimously confirmed:Charles H. Manly, treasurer; Chas.H. Kline, city attorney; Moses Sea-bold, fire commissioner; Dr. JohnKapp, board of health; GottlobLuick, George M. Clarken and JohnJ. Ferguson, building inspectors.Mayor Walker also announced tothe council that he had appointedMelvin C. Peterson as marshal, andDavid Collins, Reuben Armbruster,John O'Mara and George B. Isabell,patrolmen.

The board of public works askedfor an appropriation of $100 to renta building to store tools in, fromMack & Schmid. This was referredto a special committee, consisting ofAid. Maynard, Ferguson and Coon.

The board of public works recom-mended the purchase of a road ma-chine.

Jacob A. Polhemus petitioned thecouncil to pay $150 for a horse thatwas killed by slipping on a cementcrossing. It was referred to thefinance committee.

Five new fire hydrants were askedfor, the petitions being referred to

the water committee. The sewercommittee recommended the build-ing of laterals on Hill , Huron andDetroit streets and the postpone-ment of the Fifth ward main seweruntil the district became morethickly populated and the peoplealong the line desired to make con-nection therewith.

Aid. Butterfield, chairman of thecommittee, made an exhaustive re-port on the order of business andmethod of procedure, to be adoptedby the council, upon the investigation of changes against the presi-dent of the board of public workson Wednesday at <jine o'clock localtime.

A. J. Sawyer, the attorney forAlbert M. Clark, asked permissionto make a few suggestions. Hetook umbrage at the titl e given thematter, as it seemed to indicate asort of co-partnership between therelator, Charles H. Manly, and thecity of Ann Arbor. He thoughtonly such testimony should be in-troduced as was permitted in a courtof justice. The examination hadpassed the state of incubation. Mr.Clark's reputation had been assail-ed. If he should be found guilty,they would remove him, as it was:heir duty. Therefore only legaltestimony should be introduced.They should have some regard for aman's reputation. There was alsono provision made in the rules toswear the aldermen to make an im-Dartial investigation. Theycertain-y did not intend to invite Mr.lark to such an investigation.

Some one might say it was undigni-fied to have the council sworn, butit was certainly not more undigni-than when the senators were swornto try Andrew Johnson.

Aid. Prettyman said there was noidea that the council was wanting infairness, and he therefore moved toamend rule 3, section 3, so as toread that only testimony admittedin court of law be received. Thatthe citizens wanted to know was,President Clark guilty or not ? Hewould suggest that some fair mindedlawyer like Thomas A. Bogle sitwith the council and advise them onthe admittance of testimony.

Aid. Butterfield said the commit-tee had given that section some at-tention and had concluded it wasthe proper thing to adopt. He cal-led attention to the section of thecharter giving the council authorityto remove a member of the board ofpublic works for cause. In investi-gating the cause the aldermen wereonly doing one of their functions.The members of the council werethe sole final judges of everythingdone.

They were answerable to no one,but the people who elected them.They were sworn to do their dutywhen elected, and there was no pro-priety in their being sworn againbefore the beginning of this trial.Every one was sworn to do his duty,and being sworn again would notmake the oath any stronger. Hethen explained the trial of AndrewJohnson, alluded to by Mr. Sawyer,and said he failed to find the rulesuggested by Mr. Sawyer. Thecommon council would not be gov-erned by any technical rules. Tocall in another judge would not beproper. The only question was,was there cause for removal, Mr.Sawyer had said, if they "suc-ce'ded" in removing Mr. Clark.That was not the sentiment of thecouncil. Every one would muchprefer if Mr. Clark could clear hisname from the charges. The re-port of the committee was the prop-er one to adopt.

Mr. Sawyer asked for one wordmore. He did not intend to inti-mate in any way that the council orany one had started out to dowrong. He claimed that no provis-ion was made to give the presidingofficer power to act. If they as-sumed there was no appeal, thecouncil had better remove Mr.Clark without discussion.

Aid. Butterfield said the councilhad a presiding officer, and hispowers were defined by law, andcould not be enlarged. In answerto Mr. Sawyer he would say thatthey could assume that the councilwould act with diligence and de-corum, and they had a right to ex-pect that Mr. Clark and his counselwould also act with diligence anddecorum. They were simply thereto determine what was best to anordinary business man.

After some more general discus-sion the amendment of Aid. Pretty-man was voted down by 12 naysagainst 2 ayes, the latter being Aid.Prettyman and Coon.

Aid. Prettyman thought that per-haps an oversight had been made inthere being no provision made what-

ever in case Mr. Clajk was foundinnocent, that he should be exoner-ated.

Mrs. Hiscock asked, if Mr. Clarkwas found not guilty, if the chargeswould not then be dropped.

Aid. Butterfield said it was notusual for a jury when they found averdict of not guilty, to make a mo-tion recommending the defendant.

The report of the committee wasthen unanimously adopted.

On motion of Aid. Brown thecouncil appropriated $1000 to com-promise the claim of Florence B.Smith, of Schoolcraft, for injuriesreceived from a defective sidewalk,the Lucy W. Morgan estate to con-tribute #600 additional to thisamount.

Dr. E. A. Clark was unanimouslyelected city physician at a salary of$100 per annum.

The May Festival.The Second May Festival promises to

be an improvement over its predecessor.It is confidently expected that these musi-cal events will gain in importance yearby year—until they become recognizedas factors in the musical life of the West.The University Society has during thepast year purchased the Columbian Or-gan, and it has been placed in UniversityHall as a memorial to the late Dr. HenrySimmons Frieze, the first. President ofthe University Musical Society, a gentle-man to whose fine musical instincts themusical work in the city owes its exist-ence. This magnificent instrument willbe used during the Festival. Mr. Clar-ence Eddy the eminent virtuoso will aaindicated by the programme give, a re-cital Saturday forenoon.

During the past year we have hadconcerts by Theodore Thomas' Orches-tra; a grand Choral Concert, Recitals byMax Heinrich; Alberto Jonas, Pianist(University School of Music) EugeneYsaye; besides the magnificent series ofFaculty Concerts given by the artistscomprising the Faculty of the UniversitySchool of Music..

In the engagement of artists the Uni-versity Musical Society has been guidedby the same liberal policy pursued by itIn the past. The University School ofMusic has enjo3ed a prosperous seasonin spite of the business depression andwill in the future as in the past endeavorto furnish a well rounded musical edu-cation. The School is full of thespirit of the enthusiasm which alwaysbrings with it success. The UniversityMusical Society takes great pleasure inwelcoming the friends of musio to ourcity and trusts that by the cordial sup-port and sympathy of musical peoplethoughout the state it may be enabledto carry on to successful completion itscherished work of building up a Homefor Art in this University City.

Madame Nordica.The Bayreuth Festival this last year

witnessed the triumph of au Americansinger. Madame Nordica created a gen-uine sensation, and immediately estab-lished her reputation in Germany as agreat Wagner singer. She repeated herBayreuth triumph in several of the mostimportant musical centers of Germany,notably in Leipzig, that city which isthe hotbed of old-fogyism. She was re-called time after time, and it seemed asthough the enthusiasm of the audiencecould not be kept within the bounds ofreason. The engagement of this superbartist for the Festival is a very impor-tant step forward. She will sing thepart of Marguerite in the "Damnation ofFaust."

"Mme. Nordica, as might be expect-ed, took her place as first in the hearts ofthe people the instant she stepped uponthe stage. There was no need for her tosung to piano accompaniment a prettyFrench song by Delibes. The ear of thelistener, however, coincided with hist.orher eye at the conclusion of the aria; andthe unanimous verdict in favor of theevening's prima donna was manifestedin a storm of applause, as well as manyand elegant floral tributes.

"Thegreater triumphs of this singercame, however, in the second part of theprogramme, which was made up of ex-cerpts from Gounod's 'Faust,'in whichMme. Nordica's singing of the'JewelSong' and her work in the duet with' Faust' and the final trio were trulygrand and inspiring."—Boston Herald,Jan. 17, 189S.

'In the miscellaneous programmewith which the concert began she sangwith exquisite effect the aria from Gou-nod's 'Queen of Sheba,' the old Englishballad, 'When Love is Kind,' Delibes's'Filles de Cadix,' and in the gardenscene from ' Faust' that constituted thesecond part of the entertainment she wasof course, the 'Marguerite'; andabetter'Marguerite' it would be hard to find.It was the best singing of its kind thatNew York has heard this winter, andthe audience was untiring in its ap-plause."— New York Herald, March ee,U9S.

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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895.

DEMONETIZATION AND SILVERDEPRECIATION.

Very many people,through the teach-ings of the free silver advocates and of"Coin's Financial School,'' but withoutinvestigation for themselves, have beenled to suppose that large numbers ofsilver dollars had been coined previousto 1873, but that since that time theircoinage has ceased and that as a resultof the demonetization act one-half ofthe redemption money of the UnitedStates was destroyed and the marketvalue of silver depressed by the throw-ing of a large amount of the whitemetal into the arts. What are the facts?These: During the 71 years previousto 1873, we had coined all told 8,045,-838 silver dollars. From 1861 up toabout the time of resumption in 1879,our circulation contained neither goldnor silver—they had been driven out bythe depreciated greenbacks. In 1878came the Bland-Allison act, passed overthe veto of President Hayes and up to1890 there were'coined under its provis-ions 421,776,408 silver dollars. In 1890came the Sherman act and under itsprovisions there were coined, or ratherissued upon the bullion purchased, $155,-931,002 of silver certificates—making agrand total in 16 years of $577,707,410of silver purchased and converted intomoney. Thus it wil l be seen that dur-ing these 15 years years our governmentpurchased and converted into money, onthe average about $40,000,000 a year,or more than four times as many dollarsin a single year as during the entire 71years of our preceding history. Evenincluding the subsidiary coinage, thegovernment under the much lauded freecoinage act, only coined on the* average$1,800,000 a year. It appears thereforethat under the Bland-Allison act andthe Sherman law, the market for silverfor coinage purposes was enormouslyincreased, more than twentty fold infact, and yet there was a steady declinein the price of the white metal, until itreached one half of its former value.Notwithstanding these facts free silveradvocates persistantly assert that thisfall was due to the closing of our mintsto silver in 1873. The claim is a pal-pable absurdity and so manifest that itsmacks of intentional deceit. It fur-nishes convincing evidence, however, ofthe inability of this countiy alone torestore silver to its former value nomatter what may be the cause of itsdecline.

Nor is this claim less absurd than theother that the demonetizaton of silverdestroyed one half of our money of re-demption (see "Coin" page 52) and notonly of the United States, but of theworld. On page 39 of "Coin", we read"The dislocation of the parity of thetwo metals by the demonetization ofsilver and the attempt to maintain ourcredit in gold, has reduced the redemp-tion money of the world from $7,547,-590,215 to $3,725,018,869, or a littl eless than one half the original amount.Now, the issue here involved is one offact, based on official statstics and notdifficult to determine therefore. To be-gin with our circulatoin from 1861 to1879 contained no gold or silver, theyhaving been driven out by depreciatedpaper. The meaning of the expression"demonetization of silver destroyed onehalf the redemption money of theUnited States'' as applied to this periodis not therefore clear. Then it is wellknown that during the period of theBland-Allison and Sherman acts oursilver circulation was increased to$625,300,000 (report of director of mintfor 1894, p. 45.) This increase morethan makes good the retirement of$295,000,000 from the ciculation ofGermany. During the same time alsoGermany increased her gold circulationfrom $227,500,000 in 1870 to $587,500,-000, in 1879 The net result in thesetwo countries, therefore, is an enormousincrease of redemption money since1873. Again, France and the countries»f the Latin Union have greatly in-ereased their silver circulation since1873. They continued to add to it until1878. By the report of the director ofthe mint before mentioned, pages 44-45,i t appears that the total stock of gold inthe chief countries of the world is$3,965,900,000 and of silver. $4,055,-700,000, a much larger amount than in1873, and the assertion that one-halfthe money of redemption has been de-

stroyed is shown to be pure and unmit-tigated moonshine. The cause of thedecline of silver must be looked forelsewhere than in the demonetizationact of 1873 and the alleged destructionof one-half the money metal of theworld therefore. Whatever the causesmay be, they are broader and morepotent in their influence than a singlelegislative enactment of any one nation.

At a recent meeting of the housecommittee of ways and means and thesenate finance committee, together withAuditor General Turner, it was madepretty clear that the state of Michiganwith its solidly republican administra.tion wil l in all probability be obligedto borrow money in the near future.This, too, in spite of the large increaseof taxation during the biennial periodending the first of last January andthe almost certain like increase duringthe present term. Why are the g o ppapers so claim like with rference to thissubject? Why do they not rise up inholy indignation at the mismanagementof our state finances which has made

this necessaiy? They were compelledto borrow money last year notwith-standing the large increase of taxation.But this they said the democrats wereresponsible for, since they, it wasclaimed, in their efforts to make a rec-ord for economy, did not levy sufficienttaxes to meet the imperative needs ofthe state. However, they cannot chargethe present situation to the democrats.And yet the present situation is worsethan the former. It is reported that theauditor general has made approximaefigures and thinks the tax levy for 1895and 1896 wil l be pretty close to $4,500,-000, an increase of nearly a million dol-lars over the preceding two years.

Last Thursday evening at the Cham-ber of Commerce banquet in Detroit,there was a notable array of oratoricaltalent, but the speech of the youthfulyet able comptroller of the currency,James H. Eckles,both on account of hisofficial relation to the great questionwhich is at present receiving the con-sideration of thousands, and because ofhis recognized ability and grasp of thehas attracted the most attention. Hedeclared that the monetary questionwas above and beyond partyism andthat upon its correct solution dependsthe continued progress and prosperity ofour country. He summariized the atti-tude of the advocates of free silver asfollows:

"Those who now direct the free sil-ver idea, map out the policy of its advo-cates and control their action, haveceased playing with words and put fromthem the professions which heretoforehave characterized their utteranceswhen urging the cause for which theystood. Their demand today, interpretedin the light of their acts, is that theUnited States shall at once abandontheir present- standard of value andsubstitute therefor, irrespecitve andwithout the co-operation of any othercountry, a single silver standard. No-where is it suggested by the sponsorsfor this latest tenet in the silver creedthat this nation shall even undertake tomaintain a double standard. Nowhereis their promise given of an attempt,through international agreement, tomake every dollar of silver which, shallbe coined the equal in value of everydollar of gold which comes from themint, and fairly interchangeable there-with."

The figurers at Washington, in viewof the expectation that silver wil l bethe leading issue in the next congress,are making slates as to the strength ofthe silver side. They all divide the solidrepublican delegation from Michiganas follows: Atkins, Spaulding, and Cor-liss are held to be radical free silverites,while Thomas, Stephenson and Crumpare just as radical goldites. The othersix are unknowns, but it is thought theyare about 'alf and 'alf. This point hasseemingly been overlooked, however,that they are republicans first and if itis deemed for the interest of the partyto be "agin" free silver there is wherethey wil l all be found. Republicanparty featly in this neck of woods isstronger than any free silver sentimentthat has found a lodgement within theparty ranks. They wil l vote just asthey have in the last two elections inthis state.

The tax levy in Michigan during thetwo years of Governor Wnans' admnis-tration, 1891 and 1892, was $2,863,-090.21; during the first administrationof Governor Rich, $3,620,350.58, andfor the present biennial period, accord-ing to the auditor general, it wil l prob-ably be $4,500,000. Al l this, too, inthe face ot depreciating values in nearlyevery line. Such are the fruits of re-publican economy.

This "silver fiatism," Mr. Ecklessays, '' is based upon the belief in whathas been aptly termed 'the all-powerful-ness of the state' and is in utter disre-gard of that great fact in financial his-tory that mediums of exchange andstandards of value did not find theirorigin in law, but were born of theneeds of trade and commerce.''

AWFUL CANNIBALISMFRIGHTFUL RITES OF THE FORT RU-

PERT INDIANS OF VANCOUVER.

How They Initiate New Members Into theGhoulish Order of Corpse Devourera.Some of Their Peculiar Societies.

Dr. Franz Boas has just taken toWashington some wooden masks, carv-ing** and other things of interest collect-ed frj-m the so called Fort Rupert In-dians, who dwell at the north end of theisland of Vancouver. These are the mostprimitive savages on the northwestcoast, and they still practice cannibal-ism. Formerly they kept slaves, whomthey would kil l and eat at their cere-monials, but the white's have put a stopto that. So now they devour dead bodiesinstead. The latter are mummies, infact, beiug inclosed in boxes after deathand placed high up in the branches oftall trees. That is the method of burialcustomary with the tribe. The corpsesthus disposed of do not 'decay, but dryup. When one of them is needed for thepurpose hers referred to, it is takenfrom the tree and put in a spot wherethe sea water wil l flow over it. There itremains for some days, after which it issmoked, so it is said.

Dr. Boas has secured a mask of thecannibal spirit, such as is worn at theceremonies of the Society of Cannibalsin the tribe. It looks like the head of ahuge alligator cut out of wood, with asort of wig of cedar bark to representhair. A person who is to be initiatedinto the society spends several monthsin the woods fasting and is much ema-ciated when he reappears. After a mockchase he is captured by the other Indiansand fetched to the village.

He is supposed to be quite wild, andit is his privilege to bite a piece out ofthe arm or leg of anybody. A festivalis held, the ostensible purpose of whichis to tame him. It is a very elaborateaffair, lasting six weeks, and the climaxis reached when the novice disappearsand returns with a dead body in hisarms. This is immediately cut up anddevoured by himself .and his fellow can-nibals. It is absolutely necessary thatthe corpse should be that of one of hisown relatives.

Not so many years ago this point inthe performance would have been mark-ed by the killin g of a slave with a war-club, the body Doing immediately cut upand eaten. The ceremony concludes withthe washing of the new cannibal, whichoperation requires five hours, accordingto the ritual

When it is finished, he is supposed tobe cured of his propensity for bitingwithout provocation. But at any of thenumerous tribal ceremonials, if anybodyutters a wrong word in a song or missesthe rhythm of the music, every memberof the Society of Cannibals present isprivileged to take a bite out of anybodyelse. Usually pieces of flesh about asbig as a half dollar are bitten out. Thereis also a society of female cannibals,composed of women, but they do notbite.

The ceremonial season among the FortRupert Indians occurs in the winter.Then for a time the entire social organ-ization of the tribe undergoes a meta-morphosis. The ordinary divisions ofthe people by clans are ignored, andthey arrange themselves according to thevarious societies to which they belong.There is the Ghost society, the Bear so-ciety, the Society of the Witch Women,the Society of Fools and many others.

These societies are religious in char-acter, being associated also with thetribal myths and traditions. The ances-tors of the present generation receivedfrom mythical beings certain supernat-ural secrets, upon which the societiesand the ceremonials are based.

One of the societies is the War so-ciety. A person undergoing initiationinto it is suspended from the rafters ofthe ceremonial house by a rope passedthrough strips of the flesh of his back,which are cut for that purpose. Beneathhim stand the members of the Societyof Fools with sharp lances upraised. Ifhe falls, he is impaled by the lances,and etiquette demands that he shall beeaten at once by the cannibals.

I t is more than suspected that theseIndians do now and then kil l an indi-vidual and eat him secretly. —San Fran-cisco Examiner.

The Minister From Portugal.Senor August Thediem, the newly ap-

pointed minister from Portugal to theUnited States, is only about 40 years ofage, and his wife is the daughter of thePortuguese minister to Italy. SenorThediem is now at Rome, where he hasfor some time filled the post of first sec-retary of the Portuguese legation, but isexpected in Washington in a few weeks.—Philadelphia Ledger.

A True Philanthropist.The lines of Gilbert and Sullivan have

come true. "A more humane mikadonever did, in Japan, exist. To nobodysecond, I'm surely reckoned a true, phi-lantliropist. " How would it do to givethe opera at Peking at a benefit per-formance for the emperor of China?—Philadelphia Press.

How Old Is Kate Field?Miss Kate Field writes in a sprightly

and fearless way of things that happen-ed 30 or more years ago. Can it be—butno! We refuse to believe that her mem-ory reaches back as far as that.—Chi-cago Tribune.

A Regular Bird.The Defender's sails wil l take nearly

13,000 square feet of duck. She'll bea regular bird.—New York EveningWorld.

Wil l Soon See Hi» Error.There is said to be a man in Georgia

who "knows it alL" He has probablyjust entered politics.—Chicago Post.

No Kasy BOM.The mikado makes no pretensions

whatever to being an easy boee.- Waai*«fo Star.

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Commissioners' Notice.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, COUNTY*^ of WasMenaw, The undersigned havingbeen appointed by the Probate Court for saidCounty, commissioners to receive, examine andadjust'all claims and demands of all personsagainst the estate of George M. Henion, late ofsaid county, deceased, hereby give notice.thal sixmonths from date are allowed by order of saidProbate Court, tor creditors to present their claimsagainst the estate of said deceased, and that theywill meet at the late residence of said deceased- inthe City of Ann Arbor, in said county, 01 the '24thday of April and ou the 24th day of July,next, at ten o'clock a. m. ol each of said days toreceive, examine and adjust said claims.

Dated January 24, 1885.1 KURLES H. WORDEN,JOEL A. MINER..

Commissioners.

Chancery Sale.

IN PURSUANCE AND BY VIRTUE OF ANorder and decre« of the Circuit Court for

the County of Washtenaw, in chancery, in theState of Michigan, made and dated the twen-ty-ninth day of March, A. D. 18!)5, in a ci>ri ainuausu therein pendinjr, wherein Patrick Kear-ney is complainant and Lewis F. Alber is de-fendant.

Notice is hereby given that I shall sell atpublic auction, to tlve highest binder, at thesouth front door of the Court House, in theCity of Ann Arbor, in said County of Washte-naw and State of Michigan, said Court Housebeing the place for holding the Circuit Courtfor said county, on Friday, the tenth day of.May, A. D. 1895, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,to raise the amount due to said complainantfor principal, interest and costs in this cause,all the following described pieces or parcelsof land situate in the township of Northfield,County of Washtenaw and State of Michigan,and described as followe, to-wit:

Commencing at the soutbeast corner of thewest half of the northwest quarter of sectionnumber twenty in township one south, rangesix east, State of Michigan, running thencewest on the east and west quarter line of saidsection forty-four rods and fourteen and one-third feet to a stake in the highway, thencenortherly to the north line of said section to apoint therein the distanct from which to thenortheast corner of the west half of the north-west quarter of said section shall bear thesame proportion to width of the north end ofsaid half quarter section, which forty-fourrods, fourteen and one-third feet bear to thewidth of the south end of said half-quartersection: thence east on the north line of saidsection to the noipthea6t corner of said half-quarter section; thence south parallel withthe west side of said section to the east andwest quarter line of said section to the plJceof beginning, containing forty-four and seven-eighths acres, moie or less. Also, commenc-ing nine rods and two feet east from thesouthwest corner of said half-quarter section;running thence north parallel with the westline of said section eighteen and one-half rodsto a stake; thence east thirteen rods; thencesouth eighteen and one-half rods to a stake inthe highway; thence west to the place of be-ginning. And also the right to occupy andenjoy the land now covered by the blacksmithshop on said half-quarter section as loner asthe same shall be used as a blacksmith's shop,and whenever such shop shall cease to beoccupied as a blacksmith's shop, then therights of the grantee or mortgagee to thelands covered by such shop shall cease.

Said pale will be made in accordance withthe terms of said decree-

Dated Ann Aibor, Michigan. April 2,1895.O. ELMEK BTJTTERFIELD,

Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Wash-tenaw County. Michigan.

THOS. D. KEARNEY,Solicitor for Complainant.

Mortgage Sale.DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE IN THE

conditions of a mortgage executed byJohn W. Cowan and Dorcus M. Cowan toGrace Fasquelle, dated March 3ist, 1873, re-corded in the office of the Hegister of Deetisfor Washtenaw County, Michigan, April 2nd,1873, in Liber 49 of mortgages, on page 37-->,which mortgage was duly assigned by the ex-ecutors of the last will and testament ofGrace Fasquelle, deceased, to Watson Geer.and said assignment recorded in said Regis-ter's office, in Liber 5 of assignments of mort-gages, on page 478, upon which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date of thisnotice, for principal, interest and attorney'sfee, as provided for in said mortgage, the sumof Twenty-four Hundred and Twenty-nineDollars.

Notice is hereby given, that said mortgagewill be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises at public vendue, to the highest bid-der, at the southerly front door of the CourtHouse, in the City of Ann Arbor, in saidCounty, on the 6th day of July next, at 10o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the amountclaimed to be due on said mortgage, and alllegal copts, to wit: The northeast quarter ofthe northwest quarter of section number two,also the east half of the southwest quarter ofthe northeast quarter of section number two,Township of Manchester, Washtenaw County,State of Michigan.

Dated April 4th. 189S.MAR? J. GEER.

Administratrix of the Estate ofWatson Geer, deceased, As-signee of said Mortgage.

D. C. GKIFFEN.Attorney for Administratrix.

Estate of Timothy Wallace.STATE OF MICHIGAN, COUNTY OT

Washtenaw, ss. At a session of the Pro-bate Court for the County of Washtenaw, hol-den at the Probate Otliee in the Citv of AnnArbor, on Friday, the 5th day of April.in the year one thousand eight hundredand ninety-five.EPreseut, J.Willard Babbitt, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matter of the estate of TimothyWallace, deceased.

Carrie Wallace, the administrator of snidestate, comes into court and represents; 1 hatshe is now prepared to render her final ac-count as such administrator.

Thereupon it is ordered that, Tuesday, theseventh day of May, next, at 10 o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for examining and al-lowing such account, and that the heirs-at-lawof'said deceased and all other personsinterested in said estate, are required to appearat a session of said Court, then to be holden atthe Probate Office, in the City of Ann Arbor,in said County, and show cause if any therebe, why the said account should Dot beallowed. And it is further ordered thatsaid administrator give notice to the per-sons interested in said estate, of the pen-dency of said account, and the hearing there-of, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Ann Arbor Argus, a newspaperprinted and circulating in said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said day of hear-

J. WJXLARD BABBITT,Judge of Probate.

[A true cqpy.lWM.G. DOTT. Probate Register.

WAIST BELTS.We have just received our Spring Styles, and they

are beauties.

s lpE COMPS AINlp SILVE R ELTare also among our spring purchase and how rap-idly they sell is even a surprise to the purchaser

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Estate ot Jane A. Nelson.^ OF MICHIGAN, County of Wash-O tenaw, ss. At a session of the ProbateCourt for the County of Washtenaw, holden atthe Probate office in the city of Ann Arbor,on Friday, the26th day of April, in the yearonethou and eight hundred and ninety-five.

Present, J. Willard Babb tt, Judge of Pro-bate.

hit he matter of the estate of Jane A. Nel-son, deceased.

Leonhard Gruner, the administrator of saidestate, comes inio court and represents thatho is iiow piepared to render his final ac-count, as such administrator

Thereupon it is ordered ihat Friday, (hetwenty-fourth day of May next at 10 o'clock inthe forenoon be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs atlawof said deceased, and all other persons in-terested in Paid estate, are required to appearat a session of said Court, then to be holdenat the Probate Office, in the, city of Ann Ar-bor, in said County, and show cause, if anythere ne, why the said account should not beallowed: And it is further ordered thatsaid Administrator give notice to the per-sons interested in said estate, of the pen-dency of said account, and the hearing there-of, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-li-hed in the Ann Arbor Argus, a newspaperprinted anil circulating in said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said day of hear-ing.

J. WILLARD BABRITT,[A true copy.] Judge of Probate.

WILLIA M I JOTY. Probate Register.

Estate of Lucinda DePuy.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, COUNTYoi Wnshtenaw,sa. At a session of the Probate

Court lor tin-County of Washtenaw, holden at ihtProbate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, onWedne«lii>, the 2-ltu ilay of April, in theyear one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

Present, J. Willard Babbitt, Judge of Probute.

In the matter of the estate ol Lucinda DcPuy,deceased.

William K. Child's, the administrator of said es-tate, COUHS into court and represenu that he isnow prepared to render his final account as suchadministrator.

Thereupon it is ordered that Tuesday, thetwenty-first day ot May next, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs at lawol said ueefca^'i. and all other persons interestedin said esuiie 'ue required to&ppearatases^ioi} ofsaid court,then to be holden at the Probate office,in the city of Ann Arlior, in said county, and showcause, if any there be, why the taiii accountshould not he allowed: And it is turtheiordered, that .->aid administrator jiive notice to thepers"iis fnttsrtiil'ed in said estat-u of the pen-dency of said Hccoutit, ami the hearing thereof, bycausing a copy of this older to he published in theANN ARBOR AKOUK, a newspaper printed and cir-culating in paid county, three ttucGessive weeksprevious to said dav ot hearing.

J. WILLARt ) RABBITT,(A true copy.) Judge of Prohate.

WILLIA M G DOTV. Prohate Keuisier.

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This is the way it is done: Withevery Cash Sale, whether it be ten cents orfifty dollars we give you a coupon showingthe amount purchased, and when you havrbought groceries or any goods in our line tothe amount of Forty Dollars, Forty-five Dol-lars or Fifty Dollars YOU CAN HAVEYOUR CHOICE of theTWENTY BEAU-TIFUL PIECES OF SILVERWARE, suckas Sugar Bowls, Spoon Holder, Cream, Fruit.Caster, Berry, Pickle, Butter Dishes, rtc.

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ANN ARBOR ARGUS, MAY 7, 1895.

LOCAL _BREV1TIES.

T he poor expenses for April were

$206.42- .Inspector General Walsh will in-

. e ct the Light Infantry tomorrow

evening-The club house of the Keyatone

club at Zukeypainted

Lake is to be re-

Tbe junior li t team defeated theAdrian college base ball nine Satur-day by a score of 16 to 15

During h T T ^ T ^ - ^nartment has had 8,694 patients.5yhere do_the^alUome^rom?

T h e Washtenaw County Baptistassociation have elected the follow-ing Officersjor_the_ensuing year:

The next regular meeting of thew c T U. will be held Thursday,May 9, at 3 o'clock, at McMillanhall. ,

The saloon of G. S. Nixon onSouth Main street, adjoining the F.& M. bank, has gone out of busi-ness. . .

Peter Mancks was sent to jailFriday by Justice Pond for peepingin at windows. He is serving fif-teen days.

The Ann Arbor high school baseball nine was defeated by the Orch-ard Lake cadets Saturday by a scoreof 13 to 10.

The monthly tea social of theladies of the Episcopal church willbe held in Harris hall next Thurs-day evening.

School commissioner elect W. W.Wedemeyer delivers an address atthe commencement exercises of theDexter high school.

A hore belonging to A. H, Mark-ham, of Seventh street, was badlyinjured Saturday night by runningagainst a barbed wire fence.

Lawreuce A-. McLouth, instructorin German, has accepted the pro-fessorship of Germanic Languages inthe University of New York.

The University base ball nineplayed a big game with Cornell Sat-urday and although defeated it waswas by the close score of 2 to 1.

After being neglected for manyyears, the front of the premises ofthe city foundry on West Huronstreet, have been cleaned up andnow presents a neat appearance.

The ladies of the Presbyterianchurch will give a tea and socialnext Thursday at 6 o'clock. Al lwho like a good supper and a happysocial hour are cordially invited toattend.

John George Ill i died Friday athis home on South Main street Fri-day, aged fifty-five years. He wasborn in Wuerttemberg, Germany,and joined his sons here seven oreight years ago.

The Y. M. C. A. have chosen asdelegates to the International Y. M.C. A. convention, to be held atSpringfield, Mass., May 8 to 12, J.L. Babcock, G. Frank Allmendingerand Benton B. Johnson.

Work on the spurr track of theAnn Arbor road which was stoppedlast fall by the frost, will be resum-ed as soon as a steam shovel can bespared. This will probably bewithin the next four weeks.

Prof. Kelsey, owing to sickness,did not lecture on "A Summer inPompeii," last Saturday evening.He will give this lecture on Thurs-day, May 10, Prof. Lansom andMiss Jaffe will also delight the audi-ence with their Neopoliton songs.

Peter Cook, of Urania, was in thecity Saturday. He reports the farm-ers suffering greatly for want of rain.The pasture is very short, and ifrain does not fall soon, they willhave a serious loss. Mr. Cook hasbeen feeding wheat to his stock dur-ing the winter. He thinks it makesfiner pork than corn, and believesthat at the prices paid for beef andpork it was worth 60 cents a bushel.

The sidewalks between Ashleyavenue and Third street on WestHuron street need the attention ofthe board of public works. Theyare in an exerable condition and adisgrace to the city. The largenumber of people that use the side-walks, must not only pass throughmud in wet weather owing to thelack of crossings on the railroadproperty and also private propertybut also over broken walks andwalks covered with dirt and lime.

Dr. W. F. Breakey spent Sundaywith his son, Dr. James Breakey, inPontiac. The patient Mrs. Ran-dall, of Bay City, claiming to besane and wrongfully incarcerated,has now turned on her lawyer andthe reporters. The asylum author-ities are perfectly willin g to turnher over to the custody of her bro-ther residing in Canada, but not toher young lawyer. This brotherwas expected to arrive in Pontiacyesterday.

The residence of Titus F. Hutzel,on W. Washington street, which isaeing rebuilt is under roof.

Mrs. J. M. Perkins, of the north-side, who has been quite il l is con-valescent and able to go out again.

Section bosses James O'Connelland John Brace, of the Michigan

entral, with their men spent Su»,day at Delhi, grading for newswitches.

Since the council have paid $1000for damages occasioned by a littl ehole in the sidewalk, citizens arespeculating on the possible futureost of every hole in the sidewalks.

There are a number and the costmay run up into the millions.

The abduction of the freshmanclass toastmaster has resulted in thesuspension for one year of the soph-omores Evan Holbrook, of Ottawa,Iowa, Henry P. Herdman, of Janes-ville, Ohio, and Frank A. Ketchem,of Detroit. The action of the fac-ulty was taken last night

Alderman Laubengayer is makingxtensive improvements on the lot

north of his residence on W. Huronstreet. A large fish pond has beenscraped out. In the middle of thisa drive well has been put down 26feet. Yesterday it was finished andimmediately started to flow in a verysatisfactory manner.

The appointment of Harry Har-Deck by United States MarshallWinne, as deputy marshall at Bay~ity, is one that not only reflectscredit on Mr.. Winne, but the partyn that part of the state. Mr. Har-aeck is an active man in the primeof life. He has had a large busi-ness, experience. Al l who meetii m learn to like him. When cir-cumstance give him an opportunity

wil l make a record for courageand conscientious fidelity to duty.

Robert Thompson, of Toledo,was the guest for a few hours yester-day of his father-in-law, ChaunceyOrcutt. He came to bring the sadnews of his mothers death yesterdaymorning. She was the wife of Cor-nelius Thompson, aged 51 years andwas born in Manchester, England.Four years ago she with her hus-aand settled ia Toledo. During;ong visits in Ann Arbor she mademany friends, who will sympathisewith the family in their bereave-ment. Mrs. Thompson was a mem-oer of the Society of Friends.

PERSONAL.

Col. Ira R. Grosvenor, of Mon-roe, was in the city yesterday.

Prof. H. N. Chute has been calledto Toronto, Canada, by the illnessof his father.

Hon. J. T. Jacobs returned Sun-day from a meeting of the Board ofIndian Commissioners in Chicago.

Benjamin H. Martin, of Bay City,has been visiting his brother, O. M.Martin.

Win. Busy was called to Canadalast Thursday by the death of hisfather.

John and George Wahr and JohnSchmid spent Sunday at their cot-tage at Base lake.

H. E. Riggs, chief engineer of theAnn Arbor road, is in the city onbusiness connected with the road.

Harry W. Douglas, superinten-dent of the Gas company, went northon the Ann Arbor road last evening.

Attorney Charles H. Kline re-turned from Toledo yesterday wherehe was called to make the final dis-position of the case won against thereceiver of the Ann Arbor road.

E. T. McClure, of the Cook house,has written to his son Roy fromJoliet, 111., where he also has a ho-tel, that he is convalescing from arecent severe illness. His manyfriends in Ann Arbor will hope forhis speedy recovery.

Carpet beaters, 25 cents, at FredThuerer's, 12 W. Liberty street.

Delicate gi Is made strong by ZoaPhora.

Disolution of Co-Partnership.The co-partnership between Schuh

& Muehlig is and has this day beendissolved by mutual consent. Alldemands owing by the said co-part-nership wil l be paid by AndrewMuehlig. Al l accounts and de-mands owing to the said co-partner-ship may be and are required to bepaid to Andrew Muehlig.

Dated, Ann Arbor, March 16th,1895. J. F. SCHUH,

ANDREW MUEHLIG.

I t Is Queer.I t is surprising to see how many per-

sons in the country appear to be livingin grand style on less than $4,000 ayear.—Chicago Tribune.

Where Bluff Go«s.England has extraordinary success in

cashing the chips which it constantly car-ries on. its shoulder.—Washington Star.

Put Him In the Cyclone Mt.Tennessee hts a preacher named West-

ern Gates, wko is raising the dust inNashville.—G*lvestoa News.

CYCLONE RAVAGES.Alleged Detailed List of the

Casualties in Iowa.

THIRTY-ONE DEAD ARE EEPOETED,

Seven of Which Wrr e the Result or Light -ning: Strokes and the Bttlnnce Victim s ofthe Wind—Particularl y Severe on Child ,ren—Amount ol Property Dectroyed—Storm Havoc in Illinoi s and Elsewhere—Reuuirkahle Cloudburst Phenomena inObio and Kentucky.

Sioux CITY, la., May 6.—Order is com-ing out of chaos in the district of Siouxoounty which was swept by the tornado.Nearly all the dead are now buried, andnone of the injured now living is thoughtto be fatally hurt. The Journal's staffrepresentative, who went all over theground swept by the storm, says $10,000wil l cover the property damage, includ-ing houses, barns, outbuildings and fences.In few places are the crops seriously dam-aged. The correct list of dead by thewind directly numbers tea. About twen-ty persons were injured in Sioux county.

FROM ANOTHE K POINT OF VIEW .

An Account That Makes Ont a Mor e Seri-ous Slate of Affairs .

ALTON, la., May 6.—NorthwesternIowa's cyclone and other electrical dis-turbances occurring about the same timeand probably related to the tornado itselfIn some way, cost at least fifty humanlives. A hundred others are injured, andthe destruction of a million dollars' worthof farming property is a low estimate.The whirlwind, but half an hour in dura-tion while at its fiercest, swept over 1,200square miles of cultivated farm land andleft in its wake a ruin rarely equaled inso short a period of time. I t wil l be sev-eral days before the list of dead can beaccurately completed. Many of the smallcommunities stricken are removed fromthe railroads and the country roads are inbad condition, but the relief committeeworking from Alton has direct informa-tion as to the following deaths:

A List of Tliirty-Ou e Uead.Everett Arnold, of Creston, aged 18,

killed by lightning; Mrs. Herman Bell-kamp, of Sibley, killed by lightning; MissNellie Coombs, of Sibley, killed by light-ning; two Coombs children, struck bylightning; L. D. Everett, of Sioux Cen-ter; eight children still missing from theHaggle school house, thought to have beenkilled; Matilda Haggie, of Ireton, killedby falling debris; Jacob Jansen, of SiouxCenter; Mrs. John Koster, of Sioux Cen-ter; two Koster children of above; MissAnna Marsden, of Sioux Center, a schoolteacher: George Marsden, of Sioux Cen-ter, a school teacher; Mrs. C. B. Ost, ofIreton; Mrs. Postma, of Sioux Center;Miss Anna Post, of Ireton; Peter Stim-mer, of Superland, killed by lightning;Rudolph Schwerdtfeger, of Laurens,killed by lightning; Verhof, a child,of Sioux Center; Louis Verhof, of SiouxCenter; Mrs. John Watterman, of Sibley;Mrs. Warie and babe, of Ireton.

Two Score People Injured .The injured are: M. Blackmore, of

Sibley; Nathan Blackman, of Ireton,Miss Minia Coombs, of Ireton, bruised;wil i recover; Miss Jennie Coombs, badlybruised about head and face, wil l prob-ably recover; Miss Luella Coombs, seriously injured; Devoort, four girls, ofIreton, bones fractured and internal In-juries; Peter Dovoort, face and arms cutand bruised; Albert Devoort, hurt in-ternally; John Freys, of Sibley, badly injured; Miss Haggie, of Sioux Center, badly injured; John Haggie, internal injuries,badly hurt; Herman Hasgie, leg brokbn;Lewis Haggie, face bruised and internal-ly injurei; William Haggie, shoulderdislocated; Georce Hulstein, aged6 years, of Sioux Center; JohnJansen, of teioux Center, armbroken; Miss Nellie Koster, of Sioux Cen-ter, badly hurt; Miss Agnes Koster, facebruised; Miss Mildred Koster, internal in-juries; two Meeks children, of Hawarden;three McConless children, of Ireton; A.M. Perry, of Hawarden, face cut andbruised; Mrs. Rosburg, head and armscut; Miss Ida Rosburg, injured internally;Thomas Rosburg, aged 15, slightly hurt;Daniel Rosburg, bruised slightly; LewisRossbury, of Sibley, shoulder dislocated;John Rossbury, of Sibley, badly bruised;two Sherman children, of Sioux Center;Alice Smith, aged 9 years, of Sibley,bruised; James Smith, aged 11 years, bad-ly bruised; John Watterman, of Sibley,may die; Henry Watterman, son of above,wil l recover.CHILDRE N TUK SPOKI OF DEATH .

Littl e Oues Found scattered EverywhereWounded aud Uead,

The greatest loss of lif e was betweenIreton, on the Hawarden branch of theChicago and Northwestern, and SiouxCenter, on the Sioux City and Northern.I t was a veritable slaughter of the inno-cents. The children of tender years areoutnumbering all others in the mortalitylist and that of those fatally injured.Upon the edge of a plowed road two littl eones lay, their hands clasped together,their bodies torn and mangled. Beyondthem in the roadway the leaves of an ar-ithmetic fluttered in the breeze. Stillfurther on and ciose to the McCoombshomestead was a battered dinner bucketand near by a reader turned back to thepage where the lines ran, "chis is a cat; isthis a cat?"

In the wrecked school houses littl e feetprotruded Jroin plaster and brokenboard*. Sun bonnets lay in the pasturesyellow with butter cups. In one child'shand was elapsed the broken slate and inanother's a reward of merit card givenbut half an hour before by the teacher,dead, also face downward, in the furrowof a distant iield. From Sioux Center toPerkins and from Perkins to Hull andGeorge and Ashton there was the wail inthe close of the spring afternoon of child-ren not dead, but dying, children withlimbs torn apart, children who had beencarried over forty-acre fields and hurledInto ditches, children who called out formothers already dead or beyond the aidof human help.

There is no mistaking the path of thestorm; it is olearly marked. Yet it is notIntended to convey the impression thatevery living thing in this swath of halfa. mile and more wide is laid waste, total-ly devastated. Although trees ten andtwelve inches In diameter were snappedoff close tt> the ground and buahes andplants torn up by the roots yet therewere many stalely elms and tall poplars

h withstood the wind's terriflo force.In the territory traversed by the stormwas a large number of IATJUB sowed with

wheat and oats. In some places the groundis swept bare. About thirty houses wereentirely swopt away and hundreds o£ allkinds of farm animals were killed.

CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS .

Four Persons Kille d and a Store Buildin gBlown Down.

AURORA, May 6—The village of St.Charles was visited by a oyolone whichpassed through the town with fatal re-sults. The old stone postofflce buildingon the east side of Main street, occupiedby Mrs. Church as a millinery store, wasblown down and Mrs. Church was killed.Two young ladies had apartments in thebuilding and one of them who Is missingis supposed to be in the ruins; the other,Miss Augusta Anderson, was killed. Thefalling nails caught and killed a passinghorse, and the driver was seriously in-jured.

Two other men were struck by flyingtimbers and were quite badly hurt. Sev-eral other persons about town received in-juries more or less serious. A man namedLuther Caustin had one leg and an armbroken. Andrew Johnson, of Elgin, hadhis back broken. The killed are: Mrs.Hattio E. Church, Miss Augusta Ander-son, Charles Johnson and Joseph Thomp-son, all of St. Charles.

JACKSONVILLE, May 6.—This sectionwas treated to a storm which amountedalmost to a cyclone. Rain and hail fellin torvents and the wind blew a hurri-cane, doing great damage. Two menwere driving under some trees when onefell on them and crushed the vehicle toatoms, lnjuiing the occupants. Buildingswere unroofed and much property de-stroyed.

PEOUIA, Ills., May 6.—A wind and hailstorm, the severest in recent years, sweptover the city, doing many thousand dol-lars' worth of damage. Hail an inch anda half in diameter fell.

CAM E OUT OF A CLEA R SET.

Remarkable Sturm Phenomenon in Ohio—Elemental Havoc Elsewhere.

PORTSMOUTH, O., May 6.—At New Bos-ton the sun was shining brightly, with noIndication of rain, when suddenly a clouddescended. It became more dense andblack as it came toward the earth, whensuddenly, just as it seemed to almosttouch the tree tops, it burst and torrentsof water flooded the village. Every traceof tho storm, save the gulleys washed bythe water, was dissipated in five minutesand the entire progress of the phenomenondid not cover more than half an hour. Thespace covered by the cloudburst was notmore than a quarter of a mile in diam-eter.

CINCINNATI , May 6. — Advices fromsouthern Ohio, southeastern Indiana andnortheastern Kontucky report phenom-enal waterspouts. At McGonigle's sta-tion, near Hamilton, crops were badlydamaged, also bridges and fences InScioto county the people were greatlyalarmed. About two miles from Har-rodsburg, Ky., a waterspout inundatedthe country. Water was three feet deepin the fields, carrying logs and fencinginto the highways. Trees were blowndown, a lot of out-houses carried awayand crops damaged. In none of these localities did the damage extend beyond amile square.

Freak of the Wind in Minnesota.WORTHINGTON, May 6.—A heavy rain

accompanied by a tornado came over thecrest of the ridge south of the town. Nodamage whatever was done here, buttoward the northwest, just outside thevillage, it tore a great portion of the rooffrom the house of A. E. Tuttle and bad-ly wrecked his barn, entirely demolishedthe granary of Mr. Stokes, the barn ofMr. Bergen, the school house of the dis-trict, some outbuildings of Albert Leis-tico and entirely destroyed the buggy inwhich Mrs. Dr. Evlgar was riding, thoughshe herself was scarcely injured.

Destroyed 886,000 Wort h of Property.ELDORA, la., May 6.—A severe wind

storm struck this county, doing muchdamage to burns, windmills, etc. Twen-ty-five thousand dollars' worth of proper-ty was destroyed east and southeast ofhere. One large barn was completely de-molished near Secor and another north ofSteamboat Rock.

Deadly Lightnin g at Work .GREEN BAY, Wis., May 6.—At Seymour

lightning struck the house of John Kitch-enmeister, killin g Kitchenmeister andseriously injuring his wife.

LANCASTER, Ills., May «.—James Ash-ford and George Rhodes, of Downing,Mo., were killed by lightning.

CHICAGO, May 6.—During a heavy rain-storm lightning struck a party of fieldlaborers at East Prairie, near Niles Cen-tre. Herman Spandikow was instantlykilled and his 16 year-old son badly hurt.

A large assortment of Summer LapDusters, Stable Blankets and Fly Netsat prices never heard of before, at FredTheurer's, 12 W. Liberty street. tf

Mothers and daughters stould knowZoa Phora.

LAW AND ORDER IN KENTUCKY.

Farmers Ar m and Burn a Pest Houselimi t for Smallpox.

WINCHESTER, May 6.—A pest houseriot broke out here. A colored prisoner Inthe county jail has smallpox. Lumberwas secured and carpenters put to workon a pest house, five miles out. TheFarmers turned out en masse, armed withWinchesters. The carpenters had almostcompleted the pest house before the mobgathered. The armed mob was stationedall along the roads leading from Winches-ter to the pest house. The sheriff wentout to proteot the carpenters with a largeposse, and was driven back into town byaOO armed men. The pest house was thenburned and the farmers on all sides of thetown are guarding the roads in anticipa-tion that the smallpox prisoner may botaken through their neighborhood tosome obscure locality.

LATER—The house that was burnedwas not now, but a tenement on whichsome repairs were being done, and thefarmers were mistaken, a fact that doesnot reimburse the owner of the house.The negro has been taken to a tent twomiles trom town, and all is serene.

Four l>ro\vningr s at Detroit .DETROIT, May t>.—The opening of the

season of aquatic pleasures was markedhere by the drowning of four persons.John Moriarty, aged 16; Frank Connelly,aged 14, and tour other youths wereswimming in the Rouge river when Con-nelly was taken with a cramp In sink-ing he clutched Muriarty's leg and bothwere drowned. A sail boat containingGeorge H. Baugh, his wife and brother-In-law, George Eaimuns, was capsized inthe Detroit river (jff sandwich Point. Mr.and Mrs. Bangfa were both drowned.

If yon want a first-class Harness ana-prices righ:), go to Fred Theurer's, 12W. Liberty street. tf

Every woman should learn aboutZoa Phora.

Pensions!I f you want a Pension, or re-rating, or any

question answered in Pension or PATENT caseswrite J. L. STAKKWEATHEK, Attorney,Romeo, Mich,

Mr. Starkweather secured over ten per cent,of all origin* 1 Pensions allowed in Michiganfor the month of August, 18M0; 503 allowed.—Detroit Free Press.

WANTED, FOR SALE, ETC.

HORSES FOR SALE.—I have a few fourvear old horses for sale. Your choice

lor Fifty Dollars. JAMES C. ALLEN . 33-36

*> /r Wil l buy a six year old horse without^O a blemish as I have no use for him.31-34 1 nquire at 17 So. Division.

I /OR REST.—House on 50 E. KingBley." Terms reasonable. Enquire at 20 S. In-

galls. 31-34

DEAD.—Augustine Sage, who had just rent-ed ClarK Bros, farm of 233 acres at Saline.

31-84 A. M CLARK, Ann Arbor,A. F. CLARK, Saline.

FOR SALE—A fine second-hand Surrey andSingle Harness, almost as good as new,

for sale cheap. Enquire at 83% E. Huron St.3w

I7OR8ALEOR RENT—A new 8-room houseP with a good barn, good well, tw o good cis-terns, one and one-balf lots of laud. Termseasy. Enquire at 33 Detroit St., Ann Arbor.

FOR SALE.—30 acres on Chubb St. in acreor five acre lota or all together. Long

time, email payment, 6_per cent interest. Jas.H. McDonald, 42 Moffat Building, Detroit,Mich.

FARM TO RENT—Containing about 200acres plow land at Saline, Mich. Good

fences and barns. Water in barns. Call onA. M. Clark, 47 8. Division St., Ann Arbor, orA. F. Clark, Saline, Micb.

WANTED—A MAN in every section at onceto sell staple goods to dealers; no ped-

dling; experience unnecessary; best side line.$76.00 a month. Salary and expenses or largecommission made. Address, with 2 centstamp for sealed particulars, Clifton SoapandManufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.

POULTRY" wanted—market price paid forall kinds of Poultry, at the corner of Fifth

and Summit Streets. 0. C. Weeks & Co., AnnArbor.

FOR SALE CHEAP—My house and lot onthe corner of Traver and Ponttac streets,

in the Fifth ward of the city of Ann Arbor. Adesirable location for wood or coal yard. Bythe side of T. & A. A. tracks. William Action.January 23,1896. 9

TORENT.—At No. 20 S. State St. A flat of1 six rooms. Enquire at 18 S. State St. <»tf

PIANO TUNING.-A. D. Brown, the wellknown piano tuner with C. J.Whitney, wil l

be In the city soon. Orders left at the ARGUSoffice wil l receive his attention.

IERSONS intending to put out maple or elmshade trees should correspond with

P. H. O'BRIEN Whlttaker.

FOR SALE OR RENT.—Large new oousewith all modern improvements, cistern

and city water in house and well near door.Wil l take in part payment small house or lotsor small farm near city, balance on long timeand lowiDterest. P.O.Box 1345.

Money saved is money made. Q Customers that havelooked around tell us that eur prices are by far thelowest in the city. We have the only entire newstock of goods in Ann Arbor. You are invited tocall and see them whether you wish to buy or not.

ONE-HALF BLOCK WESTOf Main St., Nos. 9 and 11 W. Liberty Sts. .

The cheapest Chamber Suits and Parlor Suits in town.Straw Mattings, Carpets, Draperies, Lace Curtains,Window Shades, Baby Carriages, etc. You find wil lour prices to be right. Al l we ask is a chance.

Henne & Stange rOne-balf block west of Main St.. Nos. 9 & 11 W.

Libert y St.

Waterproof 'collars and cuffs that youcan clean yourself by simply wipingoff with a wet sponge. The genuinelook exactly like linen and every pieceis marked this way :

They are made by covering a linencollar or cuff with '' celluloid,'' and arethe only waterproof goods made with,an iuterlining, and the only goods thatcan stand the wear and give perfectsatisfaction. Never wil t and not effect-ed by moisture. Try them and youwil l never regret it. Ask for thosewith above trade mark and refuse anyimitations. If your dealer docs nothave them we will mail you a sampledirect on receipt of pri._e. Collars 25c.each. Cuffs 50c. pair. State whetherstand-up or turned-down collar iswanted.

The Celluloid Company,427-429 Broadway, New York.

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Main Office—36 E. Huron Street.Yards—50 West Huron Street.

Y)t A. MAC LACHIAN , M. B.Diseases of the

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Residence, H S. State Street. Residence tele-phone, No. 128. Office telephone No. 134.Hours: 1O a. m. to 12 and 1 to 5 p. m.

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healthy action.

MANN' S DRUG STORE,39 S. Main Street.

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The Best for all Purposes,

MAN N BROS., Druggists,

39 S. Main St.1 - ;ANN ARBOR.

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says: "1 appreciate the factthat there are man?' thou*sands of ladiesln tho OnltedBtateBthat would liketo tr ymy World-Renowned FACEBLEACH : but have beenkept from doing so on ac-oountof price,which is$2.00per bottleor 3 bottles takentogether, S5.00. In orderthat all of these may harean opportunity , I wil l giveto every caller, absolutelyfree, a sum pie bottle, andi d to supply those out

l f ho y . o y p a i t o f t h eworld.Iwlllsen d It safely packedin plain wrapperall charges prepaid, for 25 cents, silver or stamp."

In CTcrycasoof freckle" , pimples,moth, sal-lowness, blackheads, acne.eczenia.olliness, rough-Bess, or nnydiscoloration ordiseaaeof the skin,and wrinkle s (not caused by facial expression)FACH BLEAC H removes absolutely. I t does notcover up,as cosmetics do, but Is a cure. Address

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(The only Art Periodical awarded a Medal atthe World's Fair.)

Invaluahte to all who wudi t<> make Vicir living byart or to mnke their homes beautiful

F nr 111r» we will send to any oner ui lu l l mentioning this publica-tion a specimen copy, with suyjerbcolor plates (for copying or framing)and 8 supplementary pages of designs (regularprice .'fc"c<. Or FOR /5c we will send also"Pa im i t i j r for B e g i n n e r s" <!(0 pages)MONTAGI ' E MARKS* .

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Estate of Flavius J. Comstock.k OF MICHIGAN , COUNTY OP>~ Wahhtenr.w, 83, At a session of t i e ProbateCourt for the County of Washlcnaw,hoMen at theProbate Office in the City of Ann Arbor , onFriday, the 5th day of April , in the yearonethousand eieht hundred and ninety-Bye

Present, J. Willar d Babbitt , Judge of Probate.In the iu;iti<r r of the estate of Viavius J. Corn-

stock, deceased.On rending and filing the petition duly verified

of Altii a A. Comstoclc, pr;iyiB g that a cer-taiD instrument now on fde in this court, purport -ing to be thv lust wil l and teatament of said de-ceased may be admitted to probite, and tbat ad-ministratio n with the will annexed, ot said estatemay be granted to herself, (there being no executorIn said l named), or to some other suitable per-son.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the 6thday of May next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,De assisrif! foi the hearing of said petition,and that t i e devisees, legatees and lieirs-at-law of said deceased and nil other persons inter-ests] in said estate, are required to appear at asession of said ouurt, then to be holdec at thePrehate Office in the city of Ann Arbor ,and show cause, if any there be, why thoprayer of the petitioner should not he granted.ADO it is further ordered that said petitionerfive moticA to the persons interested in saidestate of the pendency of said petition aad thehearing tbareof, by causing a copy of thla order tob* pmbtishod 1B the ANN ABBOB ARGUS, a news-paper priatod u d cucuUteJ im said county, threen e m t m wotkt pr«vious to said day of hearinir ;

J. WILLARD BABBITT,U-nuncortl Jud e of Probate.

WouufCJUorr. Probate RarUtei

ANN ARBOR ARGUS. M& Y 7. 1895.

WASHTENAWISMS.

someof

They have been havingtrouble over in the Cole districtHillsdale county over a school houseflag. A fine flag and staff were se-cured by private subscription. Butsome measly cur cut the rope in anumber of places, so that it camedown, and a person had to be se-cured who was willin g to climb thestaff at the risk of his lif e and putanother rope in the pully. It isclaimed the mean act was donean individual who was jealous of thedirector.

Evidently times are improving.The wedding industry, which hasbeen in such a state of suppressedanimation, is on the boom again.Witness the following from the MilanLeader: Wednesday was a day ofweddings for Milan. Emmett Mor-gan and Miss Donna L. Dexter, andMilto n Davenport and Miss MaryDexter, were married at Ypsilanti,Rev. Mr. Fairfield, a retired Con-gregational minister, performing theceremonies. The brides are sisters,two of Milan's well-known and pop-ular young ladies, daughters of Mr.and Mrs. Fuller Dexter. The twocouples first drove to Ann Arbor tointerview County Clerk Dansing-burg, then to Ypsilanti to get theknots tied, then bach here. Mr. andMrs. Davenport will reside in Moore-ville, where Mr. Davenport is inbusiness, and Mr. and Mrs. Morganwil l soon go to Detroit to reside.

The Milan croquet company is be-ing greatly annoyed by some onewho makes way with the arches. Itseems to be pure "cussidness" onthe part of those who do it, and theguilty persons ought to be madeacquainted with the toe of the mod-ern tooth-pick shoe.

One week ago Saturday a destruc-tive fire occurred at C. W. Pullin'scoal kilns two miles south of Milan,by which 700 cords of wood and twocoal kilns were destroyed. The losswas about $1,300. The propertywas not insured.

Mrs. Frank Warner, of Milan,died last Tuesday and was buried atMoorvill e from the Universalistchurch Thursday, at 11 o'clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Clad Wardle are thehappy proprietors of anew son.

The farmers about Willi s received18 cen's per pound for their butterat the creamery during March.

Chicken thieves are at work inPlymouth. Some days ago theystole fifteen of Marcus Miller's bestproducers of hen fruit. The rascalsshould be treated to some of theover-ripe variety.

Wm. Blumenthal has a uniqueand ancient keepsake, the same be-ing a portrait of Moses, the Hebrewlawgiver, that is outlined by Hebrewwritings, the parchment and portraitis said to be over 2000 years old.The writings that make up his figurecontain the entire five books ofMoses which are all written in theHebrew language.—Livingston Her-ald.

This is the way the Grass LakeNews lights the way through purgatory for a famous "pug" of that vil-lage: Mrs. Barney Teufel's pug"Othmar" lies beneath the clods ofthe valley. He was a noted figureat the Lake House, and a dog of re-spectability and character. It seemsthe landlady left some arsenic in thehotel kitchen to which the lamentedOthmar gained access, and it notagreeing with his stomach, he ker-flumixed. He will be greatly missed.

Some careless person, or some onepossessed of a devil, set fire to thewoods of W. H. Culun near Moor-vill e recently, and but for the timelyassistance of neighbors, great dam-age would have been done.

Page Tuekesbuy and Leo Gould,of York, were married at Milan lastWednesday.

Ransom Armstrong, Rolla Westand George Beckwith, of Chelsea,have started for the Pacific coast.They expect to drive through withhorse and wagon and will be gonesix months. They will tell abouttheir journey in the Standard.

Ladies who object to giving theirages when applying for registrationor marriage certificates might take ahint from Nellie Bly. It is statedthat in a marriage certificate givenrecently, the age of her intendedhusband was given as 68, and herown as "legal." The gentler sexmay enjoy a blessed immunity fromrevelations as to the lapse of time inthe word "legal."—Chelsea Stand-ard.

Dr. W. A. Conlin, of Chelsea, hada runaway recently. He hitched hishorse at the barns of G. H. Foster,but the animal got loose and startedon a trip for itself. After making afine job for the wagon-maker, theanimal was caught none the worsefor the sprint.

The stockholders of the Dundeebutter and cheese factory have de-cided to rebuild. Their buildingwil l be 24x60, with engine room,boiler room and coal, sheds adjoin-ing.

The Normal News oratorical con-test will take place in Normal haUnext Friday evening.

PER CT. DIFFERENCERoyal Baking Powder

STRONGEST, PUREST, MOST ECONOMICAL .

S to whether any of the baking powders are equal to the "Royal," the official tests clearly de-termine. When samples of various baking powders were purchased from the grocers, andanalyzed by the United States Government Chemists and the Chemists of State and CityBoards of Health, the reports revealed the fact that the "Royal" contained from 28 per cent,to 60 per cent, more leavening strength than the others, and also that it was more perfectlycombined, absolutely pure, and altogether wholesome.

As most of these powders are sold to consumers at the same price as the "Royal," by the use of the RoyalBaking Powder there is an average saving of over one third, besides the advantage ofassured purity and wholesomeness of food, and of bread, biscuit and cake made perfectlylight, sweet, and palatable.

The official reports also reveal the presence, in other powders, of alum, lime or sulphuricacid, by which their use is made a matter of grave danger to the consumer.

Whenever a baking powder is sold, either wholesale or retail, ata lower price than the "Royali," it is made from inferior

ingredients, probably from alum, and is to beavoided under all circumstances.

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK.

Mr. R. Fletcher has opened a newjrocery store at 308 East Congressstreet, Ypsilanti.

F. W. Hawkins, of Ypsilanti, hasbeen granted a patent for a processof manufacturing soft steel castings.

Last Wednesday Charley Camp-bell, of Ypsilanti, came into a littl ebrush with a festive clothes line andwas thrown to the ground and hadhis shoulder dislocated. It was nota fair fight, as the clothes line tookan undue advantage of him.

S. M. Miller , of Saline, departedfor the north woods last Tuesday incharge of five horses belonging toReeves & Strum. They are engag-ed in lumbering.

This week Friday the Saline Far-mers' club will meet with Mr. andMrs. A. A. Wood. Questions sug-gested by the State association ofFarmers' clubs will be discussed.

The Ypsilanti Grange held anopen meeting last Saturday after-noon. The subject under consider-ation was, "Science in the PublicSchools." Supt. Perry and severalAnn Arbor teachers took part in theprogram which was interesting andprofitable.

The amendment to the constitu-tion relative to the salaries of stateofficers, which was voted on at theApril election, was defeated by thedecisive majority of 88,914 votes."this means: There now, you repub-lican office holders, looking afterbigger salaries, see if you will countout the people this time.

Three hundred saloons that havebeen doing business in Detroit willclose their shutters to open no more.This fact is due to two causes. Thehard times of the past two years,andthe abolishing of the $300 beer li -cense. Last year there were 722saloons that took out the $500 li -cense and 476 that paid for sellingnothing but beer. So far this year,however, only 140 liquor dealershave paid the necessary fee whichentitled them to the red card.—FreePress.

. Grover Gillen, of Saline, likeZacheus of old, in order that hemight obtain a better view of ahighly interesting game of ball atthe school grounds last Tuesday,perched himself on the branch of aneighboring friendly tree. At asupreme moment when Grover wasfilled with extacy over a fine playby one of the nine, the limb gaveway and the namesake of the presi-dent was called back to things earth-ly' by coming in contact with thecold and unsympathetic ground. Itwas a rude awakening. He nowcarries his face in a sling and hasbesides a badly swollen arm.

J. C. Foley, of Ypsilanti, hasgone to Rainy Lake City, Minn.He has mining interests near thatplace. He will be gone until win-ter.

W. L. Beardsley and family, ofHersey, will locate in Ypsilanti.He has purchased the Pattison pro-perty on North street.

John Martin, a miller at Wm. H.Deubel & Co.'s, had a narrow es-cape from a serious accident lastSaturday. He was repairing somemachinery under the water wheelswhen the water broke down thewaste gates and started the big wheelin motion. Mr. Martin, however,succeeded in climbing out withoutinjury.—Ypsilantian.

John Dodge, of Ypsilanti, will |sing in the new opera "MardejGras," which is to be produced by ithe Alger club at the Detroit opera 'house sometime this month.

SILVER THE VICTOBWins the Fight in the County

Convention at Chicago.

"K0AST" FOE POSTMASTEE HESING,

STANDING OF THE BALL CLUBS.

Pittsburgh at the Head, Huston Second andCleveland Third oa tile List.

CHICAGO, May 6 —The base ball clubain the League have got down to steadywork, and what some people think isabout their regular positions, especiallywith reference to Chioago, Louis-ville, Washington and St. Louis. NewYork and Philadelphia look rather out ofplace as sixth and ninth, however, andare expected to pull out very shortly:

PerClubs. Played. Won. Lost. Cent'.

Pittsburg 12 9 3 .760 jBoston 9 6 8 .667!Cleveland 12 8 4 .667Brooklyn 9 5 I .655Baltimore 9 5 4 .555New York 10 6 5 .500;Chicago 13 6 « .500 1Cincinnati 13 6 7 .4621Philadelphia 10 4 8 .400!Louisville 12 4 8 .333Washington 9 3 6 .333St. Louis 13 4 9 .308

Following are the League scores: AtPhiladelphia—New York 9, Philadelbhia i10; at Pittsburg—Cincinnati 2, Pittsburg '8; at Brooklyn—Baltimore 11, Brooklyn I0; at Cleveland—St. Louis 6, Cleveland ,6; at Boston—Washington 9, Boston 5;at Chicago—Louisville 4, Chicago 7. Sun-day: At Cincinnati—St. Louis 11, Cin-oinnati 4: at Chicago—Louisville a, Chi-cago 3.

Verdict I« Awaited with Interest.LEXINGTON, Ky., May 6.—A man named

Shipp (white) is on trial here for killin g a 'man named Brown (colored). Brown's !wife was unfaithful (she was colored) and !Shipp was her paramour. Brown went Ihome and caught the two in flagrante de- jlictu. In the fight that followed Shippkilled Brown, ic being in evidence that,he had said he would do so if Brown gave 'him "any trouble." The negroes are in-sisting that color should make no differ-ence in this case. The verdict is awaitedwith interest.

Chicago 'lnbuue Foamier Dead.CHICAGO, M.ny 6 —Janws Kelly, one of

(he founders of The Chicago Tribune anda pioneor of Chicago, died at the residenceof his daughter, Mr.-, Jamas O. Parker, inWicuetka, 111.

Who Sits in a Front .Seat—Tlie PresidentAttacked by Judge MoConnell and Ex-Representative Bryan — Only Twenty*Four Vnt<i» Against the White Metal—

l Money" Men Meet at a BauqueiLater—.Other Illinoi s Conventions*CHICAGO, May 6 —President Cleveland,

Senator John M. Palmer and PostmasteiWashington Hesing each received a"jacketing" at the hands of ex-Congress-man W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, at theDemocratic tree silver county convention,and as each official was pulled over thecoals the delegates signified their ap-proval by round after round of applause,Comptroller of the Currency Eckels waaalso the target of Bryan's arrows, and histhrusts were evidently regarded as centreshots by the delegates, as they yelled withdelight. When the postmaster came infor his turn the delegates jumped up intheir seats and made as much noise as600 or 700 men could. Hesing occupieda seat in the front row with the First warddelegation.

Radical Free Silver Platform.The convention adopted a 16 to 1 plat-

form out and out and elected delegates tothe Springfield convention. Ex-Judge S.P. MoConnell was made temporary chair-man. He said during his speech: "Thapresident of the United States, a man whowas elected by Democratic franchises, hasrepudiated the Democratic party. [Ap-plause and cries of "Right."] We repu-diate him. [Applause. ] Wo stand on theplatform of 1892. We are in favor of therestoration of silver as we declared then."[Applause.] He then scorohed SenatorPalmer for his attitude on the moneyquestion and was wildly cheered at theconclusion of his remarks.

Bryan Utters a Protest.Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan, of Ne-

braska, came next. He said in part: "Weare not here to denounce the president oithe United States. We are not here be-cause we love him less, but because welove our countrymen more. [Loud ap-plause ] We are not here to say anythingagainst the right of individual opinion,either in the chief executive or in thehumblest citizen; but we are here to pro-test against the language used in the let-ter written by Grover Cleveland, pub-lished in this morning's papers. * *This is the first official declaration, myfriends, that to hold office under this ad-ministration—which forbade Democratsfrom interfering in politics to defeat Re-publioans—it is the first announcementthat Democratic officebolding depends onwillingness to fight Democrats when theyoould not light Republicans." [Ap-plause.]

Says Palmer Is "Out of Date."He then paid his respects to Senator

Palmer, declaring that his power as aleader had gone and that he has no fol-lowing among Democrats. The platformdeclaring in favor of silver at 16 to 1 wasthen read and adopted, twenty-four votesbeing cast against it. The letter referredto by Bryan was one written by the presi-dent to Governor Stone, of Mississippi,and the passage Bryan took exoeptions totarn referring to Brecidentlal appointees:

What 1h« President Wrote.' "Whether these appointees to placesshall in speech and action behave decent-ly toward the administration under whichthey hold office must remain, to a greatextent, a manor of taste and good breed-ing. There are, however, some officialswho devote themselves so industriously tovilification and abuse of those underwhom they ho/d office as to indicate thattheir fidelity cannot be trusted for theperformance of their duties in a mannercreditable to the admidistration, and whoapparently assume they may spend thetime they owe to the publio service in do-ing political mischief In the interests ofgood government such officeholders mustnot be surprised if they are summarilydealt with."

WAUBANSEE GLDB BANQUET.

t heSpeeches Mnde in Opposition toCounty Convention's stand.

Three hundred Democrats were presentat the banquet of the Waubansee club,when the monetary question was dis-cussed from the "sound money" stand-point. President Vincent, in his openingremarks, declared flatly against free sil-ver and was greeted with loud applauseas he did so. Senator John M. Palmermade an exempore speech on "Democracyand Money," and got back in vigorousfashion at the free-silver Democrats whodenounced him and his attitude on themoney question at the county convention.

Profossor J. L. Laughlin, of ChioagoUnivorsicy, followed with a talk on "Sil-ver and Prices." Richard W. Knott, pro-prietor of the Louisville Evening Post,spoke at some length on 'Currency andCommerce." Sigmund Zoisler, of Chi-cago, closed the list of speakers with an iaddress on "Honesty and Currency."Much enthusiasm was manifested at thebanquet, and every remark against freesilver was greeted with applause.

the free aiicl unTuuiced coinage of silver ata ratio of 16-to-l.

TWO JAILBIRDS SHOT DEAD.

An Attempt to Escape Winds Up TheirCareer—Officer B»dly Wounded.

WOODWARD, O. T., May 6.—PrisonersHill , Waddell and Haffen, confined in thajail here, secured a gun and forced theguard to open the cage. They then armedthemselves with Winchesters in the cellhouse and startod for the hills. SheriffOden immediately summoned a numberof deputies and gave chase. Within amile from town the trio were overtaken.They were afoot while their pursuers werewell mounted, and escape was impossible.A demand to surrender, however, wasanswered with a volley from the con-victs, who had taken refuge behind alaree rock. This was the signal for gen-eral firing, which was kept up sharply byboth sides for fully half an hour.

Officer B, n Wolfert received a bulletthrough the left arm and Officer Prior'shorse was shot from under him. So soonas Prior's animal fell tho offi«or8 scat-tered, and surrounding the rock, pouredshot alter shot into the convicts. At thefirst volley, which was given in concert,Hil l and Hnffon were made to bite thedust. The firing was kept up and soonWaddell; who had lain flat on the groundand succeeded in escaping the bullets,gladly surrendered. Officer Wolfert'sarm had to be amputated, but he willprobably recover.

WILL PAY UNDER PROTEST.

Prominent Democrats to Confer.WASHINGTON, May 6 —It is stated thai

there is to be a conference in New Yorkof prominent Democratic leaders regard-ing the silver question. In this confer-ence wil l be Senator Gorman, ex-SpeakerCrisp; ex-Senator Walsh, of Georgia, andDon M. Dickinson.

Counties Declare for Free Silver.TOLKDO, Ills., May 6.—The mass con-

vention of the Dumoorats of Cumberlandcounty was held in this city and resultedin the seleotion of five delegates to theSpringfield monetary convention instruct-ed to vote for the free and unlimited coin-age of silver at a ratio of If! to 1.

CARMI, Ills., May 6.—A mass conven-tion of the Demooracy of White countyassembled in this city. The proceedingswore enthusiastic and harmonious. Reso-lutions favoring the free coinage of sUve1*at a ratio of 16-to-l were passed and thedelegates to the state convention were in-structed to support free coinage of silver.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills., May 6.—The San-gamon county Democratic committee setMay !>1 as the date for the convention toname delegates to tho state convention.The committee is unanimously in favorof free silver. The Richlaud county com-mittee set May 25 »s the date for the con-vention, which wil l be for frea silver.

ST. LOUIS, May 6.— Specials to The Re-public from various oities in Illinoi s tellof the election at county conventions ofdelegates to attend the state Demooratloconvention called to meet in Springfieldnext June. Conventions which were heldat Carrollton, Calhoun county; Paris,Egdar county, and McLennsboro, Hamil-ton county, adopted resolutions favorinir

Nicaragua Agrees to the Modified Ulti-miituin—Uncle sam's Influence*

MANAGUA , May <j —The city of Corintowas evacuated by British troops yester-day morning, and the Nicaraguan flagnow flies in its accustomed place in theport.

MANAGUA , Nicaragua, May 6.—Nica-ragua has authorized Senor ChrisantoMedina, the Salvadorian minister at Lon-don and Paris, acting Nicaraguan minis-ter in London, to accept the modified ulti-matum of Great Britain. This modifiedultimatum, it is understood here, was se-cured by the influence and through theintercession of the United States. SenorMedina is also authorized by the govern-ment of Nicaragua to pay the £15,500 inLondon, under protest, within five daysafter the departure o? the British squad-ron from Corinto. It is understood herethat the other items in the original ulti-matum of Great Britain wil l all be settledby arbitration.

Thnyer's Lett.r Much Dlscuusaed.CHICAGO, May 6.—The letter of Com-

nianiier J. S. Thayer. of the departmentof Massachusetts, recently Issued to theposts under his command, referring to thededication of the Confederate monumentat Oakwoods on Decoration Day, is caus-ing considerable comment and not a littl eexcitement in Grand Army circles in thisOity. There is a great difference of opin-ion in regard to the matter, and the waris being fought over again most vigor-ously.

" Is Not a Good Word.BRINKXKV , Ark., May 6—Mrs. Ida Carr

and her lb-year-old daughter, living ona small farm near this city, were assaultedat the point of revolvers by two unknownnegroes. There is considerable excite-ment and the probability of a 1/noiiiag ifthe negroes are oaugul.