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13 i THE WEEKLY PANTAGRAPH AUGUST 31 1900 5 Lace Curtains Nottingham Rewtirnmnee Irish Point Bruasol Not The Isrcesl utockver shown to select from Lead tag Dry Goods Retailer Raffled Curtains Made with full rcfitaH Trimmed In nil kinds of lies and inserting Bedspread to mnteh the belter grades Early Display Correct all Dress abrics Our reputation for always showing the correct style dress goods Is too well known to need further com ment Realizing the fact that this season the people will depend upon us more than ever we have personally scoured the style centers of New York and have purchased a stock of dress goods which will afford the greatest range of styles and colorings ever shown In Central Illinois AU the new weaves both In black and colors are dis played at prices as usual with us the lowest consistent with the quality shown A few of our many goods things are 54 Inch Venetian 5O lnch Pebble Cheviots 54 lnch Broadcloth 50 lnch Royal Venetians 56 lnch Homespuns 54 lnch Herringbone Cheviots 54 lnch Hair 54 lnch English Coverts 46 lach Poplin 46 lnch Prunella 54 lnch Pebble Cheviots 50 lnch Satin Prunneilas' 50 Jnch Granite 54 lnch Zyballpes 54 lnch Covert Venetian 54 lnch English Chevtots At $100 At $125 At $150 At $2 00 A complete line of all the new weaves also shown from 28c and upwards The new Parisian novell les Including the silk matlase and chenille dots from $3 OO to $400 Taffeta Silks There Is no doubt but that this will be the greatest taffeta elk season ever known We have prepared for It and can show you this popular silk In aU qualities We will continue for this week those wonderful offer that wo made last week REMEMBER Wo Airtt our guarantee 22 Inch Guaranteed Black Taffeta 98c 36 Inch Black Taffeta 98c 22 lnch Guaranteed Black Taffeta $123 27 Inch Guaranteed Black Taffeta $150 24 lnch Guaranteed Colored Taffeta $100 36 Inch Heavy Black Taffeta $150 27 tnch Black Taffeta 98c 19 toch Black Taffeta 69c The Latest Ideas in ancy Silks are Now Being Shown Sort th Side Square South Side Sqnar Proper Millinery Whenever there Is any thing new in the line of Walking Hats we show it at once See the nobby line we are showing trimmed in the correct East ern ashion Rtixetnbtr if your hat comes from A Livingston Sons you know the style is correct New all Suits The advance styles of new all suits skirts and golf skirts are now being displayed We are going to make a special effort this all to still I further increase the rep utation we already have of having the most up to date ready to wear de I partment In the city I 'J JIUKDEB AND MOB Girl at Gilman Dies rom a Criminal Two Killed and Two atally Wounded Gilmnu Aug 27 (Special) Two men are dead and two mortally wounded as a result of the resistance to arrest of Dr Mie Charlotte Wright on a charge of com mitting a criminal operation on the per son of Dessle Salter a girl sixteen years old of Leonard AUTOPSY HELD Sunday afternoon a corner's jury was empanelled to inquire into the cause of the death of Miss Salter The body was exhumed and an autopsy held The coro ner soon became convinced that enough testimony had been received to hold Mrs Wright for abortion WARRANT ISSUED A warrant was Issued by Police Magis trate Irelau and a constable with several deputies went to the lying in hos pital of Mrs Wright serve it MOB OLLOWS After demanding an entrance and re ceiving no response the othogrs kicked in the door and entered DEPUTY IS SHOT An inner door was opened slightly and a muzzle of a shotgun thrust out by some in mate of the house and a charge of buck shot emptied into the abdomen of Mike Ryan i RYAN DIES Ryan daggered out and was dead In 15 minutes The moo then went after their guns and tn a short time returned nrmod MORE DEPUTIES SWORN A large number were sworn in by Mayor Thompson as deputies to guard the house IRED THE HOUSE Repeated efforts were then made to set fire to the house and about 2:30 a they succeeded Mr OCCUPANTS SMOKED OUT When the flames and smoke became un bearable Mrs Wright and the man who lives with her by the name of John Meyers sneaked out into the dense shrubbery and underbrush that surrounds the house and Meyers fired and mortally wounded George Wlllougby and Peter Haner MYERS IS RIDDLED When it was nearly daylight Meyers was discovered coming out of a large ditch and the mob riddled him with bullets ANOTHER WOUNDED He fired wounding the brother of Mike Ryan slightly MRS WRIGHT OUND Mrs Wright was found near the house lying on a brush heap and she begged for her life THE WOMAN She had received a shot in the shoulder She was removed to the city hall about 5:30 this morning' THE MOB AGAIN The mob made another demonstration around the city ball trying to break the door down and mashing In the windows' Two shots were fired at Mrs Wright as she lay on a stretcher in the city hall but without hitting her HELD" WITHOUT BAIL The Inquest over the body of IVssie Salter completed Its Investigation this morning and held Mrs Wright to the 'grand jury without bail PRISONER REMOVED At noon today she was quietly put on a south bound train and taken to Paxton The jury Is still investigating the Salter case VERDICTS In the Meyer case the jury rendered a verdict that be came to his dekth at the hands of parties unknown Ibey lound that Mike Ryan came to bls death by a gueshot wound given by some Inmate of the Wright hospital ACCESSORIES The parents of the dead girl and Charles Grob of Leonard who took the girl to Madam Wright's may be held as acces sories i I PECULIAR WOMAN Mrs Wright was a very peculiar woman She owned two or more pieces of property In Gilman but would never keep them in neat or even respectable condition letting the shrubs sprouts and weeds grow un chetked and all manner of rubbish to ac cumulate The city authorities have had to clean up her vacant lot In North Gil nion to auc It conform to the ordinance TELL NEIGHBORS She was regarded as strange in her mental make up and manner It Is re lated tint vht her husband died voars sgo she preparedths body for burial herself before the citizen wee apprise! nt Ins death Although such a strange character she has had a certain amount of practice as a doctor DEEADED WOMAN Urn IVrig ht Boasted She Knew Too Many Secrets to Bo Troaectited Oilman III Aug Mrs Wright has made but feir statemeute since her arrest and nothing that ran be used that will throw much light upon her meth ods She said that the girls from Onarga who were in the hospital were sent away on riday night when the death of the Salter girit occurred and before the body was hauled to Leonard Saturday morning AN OL DRESIDENT She has been a rssidert of Gilman for the past twenty years and has been a Muroe of fear to the eiUsens MADE OPEN BOAST Her open boast has been that sbe would never be taken alive and that no prose cution would ever be made against her because of too many prominent people in Gilman and the county who had employed her AN OLD RESIDENT It has been sb epen eecrel that she con ducted a lying in hospital tor young girls who had been indlocrvet sod for married people She Is suspected of bavin eem nil tied the murder of her husband Aaron Wright11 or seven years ago i LAID OUT THE OOmi No one saw him die and she laid out the corpse herself without the of aa gudsrtaker LIVED WITH DESPERADO Since her huebend died she baa been living with a desperado by the Dame of John Meyer a former blacksmith rf Cres cent City who was seldom two by Gil man people as he sever ventured ahnad cucept at night A CRACK SHOT He was a powerfully built man aad a crack shot when he weed to attend thebootimr matches In the country Un or fifteen years ago Ha was at one time a member of the village board of Crescent City and good bUckxnjHh Bad respected an a ctUaew MR AND MR SALTER The feeling sgslnst the parents of the dMd gfri Mr end Mrs Clarence Salter is most Intern In GUomul and in brf tmh loony tbU aftenwos before the coroner jury Mrs Salter that Jobs Thors ton travettam man ot St Louis who was for ararty employed msnss the arm ekratnr st Leonard la the authur of Mar daughter fain THE MOTHER KNEW Ehe said ksow that dsurhtw wta MagtoMadam WflgM's Sor tbe purpew of au cpenutaUt that Mrs Wrtgbl mid she had had many cases of that kind and was successful and fhst the price to be paid wub $40 also that Mrs Wright said mat Dossie Salter had paid her the money HESITATING WITNESS She said sbe did not know where' the money came from and she was very hesi tating in her answers to the attor questions and frequently contra dicted herself THE MAN TESTIIES Charles Grob testified that he had kept company with Dessle Salter had fre quently taken her buggy riding had gone to Mrs house a few times at night and told her he had a patient for her He said Mrs Wright would not re ceive the Salter girl unless the request came by mail REMOVED THE BODY He said he did not know what the Salter girl was going to Mrs to be treated for said he had taken Miss Salter to Mrs in a buggy a week ago last Thursday night that be in company with Ray Salter a brother of the dead girl and Guy Humphrey an uncle of the deceased had gone in a wagon riday morning before daylight and hauled the body to Leonard BURIED IN BOX She had nothing but a blanket around her and did not have a coffin said he helped make a rough box in which she was buried DIED RHEUMATISM He said he supposed that the reason her parents did not get a coffin to bury her in was because the body was much swollen and in a very advanced state of decomposition He said that Mrs Wright had told him that the girl had' died of rheumatism of the heart A BOY Grob is a boy living a mile south of Leonard and is of respectable parents He seemed to be a very unwill ing witness answering questions guard edly The people of Gilman are sleeping tonight with a greater degree of security than they have for many years with the sure knowledge that this desperate place has been wiped out of existence Although it has cost dear In human life BEST CITIZENS SERVED The best citizens served on the consta posse and assisted in setting fire to the building by which Mrs Wright and her outlaw companion were smoked out like rats from a hole A GOOD WORK The desperado Myers met death by re sisting an officer and his principal Mrs Wright languishes behind the bars and the citizens feel that it was a good work A SMALL INSURRECTION The scene at the house last night when volley after volley of shots were ex changed by the armed citizens on the one hand and Myers and the Wright woman in the house and afterwards in the bushes resembled a small insurrection TEMPORARY HOSPITAL A temporary hospital was made of the residence of red Broadbent and the vic tims were carried from the scene of the conflict where they were treated by the surgeons KNOWN AT MELVIN The Salter family are well known at Melvin where they formerly resided and nave always oorne a gooa name REVOLUTION EELING The fact that they did not give the girl a Christian burial and kept her in an old stable before 'burial has caused a revolu tion of feelings toward them The girl was interred in one old blanket and a piece of old carpet and wearing only her underclothes The autopsy revealed that the uterus had been entirely removed probably to prevent detection by Mrs Wright IS DEAD Ulman Doctor I'xpirrt In Watseka Jail rom Her Wounds Gilman HL Aug Dr Mrs Charlotte Wright who was wounded in the shoulder while resisting arrestdied in the Watseka jail at 5 this evening shortly after her arm had been amputated She did not make any statement? bear ing on the ewe before she died Coroner Barnum with several witnesses from Gilman have gone to Watseka to hold an Inquest over her body DEEDED TO SON She made a deed of her property before she died bequeathing It to her only sou Who Jives in California It consists of four lots In the city of Gilman and forty acres of land near Donavon this county BROTHER WILL PROSECUTE She has a brother living at Albion HL who Is well fixed and has declared bls intention of having the parents of Dessle Salter prosecuted and also who were connected with sending the girl to Madam hospital The body of Mrs Wright will bo brought to the Gilman cemetery tomor row for iutsrment where she has cue of the most beautiful lots In the cemetery Her husband and one child are buried in the lot MYERS' UNERAL The funeral ot John Myers the des perado wbo was killed Sunday night was held this afternoon' at Crescent City' where his abandoned wife had him taken yesterday THE WRONGED WIE When sbe came to claim the body she wept bitterly over him and said he bad always been a kind husband to her before ba had been enticed by Mrs Wright The story of strange infatuation for tbe Wright woman dates back abouteven years when she was called to Crescent City to treat him for rheuma tism This was some time before Mrs husband died ONE ATAL DAY Mrs Wright after making a few visits to the Myers home told Mrs Myers that aha could treat her busband much better If he would come to her bouwe in Gil man and one fatal day went and never returned In about a year Mrs husband died very mysterioualy and Myers lived on at tbe Wright castle WOUNDED BETTER The condition of the two wopnded dep uties George Wlllughby and Patrr Hauer Is more ettoouraging tonight and they have a fightlhg chance for their Uvea CURIOUS CROWDS Crowds of curious vUiton bare viewed the ruins of tbe castle and surroundings today aad some digging has been done for human bones but the wort has not pioyrsseed very rsqMdly and the only thing found so far was a box of sauUl b0M and skulls that resamMod those ofmm small wtM animals THE ONLY REGRET The only thing GUman cittraus seem to regret today is that fnaoesot lives had to be sacrificed tn order to clean up this ufecsr oa tbe nama ANOTHER UNERAL Ths funeral of Mike Ryan tbs deputy who was killed was held today from ths Catholic church conducted by ather Kelly and was one of the largest ever sera is Oilman Hla brother Lawrence who received a firsh wound from revolver was not able to attend tbe funeraL but be to not thought io be is danter WORK OR THE GRAND JURY Tbe leellog to growing that ths parents the deed gtrijart yooss Charley Grob who took her to Madam should bo lavesugatud by lbs grand jury The parents of ths girl are members of the Metbedtot church and have always been 'omsidsred respectable although people of humMe sUsdhig Mrs Salter was the daughter of Mr Hunt of Mei ria where they resided be ton coming to Gilman They moved to LeoaaM years ago ltors ho to a engineer for the armers' Elevator com SALTERS ARE ABSENT The rumor became current today that the Salters had fled the country last night but there is nothing to be heard at th's hour except the fact that they were absent from home today ITZ WuT lUE IG JIT Lanky Bob Knocks Hbarkey out in tlin Secund ICuund New York Aug1 Whipped Into In sensibility in less than two rounds is the story in brief of Tom meet ing with Bob itzsimmons at the Coney Island Athletic club tonight The result of battle has proved that itz simmons is still a great fighter and able to beat the beet of the heavy weights He has beaten Corbett Ruhlin and Shar key itzsimmons was the decided favor ite iq betting owing to his showing with Ruhlin a' short time ago IRST ROUND Sharkey rushed and swung a left for the body but itzaiinmons jumped out of reach Sharkey rushed again but itz simmons jumped away: Sharkey rushed again but itz met him wih a heavy right on the body Sharkey missed a right swing itzsimmons easily stepped out of reach Sharkey swung his left but itz got away and the blow landed on his back itz tried his right and left fey the head but the sailer ducked and then itz landed a left hook on the neck Sharkey swung wlndly for the head but itz ducked and sent his right to jaw Sharkey clinched Sharkey swung his left for the head but itz blocked It Sharkey rushed wlndly landing a left on the shoulder itz sent his left and right to the face Then Sharkey rushed again swinging his left to shoulder and itzsimmons went down to the floor Sharkey falling over mm witn D18 rusn ine oeii rang wlin itz on the floor find the referee rushed between them SECOND ROUND Sharkey rushed to close quarters swing ing his left and right without landing itzsimmons rushed sending his right to body and left to neck Both swung wildly with rights and lefts and itzsimmons stepped in with his right to body and left to head Sharkey was wild but itz sent him to the floor with a succession of rights and lefts on the face Sharkey took the count and got up grog gy and staggered back to the ropes itz went after him and hooked a left to the Jaw Then he eent a right and left to the head Sharkey was unable to pro tect himself and then itz sent a hard right to the body and hooked a left to the jaw and as Sharkey was staggering be hooked a left to the Jaw sending Sharkey down a second time Sharkey struggled to regain his feet but fell over on his hands and feet He struggled gamely attempting to get up but the right on the body and left on the jaw had done their work Sharkey was counted out by the referee who declared itzsimmons the winner AN AWUL EXPERIENCE Mrs Hewitt Spends the Whiter Alone la loats 750 Mlles on a Raft Tacoma Wash Aug Mrs Hewitt wife of Dr Hewitt one of well known physicians has had an exciting trip In the Alaskian wilds Alone she floated down the Koyukuk river a distance of 750 miles Two years ago she left Chicago to join her husband who had gone to Nome At Dawson she met Dr Crothers Of Pltts (burg a friend "of her husband and with min arranged io go clown me river on the Ice When they reached ort Hamlin they heard of rich placer strikes at the head ot the Koyukuk and went there While out with dog teams Mrs Hewitt lost her way and spent the winter alone in a cabin She shot moose and livel on meat When the ice broke up she maa ctr(L fllthoucli wnm to a Rketatnn tn make a raft With a stock of moose I'friAA nfsirltwl Hnwn tKo rlvo nn Ka 750 mIle trip Once the raft hit a sand bar and she was thrown into the water After twenty six days she reached the Yukon river When she was picked up I by a steamer which sighted her on ths day after she reached Yukon she faint ed Late Nome advices say the brave wo man may yet succumb to the hardships she endured MASTERLY RIDING Secretary Whitney' Colt Takes uturity Stakes at New York New York Aug After a journey of 3000 miles to ride ex Secretary of tba Navy William colt Bally hoo Bey Tod Sloan succeeded In sending ms mourn nrsi past me wire in me ncn uturity stakes at Sheepshead Bay yes terday and gathered in 33830 for his em ployer The favorite Olympian was sec ond and Tommy Atkins from the same stable landed In third place with the ocher trailing Ballyhoo' Dey for whom Whitney paid 112000 as a yearling was the hero of the day Sloan and bls fleet mount got a great ovation and the lucky winners pushed wildly into tha ring with cash The summary: uturity course: Ballyhoo Bey 112 (T Sloan) 11 to 5 won Olympia 112 (Henry) 7 to 10 and out second Tommy Atkins 129 7 to 10 and outi third Time Sweet Lavender Elkhorn Blues Al Green Cap and Belle Golden Age Belblno Tower of Candles and Lady of the Valley finished as named BONirpIIUjlilGOOO New Bids Save Big Money for the City of Springfield Springfield III Aug At a meelng of the city council last night the recently Issued refunding bonds of ths city were sold at auction and netted 30 a premium of over 16000 A few weeks ago the same bonds were sold through blds sub mitted to the mayor and oomptroller for a premium of only 1450 Tbe Democrats of the council charged fraud and collusion which made so much stir that the Repub lican members decided to set aside the contract made by the city and readveHlss ter blds The action ot the Democratic minority saved tbe city over 3X5000 STEVENSON ENDORSED People's Party CmnmUtee Accepts Resignation aud Name Bloumiugtontaa Chicago Aug At meeting ot ths party national committee today the declination of Charles A Towne as vice presidential noftilDee of the party was accepted and the name of A dial Stevenoi pwt in his place This fa the rwui aner a was aeaaia ocsla Bia at i ani ending at :8 BacBalMra far MeKlate Charlaaum UL Aug Thrw tlut toa tonblp fanner bnnaght la thirteen ngtm load ot hog ynterday tor which (her reealrad owe IL W9 Thia haa al wan been a Democratic rrooghoid but then farmer aa they can wtaad thia kind proaperltf Brat rta and wlU vta tor McKinley thia fa)L riVB DKMOCRAT9 OR WKINLET Pua III Aug Buahrod Wilcox a wealthy German farmer and a Democrat jattrdajr expreeaed bi Intention eat ing the whole RepabUcaa ticket thia tall Mr Wilcox ha ftrnr ana who han never voted anyihlng but th Demamtic ticket aad be ear they will aU vote for Mc Kinley CATTLE BHIPER OR KIXLKY Mewcacaa Ill Aug William Do enoek a proaioeat fanner aad eaule chipper ot ralnietan Cbrlatlan ebesty ha reoeuaeed the Denwcnulc pirty end anmc ont boldly ter McKinley He wiu take tbe ataop for the RepuUlcu ticket GREAT JIB MY Veterans Will Never Have Another Parade Equal to Tuesday PATRIOTIC AND PATHETIC Never to Be org ottrn Scenes Are Enacted in ront of the lie viewing Stand Chicago Aug 28 Along streets filled with a cheering multitude past towering buildings gay with the glow of stars and stripes through arches of honor beneath suspended banners and swinging portraits wof illustrious leaders 35000 members of tho Grand Army of the Republic marched today It was their greatest parade since that day In 1865 when ranks fresh from the triumphs of war they marched down Pennsylvania avenue In Washington with their faces turned toward home It was probably the last of the great parades upon which the members of the Grand Army will march on earth The average age of the veterans close upon the ave rage span of human life its ranks are thinning fast and its membership Is rap idly decreasing COOL BREEZE I The weather was all that could be de sired a cool breeze off Lake Michigan tempering the rays of the sun making the march of the old veterans endurable and pleasant Soldiers from every state in the union were in line and through out the line of parade 7000 posts had representations The parade which start ed at Randolph street and Michigan ave nue was about five hours passing a given point The line of march was short and from the start to tbe court of honor where it disbanded after passing in review be fore Commander in Chief Shaw it com passed twenty seven squares THE NOTABLES In the rrand stand erected down the slope of the Lake ront park near the Logan monument were gathered scores of officers who had won fame In the civil war and diplomats In the center box of the reviewing stand were Lieut Gen Nelson A Mlles representing President McKinley Commander in Chief Shaw Gen Joseph Wheeler Gen Dan iel Sickles Mayor Harrison of Chi cago and Harper To their left were Acting Governor Warder Speaker David Henderson of the house of represen tatives Bishop allows and Senator Shel by Cullom To their right Spanish Minister Duke with a party of friends stood as interesting spectators CHEER THE EAGLE The first cheers from the reviewing stand were given to the famous old War Eagle of the Wisconsin troop the stuffed figure of which borne aloft by brawny buckskin dressed veterans was heartily greeted ythe crowds and sa luted by Gon Miles and others In the box GAVE COLLEGE YELL The post escorting was close ly followed by the Lucius airchild Post which starteled the crowds by stopping In front of Gen Miles and Commander Shaw and giving the familiar of the University of Wisconsin It was some what cracked and feeble but it showed the undlminlshed spirit that madd the Iron Brlwade famous CHEER THE RAGGED BANNERS A few moments later the George Meade Post No 1 of Pennsylvania filed by Borne aloft by twenty tour silver haired veterans were as many battleflags scarred and torn by bullets and close be hind them tea equally ragged corps flags Everywhere the ragged honors were greeted with cheers IOWA DEMONSTRATES One of the moat striking features of the parade was the appearance of the Iowa veterans thousands innumerable beaded by the A band of Cedar alls Speaker Henderson received an ovation from them He was recognised as tbe veterans from tbe Hawkeye state reached the stand and the band stonnina in front of the box ceased their ploying and rais ed their voices in song the chorus of which was thundered out by a thousand or more veterans follows: from the wild rose state rom Iowa Iowa Just across the Mississippi river Iowa Iowa And we re just the Speaker Henderson laughingly acknowl edged the salutes Thon the veterans rais ed their voices in something a little dif ferent whin with the unanimity and en thusiasm of the foot ball crowd they howled the following: hurrah crn and hay We're the boys from Iowa irst In war first in peace irst In the hands of the city PICTURESQUE EATURES Even Duke joined In the laugh ter that greeted these Picturesque natures were supplied by the Louisiana veterans who carried a piece ot sugar cane topped with great bunches of cotton by the veterans of North Da kota carrying email sheaves of wheat off tbdr prairies into which was stuck small flags and by the South Dakota posts each man canylng an enormous ear of corn mounted on a staff Commander in Chief Shaw remained standing until ztbe last veteran has filed by NEVER ANOTHER never have another parade he said turning to Bishop allows comrades are getting old The years are pressing them closely But this one will live In our Ths evening was given entirely to af fairs of a social character the chief event being an Informal reception ip Commander In Chief Shaw department commanders and distinguished guests at Memorial hail EVENING RECEPTION It was largely attended by thousands of eld soldiers coming to greet the high nf ih1r nrranfMtloH i In twMty lx dtrm plc la tbe down town dltrlci tension at ute were beld Thl twture tad ner bra nttempted before nd tonlfbt' axpert tnenl proved great me ledlre ot (he ad tb ladle of the A aloe takd rmpUMn dur ttg th evening NAVAL PARADE A AILURE Chleaso RntCTtala SMOO0 ISalhwlMtle aad atrtotto VWtor Chicago Aug Tbe tblrtr frth nnannl eaeampinent of the Greed Atony it th Republic which vu formally opo Utt aigbt by a Btonrter meeting Ibe CollMHim wm la full blut today aad la all reepert promise to be tta great Mt and onot tucceatf! eauinpmea tbe amy held All tat nlgbt tad aU day to dy train after train loaded down with veteran and their Men da railed lato tbe variooa depou la the cUy aad by moist it wae eaUauud br th rail road otacUi that tutly aid aoMiema tad arrived aad MMt other exourxtoo lata wlih'tLta It ia there wiu AN IDEAL DAT v1 The drrt day of th eacaepnent wm bai of taaaty tad la akttbod ooa TELEGRAPHIC LASHES Gov Tanner and family arrived nt Glenwood Springs Col riday after a ten hunt on the White fiver thia evening in the Auditorium of the 4 of Reno Nev came across a remarkable' specimen of fossil which is supposed to bo the body of an Indian The specimen has been purchased by a Boston Mass junk dealer A number of scientists have viewed the stone figure are making! a careful examination of It A terrific storm raged at Nome Alas ka August 7 wrecking many vessels anf drowning a large number of people Out of slxty elght launches only five remained afloat and of 73 barges but seven are rid ing the sea About thirty dead bodies havo been washed ashore Ulrich Hippen an aged and respected citizen of Pekin celebrated hla 92nd birth day anniversary Monday small cyclone occurred at Sedalia Mo Monday Three brick buildings were blown down There was a terrific fail of rain firo started at the village of Trllla nine miles southeast of Mattooon Satur day almost swept the business district The loss Is estimated at about 315000 A high diving feat was accomplished Saturday by Charies Blgney aged 17 years of Boston Mass He dived from the tower of a coal landing a distance of 130 feet nearly twenty years a man turns up at ort Worth Tex aserting that Jesse James was not killed but was now running a grocery store twenty miles from Trinidad CoL Pingree of denied that he has deserted the Republican party when he was shown the press dispatch which recited that Chairman Jones of the Na tional Democratic committee had said that the Governor bo" for Bryan Robert itzsimmons Monday night in New York announced his retirement from the pugilistic ring He made an ineffect ual attempt to get on a match for the heavy weight championship with James Jeffries nearly two weeks the 2000 resi dents of Council City according to Nome advices have fought a fierce fight against a fire which threatened the whole town and for eight days worked like beavers felling trees and dousing gallons of water on the fire Crivello aged gave a swim ming exhibition riday night In Alton 111 He climbed into a high tower and dived head first into the water showed some new tricks in swimming treading water float ing erect and at full length surprising men much younger Bullock aged 13 years living near Gentryville Spencer County Ind saved the lives of her brother aged 3 and her sister aged by' rescuing them from a wolf riday The little girl seized the animal by the throat and threw It from tbe porch Later it was killed by neighbors speeches by soldiers and statesmen and patriotic music made mem orable the annual meeting ot tbe CookL County Sons of Veterans which was held in Chicago Monday night Commander In Chief A Shaw of tbe A deliv ered the principal speech of the evening reached San rancisco from Sydney by the steamer Mariposa of an outbreak of latent savagery in two aborig inal blacks who had lived for years in close association with whites and it re sulted In the slaughter of six women and children in one place and five persons In another John Vogle aged 40 a saloon keeper of New Albany Ind died Saturday under peculiar circumstances He ncrRonnllv Dfcpoiritlon of His tjUflOOO to a liuiuo for Aged and Inliriu New York Aug The will of the lats Huntington was made public today He gives a million In trust for Princess Hatzfelt during her life the principal to go to her issue at her death halt a million is given In trust for the benefit ot Mrs Huntington his widow for life afterwards for the benefit of Archer Huntington for life two thirds of the Southern Pacific railway stock is to be given to Mrs Huntington and one third to Henry Edwards Huntington on the condition that no part thereof shall be sold during the lifetime of either except with the consent of both The ifty seventh street and ifth avenue residence thin together witth ail articles there in are given to Mrs Huntington for life afterwards to be given to Arthur Huntington Two hundred and seventy thousand dol lars are given in trust for the benefit of Harriet Huntington Elizabeth Purdy Susan Porter and Allen Bates in portions of 50000 each and ISUtHM) for the benefit of Eleanor Loveland and rank IJardee Various other specific bequests are made Mrs Huntington Charles 11 Tweed and Isaac Gales brother in law are made executors All of Hunt pictures are given to Mrs Hunt ington for life afterwards they go tto Archer Huntington for life and at his deuth to the Metropolitan Museum Art of New York city absolutely Twe hundred and fifty thousand dollars are given in trust for Archer Hunt ington the capital at his deuth be paid to bis issue One thousand dollars are given to the Hampton (Va) Normal Agricultural In stitute and $25000 to Chapin Home for the Aged and Infirm of New York Tho will Is In thirty throe articles dated March 13 1897 The only public bequests mode are to the Hampton Institute Virginia $100000 as a part of the permanent fund of the Institution to the Chapin home for the aged and Infirm city of New York $25000 ae a past permanent fund to the Metro pollUin museum all his pictures after ths death of his wldow and adopted son Archer to whom theft successively go for life and contingently to Yale collego the 57th street residence and fixtures In nil $2465000 in cash bequests given be sides real estate securities paintings and other articles Tbe absence of any statement of secur ity holdings makes It difficult to estimate the value of the estate Tbe will de clares that all bequests made to Princess Hartzfeldt and other married women are for their solo use and not liable for tbe debts of tbelr husbands Capt McAllister Dead Joliet Ill Aug Captain McAllis ter head of the famous McAllister battery and prominent in tlm civil war is dead the result of a paralytic stroke aged 70 years Mr McAllister was one of the best known veterans in northern Illinois WILL To Kill AU Doga Decatur Aug 24 In order to prevent live stock and persons from dying of rab ies Dr Swain has advised tht every dag in Harristown and Illini townships be killed This means the slaughter of 199 dogs Swain considers the situation dangerous in thementloned townships in view of the fact that during the past few weeks cattle hnve been dying of rabies Tbe cows which died in Harristown were in the pasture and it Is known that they were bitten by a mad dog Giant Negro Girl Dead Quincy Ill Aug Callie Williams a colored girl aged 12 years who bad gained notoriety by weighing 284 pounds died at her home near Taylor Mo a few miles west ot Quincy last night Shirt Waists for Police Tampa la Aug The city council of Tampa has passed a resolution instruct ing tbe mayor to have pollcenum uni formed lu shirt waists and straw bats The men are greatly pleased al the pro posed change but citizens look at it as kance causes night John Bobb aged 92 and bis wife gged 85 were horribly murdered in their home near reeporU 111 All the money possessed by the old couple wae missing and suspicion points to a tramp who has been hanging around the prem ises If he Is captured he will no doubt be lynched William Llvemiond of Middletownonn who advertised for a wife was a bit taken back when she arrived with five little ones but Monday led her to the altar She was Mrs Ida Hinton of Akron and she was surprised when be brought out seven children This was the third ven ture for both parties The war office at London received word Monday from Lord Roberts saying the Boers had been beaten bak by Bruce Hamilton at Winburg and Gin OlHvler captured with three of his song who have been the moving spirit among the Boers Buller estimates two killed and twenty wounded Roberts' eaauftltlH were very few Thousands of dollars' worth of dam age wag done in the vicinity of Rock ford 111 Saturday mornlug by a terrific rain storm The residence of William Blatter north' of Ilohoinb was struck by lightning and Mr Btader and wife killed in their bed Their 12 year old son wbo was sleeping with them was uninjured weeks ago two miners digging a shaft in Spring Gulch three miles north Chicago Uss lfWflatfl Chicago Aug A dispatch from the census bureau at Washington received today makes the population of thia city 1698515 The population in 1890 Vas 1 099860 Decatur lleslsns Decatur Aug Rev ather Morris Ilnrtnett who has beefi the assistant rector at St Catholic church has resigned and yesterday ha left for Germantown Pa whore he will enter the novitiate of the Vincentian athers for two study before becoming a full member of the order hiv nt'ci i ar circumstances no nersonn programme being called up undertaker rank Kraft and asked nim to come to his house ns he bad need of his services When the undertaker trast to the hot and humid weeks that have preeded it since the first of August The right of line was given to the men who sailed the seas during the civil war and all honors were theirs The army will come to its own tomorrow But one battle flag was carried by naval veterans It was the one that fluttered from the when arragut sailed into Mobile bay to gain his crowning vic tory1 It was borne by Seaman Woodruff of Rockford Ill Beside him marched ex Boatsawine Mate Lynn of Chicago who made the flag while serv ing on board the Winnebago NAVAL PARADE Late In the afternoon the feature of celebration the naval parade on Lake Michigan proved somewhat i of a disappointment tbe weathen conditions interfering sadly with the arrangements It was panned to have a large fleet the Chicago 'yacht club included in parade from the Lake ront park off Jackson boulevard to Lincoln park where the naval battle took place but the breeze of mornlnr died away and hardly a breath of air was stirring during the arternoon so this part of the programme was neces sarily abandoned' The revenue cutters however with their blue jacketed crews working the rapid fire guns ef the two vessels went through some beautiful maneuvering in a sham fight for thpsu The end of the naval fight off Lincoln Park closed the official programme of tbe encampment for the day but all over the city in various halls in ail hotels there were reunions of regiments almost without number gathering of comrades who had not met since the days of the war fraternal gatherings of all sorts and descriptions BRIGADE BANQUET One loading affair of the night was the banquet of the Iron Brigade which I was held at the club house of the Ath letic club at 6: 30The lists of speakers and toasts follows: Speaker Henderson Coun Julius Burrows United Statessenator from Miehlgau Responsi bilities of American Gov Ed ward Schofield of Wisconsin Record In Civil Gen Albert Shaw commanderln chief of the A Private Soldier of the Great Gov James A Mount of Indiana Birth of Our James landers Milwaukee of Good Charles Dawes comp troller of curr ncy theYoungor Generation Owes to the Iron Gen Edward Bragg of Wisconsin John Gibbon and ms Children the Iron lA poem was recited by James Whitcomb Riley Knight In the uniform of a member of the brigade sang an orig inal composition Song ot the Iron by Ernest McGaffuey PRISONERS MEET A meeting of the National association of ex prisoners of wpr was held in the Coliseum tonight which drew a large crowu au attractive i rendered An address of welcome was delivered by Mavor Harrison xi urn ills aoi i(to nuru IUC UHULlliiftd The naval veterans held a dog watch arrVPd Mr Vogle wn8 dlad natural Tnici ravravklua in A 4 ni 11 at tVii.