The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 27, 1896, Page 6

10R ARBITRATION. The Garmentmakers of Chicago Will- ing to Submit Their Grievances. ASPHYXIATED BY COAL GAS. Three Members of « Family Foand Uncon- scious from the Fumes of a Stove—A Planing Mill and Lumber Yards burned. . CHICAGO board of arbitr 1 will to- be cal good es in the sett g gar- | str been It was on. > has no use it until now. designed by the strial committee of the civie federation unanimous vote of This first x of the new law was ion of the fed Nicholay Cr oceasion to ind legislature. rht to the at- n last night ssents 1 bro who rep abor in the central co lL. Thesug- gestion was supported by Adolph Na- than, whois ameimber of one of the firms involved rht. President William T. the indus- trial section to meet at once and wire for the presence of the board. It will be the duty of each _ y to de by itsd 1 of six months, prov tset are willing to arbitrate, . 3 Atphyxiated by Coal Gas. CuicaGco, Feb. 21.—Three members of the Jacodi family were found uncon- scious yester¢ ntk farm Fumes from rooms and were in the f aker ordered sion for the pe ng both atthe mornin house near Niles Center. a coal stove filled the responsible for their condition. Aid was too late to save one life and another is despaired Just before reodi shut the base burner stove in was a good fire burning sumulating coal gas, instead of finding exit through the chimney poured into the room. It soon filled the entire house and caused the sleepers to succumb to its effects. Lumber Yards burned, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 21 Blake and Krausse planing m iumber yards on } the family reti lamper in the the front r The 1 and aurket street were The eight o'clock and ything consumable 000. destroyed by fire this morning. flames broke out at within an hour eve had gone up in smo LUCKY SAFr Kob «a tank of 83.500 and a Tr Towa Kansas City. LAawnkencr, Kan., Feb. 21.—The bank at McLouth, 12 miles north of here, in Jefferson county, was robbed last night. Two men entered and blew open the safe, securing 500 in cash. The men team from a Methodist minister and harness and carriage from ©. W. Graham = and started south. The Lawrence police notified and found two men at the depot who answered the descrip- tion. The men They left the team at and bought tickets for Otlicers are in pursuit. A NEGRO CONFERENCE. n stole a were got away. Lawrence Linwood. A Call Issued for a Meeting at Taskogee, Ala.,on March 5. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 21.—Prof. Booker T. Washington, president of the Indus- trial institute, Tuskogee, Ala., has is- sued a cali for the annual negro con- ference to meet at this place on March 5. The object of the first day’s confer- ence will be ‘to hear from the lips of representatives of the masses of the colored people themselves the facts as to their present industrial, educational and religious condition and to have suggestions from the colored people themselves as to the proper remedies for present evils.” Struck by a Train. LexinGTon, Ky., Feb. 21.—While at- tempting to cross the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad at Lobbs, 17 miles east of here, this afternoon, John and Rich- ard Steele, brothers, aged and 28 re- spectively, were hit by a westbound express and instantly killed. John’s head was crushed, and Richard’s back was broken. They were both farmers, and were perhaps the largest hemp growers in America. May Fxtend from Chicago to St. Louis. Sr. Louts, Feb. 21.—The Pennsyl- vania company wants a through line between Chicago and St. Louis over its own tracks. Since the turning over of the Vandalia system to the absolute control of the Pennsylvania, a few weeks ago, ofticers of the latter com- pany have tigured ona new route be- tween the two cities that will allow trains to run over the Pennsylvania's tracks the entire distance. Henry Acquitted. » Tex., Feb. 21—Henry al for the murder of Daisy keld, of K s City, Mo., was acquitted to-day. They had been liv- wether as man and wife, and one ) summer they had been out earriage riding. Soon after returning she was taken violently ill and died Ss. shor death remains a mystery. Union Depot at Providence Burned. OVIDENCE, R. L, stroyed the union passenger station of the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford railroad. Ex the es barel All records of I eb. sloyes © in e Wants Carlisie Investigated. WASHINGTON, Fe L—A resol was q Secretary eept a bon ments to t were ing to senate amer academy b arbitration | legislature | nd passed by a | cessity for the invocation | The cause of her! 21.—Fire de- | ' WISE IN HIS DAY. | A Traveling Man Asks to Be Locked Upas | a Protection Against Drunkenness. | Atcuison, Kan., Feb. 21.—Frank iams, a commercial traveler who nts a Chicago house, requested -f of police last evening to take | him into custody and lock him up. He c : r he had | an uncontrollable appetite for strong | d that abc and would get on a_ pro-| spree and neglect his business and squander money. | He realized that he was on the his s | and wanted the ass nnual spells nee of the chief | eve of one of in an effort to keep him from | strong drink. The chief complied | with his request and he is now nd the bars and will be kept] e until he gets over ris spell RACES TRIAL BEGUN. Ex-Cashier of a Kansas National Bank } | Charged with an Enormous Embezzle- | ment. | Forr Scorr, Kan., Fet 1.—The trial of Charles H. Race, ex-cashier of the} Burlington national bank, of Burling- | ton, Kan., charged with embezzling | | $73,880 of the bank’s funds, was begun | in the federal court in this city yester- | day. It is charged that Race, while cashier of the bank from 1892 to 1896, | misapplied and embezzled the money and converted ittohis own use. The de- fense is based on the claim that the money was invested in the interest of | the bank and lost. Race claims to ngton in i884 with 000 in cash and to have lost it all He is now working in a] have gone to Bu in the bank. livery stable his br rs. Gov. Morrill Presents a Flag. Kansas Crry, Kan., Feb. 21.—The first anniversary of the Boys’ Brigade of Kansas City, Kan.. a Presbyterian organization, was celebrated at the First Presbyterian church last evening. There was not a vacant seat in the big church and many were compelled to stand. Gov. Morrill presented the bri- cade a handsome flag, a gift of the local G. A. R. post, which was accepted in a speech by Seeretary Coburn, of the state board of agriculture. Gen. Cald- well, of Topeka, also spoke. Kansas A. F. & A. M. Wicuita, Kan., Feb. 21.—The masonic grand lodge of Kansas adjourned last nightto meet again next February at Salina. The officers elected were: Grand master. C. C. Coleman, Clay Cen- ter; deputy grand master, William Shav Topeka; grand senior warden, M. L. Stone, Wamego; grand junior warden, H. C. Loomis, Winfield; grand treasurer, Robert Torrington, Wichita; grand secretary, A. K. Wilson, Topeka. Favors Severe Punishment. Wasntnaron, Feb. 2.1—President Cleveland, in denying a pardon to F. M. O. Holsten, convicted in Oregon of forgery in a pension case, says he is decidedly in favor of strict punishment in a case like this, which involves the “swindling of the poor and needy veteran and a prostitution of the benevolent intentions of the govern- ment as embodied in its pension law.” For a Greater Ne Atnany, N. Y., Feb, which y York. —The com- mittee investigated the greater New Yerk question reported in favor of the consolidation of New York, Brooklyn and Long Island City and suggests acommission to prepare a charter. The consolidation is to tak effect January 1, 189%. has TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The recently suspended bank at V ley Falls, Kan., will resume business. At Unionville, Mo., Har: was acquitted of the cha dering his brother. The large cotton gin of Senator Me- Taggart, near Independence, Kan., was destroyed by fire Near Santa Mo., ayoung child of Beeley Hughes was burned to death while playing with fire. y Hamilton > of mur- ic The populist senators have decided to vote aye on the motion to consideration of the tariff bill. resume G. Mott Williams, recently elected bishop of the Marquette, Mich., Episco- pal diocese, will probably decline the honor. Mrs. Daisy E. Morris, of Hoyt, Kan., has sued the Western Union Telegraph Co. for $25,000 damages for the alleged wrong delivery of a message. Michael Travis, a wealthy farmer, was found near McCook, Neb., with his head cut off. It was thought he was robbed and then murdered. Ww 3 re Mrs. Ethel Kelso, residing on Fifty-Ninth street, New York, killed her two children, aged four and two then at- tempted suicide. Gov. I le tempor years, lley. of Kentucky, and Con »minee for the sen- lared eresting | | gressman Hunter, t B | Massa- vids bi- san that each wheel alarm | shall have ¢ bell, and/ | after dark i ntern. | The re 1 com-| Grosve | Chester distr isa The Sout } ers’ assc Tenn., elected sippi, president, R. and G. K. s ehosen vice will be fol- southern sof free silver. | United FATHER SHOT. A Demented Son Shoots His Sire from Behind. BOY CONFESSES TO MURDER. A Chicago Colored Youth Owns U pto Kill- ing Mrs Ellen Randolph—Pick pockets Reap a Harvest at El Paso —Legally Hanged. NasuviLLe, Tenn.. Feb. States District Campbell was shot and killed t Campbell this mor ‘The young man approached his father from behind while the latter was wal and shot him Young Campbell is son, Robert ing the street through the head. mented and this is the only ground on w h his act can be accounted for. He is about 22 years of and had been } recent] cinnati. A Boy Confesses to Murder. CuicaGo, Feb. Alfred Fields, col- vy at the Hote] Lexing- ton, confessed to the police this morn- ing that he murdered Mrs. Ell dolph, whose frightfully mutilated body was found on a burned bed terday. Fields said he was to 275 from Edward Mrs. commission of the crime, the motiv: ored, elevator be es- rec former the lodger with Pockets Picked. Sere Ext Paso, men had their Southern Paci station last night on boarding the cars, one man losing $900. Pockets were cut out systematic- ally and tickets and everything in them taken. The losers had to get off the cars and stay home. were made. Le~ally Hanged. Boston, Feb. 21.—Angus D. Gilbert was hanged in the Charles Street jail at 10:40 this morning for the murder in Dorchester, April 10 last, of Alice ling, an eight-year-old child. No arrests ter- The Friends of John C. New Booming Him for the Second Place on the National Ticket. WAsHINGTON, Feb. 21.—There is searcely a day now that some new presidential boom not reach Washington, and all sorts of infor- mation are handed about the capitol corridors concern- ing schemes for the elevation of favor- ite sons, or for the arrangement of convention com- binations which NEW. will bring about de- sirable results, For instance, the latest news which struck Washington came from Indiana. The Indiana re- publicans in the house were busy yes- terday with the announcement of the fact that John C. New will be a candi- date for vice president. This is posed to be a direct result of the Har- rison withdrawal. does JOHN ©. BETRAYED BY rested for Counterfeiting. St. Josepu, Mo., Peb. 21.—John W. Smith, a farmer of Princeton, was brought here terday under arre: on the charge of cour Laura Lemon, 2 sweeth informed the offi Smith offered her to pass ting. rt of Smith’: She ce counterfeit dollars on merehar She was ar- rested and placed in jail here. She wrote letters to John and Abe Brum- mett, of Princeton, thr pose them as me gang of counterfe sutening of the s if they did not to ex te secure bond for her release. They easily secured the bend. Meantime the federal officers sot possession of the letters and other evidence against the Brummetts. They have not yet been arrested. A 1 e amount of counterfeit coin was found at Smith’s home. SiLVeER. Matthews, a Presi- State He Is a Bimetal- FOR Ff The Friends of dential Aspiran list. WASHINGTON, Feb. of Gov. Matthews, of Ir na, are try- ing to give him a for the demo- cratic presidental nomination by press- ing himasaf —the Silver man. has been received from Gov. Matthews, and is being shown to sen- itors and representatives of the silver stripe. In it Gov. Matthews says he is for free ¢ positior Ss identica of Senators Voor- ose who have the iere hees and T letter and m™ not permit the put tion of it at this confined in an asylum in Cin-! Seat same | friends | A letter | king use of it will] i] Split Wide Open. | The refusal of three Republican} senators to vote for Dr. Hunter, the | caucus nominee of their party for! United States in the joint session of the Kentucky legislature, senator 1a few days ago, was, it seems, but | | j 1 n Ran-) declarations of the platform of his ~Twenty | the suspicion or knowledge of t eopiceetat Ue | thaticauaed i | i | | state, it stands in the ratio of forty the begining of developments which are likely to things in the ige the aspect of zistature and state. The platform on which the Repub- liean fight was made in Kentucky last indorsed the single sulimer gold siandard in strong and explicit | Dr. Hunter was chairman of | the state Republican committee and | had charge of the Republican cam-} paign. | The logicai deduction from this} was that Dr. Hunter was an adber- ent of the single standard policy,and that every Republican elected to the with the terms. legislature was in accord party and a gold standard man. But} e | things were not as they locked, for} jit appears that Dr. of | Le bas not been all the time, abso-/ which was a quarrel about money due | lutely and unequivecally | Mrs. Randoly {unter is now. in favor of free coinage of silver. Aud it was | 73 the three Penablicn| senators to refuse to vote for him. | The bolt of the Republican sena-| tors hastened developments aud it) soon appeared that Dr. Hunter had, | given a free silver Democratic mem- | written | ber pledge that, if elected senator, he would “favor such legislation and} support such measures as will re- store silver to the position it oceu-| pied as primary or redemption | money prior to 1873, when it was| the standard of value” The publi-| cation cf this pledge was in the na-| of the legislature a ture of a bursting bomb among the publicans. | Dr. Hunter met the issue, how ever, and called a caucus of the Re-} plican members of the legislature. | Forty two attended the meeting and twenty-six did not. Dr. Hunter made those who attended a speech, in which he appealed to them to stand by him, which they agreed to do. Itis conceded that those who did not atteend the meeting will not stand by iim. In other words, the Republican party in Kentucky has split on the financial question, and, taking the positions of the Republi- ;can members of the legislature as aj test of the feeling of the party in the two for silver coinage to twenty six for gold standard. The most impor- tant question just now is how far the republican silver men in the leg islature will go in the matter of electing a United States senator who is in favor of free coinage —Kansas City World. p Lawrence, Kan., Feb 19 —J. T. Lauwborn, a wealthy farmer, has been found murdered in his house at Fall Leaf, northeast of here. He wes chopped to pieces. Chopped to The crime was committed some time Monday might during the ab- sence of Lamborn’s sua and daugh- ter, aud while he was Rob- body was discovered late yesterday fternocn by neighbors, who broke alone. bery was evidently the motive. into the Louse. tov. Matthews < ed Hi na democra- i send Gov. | Matthews. Stabbed a Schooimate. 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