Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 7

~~ DEATH AT A FEAST AN AWFUL PANIC DURING THE MOSCOW FESTIVITIES, # Hundreds of Thousands of People Make a Rush to Secure Food and Presents, and at Least a Thousand gicm Women and Children Are frampled to Death—Many Ladies of High Rank Killed, (Copyright, by Associated Press.) > Moscow, June 2.—A terrible panic, resulting from the great crush of peo- ple at the popular feast here in honor of the coronation of the czar caused the trampling to death of about 1,000 persons, including a woman who was delivered of a child during the excite- ment. In anticipation of the grand holiday and popular banquet on the Khodijnskoji plain, tens of thousands of people began trooping teward the Petrovsky palace, in front of which the plain is situated, during the earliest hours of the morning. Thousands reached the ground the evening before and camped there or in the immediate vicinity during the night in order to make sure of good positions. By dawn the mass of peasants about the tables was really enormous and they were all desperately hungry, some of them having fasted, by choice of ne- cesity, for nearly twenty-four hours. The police did everything possible to keep back the crowd, but suddenly the masses, controlled by some inexplica- ble impulse or impatient to get at the food. 1 forward and swept every- before them and overturned ta- nd benches as if made of grass, ing hundreds under foot and ng the life out of a great number m. The old and the weak natur- ally suffered most, and the poor woman who gave birth to a child during the tram? excitement was trampled to death. The infant is believed to have shared the fate of its mother. The police and eventually succeeded in re- g order, carted away The Dead and Injured, preparations were made to pro- and ceed with the banquet as if nothing un- usual had happened. Among the dead found on the plain were ladies evident- ly of high rank, dressed in the finest s and adorned with the richest jew- els. The police barracks, to which the bodies of the dead were taken by the authorities, are besieged with persons a bese ing for news of friends and relativ The scenes at the barracks, while the process of identification is going on, are terrible in the extreme. The remains of the dead will be con- veyed during the course of the night to the cemetery, where a large morgue is located. The disaster was due mainly to the absence of the police who had not ar- rived so early in the morning at the scene where the festivities were sched- uled to take plece. Fully 200,000 per- sons of all grades of society had gathered on the plain at the time. Only * about a thousand attendants were in charge and they seemed unable to control the mob, Hoping to lessen the pressure of the assembled thousands, all moving toward a common center, they tossed the packages and presents into the midst of the crowd. This seemingly precipitated the panic, since ramble to obtain possession of the gifts ensued and the hollow piece of ground near the center formed A Death Trap for the thousands. The buildings on »s of the plain, where, by the poleon concentrated his troops before moving upon this city, are in many cases being used as temporary and the soldiers have been great service in removing lead and caring for the wounded. Further time must elapse before ac- curate figures as to the number actu- ally killed and the number of persons who were victims of the disaster, but who are only sufferers from injuries, is ertained, but there is no doubt that the official estimate of 1,000 vic- tims cannot be far from right, although one report places the number at 2,500. ® The disaster occurred between 5 and 6 o’clock in the morning. It was intend- ed that the banquet should commence before noon, but the immense throng which had gathered around the sheds where the mugs were to be presented and the food distributed, became so dense that the attendants were over- powered and thrown to the ground in the mad struggle which commenced for food and the gifts, many of these attendants being numbered among the dead. The small force of police pres- ent made desperate attempts to con- trol the people, but all their efforts were futile, and men, women and chil- dren were trampled upon by hundreds, > Shriekx and Groans of v ms being heard afar. For a time the officials in charge of the ban- quet lost their heads entirely. The crowds seemed to have gone mad with rage and excitement, shouting ard cursing as they pressed onward over a path strewn with dead and dying human beings. Eventually, however, the troops and firemen, who were hasti- ly summoned, restcred order to some extent, and then began the work of extricating the dead and injured, rang- ing them on the ground in groups of ten, twenty and thirty at every hund- dred yards or so, and dispatching to as speedily as possible in the military transport wagons, furniture vans, food wagons, etc., the injured, giving preference at first to the wo- men and children. Some terrible, heart-rending scenes were witnessed among the survivors, who were seeking relatives among the victims. ‘he latter were mostly peas- ants, and few of them have as yet been identified. They were lying in heaps, as they had been extricated, their crushed, bloodstained and horri- ply distorted faces upturned in the seWehing sun. Gray haired men and women lay alongside children and sturdy men, all crushed as if beneath * heavy rollers, some of their heads be- : npled into a shapeless jelly. Two and Three Thousand. The disaster is constantly gaining in proportion as the investigations by the authorities continue. These are made unde difficulties, as the recovery of the victims was conducted by hun- dreds of volunteers and many were carried away before they were enum- ¥ Many add{tional deaths of the ated. j ed away are oc- od who were eurring, which are enumeration after some time. now said that the fatalities will amount to between two and three thoysand, but it is impossible yet to ascertain accurately the extent of the It is disaster. An official statement places the number of dead recovered at 1,336 ey the seriously or fatally injured at The work of identification is most difficult on account of the large num- ber of victims and the trampled, torn and mutilated condition of many of the corpses, some of which are crushed quite beyond the possibility of recog- nition and almost beyond semblance to humanity. All day the full force of police and firemen worked among the dead, pulling bodies from heaps of the killed and injured and ranging them on the ground, which was covered for hundreds of yards with groups of ten and twenty begrimmed, blood-stained and disfigured corpses, among which the agonized friends of the missing wandered in a painful effort to idey ify them. The forces at work on the .rin discovered a disused well in the mid- dle of the field, the plank covering of which had given away in the mad rush. In the well there were thirty dead bodies, and wedged in among them and held down by their weight were found two men, alive and com- paratively uninjured physically. But the terror and the hideous surround- ings had proved too great a strain for their minds and they were raving maniacs. DEAD AUTHORS. Kate Field and “Brick’’ Pomeroy Pass to the Beyond. Chicago, June 2. — H. H. Kohlsaat, proprietor of the Chicago Times-Her- ald, received a cable message dated Yokohama and signed by Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister to the United States from the Sandwich islands, which says: ‘Kate Field died at Hon- olulu May 19 of pneumonia.” Liss Field was in the Sandwich islanis as special correspondent of the Times- Herald. Kate Field was a prominent char- acter in the Washington literary world, She spent the latter years of her life in that city, and was known as one of the brightest lecturers and contribu- tors to the press and periodical liter- ature. Miss Field was the daughter of Joseph F .Field, many years ago a well known actor in St. Louis, and manager of Field’s Grand opera house, She was born in St. Louis about 1840. In Washington Miss Field published a bright periodical known as “Kate Field’s Washington.” New York, June 2.—Mark M. Pome- roy, better known as “Brick” Pome- roy, died at his home in Brooklyn from Bright’s disease. Mr. Pomeroy was bern in Elmira, N. Y., in 1833. As a lad he entered a printing office. Af- terward he published the Corning Sun and Horicon Argus. He became city editor of the Milwaukee Daily News and then founded the La Crosse Dem- ocrat. As editor of that paper, he at- tacked President Lincoln’s war policy. In 1868 Tweed invited him to come to New York and become an editor. Pomeroy started the Daily Democrat. In 1876 he transferred the Democrat from La Crosse to Chicago and made it the organ of the Greenback party. In 1880 Pomeroy was president of the company that proposed to tunnel the Rocky mountains. Before the scheme collapsed the company sold $7,000,000 in shares. COLLIDED FOR SCIENCE. Railroad Collision Brought About to Learn the Exact Effects. Columbus, Ohio, June 2. — The 20,- 000 people who gathered at Buckeye Park on the Columbus, Hocking Val- ley & Toledo railroad have a pretty well defined idea of a railroad col- lision. Two forty-ton locomotives, to each of which was attached three coal cars and a caboose, were run together at a speed of forty miles an hour. As one of the engines was a little faster than the other, preliminary trials of speed were made so as to bring the collision at a central point. The engine W. H. Fisher was started 3,600 feet south of the point of meeting and the A. L. Streeter 3,000 feet north. The engines were started on the main track and ran together on a siding in the park. Both engines were started at the same minute, the engineers jumping after opening the throttles. The engines met within 100 feet of the calculated point. The immense crowd was silent with awe as the engines steamed into sight, each running at the rate of forty miles an hour. As the engines came together they reared up in the air and the cars behind them were telescoped, but the cabooses were only partially wrecked. Both engines were a complete wreck. Kinetoscopic and kaleidoscopic views of the wreck were taken by experts. On to Washington. Washington, June 2.—Preparations are being actively pushed throughout the country for organizing delegations to attend the fifteenth international Christian Endeavor convention in this city in July. Excursion managers are busily engaged in issuing circulars and information pamphlets, receiving and answering inquiries from interested delega and speaking at publie meet- ings of Endeavorers, telling about their plans and arousing an interest in the coming gathering. Im nearly all the states interest in the convention is growing, and preparations are being carried toward completion for attend- ing Washington’s gathering. The out- look for a large attendance and a suc- cessful convention is exceedingly bright. The Money Subscribed. Chicago, June 2. — Chicagoans will redeem their pledge to the Democratic national committee. Chairman Harri- ty ard his colleagues of the subcommit- tee will meet in joint conference with the local committee which has in charge the arrangements in connection with the convention hall. and the bal- ance, $11,000. of the $40,000 pledged will be turned over to Mr. Harrity. Final inspection of the coliseum will be made by both committees to-mor- row, every essential feature agreed on originally being now practically com- pleted. Flevator Company Down. St. Louis, June 2—Ex-Goy. P. D. Francis was to-day appointed receiver of the United Elevator company. KILLED BY A MOB AN INOFFENSIVE CHINAMAN MUR- DERED BY A MOB. His Head Is Beaten to a Jelly With Clubs by a Crowd of Masked Men —A Fatal Duel Between Two Men Occurs on the Potoffice Steps in an Indiana Town. - Anaconda, Mont., June 3. — News brought in from Quigly is to the ef- fect that a Chinaman known as Big Hank, was killed there yesterday by a mob of masked men. His head was crushed in with clubs. Attempts to drive him out of the camp had failed. About two weeks ago Ed Moore pro- tected the Chinaman, standing off his enemies with a Wincbester. Supt. Bahcock discharged the leaders of the mob at that time and thought that the trouble was to be atanend. Big Hank built a cabin and started a laundry. Quigly is the new mining camp where the works of Golden Scepter Mining company is located. Indianapolis, June 3.—Lebanon was this morning the scene of a tragedy. William Reilly was shot and instantly killed by Thomas F. Allen. ‘The trouble was over the marriage of the son of Allen to a daughter of Reilly. Allen went down town this morning and as he entered the postoffice he noticed Reilly standing outside. As he came out Reilly drew a pistol, saying: “Tom Allen, defend yourself.” Mr. Armstrong, a bystander, seized Reilly, but not until he had fired one shot at Allen. Meanwhile Allen had drawn his pistol and remarked: “You see how it is. Turn him loose.” Before Reil- ly could again fire Allen had fired two shots, the first going wild and wound- ing Allen’s little boy who sat in a bug- gy in the street. The second shot struck Reilly in the forehead, as did a third shot. A fourth shot from Allen’s pistol took effect in the left lung. Mr. Allen immediately surrendered to the sheriff and went to jail. MARKET REPORTS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. Chicago, June 3. — Wheat — June, 51-2c; July, 561-4c; September, 56 5-8c; December, 583-8c. Corn— June, 26 7-8c; July, 27 1-2c; September, 285-8e. Oats — June, 171-4c; July, 17 1-2c; September, 18c; May, 20 1-Sc. Pork—June, $6.77 1-2; July, $6.85; Sep- tember, $7.05. Lard—June. ; July, 2. Ribs—Juné, $: ; July, September, $3.80. Flax—Cash, 82 1-2c; July, 81c; September, 2c. Timothy—cash, $3. September, $s. Chicago, June 3.—Hogs fairly active and 10c lower; light, $3.1023.35; mixed, 3. heavy, $2.70a3.15; rough, Cattle—Market firm to 10¢ higher; beeves, $3.50a4.40; cows and heifers, $1.70a4.10; Texas steers, $2.85 a4.05; stockers and feeders, $2.90a3.30. Minneapolis, June 3.—Wheat — June closed at 53 7-8c; July opened at 56 1-8¢c and closed at 537-8c; September opened at 56 3-8e and closed at 54 3-Se. On track—No. 1 hard, 551-8c; No. 1 Northern, 541-8c; No. 2 Northern, 53 3-8e. Milwaukee, June 3.—Flour steady. Wheat firmer; No. 2 spring, 56c; No. 1 35 1-2 , 31 3-4c; sample, . 1, 34e; provisions 85; lard, $4.10. aul, June Hogs 10c South St. i lower, in sympathy with the decline in Chicago; quality good; sales at $2.65a 3. Cattle—Butcher cattle steady and in demand; stockers weak; sales at $2.25a4, Big Mining Deal. Butte, Mont., June 3. — Hamilton Smith, representing the English syn- dicate and the Rothschilds in the nego- tiations for another purchase of a large block of stock in the Anaconda com- pany, has been in Butte for several days, and it is stated that the deal has practically been made whereby the foreigners will acquire a controlling in- terest in the property, and that the de- tails of the transaction will be made public in a few days. The syndicate some time ago secured a quarter inter- est in the property on a basis of $30,- 000,000, but the present purchase is on a basis of $45,000,000 for the whole property. The raise in price ie ue to a recent big strike made in the com- pany’s Camp Creek mines, said to be richer than anything heretofore known in the company’s mines. Murder in Missouri. Nevada, Mo., June 3.—John E. Blair and his son attacked the form- er’s son-in-law, Henry Anthony, on the street to-day with revolvers and knives. Anthony ran and was fol- lowed for eight blocks by the other two, who kept shooting et him. Over twenty-five shots were fired and seven of them struck the victim. Anthony was finally overtaken in ‘the business part of the town and his throat cut in the presence of 200 people. ‘Lhere were no officers at hand and the two Blairs threatened any one who inter- fered. Both of the Blairs at once gave themselves up to the sheriff and are in jail. They allege as a reason for the murder that Anthony had assault- ed his thirteen-year-old sister-in-law. Came After Little. Bismarck, N. D., June 3.—George A. Erky, Billings. Mont., sheriff of Yel- lowstone county, Mont., arrived to-day with requisition papers for F, A. Little, a prominent stockman residing here. He is charged with obtaining sheep to the value of $5,800 from parties at Billings under false pretences. Killed His Mother-in-Law. Little Rock, Ark., June 3. — BE. 6. Cross, a white man living near Cam- den, Ark., yesterday’ killed his mother- in-law by knocking her brains out with a hoe. He then beat his wife and sister savagely and escaped. Dry Goods Fatture. Macon, Ga., June 3.—The wholesale dry goods house of Wolffe & Sharpe, one of the largest in the state, failed here to-day. Liabilities will amount to about $250,000; assets almost cover- ing that amount. FIGHT WITH FOOTPADS. A Minneapolis Traveling Man Is Nearly Killed in Duluth. Duluth, June 2—Witha bullet hole through his left arm, F. R. Bryant, a traveling man, fought desperately with two highwaymen ho held him up and attempted to murder him early this morning near the Lake avenue via- duct, on Michigan street. Bryant nar- rowly escaped with his life, and the wound, though painful, will not prove serious. Mr. Bryant lives at Minneapo- lis, and is traveling for Charles R. Groff & Co., St. Paul. He had been out with some friends ard was re- turning to his hotel. A few rods west of the viaduct he was confronted by a man who stepped suddenly out of a shadow and aimed a heavy blow at the traveling man with his clenched fist. Mr. Bryant offered resistance, and an instant later he was gazing into the muzzle of a revolver. In desperation he seized the weapon and a terrible struggle ensued. Then a companion of the assailant appeared on the scene and took a hand. The weapon was discharged three times and one of the bullets passed through the left fore- arm of the struggling man. He was dazed for a moment by the shock, and when he recovered he was prostrate on the ground with a men kneeling on his chest and another one standing be- side him. With his right hand he man- aged to draw his pocket knife and plunged it into the miscreant who was above him. Then he was kicked vio- lently in the stomach, and the men took his pocketbook, containing $37, an dfied. Killed at St. Louis. Minneapolis, June 2. — Benjamin J. Savage, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Savage, of 419 West Twenty-sixth street, was one of the victims of the St. Louis cyclone. Two hours before the storm struck the city he bad writ- ten a letter to his parents and it was received just a few minutes prior to the message which stated that he had been killed. He was twenty-three years old and one of the proprietors. of the Santanna vaudeville show. On the night of the cyclone the company was to give a benefit entertainment for the Texas sufferers. The remains arrived in this city to-day. Two years ago the deceased appeared in this city at the People’s theater in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Heirs Surprised. Duluth, May 30.—A surprise was sprung to-day upon the heirs of R. A. Gray, who died in Boston recently. Miss Kathryn Weston, formerly of St. Paul, and now of Duluth, claims to be the dead man’s widow, and as such she will, of course, put in a claim for a dower right in the estate, which in this state includes everything. Miss West- on, or Mrs. Gray, is a sister-in-law of John C. Bullitt, Jr., the well known at- torney, and she has lived with his family ever since her removal from St. Paul two years ago. Mr. Gray and she are said to have been intimate in St. Paul and friends of both say that they were together a good deal. The story goes that they were married in Hud- son, Wis., six year ago. Drowned. Duluth, June 3.—Word has reached the city that two boys named Ed and Ben Postal, living on the banks of the Cloquet river, about twenty miles from Duluth. were drowned on Saturday. Edward was eleve1 years old and Ben was eighteen. boat, which upset while they were shooting in a small stretch of the rap- ids in the river. Ben had almost reached the shore when his brother screamed for aid. Ben went back to him and lost his life while trying to save his brother. Old Settlers of Minnesota. St. Paul, June 3.—The old settlers of Minnesota held their annual meet. ing in the rooms of the state historica! society this morning. A. H. Cavender of St. Paul was chosen president in place of J. C. Terry. P. K. Johnsoa and H. Setzer were re-elected tirst and second vice presidents respective- ly. LL. Larpenteur, recording secre- tary; J. B. Chaney, corresponding sec- retary, and Capt. Russell Blakeley, treasurer. were also re-elected. After , the election the members accepted the invitation of Col. Monfort, of the ae vo dine with him at that no- el. Bitten by a Dog. Minneapolis. June 3. — Victor John- son, living with his son at 2031 'T'wen- ty-third avenue south, is near death as the result of a dog bite. ‘The animal, belonging to a man named Loveland, at 2017 Twenty-fourth avenue south, ; bit Mr. Johnson in the back last Wednesday. Since then the victim has been in bed, attended by Dr. Norris. | Blood poisoning has set in and all about the wound the tiesh has turned black. Libel Alleged. St. Paul, June 3.—Supt. Gilhert, of the public schools, has begun suit for libel against five prominent citizens who constituted themselves a commit- tee and preferred charges against him, The school board declared the charges were untrue, and now the superintend- ent wants $25,000 from each of the five men. False Draft. Wabasha, Minn., June 2.—Max Dom- yer of Red Wing, indicted here for ob- taining money from August Marsch and Julius Schmidt of this city by means of a false draft, was found guilty by a jury in the district court. Judge Gould at once sentenced him to- Stillwater on the reformatory plan. Peet at the Helm. St. Paul, June 3.—The new officers of the St. Paul chamber of commerce, elected this morning, are: President EB. W. Peet; first vice president, C. B Noyes; second vice president, W. H. Lightner; secretary, A. S. Tallmadge; treasurer, John A. Stees. Killed Himself, St. Paul, June 2.—Otto ©. Macklett, while suffering from melancholia, killed himself with a shotgun. Mr. Macklett was fifty-seven years old, and he was one of the oki settlers of St. Paul, having lived here for forty-one years. He was engaged in the carpet and wall paper business on Seventh street for thirty-one years, but about nnie years ago he retired from active business. During his earlier life he succeeded in amassing quite a fortune, and at the time of his death was pos- sessed of a very good competency. They were in a small! MINNESOTA NEWS. tnteresting Happenings in the North Star Stnte. Two men were killed in a railroad collision near Tower. Two new church buildings are in process of erection at Long Prairie. An alleged counterfeiter has been ar- rested at Mankato. Fire did considerable damage to the elevator at Delhi. Mary Sweeney, the notorious window smasher was arrested at Duluth and sent to her home at Dayton, Ohio. John Boland of Minneapolis has been selected as superintendent of the new state capitol. Thomas Griffin of St. Paul lost his life at Dorango, Iowa, in an unsuccess- ful attempt to save that of a child. Bruno Beaupre, for many years @ prominent citizen of St. Paul, died re- cently at Rotterdam, Holland. State Treasurer Koerner has collect- ed principal and interest on money de- posited in insolvent banks. John Velander, of Vasa, was serious- ly*injured by his team running away and a loaded wagon passing over him. D. P. Volmer, a farmer living about five miles southeast of Stephen, was kicked by a horse and died from the effect of the kick. A party on the lake at Sard Center narrowly escaped loss of Hfe by the capsizing of a sail boat in which they were making a run. The damage suit of Arthur Benedict against O. Berg for $500 for being bit- ten by the latter’s dog was settled at Mabel for $37.50. The Democrats of Watonwan county will meet in convention at St. James June 9 to elect delegates to the state convention. The store of A. J. Spekeen at Mor- ristown was entered by burglars and’ robbed of about $100 worth of shoes and clothing. Ed A. Page of Carlton, clerk of court, has been honored by an appointment as assistant sergeant-at-arms at the St. Louis convention. The first stick of timber sorted this season passed through the St. Croix boom the other day, and the season’s work will begin shortly. This will in- sure starting the mills very soon. Mrs. Uzzia Woods, living a few miles below Champlain, while riding was thrown from the buggy during a runa- way and died from the bursting of a blood vessel caused by the fall. Charles Sander, who was indicted by the grand jury at St. Peter for assault in the second degree for brutally beat- ing his divorced wife, was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years by Judge Webber. Frank Wachholz, a grain buyer of Glencoe, committed suicide. The cause of the deed was despondency on ac- count of the loss of his wife and losses in business. He ran elevators in Glen- coe and Sumter. R. Van Sant has consented to de- liver the oration at Rushford on July 4. The G. A. R encampment begins there Friday, July 3, and active prep- arations are being made for one of the largest celebrations ever held in that part of the state. Andrew N. Nelson, who was for six years treasurer of Ramsey county, died at St. Paul as a result of morphine poiscning. Mr. Nelson failed of re- election last year, and since that time has not been prosperous financially. He was one of St. Paul’s earliest set- tlers. The county commissioners has called the Watonwan county convention for June 27, to meet at St. James to elect 10 delegates to the state convention at St. Paul July 1 and also to elect 10 delegates to the congressional con- i ae which meets at Mankato June Jesse Congdon was brought to Wino- na from the village of Dakota by United States Marshal Sheehan of St. Paul. The charge is selling that which entangles the feet, without a proper license. The prisoner was broubht be- fore United States Commissioner Morey, and, after his hearing, placed in jail. The I. O. G. T. of the district con- vention closed at Royalton. The fol- lowing officers were elected and in- | stalled: George E. Satterlee, D. ©. T., | Royalton; Hattie Smith, D. V.'T., Ran- dall; W. J. Briggs, counselor, Randall; | Secretary and treasurer, M. E. Lewis, Royalton; chaplin, Mrs. A. W. Swan- son, Royalton. The store of F. W. Maechler at Campbell was burglarized and a large amount of cutlery and jewelry taken. Sheriff Billings received a letter giving ‘a description of the two men sup- | posed to have done it, and ran across | them on the street in half an hour. He found the goods on them. They will , be tried next week. The correspondence of the Itasea county immigration committee will now be in the care of A. G. Bernard, proprietor of the Grand Rapids Mag- net. He has just been selected as sec- retary and had fully fifty letters to-day concerning the third convention of the Sixth District Immigration association, which will be held in Grand Rapids June 24 and 25. It promises to be a large and interesting gathering. After a trial, which lasted three days, Charles H. Holmes, charged with hay- Ing made false reports of the condi- tion of the Merchants’ bank of Lake City, was acquitted. The jury was out 22 hours. Holmes was brought from Massachusetts on a requisition a few weeks ago. The prosecution was con- fueted by County Attorney Mullen, J. T. Bowditch and A. J. Greer. The prisoner was defended by J. F. Mc- Govern and H. W. Morgan. Reports _ from. different points in Douglas county show that the acreage of wheat this year is 20 per cent more than last, and that the season is at least two weet later than last. In most parts wheat has stooled and will be heavy. Continued cold and wet weather is beginning to injure and re- tard the’ growth of barley, wats and potatoes. The acreage will be much. less than last year. Corn will be some- what less. Corn and potatoes not all X-Rays Of test and trial prove Hood’s Sarsaparilla to be unequalled for purifying the blood because Hood's Sarsaparilla {sthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1 Hood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents Taken From the Wrong Pocket. Conductor (glancing at ticket)—Sor- ty, sir; but we don’t stop at that place. Fetherwate—What place? Conductor--Green’s, the pawnbrok- er’s—Boston Traveler. If the Baby 1s Cutting Teeth. Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MRs. 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