Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 8, 1898, Page 3

WHITE ‘CAPS’ WORK * SERIOUS TROUBLE THREATENED NEAR OTTUMWA, IA. One Man Is Dead and It Is Feared That More Trouble Will Follow— Fermers Had Become Indignant the by Brothers of Their Father — Old Man Died of Starvation While His at Neglect the Balm Sons Lived in Luxury. Ottumwa, Iowa, Dee. 31. — White Caps have been at work in Lee county, near West Point, and as a result one man is dead and a warlike spirit has been aroused in the neighborhood that threatens trouble. Abe Balm and his two brothers are all well-to-do farmers living near West Point. , Not far away lived their father in abject poverty. When the old man died a few days ago it was claimed he had starved to death and the alleged cruel treatment of the sons was generally denounced. After the father was dead the sons refused to pay the expenses of his burial or even to see the body. This so enraged the neighboring farmers that a mob ef about thirty citizens marched to the home of the Balm brothers and called for Abe, the oldest. Abe stepped to the door, and seeing the crowd outside retreated into the house before the mob could hands on him. He called to his brothers d all three opened fire on the visitors from the — de of the house, in which were Abe’s wife and children. The mob returned the fire, and after the smoke had cleared away it was found that Abe had been mortally wounded and he died in a short time. They have sworn out warrants against seven neighbors charging them with murder. Many of the farmers say will not countenance the arrest of ¢ neighbor Town in Danger of Destraction on Two Occasions. Dec. 31.—According ed here from Dawson City, under date of Noy. 25, the Klon- dike mining camp has twice been in danger of destruction by fire. On Nov. 22 two Front street log houses were destroyed by fire. One of them was used as a lodging house on one floor and a church on the other. The lodg- ings contained food, outfits for ten men and nothing w aved. Steps have been taken to relieve the destitute. The fire w caused by the overturn- ing of a lighted candle by a drunken man. A fire from a similar cause broke out on Noy. 2 nd the opera house and two saloons were burned to the ground, The snow on the roofs saved the rest Front street from destruction. A to news rec ge quantity of provisions and liquors, valued at $40,000, was de- stroyed. BANKERS ARRESTED. Deposits Received When the Insti- tution Was Insolvent. Reno, Okla., Dee. 31. — Gui ent of the Stock inge bank: Michael Kichoff, cashier: rles A. Newman, assistant cashier, and Louis Eichoff, a member of the board of directors, hav® been arrested on the ch f receiving deposits when the bank was known to be in- solvent. <A big, meeting of the stoc holders was held, at which great e citement was manifested, and several of the speakers declared that they were ready to lead a lynching party. The bank had $66,000 in deposits when it went under, but it will probably not pay more than 25 cents on the dollar. Emporia Goes Dry. nporia, Kan., Dec. 31.—Emporia’s water supply has been exhausted, the bed of Neosho river ng been drained for six miles above the water works dam. The last one of the pools has been pumped dry, Every cis- tern in the city has been drained, and as there are only few wells it will be nece: y to haul water from Cot- tonwood river, a mile south of this city. If a fire should break out it could not be stopped only by tearing down threatened buildings. * E English Papers Are Sarcastic. London, Dec, 31.—The Standard and the Daily News indulges in sarcastic comments as to the probable increase in the co: of seal skin garments in America owing to the new legislation. The Daily News asks what the shop- keepers will say when they find fair ming to London for seal- Itadds: “The bill seems de for en*-reement; more Big Subsidy Offered. Quebec, Dec. 31.—A letter has been received here from Paris stating that the French government has given a subsidy of 500,000 francs toward the steamship line between France and Canada., and that M. Verbekmoes, one of the most important of the French shippers, has offered to undertake the service, beginning immediately, with three steamships, pending the con- struction of three additional vessels. Walked in His Sleep. Memphis, ‘Tenn., Dec. 31.—S. P. Lock, a prominent business man, secured a berth in a Pullman sleeper a.tached to the Kansas City, Memphis & Birming- ham railway train and asked to be awakened at Jasper, Ala. The ‘con- ductor found the berth empty. Subse- quently the trainmen found his re- mains on the trestle. The supposition is that Lock walked in his sleep and fell cff. One Man Killed. Washington, Dec. 31.—The collapse of an old warehouse building being re- modeled for a residence caused the death of C. C Hessler, a_ bricklayer, and serious injury to several other workmen. More German Marines for China. Berlin, Dee. 31.—The Tageblatt says Prince Henry of Prussia will visit the mikado and the king of Corea. its Kiel correspondent says a further force of marines will start for China in Jan- uary. VESSELS BADLY SHAKEN. Tidal Wave Sweeps Up the River at Sheboygan. #2, Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. 1.—A severe tidal wave swept up the river here and many vessels which are in winter quarters received a severe shaking up. The wave followed the southerly gale which prevailed yesterday. The steamer Seymour, at the Reiss—Coal company’s salt dock No. 1, was torn from its moorings, the big chains and hawsers that held it being broken. The steamer was dashed against the schooner Rosa Bell, the violence of the collision swinging the schooner around in such a manner that her jib- boom struck the pilot house of the Seymour and demolished it. The schooner Ida Olson of Green Bay, which was tied near tha Reiss dock, was pounded so heavily that it was necessary to take the vessel to a new mooring place farther up the river. Other vessels were torn from their moorings and were dashed against the dock with great force. This makes the second wave in three weeks. A movement is on foot to secure a har- bor of refuge at this point. COULDN'T GET MARRIED. An Eloping Boy and Girl Were Cruelly Disappointed. Idaho, Jan. 1.—William Orr and M Lizzie Nelson, a youthful eloping couple from Glenn’s Ferry, have returned to Boise from Oregon, having been refused a marriage li- cense at over twenty places in Idaho and Oregon owing to the tender years of the girl. Young Orr has now em- ployed counsel to attack in the su- preme court the law requiring the is- suance of marriage licenses, claiming it was unconstitutionally passed under the supreme court's recent broad de- cision. The girl is sixteen and thé boy tWenty. Boi PAYING DEPOSITORS. But a Bank at Oskaloosa Declines Any More Deposits. Jan. 1, — The ’ State bank has The following card from the directors was displayed: “This bank will receive no more de- posits but will at once pay its deposit- ors in full a ast as thei ims may be presented.” The bank has found business unprofitable and it was the sentiment of the great majority of the stockholders to go out of business. cl LOST ARM AND LIFE. R. R. Richards, at Otranto, Unable to Survive Amputation. Otranto, Iowa, Jan. 1. — While grinding feed on the large stock and dairy farm two miles north of here R. R. Richards, manager, met with a fatal accident. While oiling the mill Mr. ft rd’s arm was caught by the machinery and ail the fiesh torn off up to the shoulder. Four doctors were called and decided that the arm must be amputated, which was done. Mr. Richards died about an hour after- ward without regaining consciousness, OLL MINE! IN ALASKA. Will Be Developed Extensively in the Coming Season, Port Townsend, Wai an. 1. — A member of the Standard Oil company writes from New York to a friend here that the coming season will see that big corporation operating extensively on the fie coast. Its cil mines in Alaska will be developed and the out- put brought not only to the cities of the Pac lope for distribution west of the Roe! but also for shipment to South America and Australia. Warrants for Sturgis, Cedar Rapids, Mich., Jan. 1 — War- issued for the arrest of C. P. Sturgis, president of the defunct i Bank of Oelwein, who re- attempted suicide by shooting. nts charge embezzlement of school funds. When officers called at Sturgis’ home they found he had dis- appeared. Nothing is known of his whereabou Claims to Be Daft. Sioux alls The murderer of I i ton, who has confessed to the* mur- der of four or five other men, is now said to be insane. At least that is what his attorney says, and this was the ground for a continuance, which Judge Jones was asked to grant Car- rington, whose trial is set for Monday next. Stanton Pelten Indicted. , Iowa, Jan. 1. — The grand jury has brought in three indictments st Stanton R. Pelton, ex-deputy rer, one for embezzlement ef 00 and two for making false en- tries on the records. This throws the case into court and Mr. Pelton immedi- ately furnished bonds to oppear. Mardered in Teza8 Ames, Iowa, Jan. 1.—David Ives, a resident of this city, has received the news of the death and probable mur- der of his father, who started from Des Moines on the 13th of last July in a covered wagon. He was about sixty-two years old, and was going to Texas in search of a daughter. oe Lived Together Nine Weeks. Hastings, Minn., Jan. 1. — Reuben A. Betzold of Castle Rock has been granted a divorce from his wife upon the ground of desertion. They were married in that town April 23, 1896, and lived together nine weeks. Plain- tiff's age is twenty-four and defend- ant’s twenty. Wrecked Steamer Beached. .Port Townsend, Wash., Jan, 1.—The tuz Czar, just arrived from Barclay sound, reports that steamer Cleveland was pulled off the rocks and safely beached. Her bot- tom is not badly damaged. Guilty of Wife Murder. Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. 1. — Alonzo Robbins was found guilty of wife mur- der and sentenced to life imprison- ment. ¥ Wires Down and Roads Flooded. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 1.—A_ special from Everett, Wash., says no eastern mail has been received since last Sun- day. It is almost impossible to get any definite news from the Skymoish val- ley. The wires are down and the | Wagon roads are flooded. e the wrecked * MINNESOTA ITEMS. interesting Happenings in the North Star State. Building improvements at Pine City for 1897 foot up $81,690. Nora E. Wooley was commissioned postmistress at Champlin, Minn. George H. Gilmore, one of the oldest residents of Faribault, was found dead in bed recently, having been suffocated by ccal gas escaping from the furnace. Oen Stovern, a hardware dealer and leading citizen of McIntosh, died re- cently, after two days illness. The re- mains were taken to Lyle, Minn., his former home, for interment. Harry Allen, residing two miles from Cokato, celebrated Christmas by badly pounding his wife. He was taken be- fore Judge Griffith, who imposed on him a fine of $25, or thirty days in jail. Wolves are rapidly destroying the deer in the Knife river country. Funds are being raised at Duluth for a monument to the late Rey. C. C. Salter. $ A young man by the name of San- born, living a few miles east of Fari- bault, was found dead by the roadside recently. He was out hunting and, not returning, search was made for him. His gun was accidentally discharged. Robert Malloy of Stillwater, who has logged on the St. Croix river ever since 1853, is dead, aged sixty-three years. He was a prominent resident of Still- water, and was a member of the log- ging firm of Malloy Bros. & McClure. ‘The case of O. L. Dudley against the City of Buffalo for $1,200 damages for flooding his private park last season by means of a sewer improperly placed, was dismissed. Mr. Dudley pays the costs. Lieut. Gov, Gibbs has received an in- vitation to deliver an address before the annual meeting of the Oregon State Dairy association, at Portland, in January. He has not decided whether to accept. Louis Prefontaine, aged seventeen, son of Joseph Prefontaine, of Duluth, was drowned while skating. Another boy, named Anderson, attempted to rescue his companion, and narrowly escaped. Joseph Kowiski, a West Duluth la- berer, was run over by a Great North- ern switch engine and killed. The man was passing through the yards of the Great Northern, and stepped from behind a car directly in front of the ergine. Moses Hajana, a Sisseton was found frozen to death. He left Brown's Val- ley some days ago while drunk, and got only four miles. He was well krown, having accompanied Buffalo Bill's Wild West show to Europe, re- turning two years ago. Gene Grunnert, a farmer, brought a ‘anada lynx to Renville. This is an exceedingly rare animal in that section, It measured three feet from its nose to the root of its stubbed tail, and was about eighteen inches around at the shoulder. It is probably the last of its tribe in this country. Sheriff Rider of Little Falls has re- turned from Knoxville, Tern., where he has been in search of Tom Martin, s “Tamarack Tom,” wanted for forgery committed two years ago. ‘The sheriff secured Thomas F, Martin, but he was the wrong man, and was re- leased. t Pipestone, Thomas Murray was sentenced to nine months’ hard labor at Stillwater, and Joseph Roach to six morths at the same place, for grand larceny. Phil MeCall, city marshal, charged with murder in the second de- gree, has pleaded not guilty, and will be tried Jan. 25 The damage suit of Daniel Brown vs, Irvin O. Brown, for the alienation of his wife’s affections, was amicably set- tled at Winona. The case was tried last fall, and a verdict of $3,000 re- turned for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial has since been under ad- visement. Simon Sullivan, one of the oldest set- ders at the head of the lakes, is dead at Duluth. For over twenty years he has lived the life of a hermit in a cabin about five miles east of Duluth. About a year ago he brought suit against Lu- ther Mendenhall to get a title to the land on which he lived, claiming by adverse possession. A fire broke out in the store of Man- ning & Co., at Willmar, which for a time called for the most active efforts of the fire department. The fire was extinguished, however, without doing any great damage to surrounding buildings. The loss, which was con- siderable, was fully covered by insur- ance. ‘lownships 149 and 150, N. R. 28, and 140-29 will be opened for settlement in the latter part of February, and there will be a rush, There are 6,978 acres of swamp land to be reserved for the state. The land is high and rolling, well watered, and the extension of the Great Northern’s Fosston, branch will bring it in close railroad communica- tion. A meeting of the Winona Lodge of United Commercial Travelers took pre- liminary steps for entertaining the con- vention of traveling men of Minnesota and Dakota next May. Committees on finance and entertainment were ap- pointed, but, as all of the members have not yet been seen, they are not ready to be annorneced. The conven- tion will be a big affair, and the visit- ors will be entertained royally. George S. Huse, one of Duluth’s first settlers and its first chief of po- lice, is dead, of paralysis of the brain. Mr. Huse was sixty-five years of age. He leaves a wife and two sons. He has been depot baggageman for the St. Paul & Duluth and Northern Pacific railroads, jointly, since 1877. He was prominent in Masonic circles, and up to the time of his death was an active member of the Knights Templar. William Thomas of Owatonna, aged seventy-six, and seemingly in good health, committed suicide at his board- ing house by shooting. He leaves two children—a son, Camp Thomas, resid- ing at Fort Madison, lowa, and a daughter, employed as a bookkeep- er for Crandall & Nelson, Owatonna. No cause can, be given for the action, as the deceased was a pensioner, and had a house in St. Charles, Minn., from which he received rent. Private Frank Walden, Company H, Third Infantry, Fort Snelling, has been ordered discharged. “burned. (WATER TANK COLLAPSED. Citizens of Marshall Receive a Mid- night Scare. Marshall, Minn., Dec. 31.—The steel tower and tank of the city water works collapsed, and the entire struc- ture, 110 feet high, fell in one heap. The collupse was due no doubt to the formation of ice from water trickling through a hole caused by the tank be- ing pierced by a rifle ball. Three peo- ple, sleeping close by, narrowly es- caped, the head of one being bruised by failing ice. The crash was attended by considerable noise, and many peo- ple awoke, thinking an explosion had occurred. here have commissioned three men to go immediately to Ottawa and present a petition to the Caiadian authorities reciting the reasons why the new min- ing laws are unjustly severe. The pe- tition, as finally adopted, is the result of several conferences of committees composed of the most intelligent citi- zens and aliens of the Klondike, and the three delegates named in it are the persons elected by a committee of ten. MOUNTAIN TORRENTS. Warm Wave Causing Interruption to Railroad ‘Trafic. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31,—The recent rain storm has seriously interrupted railroad traffic for the past forty-eight hours, and a chinook wind, which is converting the snow in the mountains into water, threatens considerable damage. The Skagit river is reported to have risen ten feet. Eleven bents of the Seattle & International over the Stillaguamish have washed away at Arlington. trestle been Telephone Tax. Willmar, Minn., Dec. 31. — The local telephone company here having been called upon for a report of its gross earnings in order that they might be taxed as provided in laws of 1897, the members of the association argue that as the law applies to telephone com- panies doing “a general business in this state’ it does not apply te this company, as they confine themselves to the village of Willmar, but as the tax this year is only $9.88 they con- cluded to remit. ¢ Signed Under Misapprehension. Winona, Minn., Dec. 31.—The Fond du Lac National bank has commenced suit against Emil Kastner and Henry J. Prigge, farmers in the town of Nor- ton, to collect notes of $475 each, which they claim to have purchased from the Strascino Piano company. Defendants allege the notes were obtained from them by misrepresentation, they be- lieving they were merely signing an agreement to permit pianos to remain in their homes. Her Eyes Injured. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 31.—Miss Min- nie Morley, an operator at the La Crosse Telephone company’s local ex- change, was seriously injured by the explosion of a railroad torpedo. A younger brother had found the torpedo, which they supposed to be a small tin box, and when attempting to pry the cover off the torpedo exploded, striking the young lady squarely in the face and badly injuring both eyes. Abandoned at Sea. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 31—Capt. Deb- ney, of the steamer City of Puebla, re- ports that on his way north from San Francisco he sighted a lumber laden bark ashore five miles South of Cape Fiattery. He signalled but got no an- swer, the bark seemingly being aban- doned. Heavy seas were running. The tug Sea Lion was met in the straits, and being told of the wreck, went to the scene. Probably Fatal. Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec. 31.—A white moving a builditig Jerome Card, a la- borer, received injuries which in all probability will result in death. He was walking behind the horse when the sweep on the capstan broke, strik- ing him on the side of the head, cav- ing in the skull just above the temple. little hopes for The physicians have his recovery. Stolen by Indians. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dee. !8 —A white child, a girl of fifteen, who is living with the Indians on the Cheyenne In- dian reservation, has been ordered turned over to the superintendent of the children’s home, this city. The girl is supposed to have zeen stolen from her home in Montana when an infant by Sitting Bull’s band. Rough on Stanley. Sioux City, lowa, Dec. 31.—T'wo men quarreled in a South Sioux City bar room. One drew a revolver. The oth- er collared George Stanley and used his person as a breastwork from be- hind which he returned his opponent's fire. Stanley was badly hurt. The fight over, both combatants fled. Nei- ther of them is known. Weather Bulletin. The lowest temperature for the past twenty-four hours at the principal sta- tions was as follews: St. Paul . Bismarel Cheyenne. Chicago. . New York Killed by the Cars. Winnipeg, Dec. 31.-John Stevenson, an old time resident here, in the em- ploy of Blackwood Bros., was Killed at veWoes UNJUSTLY SEVERE. Klondike Petition to Canadian Gov- ernment as to Mining Laws. Dawson City, N. W. 7T., Noy. 25, via Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31.—The miners Salt Coats station, Manitoba, early this + morning. He fell under the cars and had both legs cut off, dying a few minutes later. Two Suicides at Marshalltown, Marshalltown, lowa, Dec. 31.—Hans Nelson sent a bullet hoie through his ‘rain while in bed. He«was well-to-do but had been the victim of blackmail- ers, which preyed on his mind. A few hours later E. L. Thayer died from the effects of an overdose of morphine. \Stioon Destroyed, INTERESTING TO GEOLoaists. ! Scrofula and * The East Coast of Florida Farnishes Study For the Scientist. To the geologist the east coast of Florida is one of the most interesting portions of the earth’s surface. In the eyes of science it was but yesterday when the surf beat on what is now the western shore of the St. John’s. To the eastward of this line the corals built a long bar; gradually this caught the earth washed from the shore and on this plants grew and then trees. This made of the St. John’s exactly what Indian river is now, a long salt- water lagoon. As the coast widened and the coral worked the lagoon filled in as Indian river is doing, and drain- age from both sides made it fresh. Still the coral is at work, and again a long bar stretches southward almost continuous now from Cape Canaveral to Key West. When ali the inlets on Indian river are closed but one it will soon become a fresh-water stream and fill in with the remaining inlet for the mouth of a river. Then the space between the shore and the coral reef will be another lagoon and another strip of habitable land will arise out of the ocean. The accumulation of al- luvial soil in the valley of the upper St. John’s is full of the bones of marine monsters and shell fishes—the sub- stratum of clay is still distinctly salt. Are there monsters yet alive in the great marsh? There are tales that would go to prove it. In that tract of eighty-two miles in length, sometimes fifteen in breadth, without forest growth, still a mixture of earth and water—a wilderness of plants and grasses—there is room for many strange forms of life that man may never see in our generation. THE KLONDIKE GOLD. The Question of Age and the Original Formation. An interesting point in connection with the question of age is that the ground remains perennially frozen, on- ly the surface being thawed in sum- mer to the depth of two or.three feet, says Nature. It would appear, there- fore, that, like the placers of Siberia, these deposits have remained undis- turbed and unaltered everssince the glacial period, and perhaps some such evidence of this will in course of time be discovered, as was afforded by the remains of mamoths and other animals in the Siberian frozen mud. It is worthy of note that the comparative lowness of standard of the gold is, un- der the existing conditions, in favor of the view that the placer gold is derived from the erosion of auriferous quartz lodes formerly existing at a higher lev- el, and has not been formed in situ by being deposited from solution. For, according to those who support the former view, placer gold becomes of higher standard than reef gold after it has found its way into the drifts, the base metals being gradually re- moved by the solvent action of running water, in which gold is not readily soluble. Since, however, the Klondike gold has been frozen up during a large part of the time since it was deposited in the gravel, it is obvious that it can- not have altered in composition so much has the gold in river sands far- ther south, and might be expected to resemble the gold in the parent lodes, which is not usually more than 800 fine. The low standard of the gold is not so readily accounted for by the accretion theory of formation of placer gold. Compensation. “Of. course,” said Mr. Erastus P:nk- ley, who had drifted into a philo- sophie vein, “you ain’t gwinter be j saterfy wif dis life, not onless yo show sense in yoh way 0’ lookin’ at it.” “What’s yah way?” said Miss Miami Brown. “You wants ter average fings up. It’s ve’y possible dat a man may deserve ter be rich an’ famous an’ not git dar, but on de yuthuh han’ it’s ve'y possible dat a man may deserve ter be in jail an’ not git dar, neither.”— Washington Star. JESTS FOR THE TABLE. At a musicale and supper Mrs. De- forest suggested that the watermelon might aid the chorus. Scooping it out would make it holler. There is only one thing which is said to be worse than being called up- on unexpectedly to make an after-din- ner speech—that is to prepare an af- ter-dinner speech and not be asked to deliver it. A little girl was told that too much hot buttered toast would make her ill. Looking at the dish for a moment, she thought she saw her way out of the difficulty and exclaimed: “Well, give me another piece and send for ze doc- tor.” The child’s jest that a mistake is not a beefsteak would hardly be compre- hended by the Kentucky young woman who, on being informed that her lover only played for dinners, suppers and small stakes, declared she was rejoiced to hear that he never played except for something to eat., In a Paris cafe, says a writer, I ask- ed the maid whether she did not think the name on the menu: “Demi tasse cafe au lait frappe a la glace,” was very inflated for such a small cup of cold coffee and milK> “Yes, madam,” she replied, “it occupies the mind as well as the stomach.” The proprietor of a new Washington hotel celebrated its opening by inviting a large number of distingues to a sup- per. At the table a distinguished judge of diminutive stature took offense at Mora, Minn., Dec. 31. — A building : a jocular remark of the landlord and, ownad by C. E. Williams and occu- handing him a dollar, said: “Sir, I pied by J. W. Miller, saloonFeeper, The building and contents were insured. \ wish to pay for my supper.” The lar.d- lord handed bim back 50 cents, saying, quietly: “Children, half-price.” ! and Gravel. All other blood Diseases are promptly And Permanently Cured’ By Hood’s Sarsaparilla. If you suffer from Any form of Blood . Disorder, you should Take Hood’s and Only Hood's. Trying to Be Nice to a Pope. San Francisco Argonaut: Tradition hands down an awful break matie by a well meaning American gentleman, who, in his embarrassment, genially assured Pope Pius IX. that he had the pleasure of a presentation to his father, the late pope, many years before. Increase in Train Hauls. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad is now reaping the benefits of the improvements that have been made to the property since John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Mur- ray were appointed receivers. It was stated by a noted critic of railway opera- tions a few months ago that if the re- ceivers succeeded in increasing the train haul per ton per mile to 300 that they could be commended for having spent so much money in buying new locomotives, straightening curves, lowering grades and laying new rail. Since June, 30 a careful record has Been kept and the re- sults have been more than gratifying to the management. Before new locomo- tives were purchased, before track im- provements were made, and before the tonnage system of loading trains was adopted, the average train haul per ton per mile on the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road was less than 225 tons, and some old employes think it did not exceed 200 tons. There are no figures for compari- son, but in July the average was 334.7 in August 356.41 and in September 361.4, @ very large and satisfactory increase. The average would have been stu larger but for the fact that on several divisions, depending on coal for tonnage, but little or none was moved, owing to the strike The main stem figures are considered very satisfactory, as that part of the road crosses the Alleghenies, some grades being 125 feet to the mile. The averages on the several divisions range from 32.21, on the Wooster branch, to 534.19, on the Pittsburg division. The figures in detail are as follows: July. Aug. Sept. Main stem and brehs. .374. Philadelphia division. .2 Parkersbu-r oraich. Pittsburg division. Wheeling & Pitts. div. Central Ohio division. Lake Brie division. Straitsville division Chicago division. Midland division. Akron division. Wooster division. Averages Dangers Comprred. 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