Mattoon Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

lii li. i I A E2PC2IT02T ICCAL AXTD ADVOCATE C7 E021B I27TS2ST8. MATTOON, COLESCOUtfTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY. EOITION, OCTOBER fi, 1897. VOL.

XXVII. NO. 18. In Jackson county are reported (o be drj." Almost every town la Miwouri and Kanaaa ia already feeling the effect' of the water famine. WEYLER RECALLED.

AN EXPERT CUTTER -FROM- "America'syPopular lILlIElffSS JSDWARD E. STRAUSS CHICAGO, Orders will be ---takenfor im-- helGreat FurnitureHardware, and House-Furnishing Dealers iiave demonstrated, beyond a "doubt, that it pays to buy your gooas 'Wnere you can see me largest assortment where you can buy a stove at any and all prices, ranging from $2.50 to The best judges zeverywherepro -nouncethrsline of samples the finest "onthe road and you should not fail to see them when the" EXPERT- -AR RIVES Look For Himl -WILL BE AT fZl! where you can see IB -100 Stoves on the floor now open for your inspection." Where you can find everything In the Granite or Tinware lines No where you can see Thursday, Oct. 1897 To take measures for FALL and WINTER SUITS, Pants, and Overcoats, and -will show 500 New Styles of Piece. Goods. Come In And Make DIXON CO.

"No. 300 Rocking Chairs on one floor and ready -for in spection where you can see the Largest a. and Most Stock of Furniture of That you can al ways buy goods much cheaper where various and largo lines are kept. Never befdre in Coles county Will be Accepted by tho GubajT -patriots." Tby Wllllwff Pay for It, If Bpmim It WlM Eooofh to Uk AdTBnUge of faroreblo Upportaalty Oibar' wIm Wr to tbo Death. New Yobk, bet.

Herald prints a number of Interviews witb leading Cubans here on the sltuatlor in the bland. The Ihai autonomy for the Island is out ol the question, but most of (hem are ir favor of payinf Spain a reasonable in emBlty-- rovidng- sheLVuate-th4-: island at once. Estrada Palmai'representative ol the Cuban provisional governmentr aid: -'To the Cuban patriots it makes Jit! tie difference whether a liberal or con servatlvelnlnl8tfy dlrects'affaire'ie Bpain A change. in govrnmenLJUi Bpain does not alter the case of the Cu They are now more firmly do-te rained than ever to push the Ugh! until the absolute Independence ol Cuba is ackdowiedgedrl believe th Cubans are willing to pay a reasonable indemnity to Spain provided she with draw her troops from Cuba before tut island is completely ruineL" Lnrlque J. de Varona said: believe autonomy would complt cate rather than solve the Cuban sit umtlou.

Absolute independence th aspiration ef the immense majority ol the Cuban Cuba needs a den nlte political regime- Spanish auton omy would jnot give it to the islaud The only practical solution, of the Cif ban problem la absolute independ- enee." -r-r-z- l)r. Henry Lincoln de Sayes said: "The Cubans are and have always been ready to treat with Spain with a vUw to a cessation of hostilities, pro-vlded the first condition be that Spain hall acknowledge Cnba'a independ-ence." CoL F. the United States army and a Veteran of the ten years' war in Cuba, said: "I would like to see Cuba freed by force of arms, but, to avoid the further shedding of blood Tf innocent people, would, though, painfully, sign and give my consen to a com pensation to Spain for the sake of getting rid of the Spanish." E. TruJiUo, editor of El Porvenir, v- 'Cubans are fighting for absolute in dependence and will accept no otuei Urlgadler Eugenio Sanchez Agra- ju, general the C'uuan army, said: 1 -Cubans are firmly determined to fight until absolute independence Is a oomplisheiL-. But a few million more or less, provided the sum is reasonable.

will be paid by them to Spain in order to avoid a prolongation of tlie struggle, "-r) 7" Begardlng the plea for the purchase of Cuba from the SpanUh government, lien. Lmillo hunes, who for the past teu days has been in consultation with the junta leaders in New York, said: "1 can not see how the plans for the freedom of Cuba on the basis of a guarantee to Spain by the United Stales of an indemnity of 8200,000,000 in cash can be displeasing to any of the parties; ex-jept that the amount is greatly in excess the-true values of relics left by Weyler. The United States could afford to back up the I proposition, because it would have the revenue of Cuba to guarantee reimbursement and would gain Immediately improvements af its trade relations. 1 believe that, item as our resultitlou never to lay Sown our arms to Spain, the majority of our people are not so uawike as to Imagine It better to fignt lo the last gasp, rather than cease the struggle on terms so favorable as are now possible." THE NEW. GREEK CABINET.

tYeU ReeeWed by Pre and People Del-yaaals Ueavaaeed. ATHBirt. Oct a The new cabinet or-ifsuiwd by M. Zalmis has met with a favorable reception from the press, the Asty, the Akropolis, the Ephim-erls and the Scrip all denounce M. Dal-fannls.

The Scrip hopes that the "UreeW Ollivler" will cease to disturb that return to po'wei 'wouIiTbe Irna-" tlonal disgrace. The new ministers took the oath of office before king Ueorge yesterday. TWO PASSENQERSKILLED. Many Others lejared a the Deafer A Klo Uraade Hallwayi Cotopaxi, CoLV Oct. i.The first eeo- tion of the Deuver Sc.

Rio Grande Nat row-gauge train Na 4. met with an ac- cldeut just west of nirsKit. five o'clock yesterday morning. The accident Is believed to have been jcaused by the spreading ol the rails. Two passen gers were nuiea.

A nuinberbf the" more seriously 1n jured were taken to Tellurids ILii. "The wrecked" train was bHnglngex curstonlsta to Denver. -f ABATER FAMINE IMPENDING. Ho Sash Scarcity of Water Ezperleaeed la Slaay Tears. Kamsas Citt, Mot, Oct 4.

According to specials to the Times a water famine Is impending in this part of the south-' west In the immediate vlolnlty ol Kansas Cityherf bts-mot beenr ttreh' st-ari-Hy of wstor for 17 years. All Ibe toiall sU'aiu and many or the ponds Death of the Father of the Malat Prohibitory Law. Be rawed A way at His Homo- Inr-PorV laud, la His Mnety-Thlrd Tear Hketeh of His PablU -and Private Ufa, 11 1 MeOct 8. Gen.Ncal Dow, the famous champion of the temperance cause, died at his CoDgress street home Saturday af ternoon. Uen.

Dow's illness was "serious from the her; ginning, and his case was rendered hopeless by the infirmities of old age. He had not spoken stnce Frldav after- eowpbuVuTJcMiouallynFacogulztt (nembers of family when they entered his room. Throughout his sickness he was most patient' Among the last' words which he uttered were! "1 IJong to be free." i Oen. Dow wot in his nlnetj-thirdj earns from i long-lived Quaker His fu-taer lived to be Vejrears and. his mother was a Up to the time of bis floaT Ulness he was in the habit of rising at Bve o'clock every morning and taking a long wslk.

Be would often' drive 20 miles in an afternoon, and was remarkably active for a man ot his Gen. Dow achieved national fame as the fa ther of the Maine prohibition law. Since 1840 he had been the leader of the prohibition sta in the state, and hod oftentimes been their champion la other commonwealths. Be was, parhaps -the mast Influential OEN. NEAL DOW.

temperance advocate In the Uni-ed States. Twice he was called upon to go to England in the interests of the temperance cause, and he ipoke In all of the large cities of Qreat Britain. He had been mayor pf Portland several times, and served two terms in the state legislature. His bravery in the civil war won him the rank of brigadier-general. Seal Dow was born in Portland, March to, just across the way.

from the handsome residence in Congreas street ia which he died. Bis father was a well-to-do tanner. After being educated in the awilemy, the sou engaged In business with his father. Young Dow had always been taught to abhor, liquor. On every oeeaaioa he used his influence tgainst the trafflo, but it is said that only by tecident he was led to take the field In an open fight for prohibition.

A woman whom he knew piked that he use his inH enoe to keep herhus-tand frjm drlnklnj, as he was about to lose his position on that He was tn the habit it getting his liquor from a eertaln place, and (he thouitht that if the saloon-keeper could btf persuaded not to sell to him he would reform. Dow made the rJiuMt for her, but he was re-eiiffed by the Sloon-keepwrrThUr -treatment lid him to itn wir oa th tr(Ho which resulted in driving ever liquor dealer from the ttttte. In 1811 he gave up his budness and started in a campaigning tour through the state. He roveled In a carriage in summer and sleigh winter, visiting every section of. the state, leliverlng speeches and leaving awlde trial of sempjrance tracts 'When he bsd sat iratod the state with prohibition sentiment be.

prepared a bill for the legislature whloh pro-" jlbited the manufacture and sale of liquor in vialne. It won passed In 1851, and every saloon ffos driven out of the state. Mr. Dow wss erring his second term as mayor ot Portland when the ISw was passed. When the war broke out he raised a regiment tnd went Into the fleld ss eolonal of the Thjr- leenin fsame volunteers.

ue rose to tne runs brigadier general. During a whole winter he jros C'lnDnsd in Libby priwn and InlWHex- ihsnged for Uen. Fltzhugh Lee. He was twloe founded In battle. In IBM bs spent some time In England work-ng for the abolition of the liquor traffic, Of ate years he hod been much at home attending hi business affairs, reading much and wrlt- ng some.

Oen. Dow was of pleasing personality and had bright, kindly face. He wss slight and erect tnd active, His faoe was such as to inspire ad- ninttton and conndenoe. MALL IE WADE'S MURDERER. Ha Was Captared at Terra Haata, lad, sad Locked t'p at It Loala.

St. Louis. Oct Webb, fiho murdered his sweetheart, Mallle vVade, a colored school teacher, in this Jlvy, on the hijfht of Alajr 30, 1895, ar- ived here at 2 a. m. from Terre Haute, ladi-where lie wsrretcdFridayri Webb admitted his g'uilt when arrest-td, and returned without the formality a requisition.

The body of Webb's victim was found Jie nioroinir after the murder In the Mtter's quarters over a stable at 3123 iravois avenue. She was lying- on his jotwitl a bullet jwound In her brain. Webb had disappeared and a IhoroiifK tearch of the city failed to locate him. he circumstances of the R-lrl's death were such as to convince the coroner's ury that he was responsible. HOW THEY STAND.

Ataraf as at tha tioaa uf tha HeaaoA, Oo-. tubs a. -Following1 is the standing of the league baseball clubs at the. close ot the championship season of i Huliuur New 3leland arookljn VUttWirgU 'JhlOKO Philadelphia. Per Won.

HI ea et 60 ft oeat. SO 43 et Tl Tl Tl Tl TT Ti .8.3 An Mi .447 .417 Ml Half the twa' of WHIaw Springs, tlL. Catcaao, Oct 8. Fire which broke but at Wiltowr Springs, 10 miles front Chicago the drainage 'canal, de WfOyedtreHrtyhalt the'tawn and tnsde fsmllUis Itotneless. bosi, ujrUt luurm-e.

lays a Madrid Dtipatah Bj ths Way of oeaoa "'y' Losdoit, Oct. 8. A special dispatch received here from Madrid says that Capt-Oen. Weylerjiasjbeen recalled from Cuba. His successor.it is added, has not yet been officially announced.

ZTHElRUBUC Oa September 1, a Shown by tha Monthly Treaeary Htatemrnt. treasury statement showsrtnat at tl close of business September 80, 1897, the publie debt, less cash in the treasury, was increase, ince August 80, of This increase is accounted forTy a corres-" pondinjrjjdecreasajln-the amount-of eash on hand. The debt is recapitu-lated as follows: Interest bearing Debt on which Interest has ceaitcd Ince Debt bearlnj no This amount however, does not in elude .8389,070,953 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which, are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classslfled as "follows: Silver. 613,481,747 Paper.

Bonds, disbursing offloers' balances, etc. Total axslnnt which ere demand liabilities outstsnaliui amountini to. Which: leaves a net cash balance la the treasury of A MOTHER'S DEED, she -EBeoaapaieod tha Aephyxlatloa of Ilanelf and Foar Children. Nkw York, Oct A woman and her four children were found dead by asphyxiation in the West Shore hotel, corty-second Street and Eleventh avenue, 'The woman had evidently killed her children and committed uleide. They were registered aa "Mrs.

Caroline Razlnlus, West Point, and four chil dren. They arrived by a train which came from West Point Thursday night Mrs. Bazioius appeared to be about forty years old. The children were two boys, one about 15 and the other about 7, and girls, about 13 and 7 years DISBARRED FROM PRACTICE. 4 Firm ef Patent Attorneys Shot Oat From the Iaterlor Department.

Washington, Oct 8. John Wedder- burn of this city, have been disbarred from practice before the interior department as patent attorneys oi The action of Commissioner Butter- worth is based on section 457 of the re-vised. The firm is held to have been guilty "of gross fraud and unprofessional conduct' FOREIGN VALUES. rhey Are Affected by the Redaction Is the Price of Silver, Washington, Oct 2. -Director Pres ton, of the mint bureau, has reported lo the secretary of the treasury the ralne of foreign silver coins which will be followed in estimating the valui 9f foreign merchandise exported totht United States.

As compared with th report of July 1 last there has been reduction in the price of silver ol 10.04350" pet fine ounce. -T BOLDEST-ON RECORD-T rive Masked Mea Hold Vp a Boek Iilaad Wicuita, Oct Island train Na 5, Oklahoma Fort 'orth, Dallas New Orleans express, which left this city at five o'clock -Friday morningVwas- helcV jp by a band of masked robbers short distance this side ot Jhlckasha, I. T. The hold-up ccurred at 11 a. and in boldness of ixecutlon rivaled the most sensational exploits of the James gang, the Dal ton rang, or the Doolln gang.

Shawnectown, 111., Oct 3. A re-jnlon of the Forty-eighth, Eighteenth, rwenty-ninth, Thirty-first, Eighty, teyenth. Fifty-sixth, One Hundred and Twentieth, and One Hundred and Twenty-first Illinois infantry, and the Sixth, Seventh; Thlr veenth, Fourteenth and Sixteenth iavalry and theJMextcan veterans will pe held in this city on October 19, 30, 81 Woodsaaa Kaearos Timaafarred. Rock Island, 11L, 8. The records of the Modern Woodmen of America were landed in Rock Islaud Thursday evening, thus ending the stmgirle which has been progressing- for five rewilwfweea the elt ena of Fulton.

The removal precipl-lated a riot at Fulton.and it was found necessary to call out militia to pre vent bloodshed. ktmmA tu in ona. 11 MlBIDLaN. MIojl. OcL i Tha muni.

jipal board, Thursd.if, passed an ord inance quavastlBliu ag-ainst tire world. The alio passed an ordinance prohlb I ting- trams entering the corporate urn- ol IM CltyrTTSla (StlOrwar.TiKen bevaiise uf the rauid' and dang-erunt tpteaJ 6f yJioy f'er A Page That Will Interest YOU! Mierea to tne people. mediate-or-fu--ture delivery, hdas all Xr ments' will be measured and cut by an ex- pert, they will be sure to Wait For Him OUR STORE 6 On all for a very TIME make this get it. tJ 5 HONEY a Will give a Cut of 30 PejSeiit- A vvnen you visit our mammotn store and find everybody busy, you must be patient and wait ivour turn. Please bear fh mind this immense store requires a great deal of nard'work to carry its numerous departments.

Therefore we beg of you to believe that we aupreciate-your business, and will wait upon you ine nrst moment possible. if- i want uui uusiuufts, aim we are going to have it, 11 Courteous and Polite" Attention, -and -Low-Prices will get it. We are awake to the conditions and to the demands of the people. Yes! Queensware? We are GASHSAtES Over $1.00 SHORT WE NEED and we now opening and marking- and in a iew aays wm aoie snow vou the larsrest and handsomest of auocnsware -ever shown SACRIFICE in this city, and we propose to -rr-raake pr ieubauxiiever heard of before. Bear in mind that we put nothing in print tha wo cannot verify.

Coma and see for yourself. Kern, Collins Go. Tho Wide-Awake House. lr.