Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 2 April 1892 — Page 1

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MAT KL1NEJQ5 E, Main St 0pp. Court House. Daily Weather Report. IMI

"Severe local storms—Cooler Sunday morning..,

Children Cry for Pitcher's Oastoria.

Order Your New Suit for Easter

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COLMAN & MURPHY,

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THE AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY

Is now better prepared than

ever

clean and while. The work is now done at the oxtrr-me south end of Washington street, where there is no SOOl

LEAVE YOUR WORK AT BRANCH OFFICE.

TheCrawfordsvillel ransfer Line,

WAMilil* «& IXKLKY, Proprietors

Passengers and Baggage transferred to hotels, depots or any part of the city. OMNIBUSES, CABS AND HACKS. Leave orders at the stables on Market street, or at the branch office at C. A. Snodgrass' store on Washington street. Telephone No. 47.

We All Eat to Live

AND LIVE TO EAT

Therefore when wanting first class groceries, Coffee, Sugars, Tea, 4 Apples, Pickles. Jersey Swee* Potr'.oes, New Sorghum Molasses, Fresh Paii'k Oysters, celery, cranberries, etc. call at

Cash Kry's,

Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.

18 Carat Cigar

THE IADGIET AND BEST

In the City Can Be Bought By Asking for

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to do up your clothes

MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLYF0R

,J. LAYMON.

AT UONNKLL'S OLD STAND.

Albright's Hoky-Poky Bread!

Ill tho vory latest stylo.

Towanda, Kan., Almost Annihilated.

Entirely

TERRIBLE RESULT OF A CYCLONE.

Ovt Score of PEOPLE Killed unci Injured—.Llvds Lo#t in Auguttu, WelllngIon, Olutlio hihI Other KuutoUSi Towiih.

THE Wl.Nl/S A\vn r. WOltK.-, Kansas City", Mo., April 8.—A toriilo of mad dc.-.ti uetiveuess swept over Kansas Thursday night. llutlor county m'i*nis to have been the scene of the greatest havoc. The town of Towanda wns entirely wiped off the face of the earth and Augusta, a few miles distant, was buffeted out of all semblance to its former self.

everything in its path and left dead bodies lying- in its wake. Six dead bodies have been recovered from tho ruins already searched. Twenty porsons are fatally hurt und forty more seriously injured, besides a large number more or les* uulmed.

The VlullniM Mt Totvamlu.

Towanda is a village of 800 inhabitants, situated 10 miles west of Eldorado. The ktorm laid the whole town Hat with the earth nnd left not a single house standing-. Of the eighty families composing- the population there Is not one that is not either mourning- for a dead or dying- member or sorrowing with the suffering. The killed are! nines Hiitiey, Juh:i Blake, llerschol Cupp, William Hartley, Dr. F. D. fiodfrcy, infant child of John Ulako.

Those fatally wounded are: Little ffirl blown from second story of hotel, .t* distance nf 8M feet, bstnly onmhed: Mrs. G. A. Ko'.ihlns, skull fractured by flying timber* Elmer Internally injured: Mrs. Walter

Mooney. side crushed Alice Thornton George Cornelius and wife, badly crushed. Among- those seriously and some per hups fatally injured are:

A. Heche, Mrs. Carney, Mrs. .loha lv^rr. It. It Gnbber ana wife, C. C. Westeott, Levis P' li'r Ix.roaprh, Mr. nnd Mrs. J. N- Sorter. Fi-anli Clieiiel''Sand wife, (.leorge Maxwell und three children, William Mitchell, wife and child. Mrs H.mior HlieU, Mrs. llortr.n :rel youri^ son aii't Postmaster Gordon. lluilrilnK* WriM-ltril nt (Hatlo*.

At C/iathe, Kan., the general store ol Mariner Marvel was partially wrecked by the storm. Farmhouseand stables in the city were unroofed, but no one was injured.

At Marshall, Mo.,, considerable damafro was done the cupola of the Methodist church, which was blown down. Windows were blown in and roofs carried away.

At Sallna, Ivan., the house of M. A. l'.rather was carried from its foundations and wrecked. The family were at supper at the time and all were more or less injured. One daughter had a ley broken and was internally Injured. Another was hurt about the back and also sustained internal injuries. Neither is likely to recover. A young- son was badly injured and bruised about the head, but not fatally. The house ol Samuel Bucliliolder was demolished, but the family escaped without injury.

Took Itefuffe In the Cfllar. Mrs. Zimmerman took refuge in the cellar of her house. The house was demolished and Mrs. Zimmerman wis fatally injured.

At Ottawa, Twin., the tower of the water company's building- was toppled over, roofs were carried away and sidewalks turned over. Trees were uprooted and muoh damage was done to orchards.

At Warrensburg, Mo., tlie Methodist cliuroli was unroofed und the cupola blown down.

At Chillleothe, Mo., the cupola of the Methodist church was blown down nnd the building unroofed. .\o one was hurt.

At Kansas City, Kan., Arn Connors, aged 5 years, was thrown violently to the ground and had his hip crushed. Del March, a girl aged 17, was struck by a piece of flying sidewalk and sua tained injuries that may prove fatal, l.oftn of I.lfu at AuKiista.

At Augusta throe were, killed outright —Harmon Haskins. James Barnes and a little child of Will Rhode*, who was blown out of his mothers arms and dashed against a brick wall, lthodes himself is fatally injured, as is also the wife of Harmon Haskins. Fifteen others were hurt more or less seriously, according to present reports, but all wires are down and it is impossible to get any detailed account from other places.

Apparently the samp .storm touched at Kiowa and Wellington. In Kiowa the Missouri Pacific depot and a number of dwellings and buildings were demolished and though 110 loss of life is known several minor mishaps are reported. -The damage to property is said to be great.

Muiiy Killed ul •Wellington'. Wellington and vicinity suffered considerably and several people were killed. WiHiam Little's house, south or' Wellington, was blown to pieces and i.iltle and his four children were killed, .loo Walter's lioitso wns pioked up and thirteen of the occupants were more or less injured. Sam ISutterwortli's house nnd its occupants were carried :i(K) yards in the air. and some of the family were badly hurt. i• Ji'stnu'tion nt St. .loM-ph.

At St. Joseph nearly every telegraph and telephone wire in tho city has been torn down, numerous small houses demolished and many large ones unroofed. Thousands of dollars' worth of damage -wascausedby thebreakingof plate glass in store windows. I11 the eastern partof the city a brick house was blown down, burying Tillie liushnell, aged 7 years, and seriously injuring her. A transfer wagon blew over on Third and Mesanie streets and the driver, Lee Kalsbury, sufl'ered a broken collar bone. Several horses were killed and the entire city is strewn with wreckage. In the river the stenmboats Yazcl and Savannah and the ferryboat Belle of Brownsville are swamped or ashore.

There is hardly a house in the city not damaged more or less, nnd many

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haras, outhouse* and fencie.s are leveled. The loss will aggregate $10,000. The largo bnrn of the King Hill KtocU farm is totally destroyed, but all tho valuable stock ivat removed before the building was swept away. The loss is S5,000.

Schools Ifnnttly Dl*ml*Kel.

In Kansas City the wind reached a velocity of 04 miles. The damage consisted principally of roofs blown away and plate glass windows broken. The roof of the high school at Locust und Twelfth streets was blown off. There was no panic, but school was dismissed, it b«ing feared Unit the building was unsafe. Examination, however, proved that the structure had been uninjured.

The roof of an apartment house at Tenth and Charlotte streets was blown u\va\- and a grocery store at Ninth street and Troo&t avenuo lost its roof and a portion of its front. Signs were blown down all ovor the city, some of them crashing through costlv plate

Not a house or building was left standing in To wands. The town was asleep glass windows in the ce»terof the busilien the storm swept down, razed ness portion of the city.

Specials from Hiawatha. Kan.: Seneca, Onetda, Borton, Lawrence, liolckow and Maryvllie, Mo., report great loss, l'ftlflyrapli Wire* Down.

The greatest damage was suffered by tho telegraph companies. The Western ttnion report® no communication whatever with points west of the center of Kansas and has but a few working wires east. Messages aro being received subject to indefinite delay. Telegraph poles all along tho railways west of here hare lsaon prostrated, causing a Tvoful tnng-le of wires.

Tim Tornado 8trlk«s AtchUon. At, Atchison the gale began at midnight Thursday night, but no damage was done to speak of until nearly noon Friday, when a tornado vlsilefl the city nnd unroofed atid demolished several largo buildings and scattered signs nnd awnings in every direction. l^ie Santa Fe depot was unroofed and the Scholastic oonvent demolished. Tho warehouse of Thrall .fe Co. was destroyed iuxI the grocery of the Salor Company lt in ruins. The roof of the prigon wa« oarried off and a portion orf the building was demolished. A small house in the. Missouri Pacific yards was blown into the river. Ilundscds of chimneys have been blown down and a great deal of damage done. Great damage iu in the country wi\s done to fruit trees,

Xo one lias been injured. The wind at Leavenworth ut noonhad become a hurricane and blew away part of the roof the Great Western stove works und work was suspended for the day.

Several Killoil :it South ITaven. .South Haven 'suffered severely from the storm both in the way of material damage and in the number of lives lost The house of John Moorehouse was leveled to the ground and Moon.house and one child was killed, other members of the family escaping. Joliu Burmaster's house was crushed like an eggshell and the wlirfte family was killed in an instant. They are: John Burinastcr. wife and three children. Mrs. Frank Shephard was killed by fly iug- timbers. A score of other people were injured in the storm, but it is believed no more fatalities occurred. f*Hth oV tk« Storm.

The storin, as far as can he determined. swept across tho country from the Indian territory into the south' western part of Barber county, Kau. taking tlie littld town of Kiowa iu its path. In a northeasterly direction it passed through Frazler county and also the oenter oJ Sumner county. Bending as a bow, it passed almost directly north through tho remainder of Sumner oountv and along the western part of Butler county. Villages and farm houses were ea ried away as it swept, along. The tornado continued in lir.tnsas and the northwestern part of Missouri Iriduv but was less destructive.

Dcttth of a Jurist.

Washington, April 2. Charles I). Drake, ex-ohief justice of the court of claims, was found dead In his bed at his residence in this city. His death was entirely unexpected, as Thursday night he attended prayer meeting at the Western Preabytcrian church nnd took part as usual. Returning home he spent an hour or trwo with his family and retired in apparently good health Judge Drake wns St years old. :f

Six rcraoti* Killed by Bnntr.vonAM, Ala., April 2.—Friday afternoon the Sterling dynamite works at Uessemer exploded, lfilling sis men. The esnlosion was in the gas reservoir and its forco was tremendous, nearly every glass in a town of 5,000 people be iug broken. Tli« shock was plainly felt in the city, lft miles distant.

Tubliv Debt Statement.

Washington, April 9.—The public debt statement shows an increase In tho interest bearing debt of P550 since February 20. The total interest heariug debt is S585.028.6S0. The aggregate of interest and non-intereet bearing debt is 8071,02(5,558, a decrease of St,258,913.

I'nllurvA

for Three Mouth*.

New York, April 8.—Bradstreet's report of tho failures for the quarter end ing March 81, 1802, is as follows: Nuin ber, 3,207 assets, 517,754,944, as compared with 8,401 failures, with 822,801,S83 assets and $44,358,783 liabilities for the same quarter in 1801.

rroinlnent Ex-Coufcdvrate Demi. Atlanta, Ga., April 2.—George N. Lester, attorney general of Georgia, is dead. He was a confederate soldier, and has held many positions of prominence. He was in the confederate con gross.

llonilmy'a Wnterworli* Jy»lrni. Calcutta, April 2. Aftor seven years work Bombay has completed system of waterworks costing S5.250,000 the dam forming the reservoir is 117 feet high and 1,000 feet thick at the base.

I)c:itlt of an Old Jockcy.

Pini.ADKi.Piiia, April 3. John E. Thayer, one of the oldest jockeys on t}ie turf, is dead at his Louie in Caintlc^, qjt pncumojiiu.

DAILY JOURNAL

LIVES CRUSHED OUT.'

A Seven-Story Building- Blown Down in Chicago.

T11KLE DWLLUXGS ARE DEM0L1SUKD.-

The limmtrn Itiirird in ttif ol Thorn Known to lluvc Himmi l\llloi J-.lql»t'ii Ituri, of Whom

Kiitlit Will Ilr»

7 .11):A 1 II AT JUS WOKH. t'liii-Aoo, April —A fury of rain and wind swept across (hieago i'riday evenmg. At 14 and 10 I'earoe street, on the west side and close to the liver, a tall brick building stood in the open, with little eottagesolustered all about it. The seven-story giant, rising ill the midst of the squatty frame buildings, was battered by the full force of thu hurricane that caught the falling sheets of water and tore them into shreds. It was an unfinished structure, and the terrillc gusts of wind pushed into the open windows and actually tore tlm fresh walfci apart. The building fell, (•rent masses of brisk crashed upon the houses all about and ground them to pieces, bringing death and ruin to balf dozen families. At least nine people are known to have been kviled.

Righteon were injured, eight of them fatally. All night busy workers toiled at the heaps of debris, clearing awav wreekage and recovering the victims.

The Dead.

Those known to have been killed are: Mrs. Eliza Allen, Samuel Eir.sdsle, of Juliet. 111. Mrs. J. L. tjowan. William (iowan. S years of age .Mary Oowan, 4 years of age David Unlett. Edward Molt, years of age Horace Mott, years of age, and Mrs. Marv Walsh, of Joliel. 111.

The iujured number eighteen. Eight of these will dio. Tlie

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Kulldlnix.

The building fell at 5:45 o'cloeV Vr some minutes tho rain had been fulling in torrents, nccompanied by frequent flashes of lightning and deafening thunder. The wind rapidly increased in ve locity. and then eaine the blast that caused llie disaster. It came from the south and west. On the west, side of the. building, which towered 50 feet above the frame houses, were many open windows, while the east wall was solid. The cyclone seemed to lift the roof slightly, and then with a mighty crash, heard a half inih away, it foil to the eastward. The base of the west wall wax thrown outward, and it lifted from its foundation the college 011 tiiat side of the iniildiug and hurled it with frightful forcu across an alley S feat wide against the cottage on the other side of the narrow .thoroughfare. The houses to the east of the collapsed structure bore the brunt of the fall. The two-story frame cottage at 12 Poaroe street was buried beneath the thousand tons of brick and mortar. 1iimiu«

with Fright.

Tlie sound of the awful crash had not died 11 way beffire the narrow street was filled with scroamiug men. women and children. Tli« people living- in the four houses wreaked, btit not crashed as wns the one at Iso. 12, wero almost without exception insano with fright. In an Incredibly short space of time there were

2.000

or more

people orowiiug, (bout ing and crying, Into the Htue street. Then the police, thirty strong, under Inspector Ross, and the firemen, under the personal oomipand of Fire Marshal Swenie, came thundering Up in patrol wagons and Are department vehicles.

Srarrhtuc the Ruin*.

The first care of the firemen and police was to inspect the wrecked cottages still maintaining an upright position. From these tfere carried several fearstricken men and women. Then began the digging in the ruins for the dead and injured. Willi in half on hour Horace Wyg'int and Mr:.. Wygant were taken from thu ruins bleeding and crushed. Then the two Mott children, lying side by side, were found beneath a groat beam. They were both dead. In another part of tho debris firemen discovered James Gowan. For three hours the rescuers worked before they freed him. His right leg was pinioned by a hoavy timber, and it required tremendous labor to extricate hiin. Suffering awful torture during all that time Gowan never lost consciousness, but directed the firemen in thrir work.

The Ilttby Alone Wan Killed. The Hulutt family, with all the children and the guest*, Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Keown, were seated nt the sppfer table. The family oocupied only one side of the building, and on this the ruined wall descended like *n svalanohe. Without a moment's warning it oruslied Into a shapeless mass the ()-month's-old baby of David Hulett.. That the child should have been the only one killed of the thirteen persons present fan hardly bo accounted for. With the crushing of the roof older members of tlie family made desperate attempts to escape. Most of them were successful. Alice, the 8-year-year-old girl, was caught by the falling timhors. however, and crushed so badly ubout the legs, abdomen and head that she ill die.

Still III the Kiilnft.

All night long the firemen and police officers worked and yet the search was riot finished. Tho work will be kept up to-day with the utmost rapidity. Throughout the long hours the crowds of people remained about the scene of the disaster. It was sympathetic crowd and anxious to help the rescuing party.

Many llulltlliiKK Uuuinged.

Ill oilier parts of the city the wind blew to pieces several houses and barns. A number of persons wero injured, hut 110 further loss of life is reported. Four men in an unfinished house at Grand Crossing, which tlie wind demolished, were seriously hurt. In Woodlawn a frame building in course of construction was blown down, Three men wore injured, one fatally, having his buck .broken.

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.

ABSOLUTELY

WORST FOR YEARS.

Widosproad Ruin from the C-t'oat Wind and Rainstorm.

ALL SFUIO.NS OF TIIF. LAND YISITKI).

T.Ivck L.OKt

In Texan -A Train lllowli

I'roin Mm Truck— l)i«inu^« Iw NVhniskii, Missouri, I own, Illinois iiihI Wisconsin,

KTOKM-SWKPI.

Chicago, April 2.—That tho storm of Thursday Friday lias hrt*u ont* of tho most fur-roachin^ and tlrstruotive on ivroni is hortitt out. a*» fragmentary scraps of information stra^le in from the northwest, the far west and southwent over tlie badly crippled, almost unworkable wires which escaped the furv of the warring elements. The justly famous though not popular "Kansas cyclone" seems iu this instance to have taken in a vast expanse of territory upon whirh to wreak its furv, and any estimate approximating tho amount of damage done to property or the uumber of lives lost is out of the question. The Western l.'nion oillciaU at midnight report that of their hundreds of wires west, northwest und southwest they have not one upon which to transmit the Associated press dispatches.

North of Milwaukee a swath has been mowed through the flimsy metallic lines isolating the Twin cities and intermediate points. To Omaha not one is left. The Pacific coa«t. is as inaccessible by tehior.iph as the durlc unknown, and beyond Kansas City havov reigns supreme,

Ivc Killed in Tcxa«.

S \m a Anna, Te.v, April -I'ridav nitrht a cyclone passed over this it oioinan) county. In this city many houses were demolished. A boy was killed and eleven inmates of the residence of Mr. ISass were injured. At Hangs four persons were killed. Wires are prostrated, and it is'impossible to obtain details.

In NclntsU:i.

Omaha Xeb.. April I'riday after noon at Norfolk the Kpiscopal church was entirely destroyed. The? Congregational church was unroofed and its steeple and bell carried away. Whoa-' ton's plani»r mill was partly wrecked and fifteen houses and barns were demolished. The cyclone swept a track through tlie city three blocks wide and ten blocks in length. The little daughter of Mike Weir and a child of .John Talrncr were seriously injured by falling- debris.

A special from Norfolk, iu the northern part of the state, snvs a cyclone struck the town about II 'i iiur^duy night and did considerable damage. If this should prove to be the same cyclone which devastated Nelson, the destruction wrought inust have been "Treat. The storm traveled l%0 miles over the richest raising section of the state, dotted with small towns and villages. The wind is blowing a ^ale. .hcn» and ii cs are down on all sides. -.

Illinois ':ttciH*o It.

Roi'kfokp.

111.. April \J. itis city

was visited by a terrilic cyclone Friday afternoon, the results of which have been most disastrous. In the city si^ns, awnings, show case* and a latye number of plate ylass windows in the stores were demolished. In the country adjacent the destruction seems to have been even more widespread. (tai.ksiu'hg. ]H., April A violent rain and windstorm prevailed here Friday. havinjr nt noou nearly the force of a tornado. Chimneys and signs were blown off. small buiidinjrs tipped over and telephone nnd telegraph wires mixed up so that communication, is largely interrupted.

In Wisconsin.

HKI.OI I, Wis.. April 'J. A fieroo windstorm swept, over the oily about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, doing great damage. Several houses were torn down. A barn was blown to pieces and sheds were wrecked und chimneys and smokestacks were demolished.

MF.mni.i., Wis., April a. -The first thunderstorm of tho season made tilings lively here I'riday morning. A number of children from IS to 15 years old were assembled in the German l.utheran church, when lightning struck the liuil iing, knocking four of tliein to the floor. Ottilic Oltnan had one shoe torn ofl' and was badly burned and Lena Knnkel was burned from head to foot. The others were not seriously injured. All will recover. After leaving the church the current killed a horse in a stable near by. The church was but little damaged.

Train III.inn from tlie Truck. Hl'l.l.lNflTox, la.. April 2.—The report was received hero Friday evening that, a passenger train on the liurlington .1 Northwestern narrow-gauge road wns blown from the track 40 miles west of liurlington while, running at full speed. A baggageman, a mail clerk and two passengers are reported seriously injured. A wrecking train has been sent to the relief of the passengers. The wind had been blowing a hnrricdne and much damage has boon done to shrubs and trees. Tlie injured are: Mail Agent Frank oMcAdams, of Mount Pleasant, la., jawbroken and badly bruised Express Messenger II. A. l'ussell, of liurling-ton,-head badly bruised: I. 15. .Stevens, passenger, of Iledrick, la.,badly bruised Internally anil cut about body Mrs. F. B. Hicks, passenger, of Iledrick, la., cut and bruised internally.

A down Others wore '.severely shaken up. The train was in charge of oniluetor (ioodspee.i and was. running al -full speed' about :Ui miles southwo-t. of 0-kaloO&i when a cyclone sli'iiel,- it broadside and. rolled it over r.n the ground. Tho train wa tt I broken apart, hut '.v is badly wrecked 11II l-.-ll ToMfl- 1I.M-.

S11 AIM-, la.. April -J.-The most do•.truetive windstorm thai ever visited western Iowa has been raging for tho •htsi thirt\-si.\ hours. Numerous buildings were unroofed in this and surrounding towns, The Catholic chun-h J.eilto ver ill thU eltv was blown down, thu

Weight of the bell ciushlnu a large, tmrn anil several outbuildings. ne damage done here and in neighboring towns is estimated at 515.000. lli'* Moines Hiollv Dinmtucd. !i.i M«hm n, I ,., April -Tlie windstorm, "which is subsiding*, lias been one of tho worst for many years. The airtfro^ate damage done to buildings iu this city will-be more, than M0iuoi). Score* of builtlinirs v.cre paVtiaUy .and some wholly unroofed. The roof on one side of the federal building was ripped oil'.

At the state boue a larjre. section o( slate rooting was torn up and scattered in the street. Seven residences, so far as reported, were blown down entirely.Several persons were blown down in the streets, and busies ami wagons, unless very heavy, were swept, before the wind like so much straw. 1- In (Viil nil foua. IV Keports received here from different, 'part-, of central Iowa say that the dam*' aj/o throughout tlie country is la rife.:

Thousands of tons of hay still in tlie stack ha*, been scattered, trees havo been broken down or damaged and barns and house* unroofed. I ip-l/c»l tin- tto:it,

OrrhnvA. la.. April 2.--1 harles (ice, a boy l"ycaiof aye, while aUempiiuR to cross the river was drowned,- the heavy wind eapsi/.iny the boat.

SHOUT SPKCIALS.

:jThe Trappist monastery at UkaU Can., has been raised to the position of.- 7 an abbev.

Hen. .lames W, Singleton is lyuitf very ill at his home .in .Raitimore. lie is si

years of at:"e. I'rof. 11. I.. Williams, of t'orncih- has been appointed iu succeed the venerable I'rof. .liiiiies [l, of Vrile

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Prof .lobu II. I'imey. .i Nw Verlf,

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lias accepted the.'Knox college pre.sii dency. and will hejin duty-in May, Arrangements nre homemade f»r t!«i^ formation .of a safe manufacturers' trust, with a capital-Mock of

President, A«larns, of the A labaimi alliance.-has issued a call for yll hibor :v organizations to meet ut Ibnninjrhani-^ May oO.

A Hour packer in 11. t»'NeiHV mill at St. Charles. Minn., exploded Friday, setting* the mill on fire and causing -K),?' 000 damage.

Prince llismarek was 77 years old' I'riday. An Immense number of tloral tfift* wore sent to him from all parts of the empire.

Silver mines in Colorado rojitinuc to closedown on account of low prices. Two thousand miners are out of em* ploymont at I.eadviUe alone.

Westlake, alias (Jeor^re !,ove. a

noted counterfeiter, who cut his way out of the Denver jail in 1801, has been:-: arrested again in Montana.

Conventions to select, delegate* to tlnj Kantuelcy democratic state convention-' will be held iu each county in Kentucky on the afternoon of May II.

Kobert Stowart, a prisoner in the jail at Centervillo. la., wm killed by a crazy fellow prisoner Thursday .-night, Ills head bein^r beaten to a jelly.

The separate coach bill whkh re'juircs transportation companies to furnish cars for the convenience of both while and colored traveler.* hay passed the Kentucky senate.

A mammoth wigwam will be erected in Muskegon, Mich., to accommodate the democratic state convention, which meets there May 4. The seating eapaer ity of the structure will be 5.000.

John Burrier. a school teacher near.. I/tma, O.. attempted to punish a pupil a young" man larger than himself, when the pupil with two others set upon him and beat him so that he died in a short time.

Secretary of State Pearson turned over Sl'-J.'HJ.Vl."* to the Illinois treasury Friday for fees received during the last six months. It is the largest amount ever turned in. during the same, length, of time. •,

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Dr. Parkhurst's charges that gambling. and disorderly houses were allowed to flourish in New York were sustained Friday by the grand jury, which censured the police and charged them with corruption.

Far mors' al 1 a nee members -will soon introduce a bill in the house authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue full legal tender wftoA to each state not to exceed &J0 per capita for each citizen. The slate in return will give bonds tax*able at 1 per cent.

An Ancicut.

Ouiii*.

Games of chance were prohibited by Mahomet, and in tho Koran we* placed as sins in the same category ar wiue drinking. Herodotus tells us that the Kgyptians were dicers, but whether they were gamblers is not stated. Their favorite game was one played with draughtsmen, and there is good evidence to believe that this is, if not% the most ancient game, at least one of the most aueient.

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