Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1891 — Page 6

©he JJemxJJcrat DECATUR, ITSTU. N. BLACKBURN, - . . FPBusmm. FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD THIS FRESH NEWS WAS GLEANED. Drowned in the Chicago River—Poisoned by an Enemy—Warring Irish Factions —Burned to Death — Three Boatmen Drowned. A RASK DRIVER Bushes a Coupe Into the Chicago Riven Chicago special: A few minutes before 9 o'clock the other night the bridge tender at Washington street bridge rang his warning bell and turned the bridge to allow a vessel to pass. As the bridge turned a coupe driven by Rufus Terry and containing Miss Carrie Green and Isaac Shelton came rattling over the viaduct. The driver (fid not observe that the bridge was open and eye-witnesses say that he was lashing his horses to a run. 1 A number of persons standing near shouted to the driver to stop, bnt he did not heed. Shelton and his companion saw that the bridge was open, but before they could escape from the carriage the horse had plunged over the abutment dragging the carriage after him into the river. Terry, the driver, and Miss Green were drowned. Shelton was pulled out of the water by the crew of the tug Chicago, and taken to his home and with thc*exception of a few bruises he was uninjured. Both Shelton and Miss Green are mulattoes. A few minutes after the accident occurred Terry came to the surface. He was alive when taken out but died a few minutes later. Miss Green’s body was recovered an hour after the accident happened.

Drink Drives a Southern Lawyer to Blackwell’s Island and Death. New York special: James E. Goddin, 62 years old, at one time a wealthy lawyer of Richmond, Va., died in poverty in the work-house on Blackwell’s Island. Goddin has been an inmate of city institutions for some time, but was released last week. He immediately proceeded to get drunk, and while in that condition fell on the sidewalk in Chambers street. He was taken to the station house and the next morning was resentenced to the island for ten day£. There he became iU and was removed to the hospital, where it was found he had fractured his skulk He is said to have a son at Winston, N. C., who is employed in Dun’s Commercial Agency. Burned to Death. George W. Johnson and his son, who lived near Beaver Creek, N. were burned to death by the great Emmons County prairie fires. They had gone ahead to put the fire out, when the huge flames leaping high as the house tops, swept over them, leaving their burned and disfigured corpses. Mr. Taber, an elderly gentleman living near Williamsport, is seriously burned and will probably die. No further news can be learned from the Holland settlement, thirty-five miles south of Williamsport. Three men are known to have perished in that vicinity. The total damage done in the Holland settlement can not be learned, but it is said it will not be far from $50,000. Warring Irish Factious. The confederated Irish societies of Chicago have issued an address warning the Irish promoters of the coming convention of the Irish National League. The objects of the promoters, the address says, are as dishonest as their methods. The gathering represents nothing but the desperate needs of a gang of unscrupulous, political tricksters, its chief aim being to force Alexander Sullivan back into prominence and to place his confederate, Michael Davitt, at the head of the movement in Ireland as a recompense for his “coming to the rescue of the murderers of Dr. Cronin by a base and cowardly attack on the character of the murdered man.” Gov. Hovey Going to Mexico. Indianapolis special: Gov. Hovey and United States Minister Ryan, this country’s representative at the City of Mexico, are. old-time friends, and this friendship has led to an invitation from Minister Ryan to Gov. Hovey to visit the City of Mexico with a party of friends. In pursuance of this the Governor has mapped but a plan of campaign that promises much pleasure. He has invited Senator D. W. Voorhees, Gen. Lew Wallace, Gen. Thomas H. Nelson and the members of his (the Governor’s) staff to accompany him, and the party will leave Indianapolis aboard a private Pullman car, November 1. Killed a Fellow Convict. A case of homicide is the latest sensation in the Massachusetts State prison. Two convicts, John Phipps and James E. Shepard, got into a quarrel over the manner in which the former was doing his'work. A fight ensued in which Shepard was knocked down and had his skull fractured by striking the pavement. He died in a few hours. Shepard is said to have been the aggressor. Poisoned by an Enemy. Near Scottville, Ky., the family of County Assessor J. G. Pulliam was poisoned at dinner. Pulliam, his wife and Dr. L. Q. Sanders, his father-in-law, were all affected. Pulliam had a hard time to recover. Mrs. Pulliam will probably die. It is thought that the milk used at the table- was poisoned by some enemy. , - Captured and Confessed. A special from Durango, Col., says that Ralph Ray, suspected of murdering his mother at Durango a few days since, has been captured and that he has confessed his guilt. Three Boatmen Drowned. Three men were drowned just off Madelaine Island in Chequamegu Bay, Ashland, Wis. The small boat, in which there were four occupants, capsized, and only one escaped, John Peterson. He swam nearly a quarter of a mile to shore. Andrew Anderson, Martin Nelson and a Norweigian were the drowned. Maj. Tillman Indicted. Maj. William Tillman, the defaulting cashier of the defunct Falls City Bank, Louisville, was indicted for stealing $27,000 from the bank. DETROIT SHAKEN By the Explosion of Ten Drums of Carbonic Acid. Detroit special: A terrific explosion ■hook the earth at the foot of Griswold street, where the Star Line dome is located. The explosion wak caused by leaving ten drums filed with carbonic acid in an exposed position on the wharf awaiting shipment by steamer to Toledo. Several of the drums must have 'gone off together, for the whole southern wall of the warehouse was about 3,000 pounds of tobacco in bales torn to ribbons. the tin sheathing of the warehouse ripped off and scattered in all directions.

—— and all the windows in the neighborhood shattered. One of the unexploded drums was hurled through the brick wall of the adjoining building on the east side. Charles W. McCorkle, who was standing about twenty feet from the drum at the time of the explosion, received a serious fracture of the skull, which may prove fatal. NONE SPARED. A Whole Family Ground Beneath the Wheels of an Express Train. One of the most appalling accidents that ever occurred in Wayne County, Ind., took place at Harvey’s Station, a little hamlet on the P., C., C. & St. L. Railroad, twelve miles west of Richmond, and resulted in the loss of three lives and the fatal injury of another. Joseph Black, one of the most influential and bestknown farmers of the county, with his wife and two daughters, aged 15 and 17 years, were driving in a surrey to Cambridge City, four miles distant, to attend the races. Train No. 21, the fast New York and St Louis express, left Richmond nearly a half hour behind time, and was running at terrific speed. At the station above named the railroad crosses the pike, and at that point the carriage containing the Black family drove upon the track, directly in front of the swiftly approaching train. The engine struck the vehicle squarely, completely demolishing it, killing both horses and cutting one in twain. Three of the occupants were instantly mother and oldest daughter. Mr. Black was caught by the cow-catcher of the engine and carried nearly one hundred yards before the train could come to a stop, and his body was mutilated beyond recognition. The bodies of both Mrs. Black and oldest daughter, Florence, were found horribly mangled some fifty feet from the track, while the young daughter, Sadie, lay beside the track with an arm cut off . and otherwise injured, but not dead. Her injuries are fatal, and she cannot possibly live. The bodies of the dead were taken to Cambridge City.

CHINA GETTING READY. The Flowery Kingdom Anticipating Measures of Retaliation by the Combined Powers. London special: Advices from Shanghai to the London and China Telegraph, of this city, state that the highest officials at Pekin and at Nankin expect the European Governments to combine in a demand for redress for the outrages perpetrated upon foreigners in China. The same paper adds that the secret society men are also expecting such action upon the part of the powers, and that they are preparing to act when the right moment arrives. The paper says it is certain that a very prominent person has been asked to supply war material and drill instructors for use in the lower Yang-Tse-Kiang districts. Many young men of the best Chinese families are connected with these secret societies. A prominent foreign resident of Shanghai, the same paper states, has been asked to send estimates to Nankin for organizing a brigade of troops to be disciplined and armed according to the English system and to be commanded by foreign officers. The same resident, it is also said, has been asked to state the terms upon which he can supply three fast steam cruisers fully equipped for war and to be delivered in three months’ time. DRIVEN BY FIRE. Villagers Flee from a Minnesota Town. A special from Finlayson, Minn., dated the 25th inst., says: This village was thrown into the wildest state of excitement by the report that a huge wind storm was driving a forest fire directly toward the town and complete destruction was threatened. Telegrams were at once dispatched to the officials of the St. Paul and Duluth road to stop the limited train going east at Finlayson and hold it until the women and children of the town could be sent away. It was done and the train was held until the weaker ones were placed aboard and sent to Hinckley. The railway also sent a special engine and removed their cars which were on the side-track. By 4 o’clock the flames had reached the outskirts of the village. All night long the citizens battled with the flames, and, aided by the cessation of the wind, they were finally successful. Only two small piles of lumber were destroyed. Now the danger is passed and the women and children have returned home. Had the wind remained high the entire town, with millions of feet of lumber, would have been wiped out. Chinese Contrabands. Grand Forks (N. D.) special: Papers found on three Chinamen arrested here by W. S. Day, of the Treasury Department, prove they were smuggled from the Dominion. They left Winnipeg the other night, making the entire journey by cart. Papers ot permission to leave were found secreted in their clothing. Detective Day has been in this vicinity since last July and charges Lee Kee, a laundryman herewith being extensively engaged in the contraband business. As he expected another load of Celestials to leave Winnipeg soon every Chinaman in town was arrested to prevent possible communication. * Two Men Perish In a Prairie Fire. Hinckley, (Minn.) special: Dan Sullivan and Tom Johnson, of Eua Claire, were burned to death in the forest fire. A party of six men started from one of the Brennan Lumber Company camps to .go to another about two miles away. Dan Sullivan, his brother Mora, and Tom Johnson, of Eua Claire, were of thisyparty. After going a short ways they got in front of the fire and Dan Sullivan, missing his brother, went back with Johnson to look for him. That was the last seen of them till their remains were found by John Brodie. Sullivan was burned to a crisp, but Johnson’s body was only badly scorched. Eating Infants. London special: The horrible story of cannibalism among the Russian peasantry is more than confirmed, for in some of the afflicted provinces, it is said the starving families, giving up all hope of rescue, are prolonging life by devouring their helpless infants. The local authorities find themselves unable to cope with the terrible calamity, which, in its horrors, reminds one of the description In Josephus of the sufferings of the Jews during the siege of Jerusalem. In several of the provinces the peasantry had started to emigrate, and, overtaken by weakness, many have perished miserably by the roadside. Rev. McQueary Goes to the Universal!** Church. Rbv. McQueary, the suspended Episcopal clergyman of Canton, Ohio, forwarded a letter to Bishop Leonard, of Cleveland, announcing his withdrawal from the Episcopal ministry. He states as his reasons that he cannot conscientiously retract the statements he has made. He has accepted a call as pastor of the First Univertalist Church at Saginaw, Mich., and will begin his work there immediately. Battle with Tramp*. 'Five tramps called at the home of Engineer Finch at Owasso, Mich., and insisted that Mrs. Finch should buy a ring. At her call for help, her husband came, but was obliged to retreat before ' a tramp's revolver. Retiring .to his

room he recured a revolver and from a window opened fire on the tramps. They returned the fire, wounding Finch Ini the arm. Finch fired five shots, Two tramps are seriously and a third severely wounded. All five are tn jail. May Compromise. Salem (Mass.) special: It is rumored that the hearings in the Searles will case may not be resumed and that negotiations for a settlement will be reopened before Oct. 14. The contestants have learned through papers brought out in the hearings that even if they should win eventually, the legal intrenchments of the other side are so many that the litigation would be very long, extending possibly over a generation and eating seriously into the estate. After breaking the will there would be many other suits to fight and this makes it probable that a settlement will be sought. .

Homeless and Penniless. J. A. Westley, Government Surveyor, has just arrived at St Paul, from the Upper Mississippi byway of the Duluth road, and reports terrible devastation along the line. He says hundreds of cattle are burned and many homesteads destroyed. The train on which he came down stopped at one place and took on fourteen men, women and children, settlers, who barely escaped with their lives. Unless heavy rains fall at once all the little villages and the homesteads south of Duluth for forty miles will certainly be burned. There is no doubt, he says, that many human lives are lost, and expensive logging outfits burned. Garda’s Band. '* Rio Grand (Texes) special: The latest reports received from Garcia and his band are to the effect that he is being closely pursued by Mexican troops. The revolutionists are in the vicinity of Camargo. A Mexican ranchman from that region says Garcia and eighteen of his men stopped at his ranch On the morning of the 17th inst. Ed. Ramo, who shot two soldiers and a policeman recently at Camargo, was with them. All were well mounted and armed. Garcia, he says, looked jaded and haggard, stating that he had not slept for five nights. Another Balloon Accident. Lewis B. Earl/of Marshal, Mich., an aeronaut, agreed to take Frank Thayer, of ML Pleasant, Mich., up with him. Thayer was to come down by means of a parachute, while Earl used the balloon. Thayer clung to a rope several feet below the bar on which Earl sat when the balloon was let go, but the two had not ascended fifty feet before one of the trapeze ropes broke, precipitating both to the ground. Earl’s neck was broken and Thayer’s left arm and foot were fractured. A Fatal Ride. Three boys, ranging in age from 11 to 15 years, were killed at the Chicago stock yards while stealing a ride on a Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago freight train. They boarded a car loaded with lumber at Valparaiso, and while it was being switched the lumber in which they were concealed betweefi two piles, came together and crushed them to death. One of the boys was Johnny George. The others were Peter Foster and Ernest Garloss. A Steamer Wrecked. A special from Panama via Galveston, says: “The steamer California, Captain Pickthall, bound from Liverpool to Colon, was totally wrecked on September 10 on the north side of Oruba, one of the Islands of the Dutch Antilles, near the coast of Venezula. She was met at the time en route from Curacca to Sanvonla. The passengers and crew, with the exception of the second engineer, were saved. The mail was also rescued.” Fell Forty Feet. A portion of a scaffold upon which thirty men were at work, in Mechanicsville, N. Y., collapsed by the breaking of the supports. The scaffolding fell about forty feet and all of its occupants Were more or less injured; Those seriously injured are Peter Licasse, John O’Hara, Albert Parker, Frank Peters, Joseph Chowski, John Cressa, and Elmer Fowler. At least three of these will die.

Strangled on Medicine. Anna Horton, of Atwater, Ohio, is suffering from a serious accident. She has been afflicted with throat trouble, which finally required an operation. In taking medicine from the bottle she strangled, her tongue coming in contact with a blister on the bottle. It was broken, and a piece entered her throat and then passed to her lungs, where it is at present Consternation Spreading. Toledo special: Consternation is spreading among the Lake Shore agents. Heads are being chopped off right and left, and no one knows where and when the ax is going to fall nexL Agents have been discharged at Painsville, Erie, Clyde, Cleveland, Norwalk, Elyria, Oberlin, and Adrian, and the reason for it all, it is said, is because the agents have been detected in receiving commissions. A Bad Wreck. A bad wreck occurred on the Western and Atlanta railroad, at Smyria, Ga., fifteen miles from Atlanta. Fireman Cox was killed outright, and Engineer Hockney was badly hurt, and two mail clerks slightly injured. The accident was caused by a passenger train running in an open switch and crashing into a freight. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Common to Prime..... $3.50 @6.23 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 5.75 Sheep—Fair to choice S.OO @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 97 @ .98 Corn—No. 2 '.57 @ .58 Oats—No. 2 .27 ® .28 Eye—No. 288 @ .89 Butter—Choice Creamery .23 ® .25 Cheese—Full Cream, flatso9 @ .C9M Eggs—Fresh .'. 17)4® .18)4 Potatoes—New, per bu3s ® .40 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping. 3.50 @ 5.75Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 5.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 8.50 & 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 ® .93)4 Corn—No. 1 White6o @ .62 Oats—No. 2 Whiteßl <4J» .83 ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 3.30 @ 6.00 Hogs 4.50 & 5.25 Wheat—No. S Red 96 @ .97 Cohn—No. 255 @ .56 Oats—No. 2 27)4® .28)4 Eye—No. 2 80 ® .81 CINCINNATI.' Cattle.» 3.50 @ 5.00 H0g5..... 4.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 3.10 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 96 ® .98 Corn—No. 262 ® .63 Oats—No. 2 Mixedßl)4@ .32)4 DETROIT. Cattle s.OO @ 5.25 Hogs 8.00 & 5.0 J Sheep 3.00 ® 125 Wheat—No. 2 Red 96 @ .97 CosN—No. 2 Yellow 63 & .64 Oats—No. 2 White32)4® .38 TOLEDO. Wheat—New-.. .98 @ .99 Corn-No. 2 Yellows 6 w .58 Oats—No. 2 White 29 @ .31 Byh9o & .92 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle 5.00 @7.00 Live Hogs. 4.25 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 1 Hard. 1.04 @ 1.06 Corn—No. 2. 63 & .65 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Springol @ .92 Corn—No. 3 57 @ .58 ' Oats—No. 2 White.3o)4® .81)4 Eye—No. 1 .88 @ .89 Barley—No. 2 61 @ .62 Pobk—Messl2.7s @13.00 NEW YORK. Cattle. 3.50 0 5.25 Hoge 400 <« 6.00 SHrBF 4.25 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 1.01 @1.06 Corn—No. 2 64 @ .65 Oat*—Mixed Western .32 @ .85 Buttbb—Creamery 95 S .» Pork—New M*u i&oo @19.50 <’ . ; .■' ’■'» *V'

UNITED WITH CANADA. DEDICATION OF THE ST. CLAIR TUNNEL. The Grand Trunk** Remarkable Engineering Achievement—Many Obstacles Delay Thousand Feet Long Between Port Huron and Sarnia. A Great Work Complete* - The ceremonies by. which the St. Clair River tunnel was formally dedicated were the most elaborate of any ever held in that section. Extensive had been made both at Port Huron, Mich., on the American . side, and at the town ot Sarnia, at the Canadian entrance to the great tunnel •which now connects the Dominion with Uncle Sam’s domains. Sir Henry Tyler, President ot the Grand Trunk Railway, with other officials and prominent public men of both the United States and Canada, made an official trip through the tunnel, staiting from the American side. They were treated, upon their arrival in Canada, to a royal reception, after which they returned to Port Huron, where banqueting and speech-making again awaited them. - The St Clair tunnel, on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, extending under the St Clair River between Sarnia, Ont, and Port Huron, Mich., is one / ' rSKIAffITUNWfUI , \ /'"""I i i&9i T ‘ \ /\ T . 1 r i i 1 r , i | 7 1 \ ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL. of the most remarkable engineering feats of the present day. The Grand Trunk Railway extended its lines to Chicago in 1880. About 5,000 miles of railway will use this tunnel. Previously steam ferries had been used. Their Service has not When altogether satisfacory because the river's current is very swift*, in there have been ice jams; the railway had to deviate about six miles; a bridge was impossible, owin*g to the nature of the* ground and the opposition of the marine interests. The St Clair River bears the most commerce of any stream in the world. In 1884- preliminary surveys were made. Borings found the rock eighty-

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‘six feet below the level of the water: the river’s greatest depth 40.47 feet, and its width nearly half a mile. The strata were yeUow sand about two feet; with sand and blue clay mixed about twelve feet, thence to the rock about twentyone feet of blue day. Flans and drawings were made. The St Clair Tunnel Company was organized ,in 1886. At .first the company thought of starting from immense shafts on the shore, and then working outward to the land approaches/ In 1886 test shafts were sunk on each side of the St Clair River; drifts at right angles’were started under the river; water and gas stopped work. In 1887 these shafts were begun. The American one will be used as a ventilator. The tunnel plants were erected back from the river; in Michigan about 1,800 feet in Ontario about 1,900 feet Each plant contained a boiler-house, hoisting or winding engines, a ventilating en-

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gine, an air-blower with a capacity of 10,000 cubic feet of air per minute, a machine shop with machines for tunnel work, a water pump for the pit, and an electric light plant. The tunnel will be lighted by electricity. The electric plant is in Sarnia, where permanent l>rick boiler and engine rooms have been erected. The great cuttings for the approaches were commenced New Year’s, 1889. Each cutting was made about sixty feet feet deep at the portal. The Canadian cutting at its broadest portion is 260 feet wide, the American about 200 feet wide. Into each pit inclined tracks were laid for engines to haul out the dirt On the banks derricks were erected for hoisting the soil. In September, 1890, steam shovels began work on the cuttings. On each side of the river two shovels were used, each attended by an engine and train of flat cars. . Several hundred men were employed night and day, lime lights being used at night and the soil was removed in layers. The work of these shovels was greatly hindered by rains and numerous landslides occurred. The tunnel walls are made of cast iron, suggested by Chief Engineer Bobson. In the circle are thirteen segments and a key. Each segment is 4 feet 10 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, with flaeges inside of 1% inches thick and 6 inches deep. In each segment were cast 32 holes, 4 in each end flange and 13 in each side flange. Through these holes passed steel bolts seven-eighths of an inch in diameter. In each section of the tunnel the circular joints required 157 bolts and the longitudinal joints required 56 bolts. The flanges took in a eircle of 20 feet and 5 inches in diameter. The edges of the plates were planed in the machineshops near the tunnel entrances. Each plate was then heated and dipped in cold tar. This had been found better than to dip the cold iron into hot tar. Formerly the tar would not dry quick enough: later the tar was dried by the time the segments were cool. The segments were lifted to place by a circular crane revolving on a spindle in the center of the shield. This spindle had a vise at one end and a counterbalance weight at the other. When the bed of the river was reached, flaicksand and water made great trou-

ble. For some time ft was thought the tunnel might have to be abandoned. Compressed air was found a sure remedy. At the river line on each side, brick and cement, air-tight bulkheads were built across the tunnel Each bulkhead had two air chambers, one on each side, 7 feet in diameter and 17 feet long, with air-tight doors at each end. Through each air chamber passed a car track. Inside the tunnel, beyond the bulkhead, work was begun under an air pressure of 10 pounds to the square inch. From time to time the air pressure was gradually increased, until the men worked under an artificial pressure of 22 pounds per square inch, a total atmospheric pressure of 37 pounds per square inch, or about 2J4 atmospheres. On the Canadian side the highest air pressure was used because of quicksand. On the American side com-pressed-air was used from April 7, 1890; on the Canadian, May 20, 1890. Because of water and quicksand the St Clair tunnel could not have been constructed without the aid of hydraulic mining shields. Such shields had been used successfully in London, Chicago, Buffalo, Broadway tunnel. New York City, the Hudson River tunnel, and in other worka This shield is a cylinder, like a headless barrel Its front end has sharpened edges to cut into the earth. The thin rear end is called the hood. The inside is braced with iron, both vertical and horizontal. Around the main walls are sets of hydraulic jacks. Each jack has a valve whereby it may be cut off at any time from the pump that supplies the jack. The masonry, or irop plates, of the tunnel, being built up within the thin hood of the shield, air is supplied to the jacks and the shield is forced ahead, usually the length of the pistons of the jacks, or about two feet The shield having advanced the men remove the soil from the front of the shield. Everything being in readiness the shield is again pushed forward, the tunnel walls built up, and the excavated soil removed. Each of the St. Clair tunnel shields weighed eighty tons. The American shield was started July 11, 1889, the Canadia Sept 21, 1889, and they met at 11:30 p. m., August 30, 1890. The shields’ shells were left in the tuntunnel and the tunnel walls laid up in them. The American had done the most work, and the easiest progress was toward Canada, the average being ten feet each day. The tunnel approaches have the same general appearance of solidity as the tunnel itself. Ou each side of the great cutings are high and deep stone retaining walls. Each portal is 36 feet high and 148 feet wide, about 10 feet thick over the entrance of the tunnel, and about half that width at each end. Like the retaining waftls the portals are made of rough, heavy limestone blocks. Over the entrance of each portal is inscribed “St Clair, 1890." The diameter of the

circle is 20 feet, and flush with the tunnel. The average number of men employed was 700. In the tunnel eight hours made a day’s work. The tunnel was estimated to cost $2,500,000, including plants, materials and labor, and it required about that sum. It is likely that a second tunnel will be built near this. The present plants and experience will then be of additional value. The second tunnel will be of cast iron, as it is superior to brick and cement for similar tunnels. The St Clair tunnel Is 6,000 feet long. To the river’s edge on the American side it is 1,716 ieet; on the Canadian, 1.994 feet; under the river, 2,290 feet. The outside diameter of the tunnel is 21 fee< the inside 19 feet 10 inches, tunnel nearest the river i« 8.43 feet from the river. At its lowest point the top of the tunnel is 56.83 feet below the level of the river. From each portal to

the river the grade Is 1 foot down for every 50 feet; under the river, 1 foot down in every 1,000 feet toward the Canadian side to that drainage shaft Over 2,000,000 cubic feet of soil was taken from the tnnnel itself. The castiron lining of the tunnel weighed 54,000,000 pounds. To fasten th'a lining 828,15'0 steel bolts seven-eighths of an inch in diameter wore used. The Canadian open cutting is 3,193 feet long; the American, 2,532 feet long. The total length of the tunnel and its approaches is 11,725 feet In Port Huron Aug. 26, 1890, was recorded one of the largest mortgages ever given in Michigan. It was for $2,500,000. The St Clair Tunnel Company gave it to secure bonds running fifty years and bearing 5 per cent annual interest, covering all the present property of the company. Rent and tolls can be collected for allowing other railways than the Grand Trunk system to use the tunnel. It is believed that the Grand Trunk route, as thus improved, will offer facilities for through communication between Chicago and all points in the East which will be appreciated by passengers and shippers. There will be no more trouble from ice blocks or other obstructions tn the river and the best time will be made for traffic of all kinds. In digging out the colossal statue of Barneses 11. nine feet and four inches of consolidated Nile mud had to be. removed before the platform was reached.* This platform was laid 1,361 years before Christ, in the reign of Barneses. Hence, three and onehalf inches of this consolidated mud represents a century, there having lapsed 3,215 years since then. Under the platform a depth of thirty feet of Nile mud had to be penetrated before sandy soil Was reached, and, according to this, 10,000 more years must have elapsed. Pieces of pottery were found there that shpw the Egyptians to have possessed enough civilization to form and bake vessels of clay 13,000 years ago. Baw Fbakcibco has 4,500 saloons.

EARTH IN A TREMBLE. THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BADLY DISTURBED. Buildings Tottered at St. Louis and the Inhabitants of Cities of Indiana and Illinois Fled from Their Houses Through Fear—. The Shook in Many States. Shaken by a Quake. Three almost continuous vibrations of an earthquake, oscillating from east to west, were felt one n ght recently in parts of Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Missouri, and Kentucky. At St Louis the shock was quite severe, and buildings were shaken violently. People wee aroused by the disturbance and rushed in terror, half-clad, to the street It is said by many that the shock felt there was similar to that experienced on the night of the memorable Charleston disaster. The shock lasted two minutes. Considerable crockery and glassware was demolished, and some wooden stables on the outskirts of the city toppled ever. Buildings facing the north and south were visibly affected by the shock. The shock was distinctly felt at Indianapolis, and while reports as to its duration differ the best information says it lasted at least eight seconds. Louisville, Ky., had a good shaking, and, although no serious damage was done, it caused considerable excitement all over the city. The bell in the City Hall tower was rung by the vibrations of the building, and the watchman in the tower thought his last hour had come. At the Galt House and other hotels the bells were rung, water-pit Ilers were overturned in the upper stories, and guests came hurrying down-stairs in a panic, it requiring much persuasion to induce the more timid to return to their quarters. Several drug stores suffered a slight loss from broken bottles and prematurely mixed drugs. In the residence part of the city the shock caused much alarm, the people rushing into the street, and when the shock subsided formed long ranks of ex-' cited groups anxiously discussing the probabilities of a recurrence of the quake. No casualties occurred anywhere in the city, and no damage of consequence was suffered by buildings. The vibrations were from east to west, and lasted only a few seconds. Three separate shocks were plainly felt at Keokuk, lowa They followed closely upon each other, and the vibration lasted fully one minute in each case. The direction appeared to be from southeast to northwest, and suspended electric lights swayed sharply. No damage was done. The shock appears to have been general throughout Southeastern lowa. At Evansville, Ind., one prolonged shock was felt. No damage was done, but general fright ensued. BROUGHT DOWN A NICE RAIN. k Rain-Makers Bag a Heavy Shower In Texas with but Three Shots. # The rain-makers have made their first experiment at Corpus Christi, Tex., and it was a complete success. Broken, cumulus clouds had been overhead all the morning, and at 6 p. m. Messrs. Ellis, Castor, and Fairchild entered a carriage ?nd drove out of town, accompanied by County Engineer Gunter, who represented the citizens’ committee. The party carried two boxes in the carriage, containing two mortars and a dozen twentyone pound bombs. When the outskirts of the town were reached the mortars were unpacked and set upon a Email hill. Three rounds were fired, four shells being exuloded at each volley, while broken clouds were passing overhead. No rain was falling anywhere in the vicinity when the firing was begun, but after every report a sharp shower fell, and as the clouds'’passed away to the southwest the rain was seen to be falling in torrents over a limited area. By the time the last shot was fired the party were drenched and returned to the hotel. The rain could be seen spreading off to the southwest, and in forty minutes a heavy rain was falling, which was general over the entire city and continued for half an hour. DEATH IN FLAMES. Father and Son Perish in a Prairie Fire, George W. Johnson and his son, who Jived near Beaver Creek, N. D., were burned to death by the great Emmons County prairie fires. They had gone to put a head fire out, when the huge flames, leaping high as the house tops, swept over them, leaving burned and disfigured corpses. Mr. Tabor, an elderly gentleman living near Williamsport, is seriously burned and will probably die. No further news can be learned from the Holland settlement, thirty-five miles south of Williamsport. Three men are known to have perished in that vicinity. The amount of damage done in the Holland settlement cannot be learned, but it is safe to say it will not be far from $50,000. One man ai Winona, twenty miles from Williamsport, a Mr. Fratt, lost forty-five steers, which were overtaken by the fire and burned to death. Another fire ranged on South Prairie and burned out Messrs. Fosburg, Mahoney, Hesholy, Houstain, and Parker. 0 : - COLLIDED WITH AN OIL CAR. Two Railroad Men Meet a Horrible Death-. Fearfully Burned. At Fargo, N. D., an oil car standing on a sidetrack was set in motion by a switching train and started on a down grade. The oil car dashed on and collided with the engine of an incoming stock train with terrific force. In an instant the oil was ablaze, and the engine plowed through the flaming mass. Engineer J. J. Curtis, Fireman Dodge, and Brakeman Benton were instantly enveloped in flames. They all three jumped and tried to smother the flames in the grass. Dodge .was literally roasted to death on the spot, while Curtis died shortly afterward. Benton lost both eyes and was otherwise badly burned. Odd and Interesting. The United States navy has a paper boat The magazines now in course of publication number 1.778. It is reported that the wool product of Ohio will amount to 26,000,000 pounds this year. A fish with two tails is the leading curiosity at Madison, Ga. It is alive and doing well. A peach grown at Sylvania, Va.. weighed eighteen ounces and measured thirteen inches in circumference. Africa is now completely encircled by submarine cables, which make up altogether a length of 17,000 miles. The tobacco crop tn' California promises to be a great success, and the industry will probably become a profitable one. Dr. Ludkritz says that coffee acts as a germicide and destroys the bacilli of cholera, anthrax and typhus in a few hours. The 194% miles between Newcastle ' and Edinburgh, which is done without a ■top, is at present the longest run in Britain. There are two bearing apple trees in Indiana County. Pa , that were planted In 1792. One of them is ten feet In circumference. i <• ■■ -.-'v ‘■ 4

IF YOU ABE IN QUEST OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, PB* RUSE THE FOLLOWING: ■lmportant Happening* of tbe Week— Crime* and Caiualtle* — Solelde* - Death*—Wedding*, Etc. —Little son of John McKinzie, Madison, was drowned. —Chas. Odell, 9, fell from a raft at Michigan City, and drowned. —Patton & Roberson’s commissary at Petrona was blown up by dynamite. Loss $4,000. —David Hays had a horse and buggy stolen from a public hitchingrack in Muncie. —Glass wage dispute has been settled at Muncie and the blowers have returned to work. —W. H. Hotstetter, near Jamestown, has a coat worn by Maj. Byrd during the revolution. —Beginning Oct. 1, there will be a tri-daily mail delivery between Jeffersonville and New Albany. —James Kelley, a Pan Handle brakeman at Richmond, fell from a car and was fatally crushed. —Henry Tieman, Columbus, was kicked by a horse. His breast was caved in and he cannot get well. —The Fifth Indiana Cavalry Association will hold its ninth annual reunion at Franklin, Oct 14 and 15. 1 —Miss Jane Hertman, a maiden lady 53 years old, was found dead in her bed from heart disease at Seymour. —Grain elevator at Idaville fell. More than 5,000 bushels of wheat was scattered on the ground. •• Loss, $5,000. —lsaac Stout, who was injured at the Jeffersonville car works, had his eyeball removed. A nail had pierced it to the core. —Sarah Robinett, daughter of L. Robinett, of New Washington, was burned to death by her clothes taking fire at a stove. —Rev. A. N. Somers, of Black River Falls, Wis., has accepted a. call to the pastorate of the Unitarian Church of LaPorte. —Mrs. Arney, of Goshen, was struck by a Lake and knocked some distance. Her only injury was a broken arm. —John Denin was found dead on the track of the 1. & T. S. near Sullivan. He had been run over and mangled by a passing train. —Alonzo Francisco, aged 20, the station agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Wirt, near Madison, committed suicide with a revolver. —A Peru woman has an alleged mad-stone, and Luther Lawrence, a 13-year-old boy of Warren, Ind., has been taken to her for treatment. —W. R. Asher, who went from Martinsville to Oklahoma last winter, has been appointed Probate Judge of the Territory by Gov. Steele, formerly of Marion. —G. A. Collins, of Jeffersonville, has in his possession a copy of the Declaration of Independence dated July 4, 1776. It is written on parchment and well preserved. —Thomas Brown has brought suit at Washington against the O. &M. railroad. Says he .was riding a velocipede on the tracks by permission and was run into by a freight train. Wants $5,000. —William Dougan, a farmer near Princeton, got on his horse to chase three men who had been tiring at hisdog. The horse returned riderless and the farmer was found unconscious by the roadside with an ugly wound in his head. He can not recover. —Walter Buckworth, near Franklin, will never be killed. He had typhoid fever, pneumonia, mumps and measles right after each other. Then he was kicked by a horse, had a few ribs broken and his cheek cut open. He got over all these and the other day was run over by a threshing machine. The wheels passed over his shoulders and head and his jaw was broken. He will recover. —John A. Lysles, employed in John A. Ratz & Son’s sawmill, Evansville, met with an accident from which he cannot recover. IJr was working in front of the double saws, when they became choked up, and taking a ragged piece of timber he attempted ta clear the saws. One struck the piece of timber, driving it back with ■such force that it was driven into tn-ejower part of his abdomen, passing clear through his body. His physicians say he cannot recover. He has a wife and two small children. . •

—John Walters’ 6-year-old son was burned to death in his father’s barn situated in the north end of Wabash County. The child presumably set fire to the hay while playing. Mr. Walters was away from home when the Are broke out, and when he returned three men were required to prevent him from rushing into the burning embers to find his boy’s remains. Later the bones were recovered and buried at Gilead, Miami County. The loss on the building which contained Mr. Waiters’ crop of wheat, is $3,000, with no insurance. It is feared that Walters may be driven insane with grief. —Thomas Blakely, a railroad brakemah, ip Jail at Evansville on a charge of stealing a coat from a brother employe in the E. & T. H. yards at that place, committed suicide by hanging himself to his cell-door with a strip of blanket. —The question of permitting colored children to attend the public schools at Charleston has beem amicably settled J A teacher has been provided for the colored children, and and an apartment has been divided off for them. —Ex-Councilman Dishman, of New Albany, was thrown from his buggy and fell upon his head in a heap of building stone. He was almost entirely scalped. —John Scott, of Columbus, is said to have swallowed his false teeth while taking a drink, and then regaining them on being thrown from his buggy while driving for a surgeon. —Oliver Thornburg, a wealthy farmer near Milton, who sold milk to a creamery, was detected diluting the same with water. He was compelled to refund all money, and the matter will be taken before the grand jury. 1