Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1893 — Page 6

©he JicmncuTit DKCATUR, IND- • H. blackbtok. • - - rww<* 1803 MAY. 1303 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa_ V T 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1? 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 '29 30 31 9 • ® •®©® ® * 9 TROPHIES OF A CHASE AFTER THE FLEETING ITEMS OF NEWS. John Terrell Mee<« Death at the Hands ol a Mob at Bedford, Ind.-Dynamite Out-rago-Tho Columbia Bank t® Resume-. Fatally Injured. AN INDIANA LYNCHING. John Terrell Mot Death at the Hands ofa Mob at Bedford.

At 2:10 o’clock the ether mornins a mob of 100 men appeared before the jail at Bedford, Ind., forced the sheriff to give up the keys, and took John Terrell, who murdered Conductor L F. Price at Seymour, from his ceJI and, banged him in the jail yard. Terrel begged for his life, hut his appeals were met with silence. The lynching was conducted in 1 the most orderly manner, Terrell’s cries being the only sound heard. After lynching their man the mob requested that, the body not be taken down until daylight, after which it dispersed. The mob hanged Terrell to a tree in the jail yard, within twelve feet of the railroad track, so that all passing trains could sec his body. He was dressed as though he had teen expecting them. There were forty-three men at the jail masked and about fifty or sixty standing guard at different points over the city. LOST AT SEA. Twenty-Five Persons Perish Through a Collision Off the Coast ot Cornwall. London special: The captain of the steamship City of Hamburg, which has arrived at Swansea from Hamburg, reports that his vessel collided in a fog off Trevose Head, coast of Cornwall, with the ship Countess Evelyn, bound with passengers and iron ore from Bilboa, Spain, to Newport, Wales. The Captain of the Countess Evelyn jumped aboard the Citv of Hamburg and Mate Richards crawled to it through a hole in the Countess .Evelyn’s quarter. Ninety seconds later the Countess Evelyn went underwithits crew of sixteen and with nine passengers. Boats were lowered at puce from the City of Hamburg, but tbe search in the fog proved almost useless. Seaman Jarbin was picked up, but he died a few minutes after having been brought aboard the steamship. The dead body of a little girl also was found. Otherwise the attempt at rescue was resultless. Dynamite Outrage. / Considerable consternation has been raised in the city of Valencia, Spain, by a dynamite outrage, apparently intended to strike terror into the aristocratic families of that city. A dynamite cartridge was exploded at the door of the Qgleglo Lorete, which gives entrance to a school attended by young ladies belonging to the most select families of Valencia and vicinity. The door was shattered by the explosion and the in'mates of the school were thrown into great terror by the affair, which is attributed to the anarchists, who are growing more active in Spain. Idiot Immigrants Barred. Superintendent Herman Stumps, with the approp. aticn of Secretary Carlisle, has made a new and important ruling, overturning former practices as to the admission of idiot immigrants when accompanied by their parents. He holds that it was the intention of the act to make each class of debarred immigrants separate and distinct. It debars an idiot absolutely, and the fact that the idiot might have a private fortune or relations amply able to provide for his wants cannot be taken into consideration. Columbia Bank to Resume. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Columbia National Bank of Chicago, all but one of the directors being present, after full discussion of the affairs of the bank it was unanimously resolved to resume business at an early date, aqd committees were appointed to perfect the plan outlined and to immediately carry into effect the course determined upon. Poitoffice Bobbery. The postoffice at Rushville, Ind., was entered the other night. Admission was gained through the rear door. The safe was drilled into the too and the door was blown off. The burglars secured 8410 in cash from the money order department, 84t)O in stamps. 820 in stamped envelopes. Five registered letters were taken from a sack, which was cut open. China to Retaliate. Rev. J. S. Baldwin, for twenty-two years a Methodist minister in China, says that it the Chinese are shipped from this country to China simply because they are here without taking out certificates, Americans in China will be likewise de- . pdrted from that county to the United States. Constitutional; The United States Supreme Court through Justice Gray, has sustained the decision of the New York courts in favor . of the constitutionality of the Geary exclusion act. Justice Brewer dissented. Fatally A tramp who was walking along the Pennsylvania tracks at fjort Wayne, lud., was struck by train and fatally injured. Ills head was l crushed and one leg mashed. He cannot recover. I— -i I'lro at Terre Haute. The 1 Huduuls’ Riverside elevator at Terre’ Haute, Ind., containing 100,000, tushels of corn, was destroyed by fire.

Loss 550,000, partly insured. Ten Men Killed. Ten timber men was crushed to pieces fn Red Jacket perpendicular shaft of the Calumet and Hecla, at Houghton, Mich. The miners were coming up in the cage to dinner and the engineer hoisted the’ cage against the timbers at the shaft, when the coupling pin broke find the men and cage dashed downward over 3,000 feet to the bottom. - Namtss ' • ot the killed. Allen Cameron, son or Capt. Cameron, in charge; Janies Cocking, single, supporting widowed mother; Joseph Pope, leaves widow and one child; John Odgers, leaves widow and several children; John Picks, Single, aged 24; Andrew Edno, aged 40, mar-

ztad; Robert Wuopla, leaves a widow 1 ard three children; Michael Loavltto, kOdower; James Trevnl, leaves widow and three children; Con S. Sullivan, iged 4ft VAN LOON WEAKENS. — The ColumliuH Grove, Ohio, Bandit Finally Give. Up. Frank Van Loon, tho daring young bandit confined in the Penitentiary Annex at Columbus, Ohio, under sentence to hang July ”, has confessed his crime. That it was ho who robbed the Columbus Grove Bank and murdered old Farmer Vandemark there Is now no longer doubt. The confession is made for the purpose. If possible, of modifying the decree of justice under which ho stands in the shadow ot the gallows. He hopes to Interpose certain technical points in connevtlon with the motive for the killing that might secure him a commutation of sentence to life imprisonment While the details of hfs admissions are kept secret, it is known that he has acknowledged his guilt to three respecta- . hie citizens. To these persons he has said he was In Columbus Grove on the day proceeding the commission ot tho crime, and that he got tho money taken from the bank. This is a practical admission of everything—a confession ot i the robbery, with a reservation as to the : murder of Farmer Vandemark. On this point there Is no doubt as to the killing, i but the degree of tho crime furnishes a ; theme for debate in tho minds of many I familiar with all the circumstances. Van Loon lias virtually confessed to the killing, but when the full text of his de- i claratlonson this subject, arc made public ]

it will probably present a technicality. He has already confessed to getting the money, and since only one person was concerned in tho crime—the actual execution ot the robbery—his full confession must naturally admit the killing of Mr. Vandemark, but with the claim that it was not. first degree murder in the meaning of the law. The con session will claim that he had no intention of killing the farmer: that there was no malice aforethought, and that the ! shot, which took his life was accidental. This claim will be supported by reference to the fact that tho ball took effect low in tbe body, to sustain the claim that tho revolver went off when the robber accidentally dropped his hand. HELD UP A TRAIN. Bohl Road Agents Bob an Express Car. Passenger train No. 6, on the Mobile And Ohio Railroad, was held up by four train robbers near Laketon, thirteen miles south of Cairo, 111 When the train stopped at the water tank one mile south of Laketon, Messenger Ray heard a man climb upon the platform, and pounding on the door, ordered him to open it. The messenger surmised it was a train robber and told him to “go to h—.” The robber then placed a stick ot dynamite under the door, and exploding it, blew out a panel. The explosion scattered all the small packages qf envelopes, etc., in every direction and filled the car with smoke. The robber then pushed a Winchester through the aperture and commanded Messenger Ray to unlock the door. The messenger at first refused, but when the robber told him he would kill him it ho did not hurry, he obeved the request and the robber entered the car. He had a red handkerchief tied across his face, completely hiding his features. One of his accomplices stood guard on the platform with a shot-gun and two other confederates kept the train crew at a distance. The man who entered the car wentdirectly to thessfe. the door of which was unlocked, and rifled it of all packages and envelopes supposed to contain money or valuables. Both robbers then jumped from the car, and joined by their companions, disappeared in the darkness. GOVERNMENT ROUTED. Revolutionists Are In Control ot Nicaragua. Washington special: The Nicaragua revolutionists have practically overthrown the government and are in complete possession of the Nicaragua Canal. A dispatch received at the State Department confirmed this. The dispatch was sent from San J nan Del Sur, a port on the west coast of Nicaragua, by Mr. Newell. Consul at Nicaragua, whiefi in substance is that the revolution commenced April 28, headed by ; .ex-President Zavalla. The revolutionists hold Grenada, Managua, Rivas, Contales, Matagaloa. and San Juan Del Norte. The Government forces number 2,000 poorly organized and led, while the well armed revolutionists number from 3,000 to 5,000, commanded by prominent generals. The Government’s force made three unsuccessful attacks on Managua. Martial law has been declared and a decree has been issued for a forced loan of $600,000. It is learned from another authentic source that the revolutionists are in possession of the Nicaragua Canal, and it was on this information contained in the dispatch from Mr. Newell that Secretary Gresham applied to Secretary Herbert for another vessel to be sent to Nicaragua. CUBAN FILIBISTERERB Preparing to Sail from Florida’s Shores. Key West special: The revenue cutter McLane, Captain Littlefield commanding, which was telegraphed for by order of the Secretary of the Treasury to return to this port immediately on account of the demonstrations of the Cuban tiilbusterers here and reports of an expedition being fitted out to sail for Cuba,has arrived. Her commander bad a conference with the collector of customs, the result of which could not be ascertained, but no liberty to officers or men was granted. Boats were lowered and armed and every preparation made to intercept any boat or vessel entering or leaving the harbor. A force of customs ’bouse officers nightly patrol the south teach with a code of signals arranged between them and the cutter. The McLane Is under steam and ready to slip her moorings and steam out at the signal. The federal officers here say that they have reMabie information of preparations to send an expedition s corn here,or onoot the adjacent Islands, to Cuba, and are of tbe opinion that the attempt will soon be made. i Cyclone in Michigan. A cyclone passed two miles east of 1 Pickney, Mich. It first struck the barns 1 and Outbuildings of Louis Dryer, com--1 pletely destroying them. Hft orchard was also destroyed. The cyclone next struck tbe premises of William Tbompt son and —William Hacewsy, half j a mile farther destroying ail their farm buildings, orchards, * 11' I vl tile. alo’ l All it. . 1 ..

wlndmills, etc; All the members I Os both families were injured, but It >js ! said that none are seriously hurt Many I horses and cattle were killed. One mile east from Plhceway’s farm the house and out buildingsoj John Fluke were struck and completely wrecked, not a p<jst jre- . maining standing. 'J’he farniiv, coijdst-, Ing of seven persons, were ail Injured. I but none seriously. Against the Coal Combine. TwentjrSlx Governors ha. ■ kyiyM to the call of Governor Xcl -mi for a great antl-coal combine convi otlon. j among them Governor lfu«ire;i of Massachusetts, 'Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania, and Governor Allgeld of • Illinois. The Governors of Michigan* ’ and Rhode Island have referred the mat. V’-’l-.

ter to the legislators of those States, who ar<> still In session. Each State Is entitled to ton delegates. TheChalrman of the Minnesota delegation will bo Ignatius Donnelly. Governor Nelson of Minnesota has sent a letter to the Governor of each of tho twenty-four States, in which he says tho conference will be held at Central Music Hall, Chicago, Juno 5 and 6. Plenty or Power. A syndicate has been formed In Now York with a capital of $4,000,000 for the construction and equipment of a line between Niagara Falls and Albany, N. ¥., for the transmission of electric power generated by tho Niagara Falls Power Company with the waters of Niagara River passing through wheel pits In a tunnel, which has just been completed. The tunnel is 18,000 feet in length and 24 feet in diameter. Tho Niagara Fallt Power Company has expended nearly 85,000,000 tn its development at the falls and consumed nearly three years In tho work. It now seeks a market for tho electric energy thus generated. Station! are to be erected to regulate the voltage. An ladlana Town Destroyed by Fire. Tho village of North Galveston, ten miles northwest of Warsaw, Ind., was almost totally destroyed by fire. Tho residence of J. J. Jackson,among others, was consumed and the entire family, consisting of himself, wife, two sons,and a daughter, perished in tno flames. Several other persons’were badly burned. Many families lost their entire earthly possessions, and mado their escape clad only in their night clothes. The village has no fire extinguishing apparatus, and

being off the line of a railroad, it was impossible to get a message to Warsaw In time to secure aid. The loss Is estimated at $75,000. The origin of the tiro is a mystery. “ Burning l Bonds. Washington special: Tho recent recommendation of Acting Register Smith for the destruction of $125,000,000 of unissued registered four and a half percent, bonds of tho funded loan of 1891 has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and the bonds will be destroyed. The story in circulation to the effect that the bureau of engraving and printing was quietly printing some bonds with the view of Issuing the same shortly Is without foundation. No bonus save the 3.65 district bonds hav< been printed for some time. Destructive Fire. Half of the village of Spring Lake, a short distance from Grand Haven, Mich., was destroyed by fire. The steamer Barrett, in passing up the river, set fire to a sawdust pile by sparks from her smoitestack. A stiff gale was blowing, and in an hour the greater part of the residence portion of the town was burning. The Baptist and Methodist Churches, an engine house and a school-house were burned, together with about fifty houses. Eighty families are homeless. The loss will be about $80,000; insurance not yet known. Train Robbers Arrested. John Hickett and St. Jones have been arrested at Bendy for committing the train robbery on the Mobile and Ohio Railway at Laketon, Kv., the other night. They gre desperate characters, who lived in the neighborhood. A telegram from Superintendent Ageesays the men are in jail at Bardwell in default of nail. The evidence against them is conclusive. -■ Found His Body. About six weeks ago Alexander Danna, a wealthy stockmau of Bridgeport, Ohio, mysteriously disappeared. He bad on his person a large sum of money at the time, and his relatives put forth every effort to find him. The other day his body was found in a small creek. His hands and feet were bound, his throat cut and his money gone. She Gets the Dress. At Valpraiso. Ind., William Springet of Hobart, was granted a divorce from his wife. The next day they were again joined in wedlock by the same judge that granted the divorce. Both are 70 years old, and she left him because he refused to buy her a new dress. He made her a present of $5,000 after the ceremony. Cash for Scars. San Francisco special: Settlement of the indemnity to the Baltimore’s sailors for injuries received at the hands of the Chilian rioters-at Valparaiso has been finally completed. The names and amounts are: H. Fredericks,;Bi,sOO; P. Houlihan, $800; P. McWilliams, $1,000; and George Pouter, 82,700. Child Fatally Burned. A bottle of stove polish, containing turpentine, in tbe hands of little Pearl Kline, aged two years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kline of Miamisburg, Ohio, became ignited from too close contact with a hot stove and so horribly burned her that she cannot recover. Will Prove Fatal. William Sharp, a tinner by trade, and an old resident of East Liverpool, Ohio, fell from a scaffolding at the pottery of Wallace & Chetwynd, and alighting upon his bead received injuries that are necessarily fatal. Three Killed. A Philadelphia and Reading engine exploded on the Lebanon Valley Road at Reading, Pa., killing the engineer, Levi Yodum, and two others. THE MARKETS. . CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 6.25 Hons—Shipping Grades 3.50 @B.OO Sheep—Fair to Choice LOO @6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 74 @ .75 COUN—No. 243 - @ .44 Oats—No. 231 @ .32 Byb—No. 2 sc @ ,M Bujteb—Choice Creamery 27 @ .28 Egoh—Fresh 14 @ .15 Potatoes—New. per bu so @ .90 INDIANAPOLIS. CITTLE.-Shipping 3.25 5.75 Hogs Choice Light 3.50 @7.75 Sheep—common to Prime 3M (H r>.tn Wheat—No. 2 .06JJ , COBN—No. 2 White 43 @ .44 Oats-No. 2 White3o @ .37 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @5.25 Boos 3.00 @ 7.75 Wheai-No. 2 Red 71 @ .72 Cobb-No. 2 .40 & .41 Oath—No. 2 .3i)i Bye- No. 256 & .67 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.50 Boos 3.00 @ 7.25 5heep.....”..., 8.00 @ 6.5 t Wheat—No. 2 Rod Cohn - No. 2 4oht@ .44J4 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 @ .35 BYE—No. 261 @ .S 3 = - DETROIT. CaTtle 3.10 @ 6.0# Jlogs. 3.00 @ LM r 5heep...;.:.;.;"-”;‘.777:7:.77’vrw-@-kif---V/HEAT—No. 2 Red7l @ .72 1 Coiix-No. 2 Yellow46h@ .4014 ; OATtt-T.No. 2 Whites-. 47 @ .38

TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2. .75 ® .76 i Cobk—No. 2 Ye110w,....! .’47 & .4r Oats-No. 2 White 32 .& ,:i: Hru 64 <3l .» , BUFFALO. Cattl.e—Common to iT1m0..... 3.nc @5.5* iloos—Best Grades 4.00 @7.75 Wheat- No. JRM .7VM No 2. Wl ite 75J4@ .76)2 MILWAUKEE. I WHEAT- No. 2 Spring .67)4@ •.o'i;4 Icons No. 3 43 I's' .44 ; OATH-No. 2 White MW .37)2 l liVK - No; i 67 Vs .69 -Jam EV No. 2 .04 (is .IM I’OE=HeB»;.T. ..19.® @19.75 NEWjfpBK. ■JhmUS 3.50 «(,M I Boos 3.00 @ H.CO ,intt.c. ....:......... 3.00 SUMOj Wheat No. slud *H4'4 .82)4 COBS-No, 2 61 (gl ,59 I Oat* Mixed Western 37 @ .39 1 Burma- Best 29 @ .31 ; I'Otx-Mew Mess,. M.W 2522. W w , ; kUA. ■ it. i * •Zn .

; HOW WORK GOES ON. I —— ■ PROGRESS at THE WORLD’S FAIR NOT RAPID. . Bxhiblta for Many Departments Seem to Ba In Slow Honda and Many Daye Required for Complete Installation—Details of the Big Building*. * Tho Wonk at Jaokaon Park. 1 Chicago oorreapomionce: Progress in the installation of exhibits ; In most of tho World's Fair buildings is being mado much more slowly than there was reason to expect on the opening day of tho Exposition. The promises of several of tho chiefs that the mechanical work would be completed and the refuse olouned out within ten days will not be iulfillod. At the present gait it is doubtful If ihe sound of hammer and saw shall ooaso to be heard within twice the promised ten days. This prolonged delay can no longer be charged to tho railroads; about everything which will be Shown on the Exposition grounds is within reach. There are no labor trouSles and no burdensome exactions from io Exposition management. Every exhibitor is free to make haste. He did hurry before tho opening, but he seems to be making life as easy for himself as possible. Tho weather at present is most favorable for manual labor, and there are too few people in any building to cause the least interference. Some work is done at night. The chiefs of every building say they cannot got sufficient light and refuse to issue any peremptory orders for night work. The exhibitors will not incur the additional expense of overtime labor bills until they are compelled to. In Manufactures Building Great Britain is in most presentable shape. This Is accounted for, in part, by the fact that she built no elaborate pavilion or facade, as Germany and France are doing. As in the American section, each exhibitor has acted independent of all others. But, unlike the American, the British exhibitor constructed his pavilion or booth at homo, and it came along with the exhibit. On arrival there was nothing more to do than put it together and arrange the goods within it. This has been quickly done, and the visitor may

pi’lKVlnl r~ — AA g 11 \if J B I wflr VIEW FROM THE WEST GALLERY OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

walk through the British section and see as much now as he ever will here of the products of the three isles over the sea. The Canadian Display. Canada was induced by Chief Allison to inclose her space, which appropriately adjoins that of the mother country, and there is no mistaking her typical facade on Columb a avenue. Within there is a display of manufactured articles, but the American idea that quantity is more impressive that quality apparently prevailed. France moved so slowly with her staff ornamentation as almost to seem not to move at all. French exhibitors have tired of waiting for the completion of the ornamental work and are installing their wares in the rear of it. But they find it necessary at once to surround their booths with canvas to kebp out the staff dust, ana visitors get little benefit from them, to say nothing of the fact that they are almost inaccessible. These goods are of the choicest! kind, and peculiarly attractive to Americans because of theft artistic excellence. The exhibitors profess to sell only by sample, or with the reservation that the goods cannot be removed until after the close of the Exposition, as the rules of the Fair require. But they are permitting customers to take away almost anything they are willing to pay the big prices for when the customs officers are not on watch. American ex--A A \\ ' \\ \ V—WKT rowßit or oranges. horticulturAi. Bump* ING. hibitors are giving evidence of an interest in the Exposition, and their booths are filling up with a little more rapidity than heretofore. A very few may be unit! to have completed their work. Austria needs to do but little more, while Germany will have her hands full for many days yet. Switzerland can sit d ’wn and-wait for sightseers In her completed pavilion. Belgium, just across the street, Is ready for guests Other countries have little to exh bit except unopened boxes and miscellaneous debrU-not Including Japan in this category, which is more than half ' aily r>lnc»tlonnt Exhibit Advanced. The educational exhibit Is weß advanced, arid some things in it wdl bear close inspection. Thia is especially hue of that of Pratt Institute of Brooklyn. This is an industrial school and the epe.imens of work in all the practical arts are excellent whut a pupil in school can be taught to do in a?chitecture, building, plumbing, iron work, millinery, dtoasmaking, etc. The exhibit is P lasts. The Chicago educational ex Libit, If present atC3 has hidden Hts light under a bushel; no one n

able to find it. Leaving the sections of the gallery assigned to Great Brltal*, Fran e, Germany, and Austria, there is much vacant space to fill, although it is said to have all been assigned. In Mines and Mining Building New South Wales pre-ents un exhibit the most nearly complete ot those from foreign countries. Germany and Austria are getting Into shape slowly,* except* Ing tiio great display of the former near the center of tho building. Quebeo is hidden away behind Ontario with a disPORTAL, TO BELGIUM’S HXHIBIT. play of minerals, principally phosphates and mica. British Columbia, adjoining, strikes tbe visitor with amazement by an exhibition of what appears to be a pyramid of gold ingots, some ton feet high and live or six feet square at the base. On closer examination the blocks prove to bo cheaper than dross, for they are nothing but bronzed plaster. The pile is supposed to give a comprehensive idea of the province's production of gold, as the bars

represent in bulk the amount of refined gold sent to market since the mines have been systematically worked The compound value is $52,t.0t',000. England shows a good deal of coal, one piece weighing fourteen tons having been installed. South Africa has a large space inclosed and • a model of a mill set up, but no exhibits opened. Mexico is inclosing the largest individual space In the building, and has her cases ready to be filled with minerals. Chill Is already prepared to give a good idea of the nitrate industry. She boasts of the fact that 1,050,119 tons of this mineral were exported in 1890. Samples of crude nitrate and as prepared for a fertilizer are in place. In the agricultural building Wisconsin is ready to entertain visitors and lowa nearly so. The incomplete exhibits at tire end of next week in this building will be ; ,tho exception and not the rule, as in some others, if work proceeds as rapidly next week as it has this- It is already second In popularity to Manufacturers building, apparently; a crowd of visitors lingered in it all day and reluctantly withdrew at night. The big engine in Machinery hall is turning a thousand whee's, and an air of early completeness pervades the building. In spite of the delay In handling the ponderous machinery there is a prospect of a finished exhibit before many days. Electricity may bo able io reach a specified point in a very short space of time, but the installation of the machinery’ and appliances through which it operates is flow beyond comparison. Apparently, the Electricity building will be lost on the list for the Visitors. Transportation building has no new surprises, but is monotonously slow In some departments. The carriage exhibit is about complete and of a high order. WEATHER BUREAU BULLETIN In Most Localities the Hooding Season Is About. Ten Days Behind Timo. The Washington weather bureau has Issued a bulletin of the progress of the crops for the past week, of which the following is a synopsis: New ‘England —Season cold and backward; frost not all out of eround in north. Maryland -Fruit iu some sections reported Injured bv heavy rains, high winds and frosts; wheat, ry'o, oats and grass improved; potatoes and tobacco plants thriving. Louisiana—Crops show improvement, but are becoming grassy; some complaints of lice In cotton and worms injuring corn; sunshine needed. Texas—Favorable for cotton and corn; cotton planting delaved by continued dry weather in west portions: early wheat being harvested. Missouri—Crops advancing slowly; fruit pro meets improved. Illinois—r.onuitions hem tidal to wheat, but retard other crops; fruit prospects improving; plowing and corn planting leaking fair progress; thousands of acres of wheat still submerged and will prob-bly boa total loss; season about ten days behind. Indiana—Crops on uplands look well; low lands yet inundated; fruit backward, not I H'wesV'^jrglniu— Wheat, oats, grass, rye and • tobacco growing finely; promising reports relative to fruit; stock in good condition. 1 Ohio-Wheat, oats, gruss, rye, barley, and . tobacco made slow growth; early potatoes rotting; fruit promising; strawberries blooming. I Michigan—Crop conditions continue baok--1 ward, owing to wet and cold; plowing for core i Is in progress In moat southern counties; fruit • prospects excellent. Montana-r Warm weather during past two ' days very beneficial. .. " ‘ —- Wyoming—Weather too cold for anything to t grow and too damp for farm work. Arizona—Melons, figs, and strawberries ripe, other fruits promise well. I Utah—Crops have not been much injured, t although set back, and with good warm weather will do well. . . Washington—Winter wheat doing fairly well; grass is Improving more rapidly and ■ stock is looking yi ell; all fruit trees but apples ■ are in bloom except in Wahkiakum county, r prospects very good for large crop In most seo--1 Grain crop Short;cherries, prunes, almonds and berries average; peaches two- ’ thirds and apricots one-third crop; hops im- ’ proving rapidly; sugar beets In San Bernarar ino. Orange and Monterey Counties good. - > Wisconsin— Seeding will he finished this week and corn planting begun; season very ' late; no damage except slight rotting of seem ■ Minnesota—deeding general; grass and early I sown grain doing nicely; luw lands in central and northern districts still too wet; fruit trees : SSsaffiSusr* “*

DOWN A MINING SHAFT TEN TIMBBRMEN DASHED TO DEATH. A Coupling Pm Bronka Astor ths Cage ll>> Roaoliod the Hurfheo, and the Men * Drop Moro than Three Thousand Feet. A Fearful Plunge. Ten timbermen were dashed to pieces in the Bed Jacket perpendicular shaft of the Calumet and Benia at Calumet, Mloh., Sunday noon. Tho minors were coming up in the cage to dinner and tho engineer hoisted the cage against the timbers of the shaft, when the coupling pin broke and the men and cage dashed downward, over 3,000 feet, to the bottom. Tho names of tho killed are as follows: Alien Cameron, eon of Captain Cameron, in charge. Jamee Cooking, single, eupporttng widowed mother. Andrew Edno, aged 40, married. John Bloke, tingle, aged 24. Miohiwl Leavltto. widower. John Odgera, leaves widow and several children. Joseph Pope, leevee widow end one child. Con H. Hulllvan, tingle, aged «>. James Trevnl, leavee widow and three children. Robert Waopia, leavee widow and three children. Never in the history of copper mining has so serious an accident occurred. Sunday work in the mine is only done in the line of repairs to the mathlnery and timbering up the wall of tho shafts. The ten men killed went down in the morning so timber the mine, had worked all tho forenoon and stepped into the bucket to be hoisted 3,150 feet to tho surface to get their dinners. The time consumed in being hoisted is usually but a minute by the powerful engines used. Cause of the Accident. The cause of the accident was a faulty indicator, which did not show the brakeman in charge of the hoisting apparatus when the cage had reached the top of the shaft. Ernst Tulin, tho engineer, says his Indicator showed 750 feet more to hoist. He could not stop Ithe machinery in time, and when the iron car struck tbe beams at the top of the shaft the coupling pin or tho steel wire rope by which the car was suspended broke, letting the ten occupants of the cage down to a fearful death at the bottom of the shaft, 3,(MiO feet below. The wife of Joseph Pope, one of the miners, had como to tho mouth of the shaft with his dinner. She saw her husband come up, spoke to him lovingly, but was crazed when she saw the cage dart upward then dron out of sight. Many pitiful scenes were witnessed at the mouth of the shaft. Most of the ill-fated men had families and when the first rumor of the awful accident spread wives and children hastened to the scene, hoping that the report had been false, but finding instead that it was only too true and that many of them were widows or orphans. There are two men employed In the mine who are congratulating themselves bn escaping the terrible death their comrades met Twelve men went down into the mine in the morning, but one of them was taken sick and was sent to the surface, accompanied by one of his comrades. Searching- lor the Bodies. The mouth of the shaft was closed at once. A searching party went down 'Calumet No. 4 shaft, over a 'half mile away, and went through the cross-cut • or tunnel to search for the remains. Although thousands of miners and others bad gathered around tho? fatal shaft, all were painfully silent The terrible fatality seemed to have overawed them. General Manager Whiting and Superintendent Duncan are almost crazed by the awful responsibility which the accident has thrust on them. Did the indicator fail to work, fall to Inform the engineer when the cage had reached the surface, as he says, or did he become careless and fail to stop the engine at the proper moment? These are the questions that are being asked and the investigation is expected to determine. The miners demand a rigid investigation by the mine inspector and by a coroner’s jury. WEATHERED THE RUN. A Milwaukee Bank Secures Plenty of Money to Pay Depositors. For the first time in twenty years a Milwaukee bank has been subjected to a run. It was the Plankinton bank that was compelled to meet the onslaught of frightened depositors, and it stood the ordeal in excellent style. The heavy depositors in the bank stood by it, and even when the run was in progress solid business men were calmly making deposits. For an hour or so during the morning the bank had a close call. The representative Bent to Chicago to draw funds to tho bank's credit missed the regular train and the bank officials were frightened. The messenger chartered a special train, however, and arrived in the nick of time with something over $166,01)0 in cash. The special train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad which brought the money was composed of a locomotive and an express car. It made the run in exactly two hours and fifteen minutes and just four minutes after the train dashed into the depot the money ■was at the door of the bank. Assistant Cashier Moody, who went to Chicago to secure the funds, was, so wrought up by the importance of his duty that when the money in hiS charge was safely In the bank he fell in a faint. The flight of the special from Chicago to Milwaukee was fraught with excitement. Scarce a, hundred yards had been traversed before the train was running at very nearly full speed, and the run was maintained out of the (hlcago yards, the fastest time ever made by a train within the lake city. Ohce out on the prairie the lever was thrown wide open and there began such a ra o against time as man never witnessed before. Everything gave way to the special. Even the fast passengers were sidetracked at waystations. Not for a moment during the enfire journey was the speed of the train slacked, except at the railroad crossings and on egter ng Milwaukee. The scene in the bank was very interesting. Depositors were crowded against the counters, all endeavor.ng to get in first, and prominent men in banking and business circles were delivering short speeches, assuring them of the safety of the bank and their money. Among those who spoke to the crowd were Gov. Peck, Frank Bigelow, Cashier of the First National Bank, aud Frederick T. Day, President of tbe Plankinton Bank. Better Feeling In Indiana. According to an Indianapolis dispatch the panicky feeling caused by the suspension of so many banks throughout Indiana is passing away. It is possible that there are a few more of the country banks that may have to close their doors, but the feeling is that the worst is over. There have been in all ten failures of banks in the Siate as a result of the failure of the Columbia National of Chicago. It is announced by John W. Paris and J. Shannon Nave, of Indianapolis, that tho four banks in which they are mter- : ested will reopen w.thin a few days. .The Capital National Bank, which closed its doors last Thursday, is in charge of Bank Inspector Young, of Pittsburg. He made an investigation amount announced by the bank, presi-

dent Wilson still believes the bani will reopen. ‘ WOMAN’S GREAT FORUM. RapewentatlvM or AU Nation* Meet b Convocation nt Chicago. At 10 o’Cloox Monday the Wotld’i Congress Auxiliary of tho World’s Columbian Exposition was formally opened In the hall of Columbus in the new OWN cago Memorial Art Palace. One how later, in the same hall, began the ttrri session of tho week's work of th< world's congress ot ropresentativt women. When tho meeting of tbt Auxiliary was called td order Prof. David Swing offered the invoeation. President Charles 0. Bonney deliverer tho opening address. His greeting wai extended to the leaders of progress friends of learning and virtue, one workers for tho welfare of man. Coni tinulng, Mr. Bonney referred to peacJ as the now leader in the now age, u whose seYvioe the universal fraternity of learning and virtue shall be pro! claimed, as tho best means by whicl ignorance, misunderstanding, prejudice and anlmosty can bo removed, and in telllgenoe, charity, productive Industry and happiness bo promoted Tho objects of tho World’s Congresi Auxiliary recounted by Mr. Bonney are To sum up the progress ot mankind ii every department of enlighten* achievement, to review the actual r« suits ot that progress, to note tho leesoi it teaches and the defects and difficui ties that still remain, to state in clean concise and yet comprehensive term tho important unsolved.problems of ou time: to put in definite form the llvlni questions of the day which yet demand answers from living men; to suggest il brief but lucid terms tho moans bj which obstacles may be overcome, dlfl Acuities removed, defects supplied an] further progress made; to bring all th departments of human progress inti harmonious relations in a great intel lectual and moral exposition. Follow Ing Mr. Bonney’s formal address, Mra Charles Henrotin, Vice President of thl woman’s branch of ihe auxiliary, spoH upon the “Work of the Womanl Branch. ”' ROBBED AT THE FAIR. N. B. Martans, an Aged Californian, Lo*J Hl* Fortune. The first big robbery that has ocourrJ at the World’s Fair grounds has heel reported to tho police at the Centra Station. Tho victim was N. B. MM lans, 70 years of age, who came fro J Woodland, Cal. He was robbed J $4,100, which was taken from him by I pickpocket as ho was crossing the brldgl from the Electricity to the ManufaJ tures Building. Mr. Martans had I farm in California, but his wife anl child being dead, he sold his properq and concluded to take a trip to CoH lentz, Germany, where he was born With tho s4,li 0 obtained from the sal of all he had in the world, he lei California, and, arivlng in Ch] cago, he went to the Fair wii the money in a large pocket-book whirl he carried in tho inside pocket oth] overcoat “ I passed through the crowd] said tho old man, “with my overcoat un buttoned. I felt no one touch me, bl when I had reached the other side I the bridge the pocketbook was gone. I saw a Columbian guard and at onl went up to him and told him of the los| ’You should take bettor care of yon valuables,' said he. ‘I have no time I •bother with you.’ That was all til satisfaction I got and I did not knol what to do. It was all I had in til world and was the savings of a lifetiml Everything is gone and I am 70 yea! old—-too old to begin once again." EvJ the hardened policemen were affect! by the old man’s pathetic story. j SHIP SUNK IN A COLLISION.| Nino Passenger* and Sixteen of the Cr<l Lose Their Live*. 1 The captain of the steamship City] Hamburg, which arrived at Swans! from Hamburg, reports that his vesel collided in a fog off Trevose Head, coal of Cornwall, with the ship Countel Evelyn, bound with passengers and ir! ore from Bilbao, Spain, to Newpol Wales. The captain of the Countel Evelyn jumped aboard the City of Ha! burg, aud .We Richards crawled to h| through a hole in the Countess Evelyll quarter. Ninety seconds later tl Countess Evelyn went under with hl crew of sixteen, and with nine pass® gers. Boats were lowered at on< e frcl the City of Hamburg, but the scared I tne fog proved almost useless. Seam! Jarbin was picked up, but he died as! minutes after having been brous! aboard tho steamship. The dead bo! of a little girl was also found. Oth! wise the attempt at rescue was rcsul less. ■ ] Chief Mingo'* Squaw I* Dead. ] Wash Mingo, the chief of the Kfl Indians, has converted the Kaw Res! vation, in Indian Territory, into a pit! of mourning. Me-He-Naw, for fl! years his favorite squaw, is dead al has been buried with all the honors I the Indian burial rites. ] In the tomb was placed a pound ■ jerked beef, a quantity of bread, an! gourd of water to strengthen the wes! spirit of the departed’ squaw oh M third day’s journey to tho celestl homo of the Great Spirit. Immediat! after the interment the chief had th! ponies lariated and choked to death! the newly made grave as a sacrifice! his departed wife. I Gov. Walts o i Indian Outbreak*. ■ Gov. Waite, of Colorado, who wr! a letter to President Cleveland cha! ing the Indian agent with negiigei! and incompetency and with being pr! tically responsible for the perlodi! troubles in Colorado nud the Southweß has supplemented his caustic let! with an interview, in which he sco! the present system of controlling ! Indians. He holds that tho only re! edy is to confine thorn to their roser! Clone and to keep an eye on the agon! who, he believes, are primarily rospe! sible for the outbreak, because tM allow the tribes to take an annual hfl in Colorado. ■ Marriage Put to Dad U*e*. ■ A novel swindle is being worked! the interior counties of Ohio and adjo! ing States. A very clerical-look! man appears at the house of a pros,;! ous farmer and announces he is ister who is go ng to preach in a boring church. • i ■ Soon after a young couple ride up isl ask the farmer to direct them to a nJ ister, as they wish to be married. J preacher offers his services, the tnony is performed, and the minlj asks the farmer and his wife to sign ■ marriage certificate. They readily! GO, ami soon receive notice of a note! bank..! Vanderbilt’< New Steam Y.»oht. ■ Mr. Vanderbilt’s new steel yacht, ! Valiant, was launched- Saturday TfJ Laird’s shipyard, in thp Mersey, e! land. The Valiant is intended to ! place the shipwrecked Aiva as Mr. Vfl derbllt’s private pleasure yacht. Sb! 320 feet In length’‘with a beam of! feet 6 inches and depth ot 24 feet B Her draught at the load line is 15 fB she has two sets of inverted triple B j ansion engines of 2,250 Indicated h<B power, and lias a speed ot sevcntß knots an hour. Tho Valiant is ■ doubtedly tho finest steam yiyshtjn B istenoe. ■ . The cruiser Atlanta has left York for Nicaragua. « *1