Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1893 — Page 6

©he democrat decatuh, ind. K. BLACKBURN, - - • nmuraaa, 1893 A VG ÜBT. 1893 "flu Mo Tu We Th Fr J3a 9912 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • • I • • ® • DOINGS OF THE DAY. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Many Depredations by Tramps and Burglar! In Kansas—lndians llanrlng for War In Wisconsin -Child Badly Scalded — Lit the Fire with Kerosene. DANCING FOR WAR. Indians In Faint, 800 Strong, Are Menacing the Lives of Whites in Wisconsin. Special advices from Lake Shell and Spioner, in Washburn County, Wisconsin, on the Chicago. Milwaukee and Omaha Railroad, say that between 400 and 500 Indians have congregated and J may don the war paint. These red I men have come from the reservations in the northern part of Minnesota and Wisconsin. They secured special per-i mits from the Government to go off on ' a tour to pick blueberries, which arc - found in very large quantities in Washburn County, and they have taken advantage of this freedom to a dangerous degree. In the vicinity of their present location there are several settlements of Indians and ; thfey have gathered their red brethern | about them till now a small sized army could easily be mustered out of their ; numbers. Three squaw houses and : several dancing platforms have been | built seven miles from’the lake and i the nightly revels of these Indians make’the woods resound. Whisky is plentiful and Hows freely. Many Indians are armed and they have gone so i far as to raise their rifles to shoot and . in many instances the escape of settlers ' from death has been narrow. Trouble is expected. TRAMPS AND BURGLARS v I Take Advantage of the Movements of j Miners. Topeka (KAs.) special: The stream of idle workmen from Colorado continue to pour through Kansas. Reports received here by the police de- j Sartment state that many depredations ave been committed in the towns I along the line of the Santa Fe and Union Pacific railways. Houses have been broken into and valuables stolen, both in the towns and country. Re- : peyts to the police authorities state 1 that tramps and burglars all along : these lines of roads have taken advant- ■ age of this movement east of idle work- i men and are plundering residences in ! towns and farm houses in the country. : At Stanford a tramp ordered the Santa i Fe agent to hold up his hands, and before the agent could turn around the tramp shot him in the neck, inflicting ' a dangerous wound and then escaped. 1 Bailroads Must Observe Quarantine Kegu- | lations. The United States district court at Marquette, Mich., has denied the injunction asked for by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railway Company to restrain the Michigan • 1 State Board of Health from enforcing 1 its quarantine regulations at Sault Ste 1 Marie. There was a nice question involved as to the respective rights of 1 federal and state governments in the : premises and the result is a complete 1 victory for the State Board. J Paddy Won. The l>ght weight finish fight between Paddy Smith, brother to Denver Ed Smith, and “Young Corbett,” other- I wise known as George Green, at the Columbian Athletic Club, Roby, Ind., ; attracted 5,000 people. The purse was for $3,500, of which SSOO went to the loser. This was “Young Corbett’s” first finish fight. Champion Jim Corbett was there to see it. Smith won in the twenty-eighth round. Child Badly Scalded. A 3-year-old son of Mr. A. C. Freed ' of MeCpmb, Ohio, was seriously scalded ' by falling into a pail of hot water. Mrs. 1 Freed, in preparing to wash, had set the pail upon the floor and her attention fora moment being in another di- , rection, the little one stumbled and ’ fell backward into the pail. Although I it is a bad scald, it is thought it will I recover. , i Lit the Fire with Kerosene. The house of J. H. Langevine, a I farmer, near Olga, N. D., was burned i recently, through lighting a fire with ' kerosene. Two of his children were ' burned to death and Langevine and his wife were so badly injured that ' their recovery is doubtful. » White Cappers Sentenced. Birmingham (Ala.) special: Nineteen white cappers were sentenced to j Stillwater, Minn., for needs committed j in Cherokee and Clebourne counties, i Some got'four and others six years, with additional fines of SSOO each.' Resumption of Business Activity. Noblesville (Ind.) special: The 1 American Carbon works in this city have started up full blast after a period : of partial inactivity. All the factories I here are running now, and the worst of the hard times iff about over. Chicago's New Chief. Mayor Harrison has issued an order ' appointing Michael Brennan Acting | Superintendent of Police of Chicago, to take the place of Major R. W. MeClaughry. i ' ° } Fourth Auditor Appointed. The President has appointed Charles | B. Morton of Maine, fourth Auditor of , the Treasury, vice John R. Lynch of Mississippi, resigned. French Open Fire. A report from Paris gives the details of the beginning of hostilities at Bangkok, Slam. A Siumeie gunboat was rammed and sunk, the islands ut the mouth of the Mekong and Fort Donson captured, and the governor of the Island of Khong killed. Tho blockade will be as soon as ‘he powers can be notified. Closed by » Run. The Traders' Bank of Mount Sterling, Ky., is closed by order.of the directors, who mot and decided to suspend payment. A heavy run caused the failure. Liabilities are $160,900, with good assets of $390,•00. An early resumption is probalgp.

BIOT IN PARLIAMENT. Debate of Home Rule Reonlte In an Almost Unprecedented Beene. The homo rule question caused a hand-to-hand conflict In the House of Commons at London Thursday night beside which Donnybrook fair pales Into insignificance. All thoughtc of dignity wore forgotten and ibo members fought right and left like so many cate and doga The trouble was started by Joseph Chamberlain. loader of tho opposition to Oladtfone; he, tn attempting to reply to the Grand Old Nan, used tho bitterest Invective, and was Interrupted by T. P. O’Connor, who hissed •‘Judas” In an Instant the whole apace between tho front benches was filled with a struggling, cursing mass of members. striking. clawing and upsetting each other. Manful efforts were made to separate tho combatant* Both »orgeants-at- arms forced their way through ibo thick of tho fight, but as fast as one group was pacified anoiher came to blows Eventually Mr. Gladstone begged Edward Najorlbanks. a sturdy liberal, to do something to stop the fighting. Mr. Majortbanks dug bis way through the tangled mass of belligerents, and by repeated appeals in tho name of the Premier, succeeded in stemming the conflict. Mr. Gladstone. sitting bolt upright, watched the scene with Inflamed face and an expression of sorrow. Indignation and astonishment. which will never bo erased from tho memory of those observing It LAW’S AWFUL IMHIROR. electrocution of Taylor at Auburn Terribly Mismanaged. I be attempt to electrocute Murderer • William (1. Taylor in the State Prison at Auburn N. Y., resulted In a horrible accident Tho foot rest of tho chair broke and the dynamo gavo out, so that* second curl rent could not be applied. Ho was not I dead from the first contact and soon bei can breathing heavily. He was placed on a cot and conveyed back to bls corridor, where ho continued breathing and groaning. with pulso growing stronger. Power • had to be obtained from the city's electric “plant and Taylor vai replaced In the chair and electrocuted to death. Morphine had to be administered in the meantime Witnesses are not permitted to leave the prison. Taylor and bls victim, SoloI mon Johnson, were second-term men and : were shopmates In the broom Industry at . Auburn prison. Taylor was 27 years old and was serving a ten years' sentence for burglary. On April 27, 1890. he made an unsuccessful attempt io c cape and the ' following day he assaulted a keeper, for which offense he forfeited all commutation. October, 1890, he was transferred to the asylum for insane he remained until Sept. 14. 1891. when he was discharged as cured and began life in Auburn Prison. The murder was committed on the afternoon of Sept. 20, 1892. PENSION MONEY DIVISION. Bureau Prepares an Estimate of the Ensuing Year's Expenses. The Pension Bureau has prepared an estimate of the division of tho appropriation provided by Congre-s at the last session for the support of thp pension service during the fiscal year just begun and ending June 30, 1894. The amount of the appropriation was $100,180,585. Whether this will cover the expenses of the service remains to be seen. It is thought likely, however, that a deficiency appropriation may be required. The appropriation of 8160,180,565 has been divided Into the following payments: Army pensionssl6l,ooo,ooo Navy pensions- 3,649,215 Fees of examining surgeons 1,(00,ex) Salaries of agents 72,000 Clerk hire, pension agenci s 400,000 Rents, penslbn agencies 22,850 Fnel and light, pension agencle-.... 1,500 Contingent expenses, pension agencies 35,000 Os course this appropriation does not include the cost of maintaining the Pension Bureau In Washington and paying the expense of running the bureau. That Is provided by tho legislative appropriation bilk MAIL TRAIN WRECKED. Jne Man Killed and Several Hurt In an Accident on tho Old Colony. she New York mall train on the Old Zolony, which left Boston at midnight Monday, ran Into a freight- car standing on the track at Dodgeville. The train was making forty miles an hour when It struck ths obstruction. The engine was badly demolished and the forward mall cars completely wrecked. A mall clerk named C. J. Miller, belonging In New York, was Instantly killed, and another clerk named Murphy was seriously hurt Several of the passengers were also injured. BANKS STILL FAILING. Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Louisville Now the Sufferers. The Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insurance Bank, the Indianapolis National Bank and the Bank of Commerce, and the Merchants’ National and Louisville Deposit Banks, at Louisville, suspended Tuesday morping. This makes four Louisville banks that have collapsed In three days. In each case the depositors will bo paid in full, although the stockholders may lose considerably. Robbed His Countrymen. Thirty thousand dollars is the sum which H. Bertrand Nemltz, representative of thirty-five Swiss watchmakers, exhibiting in Manufactures Hall, Is accused of having stolen. Nemltz. together with bls 18-year-old son. Bertrand, has left Chicago, and news of their arrest Is hourly expected from Toronto, Canada For many years Nemltz has been a prominent figure In Switzerland's politics and Industrial life. Ho has attended all the leading expositions during the last twenty years, always in a position of trust. Valu- ' able contracts for government t-nd municipal work have been awarded him during the time ho was not engaged away from the country. It was an easy matter for him to Induce watchmakers of his native land to Intrust him with , their valu--1 able exhibits, which In value aggregate I [2,500,000. Indeed, the manufacturers 1 gladly made him their representative | It was believed that In his hands their I joint Interests would bo carefully looked i after. Ohio Prohibition Ticket. Ohio Prohibitionists have nominated the I following State ticket: Governor, Rev. Gideon P. Machlln, of Germantown; Lieutenant Governor, S. H. Ellis, of Warren i County; Treasurer, Abraham Ludlow, of Springfield; Attorney General, S. E. Young. J of Portage; Supreme Court Judge, J. A. j Gallaher, of Bellaire; Food and Dairy 1 Commissioner, S. ,H, . Todd, of Wakeman; ; member of the B?>ard of Public Works, E. 11 Broslus, of Clark County. Base-Ball Record. 1 Tho standing of the clubs of the Nai tlonal League Is shown by the following | table; W. L. Wc.l W. L. Vc. Bostonss3 27 .663 St L0ui5....36 41 .468 Phlladelp’la.49 29 62K|Clncinnalis.37 42 .468 Pittsburgs.. 46 32 ,690‘Chlcagos... .83 44 .429, Clevelands . .41 31' .569 8e.1t1m0re«..33 45 .423 Brooklyns.. .40 38 .613, Washl'zt’na.Sl 47 .397 New Y0rk!..37 41 .<"4'LouUvllles..2s 44 .362 Will Be Hanged. Parker and McAfee, tho negroes condemned for the minder of Druggist Eyster. wore taken from Indianapolis, Ind., io Michigan City prison, where they will be executed Nov. 3. Tlie Baby Is Dead. The infant son of Edward Bevan at Buj cyrus, Ohio, drank the contents of S botlle | of carbolic acid and died “In a few hours. Wheat Very Cheap. I There was a sharp break In wheat Friday at Chicago, due to the continued distrust In financial circles. The price was

lower than it hM ever been before tn the Chicago market since tho war. For July delivery it sold as low as 59 cents, against 61% cents, the previous low price. The action of the Chicago banka In authorising the issuance of clearing-house certificates In case there Is any demand for them did not help matters, although It was said to boa measure of safety, Tho banks were said to have determined to call loans on wheat GIGANTIC BUBBLE PRICKED. The Erie Road Has Squandered •1fi.000,000 in Twenty-one Months. The headlines over an Associated Press dispatch read as follows: Erie Is a wreck. Surplus of $10,900,000 disappears In twentyone month* and a floating indebtedness ol 56.000,000 has boon created. Most gigantic bubble ever known Is about to be pricked. Stock and bond holders on both sides ot the Atlantic will tocn be on the anxious seat Already the English have appointed a committee to look Into the problem. Railroad men are amazed at the disappearance of the $16,000,000 In ao short a time. Stock issue of $85,000,000 and funded debt in excess of $77,000,000. The road hat a capitalization of more than $304,000 n mile. It has 551 milea of leased and owned lines and controls as much more which hai never paid the rental. One, the “Nypano,” has securities charged against it of $370,000 a mile. Mortgages piled fourteen layers deep on the system. Preferred stock <1 uoted at 5. GOLD IN THE TREASURY. Lacks but Little of Reaching the 8100,000,000 Reserve Mark. From present Indications the gold in ths Treasury wlllsoon pass $100,000,001 When the $100,000,000 mark Is passed the Treasury will again resume tho Issuance of gold certificate* which by law had to be suspended when the Treasury gold was reduced below $100,000,900. The gold certificates now outstanding aggregate $89,000,000, which Is an unusually small quantity for the Treasury to have. The department, however, shows little or no Interest whethei the gold Is $100,009,000 or $75,000,009, as It is the policy of Secretary Carlisle to use the gold on hand the same as he does cur- , rency In meeting the obligations of the | Treasury, For several months past the , gold reserve has been treated as available, j cash. On this basis the available cash in the Treasury Saturday was $122,000,003. Boles to Retire to Private Life. A Keokuk. lowa, dispatch says: Governor Boles was In the city, returning home from a visit to the Fort Madison Penitentiary. In ihe course of an Interview regarding the report that he was a gapdldate for renomlnatlon. and In cKe oi success at the polls this fall that he would make the race for United States Senator, he said: “1 am through with politics Un. der no circumstances will I accept anothet nomination for Governor, and so far as my belnz a candidate for Senator Is concerned, such is far from tho case, as I would not accept It as a gift When my present terra expires I shall retire to private life.” Chin* Defines Her Own Right* Tho London correspondent of the Berlin Koelnlsche Zeltung telegraphs: ‘•China has reserved rights of sovereignty over ths principality of Ching-Hong, extending southward to the twenty-first parallel and consisting of four districts to the right ol the Mekong and eight to the left Without Great Britain’s knowledge China sent i troops to this region months ago. These troops would. If necessary, co-operate with the black flag* China Induced Great Britain to cede to her the claims accruing to her tn this region from the conquest ol Burmah.” Suspended Pension* The total number of pensioners under the act of June 27. 1899, whose pensions have been suspended since the Incoming of the present administration Is 5.259. The whole number of pensions granted under this act Is 370,000. Os this number 70,000 were to widows, minors and dependent relatives, leaving 300,000 to be Investigated. So far about 25 per cent have been suspended, and if thejjame ratio Is maintained through the entire list, about 75,000 will have been suspended. Flood at Pueblo. At Pueblo, Colo., the Arkansas river began to rise and the entire lower portion ol . the city Is threatened with inundation. | There is six feet of water on the sides ol ! the City Hall and all the basements in that block arc filling. Hundreds of people living in the fiats have fiedto higher grounds. The water xrorks are closed by the flood. The loss will approximate $1,000,000. Alabama Editors at the Fair. Alabama editors joined tho procession ot molders of public opinion at the Fart 1 Tuesday. They had a reception at the Arkansas State Building, with addresses and music, and afterward set out to do the ground* "There were a great number ot them and many of them are accompanied by their wives. Was Tired of Living. W. H. Irving, of Winthrop Beach. Mass, about 4) years old and well dressed, committed suicide at Chicago the other night A partly filled can of powder by his side and the horribly torn and mangled face indicated that Irving had filled his mouth with powder and then exploded It. Brewing Company Fall* The Obermann Brewing Company of Milwaukee has failed, as a result of the suspension of the Mitchell bank. The liabilities are $295,090. Cyclone in Minnesota, Jt Is reported at Duluth that a cyclone struck the vest end of tho Mesaba River, doing great damage. MARKET QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 25 ® 5 50 Hoas—Sh pplng Grades, 300 ©5 60 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4 00 0 5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 61 @ 63 Corn—No. 2 37 & sa Oats—No.2... 24 @ 25 Rye—No. 2 46 @ 48 Butter—Choice Creamery 10%$ 20% I Eggs—Fresh 12%@ 13% Potatoes—New. perbrl 1 50 ® 2 25 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 2 25 4 25 Hogs—Choice Light 3 co 5 75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3 00 $ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 55 $ 55% Corn—No. 2 White 39 (tt 4') Oats—No. 2 White 32%® 33% ST. LOUIS. Cattle a no @ 500 Hogs 3 on 1.9 5 75 Wheat—No. 2Red 67 $ 57% Cobn—No. 2 34 $ 85 OATS—No. 2 26%® 27% Rye—No. 2. 48 $ 60 I CINCINNATI. Catt1e.....".".*.....,. 3 on @ 4 75 Hogs 3 00 $ 6 on Sheep 3 on $ 4 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red. — si>%s 36% Corn—No. 2 40%® 41% Oats—No. 2 Mixed 27 $ 28 Bye—No. 2 49 & si DETROIT. Cattle 8 00 <® 4 75 Hogs 3 00 <9 6 60 Sheep....;.. 300 $375 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62 $ 63 Corn -No?2 Yellow 39 @ 40 Oath-No. 2 Wtilte 36 $ 37 , TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 58 $ 58 Oats—No. White 26 <9 26% 1 Rye 45 $ 46 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to l>rlme.... 3 60 (9 6 50 Hogs—Best Grades 4 on 6 60 Wheat-No. 1 White.... 67 (9 69 No. 2 Red 67 $ 08 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 61%$ 62% Corn—No.:: ■■n'nidi 33% Oats—No.-2 White 32%® 33% RYE—No. 1 48 $ 50 Barley—No. 2 54 66 PORK—Mess„ 19 00 sl9 50 NKW YORK. Cattle 3 60 $5 25 Hogs 3 00 $ 709 Sheep.x. 300 $5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red<? 69 $ 70 Corn- N 0.2 47%$ 48% Oats—Mixed Western..... 37 $ 39 Butter—flrnaniery- 1% $ 20 Pork-;Ncw Mess. 18 00 sl9 99

SIAM HAS WEAKENED l I [ CONCEDES EVERYTHING DE- > MANDED BY THE FRENCH. 1 1 a 1 ... Yields to Prevent War—Blockade of the Coast Likely Now to Be Raised—Points Yet to Be Settled—England's Attitude Helps to End the Crisis'. Lost In a Fog. The war clouds in the East have lifted. Tho government of Siam, disappointed at not receiving tho support of Great Britain on which it reckoned, has surrendered unconditionally and granted every demand in France’s ultimatum. Late advices from Bangkok state in effect that tho Siamese Government, learning that France regards its reply to the ultimatum as a refusal to grant the French demands and being most desirous of maintaining jioace, has telegraphed instructions to the Siamese minister at Paris to inform M. Develle, the French foreign minister, that Siam accepts the ultimatum in its entirety. The dispatch adds that the Siamese Government hopes that the blockade will cease, that diplomatic negotiations will bo resumed and that an early settlement of the troubles will be effected. k A lyondon dispatch says tbat'Lord Rosebery’s statements on Thursday foreshadowed Siam's surrender. After his speech it was felt that, Siam had no other alternative. The only question

A SIAMESE MILITARY POST IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORY.

was the possession of the provinces on the northeastern side of the Mekong, and it is currently reported that Lord Dufferin has secured a settlement by consenting to Siam handing these provi inees to France on the distinct understanding that France shall immediately restore them to Siam and that the buffer state between France and English territories whereon England insisted shall be preserved. The feeling in tho bellicose Paris press was against any arrangement with England, but the French government is doubtless delighted at being able to emerge from a serious situation without complications with Great Britain and with a full pound of flesh from little Siam. France’* Ultimatum. The substance of the ultimatum was as follows: 1. A recognition ot the rights of Anam and Cambodia on the left, or eastern, bank of the Mekong River as far north as the twenty-third parallel of latitude. 2. The evacuation within a month of the forts ROYAL PALACE AT BANGKOK. held by the Siamese on the east bank of the river. 3. Full satisfaction for various Siamese aggressions against French ships and French sailors on the Menam River. 4. The punishment of the culprits and provision for the pecuniary indemnity of the victims. j s. An Indemnity of 2,(x».ooo francs for various damages sustained by French subjects. 6. The immediate deposit of 3,000,000 francs to guarantee the payment of the fourth and iifth claims or the asslenment of the taxes in certain districts, in lieu of the deposit of 3,000,000 francs. This ultimatum was sent on July 19, and forty-eight hours were allowed for Siam to'make answer to the French demands. On July 21 M. Pavie, the French minister at Bangkok, presented the ultimatum to Prince the Siamese minister. On July 23 Siam replied, stating that the King was at a loss to understand what the rights of i Anam and Cambodia were on the left i bank of the Mekong River. The King expressed his willingness to abandon all the territories over which the exists

CITY, OF BANGKOK, TOWER OF THE GREAT PAGODA ON THE RIGHT.

| , ' ence of these righ ts could be proved and called attention to the fact that five months previously ho had proposed to submit all the contested territorial questions to international arbitration. In the interests of peace, however, the I King offered to surrender the territory as far north as the eighteenth degree of latitude, but no further, and proposed that the islands in the Mekong River be used in common by Siam and France. All the other points of the ultimatum were conceded. This answer was not satisfactory to France and subsequently M. Pavie THE MAHA CHAKtII (Tbo Slanicsjf King’; craiw-yncht,) withdreVfrom Bangkok on a gunboat, and the French warships in the Menam River wenkto Koh-Si-Chang, an is’and i near the head of the Gull of Siam, where they joined the French fleet under the command of Admiral Humanh. France then determined to blockade the Siamese coast. There was serious doubt aS' to the time the blockade was to be made

affective. The French government informed the British Government that the blockade would begin July 81, but tho British Minister at Bangkok later informed the British Foreign Office that it had commenced on July 2d. Lord Rosebery, the British Foreign Minister, askea the French Government for a prompt explanation of this conflict in dates, but tho answer has not yet been made public. With the acceptance of the ultimatum by tho Siamese Government the war cloud in the East, of course, passes over. LOST IN A FOG. The Whaleback Ktcamrr Chrhtopher Columbun Loeee Iler Bearing*. Lost in tho thick fog which hung over Lake Michigan the other night, THE CRISTOPBKU COLUMIWB the whaleback steamship Chtistopher Columbus xvas obliged to sound its way into port, returning to Chicago from Milwaukee. It arrived three hours late. In tho fright xvhlch ensued among its great load of 3,000 passen-

gers an unknown man fell into the lake. Rumor quickly spread among the frightened thousands that the boat was running dangerously near shore. With each contradiction a more serious rumor would run over the boat, until accidents from frequent stampedes to different places on the boat were narrowly averted. MONEY TO MOVE CROPS. How to Raise It Under the Present Stringency I* the Question. The question of how to move the wheat crop of Minnesota and the Dokotas for 1893 is becoming one of great seriousness. Owing to the financial stringency, the borrowing power of tho grain men has become very limited. The country lianks will not lend, and the money to be had is but a mere fraction of what has heretofore been used in moving the crops. Various plans have been suggested whereby the effects of the stringency may be ob-, viated as much as possible. Any plan that will result in the moving of the crops, even though it be done very slowly, must be acceptable. Such a plan has been proposed and is being adopted in some parts of Southern Minnesota. Tho plan, according to a St. Paul dispatch, is that the grain men issue their cheeks for grain purchased of the farmers, payable- fifteen* days after date, which would allow time for the collection of drafts against consignments, but will only enter such drafts for collection. Even with this arrangement the erop must move very slowly and farmers who are obliged to sell may find themselves much inconvenienced. MET A HORRIBLE DEATH. Another Frightful Street Car Accident Occur* in Chicago. .Tho carelessness of an alleged inventor who had been experimenting with a new “protector” device upon tho Taylor street bridge in Chicago caused a frightful street car accident that resulted in the death of one woman and the serious injury of three others. The oaken tightening lever at the east end of the bridge, which serves to reduce the vibrations of tho structure under a heavy traffic strain, swung loose as street car No. 91 passed on to the bridge, and tearing th rough the backs of several vacant seats in tho open car it spread death and misery in its path. The case of Miss Riordan, who was impaled, was horrible in the extreme. It was

found necessary to remove her to she hospital with the portion of the oak stake—that penetrated her side—remaining in her 1 body. A physician said that to withdraw it would mean almost instant death from hemorrhage. A saw was obtained, and by its use Miss Riordan was released from the-pinned-down position. At the hospital the suffering woman revived sufficiently to take a tearful farewell of her friends and to receive extreme unction. Death came soon after the impaling stake was withdrawn. Bridgetender Timothy Guerin places the responsibility for the accident upon an unknown “inventor,” who was experimenting with a flow device for tightening the bridge when it is closed. He left the fatal lover unfastened and the jolting of the ear caused it to fall and rake the seat-;. _ C’APT. Ryder, of the steamer Berkshire, from Baltimore, arrived at Providence. and reported that while off Long Island he .encountered a heavy snowstorm that covered the dock of the vessel, and it became so thick that he was forced to lay to until it abated. ,T. A. VICTORY, a. farmer- near Fort Omaha, fired two charges of shot into a party of sixteen Indian soldiers who were robbing his orchard, wounding several. He narrowly escaped being lynched, a scout armed with two revolvers standing off the Indians until troops arrived.

f HDOSIEH HAPPENINGS t r j NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. ’ What Our Nclchhors arc Doing—Matters } of General and Loral Interest—Marriage* j and Deaths—Aeeidents and Crimes— I’er- ; sonal Fointeis About Indlanlans. Brief Slate Items. Mrs. Mason, 87. is dbad at Dublin. Postoffice at Weaver, near Marion, ' was burglarized. A tramp was seriously Injured by a ' train at Mitchell. ’ The production of oil In Juy County is 30,000 barrels a day. Blackford County will build anew court house to cost $117,827. W. R. Golden of Gas City, has a eano < onsisting of 487 pioces. SEVERAL head of cattle were killed by lightning in Wayne County. Ninety-nine liquor licenses were issued in Terre Haute last week. Dark Hollow, Lawrence County, is the name of a new postottiee. Charles Pauley, Indianapolis has purchased the Greenfield Tribune. Children playing with matches caused a $5,000 loss by fire in Peru. Washington Brunemer, a farmer near Franklin, was killed by lightning. Henry* McCullough 84, a prosperous farmer of Bartholomew County, is dead. Willow roots thirty-three feet deep were recently found on a farm in White County. Th£ barn and three houses of Budd Tow were destroyed by lire at Mitchell. Charlie SAmes. 18, was drowned while bathing in Sager’s lake, near Valparaiso. Sylvester Bierck. a 10-year-old boy, wus killed in a fall from a stable loft at Madison. Patrick Carroll was horribly burned by a gas explosion in a foundry ut Fort Wayne. Eagletown will hold its twentythird annual old settlers’ meeting, in Old Grove, on Aug. 12. Henry- Thompson, aged 13, at Goshen, sustained injuries in a runaway, from which he died. C. Heimberger. New Albany,* won the prize for the l>est photographic work at the World's Fair. The thresher of George ' tiller was destroyed by fire on the farm of Mr. Snyder, near Crawfordsville. The 15-year-old son of William Hornaday. near Martinsville, was fatally kicked in the head t>y a horse. Another big gas well has been drilled in at Frankton. Its output is over 10,000,000 cubic feet a day. James Sheet, aged 14, was frightfully mangled in attempting to board a Cloverleaf train at Forest, near Frankfort. A cyclone struck “Correct,” Ripley County, wrecking a* schoolhouse and other bindings, destroying haystacks and laying fields of corn flat. Hamilton J. Ford of Greensburg, died suddenly of heart failure while sitting in a ehair. He hail been an invalid for the past twenty years. While threshing wheat on the farm of John Wiggins, near Fortville, fire caught from a boxing, destroying the separator, straw stacker, and a portion of two ricks of wheat. Loss, $1,500. The separator belonged to Isom Denney, whose hands were (seriously burned while trying to save the ma®hine. ~ , H ... , Au „. An election took place in '.Seymour, to determine the question of building four gravel roads to the township line. This was the first olection held under the Swope road lair passed by the last Legislature. The vote was light, and the projxisition was carried by 12 to 1. This will give the city six gravel roads, leading in different' directions. Tho cost of the roadsjwill be $40,000. While fighting a fire in her husband's wheat field, Mrs. Joseph Wherry, living tho miles west of Marion, was the victim of ti painful accident and but littjo hopes are entertained of her recovery. Her clothing ('aught fire, and she was severely burned from head to ankles. Her suf- ' ferings were intense. Mrs. Wherry is 26 years ot age, and is the mother of one child. The hardware and tinware store of George Dillman at Waveland, was blown up by powder and burned. The store took fire and almost instantly the powder exploded, blowing the building in every direction and causing damage to adjoining buildings. The lire did not extent beyond the ruined building. The store of J. R. Canine was damaged by the explosion and tho glass in the stores across the street was broken out. The cause of the fire is unknown, as there was no person in the room at the time, which fact saved the lives of several persons. The stock ruined consisted of hardware, stoves, tinware, queensware. and glassware. Indiana patents have been issued to Peter Armantrout, assignor of onehalf to F. L. Schneider, of Hoover, pipe or nut wrench; Charics Bowman, of Fort Wayne, saw mill feed mechanism: William H. Clark of Star City, combined end gate and scoop board; Chauncey M. Contant of Crawfordsville, buggy body; John Dierdorf of Indianapolis, piano stool; Oliver L. Durflinger of Shelbyville, foot guards fqr railways; John J. Kirkham, of Terre Haute,' apparatus for manufacturing gas; Charles C. Martih and A. J. Schlaffer of West Franklin, animal, trap; Henry NeWn of Fort Wayne, organ; Emil Sirois of Shelbyville, apparatus for shoeing animals; Samuel D. Stephens of West Shoals, cable arch support; Noah-S. Wood of Roachdale, cabinet; Terre Haute Shovel and Tool Company of Terre Haute, diamondpointed spade. John A. Porter, a switchman for the Evansville and Terre Haute road, fell between a locomotive and a car at Evansville and his head, was severed from his body. Near West Muncie, a steam thresher engine went down a distance of ten feet through an old bridge into Buck Creek. Jacob Sunderland, the engineer, and W. N. Thornburg went down with it, and both were badly burned by escaping steam and Mr. Thornburg had a- leg broken. Besides these injuries, botli men wore badly cut and bruised. ■ The engine was seriously damaged. Jqhn Thrailkill, son of Milton Thrailkill, a-wcalthy farmer of Spencer County, was thrown from u freight train at Morgansfield. Ky.. and instantly killed. It is but a short time ago that JohnThrallkiH’Haunt and her son. Frank Thi'ailkill, both committed suicide. Rodney Ellis, a well-to-do farmer; residing near Windfall, shot himself, the ball striking the eye and lodging in the brain. Ellis was a married man and was well known imd respected. The physicians could not locate the ball and entertain but little hope of his recovery, although ho may do so. The cause of the act is unknown, and many conflicting stories arc in circulation.

I BEVBN LIVES ARE LOST,. Olaaatrous ftatnlt of th® Flood* In Pnoblo Colorado. ’ ‘ The other night Pueblo, Colo., wm overtaken by the greatest disaster in tho history of tho city, resulting in the loss of at least wvon lives and the total i destruction of an immense amount of . property. The aggregate loss is not far from 1250.00(1. When tho per,ole of Pueblo retired to their beds a gentle rain had been falling, and the Arkansas River flowed through tho center of tho city with tho water but a few inches uliovo tho oi’dinary high water mark, but at 11 o’clock all ' were awakened by tho discordant ’screeching of the great fire-alarm 1 whistle and the continuous tooting of other whistles in all parts of tho city. The Arkansas river flowed bank full. The water broke over the levee in two places, nnd the entire lower portion of the eity wok threatened with a flood. The eity hull was flooded, and all tho liasemeiits in that block were filled. A break west of the eity resulted In flooding that portion of the eity west of tho Union Depot and Victoria avenue, The loss will be nearly SIOO,OOO. The water works were completely shut down by the flood, and in tne midst of tho excitement u fire broke out in a large saloon, but was put out with chemicals. Hundreds of poor people living in the flats have flea from their homes to higher ground. •The rise wus so unexpected and so rapid that it was impossible for tho gallant rescuers to do more than to save life, no opportunity being given to attempt to remove jiersonal belongings. The carcasses of all kinds of domestic animals flout by dozens in the water. It is known that an Immigrant with his wife and five children were camped in a tent, on the Fountain bottoms, and that they were drowned by the rushing wall of water which tore down tho bed of the brook; carrying everything before it. The corpses of two men were seen floating down the Arkansas, but the river xvas so turbulent that it was impossible to stop them. A number of persons are reported missing by their relatives and friends, and it is altogether likely that when the waters subside sufficiently to permit a careful search the bodies of many will bo dis covered in tho ruins of their homes. ROOF WALK TO BE REOPENED. Plans Perfected to Make the Top of tho Manufactures Butldina Safe. The promenade on the roof of the Manufactures Building at the World's Fair is soon to be thrown open to the public- again. It has been determined that in putting in the fire escapes and other protections recommended by the City Council .the promenade has been made safe’. The plan adopted provides for broad and easy stairways at each corner of the building leading from the promenade over the slope of the roof to the second gallery inside. From here exit to the ground is easy from a large number of stairways and by fire escapes outside. It is believed this will remove all the objections to admitting the public to the roof promenade. Another attraction in tho manufactures building which will soon be ready is the Yerkes telescope, which is being erected in the center aisle near the north end. It is expected this will bo in position within a week. Currenele* Condensed. Ex-Congressman William VanDever died of heart disease at Ventura, Cal, A dozen buildings in tho vicinity of Concord, N. H., were demolished by a windstorm. The Bates mills at Lewiston, Me., will be closed, and 1,(500 men will be made idle. Canadian speculators have lost $5,000,000 by the recent decline in the values of stocks. BUNCO men secured $3,600 from Robert Elliott, a rich farmer living near Fayette City, Pa. Robert Morrison, a stockman, was fatally injured at Crawfordsville, Ind., by his horse falling on him. The Pittsburg Wirfi Works at Braddock, Pa., have been closed, and 500 men are out of employment. The heretofore thriving city of Pittsburg, Kan., contains 6,000 idle miners and lias been ruined by the strike. Sheriff M. M. Smith, of Cleveland County, Ark., claims to have been . robbed in Little Rock of $1,288 of State funds. Frank Laughlin, who lives near Van Wert. 0., shot and killed his wife in a quarrel. Ho fled and has not been found. GRESHAM denies that he will be a Presidential candidate. Cleveland will probably elevate him to the Supremo bench. Much apprehension is felt ovev the attempt of the United States to remove intruders from Indian lands near Fort Gibson. The Davis will case, involving possession of $10,000,000, has been set for trial at Butte, Mont. It will probably be settled. At Friend. Neb.. Michael Kesler, fired his son’s house in the hope of cremating his wife, who refused to sign mortgages. Karlotta, the female aeronaut, narrowly escaped drowning in Lake Erie, near Buffalo. Her parachute failed to work properly. Brakeman Charles Orton, of the Big Four, fell asleep while flagging a passenger train and was killed at Craxvfordsville, Ind. John Krider, a wealthy farmer, was thrown from his wagon at Elkhart, Ind., and died later in tho day of tho injuries he received. Under the new Minnesota law trainmen on the St. Paul road have been arrested for running through a county seat without stopping. Claus Spreckles has arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu, and declares that the provisional government of Hawaii cannot last long. Andrew SPEAR, a negro living in Lima. Ohio, shot his wife dead for talking. He then decamped with her body, and has not been found. The total internal revenue collections of the government the past fiscal year were $161,002,000, an increase of $7,145,000 over the preyious year. Henry Custer, of Bridgeport, Conn., committed suicide by taking poison because a girl with whom he was infatuated was going away. Joseph O. Davis, agent of the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was ar- ■ rested, charged with tho embezzlement of $2,811. He says that gambling led to his downfall! > The resources of the thirty-one banks at San Francisco are given as $103,000,000, an increase of $2,000,000 over last year. The amount due depositors is $133,000,000. The banks are now beginning to make loans on grain and other crops. Edward T. McLaughlin, professor of English literature nt Yale University, died of typhoid fever after only a week's illness. He was tho author of “Literary Criticisms” and other works, and was one of the brightest membora of the YAlc faculty.