Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — Page 2

®fje IcmocraticSenttnel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. i. W. McEWEN, ... Pußuraatt.

DOINGS OF THE DAY.

■VKNTFI'L HAPPENINGS IX EVERT KNOWN HEMISPHERE. An Interesting Summary of the Latest News hy Wire—Fires, Accidents, Crimes, Politics, Religion, Commerce and Crops, Sandwiched with Minor Affairs. WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The Temperature Below Normal in Southern Regions. The following weather crop bulletin is issued by the Signal Office: The week has been warmer than usual in the upper Mississippi Valley and In the Northern Stales east of the Mississippi, and also in Kentucky, West Virginia, Minnosota, and Dakota, the greatest excesss in tenii<eraturo occurring in the lake regions, Minnesota, and East Dakota. It was slightly cooler than usual in. the Southern Stales, the most marked departure in temperature being in tho interior of Texas, Arkansas. and Northwest Louisiana. The thermal conditions for the season continue substantially as previously reported. Over the entire country south of the lake regions and generally over the Statoß of the Mississippi valley there exists a slight deficiency in temperature. There lias been an excess of rainfall from the lake regions southward to the Gulf coast, and from Missouri southward over Texas, the heaviest rainfalls occurring in the States of the central valley. Light rains also occurred in the Northwest, over which region the rainiall was below the average, excopt in Northern Dakota and Minnesota, where slight excesses are reported and at tho Central Rocky Mountain stations, where the average rainfall occurred. Tho weather during the week has been specially favorable throughout the principal corn-producing States. The much needed rains have occurred over the entire corn region, and the light frosts are reported to have caused no material damage to tho crop. Corn cutting is now progressing in Southorn Michigan and a large percentage of an abundant corn crop will probably bo secure from frost during the coming week. Drought and high winds caused some damage to late crops in Dakota. In Kentucky and Tennessee heavy rains caused® some damage to ripe tobacco. The| damage to tho cotton crop from worms in Arkansas is not so great as was anticipated, but considerable damage lias resulted from this source in Minnesota. In Now England and the middle Atlantic States the weather conditions for the week were especially favorablo for all crops. In these sections the xwtato crop was improved. The damage from rot will not be so great as was first reported. In New England the bean crop Is improving, a heavy crop of buckwheat is ready for harvest, anal cranberry picking is in xirogress, with a prospect of more than an average crop.

BASE-BALL BATTERS. Standing of tlie Clubs That Are Contending for First Place. The relative position of the various clubs that are contending for tho pennant is shown by the annexed table: National. W. L. sc| American. W. L. s?c Boston 67 38 .638 8r00k1yn....78 36 .684 New Y0rk...67 40 .626 St. L0ui5....72 41 .637 Philada 57 51 .527 Baltimore.. .63 45 .583 Chicago 58 55 .513 Atnletic 62 47 .568 Cleveland...s3 57 . 481 Cincinnati...sß 56 .508 Indianap ...49 64 .433 K’ns’s City. .47 66 .415 Pittsburg. ...49 65 .429 Columbus... 47 69 .405 Wauh’gt’n. ..87 67 .355 Louißville.. .23 00 .203 ■Western. W. L. s>c. Interstate. W. L. f)c. Omana 73 28 .722 Davenport.. .58 42 .580 St. Paul 65 40 .619 Quincv 52 47 .525 Sioux City..s2 52 .500 Springfield .52 50 .509 Minneapolis 61 51 .500 Peoria 50 63 .485 Milwaukee. .46 56 450 Burlington. .48 56 .401 Denver 46 58 .442 Evansville. .46 58 .442 St. Joseph..4l 5G .422 Des Moines.. 34 67 .336 FLAGGED THE WRONG TRAIN. A Green Brakeman Causes a Fatal Collision In Pennsylvania. The fast New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio train from Chicago to New York, was wrecked about two miles below Greenville, Pa., one man being killed and another seriously wounded. A lroight train standing on the switch ordered B. Ludwig, a brakeman, to open the rear switch and flag the train. Instead he opened the front switch and flagged the fast train to come ahead. It did so, and at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour it dashed into the freight. The engineers and firemen on both engines jumped and escaped with slight injuries, except the passenger engineer, Dick Johnson, of Meadville, Pa., who was seriously wounded. The tender telescoped the baggage car, instantly killing the baggagemaster, Alva Cleveland, of Salamanca. The brakeman. Ludwig, lives at Cambridge, and was a green hand, this being only his third trip.

A RACE RIOT IN DELAWARE. Irishmen ami Hungarians Opposed to Each Other—One Man Killed. A serious labor and race riot took place at Newcastle. Delaware, between Irish and Hungarian laborers. One man was killed and five or six wounded, several of them fatally. The men were employed at Mortis, Tasker & Co.’s iron works, and have been in the habit of having weekly carousals. The Irish are being frozen out by the others and have been fighting them ever since they arrived, they having been brought to Newcastle to supply the places of men who were discharged. The fight began in a saloon and the Hungarians were driven out. After arming themselves and getting re-enforcements they returned, and with axes, knives and clubs drove their opponents out. The Irish renewed the fight at the homes of the Hungarians, killing one man a..J cutting many others. A Minister’s Fatal Fall. At Atlanta. Ga., Dr. H. H. Tucker, one of the most prominent Baptist ministers of the South, was probably fatally injured by falling from a second-story window in which he had taken his seat. Bad Place to Sleep. Frank Cowen, of Gillam, Mo., and Frank Blevett, of Marshall, Mo„ got drunk and (ell asleep on the Alton track at Marshall, Vo., and were killed by a train. Sparks from the Wires. It is said that John A. Kasson will be appointed Minister to Russia. Not a single juror has been secured in the Cronin murder trial as yet. liace trouble is feared at Stockton, Ga., in consequence of the stabbing of a negro by a white man, .

UNCLE SAM’S BIG DKBT. It Increased Over 56,000,000 During August—The Detailed Figures. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the first of the month: rSTERKST-BKARINO DKBT. Bonds at 4V. per cent $ 131,695,600 Bonds at 4 per cent 603,141, 'JOO Refunding certificates at 4 i>er cent.. 118.190 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 i>er cent. 64,623,512 Principal $ 873.578,302 Interest 8,021,756 Total $ 881,600,658 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCH MATURITY. Principal $ 1,900,505 Interest 153,305 T0ta1.... $ 2,053,810 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes. .$ 3-16,737,459 Ctrl ificates of deposit 16,545,000 Gold certificates 123,393,519 Silver certificates 268,580,626 Fractional currency (less ©8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed;.... 6,915,690 Principal $ 762,172,294 TOTAL DEBT. Principal $1,637,651,101 Interest 8,175,061 Total $1,645,828,163 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt $ 418 595,827 Less reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 $ 518,595,628 Total debt less available cash items $1,127,230,535 Net cash in the Treasury 43,489,910 Debt less cash in Treasury Sept. 1, 1889 1,083,740,625 Debt less cash in Treasury Aug. i, 1889 , $1,077,663,933 Increase of debt during the month $ 6,076,692 Increase of debt since June 30, 1889 . 7,094,004 CASH IN TREASURY AVAILABLE FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $ 123,393,519 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 268,580,626 U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit 10,545,000 Cash held for matured debt and interest unpaid 10,075,567 Fractional currency 916 Total available for reduction of the debt $ 418,595,628 RESERVE FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts June 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882.$ 100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin 24,706,455 Minor coin 264A20 Total $ 25,030,875 Certificates held as cash 46,158,823 Net cash balance on hand 43,489,910 Total cash In the Treasury, as shown by Treasurer’s general account $633,275,210

THE TRADE OTTLOOK, Prospects Each Ween Growing Better — Reports from the Country. It. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Real Improvement is seen in almost every department of business. With each week it becomes more certain that the crops of the year will be large, and of late the news from abroad has clearly indicated a larger foreign demand, while such speculation as might arrest the outward movement of grain aud provisions has thus far been prevented. In cotton, on the other hand, the present scarcity rules the price in spite of bright prospects as to the coming crop. The prevailing opinion is that all danger of monetary stringency pj over for the year. The reports front Various’ cities are unusually satisfactory, indicating afcevery point either improvement or contiuuu—at of previous activity where the expansion of trade had been greatest. At Chicago sales aud collections are up to the average, and the supply of money is ample for the demand. At Omaha and St. Paul heavy business continues, and at Kansas City there is an increase, with money at all these points in fair supply and collections fair. The demand is brisk at Milwaukee, hut the supply ample. At Detroit collections are bettor und business increasing. At Cleveland there is great activity. At Pittsburgh and Philadelphia improvement continues in the iron business, and glass is fairly active, as are liquors, drugs, and chemicals at Philadelphia. At Boston, wool is selling freely, largely of Montana and Ohio fleece, at some concessions in prices, but more confidence is felt. Leather iB in active demand, aud hoots and shoes are steady, with the factories well supplied with orders until October. The improvement in iron and steel is general at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. During the last week there has been great activity and a general advance in stocks. Both in imports and exports the increase over last year continues enormous, and the rate of foreign exchange has advanced to 488, the Bank of England holding the minimum at 4 per cent. The general level of prices of commodities is a shado lower thau Sept. 1. The business failures number 201, as compared with a total of 211 the previous week, and 206 the week before that. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 224.

TO LEAD THEIIt PARTIES. Nominees for State Offices by Various Conventions. As the result ot State conventions the following-tickets have been placed in the field by the patties named: lowa Greenbacliers—Governor, S. B. Downing; Lieutenant Governor, Ezra Brownell; State Superintendent, Harriet J. Bellanger; Supreme Judge (full term), M. H. Jones ; Supreme Judge (vacancy), L. H. \Y eller; Railroad Commissioner, L. H. Griffith. Massachusetts Prohibitionists—Governor,Dr. John Blackmer, of Springfield; Lieutenant Governor, B. F. Sturtevant, of Jamaica Plains. Pennsylvania Democrats—Edward A. Bigler, of Clearfield County, for State Treasurer. New York Prohibitionists—Secretary of State, Jesse H. Griffin; Comptroller, Rand; Treaserer, J. W. Bruce: Attorney-General, C. A. Hart; State Engineer, A. J. Kenyou; Judge Court of Appeals, W. J. Farrington. Washington 'tepublicans—Governor, ex-Gov. E. P. Ferry, o' Seattlo; Lieutenant-Governor, Charles E. Langton, of Okanooan ; Secretary of State, Allen Weir, of Port Townsend; Treasurer, A. A. Linsley, of Union Ridge; Auditor, T. M. Reed, of Olympia; Attorney-General, W. C. Jones, of Spokane Falls; Superintendent of Public Instruction, R. V. Bryan, of Cliehalis; Land Commissioner, W. T. Forrest, of Lewis; Congressman, John L. Wilson, of Spokane Falls. South Dakota Democrats—Governor, P. F. McClure; Lieutenant Governor, A. W. Pratt; Secretary of State,Otto P. Miller; Auditor, J.E. Horton; Treasurer, A. D. Hill; Attorney General, H. Fellows; Superintendent Public Instruction, G. H. McFarlane; Land Commissioner, H. S. Valkmar; Supreme Judges, S. B. Buskirk, C. H. Winson, and D. McLaughlin; Congressmen, L. O. Jeffries and S. M. Booth. A SUDDEN RESIGNATION. E. T. Jeffery Insists Upon Leaving; tli® Illinois Central. General Manager E. T. Jeffery, o! the Illinois Central Railroad, has resigned suddenly and quit work peremptorily, after a disagreement with E. H. Harriman. acting President of the road during the absence in Europe of the actual President, Stuyvesant Fish. Mr. Jeffery is one of the best known general managers in the West, and has been connected with the Illinois Central Company in various capacities for thirty-three years. As an executive railroad officer he has no superior, and the solid financial condition of the Central Illinois Company, after having passed through an unusally trying period

for Western railroads, is the best possible commentary on the character of his work. He Is regarded among tne practical railroad men of the West as an especially brilliaut railroad official, and the sudden announcement of his resignation to take effect at once created no end of surprise and comment JACK FROST’S FIRST VISIT. Freeing Temperature Reported at Many Northwestern Points. Frost has been reported at several points in the West and Northwest At Alma. Neb., a heavy frost fell in the valley. The damage to corn was slight Reports from points in Kansas and Missouri show that a light frost prevailed throughout the northern parts of those States. No damage to tho corn crop is reported. Dispatches from Northwestern lowa tell of colder, clearing weather, with a slight freeze in some places. It is not believed that this cold wave is severe enough to injure more than the late corn, except in cases of backward fields upon low ground. A pretty hard freeze will bo necessary to damage it materially. At Plattsmouth, Neb., a heavy frost is reported. Much corn there will be injured, as only on the dry, high lands was the crop out of danger. At Dodge Center, Minn., a heavy frost did considerable damage to the corn crop.

WON THE FUTURITY. W. L. Scott’s Colt Takes tlio $155,000. with St. Carlo Second. At the Sheepshead Bay track, near New York, fifteen thousand people saw W. L. Scott’s chestnut colt Chaos win the Futurity race—tho richest prize ever run for in this country—more than twice as much as the average value ot the Grand Prix de Paris, the English Derby, ortho St. Leger, Tho colt carried 109 pounds, was ridden by a young English lad named Fred Day. and is trained by Mr. Leighton, who for eight years was in the employ of Mr. Withers, and for the past ten years has been the general manager of Mr. Scott’s racing and industrial interests at Erie. Pa. The value of tho race to the winner was 554,925; to the second, $5,83-1; to tho third, 52,910. CATHOLICS AT CLEVELAND. A Scheme to Encourage Immigration of People of tho Roman Faith. The Central ltoman Catholic Society, at its meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, chose the following officers: President, Christian Wieckmann of Buffalo; Vico Presidents, Fritz Arendes of St. Louis and Mr. Overbeck of Cincinnati; Secretaries, Erwin Stolnback of New York and H. Commersbach of St. Louis. The most important action taken was a decision to encourage the immigration of Catholic foreigners to this country. It is proposed to pay especial attention to farmers, who will be sent to join Cathoiio parishes in the West or banded together to form new parishes. A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. Andrew Price Elected Congressman in the Third Louisiana District. Telegrams from various points in the Third District of Louisiana indicate the election of Andrew Price, Democratic candidate for Congress, by a good majority ovor H. C. Minor, Republican. The only disturbance at tho polls so far reported is the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Jacobs, a Republican, who was seriously wounded at Franklin. It is claimed that Jacobs drew a pistol and made a murderous assault and was shot in self-defense. The Times-Dem-ocrat claims tho election of Price by a majoiity of from 6,000 to 7,000.

IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Several Important Consulates Filled— Other Officials Named. The following appointments have been made: Thomas H.lAnderson, of Ohio, Minister Resident and Consul General to Bolivia. Levi W. Naylor, of Wisconsin, has been appointed Postoffice Inspector on Money Order Service. Consuls—Joseph T. Mason, of Virginia, at Mannheim; Bernard C. MacAuley, of New York, at Managua, Nicaragua; Auleck Palmer, of the District of Columbia, at Dresden; John D. DeLittle, of Texas, at Bristol. Secretaries of Legation—Edwin Dun, to Japan; Arthur W. Barrett, of Massachusetts, to Venezuela ; William B. Gardiner, of Indiana, Second Secretary of Legation to Japan. Albe'rt Hueter, Revenue Storekeeper and Gauger in the Sixth Indiana District. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. List of the Delegates Appointed by the President. The State Department lias issued a circular containing the text of the law authorizing the holding of the International American Congress at Washington in October and also a list of American delegates to the same, as follows: John B. Henderson, North Carolina; Cornelius N. Bliss and Charles R, Flint, New York ■ Clement Studebaker, Indiana; T. Jefferson Coolidge, Massachusetts ; William H. Trescott, South Carolina; Andrew Carnegie, Pennsylvania ; Henry G. Davis, West Virginia; Morris M. Estee, California; and John F. Hanson Georgia. four negroes hanged. Heroic Measures Taken to Put Down an Ugly Riot. Trustwoithy advices from Le Flore County, Miss., state that the riotous negroes have been dispersed by 200 whites. A party of negroes who were refused cartridges at a store set fire to the building and destroyed it. A posse of citizens followed the negroes and drove about forty of them from the county. Four of the ringleaders were arrested and taken to Shcllmound and hanged. Everything is now quiet in the county. Changes on the Illinois Central. General Superintendent C. A. Beck, of the Illinois Central Railroad, has been appointed Acting General Manager, to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Jeffery. A. W. Sullivan, Superintendent of the lines in Illinois, has been made Acting General Superintendent., and E. G. Russell, Superintendent of the Wisconsin Division, has been given temporary supervision of the Illinois linos. All the appointments are temporary. Want Sullivan on Their Farmo. As the county prisoners of Marion County, Mississippi, are usually hired out. it is expeoted that there will bo active

bidding Iwhen the . services of EUraln and Sullivan are placed on the market. It is stated that the farmers, charcoal contractors, lumbermen, and others are anxious to test the skill of the fighters as toilers. Oppose the Irish University Scheme. Mr. Badenock, D. G. C. of the Orangemen of England, has issued a manifesto inviting Orangemen throughout the kingdom to unite in opposition to Mr.. Balfour’s scheme for the establishment of a Catholic University in Ireland. It Was Elixir of Death. Samuel C. Showalter, aged 69, died at Dayton. 0,, from the effects of the “elixir of life" administered in the hope of relieving him of rheumatism. Blood-poisoning rendered his flesh putrid and it scaled from his body in flakes as big as a man’s hand. Change in Railway Managers. Colonel B. H. Conklin has retired front his position as General Manager, Vice President. and Treasurer of the Terre Haute and Peoria Railway. S. W. Berrgoon, oi Fremont, Ohio, has been appointed to the vacancy. Supposed Loss of Sixty-two Lives. An explosion occurred in the iron stone pit of the Maurice Wood colliery, Midlothian, Scotland. Sixty-two miners were intombed. Four bodies have been recovered. It is believed that the sixty miners still in the pit are dead. Death of a Western Pioneer. J. S. McCoy, an original member of the Kansas City (Mo.) Town Company, the first load of merchandise being consigned to him, and who buiit the first brick house in that place, died at his home there, aged 78 years. Places Filled. The following appointments have been made in the revenue service: C. A. Cutler, Storekeeper, Eighth Illinois District; H. H. Sands, Storekeeper and Gauger, Twelfth Pennsylvania ; Joseph Swaner. Storekeeper, Eleventh Ohio; John Hanieis, Gauger, Sixth Missouri. Over half the appointments were for Kentucky. Largest Bar oi'Gold Ever Turned Out, At Helena, Mont., the largest bar of gold ever east in the world has been turned out of the United States assay office. It weighs 500 pounds and is worth a little over SIOO,OOO. It will be placed on exhibition at the Minneapolis Exposition.

The Chippewa Indian Commission Indian runners from Leech Lake, Minn., and north of there, have arrived at Hallet’s trading post with news of the safe arrival of the Chippewa Indian Commission in the Northern wilderness. A Philanthropist’s Will. The will of Millionaire Thaw, ot Pittsburg, bequeaths $120,000 to Presbyterian boards, SIOO,OOO Western University of Pennsylvania, J 5.000 to the American Board, and SIOO,OOO to hospitals in Pittsburg. An Irish Tenants’ Controversy Settled. The controversy between the lord of the soil and the tenants of the Ken mare estate in Ireland has at last been settled amicably upon the basis of cancellation of the arrears of rent now due. Pronounced Asiatic Cholera. Mr 3. George Coons, of Little Sandusky, Ohio, has died of what the doctors pronounce Asiatic cholera. The people there are greatly excited and many are leaving the village. Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Railroad has. decided to build into the Souris district at once. About forty-five miles will be built this year. A Horse Breeder Dead. William Beale, an extensive horse breeder and dealer, and owner of Winthrop Messenger apd other horses of great repute, died at Winthrop, Me. Determined to Kill the Jute Trust. The State Farmers’ Alliance of Alabama has consolidated with the Farmers' Wheel. Both orders have united against the jute bagging trust and will fight it to the death. Military Posts to Be Abandoned. The War Department has ordered the abandonment of the military posts at Fort Laramie, Wv. T., Fort Hayes, Kas., and Fort Lyon, Col.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime .$ 4.50 @ 4.75 Good 3.50 @ 4.25 Common 2.50 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades ".. 3.50 @ 4.50 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red .77 @ .ny Cohn—No. 2 33 @ .34 " Oats—No. 2 19 @ .19}$ Rye—No. 2 42 @ .42}$ Bdttkb— Choice Creamery 17 & .19 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 08 @ .081$ Eggs—Fresh 14}$@ .15)$ Potatoes —Choice new, per bu.. .23 .26 Poke—Mess 10.25 @10.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 73 @ .74 Cohn—No. 3 33 @ .34 Oats—No. 2 White 21}$@ .22}$ Rye—No. 1 42 }s@ .43}$ Baulky—No. 2 53 @ .58}$ Pokk—Moss 10.25 @10.75 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 3.75 @ 4.25 Sheep 3.25 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 80 @ .81 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 30V>@ .37V, Oats—No.2 White .- 22 “@ 23 * TOLEDO, .Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 @ .80 Corn—Cash 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 White 20’$@ 21 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.00 Sheep 3.59 <3l 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 84 @ .85 Cohn—No. 2 42 @ .43 Oats—Mixed Western 24 @ .23 Pork—Mess 12.50 <0913*00 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.25 Hogs 3.75 @4.5 0 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .77 Cohn—No. 2 31 @ .32 Oats is @ .19 Rye—No. 2 33 .33U EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 @4.50 Hogs—Medium Weight 4.25 @ 4.75 Sheep—Common to Prime'. 3.53 @ 4.75 Lambs 4.00 @ 5.75 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 'ns @ ,74 Corn—No. 2 37 @ .37}$ Oats—No. 2 Mixed 1 20 @ .21 Rye—No. 2 .' 40 @ .42 Pork—Mess 10.25 @10.75 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Good 3.75 <3 4,25 . Medium 2.75 @ 3.75 Butchers’. 2.00 @ 3.00 Bogs 3.50 @ 4.25 Sheep 300 4} 4.04

THREE HUNDRED PERISH

A THOUSAND OTHERS MAIMED AND MUTILATED. A Dynamite Horror at Antwerp—Explosion In a Cartridge Factory Bringing Death and Devastation to Thougands of People —An Awful Conflagration Results. An Antwerp dispatch says: Three hundred people w'ere killed and about 1,000 injured, many fatally, by the explosion of a large quantity of dynamite in the Carvilain factory. The factory was located immediately adjoining several large petroleum warehouses, in which were stored 80,000 barrels of oil. These warehouses were set on fire, and in less than an hour an area of about two acres Was in names, the loss being estimated at many mil- » n 2' JF* 10 was located in the vicinity of the Bourse, which at the time of the explosion was crowded. Burning fragments of the factory were hurled against the Bourse, setting it on fire and creating a panic among the members, several of whom were injured. Many persons in and near the building were also badly wounded. The scenes at the hospitals where the wounded have been conveyed were heartrending. Th® ships at the American docks were saved, the wind being favorable. The explosions at the burning cartridge factory and the flying shells rendered the work of the firemen and soldiers extremely perilous. The communal council recently condemned the factory as dangerous, but for some unexplained reason it was allowed to continue operations. The victims are mostly factory girls. Windows were shattered at points three miles away. In the principal hospital of the city, where several hundred of the more seriously wounded women and girls were taken, the scenes witnessed were of the most horrible description. Every available surgeon in Antwerp has been at work ever since the wounded began to arrive, and many professional men have gone from neighboring cities and towns. The terrible force of the explosive which caused such widespread devastation was shown by the fact that many of the wounded were almost stripped of clothing. Scores were carried into the hospitals minus arms or legs, probably a majority of the whole number being either wholly or partially blinded. Nearly all were covered with blood, and even the hospital attendants, accustomed as they are to scenes of suffering, were, in many cases, rendered too nervous and excited hy the horrible appearance of the patients to perforin their duties satisfactorily. In the children’s ward of the hospital row upon row of cots is filled with little sufferers by the terrible calamity, a great number of them having been hurt while playing in the streets adjoining the factory when the explosion occurred. Besides these many boys and girls were employed in the place, and nearly every one of them is now in the hospital. When the terrible crash came, no one seems to know how, those who were able fled for their lives, and in the mad rush many women and children were knocked down and trampled upon. This is learned from the survivors. When the oil barrels in the warehouses began to explode shipowners became alarmed lest the oil should flow into the water alongside their vessels. They at once organized gangs of men to aid in moving the shipping beyond danger. In a short time, however, the flames in the oil warehouses became of such terrifying extent, and the smoke so stiflingly dense, that the laborers refused to do any more work, and left the docks in iright. This operated to cause a panic among the sailors, many of whom joined in the laborers’ fright. To this cause is due the fact that a number of vessels were burned, the officers and the few men remaining on board being unable to move the ships to places of safety. The vessels lost were all of the smaller class. In the case of large steamers and sailing vessels the companies offered and paid in advance extra vagrnt sums for help in removing them. It was even found necessary to call for police aid to prevent seamen from deserting their vessels when there was no immediate danger from the fire. While the flames were at their height, the city authorities received information that gangs of thieves and highwaymen, taking advantage of the concentration of polioe in the vicinity of the gieat blaze, were overrunning the more distant portions of the city. A numbei'of people were garroted on the streets, the robbers also entering many houses and demanding money and valuables from the Inmates, who , were generally women. sums were secured in some instances. When these facts were reported, mounted police were dispatched to the infested places, aud in a short time had arrested nearly fifty of the marauders, recovering a great deal of plunder. The spectacle was awfully superb and there is nothing in recent history that can be compared to it save the scene which Paris presented duriiig the last days of the commune and the great fire in Chicago. The fire spread in all directions in the city. Warehouses in which from 20,000 to 25,000 barrels of petroleum are stored were burned, as were several of the vessels in the docks. The oil finally found its way down the River Scheldt, which in a short time Poked like a stream of fire. The whole of the garrison and a large part of the male population of the town aided the firemen, but their efforts were simply useless. The cartridge factory belonged to M. Carvilain, a merchant who had recently purchased 40,000,000 old cartridges, intending to sell the I>owder. His workpeople—more than half of them being women—were occupied in the taßk of opening these cartridges when the explosion took place. To what it was due there is very little hope of discovering, for not one of M. Carvilain’s employes has as yet been found alive. In fact, not a single corpse has been found intact. When M. Carvilain sought permission to erect his cartridge manufactory the city authorities opposed him might and main. The provincial council, however, were less farseeing, and accorded M. Carvilain the authorization he askod for. The disaster is really the outcome of political bickering between the town council and the inovineial council. The former Is liberal and the lortt r clerical. The latter granted permission to M. Carvilain to locate his powder factory in such a dangerous place only to annoy the town council. Ihis disclosure caused intense indigr ation. It was not until the sun set and darkness fell on the city that the terrible extent of the fire began to be fully realized. At night the flames towered to an immense height, 80,000 barrels of petroleum being on fire. At once the heat from the enormous blaze was so intense that the firemen could not get nearer the flames than 100 yards. The shock of the explosion had the same effect on the busy city as would an earthquake. In an instant the streets everywhere were swarming with men, women and’children, ter-ror-stricken and anxiously inquiring of each other what had happened. As scon as the nature of the disaster became known the authorities ordered detachmeuts of troops to the scene, and with their aid the thousands of excited people were kept at a distance from the wrecked building. The firemen had reached the place and were about to begin the work of extinguishing the blazing ruins when it was discovered that the neighboring oil warehouses were on fire. Officers at once passed through the dense crowd, telling them of the new and terrible danger. The people were soon removed to a safe distance, by which time huge flashes of fire were leaping into the air as barrel after barrel of oil exploded and poured out into the various yards.

Look for the Umbrellas.

- Going up the steps of an “L” station an elderly gentleman jerked an umbrella from under the arm of a man who preceded him. “Look here, young man,” said the angry gentleman, “do yon know that you render yoursllf liable to a suit for damages by carrying your umbrella in that way? You endanger the eyes of every person who follows you, and you thus lay yourself open to a charge of carelessness, and should you injure any one, you could be mulcted in a round sum. Better be a dude and suck the head of your cane or umbrella than threaten people in this criminal way.” It was a homely lecture, but pertinent, and for the benefit of all such careless people I give it space. —The Epoch.