Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1889 — Page 2

gljc pemocrfltic Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. ■* \ J. W. McEWEN, - - - PoBUSHn.

THE YEWS RECORD.

SCrOIASY OF THE EmiFCL HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK. Political, Commercial, and Industrial News from All Over the Land—Fires, Accidents, and Crimes —The Gist of the News in a Few Tines. DEATH CLAIMS ROYALTY. King Luis 1., of Portugal, Stricken with Paralysis. A Lisbon cablegram says: Luis L, King of Portugal, is dead. Tho King passed ! away quietly. He became unconscious some time before he expired, and his life went out almost without a tremor. Paralysis was j the cause of his death. The Duke of Braganza, who succeeds to the throne, will assume the title of Carlos I. King Luis I. was born Oct. '3l, 1833. He was the son of the late Queen Maria 11. and the late Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg. His royal mother was the first sovereign of the Hue of Braganza to break through the custom, which had prevailed for two centuries, of keeping up alliances with the reigning houses of Spain.. Her union with Prince Ferdinand ’ resulted in the beginning of the house of Braganza - Coburg, the first sovereign of which was her son Pedro V., at whose death, in 1861, Lais succeeded to th e throne. The young King took to wife Pia. the youngest daughter of King Victor Emanuel of Italy. They were marx-ied Oct. 6, 18:52, wheD the bridegroom was 24 years old »nd the brido only 15. From this union were born two sons, the elder of whom. Prince Carlos, Duke of Braganza, bom in 186 , is a cultivated man. Prince Carlos married a daughter ol the Count de Paris, the most formidable of pretenders to monarchical rule over France. King Luis has been a wise and liberal King, toiling to establish freedom and education and encouraging railroads and telegraphb, but the people appear to have lost that enterprising character which made them so active during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. TYPHOID FEVER AT YALE COLLEGE.' One Student Dies of the Disease Others Stricken with a Mild Type. Typhoid fever is raging to a small extent in Yale University. Thomas J. Roberts, of Scranton, Pa., has died at the hospital, where he had been confinod nearly two weeks. Roberts was a member of the Sophomore class, a hard student, and disobeyed the advice of physicians in attempting to keep up with his studies after being ordered to keep his room. Several other students are ill with the fever in a mild form. Dr. Seaver insists that there is no danger of the disease becoming epidemic, and that the illness in all cases is due to lack of ex-. ercise by the students afflicted. MONEY PUT TO A GOOD PURPOSE. Distribution of tho Estate of Philip Marti Among Public Institutions. The distribution of the estate of $050,000 left by the late Philip Marol to various public institutions has taken place at New Haven. Conn. Tho following payments wore made: To Connecticut State hospitals, $130,000; Yale University, $130,000; St Francis' Orphan asylum, $65,000; New Haven Orphan Asylum. $65,000; New Haven Free Public Library. $65,000. Bequests were made of £65.000 for a State hospital for imbeciles and $140,000 for the poor of New Haven, but tho authorities are not yet in position to receive them. RELIEVED BY ROBBERS OF 53,500. A Dakota Elevator Man Held Up by Daring Higwayuien. Word has been received at Casselton.Dak., of a highway'robbery. Mr. Collem, agent of the Northwestern Elevator Company, Arthur, Dak., had received £2,500 in gold, Which during tho day he took to Huntor, the nearest banking town, to change into small bills for greater convenience in paying off wheat cheeks. As he was returning alone In the evening he was stopped by two men with revolvers and relieved of the money. The men made their escape and there is no clew to their whereabouts, BROOKLYN WINS. Tlie Bridegrooms Win the American Association Pennant, The American Association base-ball season has closed, with the clubs standing in the order shown below: Per Won. Lost. cent. Brooklyn 93 44 .678 St. Louis 90 45 .666 Atnietic 75 58 .563 Cincinnati 76 63 .546 Baltimore 71 64 .525 Columbus 60 78 .434 Kansas City 55 82 .401 Louisville 27 111 .190 Injured in a Coal-Mine Explosion. A disastrous explosion occurred in a coal mine at Bryant Switch, fifty miles south of Fort Smith, Ark., in tho Choctaw Nation. A miner’s lamp came in oontact with a keg of powder. The explosion of the powder caused an explosion of coal dust, which set the mine on fire. Sixteen men were in the mine, the shaft of which is 590 feet deep. The unfortunates were all taken out more or less injured. Four were horribly burned and at last accounts were not expected to recover. French Pilgrims at the Vatican. The French pilgrims have paid their respects at the Vatican. The Pope delivered an allocution to the pilgrims, in which he strongly urged the necessity for religion for the masses. The Papacy, he said, was a protection to the workers of the world. He reiterated his protests against the attitude which the Italian Government assumed toward the Vatican. The Pope’s Voice was very feeble. Named as Tanner’s Successor. Green B. Raum, of Illinois, has been appointed to the office of Commissioner of Pensions, made vacant by the retirement of Corporal Tanner. Germans Engaged in Battle. At Zanzibar it is reported that the Germans had an engagement with the natives at Bagomova on the 17th inst. No details hare been received.

ANXIETY AS TO MONEY. Interior Centers Have an Adequate Supply Values of Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade j says: As before, the money market is the one point j of anxiety. Rates are higner, but perhaps ap- ! prehension is somewhat lessened. Country : still calls for money largely, but reports from nearly all interior centers of supply show that lb"? supply is considered ample for commercial needs. There is firmness and increased demand at Kansas City, and some stringency at Cleveland, but with an easier tendency. At Milwaukee the market is brisk at 7 per cent-; at Philadelphia customers are suppUed at J to 7 per ceut. The volume of trade continues large ; bank clearings exceed last year's, railroad earnings are sneouraging, and eastbouud shipments from Chicago are heavy. At Chicago the dry goods trode :or the week falls below that of the correspounding week last year, and receipts of wool and lard tall off one-half, but coal receipts are larger, and receipts of g.ain and provisions show a good increase. St. Paul rejoices in the movement of 1 Minnesota’s largest cropland railroad j reports indicate that Northwestern lines are trhoked with the enormous receipts from farms. Cleveland notes activity in all lines, with small sales of ore because unsold supplies are scarce. The irou trade is still healthy. The wool trade is still dull, and while there is fair movement of dress goods and enlarged discounts have caused more business in knit goods, the demand for men's woolens is strictly moderate. The cotton manufacture is thriviiig ami the trade in goods satisfactory. Speculation for higher prices in wheat has not been active since the last Government report, and heavy Northwestern receipts, with scanty exports, combine to depress prices, which have fallen 2}jj cents for the week. Coni has declined a quarter, and oats llg conts, while pork products are a little lower. Coffee has yielded a quarter, and is weak. The coal business is bet- ; ter. The price of raw sugar has again declined au eighth, aud of refined a quarter. The busi- | ness failures number for the United States 182, j and for Canada 41. For tho corresponding week last ylar the figures were 202 failures in the United States and 22 in Cauada. WATERWAY ESTIMATES. What tb" Ch’ef of Engineers Thinks i Should lie Expended on Rivers and Harbors. Gen. Casey. Chief of Engineers, submits estimates aggregating $:ffl.180,300 for river and harbor improvements lorthe year ending June 30. 1891. Among the items are: Kay Lake Channel, St. Mary's River, Michigan, £700,000 ; Saginaw River, Michigan, $139,000 ; St. Clair Plats Ship Canal, $200,000; St. Mary's River, St. Mary's Falls, $1,230,000; Fox River, Wisconsin, $200,000; Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, $100,000; Calumet River, Indiana and Illinois, $103,000; Illinois River, $390,000; Mississippi River, Minneapells to Des Moines Rapids, $1,000,000; Mississippi River, from j Des Moines to Illinois' River. $300,000; | Mississippi, from the Illinois to the Ohio . River, $600,000; channel In Maumee Bay, Toledo, $255,000; Michigan City harbor, Indiana, $104,00J; Chicago harbor, $172,000; harbor of refuge, Grand Marais, Mich., $100,000; harbor of refuge, Sand [Beach, Lake Huron, Michigan, $150,003; harbor of refuge, Milwaukee Bay, $150,000; harbor of refuge, bt. Louis Bay, Wisconsin, $103,000; harbor of refuge at Duluth, $150,000. Tho Mississippi River Commission recommends appropriations aggregating $2,760,000. THE PULLMAN COMPANY. It Has Earned Over Four Million Dollars in the Past Year. At the annual meeting of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago tho following directors were re-elected; George M. Pullman, John Crerar, Marshall Field, J. W. Doane. Norman Williams, 0. 8. A. Sprague, of Chicago, and Henry C. Hulbert, of New York. The usual quarterly dividend of $2 per share front net earnings was declared. The report for the year ending July 31 was as follows: REVENUE. From earnings of cars $6,825,954.95 From patents • • • • 8,327.43 Front manufacturing, rontals, dividends, interest, etc 1,469,013.12 $8,303,295.50 DISBURSEMENTS. Operating expenses $3,070,779.10 Paid other sleeping-car associations 920,905.66 Interest on debenture bonds 79,527.10 Dividends on capital stock 1,795.638.00 Repairs of cars , 84,915.45 Contingency reserve 100,000.00 $0,051,765.31 Surplus for the year. $2,251,530.19 By adding the dividends and surplus it 'Will be seen the total earnings of the company for the year oxceed $4,003,090.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES. Late Clinnges in Ihe Several Department Officials. The following appointments have been announced: Daniel M. Frost, Registrar of the Land Office at Garden City, Kan.; Daniel L. Sheets, Receiver of Public Moneys at Durango, Colo.; “William B. Nov;man, Receiver of Public Moneys at Ironton, Mo. John S. Bugbee, United States District Judge for the District of Alaska; George W. Bartch, Judge of Probate in the county of Salt Lake, U. Y.; Joseph P. Throop, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh District of Indiana; Michael Kerwin, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of New York; Lyne S. Metcalfe, Appraiser of Merchandise for the Port of St. Louis: Charles F. Wenneker, Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Missouri. Richard E. Sloan, of Arizona, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona; Oliver C. Bosbyshell, Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint. Gaugers—First Illinois District, Robert Blair; Eighth Illinois, Josso C. Moore; First Wisconsin, Robert H. Markham. AMERICAN FORESTRY CONGRESS. Its Report Shows Arbor Day to Be Generally Observed In All Places. At the closing session of the American Forestry Congress in Philadelphia, Samuel Lowery, of Alabama, the only colored man in the congress, read a paper on the cultivation of the mulberry tree for feoding silk worms. Mr. B. G. Northrup read an essay on “Arbor Day in the Schools," in which ho showed that the vernal holiday is now being celebrated very generally He said tho children are planting millions of treos, California taking the lead, where Mr. Adolph Sutro has set out over two million trees himself. A resolution asking Congress to withhold public lands from sale until tho timber is old enough to cut was adopted. Hon. Janfts A. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, was elected President. ‘ WILL GO TO THE COURTS. An Apparent Republican Victory in tlie Montana Election Case. The canvassers in Silver Bow County, Montana, have thrown out the vote in what is known as the railroad precinct which gave a Democratic majority of 174. This action, if it is upheld by the courts, will seat the entire Republican delegation from that county—eleven members—overcome the Democratic majority in the Legislature, and give the Republicans two United States Senators. The Democratic managers will ask Judge DeWolfe for 4

writ of mandamus to compel the can- \ vassers to count tho rejected precincts. ! The action of the canvassers has caused i much excitement. There is talk that If the Legislature assembles before the courts pass on the question the Democrats will break the quorum in the Legislature, and Mr. Toole will not bo inaugurated unless it is patent that he is elected without the j majority of the rejected precinct. The j count in Lewis and Clark County is still j in progress, but nothing new has devel- j oped. As the returns are now declared j officially from every county in Montana the Legislature stands: Senate—Republicans. 8: Democrats, 8. House, Republicans, 39; Democrats, 25. ALEX. SULLIVAN’S STENOGRAPHER. ! A Sensational Arrest in Connection with tile Cronin Case. At Chicago Heniy L. Stoltenberg, the stenographer and private secretary of Alexander Sullivan, has been put under arrest by the prosecution in the Cronin case. Just what Stoltenberg is wanted for nobody, save the State's counsel, knows for a certainty, but there are two theories offered to account for his arrest. One of these is that a connection has been established between him and “Johnny” Graham, now under indictment for ju y-bribing. The other theory is that Stoltenberg has been identified as the man who sent the telegram to Martin Burke’s attorneys in Winnipeg advisinr as to the preparations to ba made for Burko’s return to Chicago. It is said Stoltenberg is willing to give the State all tho information he possesses. WANTS A NEW TREATY. Tho Hawaiian Government Ready to Negotiate with tile United States. Advices from Honolulu say that tho Hawaiian Cabinet, in answer to a committee representing a public meeting of Hawaiian citizens, has issued a circular explaining its position relative to tho proposed treaty with the United States. It says the Hawaiian Minister at Washington has been instructed to ascertain whether the United States Government is willing to entertain propositions to enlarge present treaties, and should ho find such willingness he is instructed to open negotiations at once for tne conclusion of a new treaty. CHOSEN AS SENATORS. Pettigrew and Moody Elected from South DakotaOn a ballot being taken in the Legislature of South Dakota for Senators, the vote stood: In the House—Pettigrew, 108; Bartlett Tripp. 14; Moody, 107; M. H. Day. 14. In the Senate Pettigrew got 41 to Tripp’s 4, and Moody 41 to 4 for Day. The Legislature in joint session formally ratified the action of both branches and adjourned until January, BURNED TO DEATH. While Fighting Prairie Fires a Woman Recelvos Fatal Injuries. Mrs. Hiram Whittier, of the town of Greenbush, Minn., while engaged in fighting fire to save her home, was terribly burned. She lingered for four hours and suffered intense agony before death came to her relief. The woman was alone at trtie time, her husband being some distance from the house also engaged in fighting fire.

BARBED WIRE ADVANCED. Manufacturers Decide to Raise the Prices 5 Per Cent. At a meeting of the barbed wire and wire nail manufacturers at Pittsburg the price of barb wire was advanced 5 per cent., and wire nails from 7 to 8 per cent. The advance goes into effect immediately. About 90 per cent, of the manufacturers in the country were represented at the meeting. Trade was reported unusually good and the outlook bright. Tammany Hall Candidates. At New York the Tammany Hall County Convention nominated the following candi- ’ date.s: For Register, Frank T. Fitzgerald; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, David Leaventritt; Judges of the City Court, Charles J. Nehrbas and Robert A. Yan Wyck; Judge of the Court of General Sessions, Henry A. Gildersleeve; President of the Board of Aldermen, John H. V. Arnold. Will Not Recognize Mataafa. The Berlin North German Gazette says it is not unlikely that Germany will refuse to recognize Mataafa as king of Samoa, and that it must be assumed that the other powers parties to the Samoan treaty have similarly expressed themselves, because at the conference recently held in Berlin all the representatives agreed that Malietoa should be king. Improved Mail Service to California. —Arrangements are now about being perfected which will take the Eastern mail to San Francisco ten hours sooner than at present. It is proposed to put the new schedule in operation on Nov. 1. The plan is to save all delay at Ogden by running trains through, including Pullman coaches. Three Killed by an Exploding Boiler. John Howard, engineer; Frank ltaisor and Edward Heinlein, of Bucyrus, were instantly killed at Heinlein’s sorghum-mills in that place by the bursting of the boiler. Cold water was pumped into the boiler by a mistake of the engineer. Exports of Breadstuff’s. A statement issued by the Treasury Department gives the value of articles of breadstuffs exported during September at £9,874.788, a decrease of nearly $3,000,000 as compared witli September, 1888. For nine months, however, the increase is nearly $7,000,000. Meeting of tlie Federal Supreme Court. On the convening of the United States Supreme Court at Washington all the members were present, and after the admission to the bar of several lawyers adjourned to call on the President, according to custom. The Moorish Sultan’s Guards Drowned. A Madrid cablegram says: Whjle returnfrom an excursion into the Interior, the

Sultan of Morocco had to cross a swollen river to get to Fez. The Sultan crossed safely, but twenty of his bodv guards, who undertook to swim the river on their horses, were swept down stream by the racing flood and drowned. Failure in the Worsted Trade. Clark & Keen, manufacturers of worsteds at No. IY2O South Becond street, Philadelphia, Pa., have ma le an assignment to Charles J. Webb. Their liabilities are not known. Five hundred hands were employed. but work has been suspended. A Veteran of 1812 Gone Home. At Biddeford. Me., Captaiu Rishworth Jordan died, aged 95 years. During the war of 1812 he was one of eighteen who went to Fort Hill to drive the English cruisers out of Saco harbor. Carriage-Builders’ Convention. About six hundred delegates from all parts of the State attended at the carringebuilders’ convention in Syracuse. N. Y. The total receipts for the year have been 55.2G4, and the expenditures £3.429. Accident to Two Hunters. Two duck-hunters, George aud Richard Rankins, brothers, were shot aud dangerously wounded on Cayuga Lake, New York, by another hunter. The shooting was accidental. An American Girl to Wed a Prince. It is announced that Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, of New Y'ork. now a resident of Paris, will be married to Prince Murat in that city Oct. 20. This announcement has been expected for some time. A Heavy Lumber Failure. The North Alabama Lumber Company of Bridgeport. Ala., has assigned with liabilities of $120,000 and assets of $140,000. It is estimated that they will pay 75 cents on the dollar. Hippolyte Chosen President. A cable .to the New York Maritime Exchange announces that Hippolyte has been unanimously elected .President of Hayti. In all ninety-one votes were cast at the election. Killed by a Bursting Boiler. Two men were killed and th:ee severely injured by an explosion of a boiler at Riverberg’s Ipacking house, near Crystal Lake, Pa. The establishment was completely wrecked. To Be Consul at Melbourne. Gen. A. B. Campbell, of Kansas, one of the prominent candidates for the Tension Commissionership. has been tendered the position of Consul at Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Campbell will accept. Fell in a Pot of Burning Slag. James McHaskey, a workman at the American smelter at Leadville, Col., fell into a pot of burning slag and was so severely burned that his recovery is doubtful. Nominated for Laird’s Place. At Hastings. Neb., Gilbert S. Laws has been nominated as Republican Congressman from the Second District to succeed James Laird, deceased. Erastus D. Culver Dead. Erastus D. Culver died at Greenwich, N. Y., aged 87 years. He was appointed Minister to Peru by President Lincoln and had occupied many public positions Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Railroad has decided to build into tho Souris district at once. About forty-five miles will be built this jear. The Brush Company Sells Out. It is reported that the entire plant of the Brush Electric Company at Boston has been sold to the Thomson-Houston Electrio Company for £3,250,000. A Pilot Boat Wrecked. The New York pilot-Doat. Jesse Car 11, one of the finest afloat, was driven ashore off Zack’s inlet and completely wrecked. All on board were saved. Indiana’s Dressed-Beef Law. Judge Irvin, at Indianapolis, has rendered a decision declaring the dressed-beel act, passed by the last Indiana Legislature, to be unconstitutional.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime $4.50 @5.00 Good 3.50 @ 4.25 Common 2.50 @ 3.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.50 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 80 @ .su}s Cohn—No. 2 30}£@ .31 Oats—No. 2 18%© .19 Rye—No. 2 4l}s@ .42 Butter—Choice Creamery 21 @ .23 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09}$@ .10J4 Eggs—Fresh 181a@ .19^ Potatoes—Choice new, per bu.. .22 "@ .28 Pork—Mess 10.75 @11.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 73 @ .74 Corn—No. 3 31 @ .32 Oats—No. 2 White 21 @ .22 Rye—No. 1 42 @ .43 Barley—No. 2 54 @ .55 Pork—Mess 10.75 @11.25 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 3.50 & 4.25 Sheep 3.50 ® 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 81 @ .B‘> Corn—No. 2 Yellow 34 @ .35 Oats—No. 2 White .23 @ .24 TOLEDO.""' Wheat—No. 2 Red 82 @ .821* Corn—Cash 33 (g .3314 Oats—No. 2 White 21 & 22 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.25 @ 4.75 Hogs 4.25 @ 5.00 Sheep 3.75 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 lied 84}a@ .85W Corn—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—Mixed Western 24 @ .27 Pork—Prime Mess 975 4510 25 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.45 @ 4.75 Hogs.... 4.00 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 & .755 Corn—No. 2 28}$@ .29 0at5....... .is @ .18)4 Rye—No. 2 39 <g .43 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping Steers 2.00 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light 4.00 @ 4.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 2.50 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 ag .73 Corn—No. 1 White .33 gg .3314 Oats—No. 2 White 22 @ 03 _ CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 80 & .80}* Corn—No. 2 34 (<5 .35 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 21 @ -22 Ryk—No. 2 45 Oh .40 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Good.., 4.00 @4.50 Medium 3.00 @ 4.00 Butchers’ 2.00 @ 3.00 Hoos 3.50 @ 4.35 BBEK* 3.50 0 6.CQ

BURNED TO THE GROUND

DR. TALMAGE’S CHURCH A HEAP OF BID'S. The Great Edifice at Brooklyn Comp'etely Destroyed by Fire a Second Time—ltsPastor Postpones His 1 rip to the Hol> Land and Appeals for Help. The Rrouklyn tabernacl*, of |whicb T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D , is pastor, has been, for the second time in itehistory, totally destroyed by fire. At 2:15 o’clock in the morning a policeman discovered flames issuing from one ot small window over the main entrance, and, rushing to the nearest signal-box, sent ire an alarm. The firemen found the fire had assumed large proportions, and addidionaf alarms, calling all available aparatus, were at once sent in. It became evenfc that the edifice was doomed to destruction. It burned like a tinder box, and the fireman. despairing of saving it, directed their efforts to the adjoining property. Many of tho occupants of the neighboring dwellings were already awake* and the policeproceeded to arouse those who were sleeping. The three-story frame structure at 853 Shermerliorn street, addjoining the church on the east side, was the first to take fire, and 355, a similar structure,, followed; 357 was also damaged. On the west side of the church the flames extended to two brick dwellings, and on the opposite side of Scbermerhorn street a row of three-story brick dwellings, 338 to 348, suffered from the intense heat. Window glass was broken and woodwork: scorched. The residents of the neighborhood, awakened either by the roar of the flames or by the pounding of the police upon their doors, became frightened and rushed out half-dressed and in their night clothes, and the police had great difficulty in assuring them that they were in no danger. Fortunately there was no loss of life or limb. Tlje police carried out one old lady from 337 Schermerhorn street and placed her in a' bouse at a safe distance. All the other inmates were able to care for themselves. But while the firemen and the policeworked for the salvation of property and people the doomed building was rapidly being consumed and in an hour’s rime only tottering walls remained. Dr. Talmage was on the scene soon after the first alarm and did not leave until he had seen the edifice which had been his pride laid ire ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought that it may have been caused bylightning. The loss on the church building', including the organ, which was one of the finest in the country, is 50,000. It is said to be covered by insurance in a number of companies. The building was of fourteenth century Gothic architecture and was dedicated Feb. 22, 1874. It was of brick, with stone trimmings, with a frontage of 150 feet and a depth of 113 feet, to which had recently been added an extension 60 feet wide and 12 deep. The seating capacity was 2,800 and it was always fully taxed at the Sunday services. The previous structure, which was built of corrugated iron, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning Dec. 22, 1872. T hat fire was also of unexplained origin. Dr. Talmage has issued the following address: To the People: —By sudden calamity we are without a church.• The building consecreated by so much that is dear to us is in ashes. In behalf of my stricken congregation I make appeal for help, as our church has never confined its work to thij locality. Our church has never been sufficient either in size or appointment for the people who come. We want to build something worthy of our city and worthy of the cause of God We want SIOO, OOu, which, added to the insurance, will build us what is needed. I make appeal to all our friends through Christendom, toall denominations, to all creeds and those of no creeds at all to come to our assistance. I ask all readers of my sermons the world over to contribute as far as their means will allow. What we do as a church depends upon the immediate response made to this call; I was on the eve of departure for a brief visit to the Holy Land that I might be better prepared for my work here, but that visit must be posponed. I cannot leave until something is done to decide our future. May the God who has our destiny as individuals aud churches in his hand appear for our deliverance. Response to this appeal to the people may be sent to me at Brooklyn, N. Y.‘, and I will with my own hands acknowledge the receipt thereof.”

AS BY A MIRACLE.

Wonderful Escape from Death of Passengers on a Derailed Train. • The fast express on the Pennsylvania road, composed of two combination parlor cars and three coaches, passed the main depot at Raft way, N. J., running at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The engine, j ust as it reached the east end of the Long bridge, jumped the tract and was followed by the three cars. The crash as the whole train left the track was terrific and was heard by people at the depot a quarter of a mile west of where the accidaut occurred. The train ran along the ties for 200 feet, when the couplings broke between the cars and each car shot in a different direction, tearing up the rails and ties and digging into the stone ballast roadbed. There are four tracks at this point and the cars were twisted around in such a way as to completely wreck the road bed and the cars themselves. When the cars finally stopped, the passengers, who were naturally badly frightened, came out of the wrecked cars unable to comprehend what had happened. The only persons injured were two women who were cut by flying gla=s. De Wolf Hopper was a passenger on the train and received a severe shaking up, as did all of the passengers. The accident was due to the spreading of the rails, which were new, and, it is said, had not been properly spiked by the section men who laid them. Struck by a Take Shore Train. Franklin (Pa.) dispatch: J. C. Davison and his daughter were struck by a Lake Shore train as they were driving across the track at this place, and so terribly injured that they will probably die. The horse was kil'ed and the wagon was reduced to kindling wood. At the point where the accident occurred the Lake Shore road runs parallel with that of the Erie. Mr. Davison saw a train approaching on the latter road track and drove hi* hom an the Lake Shore tracks to avoid it.