Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1891 — Page 2

®ljeJJcmotroticSftttitt«l RENSSELAER. INDIANA. I. W. McEWEN, - - - FrmjmaK

HANGED A BURLY NEGRO

ANGRY KENTUCKIANS WHO DIDN’T WAIT FOR LAW. Bnwla Wants India—Crush'd In a Mini Shalt—Twenty Oflieer* Shot—The Bane- '• Kail Record— Defau ter I*opo Arrested 1 in Mex co. . " PULLMAN STRETCHED HEMP. Shelbyville (Ky.) Citizens Take the Law Into Their Own Hands. At Shelbyville, Ky., when negro Sam “Pullman's assault on Mrs. Thomas Glenn became generally known, business of all kinds was suspended and the citizens took up the exciting pastime of man-hunting. The hemp patch in which Pullman was hiding was quickly surrounded, every man was armed with a shooting iron and every tenth man was supplied with a long piece of rope. Pullman was afterward ciptured as he was counting ties on the railroad track near Lawrenceburg. He was placed in the jail at that place and after nightfall Sheriff Long, with twenty guards, started back to Shelbyville with him. A crowd of curious people followed. When the officers bad got about two and one-half miles on the road from Lawrenceburg “the best citizens of Shelbyville” overtook them and without resistance quickly lynched the negro. CHOLERA AT MECCA. Hundreds of Deaths Daily Reported Among Turkish Pilgrims. Advices sum Mecca represent the cholera as rapidly iHireasing at that place. On one day recently 140 deaths occurred, followed by 380 on the next day. The nu rialitv Is greatest among the Turkish pilgrims. The Khedive has ordered rigorous measures to prevent the introduction of the disease Into Egypt Not one Egyptian has as yet been smitten with the cholera. GOULD ROADS CONSOLIDATE. The Three I'ort Scott Lines Merg'd Int > One Company. A meeting of the directors of three of Jay Gould's roads, the Fort Scott and Southern, the Fort Scott and Eastern arid Fort Scott Belt Terminal Itailway, took place at Fort Scott, Kan. They were consolidated under the name of the Fort Scott Central Railway Company.

ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs Engaged in the National Game Stand. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations; NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. *C. W. L. Pc. New Yorks..4l 28 .588 Philodelp's. 35 38 .473 Chicagos... .«3 31 .581 Brooklvne.. 31 39 .466 Bostons 40 S 3 .548 CincinhatU.3l 43 .4X3 Clevelands. .3i 38 .503 Pittsburg*..3o 41 .38J AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pc. | W. L. Pc. Bostons 54 25 .684iColumbuB.. .38 43 .40.1 fit. L0ui5....53 20 .640 Cincinnatis.3s 45 . 43S BaUimores..4s 31 .600 Loui»villes..29 56 ,841 Philodelp's..3B 33 .494|Washingt'u.25 50 .333 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. \7. L. pc.i W. L. pc. Omaha* 43 29 .597 Kansas C’vs.37 41 .474 Milwankees.4s 32 .6S4.Bionx Citys.SO 40 .474 Lincolns... .42 34 .553 Denvers 34 42 .447 Minneapo'a..l3 36 .544 Duluths 26 £.2 .333 Advancing on India. Advices from India bring the intelligence that Russia is again at work on the northwestern frontier endeavoring to extend her already powerful influence in that region across the border into llindoostan and Afghanistan, whose domination the St. Petersburg Government has long coveted. Royal and Select Masons Meet. At Minneapolis the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons elected Orestes A. B. Senter, of Col umb is, Ohio. General Grand Master, and Henry W. Mordhurst. of Fort Wayne, Ind., Grand General Recorder. Mr*. Parnell Hilton. Mrs. Delia T. Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, while fondling a stKtngc dog at her home at Ironsides. N. .1., was badly bitten on the left hand. The dog was at once killed and the wound cauterized.

Crushed in a Mine Sluft. At Pinelucky coal mines, Ala., a shaft caved In, burying four miners under a mass of stones and dirt When taken out Tom Roundtree was dead, his body having been crushed to a jelly. “Stonewall’s” Statue Unveiled. At Lexington, Va , on the thirtieth anniversary of the first battle of hull Hun. tho statue of Gen. StoncwaU Jackson was unveiled by his granddaughter, Julia Jackson Christian. Defaulter Cope Arrested. William H. Pope, the defaulting State Treasurer of Tennessee, has been arrested in tho City of Mexico. He will be held for a requisition by the Tennessee authorities. Deny that She Is Married. The parents of Mrs. James Brown Potter, now in Paris, deny the reports that their daughter had been divorced from Mr. Potter and married to the actor, Bollew. Senator Boss Dead. Senator W. H. Boss, of tue Cherokee Nation, died at Fort Gibson, of heart disease. He was a half-breed, 68 years of age, and was educated at Princeton. Shot Twenty Officers. Twenty Chilian army officers were shot, having been convicted of poisoning Admiral Montt and several other members of tho revolutionary party. Have Recovered jthe Bodies. The bodies of Captain Jenulng3 and five Of his crew, who were drowned at the wrecking of the steamship Clrc.3, have washed asnorc at Anticosti. Want PefTr tor President. Kansas Alliance men are advocating Senator Peffer for the Presidential nomination by the People’s party. , Smuggled Chinamen Sent Back. The Chinamen who were smuggled across the Canadian border at Franklin. Vt.. have been sent back to Canada. They said they were brought to Oowansville, Quebec, by the Canadian Pacific Road, and thence smuggled across the border in a carriage by a white man. Wrecked on Hope Island. “Bose Bill" Tweed’s old yacht Columbia. In which the famous ringleader of New York politics escaped from New York to the Spanish main, was wrecked off Hope Island, Narrmgansett Bay. _

THE OHIO TICKET. Campbell Renominated for Gov- ■ ornor by Ohio 1 cmocrats AtCleveland, Ohio, GOO delegates assembled at the Democratic State Convention, and were called to order by State Chairman Norton. Ills Introductory speech dealt chiefly with the McKinley bill, and accepted the challenge voiced in the Republican platform. He was followed by Allen W. Thurman, who also assailed the McKinley measure. Both speakers joined in expressing admiratiou for Mr. McKinley as an honest and able citizen, bht assailed the wisdom of his judgment upon the.tariff question. The iiiaiorlty report of the Committee on Resolutions, containing clauses favoring a graded income tax and the free coinage of “diver, was accepted. Th • minority report differed only inthe-e particulars. Ex-Congressman Follett, heading the Hamilton County delegation, presented the name of Lawrence T. Neal, of Chillicotbc. as candidate for Governor. He was followed by S. D. Dodge, of Cleveland, who named Virgil P. Kline, of Cuyahogo County. Gen. Michael Ryan, of Cincinnati, then presented the name o? Gov. James E. Campbell, and a ballot immediately followed with this result. Campbell 501 7-16 Neal 121 0-16 Kline 50 Congressman T. L. Johnson 1 After Gov. Campbell's speech of acceptance, ex-Congressman Voder, of Lima, named W. V. Marquis for Lieutenant Governor, and ho was chosen by acclamation. The completed ticket Js given. Governor.. James E. Campbell Lieutenant-Governor *V. V. Maimjuis Auditor of fctate T. E Pfckixbauoh Treasurer of State C. F. Ackebman Attorney-General John P. B«iley Judge of Supreme Court... .Gustavos H. Wald Commissioner of Schools.. .Charles C. Milleb Member Board o' Public Works...J. McNamara Food and Dairy Commlss'oner... .H. 8. Trumbo

FINE CItOP PROSPECTS. The C ountry Generally Feels Their Influence and Trade Is Better. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: business clearly grows somewhat more active, though midsummer dullness Is still the rule At Eastern cities there is noticed more demand for manufactured goods with larger call for materials. At the West trade is enlivened by the large yield of winter wheat already harvested and by the bright outlook for other crops. At the South, however, though the crop advices aro also favorable, no improvement appears in business, which is duUer than usual even for the season and at some points Is pronounced quite unsatisfactory. Imports at New York have sharply docline'). since July, amounting to about $4,300,000, or 18 per dent, less than for tho same weeks last year. On tho other hand, exports of domestic products at this point show an Increase thus fur.ln this month of $11,323,000, or nearly 33 per cent. In comparison with the same weeks last year. The money markets aro generally in fair shape, and collections fair for the season. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 274, as compared with a Total of 247 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 207.

WEST SUPERIOR WINDS WEPT. Five Killed and Many Others Injured by a 4 yolone. A terrible storm of wind and rain struck West Superior, Wis. Several small buildings wore blown down, but at one spot tho storm left appalling proof of its deadly force. A large three-story frame structure near the barge works, partly completed, was blown down on the heads of about twenty workingmen and a score of other people who gathered within its . limits for protection. It was with the utmost difficulty that the undertaking of getting at tho real extent cf the disaster was prosecuted. A pair of corpses dragged from the ruins dispelled the faint hope that no life had been sacrificed outright. Rescuers were hindered ani tire misery of the wounded doubly intensified by watersoaked garments. The building is a complete wreck. In spite of the pouring rain the Visitors at the scene rushed in and assisted the firemen in the cause of rescue. Men in all profe-eions and walks of life stood shoulder to shoulder and worked with only the thought of humanity's sake. Five were killed outright and ton injured. MR«. HAYKKICK DOOMED. Her Suit to Re-over Her Husband's Life Insrranos M ney Decided Against Her. Judgment was given at London on the fiction brought in the case of Mrs. Maybrick ugalnst an insurance company to recover ~tb« -Mini ~pf SIO.OOO insurance upon her husband's life. The court decided that Mrs. Maybrick had murdered her husband and consequently she could not recover the amount for which be was insured, as bis death was caused by the person for whose benefit the policy was token. Mrs. Maybrick, it will be recalled, is tho American woman who, a few years ago, was nrrosted on the charge of poisoning her husband, who was a well-known Liverpool cotton merchant.

SUICIDE OF JUI GE WARDER. Remorse Tor hi* Murder or His l aughter un«l Son-in-Law 1 rives Him 4 razy. Judge James A. Warder, of Chattanooga, Tenn., who shot and killed his son-in-law, S. M. Fugtette, and dangerously wo«mded his daughter, Mrs. Fuggette. while she was trying to s#ve her husband’s lifo on Jan. 18 last, shot himself at tho stone cottage on Lookout Mountain, and died. Judge Warder was.tl(p District Attorney of Chattanooga ftt the time of tho murder, which was the most appalling tragedy known in the State. Intense grief and remorse gradually unsettled his mind until bo became but a shadow of his former self. SUFFOCAIED IN THE FLAMES. Many Casualties bv a Tenemant-House Fire in Brooklyn. In a fire in a Brooklyn four-story brick tenement the damage is estimated at $20,000. Thg three-year-old daughter of John Bishop, the janitor, was suffocated. Mrs. Bishop, the mother of the janitor, fell and was seriously injured. Mrs. Bridget Smith was carried out in an unconscious condition. Mrs. Birdsall jumped through a window and was seriously Injured. Mrs. William Foley fell down-stairs and was badly bruised. An unknown man had his leg broken. The lire is supposed to have been Incendiary. QUAY WILL STEF DOWN AND OUT. Clarkson Likely to Become Chairman of the Republican Natioual Committee, Senator Quay has issued a call for a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee In Philadelphia. Senator Quay has informed more than one of his friends that he had concluded to retire from the Chairmanship, although retaining his membership in the National Committee. He will’hi all probability be succoeded by J. S. Clarkson. YELLOW FEVER SPREADING. Ten Case* of the Diseased at the Chantieleur Quarantine Station. The yellow fever at Chandeleur Quarantine Station, twelve miles off the Mississippi shore in the Gulf of Mexico, is reported as spreading. It was brought there by a vessel from Rio de Janeiro, and there have been ten cases with two deaths. Additional supplies of sulphur, charcoal, and

other disinfecting materials have been shipped to the island Trori New Orleans. CHINESE DYNASTY’S PERIL. Recent Rioting Encouraged hy Advocates of Revolution. The organized Chinese mob which destroyed the Roman Catholic mission establishment and killed two foreigners at Wusieh, a large city on the Grand Canal, 100 mile 3 from Shanghai, Is rapidly growing in numbers und Is slowly making Its way toward the city, taking in, on its Mne of march, all the foreign settlements along the Yang-tse-Kiang River. TRAGEDY AT ERIE, PA. Two Children Burned to Death nnd Their Mother Frightfully Scorched. A careless nurse-girl In the employ of Carl Schwartz, of Erie, Pa., left his two children—Lena, aged 3 years, arid the baby, Annie—alone In a back-yard In the vicinity of some matches and an oil can. Boon after their mother found both children In slumps, and in her frantic efforts to save them was almost burned to death herself. Little Lena is dead, the baby will die, and the mother will be a cripple for life. TOUGH ON SPORT 8 HEN. The Canadian Authoities Will Levy Duty on Guns and Fishing Tackle. At Ottawa, Ontario, the Collectors of Customs have been notified that they may accept entry and duty on guns, fishing rods, any other equipments of parties visiting Canada for sporting purposes, with the condition that the duty so paid will bo refunded on proof of the exportation of the same within a period of two months from date of entry.

A BATTLE FEARED. The Entire Tennessee Militia Ordered to the Bricevilie Mines. Gov. Buchanan has ordered the entire State militia to Bricevilie, 'fenn., to protect convicts at work in mines at that place. It Is stated that 2,000 miners aro marching to the seat of war. It Is feared there will be trouble before the miners will yield to the convicts taking their places. DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY LIGHTNING Nine Buildings Burned In an Ohio TownLittle Insurance, At Roundhead, a rural village In Hardin County, Ohio, fire started in Young’s livery stable, which was struck by lightning and burned. Iloey & Breen’s grocery and their new residence and six other houses were also destroyed. Loss $7,000; little insurance. SOLD A BOY BABY FOR SI. Curious Warranty Deed Filed lor Record at Nevada, Mo. At Nevada, Mo., a warranty deed was filed, conveying a boy baby, Ruby Earl Sheppard, to R. 6 Wyatt for the sum of sl. The deed was duly signed by the parties to the transfer, among whom was tho mother of tho child, and attested by a notary public.

WENT OVER THE FALLS. A Sensational Story Told of Two Englishmen at Niagara. Two Englishmen report having seen a horse pulling a buggy containing a man and two women roll off the bank at the “Point," midway between the old suspension bridge and the whirlpool at Niagara Falls. Roa-ttod Groceries. A lire at Altoona, Pa., destroyed the buildings occupied by Heineman & Besant, wholesale grocers; James C. Watts, wholesale commission merchant; George F. Street, leather and hide dea'er; Harry Mixdorf, ice cream fa’ctory; the Leonard House, and one dwelling. The Central Hotel adjoining was slightly damaged. The total loss was $25,009; fully insured. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. Postal Clorks to Organize. A conference of postxil clerks was hold at Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of forming a national organization. It is understood that the Eastern delegation will ask Congress to pension clerks disabled in the service aud provide for the families of tlio.se killed; also to retire clerks after having served a specified time on half pay. UoininenctMl a Fond. At Jewett, Tex., as a result of a longexisting feud betweon two farmers, J. T. Russell and J. 11. Fletcher, the latter was shot and fatally wounded. It is thought that this is but the beginning of a feud as blocdy as any that has cursed the State in many years, as both men have many friends and stanch sppporters.

A Kentucky Lynching. Frank Rossimus was taken from the Middlosborougli, Ky., jail and lynched. The day before Rosslmus and Liles Johnson fired upon the police who were attempting their arrest and wounded Patrolman Tucker and Policeman Dorsey Williams. Johnson escaped lynching through being jailed at Plneville. Drunken rectors Disqualified. The Georgia State Legls'aturo has passed a hill disqualifying drunken doctors from practicing. A method of indictment has been framed, and upon conviction of drunkenness the accused is made subject to a heavy penalty if ho should attempt to practice again. Heavy F re Losses In Lynn. At Lynn, Mass., the Strout, Currier and Blake Blocks were destroyed by fire. The 'heaviest losers are W. N. Currier & Co., $120,000; E. E. Strout. $45,000; H. F. Leggs, 850,000; and John Carnlff, $18,003. The total loss will exceed $850,000, with insurance of 8120,000. Thought to lie Lost. It is feared that the steamship Endymion, which sailed for New York from Barrow, England, Juno 27,,< lias been lpst,. The steamer was sighted July 13 by the Taurus, and was then lying to to repair a broken crank, but declined assistance. Used a Pick on Giant Powrder. Five workmen employed at the Denver (Col.) electric works desired to open a can of giant powder. One of the men struck the head of the can with a pick. All five of the men were fearfully burned and torn, one of whom will” die. Washington Wants the Encampment. . The citizens of Washington, D. C., have raised the guarantee fund of $53,000 for the Grand Army encampment in 1802. and a committee was appointed to go to Detroit to present toe claims of the former city as a desirable place for tho encampment A Tramp's Last Rida. East-bound passenger train No. 2 collided with passenger train No. 4, west bound, at Clark's Station, near Reno. Nev. Three engines and the mail car were badly wrecked and a tramp beating his way West on a brake beam was killed. N A Kentucky Tragerly. Near Columbia. Ky.. Ty.er Grant shot and killer! Tyler Gorman. Grant Is In jail. He says he mistook Gorman for York Gorman, Tyler’s brother, who he claims had

threatened to kill Grant on sight. Gorman was at work In his field whsn shot. Ten Ferauns Injured. At the Fort Scott crossing of the Missouri Pacific and Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroads, a freight train crashed into a chair-car of the Missouri Pacific passenger train, knocking it off the trucks. Ten persons were Injured. Severs Storm at Duluth. One of the severest sternv* for years visaed Duluth. Minn. Ralu fell in torrents and the lightning was very i»harp. No lives were lpst. All the damago was caused by water flowing down a steep hillside. Two blocks will have to bo entirely repaved. Died from a Snake Bite. Susie, aged 5, daughter of Ebenezer Frazier, of St. Croix, Ohio, was bitten by a copperhead snake and died. The snake was found on the ho irth of the open fireplace, where there had been no fire this summer. ’ Met Death on the Scaffold. Robert Williams was hanged in the Pine Bluff (Ark.) jail yard fcit the murder of Albert Hayes on the night of Nov. 23'last. Williams said that he thanked his friends for their kindness to lrkn, and claimed that Christ had pardoned him. Killed in a Drunken Quarrel. Near Pikevilie, Ky., in a drunken quarrel, Tom McCoy shot and kl led Goorgo Roberts. McCoy surrendered arid claims to have acted In self-defense. Roberts’ family threaten vengeance if McCoy Is not punished. Killed on an Engine Pilot. John Merrifield was Instantly killed and a fellow-brakeruan fatally injured while riding on a cow-catcher at Rockbridge, near Beardstown, 111., by the engine running Into a Grovo of horses.

Fallen Heir to a Million Do’lars. Mrs. Dr. J. Holloway, of Bpringfleld, Ohio, has fallen heir to $1,006,000 left by h6r uncle, Sir James Baxendale, of England. O ean Steamer Collision. The Gferman steamer Dresden collided with the brig Annie Harris In the English Channel, sinking the latter vessel. Four sailors -were drowned. Took' His Own Life. C. S. Wattles, a prominent produce merchant of Ithaca, N. Y., committed suicide by drowning. Temporary insanity is supposed to bo the cause. New York's Leper. That Chin Hop Sing, the Chinese laun“ dryman in the basement of 403 Fifth street, New York, is afflioted with leprosy there is no further doubt. A British Steamer Ashore. A report has been received from Southwest Point, Anticosti, to the effect that the British steamer Circe is ashore a few miles from that place. Their YVay In MissonrL John Oook was shot and killed a* Tiff City, Mo., while disturbing a religious meeting. Another ruffian had his hand shot off. Shot the Justice. At Saline City, Ind., Thornton Jackson shot Justice of the Peaoe William Miner Justice Miner had fined Jackson’s son for disturbing the peace. Jackspn Is in jail. Clemency for a Murd«rer. In the case of Edward Belden,-of Kansas, sentenced to be hanged July 24 for murder, the President has commuted the death penalty to Imprisonment for life. The World's Harvest. In a summary of the world’s harvest prospects, tho London Times ventures the opinion that the prices for grain will continue high. A Tennessee Tragedy. The wife of Thomas Lochridge, of Maury County, Tennessee, killed her three young children and then committed suicide. Bank Failures. Tho Central Bank of Kansas City, Ivan., and the Merchants’ National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, have tailed. Inga'ls Going to the Holy Land. Ex-Senator Ingalls Is going abroad with W. A. Croffut’s autumn party, to go through Europe to Greece, Jerusalem and Egypt. Jail Delivery at I lend wood, S. D. A general jail-break was made from the jail .in Deadwood, S. D., five prisoners escaping, aU charged with felony. Hanged b / a Mob. Frank Dice, charged with murder, was taken from his cell in the Spencer, Ind., jail by a mob and hanged. Mr. Spurgeon Improving. Mr. Spurgeon is said to be progressing slowly but satisfactorily toward recovery. Eleven Killed. Eleven men were killed in a railroad accident near Liverpool.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3 50 & 6.50 Hogs— Shipping Grades 4.00 iu» 575 Sheep... 3.00 @ VOO VV HEAT—No. a Bed 86 & .87 CoHK—No. 2 6C .61 Oats—No. 2 @ 41 Bye—No. 2 76 @ ‘77 Butter—Choice Creamery 16 @ ,]7 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 08 @ 09 Boos Fresh 15V@ ; ie^ Potatoes—New, per brl 2.75 @3 00 INDIANAPOLIS. ' CATTLE-Shipping 8.50 @ 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ *.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 8.50 <3) 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 81 @ is 2 Cohn—No. 1 White 62V@ 68V Oats—No. 2 White 41 1 42 ST. LOUIS. ' Cattle 350 @ 6.25 Hogs 4.5) @ 5.53 W'HEAT—No. 2 Bad 8i (0 16 Cohn-No e 56V>® .:7V Oaib-No#2 33 *@ .34 Pobk—-Mess. 13.53 @ll.lO CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 <g 5.25 ¥ogs....' 4.00 @ 5.5 J Sheep 3.00 @ 5.0 J Wheat—No. 2 Bed 85 @ .88 Cohn—No. 2 61 @ .62 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 41 @ .42 DETBOIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs . 3.00 tu, 5.00 Bh«kp : 3.00 @4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 86 @ .87 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 62V m .63V Oats—No. 2 White 41 @ .43 TtLEDO. Wheat—New 85V® ,83V ( okn—Cash 61W@ .62V Oata —No. 2 White 41 ® .43 Cloybb Seed 4.20 <0 430 BUFFALO. Beep Cattle 4.53 @ 575 - Live Hogs 425 &5 75 Sheep 4.00 @ 5.2 • Wheat—No. I Hard LMV® 1.05 V Co BN—No. 2 63 0 .66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring . 87 & .93 CoBN—No. 3 60 @ ,ul Oats—No. 2 Whi.e 40 & .42 Bye—No. 1. 82 @ .84 BahlrT— No. 2 69 @ .VO': POBK—MSSB 11.00 @112! NEW YOKE. Cattle.. 8.53 <§ 6.5) Hois. 4.00 @5.5) Sheep 4.25 @ 5.25 Wheat-No. 2Bed .35 0 & CoBN—No. 2 71 a .71 Oats—Mixed Western 12 A .47 Puttee—Creamery 14 § .18 POBK—NAw Mass. 12.Ju he 13 00

WIND BROUGHT DEATH.

A TERRIBLE CYCLONE SWEEPS WEST SUPERIOR. Many Workmen Furled Suddenly In the Bulna of a Wrecked Hotel—Probably a Dozen Killed—Distressing Scene*—Work of Rescue. A wind storm of terrific violence swept over West Superior, Wis , carrying death and destruction In Its path. The wind was accompanied by pouring rain, and the air was hejvily charged with electricity. The storm lasted only about thirty minutes, but dur,ug that period many thousands of dollars o : damage was done, besides the loss of at least five lives and the visiting of terrible injuries upon many parties. During the progress of the storm an aiarm of fire was turned in from the Fifth Ward, and the department responded to find the new large threostory frame hotel on. Third street, near Lamborn avenue, a mass of ruins. The structure had blown down and the cry went from a hundred excited individuals that the wreck was the tomb of many men. The news flashed over the city with startling rapidity. Hacks and drays containing their loads flew to the scene of the disaster. Meantime the rain was falling in torrents and thunder was crashing like artillery. In spite of the pouring rain, the visitors at the scene rushed in and assisted the firemen in the cause of rescue. Men of all professions and walks of life stood shoulder to shoulder and worked with only the thought of humanity’s sake, fresh men taking the places of those who gave up through fatigue. Fully 3,000 people were at the ruins. The dead were: John Laur, married, aged 36 years; Charles Lucius, single, 24 years; Herman Faussey, single, 26 years; unknown man, about 35 years of age; John Schofield, died from injuries received in back and broken limbs. Among the more seriously injured are: John Brown, broken legs; John Long, internal injuries, it is thought he will die; William Semple, Dick Clark and others were injured more or less seriously. Drs. Conjior and Wylie did excellent work in the matter of caring for the injured and providing for their conveyance to St Francis Hospital. The assistant chief of the fire department sustained a broken leg during the work of rescue. While a rope was straining on a mass of broken framework, the crib-work to which it was attached parted and struck him. A scene of intense excitement reigned. Men worked with desperation, and many a good suit of clothing was gladly sacrificed to the work of rescue. It was pitiful, too. Women ran about regardless of rain and mud, wringing their hands and crying, filled with the terrible fear that their husbands or brothers had been buried in the rains. An eye-witness to the disaster says he saw a crew of workmen run in the building to seek shelter fiom the storm. Fully thirty or forty men must have been inside. They were distributed over all the floor. It appears that the men on the third floor took the warning first and were seen to jump and get away in safety. This disaster wa&the central feature, but much damage was done in all directions. The steel hoisting and conveying apparatus employed by Silver Creek an'. Morris and Ohio Coal Companies was badly damaged, how much cannot be ascertained at present, bnt it will be very costly and delay the hand-ing of coal from vessels. Experts have been telegraphed for to come on from Cleveland at once to repair the damage. A large frame building was blown down at the eorner of Third and Lower streets, South Superior, and the steel plant reports a number of buildings leveled, but no casualties. Lightning played havoc with the Fisher Hotel, the Unitarian Church, the Union Depot, and other buildings, but up serious lire resulted. Had one broken out it wou d have found the city practically helpl ss.

DUG HIS OWN GRAVE.

A Ca Horn la Miner's Strange Death In a Canyon Near the Snow Line. The Sheriff of Fresno County, California, started into tho mountains in quest of two murderers. In a lonely canyon, the approach to which was almost inaccessible, ho found a complete set of miners’ tools, and upon further search the body of a man was found in an open grave, which was cut into the solid granite rock. Reside the grave was a note written in lead pencil, which read: “My name is Dave Meneer; I have lived like a devil, but will die like a man. Nov. 20.” The body was covered with transparent ice eighteen inches deep, which filled the grave. It is supposed that the miner, crazed by loneliness and disappointment, had dug the grave, laid himself in it, and drawing across his body a slab of granite, which still rested there, was drowned by the water which trickled into the excavation. The body was well preserved by the ice around it, which had not thawed since last fall.

Not Such Big Crops After Ail.

President Framk McGrath, of the Kansas Farmers’ Ail ance. says the estimates of Secretary Mohler of the w heat crop of Kansas are altogether too high. From reports received by him from nearly every county in the State he estimates that the yield will not exceed 60,0C0,C00 bushols, and possihly not more than 55,000,000. Mr. McGraui’s reports indicate that the .corn crop will be unusually large. Thomas Marshall and Fred Grace, of Newcastle, Pa., were out hunting frogs the other day and captured a creature not described in the books. It is a frog with wings nnd a tail something like a fantail pigeon It weighs exactly nine ounces. The wings are corapo ed of elastic-like skin, and when stretched out measured nine inches from tip t( tip. When the frog bird is in tho watel the wings and tail fit closely to the body and are hardly noticeable. Mrs. Hodgins, of Milton County. Georgia!, killed a snake in her yard that bad just run Off a setting hen and appropriated fifteen eggs. The snake was so gorged that locomotion was difficult, so he was easily dispatched. The reptile measured 5 feet 4 inches from tip to tip. " 1 JT 1 1 A Western Kansas man says that section of the State has a great future before it. Tbe"e is nothing that grows in the tempe-rate rone that does not flourish there. Nothing is lacking but water, and that is being supplied by j irrigation.

MARKED FEATURES

OF »HE TRADE REVIVAL OVER THE COUNTRY. vt Eurdpean Money Market Now Quiet—FlgIrun Trade Experiencing a Pronouno-d Boom—The touth Only la stationary— The Wheat and Corn arket*. In speaking of the revival of business, now so noticeable. R. G. Dun & Co. s review of t; ade says; The general confidence is strengthen- 1 ed by the financial news trom Europe, i which indicates that disturbance of the 1 money markets from that quarter need not now be feared, and by the change in< the foreign trade of this country, vyhichi points ti a material reduction of balances payable abroad in specie. There is a remarkable increase in theproduction of pig iron, almost to unpte edtented figures of last year. The> sudden increase in production is not in all respects a favorable symptom. Nocorresponding improvement in the demand for manufactured j roducts is yet seen, and the stocks unsold at only a. part of the furnaces are now recorded, as amounting to about 480,000 tons,, showing a very large increase, particularly in coke iron. Unless the demand rapidly imp roves tho market must soon weaken so far as to test severely the ability of some of the concerns to continue production. Already there is perceptible Weakening in the market at Philadelphia and some concessions in price are noted for pig iron and for plates, while the market for structural iron is extremely dull. As usual of late the demand for rails is scanty, the demand for railroad bonds being still dull aud disappointing. Reports from other cities are generally hopeful. Some improvement in the dema d for goods is seen at Boslon. Pros;ects are considered brighter at Philadelphia. In spite of the usual dullness of the seaso i an improving tendency is seen at BuiTalo, and lake shipping revives at Cleveland, with a larger demand than a year ago. Orders for clothing are good at Cincinnati, and the retail trade in dry goods is brisk. At Detroit manufactures move very fairly, and at Milwaukee trade is helped by improving crop prospects. Receipts of wheat, dressed beef, wool and hides at Chicago show a great increase, and new wheat comes in liberally, 85 per cent, of it grading No. 2. The c othing tind shoe trades show a largo increase over last weok, though in dry goods the trade shrinks a little. At St. Paul trade is backward but prospects ate good, and for Minnesota are especially bright. Bank clearings at St. Louis exceed last year's by 7 per •cent., and money is going out to crops along with freedom, while general trade in all lines is of fair volume. At other Northwestern points, without exception, excellent crop prospects are noted promising improvement. At Nashville trade is fair, but dull at Memphis, unsatisfactory at Litt'e Rock, falling off at Savannah, and sluggish at New Orleans, though a better demand is seen for cotton. At Jacksonville trade is better, with crops in good condition. The collapse in wheat speculation has come with a fall of 8 cents during the past week, but corn is scarce, and 3 )4 cents higher, while oats have declined about 1 cent. Pork .and hog prpducts a e higher, coffee has risen a quarter, and oil the same, but cotton is unchangthe general course of prices has been downward, as is natural at this season, the fall during the past week having averaged nearly % of 1 per cent.

PAUPERS IN UNITED STATES.

A Vast Army of Poor Supported at Public Expense. The Census Office has issued a bulletin on the subject of paupers in almshous s in 1800, which shows a total of 73,045, as against 66,203 in 1880. These are d.vided according to sex and color as io.lows: Number of males (white 1 , 37,387; number of males fcolored), 3,354; number o 1 females (white), 26,191; number of females (colored', 3,113. The ratio of almshouse paupers so the tola] population was 1 to 758. The present rate is Ito 857. This is a very marked ■ relative decrease. The decline is due to tho very much smaller number of paupers cared for in the North Atlant c division. In respect to nativity, not including the colored paupers, of the 66,578 white paupers, 36,656 are nativeborn, 27,648 foreign-born, and the place of birth of 2,274 unknown. The numerical order of the States according to the number of paupers in almshouses reported in each of them is as follows: New York 1 ',27iitouth Carolina... 578 Pennsylvania..... 86 >3 Vermont 5 8 Ohio 7,4 K> Mississippi 49 i Illinois 5,39 > Rhode Island 490 Massachusetts... 4. 7 25 Texas 4(54 Indiana 2 027 Minnesota h«5 New Jersey 2,718 Delaware 299 Wlsoensin 2,6il Nebraska 291 California 2, 600; Arkansas 22;1 Missouri... 2,J73!Dis. of ( olumbia. 221 Virginia 2,l93|Montana 132 Michigan 2.oJ4|Louisiana 122 D.wa 1,681 Oregon 99 Maryland 3, 9(Colorado 87 Kentucky 1,578 Washington 71 T nnessee 1,645 Utah 62 '.. erthCarolina... 1,493 South Dakota.... 53 * onnecticut 1,438 Nevada 43 lalne l,lCl|North Dakota.... 35 "Jew Hampshire.. l.HHjFlorida 24 Georgia 91 Arizona 23 ' est Virginia.... 78z|Idaho 20 Alabama 603 New Mexico 1 Kansas 593) The number of people who are permanently supported at public expense at their own homes or with private families is stated to be approximately 24,220. In thirteen states the proportion of paupers is gi eater than in Illinois. The disadvantage of the decimal sca'e is that the number ten can be only once divided without leaving a fraction, says Temple Bar. A duodecimal scale of nume atlon would have been much better, and, in fact, is much more in acootdance with our preseut svstem of weight, measure and coinage. Had the Chaldeans or who instituted the decimal scale of numbers from their ten digits, only taken it from the giants among them, who. like the giant of Gath, had twelve digi.s as well as toes, the result would havo been much more satisfactory to all calculating individuals among succeeding generations as well as those of our civil service. There are eighteen counties in Pennsylvania that have no debt. They aie Lehigh, Fearer, Cameron, Center, Columbia, Er.e, forest. Franklin, Green, Lawrence. Merrer, Montour, Perry, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Wyoming and York. The combined debt of all the other counties is •$;8,979,972. An Atchison woman who could not aflord to buv mourning when her husband died, wore the usual colors until he had been dead about six months, when she succeeded in saving enough, mo iey to astonif-h cverv one by appearing heavily covered with irape.