Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — Page 2

SljcSemoaflSifSfHtiiid RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. MeFAYEN, - - - Fchus ie?-

WESTERN SUGAR WORKS

THEY WILL TURN OUT 27,000,000 POUNDS. How They Deal with Usurious Moneyiemlers In China—A Terrible Deathbed Confession—Bloody KeTOlt In the Republic of Guatemala—The Ball Clubs. Got Second Place and Died. Marion Gadd took tho second prize at an oratorical contest at Lincoln, Neb., hastily left the room, and blew his brains out. Young Gadd was deeply in love with the daughter of one of tho wealthiest citizens of Lincoln and she promised to marry him in case he won the first prize in the oratorical contest, otherwise she would have nothing to do with him. lie accepted the proposition with the above sad result. WESTERN SUGAR FACTORIES. Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and California Expect to Make 27,000,000 Puunds. From statistics on file in the Government Laboratory in Fort Scott, Kus., there has been manufactured at tho sorghum sugar works at Medicine Lodge, Topeka, and Fort Scott during the month of September 500,000 pounds of sugar entitled to the bounty of 2 cents per pound awarded by the General Government. From accurate estimates it is ascertained that the output of the State of Kansas will slightly exceed a,000,000 pounds. The beet-sugar output in Nebraska will double that of the sorghum-sugar output of Kansas. The factory at Norfolk, Neb, as well as that at Grand Island will make this season 0,000,003 pounds of sugar graded at 0J per cent, sucrose. All beet .sugar is refined In the process of manufacture and is as fine as the best granulated sugar. At Lehigh, Utah, wliero a beet-sugar factory is in active operation, it is estimated the yield will reach 7,000,000 pounds. It is now confidently holieyed by the officials that the output of sorghum sugar in Kansas and beet sugar in Nebraska, Utah, and California will reach fully 27,000,000 pounds the present seas >n.

NEARLY TWO SCORE BIUtEAUKI). Terrible Tragedy ill North China, Caused by a Money-Lender. A leltor from Shanghai gives (lie details of a tragic and sensational occurrence in a northern province of China. A native known as a Shensi man. one of tho Jews of China, had for years'conducted a sort of banking-house at Hupoo. lie had accumulated an immense fortune, malting large sums of money by lending money at usurious rales Unfortunately for him, at the wrong time lie pressed his creditors, who were all Mohammedans, with too much severity. They held a mass-meeting and threatened him. This had no effect, and iinaily a few weeks since they armed themselves, seized tho usurious Jew, and put him to death in a most brutal manner. Along with him the mob killed and butchered no loss than thirty-eight Chinese who were followers and friends of the Shensi man. Tho hoads of the victims’ were afterward placed on bamboo poles and exposed to view. WAS A TRIPLE MURDERER. Terrible Deathbed Confession of Join Girock at Sltainokln. Just before his death, John Girock, of Sharaokin, Pa., made a confession in which he said that seven years ago, whilo working at Sunbury, he and. Charles Ward murdered Oscar Oluck. When asked next day about Oscar’s absence they said he had left for his home in l’oiand. Richard, a brother of Oscar, suspecting foul play, instituted a searching investigation, and fearful of being discovered the assassins lured him into thecountry and killed him. Soon after tho pair wont to fihamokin and worked in tho mines. A peddler stopped at their homo one night for shelter, and mentioned that he had Sl5O. He was shot dead and robbed.

LOST AT SEA. Only One of the Crew of Five of tlio Schooner Blossom Saved. The schooner Blossom struck Gull Island, off Newfoundland, in a heavy gale. There were live men on board. One of them jumped iuto the water and clung to a cliff against which ho was dashed. Ho passed a terrible night in a fierce struggle for life. The agonizing cries of tlioco who held to tho wreck, he says, are still ringing in his ears, but he could da nothing, and they were dashed into the sea and drowned. The schooner Neva reports at Halifax that she passed tho hull of a water-logged schooney, supposed to be tin schooner Maurice Wilson, that was abandoned. Ilow the crow fared is a mystery. ON THE DIAMOND. How the Clubs Eigageil 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. i?o.| w. L. |>c. Chicagos... .82 40 .620;Clevelands. .61 74 .452 Bostons 83 51 .l'.24;Brooklyn* . .57 75 .432 New Yorks..7o 57 .551 Pittsburgs. .55 70 .420 Pbird’lphlasG7 G 5 .5! 8 oincintiat.iß.C2 81 .£9l AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. „ , W. L. Vc.j - w. L. ®c. Bostons 89 31 .6951 Milwaukee!.6l 72 .459 Bt. Louis... .83 51 .619|Columbus . .61 74 .452 Baltimores..6t 61 .527|Louisvilles..54 81 .403 Philadclp’s.,69 03 .523; VVashing'ns. 42 87 .£2G ANOTHER UPROAR. Bloody Revolt Started In the Republic of Guatemala. Guatemala is in the midst of a bloody revolution, fighting has b;cn in progress at Guatemala City for several days, and hundreds on both sides have been killed ■ and wounded. Barillas Is said to have declared himself dictator and to have secured the assassination of Gen. Sanchez. The trouble arose over tho appointment by Barillas of orators for the celebration of national independence. A Fall- Horse Thief. Jennie Sadler was arrested near Valley Mills, Texas, With two stolen h rses in her possession. She is dressed in mal: uttirc and looks like a cowboy of 18 years She admits she was to turn her horses over to some men who were to meet her, but refuses to give their names. t : Headed by Russell. Massachusetts Democrats, in convention at Worcester, have again chosen Gov. Russel! as their nominee. They declared in favor Of the equality of gold and sliver, and honest civil service.

A CITY WITHOUT A SINGLE HOUSE, Four Thousand People at Chandler, O. T., but Not a Root. Chandler, O. T., is a city of 4,000 people located In the dense undergrowth of scrub -oak, without buildings, without water, and fifty miles away from the railway. No one pretends to understand the cause of the lush to Chandler, as It will in six months be but a village of 200 or 400 inhabitants. Groceries have been opened in wkgons and hardware and furniture stocks are exposed in wagons, with no purchasers. An enterprising woman exhibits a stock of millinery, although there are but seven or eight women In tho town. Water peddlers are plenty and arc the only ones making honest money. A Wichita man has a sign on the branches of a tree reading, “Salvation Is Free.” There are already four hotels, but no roof. Ihe “Bon Ton” Is a scrub oak tree where each guest spreads his own blanket, the culinary department comprising a coffee pot and two frying pans; no dishes, no napkins; meals, Si; “beds,” 50 cents. Bill of faro: Fried pork, coffee, and crackers. Another hotel is a wagon-cover spread over poles and bedding of brush, for which Si is charged. The outgoing trains are now carrying away disappointed homeseekers, who declare the opening the greatest fraud of the year, but they all say they will be on hand when tho Cherokee strip is opened.

MAY BRING THEIR OWN HELP. Foreign Nations Wi 11 Experience No Difficulty with tho Contract Labor Law, Assistant Secretary Nottleton, of the Treasury Department, has sent the following letter to Alexander D. Anderson, Special Commissioner of the World’s Columbian Exposition, stationed in New York City; In your recent communication addressed to the chief clerk of this department, you ask on behalf of the Consul General'of Great Britain for a copy of the regulations of this department in regard to contract labor to be employed in connection with foreign exhibits at the approaching exposition. While no formal regulations have been promulgated by the department in this connection, you are authorized to assure the Consul General of Great Britain and ail others with whom you have occasion to communicate in this connection that alien laborers, mechanics or experts In the employ of foreign exhibitors and coming to the United States in connection with foreign exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition will be freely admitted nnd will he subjected to no delay or hindrance of any nature. Whatever regulations shall prove to be necessary in order to carry out this decision of tho department will be formulated in duo season and furnished to all interested parties through the proper channels. A MINNEAPOLIS FESTIVAL. Over a Thousand Floats in tho Grand Harvest Parade. Tho harvest festival at Minneapolis had an ideal fal] day for Us celebration. The buildings were buried in bunting, and many of them wore covered with sheaves of wheat bounl in fantastic forms. Arches of wheat spanned many of the streets. On Tenth street thousands of flour barrels formed the base of the display. On top of tkoso stood a sheaf of wheat, while stacks of grain wore placed upon tho supporting barrels. There were sixty of these pillars along the street. From pillar to pillar was suspended a festoon of white cloth, whilo similar festoons intersected the streets, and others were strung from pillar to pillar across the street. Tho procession contained over one thousand floats. Tho lumbermen had an immense affair showing their trade in all Its processes, from tho loggers at work In the forest to the sawmill which cuts tho lumber in operation on the flout.

LOST IN BIG HORN CANYON. Railroad Surveyor* Start Into tlio Gorge und Are Never Seen Afterward. Information has been received at Salt Intke City that several members of tho Burlington and Missouri River surveying party, which has been running lines through the Stinking Water country in tho Big Ilorn basin, between Buffalo and A ellowstone Park, separated from tho main body and undertook tho perilous enterprise of running a line through the Big Horn CaiTyon. This was nearly two months ago. Nothing has been heard from them since, and the other members of tho party have almost abandoned all hopes of over seeing them again. Except in winter, when tho river is frozen over, there is not, any ins'anco on record of any one traveling through this torriblo rent in the mountains and coming out alive. WRECK ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. Tvro Men and Sixteen Cars of •Cuttle Burned t > Death. A toirible accident happened on the Northern Pacific Road on a grade near Buffalo. N. D., which rosulted in Engineer J. C. Curtis and Fireman W. E. Dodge boing burned to death and iwo other persons being seriously burned, together with sixleen cars loaded with cattle. A car loaded with oil was accidentally slutted from the side track through a split switch onto the main track, and down the sfeap grade it had gained a velocity of thirty miles an hour, when it came in contact witti a stock train. Tho oil took fire and exploded. Burning, oil was scattered fifty yurd3 or more in all directions. The clothing of tiio men was saturated with oil and was entirely consumed.

HIS COSTLY MASQUERADE. A Californian Fined Heavily for Impersonating a Negro Woman. ' Edward J. Llvenasli, a country journalist. who claims to be the proprietor of the Livermore (Cab) Herald, was arrested in San Francisco while masquerading tlie streets in tho garb of a negro wench. He carried with him a small sachel, which when searched at the cltyjirison was found to contain a bunch of keys and two bottles, one containing chloroform and the other prussic acid. Ho was charged with wearing female attire and his bail placed at SSOO. Llvenash claimed that the wholo thing was a practical joke. He had dressed in woman's garb and blacked hi; face with cork, intending to present himself for service to a lady acquaintance. GARZA’S NARROW ESCAPE. Mexicans Preparing’to Lynch Him, When Ho Ts Rescued and Flees Into Texas. Centrina Garza, the revolutionist, by a narrow chance escaped lynching just across the border. From information at hand It is known that Garza had in some way separated himself from his followers. The Mexicans ran across and captured him and were making preparations to lynch him "he i his men came upon the scene and rescued him. Garza and his meu crossed to Texas during the night, and are now being pursued by United States troops. IDAHO INDIANS SLAKING TROUBLE. Settlers Ask Protection, and Troops Will Likely Be Ordered to the Scene. Settlers in the Calispel Valley in Northern Idaho are alarmed over the menacing attitude of tho Indians in that section.

Marsela, chief of the Callspels, it Is reported, has ordered all the white settlers out of the country, and the Indians are running off the settlers’ stock and otherwise annoying the whites. Gen. Carlin, in command of the Fourth Infantry, now is camp in Spokane, has been urged to take measures of precaution. A troop of cavalry, under tho command of Gen. Carlin, is ready for marching orders and may soon start for the scene of the disturbance. The Calispel Valley is isolated, and all supplies have to be sent in by pack train. WILL LIBERATE CONVICTS. Farmers to Take a Hand in the Tennessee Miners’ Trouble. The miners have abandoned Bricevllle, Tenn., and given it to the convicts. The farmers are Indignant at their market being destroyed. Across the ridge west of the town is a farm that was rented at $1,030 for next year that cannot be rented for S4OO now, and great is the falling off of tho market demand for farm products. When the miners were there with their families they had about five consumers to each cne employed In taking out coal. Now there is but cne. Thoy feel tho effects of It and have grown desperate. They sent delegates to Nashville to represent their interests in the Legislature, but that body derided them and they indignantly returned home. BLOODY HACE WAR.

Negroes Shot by the Whites In Lee County, —A Battle Expected. A dispatch says: Excitement in Lee Couf.ty, Ark., is running high over tho murder of Thomas Miller by negro strikers. Sheriff Werner, of Crittenden County, has beeu called upon for assistance and has dispatched thirty men with Winchesters, with instructions to shout if necessary. A largo squad of negroes now are surrounded near Peters’ Landing, Ark., by 100 armed men, and indications are that a battle will follow. The negroes are said to be well-arjncd. A number of the riotous negroes in Lee County were decoyed to a barbecue and were surrounded by the whites, and two of the negroes in attempting to escape v. ere shot. PAUPERS NOT WANTED. Destitute Jews Sent Hack to Canada May l?e Returned to Europe. The Government at Ottawa, Ontario, has received information that tho destitute Russian Jews who have boon pouring into the United States from Europe through Canada are to be returned to Canada. In view of tiiis the Dominion authorities have been urged to take Immediate steps to prevent, more of the pauper immigrants landing in Canada. The Minister of Agriculture drew attention to tho possibility of the Government's returning tlie-c destitute people to Europe if Ihey are sent hack to Canada by the United States. .STILL IMPROVING.

Trade Brisk in All Sections of the Country, aiul Money Easy. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Reports as to money markets are generally favorable. Collections are fairly good almost everywhere. Tlio great industries are doing well. The business failures occurring throughout the country during tlio past seven days number for the United States 210, and for Canada 34, or a total of 244, as compared with 239 last week and 214 the week previous. For the corresponding week of l ist year the figures wore 219, representing 192 failures in the United States and 27 in tlie Dominion of Canada. BONFIRE IN ST. LOUIS. Mansur Teb’ootts Big Warehouse with Adjoining Buildings Burned. At St. J.ouis the farm implement and machinery warehouse and salesroom of the Mansur Tebbotts Implement Company, occupying a six-story structure, and the storage-rooms of the Pacific Warehouse Company, a one-story building covering tho entile block between Ninth and Tenth streets and tho Chicago and Alton Railway yards and Spruce street, were completely destroyed by lire Tho loss will amount to $509,090. MURDERED BY A REJECTED SUITOR. Elijah Watt Shoots Miss Kate Hallor.in at Topeka and Then Kills Himself. As Miss Kate Ilalloran, a compositor on the Topeka. Kan., Capital, was on her way home, she was shot by Elijah Watt, a printer, who was lying in wait for her. Watt fled, running about a square, and then placing a revolver to his head blow out his brains, dying instantly. Several weeks ago Watt, asked Miss HalloraiV to marry him and she refused. He tried to shoot her then, hut a friend interfered. BIG FIRE AT SAVANNAH. A Warehouse Worth 8400,000 Destroyed —Chattanooga Suffers. At Savannah, Ga., S. Guckenheinjer & Sons’six-story wholesale grocery and liquor building and its entire stock borne I. The total less is @450,000, with estimated ?iOO,000 insurance on stuck and §40,000 on tho building. Halt a dozen adjoining buildings were damaged'. At Chattanooga, Tenn., S. G. Webster’s warehouse, the largest In tho. city, was burned. Loss estimated at $200,003. PLUNGED INTO THE DRAW, A Hansom Cab Driven Into the Chicago River—Two Persons Drowned. One man, one woman, and a horse were drowned in the river at the Washington street bridge, Chicago, one night recently. A reckless cab-driver drove his cab into the open draw, and the driver and one of liis passengers, a woman, were drowned. The woman's escort had a narrow escape.

Big Blast Furnace Leased. Charles Himrod & Co., Crearar & Clinch, and Major Bertolet. all iron and steel dealers and furnace men, have leased tho new blast furnace of the Duluth, Minn , Iron and Steel Company and will operate it for a term of years. The furnace has a capacity of about IJOO tons of pig-iron. It will be the first large coke furnaco on Lake Superior and the first one to u,o the Bessemer ores of the Vermillion range at home. Hunting a Pretext for War. A Paris dispatch says that the warlike utterances of tho Grand Duke of Baden have produced very little effect there, the French being already convinced that the Kaiser and his confidants are for war whenever they can find a pretext. The Paris papers express thorough satisfaction with th'o condition.of tho French army and its ability to cope with any foo. Gave Notice of Impeachment. In tho Canadian House of Commons, Mr. Lister, member for West Lambton, gave notice that he will move an impeachment of tlie Hon. S. G. Haggert, Postmaster General, in connection with tlie construction of Section B of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The charge will be that Mr. Haggert was interested In the contract given by the Government. Assays 810,000 to the Ton. Word comes to Lander, Wya, that Emile Grenier has made a wonderfully rich strike

r on some quartz ground that he has been prospecting for some time. The find is near j Lewiston, eleven miles below Atlantic. The lead uncovered is thought to bo an exton- ' sion from the Burd mine, a lode long con- , coded to carry the richest ore in the State. Assays from twenty-two Incites of the discovery return 810,000 to the ton. In spots ; the gold is so thick that there is not enough ; rock to hold it together. A Rebellious Convict. Superintendent Mclntyre and Clerk Bowers, at the penitentiary at Albany, N. Y., went into the chair shop to investigate misconduct on the part of a big negro named Frank Wallace. He sprang at thorn with a knife, and when this was knocked from his hand lie felled Bowere to the floor with a hammer, seriously injuring him. Must Re-Lay the Track. The Kansas State Railroad Commission, after making a tour of inspection of the Lawrence and Burlington branches of the Santa Fe Road, have ordered the company to re-lay the tracks from Lawrence to Ottawa and from Ottawa to Burlington, substituting steel for the iron rails, which havo been in use twenty years. Loss of Three Ships. News is received of the loss of two schooners on the Labrador coast, the Pa,yslee, Capt John Kane, with all hands, and tho Amazon, Capt. John Noble, with the loss of three hands. The ship Camelia, it is supposed, is lost, with Capt. Harvey, wife and child and nine of the crew. Must Have Eaten Mince Fie. At Indianapolis, S. D. Pierson leaped from his bed while suffering from nightmare, dashed to the front window, and before his wife could reach him sprang to the ground, breaking his arm, severely bruising his face and chest, and, it is feared, receiving internal injuries. Who Did It? At the Inquest into the killing of the Carr family at Quincy, Ky., evidence was adduced leaning toward the fact that Thomas Carr did not kill his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and wife, and then himself, but that all were killed by some one else. Convict Conspirators Confess. A dispatch from Warden Hale, of San Quentin Prison, California, says tho conspirators who have been in solitary confinement havo confessed at last, and the revolvers and cartridges concealed by them have all been surrendered.

His Skull Fractured. Channing Baker and Burt Miles, of Beatrice, Neb., both suitors of Miss Zalda Barclay, bad an altercation over their sweetheart, in which Milos’ skull was fractured. His recovery is considered doubtful. Diphtheria at Lafayette. There is an epidemic of diphtheria raging in Lafayette, Ind., three deaths having occurrod in as many days from tho disease, and the feasibility of closing the public schools is being seriously considered. Poor Fool. Alonzo Francisco, 19 years of age, suicided in tjie Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis depot at Wirt, Ind. lie was the company’s agent, and left a note saying that he was disappointed in love. Big Fly-Wheel Burst. At Cincinnati a fly-wheel twenty feet in diameter, weighing t . enty tons, burst In an electric power-house. Two men were slightly injurod and the building damaged to the extent of $33,030. Nebraska Nominations. The Republicans of Nebraska have nominated the following ticket: A. M. Post, Associate Justico Supreme Court; Charles Mar.ple, 11. P. Shurnway, Regents State University. Denied by Turkey. The Turkish Government denies that It has made any new arrangements with Russia regarding the passage of the warships of that nation through the Dardanelles. Assignment at Nashville. At Nashville, Tenp., the Terry Show Case Company made an assignment. The total liabilities are $43,161. The total assets exceed the liabilities. Esteo to Bo Invited. From a usually authentic sourco it is learned that. M. M. Estea is tho Californian whom the President expects to invito into his Cabinet. Wants the Custom Eradicated. The Pope has sent a letter to tho German and Austrian clergy urging them to endeavor to eradicate the custom of dueling. The Crew Saved. The ship Charles Dennis, sailing from New York for Sun Francisco, foundered near Cape Horn. Her crew was rescued. Murdered His Mother. W. n. Davis was hanged at Pueblo, Col., for tho murder of his mother and her alleged paramour, James Arnold.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.50 @ 6.50 HtGs— Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 5.25 Suhep—Fair to Choice 3AH & 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 @ ,96 CORN—No. 2. 49 @ .jo Oats—No. 2 26N>@ ,27W Rye—No. 2 83 @ .81 Butter—Choice Creamei y 24 @ .25 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09 Ug .10 Egos—Fresh .igiz Potatoes—Now, per bn 39 @ .40* INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle- Shipping 3.50 @ 5.75 Bogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 5.25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 lied 94 @ .96 Co Bit —No. 1 White 54 @ .55 Oats No. 2V\ hith....; 39 @ 31 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.50 Hcg5...... 3,50 @5.00 Wl-EIT—No. 2 Red 91 @ .95 Corn—No. 2 50 @ .5] Oats—No. 2 23 @ Rye—No. 2 81 @ .83 CINCINNATI.

Cattle 3.50 @ 5,00 Hogs 4.00 @ 5.25 Sheep 3.01 @ 5.00 Wheat —No. 2 Red .95 @ .97 Corn—No. 2 55 @ ,57 Oats-No. 2 Mixed 31W@ I 301,; DETROIT.

Cvitle 3.00 @5.25 Hogs 3.10 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Keck 98 @ ,98'z ( OBN—No. 2 Yellow 63 @ .54 OaTs—No. 2 White 31 @ 32 TOLEDO. Wheat—New 97 @ ,93 Corn—Nj. 2 Yellow 52 @ .54 Oats—No. 2 White 29 @ .31 Hte @ .87 BUFFALO. Beep c attle 5.00 @ 7 ro Live Hogs 4.25 @ 5.50 Wbeat—No. 1 Hard 1.C4 @ 105 Corn—No. 2 56 & .58 MILWAUKEE. v. heat—No. 2 Spring 91 @ .92 C RN—No. 3 5i @ ,52 Oats—No. 2 White 28 @ 30 Rye—No. 1 82 @ Barley—No. 2 60 @ .62 P,BK—Mess 12.00 @l2 50 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 6.50 HeGS 400 @ 0.00 Sheep 4.10 & 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 @ 1.95 Corn—No. 2 60 @ .61 Oats—Mixed Western 33 « [34 Butter —Creamery 16 @ 25 Pork—New Mess 12 00 @l2 50

CURRENT COMMENT.

Danger Signals. England seems determined that the Behring Sea question shall remain unsettled as long as sho can find any obstacles to throw in the way of a ca'm solution of a very simple problem.— Baltimore American. The latest nows is that Great Britain has serious designs of annexing Formosa, in the South China Sea, which is the most important island belonging to China. Japan ha 3 long been casting on Formosa,—Detroit Free Press. Out of all the contradictions of recent “news,” and the manifestations of jealousy between sovereign authorities, the fact is apparent that the harmony of the European world has not during recent years been in greater peril than it is at this hour.—New York Recorder. That the Sultan is endeavoring to placate France is evident from his bestowal of decorations upon tho French Foreign Minister at Constantinople; and tmt there is a secret understanding between France and Russia is within tho possibilities. But sympathy with Turkey simply means that France has still a longing eye upon Egypt, and that Russia will cease no effort which might enable her to reach Constantinople, and thus secure the key to Asia —Philadelphia Record. If tho Porte wants to know what England means, it is proper to say she means to control the Dardanelles and to prevent Russia from obtaining any foothold thereon. As long as Turkey can gua d the straits in safety Eng and will not interfere, but the instant tho Turk falters in that impel ative duty England will takeflit from the weak hands of the Osmanli and attend to it herself. That Is what England means, and there need not be any mistake about it.—Philadelphia Telegtaph. Russia means, as she has always meant, to get possession of Constantinople by force or by dicker if she can. England's continuance in the list of firstrate powers and her retention of‘ her Indian po sessions depend upon her success in the accomplishment of this purpose. So long as the Turk guards the pass faithfully, England is content to leave him oh post as sentry, but she gives notice a ike to Russia and Turkey that if need shall arise she will take that post herself.—New York World.

Balmaceda'. Balmaceda has dona his country a service by putting an end to his life. — Wheeling Intelligencer. lie sought to be'a die ator against tha willjOf life Congress and his people. Ho was heatei. Too weak to succeed ho died a coward’s death.—Cincinnati Enquirer. He was the cause of the war, wh’ch has cost many thousand lives and tens of millions of dollars, and outside tlio members of his family there are few who will mourn his death. —St Louis GiobeBemocrat. The manner of his death confirms all of tho reports of his trea hery to the republic. In his case suicide was a confession of. dishonor more convincing than his dying prostesfations of good faith.— Kansas City Star. Thra whole lesson teaches that the day of dictatorship is past. His removal will bo a blessing to Chili, and will no doubt hast n the time when complete harmony will be restored and prosperity will again reign.—Milwaukee News. Balmaceda in death has none to mourn him as in life he had none to love him. The life of the tyrant in this nineteenth century is not a pleasant one in any respect. His fate should be an awful warning to others with mad ambitions. —Kansas City Times.

Palpable Hits. It is to be hoped since the American hog may be exported that traveling on steam and street cars will be attended by less crowding.—Washington Star. 'The American hog has scored another point. A justice of tho peace has -dec ded that spitting in a street car is not an offense calling for legal punishment —New Ytrk A’dvertiser. From the delay in tho work of pu hing the World’s' Fair enterprise it is possible that some member of the New York t ommitteo to erect a Grant monument has got into the directory.—St. Louis Kepub.ic. The Prince of Wales is gong to indulge in another little baccarat party. If the royal gambler,so disregards public opinion and the signs of the times, his next cards may be P. P. C. ones to the thrones —Baltimore American, A New York paper promises to get the streets of that towm in good walking condition when tho Chi ago World’s Fair committee tomes to make a house to house canvass for funds. Chicago wdll not feel encouraged to try that until the New-Yorkers raise a tlncupful of nickels for the Grant monument among themselves. —St. Paul Pioneer-Pre.s. Tales of Woe. - China seems to be unable to keep her promises regarding protection to foreigners. few foreign guuboats might help her to’do it.—Kansas City Journal. Should England take a single step toward acquiring control of the Hawaiian Islands the American eagle's piercing shriek would chase the British drum beat right around the footstool.—Omaha Lee. John Bull may picnic on Mitylene, but the information may as well be extended to him early that any such little alfresco affa rs on Hawaii will meet with tlie disapproval of his Uncle Sara.—New York Advertiser. But for the woe and devastation to the people of either country, which even a brief campaign would cause, it would be a satisfaction to ses Germany and France quit making faces at each other and tight it out.—Albany Union. There is, a great deal of italic emphasis in the silenco of -the British Go eminent when Turkey demands an explanation of the Sigri incident. It is like unto an offensive snub from an offensive snob.—St. Paul Pioner-Press.

Hot” Corn. This week’s hot weather saves a gigantic corn crop.—Minneapolis Journal. Over-due summer is knocking fall out of its place.in the procession of the seasons —Washington Star. This hot weather is not quite comfortable, but it makes the corn crop sure.-—Philadelphia Record. Uncle Jerry’s weather deal is to be commended tn at least one respect—it is giving the corn of the West tfh excellent chance to eet into 3hape to defy frost.— Kansas City Times.

SIX STATES SHAKEN.

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FECT AT MANY POINTS. Illinois, lowa, Indiana, Xennossee, Missouri and Kentucky Visited—People Flee to tlie Streets—Duration of the Disturbance from Ten Seconds to One Minute. The Eartli Trembled. Three almost continuous vibrations of an earthquake, oscillating from east to west, were felt one n!gh{ recently in parts of Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Missouri, and Kentucky. At St Louis tho shock was quite severe, and buildings were shaken violently. People we:e aroused by the disturbance and rushed in terror, half-clad, to tho street It is said by many that tho shock felt there was similar to that experienced on the night of the memorable Charleston disaster. The shock lasted two minutes. Considerable crockery and glassware was demolished, and some wooden stables on the outskirts of the city toppled ever. Buildings facing the north and south were visibly affeited by the shock, i The shock was distinctly felt at Ind anapolis, and while report! as to its duration differ the best information says it lasted at least eight seconds. j Louisville, Ky., had a good shaking, and, although no serious damage was done, it caused cons derable excitement all over the city. Tho bell in the City Hall tower was rung by the vibrations of the building, and the watchman in the tower thought his last hour had come. At the Galt House and other hotels tho bells were rung, water-pitch-ers were overturned in the upper stories, and guests came hurrying down-stairs' in a panic, it requiring much persuasion to induce the more timid to return to their quarters. Several drug stores suffered a slight loss broken bottles and prematurely mixed drugs. In the residence part of the city tho shock caused much a'arm, the people' rushing into tho street, and when the' shock subsided formed long ranks of ex-; citod groups anxiously discussing the’ prob’abilities of a re.urrence of the quake. No casualt'os occurred anywhere in the city, and no damage of con-, sequence was suffered by buildings. The 1 vibrations were from east to west, andj lasted only a few second 3. Three separate shocks were plainly; felt at Keokuk, lowa. They followed c’osely upon each oilier, and the vibration lasted fully one miniito in each case. \ Tho direction appeared to be from southeast to northwest, and su-pended electric lights swayed sharply. No damage was done. Tho shock appears to have been general throughout Southeastern lowa At Evansvjl e, Ind., one prolonged shock was felt. No damage was done, but general fright ensued.

BROUGHT DOWN A NICE RAIN.

Rain-Makers Baif a Heavy Shower in Texas with lu’ Three Shots. The rain-makers have made their first experiment at Corpus Christi, Tex.,'and it was a complete suc oss. Broken, cumulus clouds had been i oating overhead all the morning, and at ti p. m. Messrs. Ellis, Castor/' and Fairchild entered a carriage and drove out of town, accompanied by County Engineer' Gunter, who represented the citizens’ committee. The party carried two boxes in the carriage, containing two mortars .and a do:en twentyone pound bombs. When the outskirts of the town were reached the mortars wore unpacked and set upon a small hill. Three rounds woro fired, four shells being exDloded at each volley, while broken clouds were passing overhead. No rain was falling anywhere in the vicinity when the firing was begun, but after every report a sharp shower fe’l, and as the clouds passed away to the southwest tho rain was seen to be falling in torrents over a limited area. By the time the ast shot was fired the party were drenched and returned to tho hotel. The rain could be seen spreading oil to the,southwest, and in forty minutes a heavy rain was falling, which was general over the entire city and continued for half an hour.

DEATH IN FLAMES.

Father and Son Perish in a Prairie Fire. George W. John on and his son, who lived near Beaver Creek, N. D., were burned to death by the great Emmons County prairie fires. They had gohe to put a head fire out, when tho huge flames, leaping high as the house tops, swept over tli m, leaving burned and disfigured corpses. Mr Tabor, an elderly gentleman living near Williamsport, is seriously turned and will probably die No further nows can be learned from the Holland settlement, thirty-five miles south of Williamsport. Three men are known to have perished in that vicinity. The amount of damage done in tho Ho land sottienu nt cannot be learned, but it ;s safe to say it will not be far from $50,C0 '. (no man at Winona, twenty miles from Williamsport, a Mr. 1 ratt, lost forty live steers, which were, ocertaken by the lire and burned to death Another fire ranged on South I'rairie and burned out Messrs. Fosburg, Maboncy, lleslioly, Houstain, and I’aiker.

COLLIDED WITH AN OIL CAR.

Two Railroad Mm Meet u Horrible Death— Another Fearful y Ruined. At Fargo, N. D . an oil car sianding on a sidetrack was set in motion by a switch in 3 train and started on* a down gra e The oil car dashed on and eol- ■ licled with the engine of an incoming stock train with t*.-rrifi ■ force. In an instant the oil was ablaze, and the engine p owed through the flaming mass. Engineer J. J. Curtis, Fireman Eoige, and lirakeman J enton were instantly env loped in l ames. They all three jump d and tried t > cho flames in the grass Dodge was literally roasted to ‘ eatlp on the spot, while Curti3 died shortly afterward. Benton lost both eyes an t was otherwi e badly burned. • Scott County, Kansas, has but one physician, and he has had to give up for lack of business, the atmosphere being so pure and the people io healthy that there is not enough for him to do in a population of 1,?G0. To polisii deer horns, scrub them with a brush and sand to take off the.dirtand loose fiber, then polish with rouge and rotten stone and a cloth, and varnish with copal varnish.—Scientific American. ," Presumption is our natural and original disease.