Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — Page 2

Sl)egtmocrnlit§eiiliiitl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - Pi-BUsaEii.

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TACKLING A VEXED QUESTION AT LOUISVILLE. justice Wan Tardy, but Finally Prevailed —Serious Wreck Reported on the Barnngton—German Carp Interfere with Irrigation— Allegheny Fatalities. Missouri Federation of Labor. A dispatch from Sedalia, Mo., says tho Missouri State Federation of Labor Is In session there with a larj;e attendance from all the cities of the State. In his address President Kreyling urged upon the delegates the necessity of laboring more faithfully, with a view to bringing additional trades unions inside the organization, so that ( when the next Legislature convenes much can be accomplished that will be of benefit to the wage workers of Missouri. AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS. A Negro Convicted ill*a Murder Committed In 1809. A conviction for a murder committed twenty-two years ago occurred in tho Criminal District Court in New Orleans last week. The accused is William Redefoux, an aged and feeble negro, and the crime for which he will spend the remainder of his life in the penitentiary was the killing of Henry Porter at Gentilly Road, Aug. 9, 1889. On that day a daughter of Kedeloux was married to Porter, and In the evening the event was celebrated in a way that ended in a quarrel between the two men. Suddenly It was found that Porter had been stabbed twice in the breast and was dead, while Redefoux had fled. Last Jahuary Redefoux was arrested and charged with the crime, already a double decade old. He was held for trial, and the verdict before Judge Marr resulted In his being sentenced to hard labor for life. NEED OF COAST DEFENSES. Recommendations of General O. O. Howard—lncrease Pay Advocated. Major General Oliver O. Howard, commanding the MUlitary Department of tho East, devotes much space In his annual report to the discussion of coast defenses. Ho Says that at New York, San Franclscp, and Boston new guns and mortars are needed. Many fixed torpedoes and submarlpe mines have, however, been already constructed for use at these points. Gen. Howard calls special attention to the necessity of having fortified points as a basis of a proper deferise of national Interests and recommends that a comple defense of tho combined harbors of Savannah, Ga., and Port Royal, 8. C. , by works, on Tybee, Hilton Head, Parry and St. Helena islands be established as the mqstf available points for that purpose. Increased pay for non-commissioned officers is also recommended.

DRUGGISTS AT LOUISVILLE. The National Association Discussing the Substitute Question. Over 300 representatives from all parts ol the United States and Canada are at Louisville attending the convention of the National Wholesale Druggists’ Association and Association of Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Proprietary Articles. One of the most Important subjects considered was that of the offering for sale of substitute standard medicines. Another evil which will be corrected. If possible, is that of cutting rates on medicines that sell for the same price the world over. Tills question is attracting considerable Interest and the discussion promises to be a lengthy one. CARP ARE A NUISANCE. The European F'ish Found to Be Objectionable in the Waters of California. Samuel Page, who owns a farm east of Hanford, Cal., states that the introduction of carp Into tlio streams of tho valley has fastened onaof the worst curses on tho Irrigated section Ibat the farmer has to contend with. Kings River and the ditches flowing out of It furnish water for Lucerne Wherever the WRter goes the fish go, even into the small ditches which flow into the vineyards, orchards, or gardens. EXPLOSION AND FIRE. Three Persons Hurt and a Carpet Store Destroyed at Allegheny City. An explosion of natural gas occurred in Suaman’s carpet store In Allegheny City, Pa., setting Are to the building and seriously Injuring three persons. Tho building was entirely destroyed. The explosion was caused by men hunting for a gas leak. The Injured are: F. G. Hillyard, an employe of the Allegheny Heating Company, fatally; George W. Snaman, and Ella Agey. The total loss Is about $7r>,030. The Miners Have Not Been Paid. W. Molsberger, Treasurer of the Molsberger mines, Webster, Pa., has disappeared mysteriously. The workmen have not received their pay, which amounts to ! 2,000, and the mines are closed. . Molsberger went to Pittsburg for tho money, and has not been heard from since. Fall of a Meteor in Arkansas. Great excitement was caused in Cotton Plant, in Woodruff County, Ark., by the falling of a large ball of fire a short distance north of town. It Is supposed to be a meteor. It resembled the headlight of a locomotive and came down with great rapidity. Hoey Must Answer. At New York a summons was served on John Hoey, the deposed President of the Adams Express Company, in a suit to recover $706,000 alleged to have been misap-

Packing House Failure. At Armourdale, Kan., the Allcott Packlag Company made an assignment. Liabilities, 9100,000. The assets are suppoied to be in excess of that figure. "Wreck of a Burlington Passenger. Burlington passenger train No. 5, that Iwaves Chicago at op. nt., was ditched near Monmouth, 111. It is reported that several people were killed. Wine Warehouse Burned. The warehouse of the Speer New Jersey \flpe Company, at Passaic. N. J., caught fire, and in less than two hours the whole place was a mass of ruins. The loss will , reach *IOO,OOO, partly Insured. The office aod plant of the Passaic Item, which was located In the building, were also destroyed. Nd. Fooling with This Judge. Mayor Barry and the entire City Council of Newport, Ky., were sent to jail for contempt of court. They refused to use the lights furnished by a lighting company as directed. Contraband Chinamen Captured. The Influx of Chinamen into Texas by •ay of the Mexican border continues. Not • day passes that one of thegp is not arrested by deputy marshals. During the past week fifteen have been arrested on the Texas side of tb e Bio Grande. All those Jailed will be sent back to China via San Francisco. Two were caught near Eagle At thaafa*. the examination of the lynch•set ftuitb has tows postponed to allow

Fbn’.th had died ot fright lefore he was hanged by the mob. AMERICANS KILLED IN CHILI. Four Yankee Marines Slain and Others YVounded |u a Street F'lght. At Valparaiso, Chili, three, perhaps four, American man-of-war’s men were killed and several others were more or less severely wounded in a desperate street fight with a crowd of Chilian sailors The Chilians did not do all the fighting, for when the fight was ended a number of them were found to be pretty badly hurt, though so far as can bo ascertained, none of them were kl led. One account as to the origin of tho difficulty which seems plausible is this: Ever since the triumph of the junta there has been a feeling among the lower classes of the people of marked hostility to the Americans, and the blue jackets from the American war ships were sometimes subjected to insult. It is alleged that a party of men from the Baltimore, ashore on liberty, met with the Chilian man-of-war’s men. The hatred of the “Yankee’’ led to some insulting remark, which was resented by one of the hotter-headed Americans, and this brought on a general fight which was attended with such fatal results. THREE NEWSPAPER MEN KILLED. Crushed to Death In a Railroad YVreck at Crete, 111. Under the debris of a wrecked engine and a round-house at Crete. 111., three Chicago newspaper men and the engineer of the train met their death. Dashing through Crete station at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois train going north from Evansville struck an open switch and swerved down the track leading to the round-house. The engine collided with two cars loaded with coal, and, being derailed, plowed its way through the open shed, knocking away its supports. The round-house fell on the engine and tender, and the four men, who were riding in tho cub, were crushed in the ruins. The fireman jumped from the engine after It had passed tho switch, and escaped with a few bruises.

ITALY’S DOORS OPEN. Confirmation of the Reported Removal of the Pork Embargo. Official corroboration of tho report that Italy had raised the embargo on American pork has been given out by Secrotary Rusk who has received the following: New Yonn, Oct. 18.—To Secret Any Rusk: Received cable Rome advising ministry unanimosly decided abolishment decree and to emanate decree to said en'ect Lion Contentin’. “Which means that our pork products from this date will he admitted to Italy on the same conditions as they are admitted to Germany,” said the Secretary. “The triumph is another tribute to the purity of our pork. It was unsolicited and came, not through diplomatic, but purely commercial channels. The Chamber of Commerce at New York and the Italian Chamber of Commerce are responsible for it.” EXTENSIVE TIMBER FRAUDS. Government Agents Ferreting Out Alleged Abuses at Puget Sound. The Interior Department has put a force of about forty special agents at work In the Puget Sound country to detect timber land frauds and timber stealing. According to law, timber land may bo taken in tracts of not more than 180 acres by Individuals who buy in good faith for themselves, and not merely as agents. A great doal of timber land Is taken by corporations and syndicates, which secure control of enormous tracts by hiring a lot of men to settle on the 180 acre pieces. Of course it is impossible wholly to prevent this practice, hut the aim of the Government Is to protect, as far as pomlblo, tho honest settler who wishes to secure land and a home f.,r himself. DIPPED IN A VAT OF VITRIOL. Hoy Frightfully Injured by an Enraged Workman in an Eastern Factory. James A. Bradshaw, engineer of tho Eagle Lock Company’s works, Terryvllle, Conn., ordered W. A. Hough to go to another part of the shop on an errand. Bradshaw has no authority over the men and the hoy refused to obey. Bradshaw picked the boy up in his arms and carrying him to a vat of vitriol In tho room, dipped him In head downward before the other employes of the room could Interfere. The boy’s hair was all burned off, his scalp was raw, his face and neck were horribly burned and both eyes were burned out. Ills recovery Is doubtful. Bradshaw disappeared and has not yet been arrested.

PARNELL’S HKOTHKK TALKS. Undecided About tlie Paris Fluid and the Vacant Seat in Parliament. John Howurd Parnell, at Atlanta. Ga., is non-committal on the subject of standing for the seat in Parliament made vacant by the death of his brother. In 1872 he stood for County Wicklow, losing by a small majority. He says he has hoard nothing direct from the Parnellites and he knows nothing of the sentiment outside of newspaper reports He is unprepared to say definitely what he will do In relation to the fund in Paris, of which he and his mother are legally heirs. Mr. Parnell says his brother-in-law, Mr. McDermott, of Dublin, will look after their interests. NOW BISHOP BROOKS. Impressive Ceremonies of Consecration at Trinity Churcli, Boston, Rev. Phillips Brooks was consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts at Trinity Church, Boston, of which he has been rector for many years. In the presence of a most distinguished gathering of church dignitaries. Representatives of the church from all over the United States were present, and the imposing old edifice was crowded to the doors. Nearly one thousand people were unable to obtain admission, and stood In the streets to greet -the new Bishop upon his arrival. The ceremony was of a mo»t interesting character. Bishop Potter delivered the consecration sermon.

TO SUCCEED GOV. STEELE. Movement in Oklahoma In Favor of the Appointment of Judge Seay. The news of the resignation of Governor George T. Steele has been confirmed at Kingfisher, O. T. There is a practically unanimous movement in the Territory In favor of A. J. Seay, one of the Territorial Supreme Judges, as his successor. Judge Seaj’ has consented to the use of his name in this connection, and will accept the appointment If It should be tendered him. He and Secretary Noble are warm personal and political friends, and It Is believed that if the people of the Territory will unite upon Judge Seay, his appointment will follow. OUGHT TO GIVE A MILLION. Turk’s Subscription Behind Those of Several Small Cities. New York has so far contributed only 830.180 to the World’s Fair, being the smallest subscription made by any of the large cities of the country. The business men of the city have subscribed 860,000. but only 530,480 has been paid to Treasurer Seeberger. ; " ■ HURRICANE IN IRELAND. Buildings Destroyed and Cattle Drowned on the West Coast. A Dublin dispatch says: A hurricane prevails in the west of Ireland. The Shannon has overflowed submerging much land, destroying buildings, and drowning cattle: The storm Is the worst for twenty years. A gale also rage* on the Channel, and themail boats last night arrived at Kingstown jpai* 1 * W *^J£* U fa"*'*

Much property has been destroyed by the overflowing of the Blackwater River. SLOWLY STRANGLED TO DEATH. The Execution of William. Rose at Redwood Falls Horribly Dungled. At Redwood Falls, Minn., William Rose was hanged. The trap was sprung, but the rope broke with a snap. Without a moment’s delay the limp body was picked up and placed face downward on the scaffold. A second noose was pulled down and adjusted, and the trap was sprung again without attempting to place the body on its feet, and the condemned man was slowly strangled to death. ROBBED THE STARVING PEASANTS. Russian Officials Charged with Embezzling Belief Funds. A St. Petersburg dispatch says that great scandal has been caused by the discovery that officers of the Government, intrusted with money from the Imperial treasury for the relief of the faminestricken districts, have in some instances embezzled the amounts for their own use, and the starving peasants have gone without the intended assistance. An active investigation Is being carried on to ascertain the extent of the peculations. ROBBED BY A CONTRACTOR. Salvador Malo Disappears from Mexico, Leaving Many Debts. Wee Peck and Kim Wing, representing a wealthy Chinese company of Hong Kong, which furnished some 2,000 Chinese laborers at the City of Mexico to Salvador Malo, tho railroad contractor, publish a card stating that Malo owes them hundreds of thousands of dollars. Malo left for Europe a few days ago without letting any one know. Many Chinamen who were engaged by Malo are now begging on the streets. JOHN G. WHITTIER VERY ILL. The F'ninous Quaker Poet Not Allowed to Receive Visiting FTiends. At Amesbury, Mass., John Greenleal Whittier, the famous Quaker poet, is so ill that even his friends were debarre j from seeing him, on the order of his physician. Mr. Whittier had been 111 for a long time, but was recovering. He walked out of doors for the first time In many weeks He caught a severe cold, which has settled op his lungs, and he Is again confined to his room. YV. H. SMITH IS DEAD. The Government Leader in Parliament Passes Away, Tho Rt Hon. William Henry Smith, First Lord ot the Treasury, Warden of the Clinque Ports, and the government loader in the House of Commons, who had been ill at London for some time, suddenly suffered a relapse and died. Much Wheat YVIII He Worthless. There is still u great deal of alarm among elevator men and grain buyers regarding tlie wheat of Northern Minnesota and North Dakota. Col. C. A. Morton, the Fargo oxpert buyer, writos: “The present outlook for a portion of this crop, not less than 40 per cent, of it, Is decidedly squally. Of all the grain raised In North Dakota, fully that percentage is today in the shock, and no small portion of It is sprouting. If th s weather continues the stuff will he rotten, worthless, ynflt even for hog feed.”

A Bride Sues for Divorce. Two weeks ago Andrew Frank, an employe at tho Potter press works, Plainfield, N. J., was married. He became enraged at Ills bride because she refused to black his boots for him, and beat her terribly. He was arrested and his wife instituted proceedings for divorce. Hurried with Benzine. Three children on Andrew Lup’s farm, at Martinsville, N. J.. built a bonfire near a barrel containing some benzine. The barrel exploded and the childreu were all badly Injured and burned. One of them will probably die. The mother was also badly burned. Murdered His Wife’s Bttriyer. W. J. McCord, foreman of the Sedalia (Mo.) Foundry, shot and killed John Burress, engineer at the Electric Light Works. Burress had been intimate with McCord’s wife. Tho murderer was arrested, but expressed no sorrow for his deed. Two Bank Officers Probably Drowned. Fred E. Scryinser. aid M. B. Lawson, bank oTcus at Lar.miic, Wyo., and leading business men of the Mate, aio belie ed to liuvo been dr >wm d n Hutton’s Lake. A man who was to meet them theie found their boat 1 ottom upward. All for Sweet Charity. A bull fight was held at tho City of Mexico for the benefit of tbe sufferers from the floods in Spain. The receipts aqiounted to $25,030. Nine bulls were killed. Prize Fighters Indicted. At Aurora, 111., tho Kane County Grand Jury indicted Billy McMillan, of Minneapolis, and Tom Ryan, of Chicago, for prize fighting at Elburn lust July. Robert H. Nolton Dead. Major Robert 11. Nolton. who for nineteen years was secretary to President Blackstone. of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, has died at Lot Angeles, aged 74 years. The Edam Is Safe. It Is alleged that the steamship Edam has sail enough to make tho nearest English port in safey. Earthquake in California. A light earthquake shock was felt at San Francisco and surrounding towns. No damage Is reported. Arkell Buys the Mount McGregor. W. J. Arkell bid in the Mount McGregor Railroad for 128.500 at the mortgage sale.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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TIPS FOR THE FARMERS.

SCHEMETO GIVE THEM WEATHER FORECASTS. A Responsible Person to Be Employed in Every Town and Village to YVhom the Indications Will Be Sent—F'ull Explanation oi the System. * To Foretell the Weather. One of tho first discoveries made by Secretary Rusk after he took charge of

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road stations, their country cousins obtained no information until the weather had come and gone. Tho Secretary sent for Prof, Harrington. Chief of the Weather Bureau, and told him to figure out a scheme to give the country as much and as valuable information as the city receives. Prof. Harrington began work at on"e, and thinks ho has solved the problem.

So, apparently, does Secretary Rusk, for! an official circular! has just been Issued announcing that the* bureau wishes to findl in every town and village a responsible person who will un-| dertake to display! weather flags. When

these persons are employed the forecasts will be telegraphed to them, and the people will know what kind of weather to expect. EXPLANATIONS OF THE FLAG SIGNALS. The flags are to bo made of tin, and their size, shape, and color, will te as follows: No. I—White flag, six feet square, will indicate clear or fair weather. No. 2—Blue flag, six feet square, will indicate rain and snow. No. 3 —Whlto and blue flag, six feet square, will indicate that local rains or

showers will occur and that the rainfall will not bo general. No 4 —Black triangular flag, four feet at the base and (six feot long, always refers to temperature. When p'aced above flags Nos. 1, 2, and 3 it will in-

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dicate warmer weather. When placed below the numbers it will indicate colder weather. When it is not displayed the indications are that tho temperature will remain stationary, or that the change in temperature will not vary more than 4 degrees from the temperature of tho same hour of the preceding day from March to October, inclusive, and not more than 0 degrees for the remaining months of the year. No. s—White flag, six feet square, with black square in center, will indi-

cate the approach of a sudden and decided fall in the temperature. This signal will not te disp.ayed unless it is cxp3ctedl that the tempera-1 turo will fa 1 to 42 degrees, or lower,] and will be ordered

displayed at least twenty-four hours in advance ot the cold wave. When No. 5 is displayed. No. 4 is always omitted. When displayed on poles the signa's will be arranged to read downward; when displayed on horizontal supports a small streamer will be attached to indicate the point from which the signals are to be read. INTERPRETATION OF DISPLAYS. No. 1, alone. Fair weather, stationary temperature. No. 2, alone Rain or snow, stationary temperature. No. 3, a'one. Local rain, stationary temperature. No. 1 with No. 4 above it Fair weather, warmer.

No. 1 with No. 4 below it. Fair weather, colder. No 2 with No. 4 above it. Warmer weather, rain or snow. No 2 with No. 4 below it Colder weather, rain or

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snow. No. 3 with No. 4 above it. Warmer weather, local rains. Ko. 3 with No. 4 below it. Colder weather, local rains. No 1 with No. 5 above it Fair weather, cold wava No. 2 with No. 5 above it Wet weather, cold wave Prof. Harrington will also make arrangements to have the flag displayed on railroad cars. The starting points of the trains on all the rai roads will be supplied every morning w.th the forecast, and one man on each train will be assigned to the duty of displaying the flags. When the public has mado itself familiar with the code every person can ascertain the forecast by looking at any passing train. THE WHISTLE SIGNALS. The professor has also invented a plan to have locomotives and factories whistle the forecasts for the information of farmers who live too far away to see the flags. Notification will he given in every town and village where there is a steam whistle that at a certain hour every day the whistle will sound the sigpal to indicate the probable weather for the ensuing twenty four hours , Factories will receive the forecast by telegraph, and locomotive engineers will receive it at their starting points. The warning signal to attract attention will be what is called the long blast, la t : ng twenty seconds. After this signal has been sounded blasts of from four to six seconds’ duration will refer to the w ather; short blasts of three seconds each will refer to the temperature; those for the weather to be sounded firs’, like this:

Blasts. Indications. One long Fair wt ather Two long Rain or snow 'J hree long Local rains One short .Lower temperature Two short Higher temperature Three short Cold wave COMBINATION BLAST?. Cnc long, alon —fair w ather, stationary temperature. Two long, alon" —rain or snow; stationary tempo a lure. On • long and one short—fair weather; lower t mpei ature. Two long and two short—rain or snow; high rt mp ratnre. One long and thr e.short—-fair weath er; cold wave.’ Throe long and two shorts—local rains; higher temp ratnre. Eat li combination will be repeated a few tin e , with an interval of ten seconds between. This will avoid the possibility of any error in ascertaining the forecast * Some difficulty may arise with regard to the locomotive whistles. Engineer* have to give railioad signal*, and tie public Kind my become confuted by iTtj n 1 frowwa* f lhtßk>Ul *

the weather of this country was discrimination against the farmers. Ho found that, while city people were getting government forecasts regularly in their morning newspapers and by flags In the big rail-

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CURRENT COMMENT.

Parnell. He was the ablest of Irish politicians since Daniel O'Connell.—Washington Star. Among the sons of Ireland there has been no truer patriot —Cleveland Plaindealer. Parnell raised up the Irish nation and then stood a block to its progress.—Minneapolis Tribune. Ire and cannot sufficiently honor his memory so • the nob e work he for her. —Indianapolis Sentinel. Impartial history &rn SsSSS? Parnell in the iront rank of political organizers and leaders.—lndianapolis Journal. It will be said of Charles Stewart Parnell in times to come that he died a broken-hearted man.—PhiladelphiaTelegraph. Parnell failed only because he so willed it. His life, a«ide from the last sad months, was a shining succe-s.—Buflalo Express. Parnell being dead, perhaps wise counsels may prevail, and Gladstone, if he shall be spared, may become the great Irish leader.—Cincinnati Gazette. It would doubtless have been advantageous to the cause which he represented, and better for his own fame, had he died a year or two sooner.—Pittsburg Gazette. That the death of this man at this time should be, as it is, of momentous benelit to his country is a striking illustration of the irony of fate—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ° None will deny the services he has rendered, and the future will doubtless forget his frailties in summing up his claims to remembrance as a benefactor. —Cincinnati Enquirer. As simple as a child, as honest as the day. as intrepid as Richard of the LionHeart, mankind < ould not refuse him the homage of its admiration and pity.— Louisville Courier-Journal. In spite of all the great things he did or strove to do for Irish freedom, this man never had one democratic impulse. He was in every impulse of his mind an aristocrat.—St Louis Republic. To succeed as he did required genius. No man of whom we read in profane history ever slowed in his work higher qualifications for leadership than did Parnell—Ottawa (Can.) Free Press. When the labors of the successors of Charles Stewart Parnell are finally crowned by success and a Parliament meets on Dublin Green, no naihe will rank higher among all the patriots who made the way for Irish liberty than that of Parnell.—petroit Free Press. In th 3 same grave with the frailties and mistakes will be buried the internal animosities that separated the Nationalist factions, and a united party, ready to co-operate with its great British ally, will remember only what is glorious in the life Work and memory of the greatest of Ireland’s sons, Charles Stewart Parnell —St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Methodism. It has been given to few men to exert the influence John Wesley did. and it is doubtful if the world will see his career duplicated.—Philadelphia Press. This conference of Methodists is a notable gathering, one of influence and power in the religious world, and a sign and proof of the increasing strength of Christianity.—Memphis Commercial. The day of the old circuit Elder, tracking his way through the “forest primeval,” and pausing wherever the curling smoke told that some sturdy pioneer had settled down to clear the way for coming thousands, is past and gone. The verm Methodist is no longer one of reproach. —Philadelphia Record. As a consequence of such a meeting the horizon must necessarily widen and enlarge, opinions will be liberalized, new practical adaptations will be discovered, and more than ever Methodism will become an active and potent Influence in the moral, social, and religious world. —Washington Post. The fault of the religion of to-day is that it tends to exclusiveness; that there is too much Pharisaism about it; too many fine and expensive churches and cushioned pews, and too little recognition of the truth that the rich and poor should meet togother for the reason that the “Lord is the maker of them all.” — Philadelphia Times. Methodism is about to confront new conditions and to face new problems that will test to the uttermost Its capacity as a system of propogating Christianity. Thus far it has not been disturbed by the spirit of questioning unrest that has so profoundly affectol some of the other religious bodies. But it cannot always hope for such Immunity.— New York Tribune. The second Ecumenical Conference is in itself a striking illustration of the power of Methodism to-day, numerically and otherwise The assembly for the time will attract the interest and attention of all Christendom, and its de-. liberations are quite certain to have farreaching offe t. in the way of renewed Inspiration to those engaged in the great work of evangelization —Philadelphia Telegraph. * Cheap Enough. Rainmaker Melbourne pro Doses to water 2,000,000 acres of Kansas land for 10 cents an acre. If the proposition .is accepted Mr. Melbourne will be in the way of receiving a handsome reward for his faith in providence.—St. Louis PostDispatch. It takes a great deal to shake the faith of some people. Melbourne seems to have secured a firm grip on the credulity of the farmers of Western Kansas, and, tbough he has done nothing to confirm their faith, they still stick to it. —Kansas City Journal.

The citizens of Western Kansas arc about c osing a contract with Prof Melbourne to water some 2,000,000 acres oi farms at 10 cents an a' re for the season. This is cheap enough, surely, and at the same time it is very remunerative to Mr. Melbourne; but how are they going to decide whethei it is the Professor or Jupiter Pluvius that dees the watering? —Philadelphia 1 ress. Rainmaker Melbourne says that the weather is conspiring against him, and has given up his temporary control oi Jupiter Pluvius for the present. Kansas people seem to have every confidence in him, and have invited him to submit proposit ous for watering the forty western counties in the State. Melbourne says he will do it forll) cents per cultivated acre, and if ho succeeds will make a very comfortable fortune out of it.—Boston Record.

Our 111-Fated Navy. The United States, ship Dispatch is no great loss from any point of view. She would have been out of place in the new navy —Rochester Post-Express. The loss of the United States ship Dispatch is a serious oue. The Dispatch was the most accomplished junketing craft in the navy. She could easily be floated in the liquors that have been consumed In her cabin —St Louis Republic. The l nited States ship Dispatch was only a Government pleasure boat and was never intended for fighting, but there may be some inquiry to find out whether the navel officers are capable of ° g UMs,ho * u -

SWEPT BY HUGE WAVES

PERILOUS TIMES FOR ATLANTIC TRAVELERS. The Adams Express Company Brings Suit Against Ex-President Hoey, Alleging Breach of Trust—Western Union Drops Associated Press Business Without Warning. Ea Champagne’s Stormy Passage. The forward promenade deck rails and those on the upper bridge of the Frencn steamer La Champagne were broken and twisted and the starboard side of the bridge itself was wrecked when the vessel reached New York late from Havre. Second Officer Bouche was suffering with severe bruises, and two of the crew were in the ship’s hospital. One of (he sailors had hjs ribs broken and another was suffering with an injured spine. It was all the result of a big wave which struck the steamship. La Champagne had just passed the Scilly Islands when it plunged into a succession of westerly gales, which buffeted the ship until after passing the banks of Newfoundland. It ran far south of the usual course, but caught the gales just the same. The engines were running at reduced speed. Ail the passengers were kept below, every door was closed, hatches battened light, and extra precautions taken for the safety of the vessel. It wa-i making good weather when an enormous billow washed over the decks. Second Officer Bouche, who stood on the bridge, was knocked down and severely bruised. The great volume of water smashed the starboard bridge planking and two sailors on the spar deck below were thrown against the steel deckhouse with terrific iorce. They were carried to the ship’s ho-pital. Next day another wave struck the ship, but little damage resulted. t None of the passengers were injured. La Champagne ke t steadily on its course despite the gales until it reached Sandy Hook. William H. Van den Toorn, General Manager of the Netherlands American Line in New York, received a cable from the Edam’s London agent confirming the dispatch of the vessel’s disablement According to the message the entire propeller, boss and all, dropped off. This, he said, was fortunate, as the vessel would steer better than if a broken screw was hanging to the shaft The Cunarder Servia, which reached port from Queenstown, was swept by gale after gale, but came through without damage. 31R, HOEY’S RESIGNATION. Ho Formally Quit* the Adams Express Company—A Heavy Suit. The following letter of resignation from John lloey was received from Messrs. Root and Clark, his counsel, at INew York: To the Adana Egress ompany and Clarence A. reward, Esq., t-cretary ot the Adams Express company: siks —After more thun forty years of faithful service to the Adams Express Company 1 have been removed from office as President by a majority of the Board of Managers, and I am informed that large claims are about to be made against me in behalf of the coin! any, based upon several alleged transactions. I have been grossly misrepresented as to these transactions, and 1 am prepared to maintain and shall maintain at the proper time and in the proper way the entire propriety and fairness of my conduct in regard to ail of them. I invite a judicial determination of any claims which may be asserted against me in behalf of llie company. If the proper tribunals shall say that I owe anything to the Adams Express I shall most cheerfully pay it. I find myself in the meantime placed in a position of antagonism to a majority of the board and to the official management of the company. It is manifest that under these circumstances and during such a controversy I cannot properly take part in the deliberations of the board, and I herewith tender my resignation of the office of manager. Very respectfully, John Hoev. A bill was filed in the United States Circuit Court in Trenton, N. .1., by the new President of the Adams Exprest Company against John Hoey, of Long Branch. It demands an accounting by Hoey for about $750,000 taken by him which' belongs to the Adams Express Company. It is set forth that nearly all or part es this amount was spent to furnish, build, and equip the property known as Hollywood. The property is in the name of Mrs Hoey, but toe company claims that it was built with its money. There is a mortgage of SIOO,OOO which was executed bv Josephine Hoey to the Guarantee Trust Company of Philadelphia. It was paid off by a check of the Adams Express Company. This is alleged to be a breach of trust. The corporation asks the court to establish by decree how far the Adams Express Company is entitled to follow the money taken by Hoey and put, into Hollywood, and asks for a lien on the property.

CUT OFF THE PRESS SERVICE. The Western Union Telegraph Company Seeking Trouble with Other Corporations. The Associated Press and the Western Union 'J elegraph Company have not been on good terms for some time, and the other night the telegraph company cutoff the three leased wires on which the greater part of the Associated Press news has been received at IN ew York. So notice had been given of the intention to stop service. General Manager William Henry Smith hurried over to the Postal Telegraph office, 'there he arranged to have the matter usually carried by the leased wires carried by the Postal lines. The matter usually carried over the Western Union general lines went as usual. The law forbids a telegraph company torefu-e business offered for its general wires, no matter how badly it may desire to do so. Of the three leased wires one carried the heavy Western business and two went to the South. On the Western wire were the offices at Cincinnati, Cleve'and, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Ft. Louis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. On the Southern wire werG Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta, and all the larger cities in that part of the country. These wires carried about 75,000 Words. The uncontradicted story was that the difficulty grew out of a new arrangement which the Associated Press was about to make w.th the Bel! Teleph: ne Company. The telephone company owns excellent topper wires between al; the principal cities of the United. States. Not having much use for them itself it is willing to lease them sos use as telegraph lines. They not only afford better circuits at lower rates than the Western Union lines, but the <oinpany offers certain advantages to its lessors in the way of free telephone service. The Associated Press, it is said, made a contract for the telephone wires beginning Nov. 1. The contract with the Western Union expired the day the wires were cut The telegraph company has been anxious to renew it for a year. The Associated Press has held off from an arrangement from day to dAy until Nov. 1. General Eckert is said to have discovered why the Asso iated Press did not want a year's < ontract He immediately ordered the leased wires to be shut off. The Associated Press expects to make the necessary arrangements with the Postal Company to handle its mattei without de ay over the general wires. After Nov. i , Mr. Smith thinks he wiil have oetter leased-wire service than ever. In the meantime there will be a pretty low brewing between the Western Union and the Beil Telephone Company.

ARRESTED FOR ARSON.

REVELATIONS IN A BASE INCENDIARY PLOT. According to the Confessions, County Auditor Lavelle, of Washington, Hires Men to. Burn the Coart House—The Criminals in Jail. Destroyed the Records. The Court House at Washington, Ind., was recent y set on fire. The Recorder’s and Sheriff’s offices were totally destroyed and a portion of the Auditor's office was ruined. An investigation proved that the interior of the Auditor’s office, including all the important records, had been saturated with kerosene oil, and they were only saved by the prompt action of the fire department. The books had been taken from their shelves, placed in piles, and saturated, with the oil. The city soon filled with furious people from all parts of the county, and the wildest excitement prevailed until it, became certain that the perpetrators of the deed were safely inclosed by tho stone walls of the Daviess County jail. The conspirators who are in the toils for the crime, say 3 a dispatch from that place, are County Auditor James C. Lavelle, Aaron B. Hawes, a prominent Steele Township farmer, and Basil Ledgerwood and Samuel Harbin, two daylaborers of this city. A warrant is out for Michael Lavelle, the Auditor’s brother, but he cannot be found by the officers, and it is believed that he has fled the country. County Auditor Lavelle has been Auditor for eight years, and for the eight years immediately preceding he was Deputy Auditor for his brother. His term expires Nov. 1 and a few wqefcs ago the commissioners ordered an inwstigation of his books and accounts, appointing ex-National Bank Examiner i-amuel H. Taylor and Edward F. Meredith, a prominent attorney, to do the work. To this Lavelle made strenuous objection, and used every means in his power to defeat or postpone the proposed investigation. This opposition was continued, 1 and the time was set to begin the work, when but a few days before it was to have begun an alarm of fire was sounded and the Court-House was found to be In flames.

Suspicion potnted to Auditor Lavelle as concerned in the incendiarism, and the officers began work at once under the direction of County Attorney John C. Billheimer and Sheriff Charles Colbert Five new jugs that had contained kerosene were found in an outhouse, where they had been thrown by tne incendiaries. With this valuable clue the man who bought the jugs was easily found, and was arrested and lodged in jail. His name is Samuel Harbin. At first he denied all knowledge of the fire, but under a vigorous pumping ho weakened and agreed to tell the whole story of the plot. He stated that he was hired to do the work of destroying the court house records by Auditor Lavelle and Aaron B. Hawes. He aud Basil Ledger wood were to be paid SSOO each for the work. Lavelle gave Harbin money to get coal oil and Ledgerwood money to buy a revolver. Lavelle took Harbin and Ledgerwood to the court house and told them where to set, the fires and gave them keys to the courthouse and offices. That night they carried In the coal oil, flooded the offices, applied the torches and fled. The arrangement was to a certain extent abortive, as the Auditor’s records, which make the investigation possible, were saved, although all the valuable records in the Recorder’s office, fixing the title to all the landed property in Daviess County, were destroyed. The loss to the county by this is incalculable. As soon as Harbin had completed his tostimony, warrants were issued for the others concerned. Ledgerwood, when ai rested, knocked under at once, telling the same story Harbin told. Every statement corroborates the evidence secured. Auditor Lavelle was immediately} arrested. A B. Hawes soon joined him, but Michael Lavelle could, not be feund, and has not been arrested. Ledgqrwood and Harbin were arraigned in court, and pleaded guilty to the charge of arson. Naturally the excitement is terrib’e in it:» intensity. No one can say that ha has a good title to his real property, aud indignation is at a white heat. Auditor Lavelle’s bondsmen, becoming frightened at the turn affairs were taking, required him to turn over all his property t j them, and this was done, Hawes lives on a farm of 500 acres, owned by his wife, and is in good circumstances financially. He is a desperate character, however, and he wa9 brought in at the muzzle of a Winchester. *

A DEADLY WRECK.

Two Men Killed and Many Other Person. Badly Injured. A portion of the Baltimore and Ohio fast mail No 8, from Chicago to New York, jumped the track near Hicksville, Ohio, killing two passengers, wounding five others fatally and twenty others less seriously. The train consisted of baggage car, smoker, day coach, sleeper and private car of Vice President King. The smoker and baggage car remained attached to the locomotive, but the private car and the ladies’ coach went over the embankment and were wrecked. The day coach, which was well filled, turned over once and bounded right side up. In its aerial maneuver it straddled two of the telegraph lines, and the cross timbers were wrenched from seveial poles. The sleeper fared better, ancj after sliding off its trucks It lay right side up on the ground. Those in the smoker escaped with a severe shaking up and many bruises. Neither the smoker nor the baggage car left the track, but the former must nave escaped very narrowly, the coach being tilted to one side ffi a threatening attitude The most serious injuries were received by the occupants of' the day coach. Nearly all thq seats were wrenched from their places, as were the lamps, racks, and other furniture of the car, and the windows were a 1 shattered. The train was running fully sixty miles au hour at the time, and as near as can be ascerta ned the accident was caused by one of the drive wheels of the engine leaving the track at the switch near the water tank. This wheel spread the rails and all the cars excepting the baggage and smoker left the irack. For a space of 800 feet the rails wero absolutely swept off the ties The locomotive, baggage and smoking cars remained on the grade, which, all along this place, is about eight feet high. After the coaches left the grade and went into the ditch the locomotive, baggage car and smoker went on several hundred feet, but did not leave the grade, flthough off the (rack. In addition to threa steel batt’e ships of 4,278 tons each and one torpedo vessel, nearly finished in France for JapaD, the Japanese Marine Ministry will soon submit tp Parliament a plan for building eleven heavy ircnclads; at a cost of 845,000,000. The c“lls of the human lungs are 75,000,000 in number, covering a surface from two and a half to three and a half times greater than the whole body surface of ten full grown men. A Richland iMo.) girl hiccoughed fourteen hours a day for nearly a month.