Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1891 — Page 2

Site IcmoctflticScntind RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - - Publisher.

NINE MEN MANGLED.

FOUR KILLED, FIVE FATALLY INJURED. A Five-Tear-Old Maniac—Railroad Accident in Minnesota-Sunk in the Sea— Through a Burning Trestle—Queer Collateral. ) JUNE MEN MANGLED BY POWDER. Four Instantly Killed, Five Fatally Injur* cd, and One Driven Insane. While a gang of workmen were drilling rock near Great Falls, Mont., a hole containing powder became choked with some “wash” and the foreman immediately started to drill it out, A spark ignited the powder, causing a terrible explosion. Four of the meu were Instantly killed and five injured so seriously that there is no hope for their recovery. The foreman escaped to the woods and It is thought he had gome insane over the accldent caused by his carelessness. IT\ T E-T£AK*OID MANIAC. Little Nellie Copeland Sent to Kankakee for Trying to Kill Her Mother. Nellie Copeland, of Indianapolis, five years old. has been-committed to the Kankakee (III.) insane asylum. It is thought she has but one chance in a thousand of being cured. The child has been Insane since her birth. When six months of age she developed a desire to burn things and tear clothes When a year old she gashed a girl’s face with broken glass Before she was two years old she could talk volubly and could rout her brothers of ten and twelve years In an argument. At the ngo of three she developed a mania for killing domestic animals and had to be watched lest she harm her brothers and sisters. A year ago she learned the alphabet; and she has mastered geography and invaded astronomy. The act which brought about her incarceration was an attempt to murder her sleeping mother with a fork and attempting to commit suicide the next day. SEIZED THE SKELETONS. Queer Collateral for a New York Bank’s Loan. In New York City the Sheriff went on a hunt for a lot of skeletons under a writ of replevin for about $3,000 which the National Bank of Deposit of New York obtained against the firm of Sardy, Coles & 00., No. 141 Malden Lane, who failed a lew weeks ago The bank claims a lien on the property, It Is said, for advances made. After a long search the Sheriff’s officers discovered in Malden Lane four entire articulated skeletons, eight skulls, innumerable bones, and other portions of anatomy which they were very chary In handling. The replevin calls for skeletons, but they have not yet been found. DISAPPEAHED IN THE SEA. The Volcanic Island Off Palermo Has Already Sunk Under the Sea. The low volcanic Island which rose so suddenly out of the sea near Palermo, and from which fire was emitted, has entirely disappeared, even the water that covers It having ceased to boll. The volcanic Island of Pantellarla, sixty miles from the Sicilian coast and fifty-eight square miles In extent, which has experienced severe shocks within the last week, is now quiet and the inhabitants are resuming their ordinary occupations. The Satire northern portion of the Island has been lifted two feet, while the eastern coast Is also higher than It was formerly.

CYCLONE IN OHIO. Great Damage at Conneaut—Wrecks "Reported on Lake Erie. A terrible cyclone struck Conneaut, Ohio, destroying about thirty houses and causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. The storm was rery severe all through Northern Ohio, and much damage to shipping Is reported. In Cleveland the velocity of the wind was from thirty to forty miles an hour, and Lake Erie was literally “turned Inside out ” Several vessels are reported to have been wrecked. DDE TO RECKLESS RUNNING. Cause of the Terrible Kailway Accident Near Molraas. Further details regarding the frightful railway accident at Molrans. France, where fifteen were killed and flfty injured, fifteen fatally, show that It was caused by excessive speed around sharp curves and over a portion of the road that had lately been rebuilt. The train went over an embankment forty feet high and a dozen carriages He wrecked at the bottom of the ravine. KILLED FIVE VICTIMS. Terrible Accident on the 800 Railroad at Thorsen, Minn. A terrible accident happened at Thorsen Station, Minn., on the 800 Kallroad, by which five persons were killed and seven seriously injured. A regular west-bound freight-train was switching at the station, when it was run Into by a west-bound extra running at a high rate of speed. The caboose of the regular train was completely telescoped. All the dead and Injured were in this car.

Went Up in Smoke. Government statistics show that French smokers consumed In 1890 2,000,000 francs’ worth of foreign cigars, 2,600,000 worth of cigarettes, 29,000,000 worth of snuff and $1,000,090 worth of pipe tobacco. There Is aa Increase of 700,000 francs In the expend•ure for ladies’ cigarettes. There is one anti-tobacco society In France. Tilden’s Will Broken. Thd judgment of lower court In tbe contest of the will of Samuel J. Tilden was affirmed by tbe New York Court of Appeals. By the terms of the decision the Tilden trust is rendered void and the estate ,of 98,000.000 Is to be divided among the seven children of Governor Tilden’s brother and sister. . . . , ' Burned to Death. At Taunton, Mass.. Alpheus Hunt, an elderly man, was burned to death. His son was awakened by the smell of smoke. He rushed down-stairs and found the house ablate and his father dead, tbe lower part of bill body being burned. The house was partially destroyed. -* Went Through a Trestle. Near Birmingham, Ala, a passenger train on the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad, consisting of two coaches, went through a burning trestle and was entirely consumed. The passengers had .1 miraculous escape, breaking through tko windows Shaken by Earthquakes. Two more earthquake shocks have occurred la the Island of Pontellana. They were very severe, wrecking four dwellings aad injuring many people. Advices from Iceland are to the effect that Mount Hecla hae decreased in activity since the present outbreak la Italy. During the eruption in Footellana SOO convicts escaped from a castle where they were confined and began Judge H K. Higginbotham, one of tbe Sr lo uir«iL'^ «* COM treatment at PlalnfieM. He took

<he Ejection for two days died. He stumped the State of New York with Roscoe 'Oonkilag for Garfield In 1880. CBU.I MUST ANSWER. Mlqlster Rgitn Talks Pointedly to tlie Junta. The Hutted States Government, through Minister Egan, has formally demanded reparation from the Government of Chili for the attack recently made In Valparaiso upon a number of the seamen of the United Staites cruiser Baltlmoro. The demand made by the United States Minister Is no Informal suggestion that the government at Washington expects some kind of satisfaction for the killing and wounding of the Baltimore sailors. It Is a friendly put notification, given according to direct orders received from 1 the State Department at Washington, that the United States demands an immediate explanation of the whole affair Vgd jKfparation for the injuries Inflicted. Acting upon the instructions sent to him from Washington, Mr. Egan presented the demand to the Junta, with a detailed statement of the results of the investigation made by Captain Schley', tit the Baltimore, and by Mr. Egan himself. Chilians try to smooth over the assault upon and imprisonment of the American sailors by classing it as a simple street row. Up to the present time the Junta! has expressed no regret for the attack made on the American sailors. PERHAPS THE POPE WILL FLEE. Personal Safety May Require His Holiness to Quit Home. The Kev. D. S. Phelan, editor of the Western Watchman, St Louis, Mo., who keeps up a correspondence with Rome that places him in possession of facts that might almost be considered official, was questioned as to his views on the recent sensational rumors concerning the state of affairs now existing there, and-the talk that the Pope might leave. He said: “I would not cousider the exit of the Pope a political move, a coup d'etat, as it were, which would bring to the Immediate notice of the powers his exact helplessness. If he leaves Rome It will be only because he has been forced to It to Insure personal safety. He will not leave Rome with the object of returning to his ancient Inheritance the more speedily. In regard to the coming conclave all talk in regard to It Is speculation. If the Pope were to die to-morrow I believe that the conclave would be held In Rome, and Austria and Prussia would guarantee Its freedom.” INDIANS AND POLICE FIGHT. Two Redskins and an Officer Killed In a Conflict In Canada. Word was received at Assinabolne, Mont., of a battle between a band of Blood Indians and a force of Canadian mounted police, just across the boundary line. The Blood Indians, who are old-time .enemies of the police, made a raid on a band of horses belonging to the latter a few days ago and ran off with nearly all of them. Ten of the police started In pursuit, and, coming upon them suddenly, both sides commenced firing, and the first flro killed one policeman and two Indians. Several were wounded on both sides. The news was brought In by a Blackfoot who witnessed the fight The fight was still in progress when he left. Col. Bates, commander at Fort Assinabolne, has ordered a troop of cavalry to take a station at the Blackfoot Agencytas a precautionary measure to restrain the Indians at that agency from taking any part In the disturbance. OPENED MANY NEW SPRINGS. Hot and Cold Water Started to Flowing by the California Earthquake. The recent earthquake in Central and Northern California occasioned phenomenal results In Sonoma County. On the Polpulo ranch of J. E. Peppe the ground was cracked and seamed In various places. Front these narrow openings In tho earth large quantities of water of various temperatures have been gushing forth over since. In somo places the water Is ice cold, while In others It Is warm, reaching a temperature of 100 degrees. The Polpulo ranch has always been noted for Its many springs, but the recent earthquake has opened up many new ones, some hot and somo cold, and caused the old ones to gush forth ten times the amount of their previous flow. The flow of Gen. Valejo’s artesian well has been Increased about 100,000 gallons per twenty-four hours. BOLD SAFE ROBBERY. Masked Men Hold Up Omaha Street-Car Men and Blow' Open the Strong Box. One of the boldest safe burglaries ever known occurred in Omaha. Superintendent Beals, together with two other employes of the Omaha Street Railway Company, was seated in the company’s office in the cartarn when four masked men entered and, drawing revolvers, commanded them to hold up their hands. Two of the men stood guard while the others went to work on the safe. A hole was quickly bored In the heavy door near the combination and a quantity of powder placed within. The explosion was terrific, blowing the safe door fully thirty feet. Here was storod about 81,200. The contents of the safe were captured and the safe blowers made their escape in the darkness, but before going they cut the telephone wire communicating with the city.

PERSISTENT MISCREANTS. Three Men Suspected of the Attempted Train-Wrecking at Reading Arrested. The attempt to .an express train on the Great Westorn Railway by placing sleepers on the line near Reading, England, proves to have been most determined and diabolical After the engine had plowed its way through the obstruction and the train had proceeded the wreckers returned and laid two huge pieces of timber across the rails a little further along the line, and an iron rail cut in ttro was jammed in between them. Already three have been arrested, and there Is good reason to believe that all the miscreants were discharged workingmen who had bean employed on a railway extension nearGorring.

ARE SHY OF CHINA. Foreign Officers Unwlllng to Accept Places in the Celestial Navy. It Is reported that tbe Chinese Government, in view of the threatening condition of its foreign relations, especially with Russia, is anxious to procure English officers of experience for subordinate commands. This, it Is believed, will be difficult, In consequence of the bad treatment accorded to Captain Lang, who, after building up the navy to considerable efficiency, was driven In to resigning. The Chinese Government then declared that it would never again Intrust real authority to any foreigner, and it Is hard to find competent foreign naval officers willing to serve under the Chinese. THROUGH A BURNING TRESTLE. Two Lives Lost in a Disaster on a Southern Railroad. At Hatchet’s Creek, seventy miles east of Birmingham, Ala., oh the Colombia and Western Road, a freight train loaded with coal ran into a burning trestle. The engine and two cars passed over, but eleven cars and the caboose went down. Conductor A. Klee and Flagman L. R. Crawford, who were in tbe caboose, were killed and the bodies were burned, together with the* train. Engineer J. D. Hendrix, In attempting to rescue them, was badly hurt. Sparks from a passing locomotive caused the fire. WORK OF DYNAMITERS. Attempt to Blow Up Hie Office of a McCarthy!** Paper. Great excitement was caused in Dublin by an apparent attempt to blow up tbe •Bee of the National Prow, the or-

gan nt the McCarthyllfch The members of the staff of the paper were Just on the point of beginning the night's work when a bomb fell in the area In front tit the windows on Abbey street, where the editors’ rooms are situated. The bomb exploded with a tremendous report, but fortunately there was no one In these particular rooms at the time, and consequently no one was hurt. It is thought to have been the work of Parnellltes. DEATH OF J. M. SHELLY. Prominent in Keokuk Business Circles and lowa Politics. J. M. Shelly, one of the oldest residents of Keokuk, lowa, died suddenly. Deceased had long been prominently identified with the business and political history of the State. He served in both houses of the Legislature. He leaves a wife and two sor.a, William F. and George M., both of Kansas City, the latter having been Mayor and postmaster of that place. GORED BY A STEER. Five Pittsburg Citizens Injured, One Fatally, by a Maddened Beast. A wild Texas steer escaped from the Herrs Island Stock Yards and for a time created a panic on the streets of Allegheney, Pa. Five persons were gored by the frenzied beast, one of them, a small boy. it is thought, being fatally hurt A party of citizens with guns and revolvers finally ran the steer down, and it was shot dead, W. H. SMITH IS DEAD. The Government Leader In Parliament j Passes Away. The Rt Hon. William Henry Smith, First j Lord of the Treasury, Warden of tho Cltnque Ports, and the government leader In the House of Commons, who had been ill at London for some time, suddenly suffered a relapse and died. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: General business Is remarkably active and Increasing in volume at the West, improving at the South, and distinctly less dull than it was a week ago at Eastern cities. Collections are Improving in nearly all directions. Iho money markets are nowhere stringent, at nearly all Important pdints being quite easy, though with a noticeable improvement in the demand. These signs plainly promise a strong trado for the fall and winter, unless disturbances which cannot now bo foreseen should Interrupt. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number for the United States 207, and for Canada 42, or a total of 240, as compared with a total of 259 last week, and 270 the week previous to tho last. For tho corresponding week of lust year the figures were 225, representing 203 failures In the United States and 22 in tho Dominion of Canada. Deriding the Rainmakers. Private advices received from San Diego and other towns of the section wherein the recent Governmental rainmaking experiments were made utterly discredit the first reports, and the correspondents assert that after nearly seventy-two hours of continuous bombarding not enough rain fell to lay the dust. What did fall was brought down by a norther which blew up that night and caused showers at many points outside the sphere of the exploders. Russian Crop Prospects Brighten. Plentiful rains are falling In the southern provinces of Russia, completely changing the prospects for next year’s crops. The work of plowing and sowing is proceeding with vigor, and tho peasants no longer despair of a good yield from their fields. Safety of the Wisconsin. The steamship Wisconsin, of the Guion Line, which sailed from New York for Liverpool,. Oct 11, and about whose safety there was some slight uneasiness, has arrived In port. White Murderer Lynched. John Rush, a young white man, was lynched at Columbia, 1.a., for the murder of Hager Sterling, an old colored woman. The murder was a brutal one and entirely unprovoked. Pressed for Funds. Tho factory of tho American Cash Register Company, located at Philadelphia, has been closed by the Sheriff upon two judgments, one of 86,200 and the other of $1,700. Makes tho Duty Twenty Francs. The French Cabinet has rejected the recommendation of the customs committee for a 25-franc duty on salt meats and has accepted a 20-franc duty. Snow in the Adlrondacks. The Adlrondacks have been visited by a heavy snow-storm. At Baranac Lake three Inches of snow has fallen and the storm continues. May Lose Her Mind. Mrs. Parnell is still unable to take food. It is now feared that her mind may give way. Her situation Is most critical. Sustain the Cabinet. At Buenos Ayres, a vote of confidence In the Ministry has been passed by both housos of Congress by a large majority. Four Hundred Houses Burned. Fire has destroyed the town of Dida, Russia. The Government offices and over 400 other buildings were consumed. Eight Were Killed. In a railway disaster near Molrans, France, eight persons were killed and thirty seriously wounded. Died at the Age of One Hundred Years, Enos Frlsbee died in Harwlnton, Conn., aged one hundred years and four months.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.50 @ 6.60 Hogs—Shipping Grados 4.00 0 4.50 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.03 @ 5.35 Wheat—No. 2 Red 94 @ .95 Cobs—No. 3 54'.j@ .55'$ Oats—No. 2 30 @ .31 Rye—No. 2 88 @ .89 Buttes—Choice Creamery 31 @ .32 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 10J$@ .111* Eggs—Fresh 18 @ .19 Potatoes—New. per bu 25 @ .35 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 & 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 & 4.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93)5@ ,94'j Cork—No. 1 White 55)J@ ,56h> Oats—No. 2 White 30 @ .32 ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .94 Cotm—No. 2 51 @ .52 Oats—No. 2 27lj@ .23’* Rye—No. 2 82 & .81 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.25 Hogs 400 @ 4.75 Sheet 3.00 @4 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 & .93 Corn—No. 2 59 «* .61 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 @ .32 DETROIT. Catile. 3.00 0 5.25 Hogs 3.00 @ 4.25 Sheep 3.0 Q @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 97 @ .98 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 64 @ .56 Oats—No. 2 White SIM® .325* TOLEDO. Wheat—New .97 0 .98 Corn—No. 2 Yellow .57 @ .57'$ Oats—No. 2 White 29 @ .30 Btr 88 @ .89 BUFFALO. Beep Cattle 4,00 @ 7.00 Live Hoes 4.z5 @ 5.0) Wheat—No. 2 Red 99 @1 1.01 Corn— No. 2 60 @ .61 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 3 Spring . 90 ® .92 Corn—No. 3 55 & .55 Oats—No. 2 White.. 32>$@ ,33)*Bye—Ko. 1 88 @ .89 Barley, No. 2. w> ® .61 Pork—Mess 11.00 @11.50 NEW YORK. Cacti* s.so @ 5.2$ Hoes 4.00 0 5.00 Bbmxp 3.50 ® 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Rad 1.33 ® 1.06 £ f :S Butter—Creamery .20 0 .U Poaa- New MM* 10.76 #ilsl

A SERIOUS SITUATION.

INDEMNITY AND AN APOLOCY DEMANDED. •Twill He » Chilly Day for ChiU II Uncle Sam Undertakes to Trounce Her—Naval Officers Say That the Situation Is Really a Serious One. Sharp Talk to Chill. Further persistent Inquiry of the officers of the government in regard to the Valparaiso Incident shows conclusively that the administration does not regard it as & simple street row, for which the Chilian government can not be held accountable, but as an insult ta the honor and flag of the United States, calling for tho most vigorous diplomat!* treatment The official rerort of tho occurrence, made by Capt. Schley, of the Baltimore, after a careful inve-tigation of ail th« surrounding circumstances, shows clearly not only that the'assault upon th* American sailors was cowardly and unprovoked, but that it was inspired purely by hatred for the uniform they wore and the country it represented; or, in other words, that it was not an attack on them as individuals, but as representatives of the United States. The report also indicates that the local police, instead of protecting the Americans from the violence of the mob. in several instances assisted in the onslaught Tills, the report says, is demonstrated by the fact that several of the sailors were wounded by bayonets such as are usually carried by the Chilian police. The outrage is not regarded by Presicent Harrison as the work of an unruly mob. The wounds on the dead non were made by bayonets, and therefore the so diers and police of Chili were the butchers. Moreover, the unanimity of the attack shows that it was premeditated Tho assaulted men were riding peacefully in a street car. when suddenly they were knocked down, dragged from the car, shot and stabbed. Then, not daring to face the Americans, even though tho latter were unarmed, the savages shot and bayonetted them in the back. There is but one ves-'el in Chili now, the Baltimore, but the B'an Fraftcisco is at Callao, only four days off, and unless an immediate answer of a favorable kind is made by the Chilian Government to the demands of President Harrison she will be ordered to sail at once for Valparaiso.- The Yorktown is now on her way there and the i’oston will sail at once from New York for the scene of tho trouble. It is stated at the Navy Department that there is a decided difference between this case and that of the Mafia tragedy at New Orleans The Italians who were killed there were residents of this country or intended to become so, and the United States caused the arrest of the leaders who participated in the affray, and an investigation was made of the affair, but in the case of the American sailors who were killed and assaulted no action whatever has been taken, as far as can be ascertained, by the Chilian authorities toward investigating the riot caused by the Chilian sailors, and as the attack was upon American sailors it is considered a direct insult to the American Hag. The action of the Chilian Government in the present difficulty with tho United States was similar to the position of Paraguay in 1857, when that country was brought to terms by the vigorous action of President Buchanan. The Government of Paraguay had, upon frivolous and even insulting pretexts, refused to ratify the treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation concluded with it March 4, 1853, as Amended by the United Stages Senate. It had seized and appropriated tho property of American citizens residing in Paraguay, in a violent and arbitrary m Miner, and finally on Feb. 1, 1855; by order of President Lopez, it had fired upon tho United States ship Water Witch, under Commander Thomas J. Page, of tho navy, and killed the sailor at the helm, white the vessel was peacefully employed in surveying tho Parana River, to ascertain its fitness for steam navigation. Tho honor as well as tho interests of this country demanded satisfaction. The President brought the subject to the notice of Congress in his first annual message, Dec. 8. 1857. In this he informed Congress that he would make a demand for redress on tho Government of Paraguay in a firm but conciliatory manner, but at the same time observed that “this will the more probably be granted If the Executive shall have authority to use other means in tho event of refusal. This is accordingly recommended. ” Congress responded favorably to this recommendation. On the id of June, 1858, Congre-s passed a joint resolution authorizing the President “to adopt such mcasuros and use such force as, in his judgment, may be necessary and advisable in the event of a refusal of just satisfaction by the Government of Paraguay in connection with the attack on the United States steamer Water Witch, and with other matters referred to in ths annual message.” Congress also made an appropriation to defray the expensos of a commissioner to Paraguay, should he deem it proper to appoint one, “for the adjustment of difficulties” with that republic. Paraguay is situated far in the interior of South America, and its capi.al, the city of Asuncion, on the left bank of the River Paraguay, is more than a thousand' miles from the n outh of the La Plate. Protected by his remoie and secluded position. President Lopez but little apprehended that a navy frem a far dista ,t country could ascend the La Plate, tho I’ara a and the Paraguay ani roach the capital. This was doubtless the reason why he had ventured to place us at defiance. Under those circumstances President Buchanan deem d it advisable to send w th Jam s B. Bowli g, our Commissioner to 1 a’aguay, a i aval force sufficent to exact justico should negotiation fail. This consisted of i inotcen armed vessels, great and small, carrying 200 guns and 2,500 sailors and marines, ail under the command of Commodore Shubrick. Boon after the arrival of the expedition at Montevideo, Commissioner Bowling and Commodore Shubrick proceeded to ascend the rivers to Asuncion in the steamer Fulton, accompanied by the Water Witch. Meanwhile the remaining vessels rendezvoused in the Parana, near Rosario, a position from which they could act promptly in case of need. The com miss oner arrived at Asuncion on Jan. 25, 1859, and left it Feb. LO. Within this brief period he had ably and successfully accomplished all the objects of his mission. In addition to ample apologies, he obtained from President Lopez the payment of 810, CO3 for the family of Seaman Chaney, who had been killed in the attack upon the Water Witch, and also concluded satisfactory treaties of indemnity and of navigation and commerce with the Paraguayan government

Odds and Ends.

The Kaiser, it is said, has more than 100 pairs of white trousers. * For a man to be efficient, like a cable car, be mustn’t lose the grip. A Milwaukee couple recently celebrated their sixtieth anniversary. A oxe-leggkd bicyclist in London rerently rode 100 miles in less than nine bouri

CURRE COMMENT.

Dr ris-cr-' Case. There Is ev pro pcct of a very lnleresting and piiifying time at the trial. —Brooklyn Times. It is apparent a large number of clergymen stand ab’ ut wlici e the accused docs. —New York Hera’d. Tho sentiment of this age does not favor the persecution of any one for his aonest opinions—Lafayette Journal. So Dr. Briggs is to be tried for heresy liter ali. The old spirit of the inquisition has not wholly died out yet.—Boston Record. The worst thing that the judges have found against Dr. Briggs seems to be that ho dared to speak his mind freely. —Boston News. The Briggs case is up again and we iba.ll soon know whether the eminent professor is bigger than the creed of his church. —Minneapolis Tribune. Prominent Presbyterian ministers as»ert that the action now taken will qatise i strife in the denomination which will imperil its very existence. —Albany Times. The point of chief interest in the case s that not only Dr. Brigg, but the doctrines of the confession of faith are ikely to be on trial.—Minneapolis Tribune. Taking it altogether the present crisis is the most serious one Presbyterianism n Amorica has had to face for more than half a century, or since the division of 1837.—Philadelphia 'telegraph. The New Y*ork Presbyterians are tryng Pr. Briggs for heresy because his Hews do not coincide with theirs. A ittle more Christian charity and a little less prating about orthodoxy would improve a great many peop.o—Memphis Avalanche. Tho majority of the clergymen ih the New York Prc3byicry thought it wo.uld be bette’r to let Prof. Briggs and his opinions tako their course than to force to trial a case which cannot fail to reresult in heart-burnings and in loss to Presbyterianism.—Pittsburg ChronicleTelegraph. Trial3for “heresy” are in most cases of doubtful wisdom. Whatever of added guarantee the church “standards” receive in the result of such trials scarcely weighs against the popular sympathy for the “heretic” usually excited and manipulations of the secular press which almost invariably favor the accused party.—Chicago Standard. Aggressive Russia. Russia will hesitate to strike where an English army is going to defend. — Rochester Herald. Another printing press lias been s iz d at Kjeff, Russia Th i printing press is an infernal machine in the ey;s of tyrants tho world over.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Chinese are commanding Russia to keep off “the roof cf the world,” otherwise an altitudinous tract kno.wn as Pameer in Central Asia. —Grand Rapids Telegram-Herald. The Russian Foreign Minister is in Ttaly on a mission to promote peace. Famine’s grip on the bear s \ita!s must be strong when it thus forgeis its instincts.—Montreal Gazette. The chief objection neighboring nations ha- e to lstting Russia get up on “the roof of the world” is that thev ;an’t tell on which side she proposes to slide down. —Philadelphia Inquirer. Russia now wants to take “the roof of tho world.” Now let the modern despotism walk around and try to take the United states of America, root of nineteenth century liberty.Baltimore Herald. In 1876 Russia d dared war against Turkey b:cause the Turks were persecuting and massacring their Christian subjects. If any nation were looking for a good excuse to make war on Rus sia the present persecution of the Jews might furnish it. —Buffalo Express. Another conspiracy against the life of the Czar has been discovered in Russia Such announcements always suggest the query whether it is really a new conspiracy or a fresh development of the one which is supposed to b> simmering in Russia all the time. —Philadelphia Bulletin. China seems to be between the devil and the deep sea. She is looking to j Russia for an ally to save her cities from ; bombardment by Great Britain and de ! pending upon Great Britain for an ally to def, nd her territory from invasion and seizure by Russia. —Birmingham Republican. __

The Chilian Row. If it is found that the United States sailors were attacked wantonly and without provocation our Goverhment should insist upon ample reparation for the affront from the junta—New York Press. We should demand redress for any outrage upon our seamen, but wo should discipline our naval officers if during the Chilian war they took any other than a strictly neutral position.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. It is of importance that Chili ana the United States come to an amicable and honest understanding. Whatever cause of irritation Chili may have that is not In itself frivolous or unreasonable should be removed. —Washington Post The Chilians should have some of the conceit taken out of them. It would not be a bad idea to put their army on board some of the American vessels, bring it up here, and let it see what kind of a country this is.—Louisville CourierJournal, - On the whole it may be well to reserve judgment until the details are fully ascertained. The comnlications between the United States ana Chili are a’ready grave enough without jumping to the conclusion that a fatal row between a lot of marines on one side and the Chilian mob on the other necessitates a further International quarrel.—Pittsburg Dispatch. It cannot be supposed for a moment that the Chilian authorities will refuse to make prompt reparation for their out rage upon Americans, but nothing but the fullest reparation and apologies can be accepted, and if they are not accorded promptly it will behoove this Government t.) act with firmness.—New Crleans Picayune. Sam Small. Sam Small, professional revivalist, is under arrest for obtain ng money under false pretenses in a real estate deal. But for his pretense of preaching the gospel he draws wages unquestioned.— New York World. If Rev. Sam Small is a perfectly honest man, he is continually in hard luck. There was a misunderstanding as to his use of certain funds connected with the university at Ogden, which caused his retirement therefrom, and now he is accused of obtaining 81,000 under false pretenses. It looks very much as if Mr. Small had mistaken his vocation.—New Haven, Register. “Rev." Sam Small’s real-estate transactions are likely to dim the brilliancy of his fame as a gospel headlight A man who has brains enough to clear SSOO on a 81,000 deal ought to have untold possibilities before him, but Small madq a fatal mistake In neglecting to cover uncertain peculiarities of tne deal for which he is now under arrest—St Paul Dispatch.

BIG BATCH OF PASTE.

TWO THOUSAND *TONS OP FLOUR IN THE SEA. A Scheme of the Patent Medicine People —Canadians Puzzled Over the Question of Pauper Immigrants—Desperate Duel Over a Girl. Flour shippers throughout the West were greatly worried when they learned that the steamer Conemaugh had gone to the bottom of Detroit River, the result of a collision with the steamer New York, of the Onion* Line. J. C. Evans, agent of the Anchor Line, stated that the Conemaugh had on board about 1,000 tons of flour from Chicago, 900 tons from Milwaukee, and about 400 tons of goneral freight Turning to the steamer’s manifest, it soemed as if about every shipper was represented on tho feurteon pages of finely written copy paper. Apaong the Chicago firms having flour on the sunken boat, the Star and Crescent Mills were the most important. They had 1,550 sacks and twenty-five barrels. The balance of the cargo was shipped from the following points: Alton, 300 barrels; La Crosse, 150 barrels; Hannibal, 250 sacks; St Louis, 885 sacks. 150 barrels; Winona, 200 sacks; Peoria, 1,470 sacks; Burlington, 455 sacks; Minneapolis, 1,825 sacks; Quincy, 4,400 sacks. All the flour in sacks was for export, the sacks weighing 140 and 280 pounds. In addition to this there were 800 pigs of lead, 400 sacks of bran, 622 sacks of oilpake. Milwaukee’s part of the cargo wqs even more varied than that shipped frjom Chicago. Mr. Evans estimated the Value of the cargo at close to SIOO,OOO. It is believed to be fully covered by insurance, but it is possible that some among so many shippers might have overlooked the item of insuring their flour. This is Captain Vaughn’s first season as master of tho New York. He is considered a careful and skillful navigator. SOMETHING LIKE A TRUST. Wholesale Druggists Devise Means to Keep Up Prices on Patent Medicines. The National Wholesale Druggists’ Association at its meeting at Louisville, Ky., adopted a resolution calling upon Congress to pass a law “to protect the public from unscrupulous imitations and counterfeits of foods and medical preparations sold under trade mark. ” The resolution is preceded by the statement under a decision by Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, that the present law to punish counterfeits of trade marks is inoperative and valueless. The “substitute evil” was further discussed during the day, and resolutions adopted to provide against it. The resolutions recommend that proprietary medicines be sold under eight conditions. These are in substance that owners of proprietary medicines sell only to druggists, wholesale dealers in proprietary medicines, and established agencies; wholesale dealers and agencies not to supply dealers on the cut off list except at full retail prices; retail dealers agree to sell all contract or rebate articles, and further agree not to substitute another article for any article requested if such article is on the contract or rebate plan, nor deliver such goods to any dealer on the cut off list excepting at full retail prices. Names of all druggists who do not comply with these conditions will be placed on the cut-off list. No manufacturer or wholesale druggist shall supply cut-off dealers except at full retail prices. All manufacturers and dea’ers shall refuse to sell to commission merchants, brokers, or other agents on the contract plan except for export Manufacturers and wholesalers agrafe not to sell, except at full prices, to any retailer who will not agree to sell at full retail prices. All dealers who violate the agreement will bo p’aced on the cut-off list. CAN’T KEEP OUT PAUPERS. Canada Unable to Stop tho Stream ol Destitute Immigrants. It will be remembered that the Canadian Minister of Agriculture took tho first steps toward prohibiting the immigration of pauper Russian-Jews by requesting the signature of the Governor General to a proclamation carrying into effect that clause of the immigration act which prohibits the landing of destitute immigrants. The Minister of Justice, however, saw possible danger ahead, and requested that no action be taken until it was learned what decision the United States courts had rendered with regard to a case then before them as to the definition of the pauper immigrant. Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice, it is understood, held that to establish the fact of an immigrant being a pauper it would first bs necessary for him to beg, and to do that he would have to land. The matter still remains in abeyance as regards the landing of pauper Jews in Canada, and it is doubtful whether, in view of the recent decision of-the United States Courts, any further action will be taken under the present statute. In well-informed legal circles it is contended that further legislation of the Dominion Parliament will be necessary before any prohibitory steps will be attempted to prevent these Russian refugees landing in Canada. Resisted the Printers’ Demands. The United Typothetae of America, in session at Cincinnati, approved the action of the Pittsb :rg Typothetae in resisting the recent demands made by the Typographical Union of that city and pledged them hearty support in every practical form. This action possibly involves a spread of the trouble now existing in Pittsburg and other cities. The Typqthetje of America selected Toronto as the place for the next meeting to be held in August, 1892. Officers were elected as follows: President, W. O. Shepherd, Toronto; Secretary, Everett Waddy, Richmond, Va.; Treasurer, Charles Buss, Cincinnati; Executive Comn ttee, Amoi Fettibone, Chicago; Theodore L. DeVinne, New York; C. S. Moorebouse, New Haven; W. fl. Woodward, St. Louis; William H. Bates, Memphis; A. M. Geeseman, Minneapolis; N. S. Fish, Indianapolis.

Stole Two Mail Pouches.

At Little Rock, Ark., two mail poaches containing a number of registered packages and several hundred letters were stolen from a mail car of the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad. The theft was so cleverly perpetrated that it was not discovered until several hours later. Detectives started on a search, and one jf them discovered George Woods, a well-known crook, in the suburbs, leisurely opening letters. He was placed under arrest It is believed he hai an accomplice

Fought O'er a Mountain Maid.

Tom Greene and Joe Gordon, wellknown and wealthy youths of Hancock County. Tonn., met at a speaking. They had been bitter enemies for months, on account of both paying suit to a fair mountain maid. A cold salutation merged into a hot discussion, which led up to a duel. This resulted in the immediate death of Gordon and the fatal wounding of Greene. Both men are highly connected, and jtll Hancock U agitated enough to take positive sides fn the matter. Two Marble Companies to Be United. Rutland’s two great.marble concerns, the Vermont Marble Company and tht Sheldon Marble Company, are to be unit'd, * *

ANOTHER FATAL WRECK

OMAHA AND DENVER EXPRESS IN THE DITCH. Running at tbe Kate of Fifty Mile. Pei Hour, the Wonder Is that More Were Not Killed—List of the Victims. Crashed Into a Siding. A frightful accident occurred on. the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy main line two miles from Monm m.h, 111., when the Omaha and Denver fast express crashed into an open switch, instantly killing four persons and seriously injuring a score or more of others. The fedlowing are the killed: George Courtney, foreman of engineers A. A. Emery, engineer. Mrs. George Alien, of Lanioui. lowa, T. A. Johnson, of Avon. 111. The following persons wore seriouslj injured: W. P. Anderson, engine fireman, of Galesburg. III.; scalded and bruised. John Burner, aged 40, Foireston, 111., married: lost left arm. ■ ~ T. J. Kirby, 34 years of age. unmarried, stock dealer, of Lenox. Iowa; left arm off. 8. W. Cooper, aged 36, Corning, Iowa; scalp wound and haud Injured. Louis \V Igors, of Oakland, Neb., aged 57; bruised on left side. Agnes Sillier, aged 20, Brookfield, Ohio; cut, over left eve. The fol’owing persons were slight y injur, d: Jumas Miller. Brookfiol 1, Ohio, aged 47; rlgh! arm slightly bruised. Oather'ne Miller. Brook field; arm bruised. Mrs. Catherine Corns, aged 00. Murray, Iowa: left eye and face sightly braised, E. S. McDonald, aged 42, South Milford, Ind. : ciavide fractured. Elizabeth J. McDonald, his mother, aged 74: injury to left shoulder. E. Rowe, Shenandoah, lowa, aged 50; band cut and leg hurt Forest Rowe, his son, aged 19; head slightly hurt Jeremiah Canty, Glenlyon, Pa.; shoulder and head slightly cut Nate Peters. 1028 Heklin avenue, Chicago; shoulder slightly bruised. Oscar Zimmerman, aged 30, Monmouth, Ill.; band cut by glass. L. S. Brlcher, aged 25, High Creek. Iowa; scalp wound. Mrs. A. C. Swope, aged 44, Harrisburg, Pa.: slight leg bruise. A. C. Swope, aged 47, Harrisburg, Pa.; sightly bruised. George Allen, Lamoni, Iowa; slight bruise. E. D. Evans, Genesee, IVis.; right shoulder Injured. James Farrell, New Loudon, Iowa; slight cut In head. James Scarborough, aged 45, Monmouth; slight cut P. E. Nelson, Anacortes, Wash.; head badly cut The wonder is that a hundred lives were not lost, for the train of t“n cars was heavily loaded and tho destruction of the coaches, with the exception of two sleepers, is complete. No! 5, the ill-fated train, -was made up of two sleepers, three chair cars, one smoker, one baggage car, one express and two mail cars. Many of the passengers were Chicagoans, but, strange to say, not one seriously injured, is from tnat city. The train had been running at a high rate of spee 1 when, without a moment’s warning, it was hurled off the rails and into the empty freight cars standing on tho side track. All the cars except two sleeepers were overturned and completely ruined. Those passengers who were not injured were scared out of their senses. Women s roamed and fainted, and the cries from among tho debris were frightful. . Shortly after the accident Superintendent Wilson and Super.nlendent Rice With a force of assistants arrived and began caring for the hurt. All those who were able to be moved were taken by Mr. Wilson to Burlington, where he will have them cored for. The company states that the cause of the accident was the malicious d sp'acementof the switch leading to the pottery works. Certain it is the open switch caused the disaster. Nobody knows how it was opened. Super.ntendent Wilson says seven trains passed over tho line since the switch was used. Yet after the crash one of tho train officials ran to the switch and found it partly thrown, with the lock gone and the pin out Tho Superintendent says the switch could not have been partly turned and a train pass over it without being derailed. He declares that to be an impossibility.and states that the switch was turned between the time the seventh train passed the switch and the hour when the express was due. He believes that some malicious scoundrel purposely turned the switch. George Courtney, the traveling engineer. was on ; of the oldest employes of the road. He boarded the engine and took a seat by the engineer to sjr how th! locomotive, which was a brand-new one, was working. His first work for the road was done long before the war, and probably no man on the division was more popular among tho men or honor.d with more confidence by the company. There were some remarkable escapes. Oscar Zimmerman was pitched through the window of the smoking car a id was unhurt A terrible s eno and loss of life by tho prompt action of Baggageman John Dore, of Chicago who extinguished the flames that caught ip the car immediately after the crash. One of the saddest casualties occurred in the first chair car. George Allen, his w fe, and baby were sitting in the front of the car when the wr ck occurred. Mrs. Alien was thrown against tho window and killed. The child was hurl d across the car, bot escaped injury. Mr. Allen was a so unhurt, but heartbroken by the death of his wife. When the train left the main track and started on the siding Engineer Emery reverse 1 his engine and stuck to his post, but the engine left the track after running a few feet on the siding, and all of the seven cars, with the exception of the roar one, a Pullman steeper, went into the d tch. Engineer Erne -y, Travelog Engineer Courtney and Fireman Peter Anderson went down witjh the engine. The two engineers were killed instantly and t ic fireman is probably fatahy iujurod. Those Jn the smoking car escaped wiih their lives. Standing on the steps of the next car were two students of Hedding College, Frank L. Johnson, of Avon, and VV. R. Harding, of Abingdon. The/ jumped, and Johnson was killed by a blow ou the head from a flying timber. Few on tho train escaped without being cut by broken glass or badly bruised by being thrown against seats when the shock came. As the train was running behind time when it reached Galesburg, Conductor Hughes laughingly blamed the engineer. “All right; hold on to your hats this ti re.” replied Fmery, as he pulled the throttle and started on the ride to his death. At tho time the train ran onto the open switch it wai running at tne rate of fifty miles an hour. As far as the matter has thus far been investigated it looks as if the wrecking of the train was the res iltof a weii-laid plan. The target light had been extinguished, and everything tends to show that the wreck was prearranged, The road’s officials are looking for the person or persons who turned the switch.

Foreign Notes. The Alps stand In six different states. Half of the surface of Russia is forest clad. Oxe-tenth of the world is still unexplored. • • ■ The Suez Canal took thirteen years to build it Pepper cost £l3 an ounce in Henry VlL’s reign.