Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Page 2

lljcJlcmotraticScntiiicl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. Vs. McEWEK, - - - Ppbusheh.

BLOWN UP AT BUFFALO.

FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED TO A SMALL FIRE. tdok Ont for La Grippe- Chile Looking for Trouble with the Argentine Kcpubllc —Narrow Escape of Columbus Prisoner— Scared to Death. Crisp Is at the Holm. The work of the Fifty-second Congress is wow begun. At tlic .meeting on the Bth Inst, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, was the first man in the House to address the dork presiding. McPherson, and he moved shat the b >dy proceed to the election ol Speaker. The re..ult Is already known; Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, was chosen on the thirtieth ballot The rest of the session was devoted to the usual work attendant upon the opening of Congress, swearing in the members, assigning of seats, etc. Mr. Springer's motion, that the, Speaker appoint committees on rules, accounts, enrolled hills, and mileage, and that the rules of the Fiftieth Congress be referred to the first committee, was adopted. The appointment of committees will be the first business attended to.

PRISONERS IN A PANIC.

Exciting Eire In the City Prison at Columbus, Ohio. At Columbus. Ohi \ the city prison was discovered to be on lire early the othoi morning. The flames spread through the two upper stories and the volume of watei thrown drencbel the entire building, soaking the cell-rooms beneath. Of the 111 prisoners. eleven tvere females, and during the height of excitement it was thought best tc turn these out. The female prisoners were let loose, and. notwithstanding the cells were being drenched, the male prisoners, although they yelled lustily for liberty, were kept locked. The firemen assured the police that there was no danget of the fire reaching the rooms, and on this assurance the police refused to let them out The scene was one of. indescribable excitement and hundreds of pfrions gathered outside of the ;risjn and cried for the release of the unfortunates.within. The spectators feared the flames would reach the cell-rooms, hut on being assured by Chief Heinmiller that the prisoners were not In danger censed their demands. Loss, 810,000. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. FIVE MEN BURIED. One Killed and Several Hurt by a Fire and Explosion at Itutlalo. An explosion occurred in the boiler-room of Lee, Holland & Co.'s planing mill oc Court streat, Buffalo, causing the death ol one man and the iniury of several others. The 300Jemployes had just begun work when lire was discovered in the sawdust under the boilers. The furnaces are fed witli this sawdust, which Is gathered by a system of blowers. The employes had just succeeded in extinguishing the flames when a loud explosion was heard. The big weill fell out with a crash, and the roof of a passage way fell In upon a score of mill hands who had been at work on the flames. The explosion Is believed to have been caused by the generating of gas in the sawdust as It Is sucked into the pipes which carry it to the furnaces. The loss will reach $15,003. TWO NEW STATES. New Mexico and Arizona Making Strong Claims for Recognition. New Mexico and Arizona will probably enter the Union of the States before the end of the present Congress. Utah will also be an applicant for admission, and it is claimed that she has a larger population than Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada combined, but the lingering traces of Mormonism will probably keep her out. The enabling acts for New Mexico and Arizona are likely to pass next spring or summer, but the States will not conic Into the Union early enough to vote for President next year. They may elect their State officers by autunjn, but they will not take part In the Presidential election until 189(5. National Democratic Convention. The Exective Committee of the National Democratic Committee met at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, and decided to cal) a meeting of the full committee In Washington on Jan. 21 to determine upon the time and place for holding the National Democratic Convention In 1802. The meeting of the Executive Committee was at- I tended by Senators Goxman, Brice, and Barbour. No other business was transacted. Ravages of La Grippe. La Grippe appeared at Plainfield, Conn., a month ago, and nine-tenths of the residents have since been Its victims. There are now over two hundred cases la town. It Is also epidemic In many towns in the -vicinity. In Colchester there are hundreds «Vs eases. Bacon Academy was closed on accounts the epidemic. Many towns In Rhode Island report a large number of cases. Death Caused by Frlglit. Mrs. Charles Bliss, of East Maine, drove to Binghamton, N. Y., with a span of horses. On the way homo the horses were brightened by the puffing of an engine aDd ran a mile before being stopped. Mrs. Blise •was found holding the reins, but neither Moved nor answered when spoken to She was dead. A physician said her death was due to fright. War with Argentine. Paul Borgner, American agent for tho Krupps at San Francisco, says he has n cablegram from the Krupps Informing him that there Is likely to be war between Chill aad Argentine and ordering him to Valparaiso. Tildon Will Case. At Albany, N. Y., In the Court of Appeals In the case of George H. Tllden vs. Andrew Green the motion for reargument and motion to amend remittitur were denied, with the costs. Prince Henry IVed(led. The marriaio of Mary Cornwallis West, daughter of Col. Cornwallis West, M. P.. to Prince Henry of Pless. took place at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, England, COLD IN LARGE PAYING QUANTITIESA Mine Relng Successfully Operated at North Hastings, Ont. If present Indications point to anything North Hastings, Ont, has one of the bestpaying gold mines ever < p rated in America. Forty men are wording in the mine day and night The shaft has been sunk a distance of sixty feet Xu some cases the dirt has yielded f2i to the ton. The ore is «nr averaging $lB, while $4 or $5 is considered a paying average. The redudng Mills have arrived from England and the •re la reduced by a chemical process. -- - Killed with a Base-Ball Bat. Virile two base-ball teams were playing At Brier Ranch, sixty miles west of Sun Astonia, Texas, the players began quarreiiag over a decision of the umpire. William Love struck another player named William Meaaas with a bat, Inflicting injuriea from Mhlefc Remus died soon afterward. Continue, to Improve. The condition of Cyrue W. Field continmm to improve, and his physician# now exopinion that hit final recovery Is «f th* family who have been declared ln-

FIVE KILLED OUTRIGHT. tTjrce Trains in a Wreck on the New York and New England. A terrible accident occurred on the New Tork and New England Railroad at East Thompson, Conn. The steamboat train bound east and two hours late tan into a freight train at a crossing and five porsons were killed outright Another was burned to death In the smoker, which took fire, and several others were seriously injured. Including at least one fatally. The passenger engineer is among the killed. All traffic is blocked. A wiecking train from Norwood with one hundred men lias gone to the scene, as also has a special train with physicians from Boston. The Long Island express was passing on the other track at the time and all three trains were piled up. Tho engineer of the Boston tiain and his fireman were reported killed. Tho cars almost imm f i lately took fire,and doctorshavc been summoned from near-by polnta Tho accident Is said to have lawn due to an open switch.

FOUR FIRE-BUGS CONFESS. Investigation or the Conspiracy at St. I’aul Leads to Startling Disclosures. The St. Paul police have been busy making arrests in the incendiary conspiracy made public, but only four names of the principals have been made public. Moritz Michael, the leader of the gang, has confessed that he was an incendiary in Chicago when he ran a clothing store on Desplnlnes street, between Madison and Monroe, and that he has fired seven houses in St. Paul. His uncle. Marx Michael, Is implicated with him in the last two fires. Julius Rosenthal is mixed up in the same. The fourlh prisoner is Ida Gess, whose house burned a month ago and wtio received her insurance money. Moritz Michael confessed to having, received $509 and some jewels from her. The other arres s are of people whose housoi mysteriously burned and who are to bo put through an Inqulsitition process before their names are given out.

CHAPTER OF DISASTER. Death by Drowning, Falling Walls, and Railway Wrecks. Twelve barges loaded with brick, coming down the Hudson, when opposite Croton Point, N. Y„ were upset, and about twenty persons drowned. When at Croton Point the swash of the river was so great that the tug was compelled to round to, thus forcing the barges to ride each other. Being loaded and the tide washing high they immediately upset. There were sixty men on the twelve barges and only about thirty came ashore. The accident is attributed by many to the carelessness of the pilot of tho tug. Nine mancled and blackened bodies lie at tho St. Paul. Minn., morgue as the result of the falling of a partition wall in the Furwell, Ozmun & Kirk Building, which burned two weeks ago. Another man lies dead at the City Hospital from injuries recciv 1 front falling bricks. SMOTHERED TO DEATH. Father, Mother and Three Sons Lose Their Lives In a Fire. The most distres ing loss of life by fire that has occurred in Detroit since the burning of the Tilden school a couple of years ago, took place tho other morning. Fire broke out in the grocery st>re of George J. Reis, and oomnuuilcating to the dwelling house overhead, smothered to death Reis and liis wife and their three sons, Charles, aged 22. and Jesse and Eddie, aged 11 and 7 years, respectively. The last two were found in their bod and tho older boy was discovered by the firemen lying upon the floor before a window, as If he had realized the daugor and bad attempted to make his escapo by that egress. The father and mother were found locked in each other's arms at the foot of the stairs leading out in o the yard. Their bodies were burned to a, crisp.

HEMLOCK GROWING SCARCE. The Demand for Bark and Lumber Rapidly Exhausting the Supply. Every day that goes by, says a Pittsburg dispatch, brightens up tho hemlock situation. The trade, which has been dull now for nearly a yetjr. Is showing signs of a decided improvement, and observing lumbermen argue that It will never again fall Into the slough which It Is now emerging from. The reasons given are the growing demand for hemlock lumber us tho population of the country grows and the lessening supply. The lumber market was a few years ago exclusively a pine market Hemlock was looked upon with contempt. A raftsman was almost ashamed to run down the river on a hemlock raft and the hemlock tree had no value In the pye of a woodman except for the “cinnamon” that, could be husked from It and sold for tanbark. LOSS MAY BEACH 875,000. Later Particulars of tho Sensational Express Bobbery Near St Louis. The Adams Express Company, It Is now stated, will lose about $75,000 by tho robbery of the ’Frisco night-express car, near Glendale, Mo.,,by six masked men, and the bold “hold-up” Is rapidly developing Into a criminal sensation of the first order. Tho safo of the express company was completely rifled, and although Superintendent Damsel plnced the loss In the neighborhood of $20,000 it Is now known that the safe contained far moro than that amount Superintendent Damsel refuses to deny or confirm the story that the total loss reaches 875,000, hut admits that It exceeded the amount he first gave out as the company’s loss. EXECUTED BY WIRES. Wife Murderer Loppy Electrocuted at Sing Sing. Martin D. Loppy was executed at Sing Sing, N.Y. Prison Chaplain Silas G. Edgerton wa» the first man to emerge from the prison after the execution. He looked very pale and was much agitated. In answer to questions concerning the execution he declined any details, but said It was similar in every respect to the four he witnessed in July. But there was no suffering and no scene. Loppy died easily and went to the chair bravely, giving everyone tho Impression that he did not care whether ho lived or not. There were three contacts, the signals being manipulated by Dr. Laudy.

TORN BY AN EXPLOSION. Two Men Killed and a Sawmill Demolished at Collinsville, Tenu. The boiler of J. W. Houston’s sawmill, at Collinsville, Tenn.. exploded, killing two persons and destroying the entire plant. John Smith, the engineer, had his leg. cut off below the hip and the rest of his body landed in the forks of a treo 150 feet away. Ed Downes was silting on a log eating his breakfast. His clothing was torn Into shreds and his naked lody was found lying fifty yards away. An Iron pipe twelve feet long was hurled against a tree with so mash force that it pierced it. The loss Is $5,000. CITIZENS IN A STATE OF TERROR. Another Murder In Johnson County, Wyo., Supposed to Be theVork of Rustlers. Johnson County, Wyoming, furnishes another assassination. The Tisdale inquest was yet in session when the body of Ranger Jones, another small ranchman, known as a range pirate, was brought in. He was found dead in his wagon, shot in the back from ambush twice. This was In a gully on an old road three miles from where Tisdale met his fate. Jones, like Tisdale, had been into Buffalo for supplies. War has been declared, and the contending parties are the rustlers or thieves and those .conducting the range beef business in a legitimate manner. Johnson County is thief-bidden. They control the local elections atid have organised under a thin disguise to further the common purpose of enriching them-

aclves off the herds of others. This secretly organized society has a membership of fully 200, and has terrorized Johnson and Sheridan Counties. Over a hundred armed cowboys are on the streets of Buffalo anxious to punish the assassins. A guard hile been placed over the guns of the local militia. FOREIGN TREASURE. Gold Galore Received in San Francisco from Australia. Foreign gold has boen actually dumped into San Francisco during the past few months It has arrived in the form Of English sovereigns from the Australian banks. The records show that during the past few months over $7,000,000 worth of gold sovereigns has arrived from Sydney and Auckland banks. Tho Mariposa, wLich arrived from Australia, brought over nearly $3,000,000 worth of sovereigns, and the bulk of them have been received at the United States mint on Fifth street. All the sovereigns are recoined into S2O gold pieces and go idto circulation. Until this year the Imports of sovereigns or other treasure from the colouies has never exceeded $3,000,000. The volume of business has been increasing gradually, however, and will probably be maintained hereafter.

Congress in Session. Tho Fifty-second Congress is a thing of life. It met at 1> o’clock on the 7tli, but almost immediately adjourned. The older and more aristmcratlc twin, under the presiding genius of the Vice President, became a well-organize 1 body at once. People came from long distances to see it, and at an early hour of the morning the spectators on the terrace of the Capitol looking down Pennsylvania avenue saw a long line of worthy citizens, male and female, marching through the rain. The marchers climbed the steep steps, entered the bull ling, clogged the corridors and stairways and pressed hard against the doors Such as chose the Senate were admitted at ten o'clock. Men and women, young, old. and rniddleoged, jumped over, fell over, and were pushed over the backs of the seats until tho seats and aisles were packed as no one in the House had ever seen them picked before. Such as were fortunate enough to secure tickets to the private gallery fared better, but all were packed and none except the executive and diplomatic galleries, which were only partly filled, contained a fourth of those who craved admittance. When the hands of the clock over the main entrance to the house indicated the hour of 12 o'clock Clerk McPherson rose and smiting the newtopped Speaker’s desk with Ills gavel called the members to order. It took six good hearty raps to execute his order. Then when a hush was obtained he announce! that the roll would he called. It took half an hour to do this, and three hundred and twenty-six members answered to their natuos. A Manufacturer's Suicide. At Trenton, N. J., John T. Stapler, a cracker manufacturer and prominent business man, shot himself dead. His wife was packing the trunks preparatory to a trip tc Bermuda with him when the fatal shot was fired. Mr. Stapler had recently purchased an elegant mansion, and had fitted it up in grand style Previously he had lived very plainly, and it is believed that his new responsibilities and increased cost of living affected Ills mind. Explosion of a Steel Furnace. At Baltimore, while workmen were making repairs to a furnace at the Sparrow Point steel works, a terrific explosion ol gas occurred which resulted in the giving way of the lower part of tho furnace, fatally injuring three men and more or less seriously wounding several others. The damage to machinery and stock was slight and will be repaired in a few days. Hundreds of Rabbits Bugged. As a result of an all-day, four-sided rabbit hunt In Ripley tow nship, near Crawfords ville, Ind., about 1,000 of the longeared pets were bagged, tho winning side killing 533. On account of the recent mild winters rabbits havo become a nuisance in that section and match hunts are becoming all the rage.

Tried to Thaw tho Cartridges. At Eagle Gorge, Wash., a workman named Charles Rodgers was killed and a track watchman by the name of Henry O'Neill fatally wounded by an explosion ol giant powder. The cartridges were frozen and Rodgers attempied to thaw them out In u bonfire. Three Millions Untouched. The private str ng box of Frank Jones, president of the Boston & MalntMttiilroad, was taken from the vaults of the wrecked Maverick Bank at Boston and opened. It was found to contain $3,900,000 iu securities and coin, and all was found undisturbed. Kan on a Beef. The Pacific Mali’s new steamship Nicaragua struck on a sunken reef off Acajutta, San Salvador, and sank. She was bull! last June by the Cramps for the Central American servlco of the Pacific Mail and cost $300,000. Cashier Ferclval Stole Thousands. At Lewiston, Me., specifications were filed by the Shoe and Leather Bank of Auburn in its suit against tho bondsmen of exCashler Perclval, showing that Perclval’t stealings amounted to $187,455. Brice Sued for Taxes. The Treasurer of Alton County. Ohio, filed suit against United States Senator Calvin S. Brice for 517.350 delinquent taxes. Fxlt Horn Pedro. At Paris, after an illness which has been regarded serious hut from which he apparently rallied, Pom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, died. Harriott Makes Confession. Louis Harriott, the slayer of Mrs. Cbarlei T. Reynolds, at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., has confessed that he murdered the woman.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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CAPTURED BY CRISP.

THE GEORCI AN CHOSEN FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP. Springer Decided It—He Openly Displayed Hl* Pique Against Mr. Mills—Thirty Ballots Required—End ot the Hottest Flgbt Known to History. How It Was Done. Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia Speaker James Kerb, of Pennsylvania Clerk P, H Yoder, of Ohio Sergeant-at-arms C. H. Turner, of New York Doorkeeper L. G. Dalton, of Indiana Postmaster Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, will bo Speaker of the House of Representatives in tho Fifty-second Congress. William

SPEAKER CRISP.

M. Springer, of Illinois, brought about his nomination. Crisp was nominated on the thirtieth ballot of the caucus, tho ro-ult being reached after tho following fashion: o' 5 m eo 3 „• a BALLOTS. 0, to C g o ® * z£ £i ~ P, o a! © O ,2 | Cfl 2 W cc First Bl| 78 1 211 18 14| 1 Second 89 80! 28 18 11 I Third. Ml 82 24| 18 11 1 Fourth 931 b 7 231 18 8 1 Fifth 931 Hi ‘iii 18 4 1 Sixth 951 89! 201 18 4 1 t-eventh...... 94 (lit 181 18j 5 1 Right h .*( 94; 91 17 10} 5 1 Ninth.., 95! <ji 18 19 s l Tenth 94 9 1 17 191 5 « Rleventh 93| B>j 20 3Ui 5 1 Twelfth 92! B!t| 19; 19| A 1 Thirteenth 94 91[ 10! ‘2O . 5 1 fourteenth 93| 8■! 17| iu 5 1 Fifteenth 9d 80 39 17 5 1 Sixtemth 0-4, HI 17! 39 5 1 Seventeenth 94 91 39l 17 A 1 Eighteenth | 04| 9 17) 19 5| 1 Nineteenth 04i 91; 1/ 19 5 1 Twentieth 92 00: 171 17 G 1 Twenty-first 94 ! 91 j 17: 19 5 1 Twenty-second OSi 93 17 19 4 1 Twenty-third 100 l 94| 13 37 0 1 Twenty-fourth lulj 941 32; 19 0 1 Twenty-fifth 101: 951 12 19, 0 1 Twenty sixth lot 95 12 19 0 1 Twenty-seventh 1 1 MG 12; 19 0 1 Twenty-eighth 108 !G 8 1 19 0 1 Twenty-ninth 1041 9J 6j 18 tt 1 Thirtieth 119| m| 4| 1 0| 0

Necessary to choice, 114. The nomination of Crisp was mado unanimous on motion of J. .1. Urown of Indiana. Immediately t'ore were hud cries of “Crisp! Cr.sp!” ond a committee was appointed to notify the successful candidate of his so ection and escort him to the t hair. Applause and t heers greeted the gentleman film Georgia, and aft r bowing his acknowledgments Mr. Crisp spoke as follows: “Representatives, I am profoundly grateful for tiiis mark of your confidence and esteem. I p edge my seif here and now to devote whatever of industry and ability I possess to tho advancement of the real int rests of tho Democratic par y. I beg to say to yon now as I speak to you my first words since I am your selection for Speaker, that n.y election means no step backward in tariff reform.

“I beg to sdy t> you that there is in our party to-day no man who more earnestly believes in the Democratic doctrine of tariff reform than I do. After the long struggle through which we have passed, wh“n Representatives are fatigued. when other officers avo to bo nom Rated, it dees not become me to consume your time. I beg to say, however, that during tho progress of this canvass i have said no word respecting any individual which would at ail justify him in having any harsh feeling of any kind against me. 1 have felt that it was a friendly struggle. I have felt that we were all Democrats, and I havo lelt that whoever might be chosen Speaker, whenever this Douse meets and organizes wo stand usi ne body, working and laboring for a common cause—tho prlncip es of the Democratic party. “I thank you again for your confidence and your kindness, and assure you that this whole contest has left in my bosom no unkind feeling toward any member of the House.”

BIOGRAPHY OP THE SPEAKER. Charles Frederick Cr sp was born In Sheffield, England, Ji no 29, 1845, his parents being on a European tour at the time They returned to America tho year of his birth, and went back to their old homo in t eorgia. He was educated in the common schools of Macon and Savannah, and in May, 18(51, he entered the Confederate army as Lieutenant in Company K, Tenth Virginia Infantry. He was taken prisoner of war May 12, 18(54, and confined in Fort Delaware until June, 18(55. Then he was re eased and went to live with his parents, who were residing at Ellaviilo, Schley County, Ga. Soon after he removed to Americus and studied law, being admitted to the bar there in and going back to Ellaville to practice. He continued in private practice there until 185.2, when he was appointed Solicitor General of the Southwestern Judicial Ci cuit, and was reappointed in 1873 for a term of four years. Ir. the same year he moved to Americus again and siuco then that town lias been his home. June, 1877. Mr. Crisp was appointed Judge of tie Superior Court of tho Southwestern Cit cuit, and in 185 8 electe 1 to the same office by the General Assembly. He was re elected Judge in 18S0 for a term of four \ears, but resigned in 1882 to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Third District. He was also President of tho Democratic State Convention of 1883. He was elected to the Foity-eighth Congress and lias leen returned to that body continuously ever since.

OUR IRON HIGHWAYS.

Interesting Statistics In the Report of the Bureau of Railway Statistics. The express companies pay to railways as renta s 820,207,711 a year. They aro in reality engaged in the bu-i----doss of quick delivery of freight, and as such should be amenable to control. . Railway t.avel is the least safe in the (States south of the 1 otomac and Ohio It.vers. Thus, in this territory an c;np'ojo is killed for each 241 men employed. and one trainman is killed for ea -h t'ij employed. One passenger is killed for each 838,555 passengers carried. The increase in railway capital over ttye previous year is --444,2m1,79F. The proportion of capital represented by stocks is 40.82 per tent, the amount of stocks jer mi.c is $28,322, and the amount of outstanding obligations, includ.ng bonds equipment, trust obligations. etc . is 4-28,262. 'i he number of passengers carried during the year was 492,430,865. The a £(?regate number of miles traveled by ail. passengers was 11,847,785,617, an average, journey of 24.06 milos por p»stet ger. The freight carried was 616,441.617 tons, the average carry per ton having been 1iv.74 milos.

CURRENT COMMENT.

Kansas City's Kidnaping. Such <>ff >nBC9 are the refinement of cruelty; they are worso ilian death Itself, because the future is unknown.— New York Evening Sun. There ought to be a law passed which makes the Stealing of children for the purpos i ot securing a reward a capital offense.—Kansas City Journal. It is scarcely ocssib’e to conceive of a crimo more heinous than that of which she has been guilty. Murder is. indeed, of inferior significance.—Brooklyn Times. Parental lcve took precedence with him of the public interests affected by his submission to blackma'l, and so it would with nearly everybody.—New York Press. If Mr. Peals had broken his promise, arrested the thieves’agent and"devoted his $5,000 to charity rather than to the encouragement of kidnaping, would not ‘.ho end have moro than justified the means? —New York World. It is gratifying that thy father was fortunate enough to <ansom his son: but the. authorit os owe it to every child, as well as to e.ery parent in the land, t» hunt down the kidnaper ', each and all of whom should bo summarily dealt with.—L,ou svillo Times The kidnaping of a child in Kansas City, with the object of extorting moic y from its parents, was a crime the successful accomplishment of which would have caused the hearts of millions of people in this < ountry to throb with fear. —Philadelphia Becord. The prompt payment by Mr. Beals, of Kansas City, of s-5,030 for the return of his abducted child will no doubt inaugurate a boom in child stealing Editors and other rich men will please keep a bulldog handy and a sharp eye on their children.—St. Louis Sunday Mirror. David T. Peals lived up to the letter of his agreement in pay.ng the ransom promised for his child, but now that the conspirators arc in tho tods without any violation upon his part of the con pact, he should prosecute to tho fullest extent of the law.—Kan as City Times. The father cannot bo blamed for losing sight of everything but gaining tho possession of his child, any devoted parent would have done the same; but ali the fathers and mothers in the country have now a vital interest in the severest punishment of these abductors.—lndianapolis News.

The Active Train Robber. It may yet be necessary to build all sxpross cars of steel and arm them like a modern man of-war on a small scale.— Linco n Journal. Two moro Western train robberies. If this thing keep; on every car Will have to bo provided with a c ouple of Jailing guns.—New Y’o k Becorder. The latest train robbery In the West shows that this bu iness <ease* to be. a io ;e the moment it gets beyond the porter of the pa'ace car.—Philadelphia Times. St. Louis is very proud of the train robbery which lia- brought that ri.er town into prominence again. It was getting most fearfully uuiet down in that region.—Toledo Biado. The St Louis train robbery was evidently patterned after the raids at Racine and Omaha or perpetrated by ;he same men. There was v striking similarity in the methods employed.— Minneapolis Tribune. After all, train robbing seems to be about the safest of all forms of robbery. It is not alone tho Northwestern train robbers who have escaped, but those in New York and Missouri have not bcon arrested.—Milwaukee Sentinel. The new way of opening cars put tho pxpress messengers into dangei that they cannot dodge. Heretofore they have offered resistance and taken tho chances of fusi.lades through the sides of their cars, but dynamite is more effective than cannon and a messenger would be committing suicide to remain in a car while robbers were opening it in tho lastost. style.—Milwaukee Wisconsin

Revolution in China. Tho Chinese are growing civilized. They a first-class revolution out there.—Poston New*. What has happened in the outlying territory of China wvll bo as nothing to what will occur if the great wall fai s to keep the rebels out of Pekin.—New York Wo* Id. To find a parallel for the accounts of diabolical cruelty which come fronj Ihina, in connection with the Takow massacre, wo must go back lo the Indian mutiny of 1857. —Louisville Commercial. Christian missionaries in China show grod sense in promptly getting out of tho path of the insurgents. Thoy would show better sense by getting out of the country a.together.—Providenco Telegram. The contest is one between progress tnd retrogression, between darkness and light, between civilization and barbarity. The fight, however, vvi 1 do much to zlear the atmosphere in China —Boston Journal. The consideration manifested by the Chinese in keeping their juvenile eaperor in ignorance of the revolutionary troubles in his country is touching, ft s one of tho defects of a monarchical system that affairs of state have a most way of failing to come in Poys’ sizes —Washington Star.

The Keeley Cure in Court. When the case conies to trial It is reaonab e that the cm y matter to be considered is the I octor's abi ity to cure iipso iian;a, not its e ect-, which is a iifferent affa r a to ether.—Harri burg Patriot. The Kee’ey Institute at Dwight has ocen sued for ( a i aaes by a pat ent who vhges the bichloride treat rent iai.ed to cure him. The sa'oons didn’t try to ;ure him and therefore are not sued.— P,ttsburg Pre.-s. If the suit proves successful Dr. Keeey will do well to make contracts that are 30 doub e headers. If the a lesed cures ire failures the patients wi.l want the money expended with Kee'ey t > buy iririks in the future.—Milwaukee News. The Kee ey drunkenness “Cure” is to be tested in court on the suit of an inebriate who paid 8150 on a pledge that ae should be cured, which was not done. He a so wants §12,000 for damases done so his const tut on by the treatment. Inc'den'al y this last suit mav raise the luestion whether an incurable drunkard ins 812,0 .0 worth of constitution.—Doiroit Free Press.

Indians as Soldiers. The prob em of preventing Indian wars in the West e\erv few years lias eeen happily solv< d. The Indian war:io s a e being pnt in the United States t-my, and the e is no enemy to fight.— Kew Orleans Picayune. Secietary Pioetor is undoubtedly cor■ect in his theory that dressing an InHan up and treating him in such a fashon as to make him self-respecting does lira good. It is the same way with the Taucasian.—Boston Becord. The experin ent perhaps helps to ssilve she Indian problem. Such Indians as can ie induced to take np farms and Improve them, or go into stock-raising, ihonld be encouraged to do so, bnt the roung men who prefer a soldier’s life mould be enlisted and made useful In ifcat capacity.—Lincoln Joutnai.

CHINA IN GREAT PERIL.

ANOTHER REBELLION BREAKS OUT IN THE EMPIRE. AU Europe Interested—Protection for Christians Demanded—Pekin in Great Danger—Only the Great Wall ltemalni to Protect It. The Situation In the Kingdom. A telegram from the Brit'sh Ambassador at Pekin announces that an outbreak has taken placo to the west of Jehol beyond the great wall of China. The revolt is led by brigands who are always present in tho northern parts of tho Province of Pochill, assisted, no doubt, by the secret societies and possiblyby Chinese Mohammedans from Mongolia.

EMPEROR OF CHINA.

the rising. A British gunboat is stationed at Tientsin and another has now ascended tho Yang-tso Elver to Ichang. It is said at Shanghai that the French Minister has made an imperative demand on tne Chinese Government lor punishment of the reb-ls who perpetrated tho massacre of the Belgian priests and nuns and also the exemplary degradation and punishment of the Mandarins who feasted and encouraged the rioters. Orders have been given by the government for the Immediate execution of all prisoners, except tLe leaders, who are to be reserved for flayir g alive and other tortures, providel tl.ey are caught The situation in China is attracting great attention in political circles in a 1 the European capitals This is not only duo to the fact that several of the powers have made demands upon the Chinese Government regarding the treatment of their lespoctive subjects in that country, which the present condition of affairs p'revents being settled, but because es the extreme importance attached to the reports that England ha* come to an understanding with China by which mutual aid will be rendered in the event of certain contingencies. The correspondent of the Paris Figaro cables from Shanghai that pour parlers have been opened to bring about an alliance between England and China for the purpose of coping with Pussla. Tho correspondent adds that China is sending troop* to tho Pamir to check the Bussian movements in that part of the world, China c alming that Bussia is encroaching on her territory. Tho correspondent at Tientsin telegraphs: “It is reDorted that a band of rebels have murdered a Mongolian prince. Some more v llages have been sacked and looted, and all the native Christian residents have been found massacred. Tho Mandarins am not attempting to stop tho butchery, which Is being executed by an organization called a temperance league, with its object the extermination of foreigners and Christians. The senior British officer has received a message from Niuchang stating that the revolt there has been suppressed and the rebels dispersed. A laconic dispatch from Chinese sources annoonces that a number of the rebels have been summarily beheaded ” A dispatch from Pekin says: “Tho Chinese Government has received an official report from Brigadier General NLh, commanding the troops in the Kinchow district, announcing that he engaged and

THE GREAT CHINESE WALL.

defeated the rebels, killing their leader and six hundred men. The general commanding thelmperial forces.at Jeho also annoui ces a successful engagement with the rebels. According to the cable dispatches that have been received from Pekin and Shanghai the rebellion began to tbe south of the military headquarters of Mantchuria—Girin ana when last heard from the rebels were In the prov* ince of Sliong King, and within four hundred mil; sos Pekin. This being the case the great bulk of the Northern Chinese army Is far beyond the present advance, and presumably, as yet, unacquainted with the revolt, if not actually in Sympathy with it. The duties of the northern army have principally been to watch the Russian Iron tier, which is marked by the Ussuri and Amur Rivers, the latter extending nearly to Lake Baikal, at the extreme south of which is Irkutsck, the capital of Eastern Siberia. It seems a second rebel army is marching on.Pekin from Mongolia, a vast district inhabited for tho most part by uncivilized nomads. Mantchuria lias a population of 12,000,000, while Mongolia is ered ted with 2,000,000. The defense of Pekin will depend upon Lt Hung Chang, the Viceroy of Be-t hi-Li, whom Gen. Grant styled the Rlsnarck of China. He has a population of 35,000.r00 under h s rule, and his army is ihe best organized and drilled in the empire The great strugg e between the Chinese army and tho hordes is expected to take place at the Great Wa l. This marvelous work of defense was built by Chl-Hwang-ti more than 2,000 years ago for the purpose of keeping off the Tartars. Rut the wa lis no more occupied by troops. In tho towers there are Igenerally guns mounted, but they are of an antiquated pattern and would bo almost useless for repelling troops armed with modern weapons. The height of the wall varies, including the parapet, from twenty-six to fifty feet, and depends on- tbe character of ti e slope that it is built upon. The b eadtli of tho outer parapet is fourteen feet on tho top, with a gradual inc ease toward the ground, both aspects of tho wall having a considerable slope. Each tower has four embrasures, which are used as lookout places Tie wall is on the who ein good repair. It passes within thirty miles of Pek n. if the force 3of the empire, wh'eh still remain loyal, be concentrated near to where the rebe's must pass the wal 1 , they may make srme use of this clumsy, antiquated bulwark of defense and save China from tho perils attending on a usurpation of t .e t..rone.

All Sorts.

Oxf-third of tho crime committed it London Is perpetrated on Saturday nights. Unlike most vegetables the tin-plate plant will leave in November.—CWeago Times. These are considerably over a hundred thousand acres devoted to tobacco in Virginia. 1 Six hundred buildings In New York city have been condemned as unsafe by tho fire department Connecticut last year took out more patents in proportion to population than iny other State in tie Union.

Two or threo important towns have i been captured and hundreds of natives murdered, among them many Christian converts. Six housand picked soldiers,commanded by the chief officers of the province, have been sent by tho government to suppress

THE POSTAL SERVICE.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. One Cent Postage Coming—Three Cent Telephone and Ten Cent Telegraph Messages —Pay of Fonrth-class Officers. Improvements Which Should Be Made. In his annual report Postmaster General Wanamaker says that, in spite of the fact that over $1,000,000 worth of lottery revenue has been lost during tho past year, the postal deficit of $6, OOP,OOO is surely disappearing, provided the same rate of revenue and expenses ebta ns on July I, 1593. It appears that all of the lottery mail has practically been driven from tho mails, and the fidelity of the department in trying to enforce this almost unanimous wish of Congress is evident from the court records of prosecutions, involving 203 cases in six months The Postmaster General renews his recommendation for the division of the country into postal districts, and adduces many reasons why the reform would be beneficial. He shows that the county seat visitations have resulted in the submission of 3.100 reports out of a possible 2,800, and that the condition of 45,600 offices is covered. The following are the leading items obtained by an actual compilation of over 38,000 of these reports: Poßtofflces conveniently located 35,9 *Q Poetoffices inconveniently 1 cated 607' Change of location suggested 162: Postofflces well-kept, clean, and orderly. .31,718 Postoffices not wolPkept. etc 3,126 Books, accounts, aud reports properly and promptly written up 31,107 Books, etc., not properly and promptly written up 6,281 Postofflee a lounging place 1,250’ Postoffioo not a lounging place 35,61)1 Offices having one or more mails arriving and departing every day (that is, supplied v»lth dally mail servloe) 23,009 Notice of the lottery law was found p08ted.32,677 Lottery law was not posted 4,962. Patrons of the postoffice satisfied with the service 30,267 Patrons of the postoffice not satisfied with the service 1,066 Postmaster was found to understand the postal laws and regulations 32,573 Postmaster did not understand the postal laws aud regulation* 4,814 Postmaster devotes all his time to the offloe 22,070 Postmastei does not devote all his time to the office 15,420Postmaster was found to be engaged in objectionable employment in connection with the postoffice 166Postmaster has made obvious improvements in the service of his office 9,801. Postmaster has not thus far made improvements in the service of his c ffice.. .23,997 Offices which oould be discontinueu and supplied from some other office 409' Number of offices rated A, or perfect 1,754, Number of offices rated 4, or excellent 8,495 Number of offices rated 3, or good 14 737 Number of offices rated 2, or fair B’soß Number of offices rated 1, or poor 1,912 The Postmaster General recommends the adaptation of the to ophono, as welt as the telegraph, to the postal systemHo says: “One cent letter postage,. 3cent telephone messages, and 10-cent telegraph messages are a 1 near possibilities under an enlightened and compact l ostal system, using' the newesttelegraphic inventions. The advantage of tying the rural postoffioo by a telephone wire requiring no operator tothe rai road station must be obvious. It is not chimerical to expect a 3-cent telephone rate; thepossibilities of (heapening the management of those new facilities are very great. All account keeping could be abolished by use of stamps or ‘nickel-in the-slot’ attachments, collection boxes everywhere in the cities and many places in the country towns would receive telephone and telegraph messages, written on stamped cards likepostal cards. Old so.diers and others could find employment as collectors, and frequent collections would abolish thepresent expensive messenger-boy system. For telegraphing only an operator is needed when business justifies it, otherwise a telegraph message would be forwarded by ‘phono to the nearest telegraph station. “I have heretofore stated that l-ce:it postage will be successfully demanded in. time. I believe that time is not lar off. It certainly ought not to be asked for so long as any deficit appears in the revenues of the postal sferviee, and hero I wish to reiterate the further statement that, in my judgment, it ought not to be asked for then until many improvements and extensions of the serv.ee are provided for. It would not be just and fair to a Service upon which every effort has been spent for two years to make it selfsustaining, and which now promises to become so in tho next fiscal year, to heap upon it, the instant the balance sheet becomes clear, a burden of millions, from which it could not recover for many years, and with the existence of which it would have to struggle year by year, and then often unsuccessfu ]y, to obtain the appropriations absolutely required for its maintenance. “Clerks in postoftiees ought to bo fairly paid; thoy ought not to be overworked; they ought to nave rooms in, better buildings; ietter-carriers ought not to be weighted down like packhorses; railway postal clerks should bepaid for the clangers they face daily; the great majority of postofflces ought to be better equipped; a fourth-class postmaster who rcce ves SIOO a year cannot afford to pay S2OO for fitting his office with boxes; rural free delivery, considered to be a successful experiment, and about which there cannot bo two opin- ■ ions as to the propriety of its further extension, should bo widely extended. Those and other things ought to be dene, but they can never be consummated so long as a deficiency in the po tal revenues stares an appropriation committee in the face. ” “At the c ose of the last fiscal year there were 64,329 postofflces. At 44,263 of these the receipts which accrued were absorbed, or more than absorbed, by the postmasters’ pay. In other words, the comp nsation to postmasters includes all the receipts from more than two thirds of all the postofflces. Another large percentage of offices should be added to this number, where tho compensation of the postmaster, the cost of mail messenger service, and the allowance for sefarating labor more than include the receipts Tho number of postofflces that are conducted at a profit i 9 therefore very small. ”

Gems of Thought.

Compassion will enro moi*e sins than condemnation.—Henry Ward Beecher. The necessity of circumstances proves friends and detects onemiea—Epietotus. Pedantry and tete are as inconsistent as gayety and melancholy.—Lavrter. There has never been a mean man and at the same time virtuous.—Jenfucius. Nature makes no vagabonds, tho world makes ns respectable.—Alexander Smith. To re content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. —Cicero. Of ail the paths which lead to a woman’s heart, pity is the straightest Beaumont. Defend ire from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.—Marshal Villat s If wo can still love those who have made us suffer we loro them all tho more. —-Mrs. Jameson Experience teaches that a weak memory Is generally joined to a weak judgment—Montaigno. The novel In its best form I regard as the-inoet powerful engine of civilization ever Invented.—Her chei.