Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — Page 2

gftefemotrfltitgftrtincl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - Publisher

COULDN’T TAKE A JOKE

INVALID KENTUCKIAN DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. i Amateur Smugglers In a Peck of Trouble— Belligerent Kansas Attorney Wauls to Ftglit a Duel with the Judge—Murder, ous Virginia Bobbers. Congressional. The way in which business was rushed through the House on the 7th led to considerable talk at the capital about the prospects of an early adjournment. Penator Allison. Chairman of the Committee on Apcropriations and therefore an authority on the state of the appropriation bills expressed the opinion that the Senate would be ready to adjourn by July 15. The Senate surpassed all previous records in passing the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in thirty minutes, and many changes were made. Tl.e House had a Very brief session. An urgent deficiency bill appropriating $7,674,000 for pensions and $14,000 for contingent expenses of the House was passed. Bills were also passed establishing weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay Islands and Lake Huron, -and ceding lands to the city of New Bedford, Mass, for a public park. The bill forfeiting land grants opposite unconBtructed roads at the time limited by the granting acts occupied the remainder of the day. _ M’MIIXAN’ GETS TWELVE TEABS. Long Sentence for a Desperate Man Once Made Prominent by Suspicion. Charles McMillan, the man whom Houston. Texas, officers believe to be the one wanted for an assault, in February last, on a lady of much prominence at Sedalla, Mo , was convicted of burglary of the store of J. H. Nudin that took place some months ago. He gets a term of twelve years. The lady and her husband came dowu from Sedalia, but the lady would not positively identify the man as her assailant Since McMillan bas been in jail he has tried to hang himself with his bedclothes and at another time he set fire to his bed and attempted to burn himself. VICTOBV FOB UNION' PRINTERS. Their Long Fight with the New York Tribune at an End. There is much rejoicing among union printers over the report that the New York •Tribune has at last given up the long fight with “big six,” and that hereafter only union compositors will be allowed to sot type for that paper. This settlement of the contest, which was at one time a very bitter one, has been made upon an amicable basis, and. following so quickly on the return of IVhltelaw Iteid from his several years’ sojourn abroad, the 6,000 membersof “big six” are inclined to give the ex-Mini-ter to France the credit of bringing it about.

Terrorized by Earthquake. Home dispatch: An earthquake was. fel* in the province of Foggia, in Northern Apulia. Many people were attending the cathedral and churches In the city of Fogg’a. and the vibration led niJhy of them to think that ajniracle had happened and that the sacred images twgre to come down front their pedestals. The people of Naples ars gxcitcd over Hie disturbed c.ndition of Vesuvius. Tho mountain is liouring forth enotmous streams of lava. Tim presenj appearances are very similar to th.aT wli'iqh preceded the erupWon of 1671, which destroyed sixty lives. Hundreds of people who live on the slopes of the mountain are- moving away, and a great deal of damage has already been caused by the lava streams. t “ Murdered kv Masked Robbers. Berry Starnes, who lived in Rye Cove. Bcott County, Ya-. was murdered and ills house robbed of S4OO by three masked men. Mr. Starnes was awakened by some one shooting on the outside, and was told to open tbe door. Starnes opened the door, and was covered by revolvers and commanded to throw up his hands. Slamming the door, the old man started toward tho woods. He was shot nine times In the head. The murderers ransacked the house, getting $450 of the old man's money. There is no clew.

Challenges the Judge to a Duel. At WicbMa, Kan., no little excitement was created by the discovery that C. Reed, Judge of the District Court, had been challenged to fight a duel by I. N. Bird, a prominent attorney. Judge Reed Is Invited to select the 6eld of honor at any point within one hundred miles of Wichita, and to name weapons, except knives. 'the quarrel originated a couple of months ago. during proceedings In court, when the attorney and Judge are alleged to have interchanged some vfncomplimentary rejnarks. y Opium Smugglers Come to Grief, r A large haul of smuggled opium and a I clever capture of the smugglers was made at Lewiston, N. Y. Two men, who gave fictitious names but were afterward ascertained to be George Looney, n well-known lawyer, and Tom Dean, son of Judge Dean, both of Toronto, were arrested with four valises containing 120 half-pound boxes of opium. This is probably their first attempt at smuggling. The large duty on opium, 912 a pound, tempted them. ——* - •.*—»■ - - f Driven to Suicide by Jokes, v The jokes and jibes of his friends caused Henry Shafer, of Louisville, to place a plsteri in bis mouth and blow out his brains. He was a consumptive, and tor some time had been gradually wasting away. He was very sensitive about his condition. It U thought that ho had become depressed at the jokes of his friends, and, in a moment of despondency, ended his life. For Killing HU Wife. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, of Now York, was arrested upon a bench warrant on the charge of killing his wife, Annie B. Buchanan, by the administration of poison. Fatally Gored by a Bull. Martin Scott, a farmer living lu Palmyra Township, near Vincennes, Ind., was fatal1/ gored by a bull. Killed by Blasting Powder. While John Williams, Fred Goddard and Charles Williams were engaged in blasting In Henry Hulls' quarry In the eastern edge of Greencastle, Ind., an explosion of a twen-ty-flve-poond can of powder took place, seriously wounding John Williams and Goddard and killing Charles Williams Aided in Her Husband’s Murder. At Alderson, L T., while Walker Murphy and Mat Bawdey were quarreling over Morphy's attentions to Mrs. Bawdey, the woman in dispute held her husband while Morphy shot and killed him. Murphy •scaped. Big Train Bobbery. A Santa Ee passenger train was held up fast outside of Red Rock, L T„ about 11 o'clock Wednesday night The robbers flagged the train at the stock yards, and after captaring the engineer and fireman hook the express car by storm and blew <V»en the safes One report has it that SSO, - v MO was secured. Friendly to the Fair. Governor Burke, In his message to the special session of the North Dakota Legislature. says: "The sentiment of the people warrant* me is calling your attention to the matter of an additional appropriation ■swvfw.y 1 »"

fearful calamity. Pennsylvania Oil .Regions Swept by Fire and Flood—Hundreds Ferish. The oil regions of Pennsylvania were risited Sunday by a disaster of fire and water that is only eclipsed in the history [>f this country by the memorable flood at Johnstown just three years ago. It Is impossible to give anything like an accurate idea of the loss of life and property,as chaos reigns throughout the devastated region, it is safe to say that not less than one hundred and fifty lives have been lost and many believe the number nearer two hundred and fifty. Nearly one hundred bodies have already been recovered and many piople are still missing. Tho number may far exceed one hundred and fifty, but this is regarded as a conservative estimate. 'The property loss will reach far into the millions. At Titusville the loss is estimated at $1,500,000; Oil City. $1,500,000; Corry, *60,000; Meadville, $150,000, and surrounding country probably a million more. The disaster was caused by a cloudburst, which swept down upon scores of monster oil tanks, tho contents of which, mingling with the flood, blazed fiercely, with great disaster to life and property. SUNDAY-SCHOOL ABANDONED. Too Many Chinese Pupils Married Their Teachers. The Sunday-school for Chinese which has been run for over fourteen years in connection with the Trinity Baptist Church, at Fifty-fifth street and Lexington avenue. New York, has been temporarily abandoned. The class not long ago numbered one hundred scholars and an equal number of teachers. Two months ago, one of the scholars, Lee Wing, married his teacher, MjUs Lizzie Field. This marriage was followed by several others, and a tremendous hue and cry was raised against the teaching of Chinese by young women. The Sunday school at the Trinity Baptist Church gained such publicity that both scholars and teachers shunned their weekly meeting place, and Sunday before last only three of the original hundred put In an appearance. Last Sunday neither scholars nor teachers turned up at the appointed hour, and the superintendent, Mrs. A Carto, decided to abandon the school at least until next fall.

FOILED THE LYNCHERS. A Texarkana Mob Hunting fur a Negro Fiend Wlw Assaulted a White Woman. At Texarkana. Ark.. Wednesday morning before daylight Jerome Fisher, a negro, entered the house of Mrs. Dooley, a white woman, and assaulted her. The negro fled and was pursued by citizens. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Fisher appeared at the residence of SherifT Cannon and surrendered. He begged the Sheriff for protection and a fair trial. He was taken to the scene of the outrage and identified by Mrs. Dooley, after which he was locked up in jaiL At night a mob of several hundred surrounded tlie jail, and with sledge hammers battered down the doors and entered. The Sheriff, however, antieipat3d their action and had spirited the negro away and concealed him. The mob then began a searcli for Fisher, but have not yet discovered ills hiding place. It is certain that the negro will be lynched as soon as the mob can locate him. BLAINE LEAVES THE CABINET. Full Text of the Correspondence Attending His Resignation. Political and commercial circles alike were startled Saturday by the news that Secretary Blaine had resigned his position, following is the correspondence: —... ___ Depaktment of State, I - - zap-, Washington, D. C. f To the President: Jk— ■- J t - •-» * — t respectfully beg leave to submit my resignation Ut tills offlee Of Secretary Of State of tfm United States, to which I Was appointed By yon the sth of Match, 1889. 'file condition of public business in tho Department of State justifies me in requesting inv resignation may he accepted immediately. I have the honor to be. very respectfully, your obedient servant, James (i. Blaine. Executive Mansion, Wakhinoton, D. C.— To the Secretary of State: Your letter of this date tendering your resignation of the office of Secretary of State of the United States lias been received. The terms in which you state your desires are such as to leave me no choice out to accede to your wishes at once. Your resignation is therefore accepted. Very respectfully, yours; Benjamin Hahiuhon. The Hon. James G. Blaine.

HARRIS' WINERY BURNED. ('hllloitilh'm Scliweliifiirth Loses $200,000 by the Fire. The winery on the celebrated ranch of Thomas Lake Harris, the widely known Mystic, who has a colony of subjects near sunta Rosa. Cal, was destroyed by fire, causing the loss of $200,000. Immense quantities of wine and brandy were stored in the w inery, which was said to he the largest lu the State. The fire, which Is supposed to have been of incendiary origin, started In the belfry of the winery, and soon bbcime uncontrollable. The brandy In storage caught fire, and at midnight streams of burning brandy were running all over the place, and the conflagration presented a magnificent sight from Santa Rosa The winery and stock were vulmd at $400,000; insurance, sllO, - 000. . , Indians Present tlio Passion Play. “The Passion Play,” in nine tableaux, was given by Indians at St. Mary's mission, near Vancouver, B. C., under the auspices of the Roman Catholic priest. Two thousand five hundred of the savages went frantic over tlio affair. Christ's crucifixion was represented under the greatest excitement. Weird chants and most realistic acting made the scene one never to bo forgotten. In the last and most horrible scene a wax Image of Christ was affixed to a high cross and was made to drip blood from the pierced parts of the body. The audience was greatly affected.

Thieves Slaughter Wyoming Steers. Skillful range hands employed by an association of Cheyenne. Wyu, ride the line between Wyoming and Nebraska In tlit interest of local herds. These riders have just reported on their first spring trip. They find that during the winter eightythree Wyoming beeves have been slaughtered near the line, and in one locality the heads and hides remain. It Is estimated that ao less than 400 steers have been driven over the line since last fall. Street Battle with a Burglar. At Pittsburg, a thief was discovered breaking into the palatial residence of John A. Renshaw. The Renshaw family is absent. and the house Is temporarily uuoccupled. Citizens gave chase and cornered the thief, whereupon the latter turned and fired Into the crowd, the bullet striking William Kerner hi the forehead, inflicting a dangerous wound. One of the pursuers shot a the thief. Inflicting a very serious wound, from which he may die. Strangled to Deatli by Snuff*. At Cadiz. Ohio. Mrs. Henry Thomas sent her 9-year-old son Willie to a store to buy snuff. Later the boy was found dead near his homo with his mouth full of snuff. It is supposed the hoy had undertaken to use the tobacco aud was strangled to death. Reading Struck by a Cyclone. A report has reached Philadelphia that a tornado swept over Reading, Pa., killing several persons aad destroying a vast * mount of property. Telegraph wires were down and details unobtainable. Mangled by a Train. David Klstler, a farmer of Tiffin, Ohio, and his 18-year-old daughter were run down by a passenger train on the Nickel Plate Road, near Green Springs. Klstler Was killed and his daughter fatally injured. Southern Farmers. Aiken. S. G, special: The Southern planter realized a lower price tor his cot toe ■be pent season than ever before. The

general verdict is that overproduction la the cause. With a crop of 8,000,000 bales in 1880-91 and a larger one than that in 1891-92, more cotton was raised than could be utilized. It was not so much the fault of au increased acreage in cotton as an unusually large yield over previous years. The steady decline of cotton has aroused the planter to his danger, and he is casting about to see what can be done to avert another large yield and bring back tbe old prices of the staple. If cotton goes down to 5 cents a pound next year it will swamp the average farmer, because ho cannot raise and market it at that price. NOVEL WORLD'S FAIR EXHIBIT. An Historical Map of the United States Made of Inlaid Woods. G. W, Kirkbridge, of Big Rapids. Mich., has in preparation a most novel exhibit in tbe form of an inlaid map which he is going to seDJ to tb<s World’s Columbian Exposition. Ifirkbridge is an ex-soldier und an artist in the way of ingenious wood carving und is liow making the effort of his life. Two years ago he began work upon what be terms an historical map, and ht lias been pegging away at it at spare moments every since. Upon one side of a surface 3 feet 9 Inches by 5 feet 6 inches be has inlaid a map of the United States. Each State and Territory is represented by native woods, the boundary lines being constructed mathematically true to survey. F.very minute detail has been closely attended to, and as a result the map is a beauiful piece of workmanship and look* like a fine oil painting. ON TRIAL FOR BRIBERY. The Seven Alleged Boodle Aldermen Face a Chicago Court. Ihe seven alleged boodle Aldermen, whom Gem Lieb's Grand Jury of March Indicted for bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, wero put on trial Monday in Judge Collins' Court, in Chicago. They are Nicholas Connor, Daniel R. O'Brien, William O’Brien, Stephen Goslln. John Dorman, Patrick J. Gorman and Phillip Juckson. The defendants seemed to take tho whole matter as a huge joke. They lounged about the benches, read tho latest political news and chatted with their friends. When an adjournment was taken four jurors had been accepted by bott sides.

FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION. Two Men Killed and Two Others Fatally Hurt Near Logansport, Ind. The boilers in Ivinz e & Coughill’s tile works, south of Logansport, Ind., exploded, killing two men instantly and fatally injuring two others. The building was blown to atoms. There is a large hole in the ground where the mill stood. The explosion was heard several miles away. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Tho loss will amount to 515.Q00. Trade-Mark Case Decided. In tho United States Circuit Court at Chicago Judge Woods recently decided a case wherein the llostetter Co. was plaintiff and G. A. McKee defendant. The plaintiff makes and sells Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and defendant kept what is lormed a department store on West Madison street and sold au Imitation of plaintiff's hitters, but in the genuine bottles, which had been once filled with plaintiff’s hitters. These bottles still had the original labels, but the corks wei.e sealed with a counterfeit metallic cap, and they were sold at what the druggists call “cut rates.” Immediately upon close of ttie arguments by Mr. Clarke for plaintiff and E. C. Dahms for defendant, the court grant’d a decree of perpetual injunction, wltti costs, etc. C TT.U Harrison on the First Ballot. John IL Lynch, the colored officeholder from Mississippi, while on his way to Minneapolis. was talking very strongly for the administration. He said: “Tho Blaine boom? Wind. Nothing el-e. Tho men who are pushing Mr. Blaine have had no other candidate for twenty years, Harrison will lie nominated on tho first ballot All the colored people of the United States are for tho President There is no concerted movement on their part to secure (he nomination of any other man. Harrison's treatment of tho colored men lias been very satisfactory and he will be supported loyally.”

Four Bodies Hanging from a Tree. A parly of cattlemen who were preparing for the round-up when the injunction of the Judge was served upon them have returned to Buffalo, Wyo., nmd report the finding of a relic of the recent war between cattlemen and rustlers In tlio shape of four human bodies swinging to the limb of a tree. The bodies hud , evidently been h anglng there for several weeks, and were dried and shriveled to such an extent that It was impossible to identify them. It is believed the men were members of the invading party who wero captured by the rustlers. Students' Pranks Cause Death. At New Haven, Conn., Wilkins liustln, \ ale '94, of Omaha, died of an Intestine rupture. While being Initiated a member of the D KE society ho was run against a carriage pole by the students who were leading him blindfolded through the streets and severely Injured. Stoned by Strikers. At St. Louis, the engineers, firemen, and roustabouts of the Anchor line have gone out on a strike, and the trouble resulted in a small-sized riot, which it required fifty policemen to quell. Tonnossee Militia Withdrawn. The Tennessee State militia has been removed from the Oliver Spring -mines, with a view to a peaceful settlement of the troubles in the mining region. MARKET QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to I’-rmio.... ,?3.50 @ 475 Hoos-Shipplng Grades 3.50 19 6.00 Sheep—l air to Choice 4.U0 9 0.70 Wheat—No. 2 Spring ‘ 84 9 >5 Coax—No. 9, new 50 9 .54 Oats—No. 2 82*49 .33'* Rye—No. 2 73 9 .78 Butter—Choico > reumerv IT l v> <9 .IK Cheese—Full Cream, fiats wt '9 .19 q Eggs -Fresh 15 9 jh Potatoes— Choice old, per bn... .45 9 !S Indianapolis. Cattle-Shipping 3.25 @4 50 Hous —Choice Light 3.50 9 5.0 J SH.- EP—Common to Prirno 3.0 C 9 45 J Wheat-No. 2 Red go 9 .87 Cor.v—No. 1 White 49 @ '.51 Oats-No. 2 White 30 9 .3/ ST. LOUIS, Cattle B.CO @ 4.50 f l ' Gs 3.5 ti @ 4.7'. W heat—No. 2 Red. fcß 9 .80 Corn—No.2... .stem i,u Oats-No. 2 .32 9 Rye—No. 2 71 @ .73 CINCINNATI. Cattle. 3.00 @ 4.50 R° es 3.00 9 5.00 Sheep... 4.U0 @ 6.00 Wheat No. 2 Red 87 9 .80 Corn—No. 2 9 <5 1 Oats—No. 2 Mixed ....... .35 9 .38 „ OR IKOir. Cattle. s.oo @ 4.50 " oos ... 3.00 9 4 75 w H HEA P T -No:2Ked:::::::::;::;:: 3 ; 9 °? Coax—No. 2 Yellow .5u>.,9 511,7 Oats - No. 2 White 37 9 33 ~ . TOLEDO. W HEAT—No. 2 <a 07 Cc RN—No. 2 will e go 9 5 „ Oats-No. 2 White .' 3J 9 Rye............... 9 q., EAST LiHERTY. ® ' Si Beep Cattle Fine 4.00 <9 575 Goca 3.0 J 9 4.25 tt™* Common 2 0J @325 Hogs—Prim©. , 451 704 Sheep—Choice. 4JO 9 5775 l,ambs - .. 0.5 u @ 8.50 MILWAUKEE. Cn ß x 4T vfS' 2 Spring. .83 @ .8 , fj% f, Bakley-N0.2........ * 9 « £ A 37 LE - " i ' 3.60 @ 4.75 ggg*- 8.00 9 550 —No 2 . b M < • OAT>-Mlx«»d W—tom. jl 9 \sa •WMMHtiMry 4. & 47

COME AS CONTESTANTS.

CLEVELAND’S FRIENDS TAKE A DESPERATE STEP. They Decide at Syracuse to Fight for Seat* In the Great Chicago Gathering— The February Conclave Spoken OI In Scathing Terms by the Orator*. Favor Grover’s Nomination. A Syracuse (X. Y.) dispatch says: The “dandelions” are* on top to-day, as much as Hill was on top in February. The purpose of that early convention was to give Hill a grand 6end-off. It was believed by him and his near friends that a declaration by the Democracy of New York in his favor would be the initiative of a movement that would land him in the White House. Subsequent events proved the fallacy of this promise. Hill was short-sighted, and the ladder on which he expected to climb to the chief magistracy gave way under his weight. When the convention of to-day was called, Hill was politically prosperous. Since then Hill’s decadence has occurred, and Cleveland's rise into new prominence has been equally quick. The conditions to-day are different from those under which the call was issued. In fact, they were called into being by tho February convention, and a pretext was given for the gathering of the dandelions now. The consequences of the action taken will probably drive both Cleveland and Hill out of the field and leave the Way clear to nominate Bussell or Pattison from the East or Boies or Palmer from the West. Unprejudiced political observers of long experience predict that the nomination will not come to the State of New York. Everyone concedes the eminent respectability of the delegates that assembled, but old hands at the business of politics call it a mob that could not carry on a campaign because of the lack of working element. Such comments, it should be stated, conic mostly from Hill lookers-on. Chairman Neman's speech as delivered was not at all the speech that had been mailed by the Press Association. The most savage of his thrusts at Hill did not appear in the written pages. There was no mention of him by name. He was ignored as tot illy as Cleveland was in the convention of February, which Reman dubbed "the snows’.ioe convention,” but Hill’s administration and his control o’ the party were scored without mercy. “The delegates of the February convention,” he declared, “will represent what a few men thought then, but the delegates from this convention to Chicago will represent what the people want now.” When he reached the climax of Cleveland, and for the first time mentioned his name, it was the Blaine convention of 1884 over again as much as any (State convention could be with smaller numbeis. The delegates sprang to their feet, mounted chairs, and shouted themselves hoarse. Fairchild and Grace, from the j latforra, started the #aves of applause witli their umbrellas, and it was at least ten minutes before the speaker could go on. Another outbreak came when lie made a demand that Cleveland should be nominated, this was a step beyond the policy of the most conservative, but apparently every one joined in the applause. The way was then easy for saying; “Democratic disputes will end at Chicago. New Yorlj Democrats will accept (he decision of the court as final.” This sentiment was cheered to the echo, and it showed that the delegates were still loyal Democrats. The platform adopted contains declarations against Republican fraud, the tariff, and free silver.

RESULT OF A DRINK CURE.

Son of a Prominent Kansan Man Passes Away in Violent sp<i£in*. Gto' ge Bradshaw, son of a prominent resident at Wichita, Rati., died from causes alleged to have been brought about by the treatment he was taking for the cure of inebriety. He entered what is known as the “Huntsinger Institute,” and soon after taking his first shot his mind became affected. He was treated again and that evening had spasms. His fronds saw the physicians in charge, but they advised a continuance of the treatment and gave Bradshaw three shots again. About midnight, after un evening of wild raving, Bradshaw was again taken with spasms which lasted until daylight, and a little later he died. His friends will make a full investigation.

MAY’S BIG RECORD OF RAIN.

Average Precipitation for Twenty Years Nearly Doubled in Chicago. The United States Weather Bureau records show that during the month of May rain fell in Chicago on no less than twenty-one days, and, as is believed by 99 per cent, of the population, the precipitation was rather heavy every time. The rainfall for the month was 6.77 inches, a most remarkable record even for Chicago. A normal May precipitation for the last twenty years is 3.82 inches, but the May just over put this far in the rear, not quite doubling the ordinary allowance.

Sues the Governor of Texas.

At Austin, Texas, a $50,000 damage suit has been filed against Governor Hogg by Charles T. Bonner, of Tyler, on the charge of defamation of character. It is alleged that Governor Hogg called Bonner “a professional liar" in a campaign speech. Bonner stands high at the Texas bar for integrity and honesty. The oase is attracting much attention.

Deacon.

One year’s imprisonment for the murder of Abeille, the nominal penalty inflicted yesterday upon Beacon, will scarcely encourage in France that recourse to law or the courts which is supposed to prevail in civilized lands when wrong is to be righted.—Boston Globe. Everybody in town yesterday was chattering about the Deacon verdict. He was not well known in town, and sympathy for him was of the sporadic kind. The opinion seemed to be that he had given himself away by his weakness ih remarking that he deserved some punishment. A French jury is a very literal lot of men. When they see a culprit who thinks he ought to be punished they more than likely give him a dose of it. So Mr. Deacon goes to jail and Mrs. Deacon to—well, who knows? She has no mother, as Mrs. Drayton has, to throw a protecting cloak about her, and no powerful family influence to back her up. Her future must be lost in obscurity.— New York Recorder.

A Wonderful Record.

A St. Louis girl who was married at 13 and was divorced has just been married again at 15. Yet it does not by any means follow that this young woman is at all “fast.” She is simply previous.— Rochester Union and Advertiser. Miss Blanche Hawkins, of St. Louis, is 15 years old, yet she has been married twice and in a divorce court once. Before she has attained her majority she will have lmn through all the pleasures of St. Louis life at this rate. Savannah News. It Is in St. Louis where lovely woman comes to a head quickly, even if she does not fade disastrously. A recent cose proves this. A girl not yet 15 hat been already married, divorced and remarried.—St. Joseph Gazette.

INCREASE OF CIRCULATION.

For the Month or May It Amounts to #O,. *37,9Ss—Total Is 524. 77 l'er Capita. ThosTreasury Department’s monthly I statement of changes In the circulation shows a considerable net increase during the last month. There was a decrease of $6,332,559 in United States notes, $639,124 in national bank notes, $457,532 in standard silver dollars, and $97,189 in subsidiary silver. On the other hand there was an increase of $5,566,902 in Treasury silver notes, $3,581,510 in gold certificates, $3,520,000 in currency cer- ! tiflcatos, $1,295,708 in gold certificates, and $269 in silver certificates. This shows a net increase during the month of $6,437,985. The total circulation of the country June 1 is placed at $1,620,010,229 —a per capita circulation of $24.77, or $115,278,509 more than June 1, 1891. The changes in the circulation of various kinds of money during May. tof ether with the amounts in circulation une 1, are shown in the following tables: May 1, 1802. June 1,1892. Gold coin ,$ 407,615,9*9 $ 408,911,657 Standard stiver dollar* 57,654,457 67,096,925 Subsidiary silver.:... 62,833,523 62,736,334 Gold certificates 163,718,609 157,295,209 Sliver certificates .... 327,289,896 327,290,165 Silver Treasury notes 81,501,770 87,068,672 United States notes.. 324,786,861 318,453,302 Currency National bank notes . 168,067,089 167,427,965 Totals $1,620,010,229 $1,504,278,609 The general stock of money coined or Issued and in the Treasury June 1 is shown by the following table. Oelned or Issued. In Treasury. Gold coin $ 602,486,237 $ 193,673,580 Standard silver dollars 413,665,360 366,468,435 Bnbsldlary sliver 77,196,831 14,459,497 Gold certificates 171,265,729 14,470,620 Silver certificates .... 330,904,002 3,613,837 Silver Treasury notes 97,391,986 10,323,314 United States notes.. 346,681,016 28,227,714 Currency certificates. 34,020,000 290,000 National bank notes . 172,499,349 6,071,384 Totals $2,246,508,610 $626,498,281 During May there was a net increase of $7,919,008 in the Treasury store of money and bullion. There was a decrease of $1,758,671 in the store of gold bullion, $1,403,606 in silver Treasury notes, $337,693- in gold coin, and $140,930 In subsidiary silver, while there w r as an increase of $6,3312,559 in United States notes, $3,588,919 in silver bullion, $967,532 In standard silver dollars, and $661,898 in the Treasury store of national bank notes. Gold certificates held in cash by the Treasuiy June 1 amounted to $14,470,520, a decrease during May of $7,460,660; silver certificates held in cash amounted to $3,613,837, an increase during last month of $404,731; and currency certificates held in cash were $290,000, $50,000 less than May 1. The store of gold bullion in the Treasury June 1 aggregated $7,953,612, and of silver bullion $72,501,576.

WEALTH OF THE WEST.

Valuation of Central States According to the Census. The Census Office has Issued a bulletin showing by States and geographical divisions the total and per capita assessed value of property for 1890 and 1880, and the increase per cent, of such valuation. For the North Central Division, which, among others, includes the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, lowa, and Missouri, the following figures are given: TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION. State. 1890. 1880. Illinois $727,416,252 $786,616,394 Indiana 846,687,6*8 727,815,131 Michigan 927,577,728 517,666,359 Wisconsin 592.890,719 438,971,751 Kansas 348,459,944 160,891,689 lowa 630,695,141 398,671,251 Missouri 786,343,753 532,795,801 The bulletin says that as the laws of Illinois provide that property shall be assessed for taxation at its true value In that State, but that the Board of Equalization for 1880 officially declared that the assessed value for that year was but one-half of the true value, the figures of the assessed valuation of Illinois property should be increased fourfold to show the true increase during the decade. The per capita assessed value In the same States in 1890 and 1880 is given as follows: State. 1890. ISBO. Illinois $190.11 $255.67 Indiana 386.19 367.90 Michigan 442.99 316.24 Wisconsin 351.47 333.69 Kansas 244.17 161.52 lowa 277.58 245.39 Missouri *. .293.50 245.71 For the decades ending With 1860,1870 and 1880 the estimated true value of all property in the United States and th* value of real estate and personal property as assessed is as follows: Assessed Estimated Years. valuation, true valuation. 1860 $] 2,084,560,005 $16,159,616,068 1870 14,178,986,732 30,068,618,507 1880 16,902, i»93,543 43,642,000,600 1890 24,651,585,466 Should It be found upon completion of the inquiry in relation to the true value of all property in the United States that the same relation exists in 1890 between the assessed valuation and the true valuation as existed in 1880, the absolute wealth of the country may be estimated at $63,648,000,000, or more than SI,OOO per capita, as against $514 per capita in 1860, $7Bl per capita in 1870, and SB7O per capita in 1880.

Onsartin’ Weather.

Now, thur ain’t no nse a talkin’ ’bout yer smilin', .buddin’ Mays, When the North, wind, frost, an’ snowstorms karo such curious, startlin’ ways; For the corn's a sproutin' down’ards an’ pertaters float in’ off. An’ thur ain’t a nabur round us ’thout a raspin’, hackin' cough. Why, it’s jes’ as like as any, if they ain’t stuck in the mud. They’ll be cuttin’ las at Natchez on the last Missouri flood. All the robins art’ the catbirds say they're goin’ South-again, An' I'm havin’ lots o’ bother with my old brown settin’ hen. ’Cos she’d tho't she’got May fever, but site says the aitnaatac Must a biu an old last year’s one, an’ I’d better take it back. When I went to’ town a week ago to get some summer eloso An' a bonnet fer Marlar—why, whatever d’ye spose? Why, a big chinchilla overcoat they tried. • to have me buy, An’ a fur-lined hood an’ tippet fer my wife to take an' try. All thur Icemen got arrested for a-forcin’ o’ thur trade. While the coalyards begged piotectlon from a chilly people's raid, An’ I've been a-frettin’ awful ’bout them poets—them as sing All about the burstin' budlets an’ thur signs o’ early spring. An’ I hope thev’ll jc* stop writing an’ go out an' take a walk. Then they'll find thur off’n the calendar a month by my blue chalk; An’ to make the records jibe, they ought when singin' out. so gay, Jes extend thur rhymes to take in June an’ leave out fickle May; It’ll give ’em jes a little change—an’ us a different tune— Fur strewn, spoon, hoon, moon, prune, noon, coon, dune, loon, all hitch with June.

Grains of Gold.

Howe’er it be, it seems to me ’tis only noble to be good. Never to do good means that you are continually doing bad. A, man with a pure heart ought to be a man with a clean mouth. We like the devil because he makes us believe we are somebody. No fountain is so small that heaven may not be imaged in its bosom. Do nothing in thy passion; it is like putting to sea in a violent storm. When you talk to a man about hia ■tea. don’t stand over him with a club.

BY FIRE AND FLOOD.

DISASTER IN THE PENNSYLVANIA REGIONS. two Hundred and Fifty People Thought to Be Burned to Death or Drowned— Oil Tanks Four Forth Their Destructive Contents. In Seas of Flame. The oil regions of Pennsylvania were visited Sunday by a disaster from lire and water that is only eclipsed in the history of the State by the memorable flood of Johnstown, just three years ago. A Pittsburg dispatch says: It is impossible at this tiirfe to give anything like an accurate idea of the loss of life and property, as chaos reigns throughout the devastated region and a terrible conflagration still rages in Oil City. It is safe to say that not less than 150 lives have been lost. . Nearly one hundred bodies have already been recovered and many people are still missing. The number may far exceed 150, but this is regarded as a conservative estimate. The property loss will reach far Into millions. At Titusville the loss is estimated at $1,500,000; Oil City, $1,500,000; Corry, $60,000; Meadville, $150,OCO, and surrounding country probably a million more. For nearly a month it has been raining throughout Western and Northern Pennsylvania almost incessantly, and for the last three or lour uays the downpour in t-.e'' devastated regions had been very heavy. The constant rains had converted all the small streams into raging torrents, so that when the cloudburst came Sunday morning the streams were soon beyond their boundaries, and the great body of water came sweeping down Oil Creek to Titusville, which is eighteen miles south of its source. The lower portion of the town was soon inundated. The flood came so quickly that the people had not time to reach a place of sufety. The water soon swept a number of oil tanks down the stream, and In some way not known they were ignited. In less time than it takes to tell the story the flames spread to the surrounding buildings and before they could bo subdued five blocks had been burned. The oil from the scores of broken tanks ran into the creek and was ignited by floating debris. In a few minutes the creek was ablaze from shore to shore, and as it was carried down the stream death and destruction followed in its wake. Everything inflammable took fire and by the time it reached Oil City all the bridges between the two 1 points were consumed. Moiy of tue Oleaster.

At Oil City a large proportion of the population was distributed along the banks and bridges of the Allegheny Elver and Oil Creek watching the rise ol the flood in both streams. At the time an ominous covering of oil made its appearance on the crest of the flood pouring down the Oil Creek Valley, and the foreboding waves of gas from distillate and benzine could be seen above the surface of the stream. People began tc slowly fall back from the bridge and the creek, but they had hardly begun to dc so when an explosion was heard up the stream which was rapidly followed bj two others, and quick as a fladh of lightning the creek for a distance of twe miles was filled with an awful mass ol roaring flames and billows of smoke thal rolled high above the creek and rivei hills.

“Run!” yelled a hundred voices, and the people turned like stampeded cattle and started for the hills. The panicstricken shrieked madly in their efforts to escape. Women and children were trampled under foot, and about twenty were severely bruised and had to be picked up by a few of the cooler heads and carried out of harm’s way. Almost as quickly as the words can be written fully 5,000 people were on the streets wild with terror, rushing to the hills. Men forgot that they were men and scores of men, women and children were knocked down and trampled upon both by horses and people in the mad flight for places of safety. Just as this frantic ma°6 of humanity had started up Center street the second explosion occurred, knocking many people down, shattering the windows in the main part of the town, and almost transforming the day to night with the immense expanse of smoke. Hundreds of people thought that tho day of judgment had come, and many prayers were heard mingling with the moans and lamentations of the fleeing multitude. The heat was intense, and the weird and awful spectacle presented to the panicstricken people was that a cloudburst of fire, bordered and overcapped by a great canopy of dense, black smoke. Men wept and women fainted. Many left everything behind them, and ran or were helped to the hills, where, aftei they were out of danger, came the anxiety and suspense for relatives and friends who had been along the creek watching the flood when the avalanche of flame came. Most of the bodies Tecovered bear evidence of having met death from burning oil, many of them being burned almost beyond recognition, and several of them in such a terrible manner as to leave the bodies without the least semblance of human form.

A bird’s-eye view of the situation as the smoke from the burning oil on the waters rolls away discloses a pitiful sight, nothing but a mass of burned and flooded ruins from Monroe street east to the most eastern line of the city limits. The streets lie filled full of debris, overturned houses half burned, parts of what were once railroad cats, and empty oil barrels. A great deal of live stock was lost, and It will take days to get the streets in a passable condition. The loss in the county by washouts and loss of bridges will be enormous. There is not a county or township bridge for many miles that is not washed out, and the roads in every direction are nearly impassable. The Western New York & Pennsylvania and the Union & Titusville Bonds have not attempted to run trains, and will be obliged to spend an enormous amount of money before trains can be run in any direction. Oil City is eighteen miles from Titusville. The towns along the creek are Boughton, Miller Farm, Pioneer, Petroleum Center; Kynd Farm, Bouseville, and McClintockviile. Bouseville has about 1,000 inhabitants and the other towns about 200 each. Oil creek flows through a narrow gorge all the way, and as tli > towns are mostly situated on the hills it is hoped there was no loss of life. Communication has been cut off from these places, however, and nothing is definitely known. Cm 1 from the itellei Committee. As the devastation is so great it has been decided to call upon the outside world to furnish financial means to relieve the distressed, and an appeal has been issued. Such contributions should be sent by telegraph to Boger Sherman, president of the relief committee, as no mails will be received or dispatched for several days, owing to three railroads entering the city having their tracks washed out almost entirely for many miles. Titusville gave to Chicago, $5,000 to Johnstown sufferers, and $2,000, to the South at the time of the yellow fever epidemic, also $1,500 to Bussian relief, and has always responded to all demands upon the publio sympathy when oil towns have been in distress.

The reason the average man Is unable to “put himself in your place” is that he *1 together too big to fill it.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation’s Capital—What Is Being; Done by the Senate and House—Old Matters Disposed Or and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. The postoffice appropriation bill was upin the House the Ist. nearly the whole day being consumed in discussing point* of order. andonly.one page of the measure was 41sposed of. In the Senate It was agreed that no vote should be taken on the free coinage bill until after the l*th of June, The new senator from Virginia. General Eppa Hunton, took his oath of office. David BHill cast his first direct vote on a financial question, and it was recorded with the free silver men. The conference report on the bill in relation to the lands of the Klamath River Indian Reservation was presented and agreed to- : In the Senate, on the 2d. bill* were passed as follows: For holding terms of court in the District of Montana; providing for two additional Associate Justices of the Supreme Court for the Territory of Oklahoma, and, creating two additional land districts in Montana. The Senate then adjourned until the sth. Mr. Hatch reported the agricultural appropriation bill to the House. In committee of the whole the postoffice appropriation bill was farther considered. Mr. Hooker asked unanimous consent for consideration of a joint resolution appropriating $30,000 for the relief of the Mississippi flood sufferer*, but Mr. Lonz, of Texas, objected, and the House adjourned. There was no session of the Senate ,on the 3d, the chamber having adjourned until the 7th. The House further considered the postofflee appropriation bill in committee of the whole. An amendment was adopted prohibiting the Postmaster General from making contracts hereafter under the provisions of the act to provide for ocean mall service between the United States and foreign ports. Mr. Hatch's anti-optijn bill was passed by the House on the 6th, by a vote of 168 to 46. Bills admitting New Mexico and Arizona to Statehood were also passed by the House. Conferrees were appointed on theriver p.nd harbor and naval appropriation bills. The bill appropriating $50,000 for a pedestal for a monument to General -William T. Sherman passed. In the Senate the consular diplomatic appropriation bill was laid aside and Mr. Vest addressed the Senate on the resolution recently introduced by him to discharge the Finance Committee from the further consideration of the bill to place wool on the free list Without action on tho matter the Senate adjourned.

On the Diamond.

Following 1* a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. $cBoston 30 11 .732 New York.. .20 20 .600 1 8r00k1yn....25 14 .641:Cleveland . ..20 20 .488 Chicago 23 17 .575lLoulsviUe. ..17 21 .436. Cincinnati. .24 18 .572 Washlngton.l7 22 .435 Phiiadelp’ia.2l 19 .625 St. Louis... .14 28 .333 Pittsburg. ...22 21 .612 Baltimore. ..10 30 .250 ILLINOIS LEAGUE. W. L. sc. W. L. sc. Joliet 25 3 .896 R. 1.-Moline.l2 16 .419 Rockford....ls 9 .625 Quincy. 10 17 .370 Aurora 18 11 .621 Terre Haute. 8 19 .296 Evansville...l7 14 .548 Jacksonville 6 24 .200 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. i?c. w. L. Fc. Columbus.. .27 9 .751 Omaha 14 17 .451 Milwaukee. .18 9 .667 MinneapTis.il 14 .444 Kansas City .16 14 ,53<> Ft. Wayne.. 9 17 .346 Toledo 14 14 .483;Indian'pT8. 5 17 .227

Business Is Better.

R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The tone Of commercial reports from various purts of the country indicates that business has to some extent improved. Collections .throughout tho country are better, and. excepting the bursting of a speculative corner at Chicago, there Is no especial excitement of any kind in business. The fictitious price established for corn at Chicago lasted just long enough lo bring into that market enough of the actual grain to bury the speculators, and the corner broke with great losses, not merely to the operators hut also to the brokers. Wheat is declined half a cent, the West.ru receipts being unusually large, though the exports from the Eastern ports have also been quite lar.-e. Oats are a shade lower, pork products unchanged, and oil is a little lower. The stock of cotton in the country continues far beyond the record of previous years, and there is every reason to believe that even a great reduction in the yield will surely reduce the aggregate supply for the year below the quantity usually required for consumption.

Barge Sum for a Heart.

There are lots of young hearts ready and willing to be smashed at $25,000 a smash. The above is the New York price.—Boeton ’’ews. The New York cigar-store girl who was “mashed” and deserted got even pretty handsomely. The jury gave her $25,000 for the ruin of her “smoked” affections.—Cleveland World. The pretty cigar-store girl who was awarded $25,000 in a breach of promise suit in New York appears to have convincfd the jury that there was some fire where there was so much smoke.— Boston Herald. The New York cigar-store girl who has been awarded $25,000 by a sympathizing jury for breach of promise finds that her courtship did not end in smoke, after all. A match in a cigar store sometimes is a dangerous thing when surrounded by inflammable love materials. The young woman may be said now to have $25,000 to-back-her in her fight lor her rights.—Philadelphia Press.

Next!

A New York lawyer died In a barbershop while waiting for the barber to call “Next!” It was very considerate of him to die before he was shaved. Barbers get extra pay for shaving a corpse.— Buffalo Express. A Boston barber claims to be the swiftest man in the profession. He says he shaved a man neatly and then ran 100 yards all in one minute and threequarters. He does not state whether or not the victim overtook him.—Quincy Whig. A Connecticut barber went crazy and the man in his chair had to flee for his life. It is possible that the tonsorial artist had been trying too abruptly to swear off talking weather and politics to his customers.—New York World.

This and That.

Norway has a water-proof paper church. There are 10,000 Chinese shoemakers in California. Russia makes 30,000,000 wooden spoons a year. Less than 800 persons own half the soil of Ireland. The world’s passenger cars can seat 1,500,000 people. The King of the Belgians always sleeps on a camp bed. Berlin’s richest citizen has an annual income of $7,500,000. The canyons of Southern Californiaare alive with wild pigeons. Boise (Idaho) is now heated by water from a hot spring near the city. The writings of Mr. Gladstone fill twenty-two pages of the British Museum printed catalogue. Mbs. B.vllington Booth is said to receive but $7 per week for her services to the Salvation Army. f Speaker Crisp is constantly in receipt of invitations to attend various celebrations and is uniformly declining them. The Rajah of India, who likes showy things, has bad made a furniture set all of glass. Glass bedsteads and chairs, huge glass sideboards and other articles of domestic use.