Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Page 2

6l)c|entocrflttcSeiitiiicl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - ■ - - Publisher.

HE WAS A RANK FRAUD

A RASCALLY DARKY FOOLS TOLEDO CHURCHMEN. tmpvrtant Corporation Ruling by Ohio’s Supreme Court—lndian Territory Stockmen After Thieves —The Army’s Best Rifle Expert Killed by Apoplexy. Congressional. ■ In th 6 House, the 28th, Mr. Carter spoke at length against the Hatch bill. Representative Pierce of Tennessee introduced in ithe House a free coinage bill identical with the silver coinage bill pending in the Senate as modified by Senator Stewart’s amendment. Much work looking toward adjournment was accompliobed by tho House. Senators Hale and Vest had a lively political argument In the Senate. Between July 15 and 20 is the day set by Business men for a probable adjournment GELLED BY A BOGUS ZULU. Toledo Church People Fooled by a HeavySet Young African. About three weeks ago a heavy-set colored youth, calling himself Jave Tip-o-Tip Victoria Flosse Zulu Dlngan Omlsha, son of King Cotewayo Telowa, late ruler of .Zululand, went to Toledo, Ohio. He said Be came from President Angell's home In Ann Arbor, where he had been visiting, and that he had been studyilng to become a Methodist missionary at Nashville University. He said that Miss Sharpe, of Bishop Taylor’s brought him to America. Ho gave numerous lectures in tho churchos and sold thousands of photographs of himself, working the charity idea to effoct Sales. Church people took him into their arms, as it wera Now It is discovered that he has not only been missing more than a weok, but that David Young, a colored lad was taken away by him. Young's (relatives aro telegraphing everywhere, hut jhave learned nothing thus far. Diligent 'inquiry has convinced most of the clergy 'that the young African is an impostor.

i CATTLEMEN ORGANIZE. (Indian Territory Stockmen Form n Protective Association Against Thieves. The stockmen of the northeastern portion of Indian Territory have organized the (Cattlemen's Protective Association of tho Indian Territory, with headquarters at 'Vinlta. The purpose is to protect themeelves from loss by theft and otherwise of cattle which are shipped to market Tho means employed Is tho maintenance of inspectors at Kansas City, St Louis, and Chicago and later in the season what are (termed “line riders” will be put along the iKansas and Missouri lines. Tho Inspectors ■will look through all shipments of cattle ifrom that section and cut out all which aro shown by their brands to belong to members of the association if shipped by others than their owners. VILLAGE OFFICERS INDICTED. Finding of the Grand Jury Regarding the Port Jervis Lynching. The Grand Jury of Orange County, New York, convened at Goshen and examined ten or twelve new witnesses as to the lynching of Bob Lewis. Last week after a five days’ session tho jury reported to Judge Cullen that they could not find sufficient evidence to convict anybody. The judge directed them to continue their efforts. The result was that no indictments were found against the lynchers, but the Jury reported they had found a true bill against the villago officers of Port Jervis, charging them with criminal negligence r , Death Blow to Corporations. The Ohio Supreme Court rendered a decision In a case that has beeu watched with,a groat deal of interest by corporations, both within and without this State. It was to test the constitutionality of the Massie corporation law, authorizing the Secretary of State to collect, as the State fee for making corporations, a sum equal to onetenth of tho capital stock. The Court holds the law valid. It makes a new source of revenue for that State of over $200,000 annually, provided the corporations do not ‘Ptfss by the State in disgust The decision has additional interest in that it opens the way for the taxation of franchises and all kinds of public privileges that will undoubtedly be used by the Legislature next winter.

Negroes Ordered to Leave. An organized effort Is being made bv the •white residents of tho town of Norman, 0. T., to -drive ail negroes out of that place. Warning has been sent to the giegroes advising them to leave in the next ten days or suffer the consequences, A negro burbei named Smith was visited by threo white men last Sunday night and forced to leave town at the muzzles of Winchester rifles. It is feared serious trouble will result. Suicide Caused by a Son’s Wickedness. Henry Stallard, who was rescued from the Gladesville, Va., jail a few days ago by a party of disguised men, was recaptured Sunday. Tuosday Hop Stallard, tho gray-haired father of the prisoner, and four other men were arrested, with liberating young Stallard, and admitted to bail Later in the day the father, a well-known and much-respected citizen, .ended his life by hanging, t Col. Trotter Drops Dead. I' Col. T. E. Trotter, Twenty-fourth Infantry, V. 8. A., dropped dead of apoplexy wblle acting as Instructor at brigade camp, American Lake, twelve miles frem Tacoma, Tuesday afternoon. His body was taken to Vancouver barracks for burial. He was considered the best expert In the army In rifle practice. Two Boys Drowned. Champion Scburtz, agel 61, and his cousin, Cornelius Woodrow, aged 17, who was visiting him. left tbelr homo, and not returning, it was ascertained that they were drowned in the river a mile former's home at Gilbert, Ohio. Bobbed a Farmer of 82,000. Masked burglars entered the house of Yarmer Joseph Foreman, of Fairfield. Ohio, and secured t2.O<U Fatal Quarrel About a Girt. Jordan Bennett was fatally shot at Alpine, on the by John Good, who himself was ifounded. but It Is not fatally. Bennett had married a girl for whose hand Good bad been an suitor, and a quarrel resulted. Fatal Fire Near Paris. A disastrous fire occurred at Bercy, a suburb of Paris. Three tenements were destroyed, and a number of occupants were burned to death, and many were injured while trying to escape. The damage amounts to 1,500,000 francs fl' Crashed to Death. Thirteen persons we-s killed and more than forty InjureJ in a collision at Dock street, cn the Pennsylvania railroad, in Harrisburg, Pa., at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The second section of the Western-express ran into the first section, completely uleecoplng two cars. Murdered In Court. A murder was committed in the New York court of Ge ler&l Sessions Max Clerget who was before Hie bar to answer to the charge of assaulting 15-year-old Sarah Dlvlu, was shot through the heart ae* Instantly killed by the girl's brother, Xdward Dlvln. who D 25 years old.

FAILURE OF A KANSAS GROCER.

A Chicago Firm Is Among His Creditor* —Other Trouble*. At Lawrence. Kansas, W. H. Pendleton, wholesale grocer and produce shipper, assigned for the benefit ot his creditors. Liabilities, $135,000; assets, estimated, SIOO,000. Tho Popular Grocery .Company of this city, $12,500. and Murdock, Keid & Co., of Chicago, $3,300, were secured by chattel mortgage. Pendleton has been in the produce business for years, and three months ago he bought $125,000 worth of groceries. W, Behrendt & Co., dry goods and clothing merchants, at Albuquerque, N. M., failed; liabilities, $20,000; assets, $20,000, At Yankton, S. D.,the retail dry good* house of Jacob Max, ene of the oldest In Soutli Dakota, was closed by the sheriff on an execution amounting to $14,000. The entire stock of dry goods, boots and shoes, the real estute and bill'd - ings are included in the judgments. The house has outstanding accounts amounting to {70,000, but collections have been ioor and tbs credit of the firm hopolessly injured.

COUNTERFEITING GANG CAPTURED. California Detectives Arrest a Crowd Which Has Made Over 8100.000. At San Francisco, a big counterfeiting gang was unearthod by the arrest of Giovanni Abbott and Paglo Viscorite, two of the leaders. They were captured at work in their rooms, where all the paraphernalia of making bogus coin was found. The gang is coni posed of a!A>ut a dozen men and has been in operation for over twelve months. In that time it must have put over SIOO,OOO worth of counterfeit money into circulation. Since Secret Service Agent Harris has been on the trail of counterfeiters he has often captured their money in express offices, but has failed to get the receivers or makers of the coin and bills. Recently tho counterfeiters turned their attention to lottery tickets and made much money. Detectives finally located tho counterfeiters in Booker’s, on Telegraph Hill, and tho placo has been watched day and night for throe weeks in order that the criminals might be captured in the act of counterfeiting. This was done and evidence sufficient to convict both was seen rod. ONE BOY KILLED, SIX MEN INJURED. Accident Near Stillwater Caused by One Train Running on tlie Other’* Time. , The > Wisconsin Central passenger train which leaves Stillwater, Minn., at 12o’clock was delayed fifty-eight minutes Tuesday, the result of a collision with the Duluth passenger train going to Stillwater. Jas. E. Stenson, was killed, and six men injured, twtt fatally. The two trains should meet at the junction, six miles out. The Central train runs on tho St. Paul and Duluth tracks up to that point, and tho Duluth train should havo waited Its coming, but instead of doing this ran in at a high rate of speed. As the trains rounded a curve the engineer of tho Corral put on tho brakes and succeeded in chocking his speed. The trains camo together, both engines being completely demolished. Both baggage-cars turned over and rolled down an embankment. Young Stenson, who was but 11 years of age, was on tho engine of the Central and was thrown into tho wreckage. He was takon out alive but lived only u few minutes.

ROBBED HIS EMPLOYERS. Wrongdoing of a Trusted Young Jewelry Clerk, at Pittsburg, Pa. Willie H. Hoerr, a bright, attractive ruddy-cheeked boy of 17, a trusted young clerk of Messrs. Biggs & Co., Pittsburg jewelers, and a member of tho German Lutberun Church choir, was arrested on the complaint of his employers and takon to Jail in default of $1,500 ball, chargod with systematic stealing of jowelry and diamonds to tho extent of several thousand dollars The lad broke down completely and confessed that he had stolen as charged. He declared that he neither drank nor gambled, but stole to get nloney for buggy rides and other means ot amnsing his young lady friends and because he was fond of Jewolery. He was ougaged by the firm in February at a salary of $5 a week. BIG FIRE AT ATLANTIC CITY. The Property Los* Heavy and the Insurance Very Small. Atlantic City (N. J.) firemen Wednesday night fought their hardost battle in that city’s history. Tho fire began in the en-gine-house in the rear of the big observation wheel on tho beach front, three doors east of Kentucky avenue. Tho flames spread rapidly and within ten minutes made a seething sea of firo a half-acre in extent. The firemen were handicapped by the failure of tho water supply. Tho loss is estimated at $150,000, with not more than $25,000 insurance.

KILLED A WOMAN AND HIMSELF. Melvin Le'ts, of Coblesklll, N. Y., Shoots His Sister-In-Law and Commits Suicide. At Coblesklll, N. Y., Melvin Letts shot and killed his sister-in-law, Miss Katharine Swart, and shot and killed himself. Martin Swart, the father of the woman, died several years ago, leaving considerable of an estate. Letts had Invested hls wife’s portion In Western property and wished to do the same with that of the other sisters, but Miss Katharine opposed hls plan. Identified by Hl* Victim. At Cincinnati, Squire Smith, a negro, was arrested, charged with assaulting Mrs. Parsons near her Elsmere home tho other evening. Smith was taken to police headquarters, whore Mrs. Parsons, after fully identifying him, fainted ayay. Mr. Parsons grew frantic. The prisoner calmly denied everything, and this so enraged tho husbmd that, without a word, ho pulled a revolver and tried to use It. Detective Hud--cn saw the move, and as quick as a flash caught Parsons’ arm and snatched the revoi"?r array. Parsoqs swore he would kill .li j ne're In court Assaulted by Three Negroos. At Williamsport, Pa., Mrs. Nora M. Shelter, the pretty young wife of a base-hall player, was on her way home on a lonely -treet when she was felled by a stone lirown by one of three negroea The men ioked up the helpless woman, stifled her He*, and carried her to a vacant lot Mrs. i tter lay unconsoious in the field for an our. after which she succeeded in crawl- ■’ to her home. Earlier In the evening r • ’ohn Keen was assaulted by a white n. but she succeeded after a heroic ruggle. In defending herself. The police ave no clew to the assailants.

Abducted Hi* Own Child. (, George E. Cunningham, actor and proirietor of a dramatic agency in New York, a- arrested at Troy on the charge of ab•i ic Ing hls.3- year-old daughter. Hls wife, arrie Cunningham, a singer. Is the com- » alnant. Mr. Cunningham says hls wife ms Been consorting with low characters ind exposing the child to vice. The father ' as the child and the case stands adon mod. Died While Attempting Escape. Albert Tobey, a boy, escaped from the ■■ orm School at Plainfield, Ind., and was isovered at Gosport Officers attempt- ■ tto arrest him, but he eluded their grasp ini ran. Spirited pursuit was given and ho lad. becoming overheated, fell dead. Louisiana Will Make an Exhibit. The Louisiana House, by a vote of 50 to :8. passed a bill appropriating 836,000 for a Louisiana State Exhibit at the World’s l air. The amount originally asked for a* S 50,000. Is Positively Dead This Time. About a year ago Edward McCarten, an ..cl and well-known resident of Clark ounty. Ind., was reported to havo died t h.s home near Hamburg. Arrangements

were made for bis funeral and the death bell wa » tolled. Some of the family were opposed to the burial of the body at the time fixed for the funeral, and a delay ensued. In a few hours the supposed corpse showed signs of Jife and shortly afterward regained consciousness. The old man recovered sufficiently to go about the farm, but his death finally occurred on Sunday, his life going out like a candle. REMARKABLE PENSION FRAUD. An lowa Woman Draws Her Husband’s Pension While He Is In an Asylum. Chief Pension Examiner Stlbbs and District Attorney Milchrist. of Chicago, have finished an ivestlgatlon of a most remarkable pension fraud, and compelled tho restoration of over SB,OOO diverted from tho rightful beneficiary. The mo t astonishing feature about the case is that the parties in Interest aro man and wife. The latter kept tho pension money due her husband, who was insane, and for years he lived as a pauper in the insane asylums of tho State. Ihe wife Is well connected, and has achieved considerable fame in lowa us a temperance lecturer. GOSHEN DANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. Cashier Murray and a Good Sized Sum o| Money Are Missing. At Goshen, N. Y., the National Bank failed to open Its doors for business at the usual hour Monday morning. William M. Murray, the cashier of the bank, Is missing and is said to be in New York. At a special meeting of the directors it was discovered that the bank bad been making loans to Mr. Murray and others on insufficleni securities and that its finances wero in u very ''confused and unsatisfactory condition. It Is generally reported that there Is a shortage of from $50,030 to $60,000. Seattle’s Second Great Fire. Fire at Seattle, Wash., threatened tt sweep the town Monday as it did three years ago, hut tho progress of the flames was checked after a loss of half a million dollars had been caused Tho fire started In the heart of the city and gained headway so rapidly that consternation prevailed. Bchwabacher Brothers’ wholesale grocery was destroyed, and tho Hote) Northern was badly damaged. Dextei Horton's new bank building was saved by hard work. The insurance on Schwabachers’ was $300,003. Fourteen Per*ons Hurt. Sunday night two electric cars in widely separated parts ot Boston were struck either by lightning or by the motor curronl througli burned out insulation, and several passengers wero hurt in the rush to escape. Of the passengers in car No. 2046 elghl were attended by neighboring physicians and taken lo their homes in carriages, and three taken to the City Hospital. The women passengers In the other car were sent to their horns* In carriages by the company. Killed a Man with Rabies. A man named Odel was bitten by a mad dog two months ago at SciotovlUe, Ohio. Monday lie went mad and bit trees, posts and everything else he camo to. Near his homo he ran after a boy named Hension, who had boon hunting. Odelgalnod on hint and tho hoy turned and fired his rifle. he ball took effect between Odel’s eyes, killing him Instantly,

A Cnrcles* Mother Kill* Hot Child. At Pkilllpsburg, N. J., while Mrs. John Sklllman was playing with a Flobert rifle the weapon was discharged and the ball passod through tho heart of an 11-year-olc daughter, killing her instantly. The mother sayj she did not know the weapon was loaded. Sympathy for an Outlaw. Thero is much excitement in Southwest Virginia over the refusal of the Court ol Appeals to grant Talton- Hall, the noted outlaw, a new trial. He was convicted ai Wiso Courthouse, Va., several months age for the murder of Policeman Hilton, al Norton, Va. Death or a Nebraska Murderer. Myron Pratt, the slayer of Mrs. Margaret Sperry, a crime which divided attention with the sonsational shooting of Banker C. E. Montgomery, died In the Lincoln, Neb., county Jail. He was tukon sick soon uftei his incarceration. XVIII Work Together. The sugar trust and the wholesale grocers have entered into an agreement whereby the grocers will maintain uniform prices, and tho trust will give those that do so a rebate to protect them from loss. Campbell Succeed* Clarkson. James S. Clarkson has beon suececded as Chairman of the Republican National Committeo by W. J. Campbell, of Illinois. Land Commissioner Carter, of Montana, was chosen Secretary and Cornelius Bliss, of Now York, Treasurer. China Buying Munitions of War. Thirty thousand Mauser rifles and 15C tons of cartridges are being shipped from Hamburg for Pekin, consigned to the Chinese Government. To Reapportion Wisconsin. A special session of the Wisconsin Legisture to reapportion the State into Senate und Assembly districts has convened. Drowned by the Capsizing of a Boat. At Memphis. Julius Fraucnthal and Matthew Scbloss, two boys were drowned by the capsizing of a boat. Fierce Fire In a Mine. Tho Frenhlin mine, Wilkesbarre, Pa., employing 500 men, caught lire and is non burning fiercely.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

_ CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 5.50 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 ® 6.23 Wheat—No. 5 Spring 78 @ .80 Coen—No. 2, new 40 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 32t.@ .3314 Rye—No. 2 75 .77 BtTTTEB —Choice Creamegy 1!» @ .20 Cheese—Full Cream, fiats 00 @ .0914 Eggs—Fresh. .12J4<« .1314 Potatoes—New, per brl 1.75 & 2.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 4.60 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 5.25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 ® .so Coen—No. 1 White 49 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .35 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.04 Hogs.... 3.50 @5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .77 Coen—No. 2 4354® MH Oats-No. 2. .30 @ .a Rye—No. 2. 79 @ .si CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 Hogs 3.00 @ 5i60 Sheep.. 4.00 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2-Red 81 .83 Coen —No. 2 .4s ® .51 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 <3 .33 DETROIT. CATTTLE 3.00 @ 4*60 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.00 Hheep 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 85>4@ .86W Coen—No. 2 Yellow ,4m>. Oats—No. 2 White .30 <3 .37 TOLEDO. Wheat—No.2 .86 M Coen—No. 2 White 48 54 .49 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .sc Cloves Seed 6.45 @6.55 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle—Com. to Prime.. 4.00 @ 6.00 Hogs—Best Grades *.OO @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard ; 88 ® .90 Cobn-No. 2 .54 @ .65 MILWAUKEE. Wheat-No. 2 Spring 76 @ .7614 COEN —No. 3 .46 47 Oats—No. 2 White 35 @ [35 L 77 @ .79 BaELEY—No. 2 * 66 @ .58 Pork—Mess 10.50 @ll.OO NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ s.co HOOS s.OO 6.7 J WEEP.... ....> *.50 @ 6.C0 Wheat—No. 2 Red 9154@ .9214 Coen—No. 2 69 @ m Oats—Mixed Western .37 @ !ao Bcttteb—Creamery 15 ® Poez—Old Mess 10.00 @11.30

CHICAGO CONVENTION.

W. S. WILSON THE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN. Rules ot the Last Democratic National Convention Adopted Report of the Committee on Permanent Organiza* tion—The Chair Presented with a Zinc Gavel. Wednesday’s Session. Precisely at 11:30 on Wednesday, Temporary Chairman Owens rapped the convention to order, and called upon the Kev. Alfred H. Henry to offer prayer. He asked that the convention be guided to choose a report sensitive of modem progressive democracy, and prayed that the party might proceed to victory, not for tho spoils of office. Just as the prayer concluded the lowa phalanx entered tho hall, the big blue banner with the picture of Horace Boies borne in front of them. There were cheers from all parts of the hall and the bund very inappropriately 'struck up “Maryland, my Maryland.” When the music ceased the temporary chairman brought his gavel down and announced that the first business of the convention would be the report of the committee on credentials. He asked if that committee was ready to report. The committee was not then ready and during the interval Senator Palmer was called upon and made a short speech. When the chairman announced that the committee on credentials was ready to report, Mr. Lamb, of Indiana, took the platform and in a clear, loud voice read tho report. There was no objection to it and it was adopted. The report of tho committee on permanent organization was presented by Mr. Fordyco, of Arkansas, and road by one of the clerks of the convention. It named W. L. Wilson, of West Virginia, for permanent chairman and continued the other officers of the temporary organization. The announcement of Mr. Wilson’s name was met with loud applause. The report was adopted without dissent. Mr. Dickinson, of Michigan, moved that a committeo of five bo appointed to notify Mr. Wilson of his appointment as Permanent Chairman. Tho Chairman appointed as the committee: Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan; J. F. Duncombe, Iowa; John R. Fellows, New York; Joseph C. Richardson, Alabama; and M. L. Clardy, Missouri. Temporary Chairman Owens shook hands with Mr. Wijson when he was escorted to tho platform, and then said: “Gentlemen of the convention: It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you one of the bravest Democrats in America, William L. Wilson, of West Virginia." As Mr. Wilson came forward he was greeted with a storm of applause. He wore his blue delegate’s badge on the lapel of a cutaway coat, under which was prominent a white vest. Mr. Wilson looked calmly over tho vast throng, during a minute’s silence, and then addressed the convention. When Mr. Wilson concluded his speech the delegates, rising to their feet, waved their hats as they cheered again and again. Tho rules of the last National Democratic Convention were adopted for the government of the convention. No minority report was presented, and on motion the report presented by Mr. English was adopted without objection. Mr. Phelps of Missouri presented the Chairman with a zinc gavel and the convention then adjourned until 5 o’clock in the afternoon.

Passing Events.

A complete Irish village will be a featuro of the World’s Fair. It is said there are only two women physicians in France. Chicago has a bureau which*gives legal advice free to the poor. Five-eighths of tho bread bake! in London is made of American wheat. The Emperor of China has ten men whose sole duty is to carry his umbrella. A Philadelphian has a garden on his roof where he grows his own vegetables. Japan has no fewer than 700 earth-quake-observing stations scattered ovei the empire. The manufacture of false teeth for horses is a new industry just opened in France. Secretary Rusk proposes to have a plantation of rubber trees in the eveTglades of Florida. Since tho Franco-Prussian war Germany has spent $‘2,200,000,1)00 on hei army and navy. Anew lining for bearings is reported from Germany as composed of a compressed vegetable parchment. A French physician has discoverec the composition of quinine, he claims, and can now produce it artificially. The government of the Tyrol has passed a bill imposing a heavy fine upon any person caught selling edelweiss. In some part or other of the world horses, cattle and sheep are found wild, but nowhere can be found wild camels. Costa Rica is about to have a lavs making the sale of Indian antiquities to foreigners a crime punishable with severe penalties. It has been ascertained that food costs $243.65 per year tor each family in the United gtates, while in Europe the cost is $222.50. The Salvation Army in England is going to open a matrimonial bureau, nol free, but with a regular price if a suitable partner is procured. In a full return of the vintage in Spain last year, the total yield was .>40,000, r 0C gallons, and it is described as good in 1C provinces, fairly good in 34, and bad in 5. Some large blasts of rock have been made to provide material for the new harbor of refuge at Brest, as much as 100,000 cubic yards being thrown out ai one time. Formerly tho greater part of Iris! buttei was packed into firkins, but the farmers are now turning their attention to making butter suitable for proserving in tins. Cheesemaking in Canada has enormously improved within recent years as a result of the method of instruction which has been promoted by the government in sending competent instructors among the cheesemakers. After tho locomotive department oi the Argentine Great Western Railroad had mastered the question of using petroleum as fuel, and most excellent results had been attained, the supply oi oil gave out, owing to the borings not going deep enough, and wood and coal are again being used. A New HAMPSHiRE man has invented a lawn-sprinkler that is self-propelling. A truck carries a kind of stand-pipe connected with the water supply, and the sprinklers, revolving by the pressure of the escaping water, drive a shaft which- engages by means of a worm gear with the wheels of the truck. A new use has been found for diamonds, in assisting marksmen in their shooting. Tho cut stones are fixed in the front and back sights, and It is said that they enable the gunner to take a quick and correct aim, and even when the light is bad. The brilliants are sc fitted that as so*>n as the gun is brought to the shoulder the rays in the genit assist alignment, and the eye takes aim without the least hesitation.

CLEVELAND GETS IT.

STEVENSON HIS RUNNING MATE. STOltt-OF- THE BATTLE. HILL AND BOIES ALSO PUT IN NOMINATION. A Pandemonium of Enthusiasm Fairly Raises tho Root of the Wigwam The *Alr Thick with Hats. Canes. Umbrellas, Coats, Handkerchiefs and Banners. Wednesday’s Evening Session. Chicago special: Cleveland 616 Hiu Holes 103 Scattering 74 When the first taps of the gavel were heard in the Wigwam Wednesday evening the great building was packed from top to bottom. For more than an hour the thousands of hot and impatient people had been bombarding the bare doors or jostling each other in the tunnel entrances. Under the acre of pine roof the heat was intense. No breeze moved the muggy and stagnant atmosphere. At the announcement that the Committee on Resolutions was ready to report a wild shout went up, and Editor Jones sidled up to the front of the platform and attempted a little extemporaneous introduction to the committee’s report, which was drowned out by yells of “Louder!" The resolutions were handed "to exSecretary Vilas, of Wisconsin, but before he had a chance to speak Mr v Patterson, member of the committee from Colorado, who was already on the platform, lifted up his voice and cried that

the minority of the committee had a report to make through him, and he should expect the committee to listen to this before ordering the previous question. This suited the convention exactly, and it roared its assent. Beading of the Platform. Colonel Vilas stepped to the edge of the platform, resolutions in hand, and slowly and with a powerful voice he begae the reading. He got on as far as the reference to the Democratic leaders who had succeeded the immortal Jefferson from Madison to Cleveland when he stopped. He had touched off the powder magazine. The explosion was instantaneous, and it shook the wiewam. With one wild, shrill warwhoop of delight the greater part of the convention and the spectators jumped to their feet and waved hats, handkerchiefs, fans, and umbrellas, and shout after shout, and as fast as one set of throats and arms showed signs of weariness another set took up the jubilation and carried it on with increasing volume and greater vibration of light wearing apparel and the adjuncts of hot weather. The reading finished, like a tin whistle in a hurricane sounded the voice of the Chairman. He called for a vote on the adoption of the platform. “The platform is adopted,” he cried, and then without a moment’s delay: “The next business is the call of the roll for the nomination of candidates for President.” The great amphitheater was in disorder, commotion was everywhere.

ADLAI E. STEVENSON.

The Tammany leaders are on their feet. Sheehan is in front. He turns toward his delegation and beckons them to rise and come forward. He shakes his head angrily as they refuse, and pulls at his tawny mustache. Don Dickinson rubs his hands With satisfaction. The crucial moment has arrived. A curly headed clerk steps to the edge of the platform and sings out in a high nasal tone: “State of Alabama.” - A dozen men are standing on chairs asking for information. Fenlon, -of Kansas, moves to adjourn. The chair pays no attention to him. “Alabama,” again cries the clerk. “Arkansas’ was the next, and at the call a tall, lank Southerner mounts his chair. “Arkansas yields her jalace to New Jersey," he says. There is a great shout. The Cleveland men are smiling. Again Tammany is in turmoil. The whole convention knows that Gov. Abbett, of New Jersey, has been chosen to present the name of Grover Cleveland. AbbettNameu Cleveland. Slowly the New Jersey Governor walked down tfie center aisle. He is broad-shouldered, heavily bearded, dignified. He climbs the steps and Chairman Wilson meets him with outstretched hand. In slow and measured tone he began to speak. ‘lt is the name of a i i

man who has twice carried the electoral vote of my State- whom I shall name,' he declared, and th ■ Cleveland crowds cheered. Gov. Abbott was making a strong, thoughtful speech. Without warning, without rhetorical ornament, he mentioned the name of Cleveland. The volcano is in uproar. Up, up, all about the the delegates srp climbing, yelling as they rise, Above the tumult floats the white banner of Michigan. On either side looks down the face of Cleveland. Up again comes the wild storm of cheers, beating in waves against-the snowy ensign. From the scats vT Michigan a delegate carries the banner across the aisle to the seats df New York. Gen. Sickles waves his crutch in anger. “Back!” “Back!” cry the chiefs of Tammany. The whole body of delegates face inward about the circumference of the great floor. In the center i the Tammany tiger, crouched low, growls ominously at the floating banner of Cleveland. It is like a gigantic prize ring. Lieut. Gov. Sheehan, blueeyed and smiling, leans over to Don Dickinson. “Don’t you worry," he cried. “You have the noise, we the votes.” From the galleries hundreds of | men, in their shirt sleeves, leaned out ■ into space and screamed. ! “The candidate I have named,” cries Gov. Abbett, “will carry New York.” :Up jumps Tammany in protest. “No,” 1 they cry, with one voice, and hisses answer them. As chance came, the speaker struggled throu.h his speech. ! “1 nominate that plain, Hunt, honest ! citizen, c, rover Cleveland," and so he closed. A storm of deafening applause united with tho thunder of the storm outside seemed to shake the great wigwam from foundation to roof. At this po nt proposals to adjourn were volunteered from the galleries, but the convention took a stern view of its

GROVER CLEVELAND.

duties and kept at work. Hill ana JJoies Named. After the confusion the secretary called the. State of Colorado, which replied that it yielded its right to the floor to New York, and New York, in the person of W. C. DeWitt of Brooklyn, took the platform. In due time he said that David Bennett Hill was the candidate of the common people. Mr. DeWitt made ingenious use of Senator Hill’s reputation for partisanship, and made a clever appeal to the convention not to nominate a New York man who was not sustained by the delegation of his own State. He distributed graceful compliments to Boies and Palmer and Gorman and Pattisou and Carlisle, whose friends were invited to reciprocate. John F. Duncombe, of Fort Dodge, in a speech characteristic of the brainy lowan, placed the nomination of Gov. Boies before the convention. At the mention of the Governor’s name his adherents became wildly enthusiastic, and, being joined in their applause by several of the other delegations, it was some time before the speaker could conclude. The nominations being seconded the convention proceeded to ballot, and at 3:20 o’clock Thursday morning the result of the first ballot was announced. The necessary 605 votes had been recorded for Cleveland.

The Vo e in Detail. The vote by States in detail was as follows, Q a a 5 » C O 2 a“ § s e : •: 8 f i j f ■ Alabama u 2 1 5 Arkansas 10 California 18 .» .. ). Colorado 3 5 .... Connecticut. 12 Delaware 6 Florida 5 .. .. 3 Georgia 17 6 ~ 4 Illinois 43 Idaho 6 Indiana .....30 .. .. .. lowa .. 26 Kansas 20 .. .. " Kentucky 18 .. 2 6 Louisiana., 3 1 11 ' 1 Maine 9 i .. 2 Maryland 6 .. 9}s Massachusetts 24 4 1 1 Michigan 28 .. v .. Minnesota 18 Missouri 34 Mississippi 8 3 3 4 Montana .. 6 Nebraska. 15 .. .. i Nevada .. 4 2 New Hampshire 8 New Jersey 20 New York 72 North Carolina. .. 1 ie}s I North Dakota 6 ! Ohio 14 6 16 10 Oregon 8 Pennsylvania 64 Rhode Island. 8 South Carolina l 3 14 South Dakota. 7 .. 1 Tennessee 2-1 Texas 23 1 6 ■ Vermont 8 Virginia it 11 .. i 1 Washington 8 West Virginia 7 1 .. 3 Wisconsin. 24 Wyoming 3 .. .. 3 Arizona 5 New Mexico 4 11.. Utah 2 Oklahoma 2 District of Columbia .... 2 Indian Territory 2 Alaska 2 Grover Cleveland’s nomination was made unanimous. The convention then adjourned until 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Stevenson for Vice Pre«lil<*nt The convention assembled in the afternoon, with Gov. Gray, of Indiana, in a fair wajr to win the second place, but the New York delegation, by throwing its strength to Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, succeeded in making him the victor. He was then formally declared the nominee for Vice President, and after the usual resolutions, etc., the convention adjourned s'ne die.

UNLUCKY 1892.

Tho Most Disastrous Year tho United States Has Ever Known. If the remaining six -month of this year shall duplicate or even approximate to the record of disasters which, have occurred in the first six the year 1892 will be set down as the moat fatal to life in the United States that has ever been known. Fires, floods, explosions, mine casualties, cyclones, wind-storms, lightning—all the elemental forces indeed seem to have combined with human agencies to destroy life, and to present an aggregate of great disasters in comparison with ■which ordinarily terrible events seem to lose their significance or attract personal attention only. Since January 1 there have been four destructive wind storms, killing nearly 200 persons, viz.: April 1, Missouri and Kansas, 75;‘ May, 16, Texas, 15; May 27, Wellington, Kan., 53; June 16, Southern Minnesota, 50. In the same period, there have beep four great floods, viz.: April 11. Tombigbee River, 250; Mky 18. Sioux City, lowa, 35; May 20, Lower Mississippi, 36; Jupe 5, fire and flood, Oil Creek, Pa., 193. There also have been four mining disasters, viz.: Jan. 7, McAllester, I. T., 65; April 20, Minersville, Pa., 12; May 10, Roslyn, Wash., 14; May 14, Butte, Mont., 11. Three fires have been unusually disastrous to life, viz.: Jan. 21, Indianapolis Surgical Institute, 19; Feb. 7, Hotel Royal, New York, 30; April 28, theater, Philadelphia, 12. Besides these there were on March 21 an explosion at Jordan, Mich., by which 10 lives were lost; June 13, the explosion at tho 3lare Island Navy Yard which killed 15; and June 15, the fall of the bridge over Licking River by which 32 lives were sacrificed. These are the principal disasters of the year thus far, and they involve an aggregate of 960 lives. Adding to this total the sum of losses by minor accidents as reported in the newspapers, we have the following sad and unusual record: By lire. 876; by drowning, 1,364; by explosions, 313, by falling structures of various kinds, 267; by mine disasters, 308; bywind storms, 340; and by lightning, 120;- grand total, 3,588. The total loss of life by these causes during the whole of last year—and 1891 was one of tho most destructive years on record —was 5,762. S& it is evident that 1892 will far surpass its predecessor. It is a sad and appalling record, this, of great disasters following so closely upon ■ each other’s heels. It recalls the days of the war, when one took up the morning paper only to read the list of killed and wounded in the previous day’s battle, and with the same result then as now, viz., that the great battles so overshadowed the smaller ones that little attention was paid to the latter. So now the great cataclysms so far eclipse the smaller ones that the latter, though they would be considered as shocking and exceptional in any ordinary time, are now hardly an hour’s wonder.

FAIR DATE CHANGED.

\ The Preliminary Celebration Will Probprobably Be Held Oct. 81 Instead ot 18. Washington dispatch: Perry Belmont. »of New York, reached Washington from Chicago, where he had been to attend the conference regarding changing the date for the inauguration exercises of the World’s Fair next October. The differences between New York and Chicago over the date upon whieh the two cities will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America wereamicably adjusted at tho conference, and the two celebrations will not conflict in any way. Messrs. Belmont. B. B. Roosevelt and Secretary Wall, of the New York Citizens’ Committee of 100, and the Board of Control of the Columbian Exposition were parties to an agreement drawn up by Director General Davis and Mr. Belmont,’ by the terms of which the officers and others interested in the Chicago celebration will make no opposition to the efforts of the NeV Y r ork gentlemen to secure the passage of a joint resolution by Congress changing from Oct. 12 to Oet. 21 the date on whieh the anniversary exercises at Chicago shall take place. The celebration at New York city, which will include the naval display of all nations, is fixed for Oct. 12, and that day has befcn declared a legal holiday by the Legislature of New York. It was out of this conflict of dates with the Chicago oelebration that grew the controversy which has been raging for some weeks, and whieh threatened to seriously interfere with the success ot the events in both cities. But by this compromise those interested believe that the interest in the two will be heightened and their success increased.

Where They Used to Be.

Senator Quay was once a roving photographer. Jay Cooke was a confidential clerk in a Philadelphia banking house at 18 and a member of the firm at 21. Gov. Chase of Indiana wasformerly a minister of the Campbellite Church, and still preaches occasionally. Conan Doyle, the English novelist, was formerly a doctor, but has given up his practice since he became a successful author. George Jacob Schweinfurth, the false messiah of Bockford, 111., waS formerly a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Patrick A. Collins earned the money to carry him through co lege by working in a shoe factory. Me is now the leader of the Boston bar. Everett St. John, general manager of the Chicago, Bock Island and Pacfiic Bailroad, began as a ticket clerk at S3O a month, and has elimbed.in succession every round of the railroad ladder. WAnhope Lynn, of New York City, who has just been appointed a civil justice by Gov. Flower, began life as a tool-maker. He commenced the study of law while following this vacation. Seceetary Busk was for many years a stage driver, and owned a stage line in Wisconsin when he was first elected to Congress. He is fond now of relating incidents of this portion of his life*

Current Notes.

The biggest income in Germany is. that of Herr h rupp, the cannon maker. There are twenty Bepresenlatives in Congress who are under 36 years of age. Barbers gamble with the money earned by shaving dead men. It brings Luck, they say. It is stated that Mr. Edison employs 200 women in the more delicate details as his electrical inventions. The poet Burns spelled his name Burness (his family name) until the publication of his poems, in 1786. It is estimated that there are less than 10,000 papers in the Japanese empire. with its population of 237,000,000. The people upon the two oontinents>f North and South America, without the Arctic, regions, -are only eight tothe square mile. There will be a building at the World’s Fair where a woman fan leave aer baby and get a check for it while (he sees the show. Italian, titles are not very expensive. That of prince costs only $13,000; that it duke $10,000; marquis, $8,000; count, 15,000; viscount or baron, $4,000.