Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — Page 2

81je leWcrotifSewtiiitl RENSSELAER. INDIANA. 9. '< McEWEN, - _-r PUBLISHEB

BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY

THE MYSTERIOUS THEFT OF, SIO,OOO. Harrison Again Bereaved—Short Shrift for a Negro Murderer—Revels in Bovine Gore—Rainmakers Despondent—threatening’ the Coal Combine. Express Officials Puzzled. The officials of the Island City Savings Hank at Galveston were astounded Tuesday' morning by the discovery that a package received by them from the Wells-Fargo Express Company, supposed to contain 810,000 In bills, was tnade up Instead of brown paper, neatly cut to the size of bank notes. The contents of the package Is supposed to have been changed while in transit from New York, but when or where is at present an unsolved mystery. '*■>

ANOTHER JACK THE RIPPER. This One Devotes His Attention to Killing and Mutilating Cows. For more than a year, with Intervals varying from two to three weeks or months between each offense, some of the best cows la Columbus, Ohio, numbering about a dozen, and one horse have been killed or to badly mutilated as to make killing by the owners necessary to put the animals out of misery. A fine cow, the property of David Greene, son of the late ex-President of the Hocking Valley Railway, was killed Monday night and one belonging to exPostmaster A D. Rodgers, father-in-law of Mr. Greene, was badly mutilated. Variation between dairymen's cows and animals owned by rich Broad street people shows that the offender must be governed by an insane desire to kill rather than by malice against Individuals. Some of bis butcheries have been horrifying. REV. DR. SCOTT IS DEAD. For a Second Time the Destroying Angel Invades the White House. The Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon Scott, the father-in-law of President Harrison, died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 93 years. He died in the executive mansion, where he went with his daughter and son-in-law when they made It their home. Dr. Scott’s Illness was of short duration. He went to Indianapolis with the party that accompanied Mrs. Harrison’s remains. He bore the fatigue of the trip very well and returned to Washington in his usual health. Oh Saturday, Nov. 19, he caught cold and was compelled to go to bed. 111, as it proves, unto death.

LOST FAITH IN DYNAMITE. Men Who Furnished Money for Rain-Mak-ing Experiments Are Disappointed. John King, of Washington. D. C., and John W. Dickson, of Chicago, who furnished 88.000 toward the rain-making experiments which were begun at San Antonio, Texas, by Gen. Dyrenforth, are very much discouraged with the results and have almost reached the conclusion that the theory is not practicable. Upon their request, however, Gen. Dyrenforth will continue the experiments until all the explosives on hand are exhausted. Will Test the Anti-Trust Law. The coal combine may be attacked In the United States Courts at Boston. District At’orney Allen has received assurances from Judge Putnam, of the United States Circuit Court, that he will set down tor an early hearing the case of the United States against the officials of the National Cash Registry Company, which is ■brought to test the constitutionality of the Sherman anti-trust law. Should the Government be sustained’ in itt position in this tease the cases against the whisky trust officials will be pushed at once, and it is onderstcol proceedings will be begun to Smash the coal combine. Shot Down from Ambush. John Schlbly, a carriage palntei residing la Howard Park, a suburb two miles west of Jeffersonville, Ind., was shot from amtmth and mortally wounded. He VaS on His 'way h<fme ’ from Louisville -4nd no sooner got off the train at Howard Park Station than he fell apparently lifeless to the ground. Neighbors heard the shot and found Schlbly unconscious. He was carried to his home. Schlbly cannot account for his attempted assassination, and claims that he has no known enemy. • May Divide the Vote. The official vote of all the counties In California, with the exception of San Francisco, gives Harrison a plurality of 6.422. The returns from all but nine precincts In San Francisco, reduce Harrison’s plurality fa the State to 310. It is possible that when the official vote ’has been completed upon Individual electors the electoral vote may be divided between Harrison and Cleveland. Hanged by Men of His Own Race. At Hiawatha, Kan., Tuesday morning. * mob of masked men broke open the jail and took Murderer Commodore True, and hanging him to a tree riddled his body with bullets. True was a negro, and was awaiting trial for the murder of Wm. Waltham, also colored. The mob was composed of negroes, friends of the murderer’s victim. Strung Up for Murder. Thomas Ball, a negro aged fifteen years, was hanged In the jailyard at Macon. Ga. He was arrested in May last by Deputy Sheriff Wilder on a charge of petit larceny. On the way to jail he drew a pistol and shot the officer dead. He escaped, but some weeks later was captured. The hanging was Absolutely private. The gallows was sureounded by a twenty-foot board fence. Garvin Gets Nine Years. At Pittsburg Frank Garvin, the murderer of his bride, Cora Redpath Garvin, was sentenced to nine years In the penitentiary. A Fearful Death. John Noland, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, died of hydrophobia after chewing his tongue into shreds Imhis convulsions. Women Threaten Tar and Feathers.

Mra Maggie Bradley, who was tried for Murdering Mary Curtrois' baby and reteased, was told by the women of Willis, Kaa, where she lives, to leave the country tn ten days or they would tar and feather her. White caps have threatened to lynch her. . Forty-five Freight Cars Wrecked. A collision between two freight trains occurred on the Norfolk and Western Balltoad, a short distance from Blackstone, Va. Both locomotives and forty-five freight cars were wrecked Wru. Lester, •reman, was painfully scalded. , Nihilists Active in Russia. • The correspondent of the London Chronfcfe at 8t Petersburg says that the nihilists are distributing inflammatory pamphlets and letters among the peasantry near the Volga. inciting them to revolt against the government. The police are instructed to seise all sueh literature. Foot-Ball Battles. In the Bcston-Chicago foot-ball game at Chicago the Bostons were victorious, and Yale beat Prl iceton at New York. The Boston-Chicago game was one-sided, but Abe Tate-Princeton contest sas probably

WBrrKUff jyT nvw a mttfTerrlflc Revenge of Three Chinese Laundrymen—NMAtieFarty Possible. A o’clock last eveulpg ap explosion occurred that shook this city from center to circumference. years three Chinamen have Seen running a laundry here. About one month ago Ed Davis came here from Kentucky and started a steam laundry. Jie had secured a good part of the Chinese trade. Within the last week two attempts have been made to burn Davis’ building. Suspicion pointed to the Chinese. They were watched, and last ( evening, just before the explosion, one of them was seen running toward the depot and has not been seen since. The explosion was caused by a large dynamite bomb being thrown into the building. The entire building was wrecked, valuable machinery smashed, and the sleeping-room of Davis totally demolished.' Davis was not In the building at the time. Excitement Is high here and everything points to the guilt of all three of- the' Chinamen. Every effort Is being made to : Bnd the missing one. His two associates' are under a close guard. Lynching has been threatened.

PROTEST AGAINST ELECTION BILLS. Representative Fitch Desires to Examine Personally Davenport's Accounts. The Secretary of the Treasury has received a letter from Representative Fitch, Chairman of the special committee Investigating election methods, protesting against the payment of any bills of John I. Davenport, Chief Supervisor of Elections at New York, for services or disbursements at the recent election, and requesting that he (Mr. Fitch) be allowed to personally examine such accounts before settlement The secretary declined to discuss the letter except to say that the communication will receive the same careful attention accorded all communications from Congressional committees It is learned from another source that Mr. Davenport’s accounts for the period in question have not yet been presented to the accounting officers and are not expected for several weeks SHIP GOLD TO EUROPE. Men in Wall Street Speculating on the Fourth Nations's Intentions. Indications are that the 8600,000 gold withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury by the Fourth National Bank of New York will be shipped to Europe. Great interest Is manifested In Wall street over the transaction, as shipments of the yellow metal at this season are most unusual The trouble is that while this country has been exporting vast amounts of and other products, the prices realized have been so low that a heavy balance of trade has piled up against us. At the same time the imperts of general merchandize continue on a large scale, partly In consequence of the preparations for the holiday only thing that will be apt to prevent gold exports on a large scale is a revival of the European demands for American securities.

TOUGHS AND TRAINMEN FIGHT. Six Desperate Brothers Are Thrown Down an Embankment. Gallipolis. Ohio, special: Six brothers named Williams, desperate characters, boarded an Ohio River Railroad train at Huntington last night. All were drunk, and they soon precipitated a fight with the conductor and brakeman, whom they cut and beat seriously. The train was stopped, and the engineer and armed with clubs, took a hand in the affray. Several passeng< rs also assisted, and after a furious fight the Williams brothers were beaten insensible, dragged from the train, and thrown down an embankment. The train then proceeded. It is not known whether any of the desperadoes were fatally hurt or not. CANADA’S NEW CABINET. Change Necessitated by the Resignation of the Premier, Sir John Abbott. Hon. George Foster, Minister of Finance, has left England, carrying in his pocket the resignation of Premier Abbott This will lead to a reorganization • of the Cabinet, and on good authority it is said that the Hon. J. A Chapleau, Minister of Customs will be made Lieutenant Governor of the province of Quebec, the present holder of the position. Lieutenant Governor Anger, succeeding to the Portfolio of Customs Sir John Thompson, the present Minister of Justice, will be the Premier, and ; W. R Ives, Member of Parliament, Will be taken Into the Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Other changes are likely to be made, WORKMEN IN DEADLY PERIL. Coal Mines in New Mexico in Flames—Miners Believed to Have Escaped. Fire broke out .In . the Blossburg coal mines, situated four miles south of Raton, N. M. Sixteen mules were burned to death. About one hundred men were at work In the subways in entire Ignorance of their peril A messenger was at once dispatched to the mouth of this shaft, a distance of three miles over the mountain, to notify the miners of their danger, and It is thought that all escaped. The output Is seventy-five cars of coal a day. It Is thought that the mines will be destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown.

VANDERBILT’S BIG LOSS. Summer Residence at Newport, with Its Costly Furnishings, Destroyed. The? Breakers, the elegant and costly Newport (R. I.) summer residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt, is a smouldering mass of ruins. Blackened and crumbling walls of brick and heaps of ashes are all that now remain of the palatial villa which for years has been numbered among Newport’s largest and finest residences. The loss is esoo.ooo. May Not Recover. James G. Blaine Iles in his bed critically ill. fie may recover and be able to get around again, and he may never leave his bed alive. In either event his physician will not be surprised. Securing information of a reliable character concerning Mr. Blaine is attended by the very greatest difficulty, and one must be content with a general rather than a particular knowledge of bls condition. It is simply impossible to obtain any Information at the house, for Mrs. Blaine has instructed the servants to say nothing, and she herself will not be Interviewed. Mrs. Blaine has also placed a seal on the doctor’s lips,wand all he can do is to roll his eyes and sigh and shake his head when questioned by newspaper men. But all talk to their friends, and these friends talk to whom they piease. ,According to one of them, a very proininent Government official, Mr. Blaine’s condition is serious. The exact nature of his compaint is not known. It started with a cold, which was followed by a fever. But his cold and fever have entirely disappeared, leaving him. however, entirely prostrated. The family regard his condition as the result of a complication of ailments, and they fear that it means the beginning of the end. There is not the slightest doubt that the family is greatly alarmed and apprehensive of the worst. Put Polson In His Tobacco. At St Henry, Minn., Joseph E Hanndcr died suddenly. Strychnine was found in his tobacco. The pext morning Miss Agnes Beer, his wife’s sister, died of the same poison. She left a letter asking to be buried with Haunder. It is supposed that she poisoned herself and Haunder. Brig Wrecked; Crew Saved. The brig Charles Purves, from Philadelphia, for Clenfuegos, was totally wrecked at Inagua. The crew are safe. Profits for Americans. While the members of the French Chamber of Commerce are investigating the affairs of the Panama Canal Company and

Incidentally stirring up more mud than ever came from the bottom of the canal Itself, It will vastly Interest Americans to know that 100,000,000 francs (820,000,000) of the canal company’s money was paid Into the hands of a syndicate of American capitalists for work done In the contruction of the cauaL There was 810,000,000 profit in the work. The syndicate by which this Vast sum was directed through American channels Is known as the American Contracting and Dredging Company. Several members of the company made over 82,000,000 each. GENERAL TRADE GOOD. Probable Gold Exports Are Not Considered Significant. R G. Dun & Ca’s weekly review of trade says: The announcement that gold would be exported, though not In large amount, has not necessarily as much meaning as many supposed. Foreign exchange does not yet justify exports, and movements not warranted may be due to temporary and trifling influences. 7he condition of business throughout the country appears excellent, with the volu’me of trade greater than In any previous year. POEY WILL GO TO PRISON. To Be Confined Six and One-half Y’ears fol Forgery and Larceny. Simon Poey, passenger agent of the Ward Steamship line, was sentenced at New York to five years in the State prison for forgery In the third degree, and one year and six months for grand the second degree. Poey stole about $40,009. To Restrict Immigration. The protest of the passengers of th* steamer Weimar, detained in quarantine, has had little effect upon Secretary of the Treasury Foster. He says the regulations must be enforced strictly, even If hardship is caused in some cases, and believes the Government ought to be as careful and take as many precautions against cholera all during this winter as at any time in the past. The way to reduce the danger from cholera or any other epidemic raging In Europe, Mr. Foster says, Is to enact legislation to restrict Immigration. He hoped Congress would take Immediate action It this line.

To Build the Yerkes Telescope. Warner & Swasey, of Cleveland, have been awarded the contract for building the new Yerkes telescope for the University ol Chicago. They built the famous Lick telescope and the one for the National Observatory at Washington. Tae Yerkes instrument will have a 40-ineh lens, and is expected to exceed the Lick telescope in magnifying power 25 per cent The tube will be seventy-five feet long, and the instrument completed will weigh six tons. Work will be begun at once, with the expectation of finishing it in a year. To Lock In the Audience. The Choral Symphony Society of St Louis opened Its season Friday night As usual on such occasions during the last chorus many people manifested a vulgar anxiety to get out This was not complimentary to Miss Emma Juch and her associates. To prevent a recurrence of the annoyance the society decided to lock the doors hereafter until the last number Is finished. The public has been notified through local papers. Driven to Suicide by Madness. Maggie Hamilton of Killanning Pa., was taken ill with typhoid fever. While In her delirium she flel from the house in her night robes. Shortly afterward her absence was discovered. Judge Rayburn. C. E Hileman and others organized a searching party. Abort an hour afterward the young woman's body was found in the river. She was a teacher In the public schools of Allegheny, Pa. Indian Child Killed by a Panther. At Hopkins, a Cherokee outlet trading post, a panther killed an Indian child. The beast’s cries had teen hoard for several nights, but none of the few inhabitants had the courage to attempt to kill it. Shortly after the child was killed,however, William Simmons, an old Indian scout, turned up, and he followed and killed the brute. The animal measured seven feet from nose to tip of tail Women Use Hot Water as a Weapon. Near Piedmont, Ala, three brothers named Conner were arrested by T. V. Jackson, an express detective, aided by local officers and a posse. They report a desperate fight with women arme< with hot water. The captives are thought to be the trio who robbed the mall and express cars of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad near Piedmont about a month since.

Fed Their Limbs to Hogs. Henry Banks, a colored Clarksville, Ark., farmer, who had been absent from home, returned and found his wife talking to Joseph Perry, a neighbor. The enraged husband pulled out a razor and literally carved them to pieces, cutting the limbs of the viatoms from their bodies and throwing them in the hpg pen. The murderer escaped, but a posse is In pursuit Bank Robbers Run Down. Three of the five robbers who robbed the Roslyn. Wash., bank of $10,003 Sept 24 were captured Friday in the Cascade Mountains in the central part of Oregon. The prisoners have been fully Identified by the bank officials They are believed to be the same men who robbed the banks at the Dalles and La Grande, Oregon, during the past year. To Raise Money for Mrs. RandaU. The Samuel J. Randall Club, of St Louts, has been reorganized to raise a fund for the benefit of Mrs. Randall Already money is being subscribed.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime .... g 3.25 © 6.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 0 6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice LOO @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 73 0 .73 Cohn—No. 2 42 & .43 Oats—No. 2 31 0 .33 Rte—No. 2 49 0 .50 Butteb—Choice Creamery 28 <g> .30 Eggs—Fresh 22J40 .2314 Potatoes—New, per bn 70 & .80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.00 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 0 G.GO Sheep—Common to Prime 8.00 @4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 07 0 .3714 Cobn—No. 2 White 40 @1 .40?$ Oats—No. 2 White .35 0 .36 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 4.00 @ 5.75 WHEAT—No. 2 Red., 68 0 .69 COBN—No. 2... 39 0 .40 Oats—No. 2 si 0 .32 Rte—No. 2. 47 0 ,48 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 © 4.75 Hogs 3.00 0 6.00 Sheep 3.00 0 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 71 0 .71!$ COBN—No. 2 44 0 .45 Oats—No. 2 Mixed .35 0 .35!$ Rte—No. 2 m 0 .55 DETROIT. Cattle, .. 3.00 0 4.50 Hogs 3.00 0 5.50 Sheep 3.00 0 4.25 Wheat—Na 2 Red 73 0 .74 COBN—No. 2 Yellow 44 0 .45 Oats—No. 2 White .37,>40 .88)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 .73 0 .74 Cobn—No. 2 White 43 0 .4314 Oats—No. 2 White 35 0 .35)3 Bye- 0 .56 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3.00 0 5.25 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 0 6.25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 82 0 .82}$ COBN—No. 2 0 .48,>4 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 67 0 .68 Cobn—No. 3 .41 0 .41 u Oats—No; 2 White 35 0 .36 Rte—No. 1 0 .51 Babley—No. 2 as @ .67 POBK—Mess IL 00 014.50 NEW YORK. Cattle.. 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 3,00 @ 6.25 SHEEP... 8.00 0 5.00 Wheat —No. 2 Red .73 © .79 COBN—NO 2 JI fl .52 Oats—Mixed Webern.. 33 0 .33 Butteb—Creamery 22 0 .32 PoM-NewMeas 1L26 ©IL 75

HOWTO FIND THE NEW COMET.

Astronomer Hale Gives Some Points to the Lay Observer. Thoueandsof well-meaning people are trying every night to see the much-talked-about comet and fail to discover it. It may be seen by the unaided eye if directed at the right point. A common opera-glass turned on the Pleiades will reveal it more distinctly. To assist the ordinary observer Astronomer Hale has made a diagram that will aid in locating the vagrant comet. He has omitted the lesser s’ars and indicated the comet by lines drawn through the fixed stars and constellations. For good measure the nebula of Andromeda has been thrown into the diagram. “This bright spot near the milky way,” Prof. Hale says, “is easily mistaken for the comef'itself and might assist in finding the wanderer. Beginning with the first star in the belt of Orion—and the belt may be located by the three bright stars close together and in a straight line—draw an imaginary line with the eye passing through Touri, a little to the left and a little below the Pleiades; miss the Pleiades and run the line through the principal star of Andrbmeda as far beyond Touri as Touri is beyond Orion, then carry the line a little farther and find the comet. If this is not complicated, taking the big star in Andromeda and make the base of a right angle triangle with the first of the lesser stars above. The perpendicular at an equal distance will rest on the comet. In a stra’ght line with the base of this triangle is the Andromeda nebu'a, and this is half way below the lower line of the milky way

THE LOCATION ON THE COMET.

and the comet. The comet is located on a straight line between the planet Jupiter and the polar star. To better understand the diagram hold it almost above the head and face the east." The Holmes’ comet, the name which has finally been agreed upon by astronomers in the absence of any other definite name, will reach its perihelion Dec. 27, when It will be as near the sun as it can get, then will pass around and go back on its journey into space. In regard to the assertion of Professor Colbert that the earth is liable to collide with the comet, Prof. Wiggins says: “You can judge as to the danger of that when I say that Father Sechi, the celebrated Italian astronomer, a few years ago was looking through his glass at this same comet when he saw it burst in two, thus becoming two electrical comets. These have since gradually receded from each other, and are now considered two distinct comets and have periodic times ent rely dissimilar. There is no danger of their running upon each other and why should they run against the earth? Moreover, some of the asteroids; as for instance Melpomone and Nyassa, are continually crossing and reerossing the path of Mars, and never collide with that planet. Comets, however, may do us a great deal of damage, for if one should run between us and our moon, as Lexilles' comet ran among the moons of Jupiter in 1778, Its powerful attraction ' would so contract the earth as to cause the waters of our oceans to overflow our continents, as no doubt happened at the Niaehlau deluge.” HOLDING ON TO THEIR JOBS. Not, Many Postmasters Resigning on Account of the Result of the Election. It is stated at the Postofflce Department In Washington that the percentage of resignations of fourth-class postmasters received up to date on account of the result of the election has been considerably less than at the corresponding time four years ago. The largest number of resignations thus far, has come from those of the third class, whose salaries rarge from SI,OOO to $2,000 per annum. There are about fifty of them on file. The reason assigned for their resignation is that they are compelled under the law to furnish the outfit of their offices, consisting of lock boxes, office furniture, etc., which in some cases cost several hundred dollars, often as high as $5lO. To protect themselves from total loss a practice, it is alleged, has prevailed for the holding over postmasters to make an agreement with the most prominent candidate for the office by which the former resigns and opens the way to a political opponent to succeed him, provided that the latter purchases the office outfit. The resignation of the postmaster is forwarded to the department, and upon the appointment of his successor by the President, the successful applicant pays for his predecessor’s outfit

Newsy Paragraphs. M. M. Rose, of Ohio, has been male Assistant Land Commissioner. The receipts of the New York horse show were $74,000 and the expenses $73,500. The Deadwood Central Railway has been purchased by the Burlington and Mississippi River for $1,000,000. The Council of Archbishops decided that the faculty of the Catholic University at Washington shall be reorganized. The steamer Ross Lee, loaded with cotton and merchandise, was destroyed by Are at Memphis, Tenn. The loss is $05,000. Henry Vose, of Westerly, R. 1., furnished the Thanksgiving turkey for the White House. It weighed thirty-one pounds. Rival claimants to the Park Regent Mine, at Jimtown, Col., have sent armed forces into the mine, and a battle is looked for. It is discovered that some parts of the machinery of the Miantonomah are faulty, owing to the use by the buildo of weak material. Joseph Lambardo, was shot in Brooklyn. He was seriously wounded. It is believed he is a victim of the Mafia. The Secretary of State has been informed that all the ports of Hawaii have been thrown open to commerce without restrictions of any kind. A company from the United States has bought out all Nova Scotia coa companies, with one exception, and now controls the Canadian coal trade. A Christian Scientist at Guthrie, Ok., who was bitten by a rattlesnake recently, relused medical assistance and depended solely on prayer. He is dead. The Merchants Hotel at Wilmar, Minn., was destroyed by fire. Weal Howe, an. engineer, was burned t< death. The loss to property is $15,000.

GOING FARTHER WEST.

MANY FARMERS CHANGING THEIR HOMES. Large Numbers of Illinois and Wisconsin Agriculturists Said to Be Moving to Sections of lowa, South Dakota' and Nebraska. ' Toward the Setting Sun. The movement of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin farmers to Northern and Western lowa, which has been an important factor in the development of these portions of lowa during the past two or three years, is extending further west, says a Sioux Cityy .lowa, correspondent, and this fall hundreds Of fanners from Illinois and Wisconsin, and ndt a few from the Mississippi River counties in lowa, have made purchases in Northern Nebraska and South Dakota, with the intention of making their homes in these States in the future. The farmers came out on the annual harvest excursions given by the railroad companies. Most of them come from about Council Hill, Galena, Pecatonica, from Kane County, and from the southern counties of Illinois. They invariably buy the best farms here and pay cash for them. They sell their old homes for from S4O to S7O an acre, and are able to buy the best farms here for from $lB to S3O per acre. This leaves them enough money to put on good improvements after paying cash for their farms and still have a neat balance left to their credit. Better Farmers. This movement to the West has had a great deal to do with its development. It is an undeniable fact that the Illinois and Wisconsin men are better farmers than those they found in possession of the country. They use more machinery and give more attention to the breeding of stock and to dairy farming. They are responsible for the wonderful growth of the dairy business throughout lowa, and are developing it as rapidly in the new fields they are seeking in Nebraska and South Dakota. They build better houses and their farms are neater in appearance. A person can come very near to picking out their places in driving through the country. Those who bought this fall already have under way or are planning improvements that will add greatly to the value of their places and at the same time enhance the value of surrounding property. Heal estate men agree in saying that it is this immigration that has had more to dothan any other one thing in advancing the prices of raw lands in this section, from $4 to $6 to $lO to sls, and of improved lands from $lO to S2O to from sls to $25 during the past two years. Their coming has been a relief to many a mortgage-ridden Western farmer, who has received from them the money in exchange for his farm -with which to clear away his indebtedness and start anew on a goon foothold. The farmer who sells generally buys cheaper lands in the same neighborhood or raw lands and starts in again. This year the sales to Illinois and Wisconsin farmers have been f.O per cent, greater than ever before, and it is estimated that the farm population of the country within a radius of l>o miles of this city will, in the next eight months, be increased by at least 8,000 persons, because of their removal to purchases made in this area.

NATURAL GAS FAILING.

Reservoirs of the Fluid in Ohio and Indiana Amost Empty. That the reckless consumption of natural gas during the last ten years has almost emptied the vast subterranean reservoirs of this inflammable fluid seems certain. From many, points where natural gas has for years been almost the only form of fuel used come accounts of decreasing pressure in the wells, constantly failing supply, and in many cases total cessation of the flow of gas. At Lima, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Connersville and other Indiana towns the deficiency has been so great as to compel the closing of many factories. In hundreds of Instances families which relied on gas for heating and cooking purposes have Veen- obliged tbYecur to,coal stoves, and occasionally suffering has been caused by lack of fuel where adequate precautions against a failure of the natural-gas supply had not been taki n. Warning Circular Issued. Th ? following circular, recently sent out to its- patrons by the Salimonie Mining and Gas Company of Fort Wayne, Ind., one of the largest purveyors of natural gas in the State, shows the straits to which consumers are reduced: To Our Patrons: The supply of natural gas Is certainly failing throughout our field, and the experience of cities in Ohio promises to be duplicated in Indiana. After considering the matter for some time our board reluctantly consented to the expenditure of 4120,000 more for the betterment of our supply and service to consumers. The expense is both great and hazardous in view of the experience of other cities. The additional lines and wells are now being pushed as rapidly as possible, and with fairly good weather we hope to give better service in the next three weeks. We fear from present indications it will be necessary to turn off all factories, but this step will not be taken until absolutely necessary. In the meantime we would advise all manufacturers to secure a supply of coal and be prepared to have gas turned off at any time on short notice. We sincerely hope our friends will bear with us and do their utmost to assist us in the present emergency. Lima. Ohio, three years ago had a rock pressure on her line of 340 pounds, being much above the Indiana Meld; to-day it has fallen to 90 pounds and pumps are being put in to help force the gas to consumers. All her churches, school houses and public buildings have been shut off entirely and not a boiler is supplied at any price. This circular is not issued to alarm the public, but to enlist their co-operation and bring about a proper use of gas and avoid all waste and extravagant use of the same. Natural gas is certainly the "champagne of fuels” and should be so used. He who wastes a foot of it now is not only an enemy of the company! but also a public enemy. We are arranging for a display of gas-saving appliances, which we will have ready by the latter part of next month, of which you will be dulv advised. Salimonie Mining and Gas Co.

Ancestors of Illustrious Men. The fa'her of Ampere, mathematician, was a dry goods merchant of small means. The father of Turner, the painter of the “Slave Ship," was a barber and hair dresser. Bek Jonson was the son of a bricklayer, and for a time himself worked at that trade. Hogabth’s father was a small tenant farmer, who disapproved of his son’s taste for art. The father of Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States, was a poor farmer. Sophocles, the Greek poet, was the eon of a blacksmith whose wife hal been a slave. The father of Sir Humphrey Davy was a wood carver, and intended his son for that business. Latimer’s father was an honest, Godfearing English peasant who prayed with his children. Gray’s father was a scrivener, or copy st, and designed the poet for the same occupation. The father of Palestrina, the composer of sacred music, was a cook, or, as some say, a waiter. Marshal AVgereau was the son of a grocer, and left that business to enlist as a private soldier. Marshal Bessieres was a farmer’s boy, and after enlisting as a private, rose from the ranks.

DIDN’T BRING RAIN.

Texas Clouds Refuse to Weep at the Command of Dyrenforth. In the rain-making experiment at San Antonio, Tex., several charges of rosel-

GENERAL DYRENFORTH

whlle to fill it with the necessary ingredients. The balloons used in these experiments are made of paper covered with a light cotton netting. There is danger in filling these dreadful things and even greater in letiing them go, for the slightest mishap or carelessness would send everybody to kingdom come. Explosion of the Balloon, It was nearly dark when the balloon went up, but its ascent and explosion was a pretty sight. The hundreds of eyes watching it all at onee saw a blinding flash on the heavens and then came a profound silence for six or seven seconds, then a shock which shook the ground. The balloon had exploded right beneath a fleecy cloud. The cloud kept on its way calmly and serenely, but, as Prof. Ellis said, the cloud was 18,000 feet high, and as the explosion occurred only 4,000 feet nearer, the cloud might have been excused for Its Inattention.

The following day it was fully 8 o’clock before the fusillade finally opened. The sky was greatly overcast in the morning, but everybody said it was not a ra n cloud and the General might go ahead. The breeze was southwesterly and blowing about ten miles an hour. About 3 o’clock Messrs. Dickenson and King, with the president of the San Antonio Board of Trade, waited upon Gene:al Dyrenforth and somewhat sharply said that there was no, use waiting for further favorable conditions. They wanted the test made at onee, and wanted it kept up till some result was obtained. The General waived his military gauntlet in the direction of a battery to the westward which opened with a series of detonations of five and ten pound charges of rosellite. Then on the crest of the ridge could be seen other puffs ofs moke until nearly a semicircle of explosions had been seen, and noted. Then Dr. Rosell opened his mortar battery from the brow of the hill near Dyrenforth’s headquarters and a dozen or more shells were sent up a thousand feet and exploded. These shells contained three pounds of rosellite. While the firing was going on Professor Ellis prepared another gaseous balloon. It was the same as was sent up the day before, but to the relief of the crowd had a longer fuse, for it did not explode until it was a mile in the air. When it did go there was a vivid flash, a puff of smoke visible for an instant, and then a wait of eight seconds for the shock,

No Effect on the Clonds.

It was terrific. Horses and buggies were changed about and all nature seemed convulsed, but again the fleecy clouds against which the balloon had been sent sailed majestically along, seemingly indifferent. The first bombardment was kept up until midnight, when the first battery of 3,000 of rosellite was exhausted. The fusillade will be resumed and continued without intermission for twenty-four hours. This will conclude the first series of experiments.

FOR A NATIONAL QUARANTINE.

Kecohimendatlona to Be Made by Surgeon General Wyman, Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital service, in whose hands have been placed all the measures for suppression of cholera, said that his annual rqpoit to the Secretary of ’ the would strongly recdmitfcnd that the matter of quarantines be placed under national control. He will suggest that there be established either a national quarantine or a Bureau of Health, whose duties will be specifically confined to meeting just such emergencies as have been presented by the recent cholera scare. ' The report will follow closely the recommendation of the Quarantine Committee, made up of leading physicidhs of the country, appointed last fall at the meeting of the National Medical Congress. These gentlemen have visited the various ports of entry from Maine to New Orleans, and they say the quarantine system at New Orleans is the one which should be adopted as a national measure. It provides for a thorough fumigation, and Is so effective that New Orleans has not seen yellow fever in seven years, whereas the city used to have a visit every summer prior t® the establishment of this system. Soldiers Crushed to Death. Additional advices per st'amsldp China state that a traveler arriving at Foochow reports that a gale, accompanied by a waterspout, swept down from the mountains, swamping the country in the neighborhood of Changchow. the water in some places standing tqn feet deep. The Confucian temple and the temple of the City God were bo h submerged, the walls of the latter collapsing, burying eighty soldiers. In the Nan-Hsien district the people also suffered mm h. Brieflets. The Missouri Legislature will attempt to fix by law the price of sleep-ing-car berths at $1.50. Four men were drowned by the capsizing of a Government scow in Snake River, near lewiston, Idaho The Hawaiian cabinet announces its willingness to grant the United States territory and a harbor for a coaling station. « Sunday opening of the World’s Fair was advocated bylhe General Assembly of the Knights of Labor in a resolution adopted at St. Louis. President Diaz has made the official announcement that the Mexican Government will restore the import duty qn grain Dec. 1. Southeastern railway managers will meet at Atlanta, Ga., to discuss plans for a direct line of steamers between some Southern point and Liverpool. A team drawing a carriage occupied by Mrs. Grover Cleveland and other ladies ran away at Lakeside, N. J. Mr Freeland, Mrs. Cleveland’s host, whr» was driving, finally stopped the team. • William E. Curtis, who has just returned from his mission to Spain in seach of Columbus relics, says the greater part of the relics at the Madrid Historical Exposition will be transferred to the World’s Fair. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst and a corps of 1,137 assistant will complete a map of New York' City, showing the position and character of eveiy house within the municipal limits, together with the names and social status of occupants. This enterprise is to be prosecuted under the auspices of the City ’ Vigilance League. ,

IN THE LOWER HOUSE.

AN INTERESTING STUDY OF ITS PERSONNEL. Bow n Compare, with Its Predecessor— In Numbers and Talent the Republicans. Gain While the Democrats Lose Old Members Returned. From the Capital. Washington • The lower house of the- Fifty-third Congress will have a decided Democratic majority, yet the Republicans by the recent gained more than they lost In numbers and talent,. while theDemocrats lost many old and experienced members, In the House of Representatives of the Fifty-second Congressthere are 235 Democrats,. 88. Republicans and 9 Farmers’ Alliance men, making, a total of 312 members. Jn the Fifty-third Congress the total membership will be 356, a gain of 24 ynder the reapportionment of the new census. It is impossible yet to state definitely the< relative strength of each party in the House, because in many districts the official count will be necessary to determine accurately the result. From the returns already received, however, It Is evident that the Democrats will have In round numbers 220 members, the Republicans 130, and the Populists and Independents the remaining 6. With such a working majority as thia the Democrats will be able to enact any legislation they choose on the tariff or any other question; and as the Sena’ewlll also have a Democratic majority, the party will be entirely responsible for whatever legislation is sent to President Cleveland for his sighature. A study of the personnel of the newly elected House shows that remarkably fpw changes have been made in its membership, considering the 1 fact that the Representatives were voted for at a Presidential election, when men of both parties are naturally more anxious for nominations than in so-called off years. There have been comparatively few men of '■onspicuous ability or striking personality in the lower house during the past tew .years, and the Fifty-sec-ond Congress was especially lacking in big men. The new Congress gains little if anything by ths changes resulting from the elections, and the Democrats have failed to make up in ability what they have lost in the failure of old and capable members to be renominated or re-elected. The Republicans, on the other hand, in proportion to their total number, will have more men of real ability and parliamentary experience than the Democrats.

lite were fired and four shells were sent up from the mortars. The ground charges, according to a correspondent, did no more than shake the earth. The mortars ■ threw their shells in the air about -1,000 feet and exploded prettily. Then Gen. Dyrenforth brought out his grand battery, in the shape of an explosive balloon. It took a long

Losses and Gains. The Democrats will still have such strong men as Speaker Crisp, Judge Holman, Springer, the Breckinridges, Bynum of Indiana, Bourke Cockran, Amos Cummings, Col. Fellows, Harter of Ohio, McMillin of Tennessee, Eayner of Maryland, and Blanchard of Louisiana; but they have lost Blount oi Georgia, Herbert and Forney of Alabama, Hemphill of South Carolina, Hoai and Williams of Massachusetts, and others. The three first named have served long years in Congress, and are possessed of valuable knowledge and experience, which will be missdd by their constituents and 1 their colleagues in committees and on the floor of the House. ' • ! The Republicans lost none of theit leaders, and the apt debaters, shrewd legislators, and skillful parliamentarians that make up the HlHe band who have stood so gallantly by their dethroned Czar during the sessions of the present Democratic House are all -returned, and will continue to f< How the brilliant, If erratic and fateful, leadership of Tom Reed. Among the members of the Fiftysecond Congress who were noted above their fellows for some peculiar trait of chaiacter, personal appearance, or incident in life, and wfiosb names will no longer be heard in the ikfll call, are Kittle Halvorsen, the ’ Norwegian Alliance and Prohibition member from Minnesota: the venerable Leonidas M. Miller, of Wisconsin, who, as he sat in the front row, his bald head bobbing over his spectacles, bore a striking resemblance to Pickwick, who was born in Greece, the son Qf»a. fighting chieftain, who left him, bn the battlefield After a fierce fight with the Turks; Hoar and George Pred Williams, of Massachusetts, wno wept when Mills was defeated in the speakership caucus, and refused forsooth to vote tor Crisp in the House; “Tom” Watson, of Georgia; who wrote a book to prove that his colleagues in Congress were 'drunkards, and “the three Taylors,” all from Ohio, and ail Republicans. There iwill only bs two Taylors in the new : House as against five in the old. One is from Indiana and the other is from i Texas. There will be two Smiths only, George W., from Pennsylvania, and Marcus A., a delegate from Arizona. His Last Official Days. Mr. Harrison will get his last month’s pay on February 28 or 29 in the shape of a draft issued on a warrant signed as usual by the Secretary of the Treasury and sent over to the White House by a messenger. The amount of this draft would be $4,166.67, but four days’ extra pay will be added for March. On the evening of March 3 he will go to the Capitol, where he will seat himself at the big table in the center of the President’s room. This is . said to be the handsomest room In the world, but the Chief Magistrate of the nation only uses it once in two years. It has a velvet carpet with a pile so deep that the footsteps of one who walks upon it are noiseless. The furniture is covered with red leather, and the celling is frescoed in the highest style of art. Mr. Harrison will take a chair between two great mirrors, which so throw back each other’s reflections that looking in either direction, he can see an interminable line of his own images extending out of ‘sight. Up to midnight he will be occudied in hurriedly signing bills, in order that they may become laws before the expiration of the Fifty-second Congress. It will be his last night of power. The next day he becomes a private citizen, with no more control over public affairs than a newly naturalized foreigner.

Steam was first used in making gas about 1798. Steam was first used to warm factories in 1806. Steam was first applied to driving looms in 1807. First steamboat on the Thames made trial trip in 1801. First steamer run on Hudson River by FSlton in 1807. Tbevethick built the first high-pres-sure engine in 1801. Fulton built the steamer Clermont on the Seine in 1803. Blenkinsop used steam power on coal railroad in 1811. Sieam first employed in dramatic representations in 1821. In 1804 the usual working pressure was 4 pounds to an inch. The Rising Sun, built by Cochrane, crossed Atlantic in 1818. In 1808 the Phoenix was regularly running on the Delaware. Woolf built the first double-cylinder expansion engine in 1804. The Charlotte Dundaf, 1802, used for towing on Scottish canals. In 1865, 250 railroad incorporation biHs passed by Parliament.,

Growth of Steam.