Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — Page 2

SljtJtmocnJttcScntintl RENSSELAER. INDIANA. JT. W. McEWEN, - - - PUBLISHER.

MET A TERRIBLE FATE.

HUNDREDS OF HELPLESS MINERS ENTOMBED. Storms Spread Ruin and Death in the West —More Nominations by the President— Cashier Flood, of San Francisco, Made a Big Haul. Welsh Colliery Horror. . A frightful mine accident occurred Tuesday in Wales A spark from an engine ignited the gas in the coal-pit near Pont-y-Pridd and caused the gas to explode. Three hundred mlneis are entombed in thfe mine. The engine-house burned, and there is the greatest fear that hundreds may have perished. The rescuers who went down were driven back without being able to bring up more than five of the dead. The fate of tbe other miners is in doubt. The most agonizing scenes were witnessed, and throngs of men, women, and children, relatives of those below, crowded about the mouth of the coal pit. Later advices do not lighten tbe calamity, and the worst fate is feared for hundreds of miners. SWEPT BY CYCLONES. Several Lives Lost and Much Property Destroyed in the West. The Upper Missouri Valley Tuesday night was visited by the most severe storm of recent years. Akron. lowa, is almost swept away. Farm property surrounding was badly damaged or. wiped out. The loss in this vicinity will aggregate 1160,000. —Page, Neb., also suffered severely.— Sioux City was just on the edge of tbe storm, and received such a pelting from hail as she never before experienced. It is feared some lives were lost at Akron, while at Page it is known three were killed At Westfield, Neb., one was killed.—Willis,Everest,and Powhattan, In Southern Kansas, were laid in ruins, and at Robinson a 14-year-old boy was killed— Parser, a small mission town, was com; pletely wrecked, and several fatalities are reported. Page City is said to be swept away. The river front at fit Louis felt the full force of the storm. The steamer Pike was blown away and it is feared sunk with five men. The city was flooded. Several other vessels were torn from their mo wrings and have not reported. If they are lost the damage to shipping and land property will reach $200,000.

FAT PLUMS GIVEN OUT. Daniel N. Morgan Nominated for United States Treasurer. Several Important nominations were sent In by the President Tuesday. Tbe full list of nominations is as follows: Daniel N. Morgan, of Connecticut, to be Treasurer of the United States, vice Enos H. Nebeker, resigned; Conrad N. Jordan, of New York, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York City, vice Ellis H. Roberts, resigned; Edward H. Strobel, of New York, to be Third Assistant Secretary of State, vice William M. Grinnell, resigned; Henry V. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Attorney of the United States for the distrlctof Colorado; Charles B. Bellinger, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for tho distrlctof Oregon; William K. Reid, of Utah, to be Judge of Probate in the county of San Petre, territory of Utah; Daniel M. Browning, of Illinois, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Frank C. Armstrong, of Washington, D. C., to be Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. BOTH SIDES RE-ENFORCED. Troops Imperatively Needed to Prevent an Outbreak at Antlers. Secretary Hoke Smith Tuesday received the following telegram from Agent Bennett at Muskogee, I T. : Am reliably advised that both factions of Choctaws are being re-enforced strongly. Troops should be sent to Antlers as quickly as possible. I will go there when advised troops have started. Telegram just received from Atoka says: “One hundred mon going to location of troubles if government does not interfere. ” Have wired their leaders that you have asked War Department to send troops to prevent domestic strife and preserve peace. As requests have already been made upon the War Department to have troops sent to the locality to preserve tbe peace, no further action will be taken by the Secretary other than to furnish the War Department with a copy of the agent’s telegram.

GOT AWAY WITH 8104,000. Ex-Cashier Flood Arrested for Embezzling Funds of a San Francisco Bank. James Flood, who was forced to resign last week as cashier of the Donohue & Kelly Bank, at San Francisco, because of Irregularities in his accounts, was arrested Monday night on a warrant charging him •with embezzling $194,000 of the bank’s funds. When Flood first retired his friends said he could make good his shortage, which was caused by overdrafts by one of his assistants. Flood transferred his real estate to the bank, but since then it has been found that his shortage Is heavy. Be spent the whole amount in a single year. He had been twenty-seven years with the bank and his employers had so much confidence In him that they never had experts examine his books Indiana Tax Cases. Chief Justice Fuller has announced the decision of the Supreme Court upon the petition of counsel In the Indiana railroad tax cases to advance them on the docket. The petition was granted and the cases set down for argument on the second Monday of next term. In these cases is Involved the constitutionality of the new tax law in Indiana, the railroads holding that the law permits and the tax officers exercise a practically confiscatory rate as applied to the property of the corporations. In the Btate courts the law has been upheld. Murderer Arrested. Charles Salyards is under arrest at Winchester, Va.. charged with murdering Policeman Martin, of Carlisle, Pa. There was a reward of SI,OOO for him. Killed by an Explosion. An explosion in the fcctory of the Chicago Bubber Works, at Grand avenue and West Ohio streets, killed one man and badly wrecked the building. The dead man’s name is Fogerty. Be was one of the company’s employes. A defective heater used In the preparation of rubber caused the explosion. Court Orders Death by Shooting. At Provo, Utah, sentence was passed by Judge Blackburn upon Enoch Davis, whc murdered his wi£e at Ashley, Utah, in July, 1892. It was ordered that Davis be taker _lato the courthouse yard at Provo on the 9th day of June, 1893, and shot Four Bonded Warehoossoe Bam. The four bonded warehouses of the Glenmore Distilling Company, above Owensboro. Ky.. on the Ohio Bi ver. were destroyed by fire. 18.95" .barrels of whisky being burned. The loss is estimated at $350,000. The fire was caused by sparks from the distillery. and for five hours the flames raged furiously. _ Singular Fatality. fiaasuel Weist died at Kansas City. Ma, o* protracted hemorrhage of the gums. •Purplo spots appeared on his limbs, hands sad trunk. Monday morning he began bleeding at the mouth. Efforts were made t«stop the flow of blood, but to no avail

WILD WORK OF WINDS. Hailstones as Big as Biscuits Shot Through Plate-Glass Windows. Ten thousand furies swept down from the skies at sunset Friday evening in Chicago, and when the rush, rattle, and roar of the southwest wind had ceased a square mile of the South fiide looked like a cy-clone-swept section of a Kansas town. The ground was strewn with hailstones as big as biscuits, trees were twisted and yanked from the ground, bill-boards piled into heaps of kindling wood, countless window lights shattered. and tbe streets filled with terror-stricken people. Little children were caught at play and driven to the ground by the howling gale and storm of ice, and In three instances fell victims under the hoofs of maddened horsei Terrinc at firsts the hurricane gained velocity with each second, and witli thp growing speed the fall of ice increased until it was impossible to see the distance of the street’s width. Harder and harder it pelted and lou ier and louder it roared until the alt became filled with flying boards and bits of branches, and the frightened householders expected each blast to be their doom. Plate-glass windows went in with a tremendous crash, the street cars held crowds of huddling passengers as the stones smashed through tbe windows and then was not an unscared soul In the district. Noone was killed, but over SIOO,OOO damage was done. STRANGE FATALITY IN A FAMILY. Six Die tn a Short Space from Diseases and Two May Not Live. Near Deatsville, in Elmore County, Ala., out of the Seeger family of nine or ten persons living in good health a little over a week ago, only three are now living, twc of whom are at the point of death and are not expected to recover. The strangest thing about the singular fatality is that they are all supposed to have died of natural causes. '1 he family has been living at that place for sixty years and it is not thought the sickness is dbe to any local cause. BOUGHT BY SPRECKLES. The Sugar King Invests #IOO,OOO in a Coffee Plantation in Mexico. Tbe large coffee plantation near Cordova, in the State of Vera Cruz, has been purchased by Claus Spreckles, the San Francisco sugar king, for $100,060. He proposes to attract Americans with moderate capital into this lucrative business. Even the proposed export tax will not reduce profits at present rates more than 1 cent a pound, leaving 10 cents net profit There Is a regular boom in coffee lands all over tbe southern portion of the republic.

Advance in Wheat. R. G. Dun & Ca’s weekly review of trade says: ‘ Speculation has been renewed in wheat, with an advance hereof about two cents on sales of 32,000,000 bushels. Western receipts were 2,300,000 bushels in four days and Atlantic exports only 700.000 bushels, and the stocks in sight continue unprecedented. Corn dropped one-half cent and one and three-quarters on small transactions, while pork fell $1 per barrel, lard 60 cents, and hogs 80 cents per 100 pounds. Cotton also declined a quarter, with continuing full receipts from p’antatlons, but recovering an eighth because of better buying at Liverpool. Coffee has declined fiveeighths of a cent with small sales. Copper was weaker at 11% cents for lake, and tin Is unchanged, while lead is hardening at 4.05 cents, but the tone of speculative markets generally is not enthusiastic. Released from Prison. Mrs. Anne Margaret Montague, wife of Robert Atchison Crotnle Montague, who is a grandson of the sixth .Duke of Manchester, was released from the Dublin prison Tuesday. Mrs Montague was convicted just a year ago of tho manslaughter of her child, Mary Helen, aged 3 years, and sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, “with such labor as was suitable to the sex of the prisoner.” Cruelly Stallbed to Death. While drunk at Waverly, Ohi”, David Williams, Jr., and Frederick Allman engaged In an altercation. The result was that Allman received two deep cuts in the back at tbe hands of Willlama Both the wounds penetrated his lungs and he bled to death. Williams fled. Nice Society Pet. John W. Taylor, of Covington. Ky., was arrested at Cincinnati for stealing tobacco by the hogshead from his employers, the Globe Tobacco Company. He stole, he said, because his salary of $1,200 did not enable him to move in the society he liked.

Shaken by an Earthquake, A earthquake was felt In Edgefield district. Charleston, S. C., Friday. Two shocks occurred. No damage was done beyond frightening people out pt their houses Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at Lincolnton, Ga. Cotton Brokers Fall. The failure Is announced of Werthemelr & Ca, Liverpool cotton brokers, for £70,000. James Bertols & Ca and Marks & Ca, cotton brokers, have also failed, owing to the suspension of Werthemelr ,& Ca Edward Should Have Minded His Business. Edward Rake was shot fatally at Newport, Ky., by Joseph Shields for Inducing Mrs. Rake, his sister-In-law, to leave her husband. Killed Their Boy. Mr. and Mrs. Grasser, of Valley City, N. D., gave their 4-year-old boy a drink of whisky. Half an hour afterward the child died. Flimsy Buildings, Two hotel buildings at tbe World’s Fair grounds were blown down by a light wind. The loss is over $30,000.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle —Common to Prime.... $3.25 @6.25 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3.60 ® 7.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice *.oo @ e.oo Wheat—No. a Spring 77)4® .78)4 Cobn—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 28)4@ .29 Rye—No. 2 so & .62 Buttbb—Choice Creamery 29 @ .30 Eggs—Fresh... u @ .16 Potatoes—New, per bu 70 @ .80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 560 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 7.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 & 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62' @ .62)4 Cobn—No. 2 White 41 @ ,41)i Oats—No. 2 White 35 <gi .35 „ ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 ® 5.00 Hogs s.oo @6.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 57)4® .08)4 Cobn—No. 2 36 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 31 & .32 Rye—No. 2 49 .51 „ CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 7,75 Sheep... 3.00 @ s.6u Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 @ .eo Cobn—No. 2 41)4® .42)4 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 33 & .34 Rye—Na 2... 57 @ .59 „ DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 6.75 SHEEP 3.00 & 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 72 @. .73 Cobs—No. 2 Yellow 41 @ .41)4 Oats—No. 2 White ,38)4® .39h TOLEDO.. WHEAT—No. 2 72 @ .73 Cobs —No. 2 Yellow 41 @ .42 Oats—Na 2 White 32)4® .33)4 Rye 55 @ .67 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3.60 @5.50 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 @ 7.00 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 81 @ .81)4 No. 2 Red 76)4@ .77)4 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2Spring .66 @ .66’4 Cobs—No. 3 39)4@ .40)4 Oats—No. 2 White 33)*@ .34)4 Rye—No. 1 57 "@ .68 Babley—No. 2 ; 62 & .64 POBK—Mess., 16.50 @17.00 „ NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.75 Hogs 3.00 @ 7.25 Sheep 3.00 @ 7.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 79 @ .85 Cobs—No. 2 52 @ .63 Oats—Mixed Western .36 @ .38 Buttbb—Beat 25 @ .30 Pose—New Mess 17.75 @18.25

HARRISON IS ELECTED.

WINS BY A COMFORTABLE MAJORITY IN CHICAGO. Chosen to Be World’s Fair Mayor In the Face of Determined Opposition—End of an Exciting Contest—Elections In Other Cities. Carte- Carries Chicago. After the bitterest and most stubbornly contested municipal campaign in its history. Chicago has elected Carter H. Harrison to tjje chief magistracy of the city. His majority is in the neighborhood of 20,000, and with him the whole Democratic city ticket is elected. The election of Harrison was opposed by every newspaper in the city except the Times (his own paper) and the Mail, and the fight has been notable for the bitter personalities indulged in by both sides. The fact, also, that the man chosen this year is to serve through the World’s Fair, a period that will be most trying to the city government, has caused the whole

CARTER H. HARRISON.

country to watch the contest with eager Interest. There were four candidates in the field, and the vote, barring a few precincts from which returns had not been received, stood as follows: Carter H. Harrison, Dem. 103,362 Samuel W. Allerton, Citizens’-Rep ; 84,891 Dewitt C. Cregier, United-Citizens 2,699 Henry Ehrenpreis, Socialist 1,057 Carter Henry Harrison was born in Fayette County,' Kentucky, Feb; 15, 1825. He graduated at Yale in 1845, read law, engaged In farming, traveled for two years in foreign counties, and finally settled in Chicago, where he engaged in real estate operations. After the great fire of ’7l he served as County Commissioner for three years. In 1874 he was elected to Congress and' at the close of his term was re-elected, serving until 187‘J, when ho was chosen Mayor of Chicago, in which office he was continued for four biennial terms. ELECTIONS ELSEWHERE. Hooker Elected to the Supreme Bench in Michigan. A Detroit dispatch says that there is no doubt of the election of Hooker (Rep.) to the Supreme Bench by a plurality of 10,0(10 or over, and tho Republican candidates for regents have won a still greater victory. In the old Democratic strongholds, such as Wayne and Saginaw Counties, the Republicans have made great gains. They have captured Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Manistee, Lansing and other cities formerly Democratic. The Democrats elect Mayors at Ypsilanti and Port Huron, overturning Republican majorities. All the proposed constitutional amendments have undoubtedly carried, the opposition being inconsiderable. A light vote was polled throughout the State. License Insue in Minnesota. Party lines were not closely drawn in Minnesota cities, the contests generally hinging on the question of license. At Anoka the Democrats and Populists united against the Republicans and elected George McCau'ey Mayor by a majority of 124. The combination also elected all the Aidermen except one and all the other city officers except Treasurer. Donald Grant (Rep.) was chosen Mayor of Faribault. At Ada W. H. Bangs was elected. No license won by a majority of 3. At Wabasha the Citizens’ ticket, headed by C. C. Hirschey (Dem.) for Mayor, was elected by a majority of 111. At Albert Lea T. W. Knatvold (Rep.) was chosen Mayor over W. G. Kellar by a majority of 143. The hottest fight in South Dakota was at Watertown, where everything hinged on the question ot whisky or no whisky. According to dispatches the cold-water people were defeated, the opposition candidate for Mayor, W. A. Davis, being elected by a majority of 150. All of the Aidermen and other city officials on the Davis ticket were ' also elected. Republicans Carry St. Louis. The election in St. Louis resulted in a victory for the Republicans. They secured Mayor, Collector, Council, and most of the minor offices, if not all. Cyrus P. Walbridge secures the Mayoralty plum from James Bannerman by a majority of about 3,000. Henry Zelegenheim, for Collector, and Charles Nagel, for President of the Council (Republicans), defeat their Democratic opponents by still larger majorities. The Republicans, it is thought, also secure every one of the six councilmen and a majority of the house of delegates. Result In Mllwanke<. The Democrats carried Milwaukee, electing all their judicial candidates and sending Mayor Peter J. Somers to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the election of John L. Mitchell to the United States Senate. The vote cast was surprisingly large, considering the quiet manner in which the campaign was conducted, and shows that both , sides planned a surprise for each other. The Republicans did some hard and quiet work and got Out a large vote, but the Democrats were equally active.

At Springfield. 111. At Springfield returns from over half the city show that the entire Democratic city and township ticket is elected by decisive majorities. The probability is that the Republicans have elected four out of seven aidermen. LitAe Interest in Nebraska. The result of the municipal elections in Nebraska as shown by returns from towns representing all portions of the State are without special political significance. In many places the issue was license or no license or high license or low license. The contest appears to have been about equally waged, with the advantage somewhat in favor of license’. Excepting places where this -question was up, no particular interest was manifested and a light vote is reported. In South Omaha O. E. Walker, the candidate of the American Protective Association, was elected over Walters, Democrat, by sixty-five majority. He carried the rest of the ticket with him by smaller majorities. Quiet Day in Kansas. The elections in Kansas were the most quiet and orderly ever held in the cities of the State, owing to the operation of the election law passed by the Legislature making it a fine and imprisonment to give away whisky oy cigars or to pay money for votes or to influence votes. Elections were held in all the first and second class cities for Mayor, Aidermen, and members of the School Botrd. At these elections w«-

en generally voted, and the result Is a mixed victory. Wherever the Democrats and Populists combined they defeated the Republicans. The Republicans won a victory in Topeka, electing their candidate for Mayor, D. C. Jones, by a large plurality.

WINTER WHEAT CROP.

Varying Conditions Reported from Eleven States. A detailed report in the Farmers’ Review covering eleven States shows that there has been little improvement in the condition of winter wheat since the last report. The present condition in Illinois is not even fair. Most of the reports run from fair m poor. In some counties the late sown wheajtis found to be killed and will have to be plowed up". On clay lands especially the damage in some counties has been great In other counties the late sown wheat sprouted after the advent of winter and such fields were killed by the later severe weather. In Indiana the general condition is fair. The wheat that got a good start last fall is generally doing well. Some of the fields that were believed damaged are reviving, but slowly on account of the cold nights. Much of the wheaton the low lands has been damaged by excessive wet. Ohio reports show the condition to be much better than either of the two States mentioned. - The condition varies from fair to good. The early wheat is.looking well, but late is not so promising. In many counties the stand is very good and without any disaster will make a fine crop. In Michigan the condition varies greatly, some reporting very good and some very poor prospects. The general condition is fair. Considerable damage has resulted from freezing. In some counties the crop is still covered with snow, and condition cannot be determined. In Kentucky the general condition is only fair. Much of the wheat was frozen out. In Missouri most of the correspondents report fair. A few report poor and a few good. Some wheat has been frozen out, and the fields look dead, while other fields look well. Conditions in Kansas are a little better than in Missouri. The crop needs rain badly. In Nebraska the general condition is good, but in most counties there has been as yet little growth. A few counties report the condition as bad. In lowa and Wisconsin the condition is reported as fair to good. In Wisconsin many of the wheat fields are still covered with snow. Reports from Minnesota are too meager to summarize. The outlook for fruit is generally good. The trees ripened their wood well in the fall, and the buds are well developed. The condition at present is reported at from fair to. good from all the States covered by our report of winter wheat. A few counties in Illinois and Michigan report the outlook poor.

JUDGE RICK’S DECISION.

Declares Against the Boycott of the Loc.omotive Engineers. Now that the text of Judge Rick’s decision in the Ann Arbor strike cases is published, the Court’s position appears not at all revolutionary. He declares that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has no right to maintain a boycott against the interstate freight of any road on which there may be a strike. The ordering and furthering of such a boycott, he says would be criminal, under section 16 of the interstate commerce law. He, therefore, enjoins Chief Arthur and the brotherhood from enforcing the boycott rule against the Ann Arbor Road. But when he comes to the individual rights of the engineers he declares that Clark, Case, Rutger, and Conley acted within their rights and were entitled to quit the service of the Lake Shore Road when they did. These engineers, employed by the Lake Shore, were ordered in turn to haul out a Lake Shore train in which there were Ann Arbor cars. Each in turn replied that he-would quit the road’s service. This, Judge Hicks says, they had a right to do. Engineer Lennon, who, being out on a run, refused to switch an Ann Arbor car into his train, is judged guilty of contempt of court and fined. It seems, therefore, that the right of each individual engineer to refuse to make a run with a train containing cars for or from a noad on which there is a strike is affirmed. But if preconcerted action to the end should be proven it would constitute a crime punishable by a heavy fine.

How the World Wags.

Miss Massi, the actress, wife of Frederick de Belleville, died at New York. Cleveland Democrats elect their Mayor. The City Council is Republican. Prof. Ernest Halsted, of the Indiana Normal School at Columbus, is missing. The bodies of four tramps were found in the ruins of a burn burned at Maywood, N. J. Mbs. Frank Fitzgerald, wife of Surrogate Fitzgerald, of New York, died of pneumonia. Petition for a rehearing in the Chicago lake front case was overruled by the Supreme Court. City Treasurer Strong, of Grand Island, Neb., confesses a $13,001 shortage in his accounts. Joseph Jefferson will rebuild his Buzzard’s Bay cottage. Crow’s Nest, which was destroyed by fire. Secretary Smith does not expect that the Cherokee Strip will be opened to settlement before July 1 next A. Jackson Hyatt, a cousin of the late Samuel J. Randall, died in New York, aged 66. He was a lawyer. A shanty in which two Italians were sleeping burned near Scranton, Pa., and the men were burned to death. Lubin Astell, a printer, perished in a fire at San Francisco, which destroyed a row of frame tenement buildings. Heber Carver, aged 16, was killed near Elwood, Ind., by the explosion of a gun he had made from a piece of gaspipe. Col. E. W. Foster, Indian Agent at Yankton Agencv, S. D., returned to his home and found his wife sitting dead in a chair. ■ Italy, following the example of England and France, will raise its legation at Washington tq the dignity of an embassy. Secretary Carlisle has appointed Oliver P. Tucker, of Covington, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, vice Nixon, resigned. Ten or twelve buildings burned at Point Arena, Cal. Gus Graves and an unknown man were killed in jumping from windows. A negro desperado named ,Charles Morgan was lynched by a mob of his color at Graham, Va. Morgan murdered a law-abiding negro. A. R. Sutton, under arrest at Louisville for forging whisky certificates, has made an assignment. He places his liabilities at $600,000. Charles Norton and Stella Jones, both colored, were arrested at Manitou, Colo., for stealing $2,550 from J. A. Petri, of Phillipsburg, N. J. The British barkentine Maggie Thompson, from Sagua, for the Delaware breakwater, sixty-two days out, and the Portuguese bark Fara, from Philadelphia for Fara, Portugal, 122 days out, are probably lost with • all hands, numbering twenty-six men.

SUNSHINE A BIG BOON.

HELPS WORK AT THE WORLD’S FAIR GREATLY. -- I Clear Weather Has Enabled a Largely Increased Force of Men to Prepare Roadways and Hurry the Buildings Along to Completion. Notes of the Big Show. Chicago correspondence: A week of sunshine and a mud-drying wind from the north has put fresh' energy into thousands of men who are getting the Fair in readiness for the opening day. An immense amount of , progress was made during a fortnight (if snow, rain and slush; but the things accomplished since the clouds rolled away go a long way toward justifying the calm, confident statement of Director General Davis and his department chiefs that with good weather the Exposition will be practically finished when the big engine begins to throb on May 1. With the appearance of the sun orders were issued to press work all along the line, and by noon 10,000 men were toiling in the grounds. The efforts of the workmen were not concentrated on any

one building or along the roadways, which have been in an execrable condition ever since the snow disappeared'. Every contractor felt the prod from the Administration Building. Not one of them was spared. In nearly every des- - the force of men was increased, and in some instances doubled and trebled. The painters and decorators are making the most of the sunshine. Heretofore they have been kept under cover or prevented from working altogether. Ali day on Monday they clung upon domes, scampered over the facades of big buildings and threw their colors and

LIGHTHOUSE NEAN LIFE-BAVING STATION.

tints upon arches and pillars. The planked roads which were laid when the mud defied the movement of building material are now being ripped up and an extra force of workmen’is grading and scraping the avenues about the buildings. South of machinery hall another foice is making roads with the assistance of steam crushers. Off in one corner of the grounds a half hundred men are burning the debris of the Fair. Fires have been burning there for two months or more, and all day Monday wagons were hauling

LOOKING EAST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

refuse to the flames. The fuel comes from all parts of the grounds. It comes from Germany with Its blue painted crates, from Alaska with the heavy cases plastered with “old glory” labels and from all the Government and State buildings where workmen have -feveied their scaffolding with the ground, Qyer at agricultural hall a hundred men are at work raising and placing in position the animal groups wrought in staff. The work of construction and landscape, gardening must soon be finished, and every effort toward this end is being put forth. * JuU Half a Dollar. It costs just half a dollar now to get into the grounds. The original intention to close the gates March 15 in order that work might not be hindered by visitors was reconsidered because the revenue was becoming quite an item in replenishing Treasurer Seeberger’s rather 6lim balance. To increase the revenue without greatly increasing the number of visitors it was suggested that the entrance fee be increased to to cents. Somebody made the suggestion that $1 admission be charged, but the exhibition authorities thought such a tax would De prohibitive. At a meeting of the board of admissions a resolution was unanimously adopted fixing the price of admission at 50 cents, beginning April 1. The first Sunday following this decision 8,000 admission tickets were sold, and the number who seek to gain entrance increases daily. American HI ile Society KxMbit. The American Bible Society has prepared a curious exhibit for the fair. It will show a number of historic bibles, plates from which the largest editions of bibles ever struck were printed, and long rows of bibles in foreign tongues. The latter are designed to give some idea of the stupendous difficulties the society has overcome in translating the scriptures into languages that are seldom mastered by English-speaking people. In a general way the purpose of the society is to show what it has done since it was organized seventy-six years ago. Copies of each of the annual reports and bound files of the Bible Society Record will occupy shelves in one of the eight cases in which the exhibit will be contained. In the same case will appear specimens of the electrotype plates used in printing the Scriptures. Two of these plates are

especially noteworthy, one of them having been employed in the set used in printing 980,000 copies of the 5-cent edition of the New Testament, a total edition numbering 3.300,000 having been issued since 1878. The other plate is one of those used in supplying 876,000 copies of the 2,054,000 20-cent Bibles which have come from the society’s presses in the same period. The World’s Fair model Sunday-school building, which is to be erected on Stony Island avenue, opposite the 47th street entrance of Jackson Park, seems to be an assured fact. Nearly $20,000 out of the $30,000 needed to begin the work of construction has been subscribed. Since the first admission tickets to the World’s Fair have been placed on sale tn Chicago, the managers have been besieged with applications for the tickets from persons in all parts of the country as wed as Europe, who desire them not so much for actual use as for souvenirs, and it is to meet this demand that the managers decided to begin the sale thus early. They' are season tickets, good for admission to the Fair at any time between May 1 and Oct 30. The first issue is six millions, in four different designs. They have been made by the American Bank Note Company, with special reference to the prevention

ADMISSION TICKET.

of counterfeiting. White paper of special manufacture is used for the tickets. In genera] texture it resembles the paper on which national bank notes are printed. Instead of the silk cords in the bank-note paper there are small particles of different colored linen paper, which, being cut up very fine, were dropped into the pulp while it was being run through the rollers in course of manufacture, and in this way became a part of the sheet itself. The process by which this paper is manufactured is entirely hew and patented. In this way alone it is thought the possibility of successful counterfeiting of the tickets has been removed. In general design the tickets resemble somewhat the old 25-cent piece of fractional currency. They measure 3 3-5 inches in length by 2j inches in width. On the face of the tickets appears, In scroll wprk at the top, “World’s Columbian Exposition.” Below is the line “Admit the bearer,” and still lower are the dates for which the tickets are good. In the left hand end is the engraving of the head of either Columbus, Lincoln, Washington, or an Indian chief in full war dress. At the bottom of the tickets is what seems at first glance a fine lined border three-quarters of an inch wide. It is really the words, “World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago," in very small letters. There are seventeen separate lines of lettering in the narrow border. On this border are the engraved signatures of A. F. Seeberger, Treasurer, and H. IV. Higinbotham, President. Through the signatures of the officers is a punched perforation and in the middle of the ticket is u colored scroll work design a little larger than a silver quarter, the color varying on the different designs and being either purple, pink, green, or blue. The back of the ticket is what seems to be scroll work, but which is fine lettering, the Words "Columbian Exposition” and “Chicago, 1893,” appearing. In a little darker shade of the same color of the background is “Good for one admissioh at pay gates.” ’ The demand from persons who wanted to purchase tickets as souvenirs was so large the management thought if

they were so anxious to buy a ticket of the first issue they would be equally anxious to purchase a complete set if the design was varied, and so the tickets are issued in four designs. Besides the second ticket there wili be tickets of much cheaper design and material, in-

POSTOFFICE IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

tended for sale only at the gates tc visitors going right into the exposition. v *\ College Hill Sanitarium^Burned. A careless tinner upon the roof of the College Hill Sanitarium at Cincinnati. Ohio, caused a loss of from SIOO,OOO tc $150,000 of property and imperiled the lives of 200 patients. A hot soldering iron was permitted to ignite the rooi and the flames quickly'got beyond the control of the waterworks of the institution, as well as that of the village of College Hill. The superintendent, Dr. O. Everetts, directed the attendants tc give every effort to the task of safely removing the sick, the insane, and the ailing patients. In this they were faithfully assisted by the villagers, whe flocked to the place. The seenes within the great structure, four stories in height and filled with 200 patients, were exciting. The insane shrieked and tore their clothing, the less unfortunate were distracted by fear, and begged U be helped away from the flames.

SHORT-LIVED STRIKE.

WORLD’S FAIR LABOR LEADERS ARE SATISFIED. Exposition Official! Grant a Minimum Rate of Wages and Pass Walking Delegates— Make No Distinction Between Union and Non-Union. Work Goes Merrily O:i. Twelve hours saw the beginning and the peaceful ending of a strike at the World’s Fair that involved all union workmen within the,gates, to the number of four thousand or more, and imperiled the successful opening of the Exposition. The. settlement satisfied the laborers and the Exposition authorities arid- was effected in a conference that lasted nearly all day, with short intervals for consultation on both sides. By its terms the union men gain a minimum rate of wages, are allowed passes for their delegates, with the privilege of entering the grounds and talking with their tradesmen at any time. The Exposition gains its contention that no discrimination should be made as between union and nonunion labor.

In obedience to the order of the Building Trades Council, 4,000 union mechanics employed at the World’s Fair grounds quit work—or rather failed to go to work —at 8 o’clock Monday morning. The trades represented were the carpenters, painters, ornamental ironworkers, hodcarriers, tin and sheet iron-wbrkers, cornice-workers, steamfitters. gasfitters,, electrical workers, tile workers, mosaic-workers, lathers, gas and electrical fixture-hangers, ce-ment-finishers, fresco-painters, hoisting engineers, marble-cutters, giavelroofers and other smaller trades. At 10 o’clock 1,500 electrical workers joined the strikers. The bricklayers, stonecutters, and plasterers were not involved. For some time there was no violence and the men confined themselves to growling and to making stump speeches at which they were listened to by small crowds of workmen. At 8 o’clock half a dozen delegates entered the grounds and started to make a tour of the buildings. During the trip their numbers were increased until there was a long procession of the men. The leaders, fearing that the men might get into mischief, ordered them to disperse. This order was shown to be a wise one, as a few minutes later several of the strikers met some men who had recently been forced to join the union. These men were at work and the strikers ordered them to quit. They refused and a small fight was started. Some Columbian Guards came to the rescue and drove the strikers away. When this was reported to Mr. Burnham he gave prompt orders that all delegates found interfering with the workmen or trying to induce them to quit work should be put off the grounds. This order -was promptly put in force, and the patrol wagon was kept busy. It also prevented any trouble in the grounds. The men claimed that the council of administration of the World’s Fair had broken faith with the allied trades upon the arbitration question.

GIGANTIC FRAUDS UNEARTHED

The Minnesota S mate Springs Another Sensation on the Country. The Senate committee, at St. Paul, investigating the charges of fraud in the sale and taxation of Minnesota lands, has presented its report. It is the most sensational report ever made by a legislative committee and all based on sworn testimony. Frauds and conspiracies most gigantic and farreaching are said to have been unearthed. It is claimed that the State has been defrauded, directly and indirectly, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and many persons hitherto above suspicion are said to be involved and besmirched by the committee’s findings. One Instance is a case where the timber on a piece of school land, estimated by the best judges to have been worth $7,525, was sold for a paltry $175. Some of the best pine land of the State is- said to have been falsely certified as swamp land and then patented to the railroads, and by them to the parties back of the deal. Innumerable cases of false homestead entries, soldiers’ pre-emp-tions and Indian allotments, all made on powers of attorney by men of straw in the interests of the corporations, are said to have been disclosed. Vast tracts of land and vast quantities of standing and cut pine are said to have escaped the tax rolls, and one interesting point is that there are miles of railroad in the woods used for other purposes than for transporting logs alone, which are not mentioned by the assessor, and which are not reached as personal property, nor do they pay any gross earnings tax. The law which is designed to prevent corporations from acquiring more than 5,000 acres of land is said to be a dead letter In the pine regions. The report says it is hardly possible to calculate the sums the State and State institutions have lost in the alleged pine-land manipulations, nor is it possible that any considerable portion of it can be recovered.

GETTING READY FOR WAR.

Likely !o Be Bloodshed at Morgan field, Kentucky. The excitement over the Oliver tragedy at Morganfleld and Sturgis, in Union County, Kentucky, has not abated, apd the entire country is still worked up over the affair. It was given out as a fact that friends of the Olivers and other Sturgis citizens have organized a body to lynch the prisoners if justice is not administered properly at the examing trial. It is also stated that friends of the prisoners have organized and will resist any such attempt. Taylor Oliver, the wounded father, is still hovering between life and death. It is believed that his death will tend to further excite the mob, and violence will then be feared more than ever. The ninth man wanted by the authorities is Frank Carter, and It is reported that Detedtive Henry Spencer has captured him. However, he has not arrived in Morganfield. The guard at the Morganfleld jail has been doubled.

IS READY TO ADJOURN.

Senate Takes Steps to Bring the Session to an End. Members of the Senate believe that President Cleveland has made all the appointments he desires confirmed at the present session, and the Senate Monday took steps fdward adjournment. ! The Senate agreed to a resolution of- | sered by Mr. Harris, of Tennessee-Cor I the appointment of a committed to wait upon the President and inform him that unless he has some further communication to make, the Senate is ready to adjourn without delay. A motion to reconsider was subsequently made by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, and was entered. i i Cholera in European Lands. Sixteen cases of cholera are reported from different parts of Galicia. The latest report from L’Orient says that there were ten deaths from cholera there on Sunday. The Hamburg Senate has sent eight physicians to Cuxhaven with instructions that they adopt energetic measures against inwardbound vessels infected with cholera.