Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1893 — Page 2

fljc JJcmocrflttt Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - ruiusm®.

RUNS WERE FUTILE.

CHICAGO BANKS MEET ALL DEMANDS. Death of Edwin liooth—Russia Now No Mecca for Criminals—Freedom lor De Lesseps—" Yankee Blade ’ Publishers Go to the Wali. Chicago’s Banks Are S >li(l. *s>. Chicago business men. according to the best advices, coincide in the opinion that there is nothing in the local financial situation to warrant any sort cf panic. They have the utmost confidence in the solidity of the banks and their ability to successfully withstand the causeless runs that are being made upon them by timid depositors. Not one of the institutions that have closed their doors belonged to the Clearing-House Association. Most of them were hanks in name only, their business. Icing mainly in the line of note and loan brokerage and real estate deals. They had no standing of consequence in the commercial world and were not considered first-class in any- respect. Their failure occasioned little surprise in financial circles and should cause the public no alarm. That the seeming panic that has seized the savings hank depositors is entirely senseless and is without cause or foundation is proved by the utter calm that marks the general trend of business and the absence of all unxieiy or flurry in other brandies of the banking business. Men at once very vealtby and very conservative see no danger in tlie existing financial and commercial conditions. Every bank in Chicago has on hand casli enough to meet ail demands, and lias, besides, immense resources upon which to draw. The disturbance of the past few days is confined entirely to a small percentage of savings depositors.

RECIPROCITY MEN MEET. Convention to Promote Closer Trade Relations with Canada. Between 300 and 400 dele-rates wore on hand when the big reciprocity convention was called to order in tho Auditorium Building at St Paul. Mayor William Henry Eustls, of Minneapolis, was unanimously chosen temporary Chairman, and on taking the chair made an eloquent speech on freedom of trade between the Dominion and the republic. Clark Bell, of Winnipeg; S. A. Thompson, of Duluth; It 1L Maginnls, cf Grand Forks: and J. 11. Ilet’k, of St. Paul, were made secretaries. Secretary Maginnls read letters of regret from Gov. Bussell, of Massachusetts; the Hon. Wilfred Lauriir, Canadian Liberal leader; the Hon. Thomas W. Greenway, Premier of the Province of Manitoba; and Capt. Alexander Mc-Dougall. of Duluth and Su erior, the inventor of the “wbalebaek” vessels. E. V. Smalley, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, read the report of that committee and spoke briefly in their support, reviewing the reciprocity movement and its means of strength and of weakness in both Countries. The resolutions cover only the subjects of reciprocity, deepwater ways and transportation. NEW TREATY WITH RUSSIA. Offenses for Which Either Government Shall Grant Extradition Papers. A Washington dispatch purports to give the exact terms of the new treaty betwe;n the Unitod States and Russia The treaty covers all political offenders with the cloak of charity and no such surrenders shall be made, nor shall the treaty operate to the detriment of those committing offenses prior to tho ratification of the instruipiyit. It is expressly stipulated, however, that an attempt against the life of the head of 'Jgjther government, or against that of any mettsl? ol o{ his family, when such attempt comprises the act either of mupder, of assasainatfKlP. or of poisoning, or of the accessoryshijkjbereto, shall not be considered a political offense, or an act connected with such an offense. By a further provision the formal requisition must be presented within forty days following agi arrest, else the prisoner shall be discharged. The treaty shall remain in force for six months after notice of its termination shall have been given by either party. De Lesseps Will Be Free. The Court of Cassation, to which Charles De Lesseps and his associates appealed from the sentence passed upon them for corruption in the management of the affairs of the Panama Canal Company, will annul the sentences and order the release of the defendants. This statement Is In accord with the reporls that have been current for some time past, to the elTect that grave errors justifying the annulment of the sentences had been developed in connection with the prosecution of the Panama cases.

Decision in Impeachment Cases. The Nebraska Supreme Court has rendered Its decision in the impeachment cases against Secretary ot State Alien, Attorney General Hastings and Commissioner Humphrey, Judges Post and Norval voting in tavor of acquittal, while Judge Maxwell voted for conviction. The court at the same time gave its decision in the cases of ex-Treasurer Hill, ex-Auditor Benton and ex-Attorney General Lees, sustaining the plea of no jurisdiction by a unanimous vote. g Cyclone Strikes Bristol, Tenn. ' A cyclone struck Bristol, Tenn., damaging every building more or less In its path. The steam laundry and the market house, which co3t Slo.ooo and had just been completed, were both wrecked. Iho roots were also lifted from many buildings and shade trees were broken off like saplinga Telephone and telegraph wire; are all down. It is a miracle that no one was killed. Maj. H. C. Wood was badly injured. » Booth Is No More. Edwin Booth. America’s greatest and favorite tragedian, died Monday at New York. Publishing: Firm Fails. The New England Magazine, although a literary success, has caused the faiiure o.' its publishers, Potter & Potter of Boston, whose other ventures, the Yankee Blade. Woman's Home Journal, and American Vehicle, are, however, on an enduring ’basis.

Zimrl Is Indicted. The first indictment against Zimrl Dwiggins for his wild banking methods.in Indiana has been found alKokomi by a special grand jury that was called ten days ago to Investigate the Greentoan Bank failure. Blown Cp by Dynamite. At Muscatine, lowa, the residence of Postmaster John Mahln, N. Rcsenberger and E M. Kessinger were blown up by dynamite about midnight Wednesday night and totally wrecked. No one was Injured, bat the families had an almost miraculous escape from death. The crime is laid at the doors of the saloon men who are being prosecuted for violating the prohibition law. , Ninety-three in One Day. The total number of fourth-class postmasters appointed Wednesday was three, of which fifty-eight were to till vacancies caused by resignations and death.

PEANKINTON BANK FATES. VYell-K nown Milwaukee Institution Is Dragged Down by Lappen’s Failure. The Plankinton Bank, of Milwaukee, which was‘in volved in the T. F. Lappen failure, closed Its doors Thursday morning. The following notice was posted on the doors: Owing to the failure of all efforts to reorganize the bank, and the continued withdrawal of deposits, we have thought best for the interests of all depositors and the stockholders to close the bank. The Plankinton Bank. The failure, according to a dispatch, causes no surprise in business circles It was a foregone conclusion. The moment the fact was made public that it was involved to the extent of $274,000 In the Lappen case, just that moment it was certain tho bank must cease to do business or face the alternative of reorganizing and with new officers try to live down Its bad reputation. Financiers generally believed -iquidation was the only resort that might reasonably be expected. They pointed out that the reputation of a bank is as sensitive as that of a woman, and that It would at best be a long and hopoles? task to regain public confidence, if it were possible at all. The stockholders went to work sincerely to make the best of the matter, and It, will be the universal judgment that they have done so In closing the doors of 1 lie ins:itution The failure will not have a straw’s weight in helping one to judge of tho financial condition of the country. It was not caused by a tight money market or by a run or by any other causrs which may legitimately affect the banking business 'J he failure was owing solely to bad banking. The opinion that depositors will be paid in full by the bank is based on the honorablo character of the men who are stockholders in the institution. Among the stockholders aro: F. T. Day. £96.000; John Plan kin ton estate. 333,500; Willard Plankinton, $5,000; Judge James G. Jenkins, $£,500; F. W. Noyes, 310,000; Charles I* Clasen, 310.000; H. (A Armour, £5,000. There is no alarm in financial circles in Milwaukee, and the Plankinton bank failure is simply an incident of the Lappen plunge.

WHEAT TAKES A TUMBLE. Failure of a Small Firm Sends Prices Lower than for Thirty Years. The feeling of uncertainty and tho fear of impending disaster which has existed in the stock exchanges for some time struck tho Chicago Board of Trade hard Friday. Under the influence of a rumor of a failure, wheat went down with a rush, and was sold at the lowest figure In thirty years. The failure, when it was announced, proved to be a small one. and one that in ordinary times would have attracted but little notice, but owing to the panicky feeling which existed in the pits, it caused a decided flurry. July wheat opened in the morning at 69% cents, an advance of % over Thursday night's closing figures. In tho early trading it went as high as 09% and GOV cents, but on a sudden went down to 69%. This decline precipitated the failure of Kellogg & Forsyth, a new firm, but little known on tlie board. Tho news that a suspension had occurred spread quickly, hut it was not known what firm it was that had been compelled to give up. A rumor was started that a big failure was coming and tho result svas a small panic. Wheat, which had gone up to 69%, went down in a few minutes to 69, and then, on the definite announcement of thß failure, went to 68%. There was a slight reaction svheu the speculators learned that the failure was not a big one and that no more disasters were coming, hut the market broke again to 68%, which was tho lowest point readied.

BROKE THE KANSAS DROUGHT. Rainmaker Jewell Succeeds In Ills Experiment at Meade. C. B. Jewell, superintendent of rainmaking for the Rock Island Road, began his raiumaklng experiments at Meade, Ivan., Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Ills apparatus was set up In tne laboratory car and the cloud-collecting gases were sent into the clear sky about sund9wn. After operations had continued for six hours light clouds were visible In all directions about the horizon. They began to collect and at 10 o’clock they had gathered In a largo body. At 10:39 a light, drizzling rain bogan to fall, which continued until 1 o’clock in the morning, when It cleared. At daylight tho conditions were still favorable for the sutcessful termination of tho experiment. Mr. Jewell has kept his apparatus constantly at work and will not discontinue his < peratloas for several days, or until a drenching rain has fallen. There has been no rain in Southwestern Kansas, where the experiment is being conducted, for eight months, and the favorable beginning of Jewell’s work has proved very encouraging.

MORMONS PROBABLY KILLED. Pinckney, Ga., People Resent the Intrusion of Utah Proselytes. For some time Etowah. Blount and St Clair Counties. Ga., have been the scene of an active Mormon propaganda conducted by E dors Ben L. Lebaron, Nichols W. Miller, A M. Beacher and Alonzo BrlckerholT. They were to conduct a mission near Pinckney last week, but were ordered to leave by indignant citizens. . A recent convert, named Battles, offered tbo elders an asylum In his house. Several nights ago „ mob went to that house and demanded a complete surrender. The Mormons escaped through a back door. The -regulators followed them and firing was soon heard in the distance. The dispersing of the mob, apparently satisfied with its work, aud the failure of the elders to reappear Is held as convincing evidence that they have been done away with. S.nid to Be Diphtheria. The steamship Oregon, with CSO passengers on board, which arrived at Grosse Isle quarantine Monday night, from Liverpool, on the way to Quebec, Is still detained at quarantine and not likely to be allowed to proceed for some days. Various reports ara afloat at Quebec, hut the oxisteuce of cholera aboard Is officially denied. Five deaths are said to have occurred on the voyage, and report Is current that the cause was diphtheria; that there are fifteen cases now aboard tho vessel. H. H. Warner's Small Assets. Marcenus H. Briggs, as representative of Job E Hedges, H. H. Warner's assignee, has appeared beforo County Judge Werner at Rochester, N. Y. , and presented the petition of Mr. Hedges for leave to file a bond for the faithful performance of his duties. In the petition Mr. Hedges says that Mr. Warner’s whole eslats will not amount to over 550.000. because all the assets are either mortgaged or are the subject of I litigation.

Base-Ball Record. The standing of the clubs of the National League is shown by the following table: W. L. |>c. W. L. £c. Pittsburg...it io .077 New York...lfi 17 .485 2i io .600 Washington 13 10 .484 Philadelp ia.lß 13 .631 Chicago..... lß 17 .433 8r00k1yn....17 u .648 St. Louis.. .13 17 ,4;i3 Baltimore ..17 15 .531 Cincinnati..l4 19 .424 Cleveland...l3 12 .620 Louisville .. 3 19 .130 Ralph E. Gaylord Is Missing. Ralph E. Gaylord, Trustee of the lowa College at Grlnnell. and of the firm of Muir k Gaylord, real estate brokers of Omaha, left Omaha May 16 with the intention of visiting El Paso, Texas, and since May 17 no trace of him has been found. Private Rank Closes Its Doors. Cheverton, Martin & Co., Chicago private bankers, asslgqed.. Assets, 5100,000; liabilities, ifO.OuO. Thirty Miners Burned to Death. The Fuente coal mines, located ten milos belo.w the Toxas border, were the scene of ft terrible holocaust Saturday evening,

fn which thirty miners lost ' their lives. The mines are said to have been recently purchased by C. P. Huntington for 3500.000. The fires have now been suppressed. The mines presented an appalling spectacle when a correspondent arrived there. A large number of women and children were gathered about the mouth of the still, smoking drift momentarily expecting to see the shriveled corpses of their husbands or fathers brought out to the light Don Manuel Valdez, Judge of the First District, arrived early on the scene and Immediately ordered the arrest of George Spence, tho superintendent of the mines, who at the time of arrest wus leading the men working to succor the intombed miners. With characteristic stupidity they arrested tho very man who could do the most toward remedying the affair. The fire was caused by the carelessness of a boy who attended to ome of the Inside doors in allowing the linen with which the door was covered to ignite and then running out of the mine without alarming the men. MARIE NEVINS-BLAINE WEDS. Divorced Wife of the Dead Statesman’s S in Rewards Her Devoted Fhysioian. Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., who went through the Dakota divorce mills to be relieved of tho incumbrance of a husband.

has been married again, this time to the doctor who saved her life, Dr. William T’lllinghast Bull. Mrs. Blaine, after her separation from her husband, was taken down with inflammatory rheumatism, and for a time her life was despaired of. 3 hatslie would bo a cripple for life was the verdict of

MRS. BULL.

the physicians who had attended her. Dr. 8011, however, gave more hopeful assurances, and it Is to his efficient skill she owes her comparative good health to-day. Mrs. Blaine was a Catholic, but as the church forbids the marrlago of a divorced person so long ns the former husband or wife is living she was married without tho consent of tho church. After a wedding (rip in this country Dr. and Mrs. Bull Will sail for Europe. FIREMEN DIE AT OMAHA. Lightning Strikes the Furniture Store of Charles Shlverlek & Co. In tho midst of the most fearful storm which over visited Omaha, firo, caused by lightning, broke out Saturday in the fivestory building on Farnbam street occupied by Charles Shlverlek & Co., furniture dealers. The firemen rallied in response to a general alarm, but bad barely reached the top of tho structure adjoining the burning building when the wall in front of them fell, burying them in its ruins and those on the roof of the restaurant of Edward Maurer, on which they had been standing. Four firemen and several citizens were killed. storm flooded the city, sweeping entirely through many stores and endangering many lives in residence sections.

ELEVEN PASSENGERS INJURED. A Rear Coacli on a Southern Railway Leaps Doxvn an Embankment. A passenger train on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, wus wrecked near Newsom’s Station, twelve miles from Nashville. Tho rear coach, from Memphis, jumped the track and rolled down an embankment forty feet deep. The train was behind and Was running at a high rate of speod. There wore only eleven passengers in the coacli, and they all wore injured, several severely. Mail train No. 9, going south on tho Richmond and Danville, when within three miles south of Ridgeway ran into a washout about 100 feet wide. Two persons were Instantly killed and one Injured. SEEMS PROOF AGAINST BULLETS. Arrest of a Man with Wounds Through Back, Lungs, Thigh and Face. An Alchlson, ICan., officer arrested Geo. W. Davis for the theft of tvo grips some mouths ago. Davis has four bullet wounds, any one of which would have killed an ordinary person. He has been shot through the back and lungs, through tho shoulder, through the thlzh and through the face. He has been drinking, and when asked how he came by bis wounds said he was in the Dalton fight at Caffoyville. It Is believed by the officers that they have capturod the missing participant In the famous Dalton raid at Coffey ville last fall, as he tallies with the descriptive card received shortly after the raid. Field Will Not Retire, Justice Field of the Supreme Court has denied his lumored retirement The Justice says that while lie contemplated retirement the retirement will not occur so long us he has strength to stand up to the arduous labor Imposed upon him. It Is settled, so far as talk goes, that If there Is a vacancy upon the Supreme bench in the next three years and eight months Secretary of State Gresham will bo named for the place. Perished in the Flames. The residence of F. 6. Swehle, one and one-half miles east of Wilson, Kan., was burned on Thursday night, and his two daughters, one 2 years old and the other 20, perished in the flames. Mr. Swehle had been sick for ?ome lime and was unable to rescue them. D ■. Briggs Convicted. Dr. Briggi was convicted of heresy by the Presbyterian General Assembly. The vote stood 383 to 116. Twenty-one Have Failed. Twenty-one national banks, with an acpregate capital of $6,150,000, have failed since January L

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 25 @ 6 2> Hogs—Shipping Grades 3 00 @7 60 Sheep—Fair to Choice 400 & 6 50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 60 @ 67 Cohn—No. 2 39 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 23 & 30 RYE—No. 2 52 ® 53 Butter—Choice Creamery 18 @ is Ecos—Fresh 13?6@ i4!-j Potatoes—New, per bu 85 ® 95 * INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 23 @ 5 50 Hogs—Choice Light 3 50 ® 7 25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3 00 @ 4 W Wheat—No. 2 es @ 03 ! 6 Cohn—No. 2 White 42 ® 42‘a Oats—No. 2 White % 3436)6 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 oo @ 5 oo Hogs 3 oo @ 7 25 Wheat—No. 2 Ited 05 & 06 Cohn—No. 2 36 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 23 ® 30 Rye—No. 2 55 (si 57 CINCINNATI. Cattle. 300 @ 550 Hogs 300 @ 7 25 Sheep 300 &5 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 65 @ 65J4 Coen—No. 2 42u>@ 4340 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 32 "@ 32)5 Rye—No. 2 59 (3) Cl • DETROIT. Cattle 300 & 5 00 Hogs 300 ® 7 50 Sheep 3 00 ccq 4 25 Wheat—No. 2 P.ed 69)6@ 7046 Coen—No. 2 Yellow 42 ® 42)6 Oats—No. 2 White 37 @ 38 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 C 8 ® 69 Coen—No. 2 Yellow 40JA@ 41)6 Oats—No. 2 White 32 ~® 33 Rye 67 & 59 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3 50 @ 5 50 Hogs—Best Grades 4 00 @ 7 50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 74 @ 76 No. 2 Red 72 @ 72)6 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring GO @ 6616 Corn—No. 3 39 & 40 Oats—No. 2 White S3)6@ 3416 Rye—No. 1.. '. 57 ® 58 Barley—No. 2 67 @ 59 Pork—Mess 21 25 @23 75 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 50 @ 6 00 Hogs 3 00 @ 8 00 Cheep 3 CO @5 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 75 @ 76 Corn-No. 2 4Sli@ 49M Oats—Mixed Western *8 @ 40 Butter—Creamery 17 @ 19 Pork—New Mess 22 25 @22 75

EXPENSES AT THE FAIR.

WHAT IT WILL COST TO SEE THE BIG SHOW, Visitors May Spend as Much Money as They Choose-The Man Who Wishes to Economize Will See the Eipo&Ulon at a Small Price. One Day for DO Cents. World's Fair correspondence: If a man Is fond of: Pink catalogues. With pages full of Italic type, cactus sprouts and hyacinth bulbs, liberty bells made out of glass, Imported asparagus at 10 cents a stalk, cigars costing 20 cents each and wearing gold labels, sedan chairs carried by Turks at $1 an hour, Japanese vases, with yellow catfish chasing red butterflies over a pink landscape, effervescent drink at $2.75 a pint, and other luxuries, he can manage to spend quite a roll of money In one brief day at the Fair. It is impossible to say just what is the expense of seeing the Exposition unless you know your man. In spite of all that has been printed and circulated about extortion, extras and sideshows, the visitor who keeps books and trims his expenses down to necessities can get along without wasting any more money than he would at a ball game or a circus. On the other hand, the person who feels that ho has silver coin to feed to the fishes can find what is commonly known as “action.” Between thdse/ two there Is the happy medium—the man who is willing to see what is worth seeing, and expend a reasonable sum whero it will do the most good. A paper recently made an editorial announcement that in order to get any satisfaction out of a day at the Fair tho visitor would have to part with $36. It would keep a man busy to spend that much. He would be compelled to eat numerous meals aud pick out the most expensive articles on the bill ©f fare. Ho would have to chase

from one end of the plaisance to the other, patronizing every show and scattering tips among the Egyptians. His pockets would bo loaded down with souvenirs. Specially chartered palanquins and rolling chairs would be at his service. At eventide tne ambulance would carry him to the emergency hospital free of charge, and no one would pity him. On a Minimum Let it be supposed that the visitor starts from down-town to put in the entire day at the grounds and i etui n in the evening. This will make three items of expense absolutely necessary —transportation, admission to the parK and some kind of luncheon at the noon hour. The round trip to the grounds will cost at least 10 cents, the cheapest routes ] eing the cable and the ”L” roads. By the boats it is 1) cents one way, ,or 25 cents for the round irip. The yellow trains on the Illinois Central charge 10 cents a single trip. A lunch of sandwiches and fruit may be procured at any down-town counter for 15 or 20 cents. On the grounds a sandwich and cup of coffeo costs 20 cents and no more. Provided the irugal vis-

CLASS BLOWERS IN THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE.

itor puts up with this “snack,” his actual expenses for the day will be: Car fare (Illinois Central) $ .20 Admission >.. .50 Lunch..., oo Total $ .!*) This is a be irock programme, but hundreds of people who have visited the Fair have spent no more. The extras which afford the most satisfaction are cheap. lor 10 cents the intramural road will carry a passenger the entire length of the ground and give him an eleva ed view of the buildings. One of Ihe steam or electric launches will carry him around the lagoon system and bring £im back to the starting place for ‘Ji cents. Then it is a good thing to have a guide book. Outside the fence are sold some fairly good books at 10 cents each. The olheial guide is 25 ( ents. These three extras come on the first day at the Fair and assist the visitor in getting the lay of the ground and locating buildings. Added to the above table they would make: Necessary expenses $ .90 Elevated roau 10 Launch ride .23 Guide bocl: .25 Total $1 .50 After these staples, so to speak, the

visitor may plunge into luxuries to his heart's content. The lunch may bo elaborated to a meat order with dessert and something to drink. This would cost 50 cents to 75 cents. In one day of ordinary sight-seeing, It is lmpossl* ble to take in more than one or two ol the smaller shows, such as the Esquimaux village, Hagenbeck’s animals,

Turkish theater or a big panorama. These cost 25 cents to 50 cents each. Any one who has some definite part of the grounds in view and do»s not care to ramble aimlessly can reach his destination sooner by the elevated road or

VENICE RIGHT AT HOME.

a launch than with a rolling-chair and a boy. Taking a Liberal View. The following would be the estimate of expenses of one who spends his money freely but without extravagance: Car fare. $ .20 Admission 50 Guide book 23 Launch ride 23 Lunch r,o Side shows 73 Total $2.43 These expenses would naturally be reduced after the fifth or sixth day on the grounds, as the visitor would by that time be supplied with the necessary guide-books to the different buildings and would have seen all that he cared to see in the pay-shows along the plaisance. Instead of finding the Exposition a drain upon his finances he would be compelled to use some diligence to get rid of $2 a day, for his time and attention would be directed to the art galleries and other displays which are offered without money and without price. Here is an exact copy of what one man spent in six days at the Fair, counting from the time he left his hotel until he returned in the evening. Carfare sl.lO Admissions ’’ 3.00 Launches and electrio road ’7O Lunches " 3pg Admission to small shows . 2i73 Guide-books 1.35 Small sundries 2^oo Total $14.00 No Regard lor Expenses. It is pretty hard to make any estimate for the people who wish to purchase everything that suits their fancy and see the sights from beginning to end. regardless of the outlay. They would go in lor rolling chairs, symphony concerts, and a luncheon of several courses. They would find opportunities to tip the attendants, buy flowers in the horticultural building, and gather knickknapks at the foreign bazaars. In going to the Exposition they might prefer to swing down Michigan boulevard on a tally-ho beside a man in a plush hat, who toots a long horn. These visitors will keep no expense account. If they did the daily entries might be about as follows: Tally-ho, round trip $2.00 Rolling chair, all day .’ 3.50 Luncheon 1.23 Plaisance shows noo Gondola ride [SO Tips and sundries j 2.00 Total .$10.25 The great beauty about the big show at Jackson Park is that the man who spends 50 cents is bound to see as many sights and get as much out of his day as the pampered millionaire who spends $10.25. The concessioner has no hold on tne landscapes and domes. The humble sandwich and nut-brown sinker stand ready to welcome the poor man who flees from fricandeau of veal at 85 cents. If a traveler came into Chicago, engaged the bridal chamber at the hotel and had a box at the 1 heater every night he could figure out that living was high in this city. It’s the same way at Jackson Park, Peopte who crave luxuries are the only ones who will spend any large sums. The plain and unassuming folk from Peotone, Chebanse, and Indian Mound will carry a few bites of lunch in a paper box and drink water freely from the blue tanks, and see the Fair prop'er just as thoroughly as the spendthrift who will lot go of a small fortune during his visit The above proves very conclusively the statement made in a previous letter that the weekly expenses of the visitor to the Columbian Exposition need not exceed s3'. The United States have 43,000,C00 sheep.

COURT IN GERMAN CASTLE.

FIVE MEN KILLED IN A WRECK.

Walter Main’s Circus Train Ditched Keat Tyrone, pa. Walter Main’s circus was wrecked ol tho Tyrone and Clearfield branch of th« Pennsylvania Railway at Vail Station, about five miles north of Tyrone. Fiv< persons were killed and ten Injured, The circus was en route to Lewistown from Houtsda'.e. The engineer lost control of the train when going down the mountain, and it jumped the track when going at a speed of forty miLes an hour, throwing fourteen cars over a thirty-foot embankment. The most o! the animals are badly hurt and a number escaped to the woo Is, but were recaptured. Those killed are: William Fock, Newport, Ky.; William Henry, brakeman, of Tyrone; Frank Train, of Annapolis; Wm. Multainey, Geneva, Ohio; John S. Layer, of Houtsdale, Pa. The cars rushed down the grade at a irightful speed, which increased every moment, while above the rattle and rush of the runaway train arose the shrill cries and roars of the caged animals that were as frantic with fear of the impending disaster as their human attendants. The flying train struck a sharp curve. The cars leaped clear of the roadbed and with one tremendous crash the wreck was oomplete. The screams of the wounded men. the hideous cries of the Injured and terrorcrazed animals, and the unearthly shrieks of the mangled horses arose in chorus from the pile of death and disaster. From the menagerie section th 9 lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wild cats, wolves and other dangerous animals were liberated, and soon scattered to the cover of the woods in all directions. There were 175 persons with the circus and 173 horses. When the news of the wreck reached Tyrone a relief party with physicians and surgeons was promptly organized and sent by special train to the scene. As soon as the injured and killed were cared for the living started out to capture the escaped animals. The elephants made little trouble, but the members of the big cat family were out for liberty or blood. In the capture of some of tha smaller brutes several of the employes had their clothing nearly stripped off, and were so clawed and bitten and bloody that they looked to have been hurt more than they were. Several ol the larger feline animals refused to be taken alive and, having tasted the fruits of freedom and of some of the farmers’ live stock in that vicinity, had to be killed. Engineer Steven Cresswell has disappeared. The killed and injured, except Brian and Haverly, were helpers about the circus and cook tents. Tha loss to Proprietor Main is $150,000.

CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.

seats that Will Be the Done of Contention ln.This Conerress. The parties contesting for seats in the Fifty-third Congress have been notified by the clerk of the house to be present in person or by attorney the sth of June, when he will open the sealed packets containing the evidence in such cases. The contesting parties may then select what portions of the record in their respective cases they desire to have printed. The closest contest, according to a Washington dispatch, is that of Charles E. Belknap, Republican, against George F. Richardson, Democrat, of Michigan. Richardson beat his opponent ten votes in a total of a little over 40,1 00 votes cast. Thomas E. Watson, Farmers' Alliance, of Georgia, contests the seat of J. C. C. Black, Democrat, although he was beaten by over 5,<*00. P. H. Thrasher, populist, of Tennessee, claims to have been elected, but according to the returns B. A. Enloe, Democrat, leceivid 118 majority. In the case of Lewis Stewart, Democrat, of Illinoi-’, against Robert A. Childs, Bepublican, and holder of the certificate of election, the difference is only 37 votes. John J. O’Neill, Democrat, of St. Louis, was beaten by Chas. F. Joy, Republican, by 67 votes. W. B. English, Democrat, of California, claims the seat of S. G. Hilborn, Bepublican, who had 33 majority. The seat of James E. Cobb, Democrat, of Alabama, is contested by a Populist, Martin W. Whatley, who was defeated by 1,839 majority. J. T. Good, Populist, of Virginia, contests the election of J. F. Eppes, Democrat, who got nearly 3,000 majority. Kansas furnishes a contest with H. L. Moore, Democratic Populist, against E. H. Funston, Bepublican, whose majority was 83, and North Carolina the case of A. H. Williams, Populist and Prohibition candidate, against Thomas Settle, Republican, whose majority was 614.

PASSENGERS IN A PANIC. Collision of Steamers in the Chicago Itiver Causes Much Fright. Passengers on the World’s Fair steamer K. G. Stewart escaped an impromptu lake bath, and were given a good fright. On the Irip from Jackson Park to the State &treet bridge, the Stewart met in the Chicago river the large freight steamer Buffalo. The latter tried its steel against the former’s side. The Buffalo was making its way without e tug out into the lake, and as the Stewart rounded the pier at the life-saving station its captain saw the Buffalo coming toward him. He blew one blast on the whistle as a signal to the captain of tho Buffalo that he was going to cross the river and go up along the north bank. The captain of the Buffalo blew two whistles, a signal to the Stewart to stay on the south side of the river and not attempt 10 cross his bow. The Stewart did not reply to this signal, and neither vessel checked its speed. The Stewart shot out into the river, and the Buffalo struck her on the port side, a little aft of amidships. The passenger steamer careened until her sides were at an angle of forty-five degrees to the water. A panic ensued among her passengers. The Stewart finally wriggled out from under the sharp stem of the Buffalo and righted herself. In a short timo the docks were reached and tho passengers valked thankfully ashore.

WOMAN CRUELLY MURDERED.

(izers of Fall Rive-, Mrs?., Intensely Excited Over an Atrocious Crime. Fall Eiver, Mass., is in a state of intense excitement, due to the discovery of an atrocious murder. The victim was Miss Bertha Manchester, aged 22. Miss Manchester lived at a farm-house, four miles from the city, and was last seen alive about 7:30 in the morning when her father, Stephen Manchester, lei t for the city, accompanied by his son and hired boy, to deliver miik on his regular route. About 2 o’clock in tho afternoon they arrived home. Freddy, his 12-year-old boy, ran ahead into the house get something to eat. He opened the Kitchen door and saw his murdered sister lying in a pool of blood on the floor. He ran back to the barn and told his father, who immediately notified the police. A hasty examina:ion was made and a bloody ax was found in the woodpile near the back fence. Frank Moore, suspected of the Pacific (Mo.) train robbery, shot P. T. Stephens, a Pullmi.n conductor, at St. Louis. Moore was not identified as the train robber. Cholera has appeared at Nismes and Cette in Southern France. These places are situated within seventy-five or 100 miles c:f Marseilles. Cette ia directly on the sea coast.

THE EIGHTH WONDER.

SIOUX CITY’S ANNUAL CORN PALACE. Grand Preparations Are Being; Made for the Annual Corn Palace at Sioux City, lowa-Will Open September 20 and Close October 18, 1803. A Ilarvest Celebration. This is the great Columbian Year and it is peculiarly fit that in tho commemoration of Columbus’ groat discovery we pausi to pay due tribute to the great food product of the New World—the golden maize—of which there was never a kernel in. the world until carried from these shores. In ages past it was th j food of the wandering tribes of the North as well as of the Aztecs and Incas of the South and the object of their thanksgivings and fes-

tivities. Witli us, as with these primitive people, #t is the most important grain product, nearly equalling in value that of all the other cereals. It is the foundation of the marvelous prosperity ana growth of the West. Then it is so graceful and lends itself so effectively to decorative purposes. Its leaves, its tassels, its ears, with their varied tints, mako it unrivalled for artistic use. And above all it is always and only American. “Therose may bloom for England, The lily for France unfold; Ireland may honor the shamrock, Scotland her thlsle bold; Ent the shie d of the Great Republic, The glory of the West, Shall Lear a stalk of the tasselled corn, ur all our wea.th the best. # * if if * * But the v.-ide Republic’s emblem Is the bounteous golden corn!”

The unique Corn Palace Festival originated by Sioux City in 1887, has yearly grown in interest, and attractiveness until it may now bo said to be a carnival of truly national interest. It is natural that it should be so, for the Corn Palace is symbolic of the wonderful evolution of the West and replete with the life and activity of a country which has had no superior at any time or any place. Here an all-wise Providence has stored in the bosom of the j earth a golden reserve, to be revealed I to man when the time has ripened, j more precious than that which glistened and shimmered in Captain Suter’s mill dam and ch’anged the history of the Pacific Coast. Tor countless ages tlie prairie lay a vast monotono of sound and color. But at last, like the en•chanted Princess in the fairy tale, at the kiss of the Prince, it awoke to magic life at the touch of the settlors’ ' plow and the mellow soil yielded up its treasure of buried wealth in thousands upon thousands of rows of yellow corn. In the early days when the Indian and tho buffalo were still lords of the prairie, tho country along the Jim, the Big Sioux and the Floyd Rivers was a semi-neutral ground, where, even then, the squaws raised the winter supply of corn, and carefully “cached” it in tho fall to save it from the depredations of rival tribes. The red man in his wanderings had fixed witli unerring instinct upon the region most responsive to his primitiyo cultivation, and following in his footsteps the white settlers raised the native plant and after thirty years of culture offer the record of unfailing crops, year after year. When the perennial bounty of the crops of this region had been thus satisfactorily demonstrated, the people naturally were eager to proclaim their good fortune to the world. A sort of harvest home on a grand scale was proposed and the thought finally materialized as the first Corn Palace. Tho natural evolution of the idea, together with the growth of the surrounding country and the city have developed the Corn Palace from an experiment costing 825,000 to an annual carnival not to he thought of at an expenditure less than SIOO,OOO. Year after year the brains of the management have been taxed to devise new features; year after year tho ladies of Sioux City have vied with each other,in designing and executing as a labor of love, decorations, which if performed bv paid labor, would have cost thousands of dollars.

j The people are more enthusiastic j than ever before this year, as they | wish to attract the multitudes 1 who will visit the World’s Fair i from all parts of this country and from | foreign lands. The Corn Palace Fes- | tival will begin September 20, continuing until Cctober 18, inclusive, and I every nerve will be strained to make it i tlie culmination of all previous seasons, . as Sioux City people have a reputation j to maintain as the originators of the 1 most distinct National Carnival of the country, which they expect to triumphantly vindicate in this World's Fair Year. Those who have attended any of the Corn Palace Festivals of previous , years do not need to be reminded what , wonderful specimens of creative art they have been, and so far as they are concerned it is only necessary to add that the Palace of 1893 will eclipse its predecessors to the full extent that experience gained can add to the beauty of design and decorations, backed by the most generous outlay of money that has ever been made for the purpose. It will amply repay people arranging to go to the World’s Fair to time their visit and route their journeys so as to include that unique festival, the Sioux City Corn Palace. Tuey should bear in mind the fact that Sioux City is in the center of the greatest corn producing territory in the world—that lowa, Nebraska and South Dakota produce considerable more than one-fourth of the corn raised in the United States —that this change in the center of production from the middle West to the Missouri Valiev lias been almost entirely wrought during the past ten years: and then try to imagine the wonderful condition of commercial activity that has accompanied it- It is impossible to reach anything like a true conception of “the busy West” without visiting the Sioux City Corn Palace, because in no other way can a correct idea of the magnificent resources of this vast agricultural region and of the genius and enterprise which has so rapidly transformed it, be obtained. The like of the Corn Palace can be seen nowhere else on the globe, and the experience of this most memorable year in the history of the continent will bo incomplete without it. The expense of attendance will be very slight, as there will be low rates from all points. Tho Corn Palace is the artistic tribute of the West to the most distinctively American plant and product which we have, and the tourist who goes to the World’s Fair needs to visit it to understand the Great West, as in the recreations as well as In the industries of a people are revealed their social and economic conditions.