Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1893 — Page 2

®&eJemocratfcSetittncl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - > Publisher

IN THE FATAL CHAIR.

SING SING’S LIGHTNING EXECUTIONER AT WORK. A New York “Sweater” Den the Funeral Pyre of Five—Ex-Pregident Harrison at the Fair—The Chadron-Chicago Cowboy Race Is On. In the Fatal Chair. At Sing Sing, John L. Osmond'suffered death In the electrical chair Monday morning. Osmond was convicted of the murder of his wife Mary and his cousin John C. Burchell He and his wife had lived In Burchell’s apartments, New York City. He became jealous of his cousin, and after repeated quarrels le:t the house, and Mrs. Osmond began proceedings for a divorce. He went to the flat on Oct 3. 1891, and killed the woman and her admirer. His conviction for murder in the first degree was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. FIVE LOST THEIR LIVES. “Sweater" Shop Building, Filled with Workers, Gutted by Fire. The six-story brick building at 10 and 12 Montgomery street. New York, proved a death-trap at 8:30 Tuesday morning, when a fire broke out, precipitating a panic among the 200 men and women employed in the “sweater” shops on five of the six floors. Five persons are known to have been killed and a number injured. The bodies of the killed were so horribly mangled that it was a difficult matter to Identify them. One body was that of a woman about 30 years old, another that of a man 40 years old and a third that of a man 45 years old. All of the occupants of the building were Polish Hebrews. The fire started on the first floor of the building, it is supposed from a stove used for heating irons The stove was near the stairway, and in a few seconds the flames shot up as far as the second and third floors, cutting off the escape of many of the unfortunate inmates of the building.- When the alarm of fire was’ sounded in the building there was a wild rush of the men, women and children who worked in the different sweater shops. All got out safely except those reported killed and half a dozen who were injured. One woman jumped from the first-story window and fractured her legs and a man received a severe scalp wound by jumping. Many people suffered slight injuries in scrambling down the fire escape, COWBOYS HAVE STARTED. The Great Race from Chadron. Neb., to Chicago Has Commenced. The much talked-about cowboy race from Chadron. Neb., to Chicago, has begun, and Governor Crounse, It Is said, gave the signal for the start by firing a revolver. The best opinion is that the man who averages fifty miles a day will win the race. Each man leacs an extra horse and rides in a thirty-pound saddle The Humane Society people held me?tlngs to devise u plan to stop the race, but did not prevent the start. The cowboys are such as might be expect-ed-to take part in such an enterprise. They number twenty-five, and half of them are mounted on stolen bronchos. “Snake Creek Tom,” “Rattle-snake Pete" and "Cockeyed Bill” are the names of three of the whitea He Cog and Spotted Wolf, two fuU-blooded Sioux, are in the lot The route of the race has not been made public, lest humane people along the line should interfere. The flr,t rider to reach Chicago is promised a prize of 91,000 in gold by the managers of the race. Buffalo Bill is said to have put up another prize of 9500 and a saddle and revolver.

HARRISON AT THE FAIR. The Ex-President Visits Jackson Park with Mr. and Mrs. Palmer. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison was among the distinguished visitors to the World's Fair Monday. He arrived In Chicago from Indianapolis over the Big Four Road early in the morning, and was met at the depot by his friend President Thomas W. Palmer, of the Wot id's Columbian Commission. whose guest he was to be at the Fair. Accompanying the ex-Presldent were his daughter, Mrs. McKee: “Baby” McKee, now grown to be a big child; Miss Swan and Miss Dlmmlck. The party was driven straight to the Lakota Hotel. The ex-President lost little time in making bls way to the Fair grounds, and expressed himself as being suprlsed at the magnitude of the show. Appointments by the President. President Cleveland turned the wheel Monday morning and ground out another batch of appointmenta The full list follows: James E North, Collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Nebraska; Harry Alvan Hall, Attorney of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania Postmasters : Illinois— Willis L. Grimes, Batavia; Samuel P. Tufts, Centralia; Isaac Fielding, Champaign: James S. Wilson, Mount Carmel; John W. Potter, Rock Island, Indiana Joseph T. Dilley, Mitchell. Kansas—Louis • Sarbach, Holton; George Van Cleave, Phillipsburg. Missouri—Jacob D. Allen, Benton; 8. W. Hurst, Tipton. Montana— John N. Harder, Castle; F. W, Bucksen, KallspeL South Dakota—George C. Kasler, Hill City. Hanged to a Tree. E. B Ford, a newspaper correspondent at Dundas, Minn., narrowly escaped lynching the other night He is the correspondent for several newspapers, in which he criticised the Mills revival meetings. He also made a host of enemies in Dundas by publishing scandalous statements about a minister there, on account of which the congregation threatened hirn. Ten men, clothed in white gowns and masks, went to his home and pulled him out of bed. They had him already hanging to a tree when his brother, with a rifle, shot at the crowd, and the whitecaps dispersed.

Futile Attempt to Rob. Four masked men stopped the Missouri Pacific express, bound for St Louis, in the suburbs of Omaha Monday night Cheap Rates Announced. The Pennsylvania, Michigan Central, and the Big Four railroad companies will run excursion trains daily until it is determined if the public attend in sufficient numbers to make it pay, landing passengers In the World’s Fair grounds at one fare for the round trip. Annie Goes to Prison, Annie Murphy, whose career in unsuccessfully passing forged papers was cut short by her arrest and trial at St Cloud. Minn., ha* been sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. Express Robber Returns the Money. After a ten days' investigation of the recent Peru, Ind., express office burglary, in which SBOO was taken, express officials have stopped work, having, it is reported, received the money back from the one who stole it No prosecution is now looked for. It is supposed a Peruvian was guilty. • ———— -1, Rescued with a Lasso. Thlrteen-year-old Charles Rauser of Philadelphia was rescued from drowning in true wild West style. He fell into a mud pond, and when Mounted Policeman Rauser came along the boy's bead was just above the level. The policeman threw a lasso over the boy s head had drew him out

M’KINLEY RENOMINATED.

Buckeye Republicans Declare for the Present Tariffi The Ohio Republican State Convention at Columbus renominated Gov. McKinley by acclamation. Gov. McKinley’s name

GOV. M’KINLEY.

to the halL and a few moments later he made his appearance. He was greeted with cheers, prolonged for several minutes He oonrtnenced his address by accepting the nomination, and expressed bis gratitude and. appreciation. The old ticket was named entire, and the platform adopted declares for the present tariff.

LIEUTENANT PEARY’S PLANS. Will Start on His Second Arctic Trip the Latter Part of Tills Month. Lieutenant R. E Peary, United States navy, having obtained a three years' leave of absence, is in New York making final preparations for his second trip io the Arctic regions. He Intends to start the last of this month on the steamer Falcon, which has been built for the trip Lieutenant Peary says that his main object is to determine the characteristics of the detached land masses he found on his last trip north of main Greenland and to determine the last coast land of Greenland from Independence Bay southward to Cape Bismarck. The trip will cost about {25,000 and Lieutenant Peary will bear the entire expense from proceeds of lectures he delivered for that purpose. Captain Henry Bartlett will be in command of the Falcon and the crew will consist of Second Officer Dunphy and twenty-five men, most of whom served on the Kite.

UNCLE SAM MAY USE HIS GUNS. Determination of the Judiciary to Keep the World’s Fair Closed Sundays. A Washington correspondent sends out the following: “The ultimatum of the Federal Court at Chicago, to the effect that the World's Fair cannot be opened on Sunday is final and will be backed up by force of arms if necessary. This, in brief, is the way administration officials regard the matter. It cannot be said that anyone here fears that such extreme measures will be necessary. yet at the War Department there was considerable talk about the possible necessity of utilizing troops to prevent the gates being opened. In the absence of Secretary Lamont none of the officials felt at liberty to be quoted as to what course would likely be pursued, but they all agreed that the military would be brought into prominent requisition if any attempt should be made to Ignore the injunction issued by the court«

FARGO IN RUINS. Three Million Dollars in Property Destroyed—3,ooo Ijeople Homeless. The cily of Fargo. N. D., was practically wiped out by fire Wednesday afternoon and evening. The loss Is conservatively estimated at $3,000,000, with not over onethird of that amount in insurance. Itseems probable that as many as half a dozen persons were burned to death. Fully three thousand persons are homeless and many have lost their all. Aid was summoned from Moorhead, Grand Forks, Crookstone and even from as far as Duluth. The flames destroyed the Great Northern bridge and set fire to buildings on the Minnesota sjdeof the river, A fierce south wind drove the flames like prairie flra. Brick buildings seemed to melt away into heaps of crumbling sand and it was Impossible to force enough water through the mains to fight fire by the acre. DELUGED BY A CLOUDBURST. Great Damage at Hinton, W. Va.—Three Drowned in a Cave in Mexico. A cloudburst at Hinton. Va., and vicinity resulted in great destruction to property. The damage In Hinton is estimated at $200,000. The trestles on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad were washed away, and landslides cover the track for many miles. The running of all through trains on the road Is suspended. A City of Mexico dispatch says: A cloudburst at Mixqulhaula, in the state of Hidala, has done considerable damage to crops. A man named Miraureo and his wife and child sought refuge in a cave when the storm came up, and the cloudburst filled the cave with water in a few seconds, drowning all three.

Hig Slump in Wheat. On the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday July wheat reached 63 cents, an unparalleled price It was 3% cents per bushel lower than ever before known on the board. Its fall in reaching this point was, according to our correspondent rapid enough to satisfy the most greedy bear. Great e.veitement prevailed upon 'Change. The first sales of July wheat, when the comparatively cool lot of dealers entered the pit. Were at from 66’ 4 cents to as high as 07 cents, and everything appeared calm and peaceful. Some of the anxious, care-worn traders began to relax the gloom on their countenances, and some were even to be seen indulging in their usual pranks. That lasted until they heard that prices were tumbling in Minneapolis. where. It was said, some grain elevator companies had failed. Even that was turned into a joke for a minute or two. for in answer to an inquiry one of the regular jokers said that it was the elevator at the Manufactures Building at the Fair which he had heard was away up with a big crowd in it. Matters soon became too serious for jesting, however, as the crowd became excited and rushed to sell out their wheat before it went down to zero. From 67 cents it rolled downward until, in an hour from the opening, July wheat was worth only 65J4 centa In Minneapolis at the same time it was worth only 56?4 cents.

Bore of Gatling Guns. There is a probability that the bore of the navy Gdtllng guns will be changed. To be of the greatest service, the Gatling guns used in naval warfare must be fitted to use the ammunition manufactured for the small arms issued to the sailors. The adoption of the small caliber for the new army rifle is to be followed up by the navy, and that in turn will necessitate the reduction of the bore of the Gatling guns from 45callber to 32-caliber. Already the Ordnance Bureau is preparing for ihe change. Bank Open All Night. During the recent run on Chicago bunks the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank remained open till long after midnight, paying out money on demand. The last depositor 1b the line got his money st 3 a m.. then the bank closed until 10 o’clock in the morning The assets of the bank are $28,114.000. The stockholders are estimated as being worth $150,000,000. The bank has not called a loan in nine years. Six Men Rob a Train. Six masked men. held up the New Orleans express on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Forest Lawn, Hl., at 9 o’clock Thursday night, and robbed the express car of $lO,000 in cash and valuables worth a large amount. The robbery did not occupy over twenty minutes' time. Sir John Hudson Killed. Major General Sir John Hudson, commander of the British forces in Bombay, was thrown from his horse at Poona and killed. Fargo Will Need Substantial Aid. Fargo's citizens have thrown open their houses generously. Many are in pub-

lie institutions, schools, and colleges, but for a month to come they will find living very expensive. A large _puq>ber p( pyjc, c^rs'are being u'sed tot godaTs"whlch have been saved, but a great deal of the property still lies In the open spaces and in the streets. At a citizens’ meeting over $6,000 were subscribed to relieve the immediate wants of the destitute, but generous help from the outside will be needed in a few days it much suffering is to be avoided. The militia will be kept on guard until all the goods are housed, as it is known that a large number of crooks have come in from other cities on the lookout for plunder. ARE GIVEN OFFICES. Administrative and Consular Places Distributed by Cleveland. The President has made the following appointments: William G.« Crawford of Louisiana, to be Deputy Auditor of the Treasury for the Postoffice Department; Rodolphus O. Randall of Alabama, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Alabama; Charles E. Gorman of Rhode Island, to be Attorney of the United States for the District of Rhode Island: Norborne T. N. Robinson of Louisiana, to be Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury. Peter H. Pemot of Indianapolis, Ind.; Joshua Hutchins, of Athens, Ga., and Clem V. Rogers of Indian Territory to be appraisers of the value of houses, lands, or improvements occupied by Intruders or unauthorized persont within the Cherokee outlet, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March 3 1893. To be consuls of the United States: Warner 8. Kinkend of Kentucky, at South Hampton. Eng.; Norfleet Harris of Alabama, at Leeds, Eng.; Lucien J. Walker of Alabama at Cork, Ireland: Marcellus L. Davis of Arkansas, at Trinidad, West Indies; Lars 8. Requa of lowa, at Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Edward Downes of Connecticut, at Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Daniel W. Maratta of North Dakota to be Consul-General of the United States at Melbourne, Australia.

was presented by Col Bob Nevins, of Dayton, and seconded by Senator J. W. Nichols, of Belmont There were no other nominations, and the Governor was declared ’ the nominee, amid a scene of wild enthusiasm. A committee was appointed to conduct him

Reaction Is at Hand. R. G. Dun & Ca’s weekly review of trade •ays: The severe depression of a week ago, which culminated In tight money and numerous failures, has been followed by some recovery. Reports that definite action by Congress on the money question lias been assured have done much to cause the better feeling. But the stringency at Chicago and elsewhere has forced realizing on the unprecedented stocks of wheat, so that the lowest prices ever known have been made here and at the West. This has helped exports and in other respects monetary conditions are distinctly more favorable. Though no radical change in underlying conditions has occurred there is more hopefulness and some recovery from the extreme condition of credit. Two Injunctions and a Supersedeas. Sunday closing of the World's Fair ndiv stands In this condition: Judge Stein, of a State cou'rt, granted an injunction to restrain the authorities from closing. The United States Court of . Appeals, by Judges Wood and Jenkins, granted another to restrain them from opening, Judge Grosscup dissenting; and Saturday Chief Justice Fuller granted an order staying the latter injunction temporarily. Within a few days Justice Fuller will call in other Judges and the matter be finally settled. Many Hurt by a Gas Explosion. By an explosion of gasoline gas in Samuel Rezepper’s grocery store at St Louis sixteen persons were more or less injured, four of them perhaps fatally. Gasoline, it is supposed, had been .leaking in the cellar and gas generated. The noise ol the explosion was heard more than a mils away, and the floor of the store where all the victims were congregated was completely wrecked. The wonder Is many people were not killed.

Three Firemen Killed. Fire which broke out in Lyon Street, San Francisco, destroyed about a dozen fins residences, most of which were of recent construction. Three firemen, named Richard Windrow, Edward Davis, and Charles Madison, were instantly killed by the falling of a chimney, and another fireman named Henllt was badly burned. The los» is estimated at (200,001). Base-Ball Record. The standing of the clubs of the National League Is shown by the following table: , W. L. ¥>c. W. L. tfc. 8r00k1yn....23 14 .622 Baltimore . 20 18 .826 Boston 24 15 .616 Washington 18 19 .486 Pittsburg.. .22 IB .696 Bt. L0ui5...16 20 .429 Philadelp'ia.2l 18 . 588 Cincinnati. .16 22 .421 Cleveland,. .17 14 .548:Cli!csgo 15 21 .417 New Y0rk...20 18 .6261 Louisville .. 4 24 .143 Four Were Drowned. The festivities of a picnic party at Kummer’s Spring, near Spring Valley, Minn., came to a sad end. A party in a carriags drove to the side of the spring, which is very deep, when the horses became frightened. jumping in and upsetting the carriage ■

Sulcide of a Journalist. John D. Nicholas, of Denver, Col., atone time owner of the Indianapolis Journal,and a well-known editorial writer, committed suicide by taking morphine. He was 56 years old, and had become despondent Hanged a Negro Murderer. Bob Brown, the negro murderer, was hanged at Mayfield, Ky. The crime for which Brown suffered the death penalty was the murder of Albert a well-to-do farmer, the night of Dec. 10, 1892. Dr. Briggs in Prl-it. Dr. Briggs publishes an article in the New York Evangelist exhorting all loyal Presbyterians to remain in the church, and declaring that the General Assembly does not represent the majority in the chdrch. Russian Treaty in Force. The President has issued a proclamation officially promulgating the Russian extradition treaty.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 25 ® 600 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3 00 ® 700 Sheep—Fair to Choice 400 ® 5 so Wheat—No. 2 Spring 66 ® 66 COBN—NO. 2 38 ® 3» Oats—No. 2 29 ® 30 Rte—No. 2 <8 ® so Butteb—Choice Creamery 18}s® 19)4 Eggs—Fresh 13)4® 14)4 Potatoes—New. pir bu 70 & 80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 26 ® 550 Hogs—Choice Light 350 @7OO Sheep—Common to Prime 300 @ 4 so Wheat—No. 1 63 ® 63)4 Cobn—No. 2 White 41 ® 41J5 Oats—No. 2 White 34 ® 35 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 @SOO Hogs 3 00 & 6 75 Wheat—No, 2 Red 63 @ 64 Co bn—No. 2 36 ® 87 Oats—No. 2 27 ® 28 Rye—No. 2 52 @ 53 •”1 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 co ® 5 25 Hcos 3 00 ® 650 Sheep 300 ® 560 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62)4® 63)4 Cobn—No. 2. 40 ® 42)4 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 & 32 Rye—No. 2. 57 ® 68 DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 ® 5 00 Hogs 3 00 ® 7 50 Sheep....'... ; 300 @425 Wheat—No. 2 Red 65 ® 66 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 40 @ 41 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ 35 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2....... ...,... 65J4@ S6M Cobn—No. 2 Yellow 38 ® 39 Oats—No. 2 White.... 30 @ 81 Rye 62 ® 54 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3 60 @ 5 60 Hogs—Best Grades 4 00 ® 7 26 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 73 ® 74 No. 2 Red 67)4® 68)4 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 63 @ 64 Cobs—No. 3. 35 ® 36 Oats—Na 2 White 32 ® 33 Rye—No. 1 51 @ 53 BABLEY—No. 2 67 ® 69 Pobk—Mess. 20 OJ ®2O 60 „ NEW YORK. Cattle. 3 50 ® 5 76 Hogs..; 300 ®Boo -- SHEEP 300 ® 600 Wheat—No. 2 Red 73 & u Cobn—No. 2 47 ® 48 Oats—Mixed Western 37 ® 39 Butteb—Creamery. j« ® 21 POBK—New Mesa ... 21 00 ®2l 58 ;

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

BITS OF CHICAGO LIFE.

POINTS OF INTEREST TO THE WORLD'S FAIR VISITOR. Strangers Can Spend Several Days Sightseeing in the Center of the City—The Board of Trade, Water System, Police and Fire Departments, Etc. Few Historic points. Chicago correspondence:

F the visitor starts out ‘to see the town |1 and all its sights." he A II will find in the imme--3 H diate center of Chicago ' ■ jjl sufficient to occupy his iW time and interest for i \ several days. Thesky.ry scraping office structI f ures, the retail stores II I of State street, the I I wholesale district, the 11J produce quarter, the v\ lumber market all \ \ these may be taken in at a cursory glance; but the great grain el-

evatora, the Safety-deposit banks, the new Art Institute on the lake Iront, the lookout tower of the Masonic Temple, the press-rooms of the great dailies,

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING.

turning out over 50,000 papers an hour, are novelty of more detailed attention. Of commemorative pointe there are comparatively few, Chicago being too young as yet to boast of many statues, but the site of old Fort Dearborn, near

THE CRIB IN LAKE MICHIGAN.

Rush street bridge, marked by a tablet, the bust of the railway postal service pioneer, Armstrong, at the postofflce, the Douglas monument at Kenwood, the Drake Columbian public drinking fountain at the City Hall, and the monument at Haymarket Square indicating the scene of the famous Anarchist massacre, are all associated with interesting reminiscence#, and pave the way for comparison when the sojourner later inspects the statues In Lincoln Park. The stranger seeking pleasure need only consult the amusement columns to find every kind and class of theater, a variety of museums and “magic maze" shows, cycloramas, panoramas and historical curiosities, such as Libby prison. If a day on the water is scheduled, theie are steamers leaving many river docks for points across the lake, such as an excursion to Michigan City in eight hours, at only 50 cents for the round trip, while land journeys may be made swiftly and with profit to the wonder'.ul industrial town of Pullman or to the military post at Fort Sheridan. Some of the best obtainable musical and dramatic talent will be found on the boards of the various theaters during the World’s Fair.

The Board of Trade. One great central point of interest is the Board of Trade; as famous as the Rialto or the Bourse of the old world. The headquarters of this aggregation of grain and produce speculators is found In the Chamber of Commerce, one of the truly palatial edifices of the world. Occupying half a square, its tower and entrance portal stand exactly in front of LaSalle street, where that thoroughfare ends at Jackson street, with an environment forcibly suggestive of Wall street. New York. The building is in two

HAYMARKET MONUMENT.

sections, the one facing north being used for trading, the rear one for offices. Emblematic figures mark the

handsome doorways and projections, and the tower that caps the massive structure tapers in a pinnacle over 300 feet above the pavement The main hall has two capacious galleries, and to these visitors are admitted at all times. The view from the same, when 'trading is going on below on the main floor, is something never to be forgot* ten by the inexperienced spectator, little ' suggesting to him that the uproar and bustle, the hoarse outcries and frantic gestures are an accompaniment of transactions during which millions of dollars change hands in a single day. The building cost nearly $2,000,000, and it requires often as high as SIO,OOO to secure the privilege of trading in the wheat or corn pit. The clearings of a year have aggregated over $104,000,00 Trading is permitted in not less than 1.000 bushels of grain or 250 barrels of pork—all on paper—and fortunes are made and lost every day in the year, often nearly every hour in the day. City ta*rsvo»-k . A visit to the city waterworks is well worth a mile ride or walk over into the North Division. The system of which it is the foundation has grown to a remarkable magnitude. The main works are located at Chicago avenue and Pine street, and comprise a series of structures embracing a tower, free to visitors, affording a fine view of the city,

and a castellated gothic stone building, from which a tunnel three miles long extends beneath the lake, ending in the great, supply-well known as “the crib," which is *. isited daily by excursion botts. The new engine at the works has a capacity of 2.750 gallons at one stroke of the cylinders. The West Division of the city has also a water works at Ashland and Blue Island avenues, with a tunnel six miles long running to the supply crib. Its engineshave a capacity of 70,600,000 gallons daily. The combined daily capacity of all the city plants is 250,000,000 gallons, distributed through nearly 1,500 miles of pipes.and through 13,411 Are hydrants. The cost of the entire system was $17,000,000. No person visiting Chicago for the first time should neglect at least a casual inspection of the fire and police departments. The former has now some thirteen battalions, embracing 930 men. 72 steam fire engines, 22 chemical engines, three fire tugs and general apparatus lor reaching lofty buildings and rescuing people, such as life-saving guns and nets, ladders, and the like. Callers are generally welcome at any of the fire-engine stations scattered about the city, at the central alarm office at the city hall, and at the fire insurance patrol houses, where

M'VICKER'S THEATER.

everything is done by electricity, from the sounding of the alarm to the starting of the horses. The police stations are also open for inspection, and the patrol-wagon system will generally be courteously explained by the officers in charge when not on active duty. Police courts are connected with many of the stations, and an hour spent in one of these will give the stranger a very fair idea of “the seamy side" of life in a great city. He Must Hive Died Young*. Christian Helnecker, of Lubeck, when only 10 months old, could repeat every word spjken to him; at 12 months of age he had memorized all the principal events mentioned in the Pentateuch. Before he had finished his second year he had learned all the historical parts of both the Old and New Testament. At the age of 3 he could reply correctly to all questions put to him regarding universal history and geography, and in the same year he learned to speak both Latin and French. Oranges and Lemons for Cholera. The oraqge and the lemon are both said to be fatal to the cholera bacillus. Placed in contact with the cut surface of the fruit, the bacteria survives but a few hours. Even on the uninjured rind they die within twenty-four hours at least, so says the imperial health office of Berlin.

FARGO’S FIERCE FIRE.

THE BUSTLING NORTH DAKOTA TOWN IN RUINS. Warehouses Filled with Goods Fall an Easy Prey to the Flames—Three Thousand People Homeless—Six Lives Lost— Thirty-six Blocks Burned Over. The Loss Is Fully •3,250,000. Practically only one hotel in town is left—the Headquarters. The fire burned all around it, but it was saved. Only one restaurant is left in the town. Moorhead hotels are full. Large numbers of people are compelled to sleep in the court-house and school-houses on the south side. Only two grocery stores are left in the town, one being Yerxas', upon which the principal efforts of two companies were directed all evening in order to eave the Headquarters Hotel. The three-story Citizens’ Bank, just opened, opposite, made a very hot fire, but Yerxas' was saved though badlv scorched, and had taken fire several times. Origin of the Conflagration.

Later dispatches fully confirm the first reports as to the extent of the disastrous conflagration at Fargo, North Dakota. Over half the city was laid in waste by the destructive element. The flames were not got under control until after 3 o’clock the following morning. Thirty-five stores and business blocks and 228 residences were burned, entailing a loss of fully $3,2'0,0u0. Three thousand people are homeless, and all the churches,, school housesand public buildings left standing are being used as places of shelter. The good women of the town whose houses escaped turned out in brigades and organized to feed the unfortunate ones. The fire was started by hot ashes from the Gem restaurant thrown out behind, igniting some loose paper back of Hoseman’s dry goods store. Somebody left the front door open. Inside of three minutes the wind had driven the flames through the building and burst out of the roof. During the next fifteen minutes the flames ran two blocks west, taking brick buildings and all, then jumped across the street to Magill’s big machinery warehouse containing $9,U00 worth of twine and $5,090 machinery. North and east of this for two blocks each way are the big machinery depots, mostly two-story wooden buildings, and at this time of the year are filled to the roof with a year’s supply of farm machinery for North Dakota. For perhaps a quarter of an hour the firemen kept the flames from jumping the railroad track; then first on one roof, then another, tongues of flame broke out as whirling fire flakes settled on the shingles. Inside half an hour the whole space for four bi cks was a whirlwind of flame. The only machinery houses saved are the Walter A. Wood and Monitor Press Drill. Both were on fire several times, but the flrenr n made a stubborn fight and managed to arrest the flames, so preventing them spreading east to Moorhead. The firemen now tried to confine the flames south of Northern Pacific avenue, but the wind was carrying cinders a couple of blocks. Cole’s stable caughtfire and the operahouse block soon followed, while the Grand hotel was burning on the east. An eddy of wind sent the flames over toward Front street, carrying everything in their path. The flames then took a shoot north toward the Great Northern freight depot, burning the new Methodist Church on Robert street, and a large number of residences and small stores. The secret societies su.lered severely. The Masons, Templars, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, Odd-Fel-lows, Cantons, Rebekahs, Grand Army, United Workmen, and Woodmen all lost their halls, with nearly all their property. Every open space is filled with confused collections of household goods, buggies, merchandise, legal libraries, etc., hurriedly carried there. The militia was called out and placed on duty to guard property as much as possible. All night the people were in a panic, as the flames seemed not to diminish, while the sky was lit by the great flames making the night almost as light as day. The relief corps organized received many reports of people who are missing, and without doubt it will develop that a number of lives have been lost. Six persons are reported killed.

SUNDAY CLOSERS WIN.

Justices Woods and Jenkins Say the Fair Must Be Shut. Judges Woods and Jenkins, constituting a ma ority of the United States Court considering the case of the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, rendered decisions in favor of' granting an injunction compelling the local directory to close the World’s Fair on Sundays. Judge Grosscun dissented from this finding, and Edwin Walker, counsel for the Exposition company, prays for an appeal from the decision ot the majority of the court. This appeal is based on the allegation that the decisions of Judges Woods and Jenkins, especially the one of Judge Jenkins, go far beyond the mere .matter of Sunday opening or closing, establishes new liabilities for the local directory and should be considered at once by the Court of Appeals. When the judges took their seats on the tench it was evident, according to a Chicago correspondent, that they were divided in opinion. Judge Woods said as much when he announced: “Each judge will give his decision neparately,” and then proceeded to deliver his own. Judge Woods held in favor of granting the injuncti n on the ground that the United States Government is in actual possession of Jackson Park, and Congress has a right to pass any law regarding the conduct of the Fair It may think best. He thought that the act. of 1890 establishing the Fair made it a national institution, and that when the State Legislature of Illinois and the South Park Commissioners afterward legislated so as to allow the use of Jackson Park, they did it with a full knowledge of this fact. The people of the State of Illinois satisfied the legislative action by voting to allow Chicago to issue bonds in aid ot the Fair, so that the Legislature, the Park Commissioners, and the people themselves all united to give the use of Jackson Park to the Fair after the General Government had established that Fair as a national enterprise. On tiese grounds Judge Woods held that when thq Local Directory last fall tendered Jackson Park to the National Commissioners as the representatives of the United States Government it tendered the actual possession of the park, and the present temporary title to the park is now in the United States. Having this title Congress has the right to pass any law it pleases regarding Sunday opening, and also can go into a court of equity to enforce its rights. Overflow of News. The Palouse City Bank ot Palouse, Wash., has suspended. Knox College voted the degree of master of arts to Eugene Field. A finback whale forty feet long was killed by fishermen off Sandwich, Mass. An earthquake shock was experienced in San Francisco and Oakland, .Cal. It is known that the notorious Stan gang committed the Bentonville, Mo., bank robbery.

A FEARFUL

FORD’S THEATER THE SCENE OF A NEW HORROR. Awful Catastrophe Attending the Collapsot of the Building—Four Hundred United State* Government Clerks Burled Under* Heavy Timber*—Few Escaped Injury. Scores Are Killed. Death visited the national capltall Friday in its most terrible form and reaped a mighty harvest. Ford’s Thea-j ter, where a little over a quarter of aj century ago a tragedy startled the nation, was the scene of the black angel’si visit. Without a moment's warning! the building collapsed, and 500 Govern-' ment clerks and a cellar full of laborers, were buried in the awful mass of w;eck-i age which was piled in the cellar. The< front half of all three floors fell, carry-' ing everything to the bottom. i For a moment all was still. Then the< air was split by the shrieks and groans of the frightened, wounded, and dying hundreds who, like a mass of worms, struggled, twisted, and fought to free themselves from one another and from heavy iron beams and timbers and fur-i niture and government records which pinned them to their places. The people in the neighborhood were for the moment stunned. The horror of it all had robbed them of their senses. Then in a few moments, but what to the wretches pinioned in death’s embrace seemed' ages, the truth burst upon their befud-

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dled brains, and they joined their cries with the unfortunates within the collapsed building. Then, dividing, some rushed for help, some ran to the sinkhole of death itself to lend their hands,, while others, with selfish regard for their own safety and curiosity, stood: where they were to look upon the scene. With the speed of the e'eetric mes-' senger the news seemed to fly from* man to man throughout the city, and by the time the first ambulance reached the street that fronted the theater the thoroughfare was choked with people. It was like breaking into a mob to get through the crowd to the building, for many there had fathers, husbands/ brothers, sons and sweethearts hi the wreck, and they fought to retain the places they had gained and fought to get nearer. Meanwhile the cries of; the wretches within the trap—for it was but little else—were becoming weaker. Many whose voices had blended with the rest at first had died a miserable death, others had fainted from fatigue. Some in their terror jumped from the third story windows and were crushed into a mass of life- • less pulp on the concrete below. At the time this dispatch was sent' out it was impossible to tell how many' had been killed outright, but the num-' ber was conservatively placed at sev-enty-five. Many others will die.

AwluL Tangle of Debris. The tangle of stuff inside of the building that had to be cleared away in getting at bodies was terrible. Girders, bricks, beams, desks, furniture, all were! inextricably piled together. Several, hundred men were at work clearing away, heedless of the danger that menaced them from the possibility of falling walls. It was a difficult as well as’ dangerous task, but there was far less confusion than one would have expected. Men turned pale and sick at the horrible spectacle presented by the injured. General Schofield promptly ordered two troops of cavalry from Fort Meyer, just across the river, and two companies of infantry from the Arsenal to the scene of the disaster. The Secretary of the Navy also ordered out all the naval, medical officers stationed there, and opened the naval hospital to receive the Injured. The Commandant of the navy yard was ordered to render all! assistance in his power, and every hospital in the city was called into requisition to care for the wounded. Cause of the Accident. An investigation of the cause of the accident discovered that it was apparently due to criminal carelessness. A number of laborers were at work beneath the first floor excavating for an electric plant. The building rested on underpinning and the earth, and as the earth was dug away the pressure of the building rested on the unsupported; beams of the first floor. The weight proved too much, and the floors collapsed and fell into the excavation, burying the laborers and clerks beneath them. The building was acquired by the Government some years ago because of its historical associations, and, although It had been condemned as unsafe and unsuitable for the purpose for which it was occupied, sentiment kept it unchanged. The floors were heavily loaded with the records of the pension division of the War Department. The clerks employed there were all men.

How the World Wags.

A pension revision board of twentythree members has been appointed. The B. Goodman Company suspenders, failed at New York lor $63,000. The debts of Barr Co., the New York coffee merchants who failed recently, are $1,000,C00. The new coast-defense vessel Monterey has been ordered from San Francisco to Puget Sound. Susie Mcßeth, for twenty years a missionary among the Nez Perces Indians, died in Idaho. Fifty-seven waiter's in John Wan flmaker's restaurant at Philadelphia are on a strike for better food. The Bradstreet-Thurber furniture store at Minneapolis was destroyed by fire, with a loss of $160,000. Cholera Is spreading among the Arabs of Turkey. Twenty deaths a day are reported at Bassbrah. Owing to the corn famine, 6.317,000 bushels ot corn f>em the United States have been shipped into Mexico. W. W. Johnson <fc Co., whose plant is one of the largest in Cincinnati, will withdraw from the Whisky Trust. Russia will raise its Washington mission ’to an embassy, and probably send some older diplomate as ambassador. The Gould pleasure party has returned to New York from its three weeks’ trip to the World’s Fair and to the West and Southwest Reports from several cities of Asiatic Turkey say that the cholera has appeared in many districts and is spreading rapidly.