Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1893 — Page 2

UljcgcmocrflltcScntiiiel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W McEWEN, - - - Publishes.

REBEL VESSEL SUNK.

MANY LIVES ARE LOST ON THE URANO. France Sorrows for the Death of MacMahon—Another Fatal Wreck on the Fort Wayne—Confidence Men Are Confidenced—lnsurance at Omaha. Insurgents Lose Heavily. The Brazilian rebel steamer Urano made an attempt Sunday to make the run out of the Bay of Rio. The guns of Fort Santa Cruz fired on the steamer and did such good execution that the vessel was sunk in a surprising!}' short time. Many persons on board the Urano were killed outright uy the fire from the fort and a large number were wounded. Nearly all of the wounded were drowned when the steamer went down. The French steamer Orenque picked up all those who succeeded In keeping afloat after the Urano had disappeared. Afterward the rebel steamer Pallas, laden with provisions, tried to enter the bay. She was fired upon by the guns of Fort Santa Cruz and her reception was so hot that she had to put about and give up the attempt to enter. She was badly crippled and came near sharing the fate of the Urano. The government has organized a fleet of six ironclads and is purchasing more vessels as fast as they can be obtained. The rebel war ships Aquldaban and Trajano have suffered grave Injuries in the last few days from the shots landed aboard of them by the forts. The Trajano Is so disabled as to be useless for the present THE TABLES TURNED. Two Chicago Confidence Men Are Very Cleverly Trapped. Officers Burke and Dwyer, of Chicago, disguised as farmers, were accosted by two well-dressed men. Each represented himself to be an agent for a New York clothing firm, and said that in order to Introduce a new cloth they were giving reputable visitors to the Fair a suit made of the new goods. The officers accompanied them to a room over the Denver saloon, where they spread a lot of samples on a table. Then they explained to the officers that each was to lay $lO on a sample and draw a card from the pack which they had, claiming that, In the 100 cards, there was only one blank and that each card represented a certain design of cloth for a suit Burke laid down 810 and drew a blank. Dwyer was rnorp lucky and drew a card calling for a blue suit, but the men objected, slating that he had cheated. One of the men seized the money and the other started to leave the room, saying that he was going for an officer. They were tremendously surprised at finding officers so handy. Later in the day they were arraigned before Justice Porter and fined SSO and costs each.

WRECKED ON THE FORT WAYNE. The New York and Chicago Limited Collides with a Freight. The second section of the New York and Chicago limited going east on the Fort Wayne Road was wrecked near Wellsville, Ohio. The engineer and fireman of the limited engine were killed and the clerk of the postal car fatally injured. The wreck was a complete one. The cars behind piled up and fell over, broken and wrecked. The engine went through the rear car of the freight, splitting It In twain, and climbed part way up the second car. The postal clerk was caught in the broken timbers of this car, and when taken out was found to be crushed and fatally Injured. The passengers were thrown from their berths by the shock, but escaped with slight bruises and a fright. DEATH OF MACMAHON. The Famous Field Marshal of France Expires at Faris of La Grippe. Field Marshal Maurice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, ex-President of the French Republic, and one of the most renowned soldiers of the empire, is dead. The Immediate cause of death was la grippe. Born on July 13, 1808, MacMahon was In his 86th year. His death had been expected. In May last he was attacked by la grippe and he never recovered from the effects of it. He bad been slowly but steadily failing since the beginning of autumn. The death of the old warrior and statesman has spread genuine sorrow throughout France, and will doubtless subdue somewhat the extravagance of the demonstration caused by the visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon. Omaha Fire Rates Go Up. An advance of 20 per cent on fire-insur-ance rates In Omaha and South Omaha has gone into effect 3he reasons assigned for it are the Inadequacy of fire protection and the existence of the valid policy law, which provides that a man may Insure property for nearly Its full value In many companies and collect from all In case of losa Insurance men claim that this law puts a premium on Incendiarism, and Is causing some companies to retire from the State.

Emma Goldman Sentenced* At New York Judge Martin sentenced Emma Goldman, the anarchist, to a year’s Imprisonment In the penitentiary. Sent Fake Reports. A few days after the attack by the Biffs upon the Spanish garrison at Melilla a large number of newspaper reporters started for that place. Some of the reports sent to the newspapers outside of Spain were colored, and in consequence of this fact, and for no other reason, a censorship has been established at Melilla upon all telegraphic dispatches sent from there. Gone Into Liquidation* The banking house of Barren, Forbes & Co., of the City of Mexico, founded halt a century ago, has gone into liquidation prior to reorganization. Rich Gold Mines Are Found. Rich gold discoveries have been made In the region around and above Idaho Springs and Cripple Creek, Cot The Pioneer, Melton and Gold King mines have shown a vein of 3,000 feet, and without side, foot cr hanging wall, so great is the body of ore. The ore runs from SIOO to S3OO per ton. A Gardener’s Awful Deed. Count Blucher and Countess Blucher have been murdered by their gardener In Berlin, who was angry at the dismissal from the count’s service of a pretty servant girl with whom the gardener was In love. Newspaper Wins a Libel Sult. The Michigan Supreme Court has reversed Judgment In Randall vs The Detroit Evening News Association, wherein Randall got an SII,OOO verdict against the newspaper for charging corrupt practices as a legislator In the Interests of plaintiff’s real estate ventures in Detroit. Poisoned Food Victims Die. Two of the victims of the recent poisontog at Jerico Springs. Ma. Mrs. Manning and Mrs Comstock, are dead. Mm Comstock aad her son remain In a precarious condition. Polson has been discovered in the food, and the officers are confident •toy can locate the criminal ■

GREAT SPEECH RECORD BROKEN. Allen Holds the Senate Floor Fourteen Consecntive Hours. During the all-night session of the Senate Wednesday night Senator Allen held the floor, interrupted only by an occasional 111-tempered colloquy or a roll-call which dragged the sleepy Senators to their pcsta The gray dawn found Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, holding the fort in the great struggle against unconditional repeal as he had been when darkness fell from the wings of night more than twelve hours before. He had broken all previous records The longest time a Senator had previously occupied the floor was on the occasion of the election law fight in 1891, when Senator Faulkner remained on guard fcr twelve hours. The West Virginian, however, had a two-hour:,’ breathing spell during the absence of a quorum. Senator Allen held the floor during the entire night Wednesday night, and quit the scene at 8 a. m. He was in good voice at the finish. The Nebraska Senator is a huge physical specl- w men. six feet in his stockings, with a voice like a fog-horn, that did not tire throughout the night but roared in the ears of Senators seeking to doze in the cloakrooms like a prowling night wind on the Nebraska prairies. REGARDING ALIEN PENSIONERS. Commissioner Locliren Replies to Inquiries in the Senate. The Secretary of the Interior has sent to the Senate a letter of the Commissioner of Pensions In response to an inquiry relative to the payment of pensions to pensioners whose postoffice addresses are in foreign countries, and If any pensions which accrued prior to July 1. 1893. had been suspended. The act referred to provides that from July 1. 1893, no pension shall be paid to a non-resident who is not a citizen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service. The Commissioner says the eighteen pension agents were directed to suspend payment in every case where tije| address was known to be outside the jurisdiction of the United States and that at the end of the fiscal year. June 30, they were ordered to transfer such pensioners to the rolls of the Washington (D. C.) agency. The Washington Agent was directed to transfer the lists he had received of such non-resident pensioners to the Pension Bureau

COAL STRIKE IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. Asquith's Course May Lead to Trouble for Mr. Gladstone. According to London advices the Gladstonean ministry is likely to be face to face with a political crisis immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament. A large number of Liberal and Radical members cf the House of Commons have agreed to support a resolution condemning Home Secretary Asquith for his action in permitting police officers from London to be sent to Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, where the strikes of coal miners were In progress, for the purpose of directing and assisting the local force. The Government Is also to be attacked for the shootin : down of striking miners by the military at Featherstone a few weeks ago. It has not yet been decided whether the resolution will take the form of a vote of want of confidence, but it Is believed that the Unionists and many members on the Tory side of the House will support whatever resolution may bo presented. If only for the purpose of embarasslng the Government.

To Go Out in Glory. The last day will be the climax It will not be attended, probably, by the gayetles and festivities of the fete days at the Fair, yet it will eclipse them all—Chicago Day Included. In the history of the Exposition it will be known as Columbus Day—a final tribute to the memory of the old Admiral. On Friday afternoon the directors began preparations for Columbus Day. They were In monthly session, the last regular meeting of the board before the close of the Fair. This resolution was adopted: “That this board deems it fitting that the closing day of the exposition should be made an unusual event In Its history, and therefore recommends to the council of administration that the said day be termed Columbus Day and that arrangements for its celebration be made on a scale befitting its Importance.» The first step to make the closing of the Fair an Imposing event was taken a moment later, when a second resolution was adopted urging President Cleveland and his Cabinet to come from Washington and take part la the solemnities of Columbus Day. All Badly Scared. When the 2,800 passengers of the whaleback Christopher Columbus set their feet on the dock at Van Buien street, Chicago, Friday morning at 12:80 o’clock they were a grateful lot. For more than six hours they had been tossed about by the waves of Lake Michigan In the densest fog that has prevailed on the lake for many months and most of the time in total darkness. Not a person who was on board will ever forget that ride from Milwaukee to Chicago. Hundreds had never been off land before, and the tossing of the vessel, together with the almost frigid fog, and fears of going to the bottom produced scenes that were far from reassuring. Several times a wild rush was made for life preservers, and only the sternest orders from the ship's officers could restrain the almcst panic-stricken crowd.

Indianapolis City Election. Complete but unofficial returns from Indianapolis’ election for city officers and members of the Common Council give Denny, Republican candidate for Mayor, 16,127 votes, and Sullivan, Democrat, 12,973, making the Republican majority 3,154. Two years ago Sullivan carried the city by a majority of 2,722. Out of fifteen wards the Democrats carried but five. The candidates for minor offices on the Republican ticket are all elected, but by smaller majorities, and the Council will also be Republican, thus giving that party control of the city.

Four Were Killed. A pitched battle took place near Two Medicine creek, on the east slope of the Rockies near Kalispell, Mont., between five train robbers who held up the Northern Pacific passenger train near LivingStone’ 'and the Blackfoot Indian police under United States Marshal Jackson, in which three of the robbers and one Indian were killed and another so badly wounded that he will not live. Family Poisoned by a Neighbor. News comes of the wholesale poisoning of a farmer's family near Jericho Springs, Ma lhe poison was placed In the well. The mother died In a few hours and no hopes of recovery are entertained for three of the children and two others not members of the family, but who took dinner at the house. It is supposed the poisoning was done by a neighbor who bore the family a grudge. The Cup Will Stay. For the third time the Vigilant has passed the Valkyrie, and the American cup will stay in this country for another year. With plenty of wind, with a splendid sea. and an almost Ideal day for yachting the beautiful white boat passed the Britisher Friday, and, amid the blowing of whistles and the cheering of men, while women waved their handkerchiefs, the Vigilant won. Systematically Stole Bank Funds. Since the arrest of Cashier Jacob Arnold, of the Merchants’ Bank. Lockport. N. Y.. for forgery, District Attorney King finds that the greater portion of the money stolen by him was taken during the last year, and the shortages were covered up whenever the bank examiner put in an appearance by forged notes covering the losses. South Dakota's Loss. The main building of the South Dakota State University burned at Vermillion,

Sunday morning, entailing a loss cf SIOO,00U or more, without insurance. The building had only recently been provided wlih complete fire appliances on each floor, but the halls were so filled with smoke that they could not be reached. The secretary’s repords were all saved and those of the President The mineral cabinets and valuable books of the library were saved. A student named D. Wallace, from Elk Point, received Injuries by jumping from a window. The whole east win? seemed nearly free from fire when an explosion, caused by the escape of heated air, blew out the stone gable at the south end. Ernst Fisher was struck upon the temple and shoulder by rocks and seriously Injured. O hers were slightly hurt Nothing was saved In the museum, where there were many valuable specimens that cannot be replaced.

EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST. The Steamer Dean Richmond Goes Down in the Storm. The steamer Dean Richmond foundered off Dunkirk, N. Y., Saturday night, with all on board Three bodies were found on the beach Sunday morning mingled with a large quantity of wreckage. The bodies had life-preservers on. and the men evidently had been killed on the locks after having succeeded In reaching port after a hard fight with the sea. The beach Is strewn with timbers for miles on each side of the city, and many barrels of flour have come ashore. The identity of only one recovered body could be discovered. It was that of Andrew Dodge. whose residence is unknown. The crew of the vessel numbered eighteen It was toward the close of a most terrific storm that the Richmond went down. The entire system of great lakes was swept by it, and on Sunday morning no less than fourteen lake vessels were reported in trouble—some ashore, some waterlogged, and some stripped of spars and rigging. Many lives were lost.

LARGER IN VOLUME. Business Transacted Shows Some Increase. *■ R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The country has been waiting. While uncertainty has prevailed men have not known what to do with safety, and so have done as little as they could. Industries cannot always wait, and in them an arrest of improvement generally means some reaction. Merchants who have obligations to meet cannot always wait; and for some there has come misfortune. Speculators and traders wait because they have no substantial basis for a judgment. The volume of business transacted increases some, because the longer people go without clothing or food, or other necessaries, the more certain their demand is to revive. Govern* ment crop reports have not helped speculation because they are not in harmony with prevailing judgment.” MOB DEMANDS OFFICES. New Mayor of Indianapolis Is Besieged by Applicants for Places. A nob of fifty or sixty Impatient office seekers crowded around the door of Mayor Denny’s private office in the Indianapolis city hall, and when they found that a guard had been stationed at the door with strict orders not to admit any one their anger knew no bounds and threats of kicking the door open were frequently Indulged in. There are now 900 applications on file for places and 1,580 applications have been filed on the police and fire department forces

Blow for Minnesota Trust Companies. Attorney General Childs, of Minnesota, rendered a decision that trust companies cannot do a legal banking business This is a serious blow to the trust companies of Minnesota, more than lialt of which have been taking deposits and paying from 5 to 7 per cent, interest upon them. It is stated that the case was pushed by the banks, which were losing business rapidly because of their refusal to pay over 4 per cent on time deposits. Mining in Mexico. Considerable mystery surrounds the reported Important gold discovery in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Several large capitalists are interested and have experienced prospectors all through that region where gold Is said to have been found. It is generally believed that the discovery Is one of . much Importance. Gold prospecting Is going on all over the republic stimulated by the great appreciation of that metal Wesley C. Rippey Is Found Guilty. Wesley C. Rippey, the old and eccentric stock gambler, who shot and nearly killed John W. Mackay at San Francisco last February, was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon. Rippey was recommended to the extreme mercy of the court The maximum penalty is two years’ Imprisonment and the minimum six months with a fine.

Hunting Party In a Wreck. A car attached to a Northern Pacific train, containing a hunting party from lowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, was derailed two miles south of New Rochford, N. D., Wednesday morning and twenty persons injured, several of whom may die. Brakeman Is Responsible. The Coroner at La Porte has fixed the responsibility for the recent «reck on tho Wabash Railtoad at' K’lngsbui’y on'Thbmpson, the missing brakeman. Once Rich, Now a Thief. Michael MeGonlgle, at one time worth 8109,000, was convicted of robbing a freight car In the Blair County (Pennsylvania) court, at Hollidiysburj. Receiver for Union Pacific. 8. H. H. Clark has just been appointed receiver of the Union Pacific Road.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 so <ai 6 00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 oo @ 7 00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 26 @ 4 oo Wheat—No. 2 Spring 63 @ 64 Coen—No. 2. 33 @ so Oats—No. 2 29 @ so Rye—No. 2 42 (<a 43 Butteb—Choice Creamery 28)4@ 2914 Eggs—Fresh 19)$® 20)4 Potatoes—Per bn 66 @ 65 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 00 @ 5 00 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 @ 6 75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3 00 @ 3 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red. go @ 61 Cobn—No. 2 White 40)4® 41U Oats—No. 2 White 31 ® 31)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 25 Hogs 5 00 @ 7 00 W heat—No. 2 Red 69 ® 61 COBN—No. 2 36 @ 36)4 Oats—No. 2. 26 ® 27 BaBLEY—No. 2 63 @ 60 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 & 4 75 Hogs 3 00 @ 6 75 Sheep 2 00 @ 3 00 W heat—No. 2 Red 63 ® 63)4 Corn—No. 2 42 @ 44 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 29!$@ 30)4 Rye—No. 2. 60 @ bi DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 75 Hogs 3 00 ® 6 75 Sheep 3 00 ® 3 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 @ 64 COBN—No. 2 Yellow 42 @ 43 Oats—No. 2 White 31 ® 32 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 62 @ 63 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow 41 @ 42 Oats—No. 2 White 29 ® 30 Rye—No. 2.; 48 ® 49 BUFFALO. W heat—No. 1 Hard 70 @ 72 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow 44 @ 45 Oats—No. 2 White 35 ® 36 Bye—No. 2 61 @ 53 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 61 @ 61)4 Cobn—No. 3 38 @ 39 Oats—No. 2 White 23)4® 29)4 Rye—No. 1 46 @ 48 Babley—No. 2. 60 @ m Pobk—New Mess 16 00 @l6 25 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 so Hogs 3 75 ® 7 50 Sheep . 3 25 @ 4 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 @ 69 Cobn—No. 2 47 3 48 Oats—Mixed Western 33 @ 35 Butieb—Creamery 26 9 30 Pobk—Extra Mess 19 25 @l9 75

JOY FOR SILVER MEN.

SENATE FINALLY TIRES OUT AND ADJOURNS. After Being in Continuous Session for Forty, three Honrs a Quorum Cannot Be Found and at I:4S Friday Morning Voorhees Ends the Test. Bad for Repealers. Washington correspondence: The Senate slept with its boots on Wednesday night. The much advertised contest’ of physical endurance had begun, and tne owlish Senators seemed determined to sit it out. All day long there were evidences of preparation for the fight. Few Senators were in the chamber, but a glance into the cloak rooms and a peep into the committee rooms showed many of them sleeping on the couches and sofas, husbanding their stiength for a siege which they appreciated would test most severely every energy which they could muster. Forces on both sides of the battle were divided so as to be able to give each other relief by taking up the defense of their position in turn. The great number of employes of the Senate were likewise separated into relays, in anticipation of continuous work.

The first round of the struggle, at 8 o’clock in the evening, was marked by a challenge from Mr. Dubois and by a notable speech from Mr. Voorhees, in which he defended his management of the repeal bill and declared a question greater than silver or gold had now appeared—the question whether the majority or the minority was to rule in this country. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, made a vehement appeal to' Mr. Voorhees to throw himself “in the breach,” and by returning to his early love, free silver, put an end to the contest. The Senate settled down to an all-night siege. As the evening wore on it became apparent no one in the chamber had any idea, the test of endurance would result in anything but failure. The maneuvering appeared to be solely with putting blame upon the other side.. The Republicans, though taking credit to themselves for having offered cloture and a legal, orderly way out of the difficulty, were still loath to leave the chamber and thus lay themselves open to the charge of having, broken the quorum. The Democrats, repealers and anti-repealers alike were actuated by the same desire. They stuck to their seats or to the cloaK-rooms near by, determined that the quorum should be broken, if at all, by the disappearance of Republicans. It was a case in which two doctors appeared to be sitting up with a dying patient, each determined to be in at the death and to charge responsibility therefor upon the other fellow.

The Senate Adjourns. All night Wednesday night, all day Thursday and until nearly 2 o’clock Friday morning the stars and stripes floated from the flagstaff at the top of the big dome of the Capitol, indicating that the “dignified branch” of Congress was still in session. At 1:45 o’clock Friday morning, after a continuous session of forty-threb hours, the Senate adjourned, on motion of Senator Voorhees. The end had been foreseen for three hours, as one Senator after another abandoned the Senate from sheer exhaustion. At midnight a roll-call disclosed three short of a quorum. It took forty minutes to secure the necessary three. They were Palmer, Berry, and Blackburn. Ten minutes later the quorum was broken again, and this time it took an hour and ten minutes to find a sufficient number for business. During the long wait Voorhees said that he would consent to a recess, but he would not yield to adjournment. His admission was taken to mean that the fight was lost. No sooner had a quorum been secured than it was broken for the third time. This time Sergeant-at-arms Bright made written report to the Senate that at the homes of sixteen absent Senators it was reported that they “were not in.” He specified many other excuses of absentees. It was only too plain that the Sergeant-at-arms’ report was designed as a pretext to make adjournment'natural and necessary. The last word of the report had hardly left the clerk's lips when Voorhees was on his feet. “Mr. President,” said he, in a voice without tremor or emotion, “there need be no comment on the meaning of that report. It tells its own story. I move that the Senate adjourn.” The vote was put and carried without a dissenting voice and the fate of the silver repeal bill was sealed'. What will next bo done is difficult to tell. The silver men have now shown their ability to dictate terms, and it is thought the end will be a compromise on the lines of the Harris amendment. Mr. Harris* Amendment. The amendment introduced by Mr. Harris provides: 1. For the coinage of all the silver bullion In the treasury. representing the government seigniorage, Into full legal-tender dollars at the rate of 3,000,i.00 per month. 2. When this seigniorage shall have been coined the Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase each month bullion sufficient to coin dollars, and to coin the bullion into legaltender dollars. 3. That all paper notes or certificates of less denomination than $1” shall be redeemed and not reissued and that national bank notes of less denomination than $lO shall be redeemed and the national banks required to substitute notes of that denomination. 4. That the $2.50 and $5 gold pieces shall no longer be coined, but when received at the treasury shall be i ecolned as eagles and double eagles. 5. That the holders of standard silver dollars shall be able to exchange such dollars on presentation for notes of the same legal-tender qualities as such silver dollars, which shall be paid for their redemption.

Telegraphic Clicks.

The Cudahy Packing Company will establish a branch house in St. Paul. Fire destroyed thirteen cottages at Nantasket Beach, Mass. Less, $25,000. Burglars robbed the Frederickton, Pa., postoffice of SSO in stamps and SBO In money. An express car on the Frisco Road near Springfield, Mo., was burned with its contents. Six car-loads of supplies have been sent from New York to the stricken city of Brunswick, Ga. Geo. E. Felton, an inmate of the Buffalo Insane Hospital, was beaten to death by an attendant. The body of Dr. Alexander T. Brown was found in his office in Boston under suspicious circumstances. Henry S. Case, a farmer of South Rock Island, 111., was swindled out of $2,500 by confidence men. St. Paul is flooded with counterfeit dollars. The street car company took in 150 of the spurious coins in a week. Marshall Harriss, a negro drain-age-canal laborer, is in jail at Joliet for shootiug James Johnson, also colored. Persons who took part in the Czech demonstration at Prague are being arrested daily and will be severely punished. Marcus Koenigshem, a wealthy pawnbroker, San Antonio, Tex., was found tnurdered. The crime is supposed to have been committed by burglars, as the safe was rifled.

FOUR BLOCKS BURNED.

Eire Starting In a Planing Mill Destroy* Property Worth *400,000. The most disastrous fire that has occurred in Sioux City broke out at 1:15 o’clock in the morning in the Andrews Planing Mill at the comer of Fifth and Water streets, almost in the heart of the manufacturing and jobbing district, and ten minutes later was beyond control. As a result property estimated to be worth 8400,000 was burned, and thirtyfive buildings, which occupied four blocks bounded by West Fourth, West Third, Water and Kansas sti eets, are in ruins. O. C. Treadway is the heaviest loser. When the fire was discovered it was considered insignificant and a still alarm was turned in to a neighboring fire station. Scarcely had the firemen commenced work when the dust in the huge building exploded with a dull report, the walls collapsed and the fire was immediately communicated to a dozen buildings. Then a general alarm was turned in, to which every company in the city responded. The fire was beyond control, though, by this time, and the only hope was to keep the flames from spreading across 3d street. Beyond this street were mills, lum-j ber yards, bridges, factories, etc., worth thousands of dollars, and the whole department was massed here. Firemen stood playing on the flames almost hemmed in by flames, while others directed streams upon them from sheltered spots to make their position endurable. Time and again the fire crossed the street to the City Mills, St. Croix Lumber Yards and other buildings, but each time was extinguished, and finally, after a fight of an hour, the fire was subdued after it had burned four blocks. Thirty-five buildings are in ruins.

FRAUD AT LOUISVILLE.

The Notorious Ringer, Polk Badger, Turns Up at the Track. The second race at the Louisville Jockey Club grounds Wednesday proved a r eal sensation. Little Annie was a 3-to-5 chance, with Cactus Blossom a strong second choice, but both, as well as the other starters, were cleverly beaten by the 8-to-l chance, Little Dan, entered by a man styling himself F. Root, and describing the horse as a "bay gelding, 6, by imp. Glenelg, dam Miss Lightfoot.” On the track the horse was only moderately played, which threw off any suspicions as to him being a ringer until long after the numbers were hoisted and all bets paid. Soon the rumor went out that he was not what he appeared to be, and then suddenly Ed Wiley, who trained Tanner, alias Polk Badget, for two years, informed the judges that Little Dan was the notorious son of Long Taw beyond a question of doubt, he identifying him by a peculiar mark which he has carried since a colt. Upon receipt of this intelligence Colonel M. Lewis Clark, ordered officers to go and bring the man Root and a companion to the judges’ stand, together with the horse, and compel them to identify Little Dan. This word, nowever, came too late, as upon investigation men and horse had bid Churchill Downs adieu, leaving the purse of $250 to be turned over to the owner of the second horse, Interior, and also neglected to settle with Costello, who piloted Little Dan to victory. Once this fact became known the work of tracing the trio began, but further than being tracked to a car at the railway station near by nothing developed as to where they have gone.

MANY LIVES IN PERIL.

Northern Pacific Car Eeavea the Track Near Rockford, N. D. A car attached to a Northern Pacific train, containing a hunting party from lowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, was derailed two miles south of New Rockford, N. D., and twenty persons injured, several of whom may die. The train was bowling along at the rate of twenty miles an hour when those in the forward cars felt the coaches jump and apparently jolt along the ties. Before the cccui ants of the rear car could move they were thrown into a heap and pinned down by broken timbers and car seats. To add to their terror redhot coals flowed from the stove in the car, which had broken from its fastenings, and in a moment the splintered coach was on fire. By the time the trainmen, who were forward and had escaped injury, reached the wrecked coach, it seemed as if every one of the passengers who lay helpless amid the debris must perish in the flames. Two of the victims of the disaster were so close to the fire that their clothes were scorching by the time assistance first arrived. The party was bound for the hunting grounds south of New Rockford and were in the highest spirits. They occupied a private car, which was attached to the accommodation train. The manner of the disaster was such that had the speed of the train been greater, nearly all of the occupants of the car must have been instantly killed.

PERISH BY THE SCORE.

Nearly Four Hundred Street Car Horses Burn at Chicago. Frenzied with fright and driven into a stampede by a raging fire that broke out in the Wallace street barns of the Chicago City Railway Company, nearly 400 hordes were either suil'ocated or burned to death. The barn was one of the largest in the city, and one-half of it was burned to the ground. In the other half were stored eighty winter cars, worth SIOO,OOO. They were all saved, the two sections of the building being separated by a heavy brick wall. On the second floor of the portion destroyed were thirty cars, which were destroyed, together with 200 tons of hay and 500 bushels of mixed grain. The total loss as estimated by Superintendent Bowen, of the Chicago City Railway Company, was nearly SIIO,OOO. The blaze started in the very midst of the horses. At the first scent of the smoke the animals became frenzied. As the fire spread the uproar increased. All the horses were securely tied to the stalls, and there was no escape except for the few which were released from the entrances and sent galloping down the street. Eighty horses were saved. Almost 400 reared, neighed and kicked until the dense cloud of smoke from the burning hay in the loft above came down on them and put an end to their suffering and terror. Of the 381 animals that perished it is the opinion of the firemen that few were burned outright.

Gen. Fairchild is Chosen.

Gen. Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin was elected Commander-in-chief of the Loyal Legion at the annual meeting in Chicago. Gen. Fairchild succeeded ex-President Hayes, who died shortly after his election last fall, at the Philadelphia meeting. Gen. Fairchild enjoys the distinction of being the only man who has been the Commander-in-chief of the two great semi-military organizations growing out of the civi war, he having served the Grand Army of the Republic in its highest office. Ex-President Harrison was the ohoice of a large number of the members of the order, but he attended the meeting for the express purpose oi peremptorily declining the use of his name.

TWELVE ARE KILLED.

AWFUL COLLISION ON THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL. Nine Cars Smashed to Pieces—The Engine of the Second Section of a World’* Fair Excursion Train Plows Through the First Section. Forty Injured. Twelve persons were killed and more than forty injured in a rear-end collision on the Michigan Central Railroad between two sections of a special excursion train from Oswego, N. Y., bound for the World's Fair at 9 o’clock the other morning 100 yards east of the passenger depot in Jackson, Mich. The first section was standing at the depot when the second section nulled in. The morning was dark and foggy and the engineer of the second section did not know he was so close to the station. When he discovered where he was he lost control of his air brake and could not stop his train, and it rushed at the rate of forty miles an hour into the train ahead, plowing under it and throwing the cars in all directions. Nine cars are wrecked completely, and the engine smashed beyond recognition. All but two of those injured will recover. The corrected list of the dead is as follows: Mrs. J. W. Beardsley, Canton, Pa. Miss Harriet Breeze, Pine City, N. Y. William R. Gilmore. Morris Rim, Pa. Mrs. William R Gilmore, Morris Run, Pa. Mrs. D. L. Gibbs, Wheeling. N. Y. Nellie Barrington, babe of Mrs. Anson Harrington’s, Elmira, N. Y., 6 months old. Geo. Huffman. Hawman, N. Y. Mrs. J. H. Keeler, Hammondsport, N.Y’. Maggie McMasters, Penn Yan, N. Y., aged 20. Mrs. Charles Starr, Elmira, N. Y. James Vioodbury, Bath, N. Y. Mrs. Lloyd Woodbury daughter-in-law of James Woodbury, Bath, N. Y.

Happening as it did in the center of the city the accident attracted an enormous throng of onlookers within a few minutes of its occurrence. The crash of the trains as they met, the hissing of steam from broken valves and burst pipes was audible a long distance away, and. it seemed as though every one within hearing was on the spot five minutes after the collision. As the news spread the crowd increased until at last the greater portion of the population of the town blocked the street beside the tracks.

Ready hands were prompt to assist in the work of rescue. A hundred volunteers set to work to raise the timbers that imprisoned the wounded and concealed the dead from view. So actively was the work pursued that within twenty minutes after the accident six dead bodies had been taken from the wreck and a number of wounded set free. There was no difficulty in discoverng the whereabouts of the injured. The air was filled with their piteous cries. Women shrieked in agony, pinioned and helpless by the weight of the huge masses of timber and metal As the upper layer of wreckage was removed and the first of the victims leached the horror of the spectacle sickened the onlookers. Grewsome Sights and Sounds.

Splintered boards were lifted with particles of human flesh adhering to them. A stream of blood trickled slowly from beneath'one of the broken cars and flowed into a pool at the very feet of the. crowd. Arms and legs were seen protruding from beneath the timbers. Women who had been drawn to the spot rued their curiosity. Half fainting with the grewsome sights and sounds, they pressed backward to fly from the horrible scene, but in vain. The throng was far too dense to allow them to draw back. It was among the worst features of the sight. They stood covering their eyes with their hands and imploring the bystanders to allow them to depart. It was with some difficulty that a l*ne could be formed in the crowd to permit of the removal of the corpses. The local police were compelled to fight tooth and nail to prepafe a way by which the task could be carried out. When this was accomplished the injured and dead were removed in all sorts of extemporized ambulances, grocers’ carts and delivery wagons that chanced to be at hand being pressed into the service. • The neighboring houses were, converted into hospitals and every doctor in the city was summoned to the spot. Thousands of people were aboard the two trains, and they were wedged in in all kinds of shapes. It is miraculous, considering the shape the cars were in, that any at all escaped without injury in some of the cars.

Notes of Current Events.

Geo. A. Morse, of Minneapolis, has fled. He is a forger to the extent of 820,000. Frank Louz, keeper of a restaurant at Council Bluffs, la., ended his life by shoo ting. Mrs. Conkling, widow of the late Senator Conkling, is critically ill at Utica, N. Y. Ex-Speaker Reed, of Maine, opened the Republican campaign at Cincinnati by a protection speech. James C. Hueston, once manager of the Associated Press, died at New York of cerebral meningitis. At Indianapolis the court decided Iron Hall Receiver Failey acted right in placing the funds at interest. War in the Order of Railway Telegraphers is on again by an Omaha appointment opposed by Chief Ramsay. Mgr. Satolli has reinstated the Rev. Father M. C. Brennan, of Colorado, reversing the decision of Bishop Matz. A CORN knife used in killing the Wrattan family near Washington, Ind., has been found and gives the officers a clew. Reports received at London say that only the terms remain to be settled by which Brazil will become a monarchy. Leon Foltz, a well-known business man of Memphis, Tenn., committed suicide at Whitehall Landing, Ark., by drowning. IN a collision on the Mississippi Valley road at La Place, La., Engineer Halfield and Henry Gordon were seriously injured. John A. King, of Des Moines, was found dead on the railroad track. Indications are that the young man met with foul play. Wreckage from the missing steamer Valkyrie has been picked up on Sable Island. She left Sydney for New York two months ago. James Dolan and Tim Pierce were rescued from a burning mine in the Horseshoe District, Colorado, by a man named Timson.

Officials at Whiting, Ind., are indignant at Fort Wayne railway officers for attempting to suppress facts about the recent wreck. The Commercial Travelers’ Association has decided to establish the proposed Commercial Travelers’ Home at Binghamton, N. Y. The Jura-Simplon Railway Company has contracted with the Brand Company, of Hamburg, and Locher & Co., of Zurich, to cut a tunnel through the Simplon, at a cost of over £4,000,000.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. The Tucker bill repealing the Federal) election laws passed the House Tuesday' without amendment, by a vote of 200 yeas to 101 nays. In the Senate Mr. Turpie, of Indiana, presented a petition of citizens of Richmond, Ind., asking that the use of the mails be denied newspapersand other mall containing reports of prize tights. P. M. Bqulre, of Washington, offered an amendment to the pending silver repeal bill. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Allen of Nebraska, calling for information as to money borrowed by the United States, if any, since 1885, was agreed to. The resolution offered Monday by Mr. Dolph of Oregon calling for information as to whether China has requested an extension of the time in which Chinese laborers were required by the act of May, 1892, to register, was laid before* the Senate, and Mr. Dolph started to speak in favor of its adoption. Mr. Sherman suggested that the matter should be discussed in executive session, and the Senate went into executive session. When the Senate met Wednesday only twelve Senators were present to hear the chaplain’s prayer. The repeal bill was taken up and Mr. Cockrell of Missouri resumed his speech against the bill. Mr. Cockrell said the opponents of repeal stood to-day, and would stand throughout the struggle, ready and anxious to pass the pending bill with amendments. When the House met, Mr. Hunter of Illinois introduced a joint resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Rules, to take a recess that members might attend the World’s Fair. Mr. Brickner of Wisconsin secured the passage of a resolution authorizing the State of Wisconsin to erect in Statuary Hall a statue to Pere Marquette, the missionary.

After a Continuous session of forty-two hours, during which absolutely nothing was accomplished, the Senate adjourned at 1:40 a m. Friday because no quorum' could be mustered. The House is lu session, but nothing is being done. The Senate met Friday at 11 o’clock, and, though badly demoralized by its for-ty-two-hour session, proceeded at once to the discussion of the silver issue. Noticewa* given by three Senators of the introduction of as many amendments to the repeal bill. In the House a bill was passed increasing from 75 to 100 the number of army officers who may bo detailed for military Instruction at educational institutions. The session of the Senate Saturday lasted only six hours. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, denied having ever intimated that he would vote against unconditional repeal as proposed to the Voorhees substitute. Various Important amendments to the rules were offered, which propose to forbid reading by Senators of speeches, either written or printed; to permit the counting of Senators present and not voting; to disqualify Senators Interested in national banks or national bank stocks from voting on any bill affecting coinage or currency; to provide for closing debate on any bill or resolution by the same arrangement as is now in operation in the House of Representatives. The silverpurchase repeal bill was taken up, and was under discussion when adjournment was taken. At no time during the day were there more than 100 members present in the House, and the discussion of the bill for the suspension for six months of the provisions of the Geary exclusion act was rather dreary and uninteresting. Without disposing of the bill the House at 5 o’clock adjourned. Thn Senate met with large attendance Monday morning, but the opponents of repeal so managed matters that no vote could be taken. The House resumed the discussion of the McCreary bill to amend the Geary- Chlnpse exclusion act The first amendment called up was that offered ,by Mr. Geary defining a Chinese merchant and containing the photographic feature. It was agreed to with practical unanimity, the vote standing 120 to 10. An amendment was agreed to providing that no Chinese person heretofore convicted in a court of the United States shall be permitted to register. The question then recurred on a lengthy subject offered by Mr. Mahon (Rep. Pa.) the purport of which is that it shall be the duty of the master of any vessel carrying *ll Chinese or other alien immigrants to receive a statement from each passenger. Lost The question was then upon the final passage of the bill, and on a standing ▼ote there were 167 in the affirmative and 9 in the negative.

THE SMALL-CHANGE POCKET.

It Breeds Profligacy and There-Should Be a Crusade Against It. “A ‘Congress to Abolish the SmallChange Pocket’ would be an appropriate way in which to wind up the series ofmeetiigfl uncfer Bonney, ,r remarked a sad-eyed man at Chicago. “There is nothing in the world that tends more in the direction of profligate expenditures. The Sherman law has had the major part of the burden of hard times laid upon its shoulders, but no greater evil to the prosperity and financial well-doing of humanity exists to-day than the little receptacle on the right-hand side of a man’s coat, where the stray nickels, dimes, quarters, and halves find their way when a large bill is changed. From the moment the coins drop into the pocket they might as well be charged up to dead loss,-for the owner loses their identity right then and there, so far as value is concerned. It is so easy, when passing along through the streets, in the shops, or the many places where there are opportunities to spend money in little driblets, to dip into this pocket, and it is cleaned out before one has any notion of it. To the change-pocket also I lay the blame to a considerable extent of the increase in the drink habit. Many a man has indulged himself in a cocktail simply because he had the price so handy, whereas had he kept it in a purse he might have thought twice before drinking. I might go on enumerating the evils growing out of the small-change pccket system, but I have told enough to show that the time has arrived to take up the cudgel against it and begin the crusade for its abolishment.”

Should Fight Before Breakflast.

A prominent Western specialist declares that a man shot in the abdomen when his stomach is empty has by far better chance of recovery than if he had recently eaten heartily. Applying his theory to soldiers, he says, they ought to do their fighting before breakfast.

No Chimneys in Ancient Times.

Chimney.s were unknown to the ancients and are not mentioned by any Greek or Roman architect. A hole in the roof let out the smoke.

Capital Cullings.

Congressmen from Chicago met and decided to lose no time in urging a bill for a new postoffice. Purchases of silver under the Sherman law promise to be less for October than for August and September. Judge Hunter offered a resolution that the House take a recess to see the Fair. Mr. Outhwaite objected. Mr. Van Alen’s nomination to be Minister to Italy came before the Senate, but went over without action. Chairman Wilson of the House Ways and Means Committee thinks the tariff bill will be ready Nov. 1.