Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1894 — Page 2

tHjeJfniocnrtirSriitiiiei J. w. McEWEN, Publisher. RENSSELAER. - - - INDIANA.

SWEPT FROM A RAFT.

TWO DROWNED AT MANHATTAN BEACH. Japan Is Mistress of the Oriental Seas— Mysterious Theft of a Cask of Gold— Kastern Colorado Crops Fall—Deaths by Explosion. . Perish in View of Thousands. While 3,008 persons were disporting in the lake at Manhattan Beach at Chicago, Tuesday afternoon, a raft bearing twelve bathers sank beneath its load and the merrymakers were thrown into the water. Some of them grabbed hold of the life line as they went over, and not being Taut the line also sank to the bottom. Of the twelve thrown into the lake two were women. Ten persons managed to reach the shore in safety, some of them being assisted in by cool-headed men. One man and one woman were drowned: Julius Greenburg, 483 South Paulina street, 25 years old, married; Ada McCann, supposed to be right name, 2007 Armour avenue; Greenburg’s wife and children watched him from the shore as he battled for bis life with the wares It is said Miss McCann was in company with 8. R. Lush, a reporter for a morning paper. Luth, the police say, was on the raft with her and made no effort to save her. As soon as he reached the shore he dressed and went away. It is also claimed that there was not a line dr a buoy or a life preserver thrown to the unfortunate bathers, and if some of them had not been powerful men and good swimmers the loss of life would have been greater. Many acts of heroism were witnessed by the spectators on the beach and the other thousands in the water. CASK OF GOLD TAKEN'. One of the Boldest and Cleverest Tricks in Criminal History. The story of one of the boldest and cleverest robberies in the world’s history came tn light Tuesday. A cask of gold—sso,ooo In good American $lO pieces—disappeared either from the La Touralne during her last trip to Europe or from a railway train between Havre and the French capital. (The theft has supplied the French police with the most puzzling mystery their genius has been called upon to tackle in a great many years. There is not the slightest clue to the manner in which the gold Was stolen or of Its present unlawful custodians, but it is gone, and a bit New York Insurance company which guaranteed its Safe delivery will have to stand the loss. The thieves who managed to confiscate the precious metal were undoubtedly most clever, as the gold was guarded by armed men and protected by every precaution known to the shippers of treasure. Hut in Stealing the $50,000 the thieves overlooked $1,953,000 in $lO and *2O gold pieces thet were included In the shipment from New York by the steamship La Touralne.

A JUDGE 51,558 SHORT. Investigation Sustains Charges of Cleveland Central Labor Union. An export accountant, employed by a j Cleveland newspaper, has been at work Tor several days on the records of the United States Court, investigating the charges made by the Central Labor Union •gainst United States Judge A. J. Ricks. The paper to-day prints a lengthy tabu- | lated statement showing a discrepancy of 1 $1,558 against Judge Ricks when he was Clerk of the United States Circuit Court. Michigan Republican Ticket. Michigan Republicans In convention at Grand Rapids, Tuesday, placed the following ticket In the field: Governor John T. Rich Ist eaten ant Governor Alfred Milnes ! Secretary of State... Rev. Washington Gardner Treasurer James M. Wilkinson Auditor General Stanley W. Turner Attorney General Fred A. Maynard land Commissioner William A. French Rapt. of Public Instruction.. ,H. R. Pattongill Member Board of Education.. Perry F. Powers Crops a Total Failure. Special dispatches from six counties in Eastern Colorado, alon? the Kansas and Nebraska lines, report that owing to the hot winds the crops will be a total failure Many farmers are leaving in search of employment, and many more would go if they coaid get away. Great suffering and hardships will surely result, as the crop was very light last year. Three Men Killed by an Explosion. At Field Station, Man., a freight left east bound, having an engine both front -and rear until the train had passed a steep grade. The boiler of the rear locomotive burst, blowing the engine into atoms and Instantly killing Engineer Wheatley and Fireman Hunt A brakeman, George Kemp, on the rear car, was fatally lujured by flying fragments. Great Victory for the Japs. Another naval battle between the Chinese and Japanese fleets was fought Monitor. After a fierce fight the Chinese iron- i Clad man-of-war Chen Yuen, the largest and most recently built ship in the Chinese navy, was sunk, and two crusiers built by the Armstrongs at Elsewick were captured by the Japanese About 1,000 Chinese were atoln. Three Are Missing. A small yacht carrying six persons was Capsized Sunday in the Hudson River oppoaite Hastings, N. Y., during a severe •quail and thunder-storm. Three of the passengers are reported to be missing, and t Is feared they were drowned. Voorhees Very Much Improved. Tuesday night Senator Voorhees' phyalclaa said that there had been a marked Improvement in the Senator’s condition. Mr. Voorhees’ friends, who had become •omewhat alarmed, now express hopes of Ua speedy recovery. Smuggled Opium Seized. San Francisco Custom-house Inspectors seventy-five cans of opium on the coasting steamer City of Puebla •■-../■ - Two Infant Burglars. Fred Frunhelger, a;ed 12, and Charley Schroeder, 9 years old, were arraigned before Justice Kersten, Chicago, on charges of burglary. William Meine, a groceryJnan, was tl»e complainant and in evidence offered an assortment of canned goods 1 which had been recovered. The boys confessed the crime. Two Buildings Collapse. The large brick building at Dallas. Texas, occupied by the Wells-Fargo Express Company and L. Craddock’s large *rocery house, collapsed Tuesday. A number of people were buried In the ruins, ' -p,;; I Stoned the Non-Union Men. After a tie-op lasting several weeks, •whig to a strike of lie employes, the j Youngstown (Ohio) Streetcar Company re•nrned operations with non-union men. Ties were piled on the track at the west- I arn terminus of the road by the strikers •ad cars stoned, but no one was injured. Dltehes Filled with Hailstones. A hailstorm of unusual severity swept over the northern seoiion of Mississippi on Thursday night. The .stones were enor- I uums, and fell so thick and fast that ditches on plantation* were jammed and lowlands flooded. Too damage to crops is

t>EBS WILL GIVE BA ITFamous Contempt Case Adjourned Until Sept. 5. There was an exciting session of the United States court at Chicago in the Debs et at conspiracy case Wednesday morning. Judge Woods, in formally overruling the motion to dismiss the information against the defendants, arraigned the strike, pronouncing it illegal and in violation of the order issued by the United States court A minute later. In a hot speech, Attorney Erwin alleged there was a conspiracy against the railway employes, and be fiercely and bitterly denounced It with all his power and energy. Such a picture did the attorney draw of the alleged conspiracy and such knowledge did he profess of its existence that Judge Woods gave the attorney a warm response when the latter concluded hfs remarka The case was continued until 5. Debs announced for himself and the other defendants who have been staying In jail that they would give ball and gain their freedom. Attorney Gregory at the opening of court asked for a formal ruling on his motion to quash the information against the defendants. Judge Woods prefaced his formal ruling with a review of the general aspect of the case. “This action (not to call it a strike) was Illegal and unlawful,” he said, “and in violation of the order of the United States court. When Pullman cars were placed upon the railroads of the country and attached to various trains doing business between States the/ became a part of the machinery of interstate commerce and any interference with their operation became a violation of the laws of the United States No matter what the nature of the effort to interfere, whether by turning a switch or directing others to engage in Interference, it became a violation of law.” JAPANESE MINISTER RECALLED. The Recall Said to Have No Connection with the Corean Trouble. Gozo Tateno, Japanese Minister to Washington, has been recalled to Japan and Mr. Kuklno, an experienced diplomat, has been appointed to succeed him. Tokio advices say this change is made on account of dissatisfaction at the mqpiner in which Minister Tateno has conducted tho negotiations with the Washington Government looking to the modification of tho extra-territorial treaties. The reason assigned for the change is said by a Washington correspondent to be erroneously stated. While there have been negotiations between the governments of Japan and the United States since 1882, looking to a revision of tho treaties, little has been donoin this respect recently and the notes that have passed contain no matter that was objectionable to our government cr that even in tho slightest degree could subject Mr. Tateno to censure by his own government Furthermore, it can be positively stated on the highest authority that the change in the legation is in no way connected with the communications addressed to the Japanese Government by the Department of State on the Korean imbroglla A successor to Mr. Tatento has been appointed, which would not have been the case had the Japanese Government been disposed to resent Secretary Gresham’s representations.

SEVENTEEN SEAMEN LOST. British Bark Wrecked and All on Board Go to the Bottom. Word has been received In San Francisco of the wreck of tho British bast: William La Lacheur off Cape St James, on Provost Island, 630 miles from Singapore: The vessel left Singapore tor Hong Kong May 4, to load at the latter port for San Franclsca She never reached her destination, and her bones are now bleaching on the rocks off Cape St James, while tho bodies of her crew are strewn along the shore or are lying at the bottom of the ocean. Out of the crew of seventeen not a man was left to toll the tale. When she went ashore is not known, but it was probably a few days after she left Singapore. When she left the latter port light southwest monsoons wera blowing, which helped the vessel along in her course. The wind freshened and the bark soon found herself in a howling typhoon. The William La Lacheur was forty years old, but her timbers wore stout aud she had weathered many a heavy blow. STOLEN BY MILLIONS. Duplicate Bonds for 515,000,000 Issued and Sold. Whether or not millions of dollars have been stolen from the finance department of New York City will probably be determined within a few days by the filing of an application before Supreme Court Judge William J. Gaynor for the banning of an investigation in the Comptroller's office. It has been alleged for weeks past that Important discoveries have been made in connection with the finances of the municipal government which seem to show that the city treasury has been robbed of $15,000,003 by means of tricks of bookkeeping, and more especially In the work connected with the issue, payment and cancellation of municipal bonds Fire Horror in Washington. Additional details of the fire which broke out In Knox's stables, at B and Second streets, Washington, early Wednesday morning confirm the dispatches which placed the number of dead at three. Not since the big fire In the patent office many years ago has the fire department of tho District had to cope with so fierce a conflagration. All Its appliances were brought into action, but all efforts wore unavailing to save the property from destruction. Five firemen were crushed under the falling walla Four men were injured by falling walls and timbers, and these were at once removed to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. Three of the firemen lost their lives, and over two hundred horses were burned. » The National Game.„ The clubs of the National and Western Leagues stand as follows in the championship race; RATIONAL LEAGUE. Perl per W. L. cent. ( W. L. cent. Boston ....13 27 .668 Pittsburg.. 42 81 .625 Baltimore .40 28 .022 Cincinnati.B9 bo .sou New Y0rk..47 81 .60S St. Louie . .35 48 .422 Cleveland.. 44 31 .671 Chicago... .32 46 .410 Brookiyn .42 33 .Sro Louisville .26 64 . 328 PnH deip a. 33 35 .627 Waahingt'nZS 56 .291 .■WESTERN LEAGUE. „ Per Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Sioux City. 49 26 .662 Indl’n’p’Ua 38 41 .481 Toledo 43 32 .673 Grd Raplds:i9 42 .481 Minne'p'lls42 35 .646 Detroit... .30 4« .896 Kansu C’y.4l 35 .689 Mllwankee.2l 47 .809 Campaign On in lowa. The lowa Republican State convention Wednesday, nominated a full State ticket at Des Moines adopted a platform which contains no reference to prohibition and adjourned. Following are the nominees: Secretary of StateW A McFarland Auditor of State CO. McCarthy Treasurer Jonn S . Herriott Attorney General Milton Remley Judges of Supreme Court{ g £ Railroad CommissionerC. L. Davidson Clerk of Supreme Court Charles T. Jones bupreme Court Reporterß. I. Ballinger Wisconsin Republican Ticket* Republicans of Wisconsin met in convention at Milwaukee, on Thursday, and placed the followin’ ticket in the field: Governor.. William H. Upham Lieutenant Governor.. .Emil Baensc-h Secretary of State Henry Casson State Treasurer Sewell A. Deterson Attorney GeneralW. H. Mylrea Supt. of Public InstructionJ. Q. Emery Railroad CommissionerD. J. McKenzie Insurance CommissionerW. A. Frlckle Chairman State Central Committee..lLC.Thom Three Men Killed. At Ashland. Pa., one of a nest of six boilers at Lehigh Valley colliery Na 4 exploded Saturday night, instantly killing oat man and aivarely injuring three

others, two of whom have since died. The dead are: John Miller, aged 45, of Girardville; John Laubach. aged 25, of Shenandoah; Darby Shields aged 45, of Shenandoah. Miller leaves a widow and four children and Shields a widow and five children. Laubach was a single mao. Tho fourth victim was Steve Solsky. a Polander. who | was badly scalded about the face and body, but will recovet The cause of the explosion is a mystery, the boilers having been I inspected Friday. At the time of the ex- : plosion the men were enzaged in maldng the steam-pipe connections and placing the fires under the boilers. The building was wrecked and two other boilers were . displaced. BOWDEN SOUNDLY THRASHED. Manager of the Duval Athletic Club Pun- • lihed by a Con doctor. 3. E. T. Bowden, who achieved notoriety , as the manager of the Duval Athletic j Club, which organization pulled off the j Corbett-Mitchell fight at Jacksonville, | Fla., last February, was horse whipped to I within an inch of his life Friday. Bowdon's I assailant was a Mr. Brunson, a Pullman ! car conductor, and the was an alleged insult to Mrs. Brunson Brunson met Bowden in a saloon, covered him with a pistol, and then proceeded to wear out a buggy whip on him. Bowden begged for mercy, but Brunson was implacable, and when he finished Bowden was in a pitiable condition. His face was a mass of bruised and quivering flesh, and his clothing was | cut to shreds. Brunsou is a six-footer, and j weighs over two hundred pounds. Bowden is about five feet high and weighs about ninety-five pounds. It is feared that further trouble will follow. Bowdea denies that he insulted Mrs. Brunson. OUTLOOK IS UNCERTAIN. Delayed Business Traffic Crowds the Railroads. R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The heavy outgo of gold, the fall of the treasury reserve and of the price of-' wheat to the lowest point on record and the Increasing uncertainty about the tariff have entirely overshadowed other Industries. Business delayed for months by two great •trike: now crowds the railroads and swells returns and gives the impression of revival in business. But it is not yet clear how far there is an increase in new traffic, distinguished (rom th a, J whiyh (md been merely blockaded or deferreJ. In seme branches there has been more activity, buE in others less, because events early this week led many to Infer that no change of tariff would be made. The internal revenue receipts on whisky suddenly dropped more than half, and sales of wool greatly Increased. But tho uncertainty 1: not retiidved ' r 3m<l, ,, tauch of the business . done seems to ,bp in the nature of Insurance age lust possibilities. STEPHEN SOPER IS PENNILESS. Well-Known Writer of Engineering Books Begging Aid. An old man, who is a remarkable character, called at the Mayor’s office at Cincinnati and asked for aid. His name is Stephen Soper. He is the author of more books on practical engineering than almost any other man in this country or England. At the Centennial his books received awards of merit. and there is hardly an engineer Or fireman in the United States who has not read his writings. He is a a pioneer in tills class of literature. He It 73 years old, white-haired and tottering. Speaking of his books, he said: “I settled in Philadelphia, and saved J 7.500 out of their sale, but the bank failed. lam an old man. past my usefulness. 1 have been here for three days, and have had no nourishment but water. I sleep in the streets. Yesterday I wns tempted to suicide.” The engineers will help hltn on to Chicago. HE KILLED A PLAYFUL GHOST. Young Woman Is Fatallr Shot While Making Sport of a Caller. At Newbern, Ind.. Dr. Con Beck called upon Miss Grace Cohee, and shortly before midnight Miss Cohee left the Doctor sitting on the front veranda, and went back through the house to get a drink. the took her slippers off, and throwing a white wrap over her shoulders came around to the front veranda pluying ghost Trio Doctor did not suspect it was Miss Colieo and pulling his pistol called to the apparition to halt three times, but she heeded him not when ho fired twice, one ball passing through her stomach and one through her leg. She is still living, but it is not thought she can live. The Doctor is almost insane over bis fatal blunder. Journalist Wounds a Deputy. A duel with swords was fought between M. Paul Deschanel and M. Clemenceau, at Paris. M. Deschanel was wounded in the cheek. The duel was on account of an article published In Lu Justidj, Clemenceau’s paper, which M. Deschanel claimed was an Insulting reply to a speech made by him In the Chamber of Djputies. Wulff Is the Leader. The Illinois Republican convention at Springfield, Wednesday, nominated tho following ticket: TreasurerHenrv Wulff. Sup. of Public Instruction.B. M. Inglis. Trustees of State Uni ver- / ¥. rß ' Flower-/-Alex. McLean. 81ty ) 8. A. Bullard. Many Mlles of Cable Laid. At noon Thursday 1,577 miles of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company’s new cable had been laid, the Scotia then being in latitude 5213 north, longitude 17.02 west. Broke Pullman's Windows. Simon Reskln was arrested while throwing stones and smashing window-panes in George M. Pullman’s Chicago residence. He was held to the Criminal Court In S3OO

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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FIRE FIEND S FURY.

THREE TOWNS SWEPT WITH THE BESOM OF DESTRUCTION. Phillips, Wla., and Belie Plaine and Brook]yn, lowa, Almost Annihilated—Thirteen Lives Known to Have Been Lost-An Unprecedented Disaster. A Day of Horrors. Thirty-nine buildings ont of "00 stand amid smoke and ashes in the site of what was Friday the flourishing city of Phillips Wis, the county seat of Price County, and one of the wealthiest and most prosperous of all the towns in the timber regions of Wisconsin. Three thousand people are homeless and, except those who have baen offered shelter in the neighboring towns, have no covering for their worn out bodi.’s. Worse than all, at least thirteen people are known to have lost their lives. The dead are: James Locke, uulcber, wife aud five children. Frank Cllss, in charge of the dry kilns of the John R. Davii Lumber Company, and 2-year-old child. Mrs. David Brydo 1. wife of the foreman of the Fayette fehaw Tannery, at.d two cullci re 11. Mr Br.den was also supposed to have died, but returned homa that night, having been away from the city, only to hear that his family had perished. Unknown man. All the dead were drowned in Elk Lake while trying to escape from tho lire, except the unknown man whose body wan found in the ruins of the house of F. W. Sackett, editor of the Phillips Times.

MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF FOREST FIRES.

The property loss cannot at this time ba accurately estimated, but it will reach at least $),250,0j0. The immense plant of the John R. Davis Lumber Company is a total loss, amounting to between $500,0J0 and $600,0 0. On this property there is an insurance equal to at least four-hfths the value of the plant. Of the rest of the city about half the property was insured. ■ Many of the poorer people carried no insurance on their homes, and they have lost every thino’. There were many tine business blocks and private residences in the city, and every one was burned to the ground. Many of the residences cost upward of $3,0b0. and were handsome even for a Northern Wisconsin city. Not since the cyclone of fire that wiped out the existence of the village of Peshtigo, when many people were burned to death, has there been a holocaust of the character of this one. Four gales of fire following each other, as soon as one had accomplished its work of destruction, cut four swaths through the city, leaving standing only the Lutheran Church and some dwellings near the southern limits, and freakish'y jumping over the Woester Town Hall and a group of dwe.lings in the very heart of the burned district. A system of wa'er works, which would ordinarily be ample protection against the blazing forests, was rendered useless by the burning of the pumping station in ttte first fire. Belief Come ■ Quickly. In almost no time provkions consisting of bread, butter, coffee and canned articles had been received from Fifield. Prentice. Dorchester, Medford and Butternut. Te egrams were received from the mayors of Ashland and Stevens Point. The former telegraphed that he would send what was wanted, and a man was at once sent to superin tend the shipment. Stevens Point sent a car-load of provisions. Saturday night eight car-loads of provisions had bean received. Major Upham, who has had experience with the terrors of fire, telegraphed that relief was on the way irom Marshfield as soon a» he arrived home from Milwaukee. Governo? Peck sent the following message from Will wring you relief at once. Wire me at once what is most needed. Keep a stiff upper Up. We are coming as soon as ears can run. , A telegram was sent to the Governor in reply, asking him to send blankets and tents, together with mess tents, for 1,001 people. In response to this the Governor telegraphed that there were no tents available at present, but that he would be there in the morning with sheathing, hammers and nails, and to be ready to begin the con truction of temporary quarters. Ha Iwiy Officials Render Aid. General Manager Whitcomb, of the Central, sent the fo.lowing telegram to all officers and agents: i ou have beard of the disaster that has overtaken Phillips and other points on our line. Use your best efforts to get together supplies that will be immediately useful and. forward them to meet the emergence. All supplies consigned to the authorized relief committee will be transported free, 1 ou wll ' preference over oiher freight. If necessary send supplies on passenger trains to meet immediate wants. People Have Been Courageous. face of the calamity that has befallen the people of Phillips they have manifested a courage that is re- , markable, and have really seemed in good spirits. Every effort nut f rth bas been to care ter the immediate

wants of the unfortunate. Mayor Koch of Milwaukee headed a fund with SIOO, and SSOO city funds were temporarily u ed. Eau Claire, Wausau, and Chip pawa Falls were among those contributing liberally of cash.

lOWA TOWNS SUFFER. Belle Plaine nnd Brooklyn Lose Upward of Half a Million. A fire which started in a Belle Plaine. lowa, blacksmit i shop, I on Saturday afternoon resulted in the nearly total destruction of the ! business part ot town, only three buildings remaining. The loss is esti- I mated at saoo,o 0, with perhaps insurance amounting to $.00,600. The flames, owing to the buildings being very dry, were soon beyond control. From Krohl's livery stable the flames < leaped across the street into another livery stable and the eagine-house and spread up the main street west to ! the Henry Hotel; thenacross the street into a billiard and continuing j east engulfed the entire business part of the city, leaving ruin and ashes in its wake. It was a terribly fierce fire, and with one engine, hook and ladder truck, | hosj carts, and other apparatus noth- | ing could be done to check the flames : which speeded from building to build- | ing with great rapidity. Beople liv- i ing in the tipper stories of buildings were comp lied to flee for their lives. I and in one instance the family ot John ; B. Leicht were rescued from the sec- , ond story of the drug store of Vanme- | ter A Co. by means of ladders, so fast was the spread of the flames. Brooklyn, low*, Stricken. A disastrous fire broke out in Wood i & Kibby’s furniture and undertaking establishment at Brooklyn, lowa, Sat- [ urday morning, and in two hours ev- I ery business building on Front and uackson streets was in ruins, including the Chronicle office, the postoffice, and

the opera house. The loss is, over $150,000 and the insurance nearly SBO,000. The National and Niagara Insurance Companies are the heaviest losers. Others are the Continental, Home, Hartford, Farmers’, Council Bluffs Capitol, North British, JEtna, and Phoenix. The following are the losses, with the amount of insurance carried: Brooklyn Chronicle, $5,000, partly insured; Butts’ barber shop SIOO, no insurance; Wood & Kibby $3,000, insurance $1,500; Dr-. Conawty and Busby SI,OOO. no insurance; Scott, Reed & Scott $:-00, no insurance: Poweshiek County Bank $3,5'0, insurance $2,300; Boston Clothing House $5,000. insurance $3,000; Postoffice $2,500, insurance sl.500: J. H. Wood sl,lou, insurance $810: Rayburn & Lee SI,BOO, insurance Si.SCC; Dr. A. C. Landes $l5O, insured: Charles West S7OO, insured: E. H Talbott SSOO, insured; C. T. Rainsburg $5,003, insurance $3,500; Leonard' Bro*. $10,003. insurance $7,000; William Hankey $12,050, insurance $6,030; Graham Bros. $9,000, insurance $1,500; Dr. A. E. Anger SI,OOO, insurance $600; I. O. O. F. hall $10,000: insurance $6,200; George Kraft $3,000, by damage: Karr Bros. $l”,0.0, insurance $10,000; J. W. Johnson $6,000, partly insured; Mills’ variety store so.OOu, insurance $800; Mustapher & Butts SI,OOO, no insurance; F. P. Shrade • $5,000 insurance $3,500; W. L. Paul S6OO, insurance $300; I. L. Drake sls), insured; Wiliam Manatt $6,000, no insurance; Phil Kilmer SI,OOO, insured: Wocd & Derrance SB,OOO, partly insured: First Bational Bank SIOO, insured; Sterling & Tabott building SIOO, insured; Bowers building S2OO, insured; Boughton, jeweler. SSO, insured; E. R. Bigelow S4OO, insured; Westley Man »tt $4,000, no insurance.

Telegraphic Clicks.

Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind., caused a loss of $.100,00'. Fred and Dude Sackbauer have disappeared from Burlington, lowa. THESouthe n Pacific Railroad shops at Sacramento, Cal., have resumed operations. AT Philadelphia, Paul Frevost died, after having lived four days with a broken neck. R. C. Schofield, uncle of Gen. John M. Schofield, died at Freeport, 111., aged 82 years. Dr. James Phillips was acquitted of pension frauds at St. Paul, Minn. At Evansville, Ind., James Myers, 14 years old. was run over by a hose cart and killed. Every pottery plant in East Liverpool, 0., has resumed operations after the long strike. S. Rtsche's store at Vincennes. Ind., was robbed by burglars of SSOO in cash and a gold watch. Cardinal Gibbons was entertained at Cape May at a dinner party on the anniversary of his b rth. The Minne ota Iron Company has closed a deal for a sixth mine on the Mesaba range-rthe Virginia. Policeman Thompson, of Brunswick, Ga., was murdered by a drunken negro whom he attempted to arrest. A train at Greenville, Miss., ran over the body of a negro who had been murdered and placed on the track. The crops in the vicinity of Chillicothe. Mo., are threatened with destruction by the prolonged drought. Great Northern"striker* were held at Minneapolis in sj,loos j ,loo bail for interfering with mail trains. I

SHRIVELS THE CROPS.

THROUGHOUT THE WEST INTENSE HEAT PREVAILS. Country Scorched by a Sun of Tropica Flereenets—Mercury Passes the Century Mark, aid in Some Case, Goes a. High a, 110—Bain Sorely Needed. Log, Will Be Million,. A hot wind from the south swept all over Illinois, lowa, Minnesota and othar Western States all day Wednesday, I sending the mercury up beyond all [ records. In nearly all cases the century mark was passed, even on the conservative governmental signal service thermometers. Private instruments in some places are reported as high as 108 in the shade. The heat i lasted all day and into the night Vegetation was dried up and the corn crop in many districts has reached a condition where even rain will not save it The following reports are gleaned from i the press dispatches: St Louis—9B degrees in the shade. Quincy, Ill.—The mercury marked 101 degrees in the shade. Abingdon, 11l. —The thermometer , registered 105 degrees in the shade. Marshalltown, lowa—The thermometer registered as high as 108 degrees in the shade. Omaha—Temperature was 103 degrees in the shade. Gieat damage will be done to crops. Boscobel, Wis. —A high, scorching wind has been blowing here. The corn in this section is a total failure. New Hampton, lowa—A hot south wind blew all day, scorching vegetation like blast from a furnace. Holland, Mich.—Tl e heat hasTbeen intense here for several days, the thermometer registei ing 10J decrees in the shad?. Kansas City, Mo.—lntense heat prevails. No rain has fallen for two weeks, and the corn crop in sortie places has been ruined. Dubuque, lowa—Wednesday was the hottest day in the year, 100 degrees in the shade. Wind, as if from a furnace, blew a gale. Waterloo, lowa—Thermometers registered 105 degrees in the shade. A terribly hot wind, prevailed, doing much damage to the corn. .Minneapolis, Minn.—The Mississippi River is at present the lowest here it has been for many years. Thermometer showed 96.2 degrees. Bloomington, Ill.—Wednesday was the hottest day of all this unprecedentedly warm summer. The mercury stood above 100 most of the day. Sioux City, lowa —The thermometer went up to 107 degrees at the weather bureau. Hot south winds blew, and immense damage was done to the corn. Emporia, Kas.—Not a drop of rain has fallen here during the last thirtyone days. The result is that the corn crop in this vicinity is ruined beyond recovery. St.'Joseph, Mo.—The thermometer registered 10'. Hot winds blew a gale from the south, withering the corn and doing immense damage to vegetables and other crops. Yankton, S. D.—For six days the temperature has been at 100 degrees. Wednesday it registered 110 degrees. The hot winds have scorched the growing crops beyond recovery. Concordia, Kas.—At this point the thermometer reached 104 degrees, the highest since the United States Signal Office was established here in 1885. Corn is greatly damaged. Hastings, Neb.—llo degrees in the shade, The high wind prevailing has completely ruined the prospects for corn in Central Nebraska and no amount of rain would be of any avail now. Independence, lowa A hot wave passed over this section, making it tho warmest ever known. The thermometer stood 110 degrees in the shade for six hours. Crops are materially injured. Des Moines, lowa—The heat here Wednesday greatest in ten years according to . official records. Agricultural lowa is in a deplorable condition. Manv farmers are unable to find feed for their cattle, as the pastures are all bare, and lor water they have to drive them ten and filteen miles in places to reach the rivers, as all the wells are dry. It has not rained in many parts ol the State for six weeks. The corn crop is almost beyond redemption.

SLAYER OF CARNOT.

Voting Italian Anarchist Who Stabbed tho President of France. Caserio Sant > Heronymo has sufficiently recovered from tne blows he received at the time he murdered President Carnot, to ba recognizable

and a photograph of his features has been taken by the French authorities. He is 21 years of age and is considei ed much more intelligent than the ordinary anarchist. By birth he is an Italian. His ; parents were poor I and unable t > fur;nish him with instructors, except for a short time. He

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was fond of reading, however, and his mind wasea ly attracted to anarchistic literature. In 1892 he was sentenced, to a term of impri onment at Mian, for distributing anarchist yamph’ets among the troops there. The next year he went to France, settling rear Lyons. It is general y thought that he bad accomplices, though he insists that he a .ted alone.

Sparks from the Wires.

Cholera has broken out at Dantzic, in Northern Prussia. Phil Darling was drowned at David City, Neb., while bathing. Two unknown men were struck by a train and killed at Altoona, Pa. A STATUE of Gen. John A. Logan was u rveiled at Hot Springs, S. D. ' A receiver has been appointed for the Lansing (Mich.) Lumber Company. Hans Tolfsen. aged 70. was killed at Moline, II 1 ., by falling from a haymow. Fourteen prisoners attempted to break jail at Detroit, Mich. Two escaped. Comstock’s Hotel and five cottages at Riverside, R. L, burned. Loss, ScO,IOO. I Charles A. Dana and wife, of New York, have returned from their European trip. The English anarchist Mowbray addressed an audience of 501 people in New York. Twenty convicts took part in a riot ia the penitentiary at Jeffersonville, Ind., end Robert Buckner was fatally injured.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and Home. The debate in the Senate Wednesday wu rather terne. The galleries were crowded, as usual, in expectation of a renewal of the great struggle of tbe past few days. Mr. Caffery got tbe floor early and resumed his speech. His remarks did not arouse tnutn Interest, and the galleries were soon visibly thinned cut Mr. Hunton, of Virginia, and his colleague, Mr. Daniel, followed with short and uninteresting speeches, and at 2:31 thg Senate went into executive-session, and shortly aftersard adjourned. , In the House a bill was passed pertnlttioß fourth-e Hiss postmasters to administer oaths te ‘ pens Sorters in remote districts. ' : « In the Senate Thursday only six vote# were cast for free coal and iron ore, Hill's motion to recede being defeated. The day's proceedings in the House were dull in the extreme and one by one the members left their desks, unty by 3:30 o’clock there were not halt a hundred members in the chamber. The conference report on the fortifications bill was agreed la The day bad been assigned to the committee <n interstate and foreign commerce, and some twenty or thirty bills reported from this committee were passed, among them the following: To establish a lighthouse at the entrance to Galveston harbor, Texas, at a cost of $35,000, making Oakland, Cal., a port of entry: amending the act for the construction of abridge across tbe Bt. Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin; to bridge the Osage River in Missouri and the Missouri River near DeWitt. Mo., aud to authorize the SU Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company to bridge Bayou Des Gluiees and Atchafulavu River in Louisiana. At 4:52 p. m. 'bcJToit'e adjourned. The senate Is still occupied with the tariff. The measure has been reported back to conference There was not a quorum ot members in the House Friday at any time, and all tho business transacted was by unanimous consent. Only once was there a hitch, and in this ease advantage was taken otthe absence of a quorum to prevent action on a bill. The message announcing that tho Senate insisted on its amendments to the tariff bill and agreed to the request ot the House for a further conference was received by the House at 3:15 p. m. without, giving rise to any demonstration. At 5 o’clock the House took a recess until 8 o'c ock. The evening session was devoted to private bills. The Senate’s work Saturday was altogether with the tariff. Jhe House held a. short session, but managed In two and onequarter hours to transact a good dealobusiness of a private character. Half a dozen private bills, heretofore favorably acted upon at the Friday night sessions. were passed, as we-e also a number ot other Senate sud House bills. The only thing of importance in the day’s proceedings was the discussion without action of a bill to amend the Revised Statutes so as to give Federal courts additional powers in dealing with violations ot the copyright law as it applies to plays and operas A joint resolution was adopted still further extending the appropriations for 1894 until Aug. 13. and as the thermometer was within speaking distance of the century mark at 2:23 p. m. the House adjourned. The Senate wore an aspect of peace and serenity Monday, In striking contrast to the excitement of last week. Vico President Stevenson had returned and occupied his accustomed seat. Among the bills Introduced in the Senate Monday was one by Mr Allen to provide for the Issue ot $50,000,000 in treasury notes to be distributed pro rata among the Stales “for the relief of the worthy poor.” It was referred to the finance committee. The report of the conferrees on the agricultural appropriation bill, announcing agreement on all tbe amendments but tbe one appropriating $1,000,000 for the extermination ot the Russian thistle, was agreed to. The Senate formally Insisted on this amendment and sent the bill back to conference The sundry civil bill was presented and Mr. Cockrell gave notice that the deficiency bill would be reported. The House joint resolution further extending tbe appropriations until Aug. 14 was passed, as was also a bill authorizing the life-saving service of the Treasury Department to employ crews aud man the stations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Aug. 1 in each year until June 1 of the succeeding year, and along tho lake coasts from the opening to the closeof navigation in each year. Beyond tho passage of a few unimportant bills by unanimous consent nothing was accomplished by the House. Mr. Boutelle offered a resolution congratulating and recognizing the Hawaiian Republic, but on a point of order it was referred to a Committee on Foreign Affairs. The only feature of interest in the proceedings in the Senate Tuesday was a discussion ot tbe site for a new Government printing office. The general deficiency appropriation bill was reported to tho Senate and placed on tbe’ calendar, as was also the House bill to provide a u-iforin system of bankruptcy. The report of the conference committee on the Indian appropriation bill was adopted. The session of the House was brief. Much ot the time was spent discussing the Senate amendment to the agricultural bill appro printing »1,000,000 for tbe destruction of the Russian thistle in the Northwestern States. The House instructed the conforrees to further insist on its disagreement to tills amendment. Representative Boen, of Minnesota. has introduced a bill to abolish national banks. He would make it unlawful to charter a bank or provide additional currency for those already chartered. and directs the secretary to withdraw all deposits of public money from the banks and return them to tbe treasury.

How Baltimore Got Rid of Tramps.

The tramp nuisance had reached such immense proportionsin Baltimorethat the hospitable people of that city got tired feeding the vast multitude of knights of the road who annuallyblew around there at the first sign of snow and lived on the charity of the citizens during the cold months of the year. Last winter the latter resolved to change the order of things and opened up two establishments, to which the people were directed to send the genus tramp. Having arrived there Dusty Rhodes was invited to take a bath, with soap, and was then directed to a wood or stone pile. After exercising his muscle for a white he was furnished food and lodging. The result was the tramn as a species soon emigrated from Baltimore.

Bits of Things.

A drop of oil and a feather will do away with the creaking in a door or creaking chair. The earth's lowest bcdy of water is the Caspian Sea, which has been sinking for centuries. , Tiberas, Palestine, has a meteorological observatory situated (i«2 feet below the level of the Mediterranean, Sea. It is a curious fact, as noted by Sir Samuel Baker, that a negro has never been known to tame an elephant or any wild animil. Several species of ants keep cows,, the aphis answering the purpose, and milk them at regular intervals. The highest mountain in the western continent is Mt. Sorato in Bolivia —21,284 feet, or about four miles. In sewing upon delicate work, tomet’mes, spite of the best of care, a pricked finger will leave behind it a blood stain. This may be removed by an application of damp starch Put a little ordina y raw starch in a cup and pour on it enough cold water tp make it into paste. With a knife spread the paste upon the stain. When dry shake off, and if a trace of the discoloration still lemains make another application) of the starch past*.