Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — Page 2

StieJlcmocraUcSciitincl W. McEWK>', Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

“BIKES" ARE BARRED.

LANDLORDS MAY EXCLUDE THEM FROM OFFICES. The Senate-hud Appropriation BillsNational Banks Gaining in Circula-tion-Quarrel Over a Miser’s Hidden Hoard—Crops Damaged by Water. Bicycles cau be kept cut of Chicago office bildingus if the owners of the latter choose to make rules and regulations to that effect. Judge Payne so decided in denying the bill for an injunction restraining the Galena Trust and Safety Vault Company and other owners of the Fort Dearborn office building from interfering with Attorney John 11. Breckinridge while taking his cycle to his office in that building. The complainaut is a tenant of the Fort Dearborn Building, and in May was refused permision to take his wheel to the twelfth story, upon which iiis office is situated. He brought suit for $25,000 damages against the owners of the building and filed a bill for an injunction. A decision upon the latter was eagerly waited for by wheelmen throughout the city on the ground that it would furnish a test case and decide a mooted question. The Court said he was a wheelman himself, although a mere amateur, but he held that it would appear that the owners of.office buildings had the same rights over ¥heir property as the proprietors of other buildings, and could elect, in their leases, to make such rules and regulations regarding free ingress and egress and the rights of tenants as were reasonable. The bicycle, he said, was a mere vehicle used to carry a person from one place to another and was not an essential feature of either the electric light or law business that was carried on in the •omplainant's office.

OPPOSE ANY CHANGE. Old Senators Object to the Distributing of Appropriation Bills. A movement has been started to have the appropriation bills distributed among a number of committees in the Senate, as in the House. The agitation has begun much earlier than usual for the next Congress. and was in working shape when the last session adjourned. It is coupled \\ ith a general desire among the newer members to secure a more satisfactory representation on the committees generally, and includes among its promoters a sufficient number of Senators to cause the conservatives to feel apprehension over the possibilities. The older men in the Senate will oppose the innovation, and they, too, have been getting their forces into line. The opposition will be based largely on the ground that the change, if made, will have a tendency to promote extravagance in expenditure, and the experience <>f the House will be pointed to in support of this contention. The new system was bitterly attacked at the beginning of the Fifty-second Congress, and a calculation was made by the House appropriation experts. showing an increase in the appropriations under the new system of over 75 cents per capita, exclusive of pensions. This, the opponents of the distribution: plan claimed, was the legitimate result of divided responsibility. The same statement showed that up to that time the increase, figured on a per capita basis, had amounted in the aggregate to $174,693,240. Estimates made up to the present time bring these figuresuptos3oo,ooo,ooo. COMPTROLLER’S REPORT. National Bank Circulation Shows a Fair Increase. The monthly statement of the Comptroller of the Currency shows the amount of national bank notes outstanding June 30, 1895, to have been $211,(500,698, which is an increase for the year of $14,341,391, the increase for the mouth of June being $212,689.- The amount of circulation out--standing l based on United States bonds was $186,062,098, an increase for the year of $5,493,514, and for the month of $15,092,520. The amount of lawful money on deposit to secure circulation was $26,600,723, which is a decrease since June 30,1894, of $1,152,123. The amount of United States registered bonds on deposit to secure circulation was $207,680,800, of which $10,465,500 was in the 4 per cents, of 1895. The amount on deposit to secure public deposits was $15,278,000, of which $575,000 was in the new 4 per cents.

TO SUE FOR A HIDDEN FORTUNE. Ohio Heirs Allege Samuel Blizzard’s $20,000 Is Being Kept from Them. Forty years ago Samuel Blizzard died at Zanesville, Ohio, leaving, it was supposed, $20,000, but the closest search failed to reveal it. Mrs. Frazier, a granddaughter of Blizzard, who had been living on the farm, rented it to a family named Jones. One thousand dollars was recently found by Jones, and now the heirs are threatening to sue on the ground of collusion between Mrs. Frazier and her tenants to conceal the remainder of the $20,000. BIG RESERVOIR IS LOOSED. Dam Near La Junta) Colo., Gives Way, Flooding a Valley. At 5 p. m. Friday the dam gave way at the Thatcher reservoir, forty-six miles above La Junta, Colo., flooding the snrroundiiig country east and tilling the Timpas Creek and the many canons bankfnl. No loss of life is reported, and owing to the high Mesas from Thatcher east it is thought the settlers probably had time to escape the flood. Fork Packers Make Assignment. Sigmund Frietsch & Co., pork-packing firm in Cincinnati, assigned to Moses Buskin, who estimates the assets at sllO,000 and the liabilities at $58,000. Railroad Bridge Seized. Monday afternoon, at the request of County Treasurer Reed of Council Bluffs, vthe Sheriff seized the ne>y. bridge over the Missouri'River, belonging to the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company, for $3,000 .■back taxes. Trains over the line were •topped. , , . Mortgage for $7,000,030. The Detroit Citizens’ Street Railway Company has filed a $7,000,000 blanket mortgage, covering its property, to the New York Security and Investment Company. /' • lay Last Chance to Be Worked. At Boise, Idaho, Judge Beatty;" "of the United States Court, dissolved the injunction secured by the Tyler Mining Company. The Last Chance, one of the best mines in the Coeur d’Alene, will start up immediately. It has been in litigation for four years. Woman Tie* the Knot. Rev. Ella G. Thorp, a roving preacher, and a young couple from Bentley, Kan., met by appointment at the Keystone Hotel in Wichita, Kan., and the lady performed the wedding ceremony. It is the first instance of the kind known to have

want to end 4 th£‘ Fitting. Conservatives Anxlons for Diseolntion of Parliament—Ask Election Writs. Replying to Mr. Henry Labouchere, member for Northampton, in the House of Commons Wednesday, the Rt.-Hon. Akers Douglas, the conservative whip, said his party was anxious fpr a dissolution of parliament at the earliest possible moment and hoped to be able Monday to make a statement on the subject. He then moved that new writs for election be issued in the cases of East Manchester. West Bristol, St. Georges, Hanover Square and West Birmingham, represented respectively by the Rt.-Hon. A. J. Balfour, the new first lord of the treasury; the Rt.-Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb, the new chancellor of the exchequer; the Rt.Hon. George J. GoscHen, "t I/e *cW htst lord of the admiralty, and the Rt.-Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the new secretary of state for the colonies, all of whom have to be re-elected upon their appointment as cabinet ministers. The mention of Mr. Chamberlain's name wag greeted with cries of “Judas!” from the Irish benches. ATTACKS INDIANA LAW. Western Union Company Carries the Tax Case to the Supreme Court. The case of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the various county auditors and county treasurers of Indiana has been filed in the United States Supreme Court for docketing, It is takeu up from the Supreme Court of Indiana on a motion for a writ of error. The case involves the constitutionality of the State law of 1893, providing for an extra tax on telegraph, telephone, sleeping car and express companies. The Western Union Company alleges that the law did not pass the State Senate until after the expiration of the constitutional limit of the time of its session, and that the valuation of its property as a basis for State taxes as fixed by the State board is exorbitant, amounting to $357 per mile, or a total of $2,297,652 for the entire State, exclusive of real estate, machinery, etc., subject to local taxation.

PLAGUE AT FOO CHOW. Is Already Epidemic and 'Thei-e Are No Means of Checking Its Ravages. The United States cotfijjit at Foo Chow, China, reports the appedrali'ce of the Hong in that, place. He says it is already establisjeq as an epidemic, but so far is eonfijfcd to. the city proper. He adds that in a city "like Foo Chow it is impossible to instiS t ttf9'hny sort of sanitary measures to prevent We spread of ’ontagions diseases or even to mitigate the sufferings of the victims. So, unless the present epidemic dies out of its own accord, there is every prospect that misery (nd death will come to thousands of the one und a half millions of people living in the city proper and its immediate suburbs. Advices from Havana received by, the surgeon general of the marine hospital service are to the effect that there were five deaths from yellow fever in that city last week and ten new cases. FRISCO’S BIG BLAZE. Buildings in the Manufacturing District Now in Ashes. A big fire at San Francisco, Cal., was got tinder control at 9:45 o’clock Thursday night, after consuming $2,000,000 worth of property, including many large manufacturing plants and the little homes of scores of families. The fire threatened the entire city and was replete with sensational and exciting episodes, including i powder explosion which scattered embers far gnd wide. Mi's. Gilroy was killed, by tj|e explosion of a lamp in her house while she was trying to save her Household goods from destruction. Help from neighboring cities assisted in subduing the flames. The fire ate its way to the high brick wall of the Southern Pacific offices, which acted as a barrier over which the flumes could not work.

Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs ttf the National Baseball League. Ter P. W. L. cent. Boston 50 32 18 .040 Baltimore 49 30 19 .012 Pittsburg 50 34 22 .007 Cleveland 50 33 23 .589 Chicago 00 35 25 .583 Cincinnati 53 29 24 .547 Philadelphia ... .52 28 24 .538, Brooklyn 53 28 25. .528 New York ......53 20 27 .491 Washington 53 22 31 .415 St. Louis 57 17 40 .298 Louisville 52 8 44 .154 WESTEKX LEAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis 51 32 19 .027 Milwaukee 54 29 25 .537 Kansas City 53 28 25 .528 Detroit 50 20 24 .520 St. Paul 50 20 24 .520 Minneapolis 49 24 25 • .490 Toledo 50 22 28 .440 Grand Rapids... .53 23 30 .434

Work of the Weather Bareau. The expenditures for the four years of civilian administration of the weather bureau ending June 30 are estimated at $3,198,090. The appropriations for the same period have been $3,032,953. The expenditures for the present fiscnl year will tggregate $835,000, against total apprdpriitions of $878,439. The estimated surplus for the bureau remaining in the treasury is $43,439. The average annual expense >f the service for ten years under the military organization was $924,001, and under four years of civil organization 5849,523. While the military administration had generally to applji for a deficiency on each year's disbhfsenpeftts the civilian administration dthdt an average surplus of about $58,700 eachyear. That this annual surplus is less in the earlier years of the civilian-organization is due to the fact; that the service was then uniergoing a rfc'pid growth. The military estimate of the cost of a Service, made in 1893 by Gen. Hazeu, was sl,293,930. Thus the bureau hap been carried on at a cost of $44,407 less per year than was believed possible by Gen. Hazeh and $77,956 less than the for n perfected military organization, the cost of which was put at $927,479. During these four years the work of the bureau has been greatly increased.

California Volcunes. Volcanic disturbances are again reported in the country of Lower California. George Neal, a mining man, has iust returned from that region and Bays that on Sunday he saw smoke ascending from the central peak of three mountains that rise several hundred feet above the desert. The smoke ascended high in the air and was accompanied by sounds like distant cannonading. ( Lost Cabin Mine, Found. William Murray claims to have discovered the Richest mine in the country near Redding, Cal., and says it Is the original “Lost Cabin” mine, which has been searched for during the last thirty years. He has discovered a lode 800 feet wide and 400 feet high, impregnated with iron ore, which bears gold and silver to the value of 'from $75 to $l5O per ton. Most Come to Time. The representatives of the powers are continuing their efforts to induce the Turkish Government to give an explicit

[ reply to thanote of the power* outlining the reforms demanded fur Armenia and j are Indignant at tbe delay. The Turkish minister for foreign affairs claims to be unable to furbish the envoys svithrinformation as to which points of the plans of the powers the Turkish Government is desirous of further discussing, and it is thought probable that this dilatory course may result in causing the powers to address another note to the Turkish Government, in which they will request a definite reply within a fixed time to the demands already made. The Turkish Government has received news of the defeat of two insurgent bands in Macedonia. Steps have been taken hy the porte to suppress all attempts at revolt, but it is thought the rebellion wiH spread to all parts of Macedonia and eventually cause action upon tfif-' part of the powers. ALDERMEN ARE SCARED. Denver Council Passes an Obnoxious Water Ordinance. Almost the entire police force of Denver was employed Thursday night in guarding the houses of eight aldermen who feared violence from their constituents. A bill for un ordinance granting a reduction of only 15 per cent on the schedule of water rates now in force passed the Council by a vote of 8 to 6, and this aroused the anger of the people who attended the Council meeting in force. The measure which created so much indignation has a clause which makes the rates thus fixed a burden on the people for fifteen years. Besides, it is claimed that the reduction of 15 per cent is not one-lialf what the public is entitled to under the company’s contract, which calls for a reduction rhis year to the average of the rates charged in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

FAILED TO PASS AND DIED. Girl Takes Her Own Life Because She Fails at Examinations. Minnie Lynch, of Chicago, committed suicide at her home by taking carbolic acid. She was but 19 years of age and took her life through mortification at her failure to pass the fjnal examinations at the town of Lake .high school. Minnie Lynch was always regarded by her school companions as a bright pupil. Her parents sent her to a private academy at Washington, D. C., four years ago, and there she made for herself a very good record. When she returned to Chicago and took tip her work at the town of Lake high school her one aim was to become a school teacher: To this end she worked faithfully, but she claimed at times that she was handicapped by the partiality of some of her teachers. This so preyed on her mind that she was frequently subject to spells of despondency. SIX FIREMEN KILLED. Caught Under Falling Walla at a Minneapolia Fire. Six firemen dead and others seriously injured, with a property loss of SIOO,OOO, are the results of a fire at Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday night. The dead are: Joseph Hay, Walter Richardson, Frank Rulaine, John Horner, Bert Thomas and an unidentified man. Several others were seriously injured. The property loss consisted of the entire destruction of the building occupied by McDonald Bros., dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The total loss will aggregate over $100,000; insurance unknown.

Daring Freight Thieves. The Spokane, Wash., authorities liavt arrested two of the most daring car thieves operating in the West Their plan was to spot a freight car they desired to pillage, spring the doors at a station and board the train, and when it was in motion throw off what they wanted. When the train slowed up they would drop off and go back and pick up their plunder. A short time ago two men went into a sec-ond-hand store and offered to dispose of a lot of goods they had concealed a few miles east of Spokane on the line of the Northern Pacific. The second-hand dealer communicated with Chief of Police Mertz a (id he directed him to go ahead and buy the goods. They did this, and at night the thieves went to the place with a wagon and secured S3OO worth of dry goods, boots and shoes and started back to town. The officers were stationed on the road and placed them under arrest.

Asks Pay for His Crime. It has developed that Harry T. Hayward, now in jail at Minneapolis under sentence of death for the murder of Catherine Ging, has made formal application to the New York Life and Travelers’ Accident Insurance Companies for the $lO,000 insurance on the life of his victim. Hayward is supposed to have taken this action to bear out his claim to innocence. The executors of Miss Ging’s estate will bring action to have the assignment of the policies to Hayward set aside as fraudulent. China to Make Reparation. Advices from Shanghai say that persecution of foreigners in the Chinese province of Seehuen has ceased and that an imperial decree has been issued ordering that the damage done to the property of missionaries and others be.repaired. Frosts in Minnesota and Dakota. Specials from western Minnesota and North Dakota report a light frost Thursday night, damaging potatoes and garden truck in low' places to some extent.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.25; sflieep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; coni, No. 2,47 cto 48c; oats, No. 2,25 c to 26c; rye, No. 2,01 cto 62c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 12c; potatoes, new, per barrel, $2.25 to $2.75; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 6%c per lb. " Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No. 1 white, 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34e. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75;; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 7le to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2, white, 24c to 25c. Cincinnati—Qattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 Jp $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,75 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,61 cto 63c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 47c to 49c; oats, No. : 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, 57c to 59c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No., 2 mixed, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2. 61c tQ 63c; •clover seed, prime, $5.60 to $5.70. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs. $3.00 wheat, No. 1 hard, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 52c to 53c; oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 34c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3,48 cto 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; barley, No. 2,48 cto 50c; rye, No. 1,60 cto 61c; pork, mess, $12.00 to $12.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; com, No. 2, 62c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 14c to 19c; eggs. Western, 12c to 14c.

PRAY ON A MOUNTAIN

B»Q EPWORTH LEAGUE SE RVICE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. International Convention at Chattanooga—Sacra men t la Administered to 10,000 People—Greet the Rising Bnn with Praise from Old Lookout. Life of Methodism Discussed. The second international convention of the Epworth League convened at Chattanooga in the big tent, capable of accom-

modating ten thousand. The huge tent was crowded at the opening service, and an inspiring song lead by a chorus o f 1,000 voices started the great convention. The openiug remarks were made by J. A. Patten, representing the Chattanooga -committee. E 1 o -

PRESIDENT PATTEN.

quent addresses of welcome were delivered by Mayor George Ochs, representing the city of Chattanooga, and Rev. J. P. McFerrin, representing the Methodism of that city. Fraternal responses were given by Bishop Hendricks of Kansas City, representing the M. E. Church South of that city; Bishop Merrill of Chicago, for the

CENTENARY M. E. CHURCH, CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

M. E. Church, and Rev. Dr. John Potts of Canada, for the Canadian delegates. Following these speeches the conference was formally turned over to Dr. Steele, chairman of the general committee. Sacrament to 10,0 O People. At night Bishop I. W. Joyce presided and Bishop Galloway delivered the conference sermon. A feature never before

seen in a meeting of this size occurred in the administration of the sacrament of f&e Lord’s supper to fully 10,000 people. At 2 o’clock Friday morning 3.000 to 5.000 of the delegates 'made a pilgrimage to the top of Lookout Mountain for the purpose of holding a sunrise prayer

BISHOP MERRILL.

meeting above the clouds, on the east brow of the mountain directly in front of Lookout Inn. When the sun appeared above the neighboring ranges its rays fell upon the fares Of more than 2,500 delegates, who had congregated in front of Lookout Inn to begin the day with prayer. The services were led by Rev. George R. Stewart, who is associated with Sam Jones, the evangelist. Following the prayer service there was a wonderful experience meeting and several of the delegates were so enthused by the fervor of the occasion that they shouted vigorously. The topic of the day was “Methodism, Its Life and Mode of Expression.” The conference assembled at 9:30 o’clock, with

Judge Estes, o f Memphis, presiding. The great choir led a short service of song, after which the morning topics were taken up in tenminute speeches by the delegates. “Life in the Local Church —lntellectual Duties” was the first subject, by Rev. W.

SEC'Y E. A. SCHELL.

E. Ray, of Macon, Ga. Rev. W. E. MeCleman, of Berwyn, 111., delivered an address along this lino, emphasizing the idea of what to read, under the head of “Educational Opportunities.” B'lrisest in the South. It is declared to have been the largest convention ever held in the South. It was certainly one of the most remarkable in its character as well as in the numbers in attendance. Nearly 12,000 delegates were present. And they came from every part of the country—North and South, East and West. It was an intersectional, international convention of the Methodist

young people's organizations known as the Epworth Leagues. Whatever be thought of its religions aspects, it was a convention which strikingly signalizes the wonder-J ful changg,which has come qtftsr our country since that “battle in the clouds" on 1

BISHOP FITZGERALD

Lookout Mountain thirty-two years ago. As has been well said, sectional and sectarian lines are best obliterated by the feet of those who cross them.- ‘ The Epworth League is an organization, started only a few years ago, for the natural development of the religious, educational and social life of young people, and has already over a million members. The convention at Chattanooga was for Methodists North and South alike. From this warm-hearted and enthusiastic mingling •of- so many representatives from nil parts of the country. North and s}outh, as well as East and West; there is reason, to expect a very considerable development of the finest sentiment of patriotic fellowship.

Told in a Few Lines.

The reform wave haft-reaejied Saratoga. Gambling and other sports will, it is said, be abolished this yea t. “The Ofiicial Railway List” for 1895, with its complete roster of American railroad oificials, has just been issued. A new trial of the Hullet will case ab Duluth was denied and the common law wife of the millionaire will get the fortune.

INDIANA 'S FIRST CENTURY.

Plana for a Great Celebration Projected by the Hooaier State. The year 1800 witnessed the separation of what is now the State of Indiana from the Northwest territory and the organiza-

tion of the territory of Indiana,. and it has been decreed that the centennial anniversary of this first step towards Statehood shall be fittingly celebrated by the giving over of a week or more to displays showing the march of progress during the hundred

years of separate and distinct existence. The first step to this end was taken by the recent session of the General Assembly in the adoption of a concurrent resolu-

tion providing for the appointment of a commission, to consist of four members from the State at large and two from each congressional district, which should examine and report to the Legislature at its next meeting some suitable plans for the celebra-

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tion of the event. It was the sentiment of the Legislature that adopted the resolutions that the celebration should be arranged upon the broadest possible basis and made to include

protracted exercises in connection with displays of everything indicating the progress that has been made in the first century of Indiana’s separate existence. Pursuant to the resolution Gov. Matthews has announced the following commissioners, the members of the

body being equally divided between the two great political parties: For the' State at large—Eli Lilly and E. B. Martindale, Indianapolis; Hugh Dougherty, Bluffton, and DeFoe Skinner, Valparaiso. First Congressional District—Philip Fry, Evansville; James Burket, Cannelton. Second —T. B. Buskirk, Paoli; John Weathers, Leavenworth. Third—Charles L. Jewett, New Alband; H. C. Hobbs, Salem. Fourth —John H. Itusse, Lawrenceburg; Will Cumbnek, Greensburg. Fisth —John W. Cravens, Bloomington; J. L. Irwin, Columbus. Sixth —A. W. Brady, Muncie; James N. Huston, Connersville.

GOVERNOR MATTHEWS.

Seventh—U. S. Jackson, Greenfield; Charles T. Doxy, Anderson. Eighth—T. J. Mason, Sullivan; Frank MeKeen, Terre Haute. Ninth—Eli Marvin, Frankfort; C. C. Shirley, Kokomo. Tenth—M. M. Hathaway, Winamac; J. C. Hadley, Logansport. Eleventh —H. B. Smith, Hartford City; E. B. Goldthvraite, Marion. Twelfth—Charles McCullough, Fort Wayne; S. A. Woods, Angola. Thirteenth—James A. Arthur, Goshen; George W. Matthews, South Bend.

HARDIN IS THE WINNER.

Nominated by the Kentucky Democrats for the Governorship. P. W. Hardin, pf Mercer County, was nominated for Governor by the Kentucky Democratic State convention at Louisville Only one ballot was necessary, Hardin receiving 466% votes, against 368 cast for Cassius M. Clay, Jr., his only serious opponent. Sixty-nine scattering votes were cast, three being for Henry Wutterson and three for Gov. Buckner, but they were entirely complimentary and thrown by delegates who objected to Hardin’s position on the financial question but did not care to vote for Clay. The financial plank adopted was somewhat of a straddle. It reaffirmed the Chicago platform of 1892 and added commendation of the President and Secretary lisle for their wise and statesmanlike" management of public affairs. The minority report was amended by the silver men to read simply as an indorsement (ft the Cificajjh platform. Congressman Clardy declared that he would not supporta ticket nominated on any other than this. ' Beyond adopting the platform absolutely nothing was done at the day session. The disorder at all times was great, and once or twice it seemed like there would be a fight. Both Clay and Hardin made speeches after the result was announced. Clay urged the party to vote for his competitor, saying the State could not "afford to pass under Republican control. He declared himself for “sound money and Grover Cleveland.’’ Hardin thankfully accepted the nomination and sat down. R. T. Tyler was nominated for Lieutenant Governor.

BOIES ON CURRENCY.

Ex-Governor Takes a Stronger Ground than Ever for Free Silver. Ex-Gov v Boies, of lowa, has written another letter on the currency question, in which he takes stronger ground than ever

for free coinage by this country independent of action of any other nation. The letter is addressed to George H. Lewis, of Des Moines. Mr. Boies sets forth that there are two classes of enemies of free coinage, the avowed ohes and those, by far the largest and most dangerous sac-

HORACE BOIES.

tion, who claim to be for bimetallism, but demand that it be international and secured under circumstances which they know are impossible. He urges that if this country will undertake free coinage of its own product it will so far enhance the value of the silver in foreign countries that there will be no danger of a flood of white metal to this country, and he suggests that if this country lead the rest of the world will follow and the restoration of the metal will be assured.

FIRE KILLS SIX MEN.

WALL COLLAPSES IN A MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE. Worst la Many Ycara-Fonr Blocks In 'Frisco Destroyed Valued at $2,000,000 —Flames Rage for Four Hours, Fanned by a High Wind. Loss Placed at $260,000. Six men were killed and ten hurt Thursday night in the most disastrous fire which has visited Minneapolis since the old Tribune building conflagration, when the five-story brick building at 240 and 242 First avenue south, in which was the MacDonald crockery store, was destroyed. The fire broke out at 11 o’clock and burst forth with a sudden violence which defied restraint. The building was full of straw used in packing the china and the flames fed upon this and swelled to gigantic proportions. They leaped above the walls and rolled in waves of fire over the roof. The entire fire department of the city was called out and heroic measures were used by the firemen to stay the terrible tide. First avenue and Third street were filled with spectators, who watched the awful sight. Suddenly while they looked the south wall tottered out and fell with a sudden crash. A murmur of agony went up from the throng who had but a moment before seen a squad of firemen run into the alley with a quantity <sf hose and turn six streams of water on the walls and into the windows. Sixteen men were under that wall. When they were dragged out six were dead and others seriously injured.

FRED WHITE.

The property loss consisted of the entire demolition of the building occupied by McDonald Brothers, dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The building was of five stories, brick walls and wooden interior framework, and was well stocked. The fire originated in the boxes and packing stored in the rear of the building and was beyond the power of the fire department to control. At a few minutes before midnight the walls fell, one side wall falling in and the other falling out into the alley, where the firemen were at work. The loss will aggregate over $260,000; insurance unknown. The first evidence of the coming disaster was the discovery of smoke from the rear portion of the building at 10:40 o’clock. Several alarms were turned in, the engine house only a few hundred feet from the fire. For nearly half an hour fire burned within the walls and roof of the building. It broke out first on the alley nearest Third street, at the door near the rear. The firemen could clearly see that the flames were under full headway in the back part of the building, near the elevator. All this while the front was still dark, only a slight escape of smoke from the doors and windows betraying the fierce conflict of the elements within. So the great store stood for fully twenty minutes, a vortex of flame within and a cold nnd dark exterior. The firemen themselves in their efforts to get their streams to play upon the flames' opened the building to currents of air that changed the suppressed fierceness and sent its tongues through the roof and the windows, casting a lurid light on the surrounding scene.

ELI LILLY.

Fire in San Francisco Destroys Property Worth at Least $2,000,000 The manufacturing district of San FrancisCb was swept by a fire Thursday night that caused a total loss of at least $2,000,000. Shortly before 6 o’clock a fire broke out in the rear of the San Francisco box factory, located on the corner of Fifth and Bryant streets. The factory was a two-story frame building filled with inflammable material. The flames spread rapidly and it soon became evident that a serious conflagration was threatened. Within a few minutes the entire east end of the block, bounded by Brannan and Bryant streets, was a mass of flames. A strong southerly wind was blowing and it was deemed necessary to turn in another alarm. The flames soon spread all over the block, destroying in a few minutes the yards of the Spring Valley water works and the furniture factory of H. Eueler, the box factory of Korbell Bros, at 723 Bryant street, also the stable of H. Washburn at 657 Bryant street. The carriage factory of G. W. Helan and the soda factory of J. Horstmann were all destroyed in short order. The high wind which fanned the flames and swept them on drove the firemen back by degrees, and the situation became critical. By 6:45 the whole of the block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Brannan and Bryant streets was destroyed with the exception of the machine shops on the corner of Fourth and Bryant. At that hour the fire was spreading toward Bluxom street, sweeping on its way the lumber yard of Van Wart on the corner of Fourth and Brannan, the Meehan Lumber Company’s yard on Brannan street and various small machine shops and tenements. The intense heat made it difficult to utilize to its full capacity the water supply, which was anything but sufficient, owing to the unusual number of hydrants called into play all over the district. The water tower rendered most efficient service, furnishing a jet of water which could be rendered serviceable where the other streams thrown upon the flames were turned into steam when they had barely left the nozzle. At 8:30 p. m. the entire block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Bluxom and Brannan streets was a mass of ruins. The fire had reached the Overland Transfer Company’s brick freight warehouse nnd the hardware store of Baker & Hamilton. These brick buildings temporarily checked the flames. The wind was blowing a gale and the sparks were carried for blocks, greatly increasing the spread of the fire. . One death is reported. A Miss Gilroy, while attempting to save some of her beIbngings, was covered with burning oil and burned to death. A number of people received injuries from the falling walls and the flying timbers. The people in the fire district were terror stricken. Most of them are of the poorer classes and were making great efforts to save their small belongings. Express wagons nnd drays were at a premium and people were moving a few blocks away from the fire. Probably 100,000 people were gathered at the fire, and the police were powerless to keep them away. The fire was so hot. however, that the unmanageable crowd did not get near enough to be in serious danger.

• At a late hour the fire department got the fire under control. The wind shifted to the southwest, driving the flames back over the burned area. Over 100 families have lost their homes and all they possess. A large number of horses were burned in their stables. The change in the wind and the big brick wineries and the railroad offices are what saved the day for the firemen. Probably $2,000,000 will cover the loss. It is nearly total, however, as owing to the dangerous character of the district, insurance rates have been so- 1 high as to be almost prohibitory. On Donaldson creek* about twelve miles from Inery, Ky., two young brothers named Chapman killed James Rowe in a quarrel about Rowe's wife. Edmund Griffith and Thomas Diavis were killed by a premature explosion near Q.

MILLIONS GO UP IN SMOKE.

ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.

International Supreme Lodge Holds Its Biennial Be—ion in Boston. The biennial sessions of the'international supreme lodge of the Order of Good Templars was held in Boston last

week with a large attendance, at least 5,000 delegates being present. The Good Templars organization is by far the largest temper-' ance orga n ization now in existence, ha vJng a total member' ship of 700,000, of whom, 450,000 belong 'to the adult branch df‘ the 'erder. Origi-

DR. D. H. MANN.

Mrihg in' Oneida- Coufcty/iNew York, in 1851, with a band oLyoung meq, .among ’whnm was,ex-Postmaster fjepprftj James, the movement had. a, grpwth. It has since extended,,to Africa, Asia and even Australia, jy.bere some of the' best lodges o l the order now exist. At the last internatiohai gVahrf lodge. fieTd in Des Moines; there was a spirited latest for the hofior of the gfatrd* lodge this year between Sydney and Boston. There are now established ntt toss than .eighty-five grand lodges,-with over 13,000 subordinate lodges and temples, and the international supreme Jpdge is composed of representatives frem,these bodfesi...The rituals have been translated into sixteen ,different languages, and its strength is shown by a membership of 240.340 adults and 52,747 juveniles in the United States alone, while England,- by the last reports, has 29< ,196 adults and 108,744 members of the juvenile branch,, and British .North America, a membership of 36,039. Even -in frigid Iceland it has secured a foothold, with over twenty lodges, , The pledgq pf the order is that a mem-

ber will not take, buy, sell,' furnish or cause to be furiiifehed to others as a beverage; any spirituous or'malt 'liquors, wine 'of cider, and- in all -honorable ways will ■discountenance the use thereof in socie- . ty. The doors of the lodges are, open to persons of all races and nationalities, and ■ the members are in

effect banded together for mutual protection and co-operation .in, total aJ\st,incnco work. The ritual is, largely made up from Scriptural texts and has bepp, translated |uto eieyeq, .different languages. The Good Templars’ organization \yas the first of all temperance bodies to recognize woman as fully the equal of man In the work of the Order, and -.there-’ iScrfat the slightest doubt that it 1 is largely due to •this that its growth was.so immediate and has been so constant- . , . _ , , One of the most interesting of all Good Templars Is Dr. Oronhyatekha, the Canadian Indian, who for some years was the world’s Good Templar, and was succeeded at the last grand lodge by Dr. Delos H. Mann, of Brooklyn, present incumbent of that high office. ;

The Political Pot.

Gen. Wade Hampton, in an interview at Portland, Ore., declared himself for sound money. Congressman C. A. Towne says he is considering the calling of a silver convention in Minnesota. The silverite conference at Topeka, Kan., appointed a committee to take steps towards calling a State convention. Replies to a circular letter sent out to 130 Democratic editors of Ohio show that 90 favor free silver and the other 40 are divided ii» their views. Senator Quay is unable to leave his room at a Harrisburg hotel, but is directing his campaign for chairman of the State committee from there. At the Oklahoma silver convention W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, scored the Republican National League for refusing to discuss silver at'the Cleveland meeting. J. W. Farris, chairman of the Laclede (Mo.) Democratic committee, says if the State committee refuses to summon a monetary convention he will issue the call. Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, who may be the standard bearer for the Democrats this year, has come out for free silver and a literal interpretation of the Monroe doctrine. Gen. Warner, who has arrived at his home in Marietta, 0., says: “There is no trouble about the West. Nobody but an out-and-out silver man can carry a State west of the Missouri next year. A canvass of the Republican papers of Kansas shows that out of 102, 17 are for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, while 85 stand on the money plank of the last Republican national platform. Senators Harris, Jones and Turpie, empowered by the recent free silver convention at Memphis to form a national bimetallic Democratic league, have issued a call for a national gathering to be held in Washington Aug. 14.

News of Minor Note.

The steamer Anna M. Pierce burned at Whidby Island, Puget Sound. The cook is missing and is supposed to have been drowned. H. S. Ferguson, son of a Chicago banker, was arrested at Santa Cruz, Cal., charged with obtaining slls by giving a bad check. Ex-Chief of Police H. A. Dillnan committed suicide at Sacramento on account of ill health. He was aG. A. R. man and 50 years old. Mrs. Hattie Riddell, mother of Charles Riddell, the absconding mail carrier under bonds at Columbus, Ind., for robbing the mails, has lost her mind and will probably die. During the funeral of William Kedsie, a veteran aged 79, at Adrian, Mich., Aaron Goodrich, another veteran, died, aged 64. Kedsie wit's the oldest member of Woodbury post, G. A. R. John Mackinley, jr., the wealthiest resident in Clark County, 111., while conversing with his family iif apparently the best of health, was suddenly stricken dumb and the whole lower part of his body paralyzed. He will die. Mrs. William Richard of Catelin*, a small town forty-five miles from Duluth, 'was shot by her husband. ,Botb husband and wife claim that thp shooting was accidental, but an investigation is being made. The womafi-may recover! Thunder storms and lightning continue with fatal results in different parts of Austria-Hungary. Two persons were killed near Funkerichen, and two girls were killed and ten persons and 135 head of cattle destroyed between Bekes sad Osaka.

DR. ORONHYATEKHA