Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1895 — Page 2

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FATAL FORCE OF GAS.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT A CARNEGIE FURNACE. Carelessness of a Workman Causes Heavy Loss—Six Men Killed and Five Fatally Injured—Mouth of a Furnace Choked with Ore and Slag. Six Killed, Ten Injured. An explosion at furnace H, of the Carnegie Steel Company, at Braddock, Pa., at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning killed six men, injured ten more and destroyed $30,000 worth of property. Five of the injured will die. All of the killed and injured were Hungarians, except James Harrison, the foreman. The explosion was due to a “hang” in the furnace, which suddenly loosened and dropped into the molten metal below, generating an immense quantity of gas so suddenly that it could not escape by the ordinary means and the explosion followed. The terrible loss of life was due to a peculiar cause. A few minutes before the explosion occurred one of the top fillers dumped a barrow of material into the bell of the furnace, which he had forgotten to raise. This clogged the top of the furnace and prevented the gas escaping. A gang of sixteen men, in charge of James Harrison, was sent at once to the top to remove the obstruction. All were closely crowded around the bell of the furnace removing the material when there was a terrific explosion and men, barrow, tools and material were hurled in all directions. Flames, deadly gases and smoke belched from the furnace-top, and then men fell as if shot. Only one man was killed instantly.

CONDITION OF SEAMEN. United States Bureau of Labor Investigating the Merchant Marine. The Bureau of Labor has recently undertaken an independent investigation in a field of inquiry which it has not before entered. The work of American seamen in the merchant service is the subject to which the oflScials of the bureau are devoting a part of their attention during the present season. Agents have been stationed at five principal ports of the country—New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore and San Francisco—whose business it is to investigate the conditions of the life and service of the common sailors employed in the merchant shipping carried on under the United States flag. The terms upon which seamen are employed, the wages paid them, the treatment accorded them at sea, and iheidettally the rations and accommodations furnished on ship board are being investigated. Particular attention is being paid to the contracts made with seamen and to the custom which largely prevails among ship captains of engaging the services of middlemen to enlist their crews. It has always been assumed by the Government that the sailor was a proper subject for paternal legislation and the offices of shipping commissioners have been instituted for his protection. The investigation is expected to develop whether the system of commissioners can be considered a success in fulfilling its mission.

MORA CLAIM BETTLED. Spain Win Pay *1,500,C00, but Without Interest. An agreement has been signed by Secretary of State Olney, Minister Dupuy de Lome of Spain, Antonio Maximo Mora and Mr. Mora’s counsel providing for the settlement of the Mora claim on the basis of $1,500,000 on Sept. 15. By the agreement the claimant waives all demands for interest and accepts the amount named as full satisfaction of the claim. There is only one point on which it appears possible that there may yet be a hitch. The Spanish Government insists that the payment shall be made by Captain General Campos in charge of the Spanish forces in Cuba, and that the money shall be transferred to Mora or his representatives in Havana. Mr. Mora does not accept this condition, and insists that as the settlement is the result of negotiations between Spain and the United States, the payment should be made either in Madrid or Washington. The agreement provides that the claim shall be paid in Spanish gold dollars, which are of slightly less value than the American coin. BANDITS OF THE RAIL. Hold Up the Union Pacific Flyer in Nebraska. Union Pacific No. 8 overland flyer, due in Omaha Wednesday morning at 10:25, was held up by highwaymen at some point between Brady Island and Gothenburg, Neb. The train left North Platte at 11 o'clock Monday night The engine was cut off by the bandits and sent forward while they looted the train. The engine went on to Gothenburg for assistance. The robbers blew up the express car with dynamite. While they were using the engineer to get the express car open the fireman ran off with the engine to Gothenburg for assistance. The country in the vicinity of the holdup is fairly well settled. All were heavily armed and a conflict is probable.

SANK IN THE MISSISSIPPI. s%■ Steamer City of Sheffield Strikes an Obstruction. The steamer City' of Sheffield, from St Louis to Tennessee River, struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River back of Cairo, 111., and sank. She will be raised without trouble. No lives were lost and the passengers who remained on board were taken off by the Margaret. The Sheffield had 100 passengers. The boat knocked a hole in her bottom twelve feet long, and filled and settled down smooth and square on a bar. Most of the passengers were asleep and knew nothing of the accident until morning. Fonr Firemen Badly Injured. At Indianapolis while the foundry of Ewald, Over & Co. was burning the roof fell. Fire Chief Webster, Captain John Glazier and Pipeman Tony O’Hara and Benjamin Deck and Pipeman Deck were severely bruised. Loss by fire, $10,000; insured. Many Blessings for Lay den. Joseph Layden, of Malden, W. Va., is the father of twenty-eight children, his youngest being a 10-pound boy a day or two ago. Mr. Layden is 74 years old and his wife 55. Victim of a Young Forger. Several months ago a prepossessinglooking young man introduced himself to William H. English, the millionaire exbanker of Indianapolis, as Anton Frederick Bade, the owner of forty acres of land whfch he wished to mortgage for SBOO. Mr. English made the loan, and it develops that he was duped. Two Tramps Are Killed. Tuesday night while the Chicago and Alton east-bound passenger train was running between Marshall, Mo., and Slater it etro ck a cow. Four tramps were m the engine and two of them were killed eatright. The third was fatally Injured.

DRUGGISTS TALK FIG*T. Convention at Denver Declares War on Cst-Rate Store*. Nearly fifteen hundred retail druggists, coming from all parts of the Union and representing the sixty thousand persons engaged, in that business in the United States, in the forty-third annual convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association at Denver. The delegates were called to order in the assembly hall of the Brown Palace Hotel by the president of the organisation, William Simpson, of Raleigh, N. C., who delivered a lengthy address dealing with numerous questions affecting the druggists of the country. There was some plain talk concerning the competition to which the retail druggista are subjected from dry goods, department and other stores, as well as from the “cut rate" emporiums that are now to be found in every large city. This is a sore point with the delegates, who now find their business being diverted to the ent-rate stores. Many of them were of the opinion that the only plan for relief is to beat the “cutters” at their own game by cutting prices to bedrock until they are glad to get out of the business. THE BALL PLATERS. Standing of the Clubs in Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Cleveland 101 63 38 .623 Baltimore 91 50 35 .615 Pittsburg 97 58 39 .598 Chicago 99 55 44 .556 Cincinnati .... 94 52 • . 42 .553 Boston 93 51 42 .548 Philadelphia .... 93 51 42 .548 Brooklyn 95 50 45 .526 New York 95 47 48 .495 Washington .... 87 30 57 .345 St. L0ui5....... 98 32 66 .326 Louisville 91 22 69 .242

WESTERN’ l. HAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis .... 95 61 34 .042 St. Paul 95 56 39 .589 Kansas City.... 96 55 41 .572 Minneapolis .... 94 49 45 .521 Milwaukee ..... 96 47 49 .489 Detroit 103 43 60 .417 Terre Haute. ... 98 40 58 .408 Grand Rapids... 99 33 66 .333 THOUSANDS DIE OF THE PLAGUE. Cholera Making Frightful Inroads in the Army of Japan. Although passengers arriving by the Oriental liners that have reached Victoria this week agree in the statement that cholera is working frightful havoc in Japan, the newspapers of that country contain no reference to the devastation of the plague. This is probably due to the fact that the disease finds its victims chiefly among soldiers recently returned from the front, and the Government therefore takes advantage of the law relating to tfie censorship to thq fullest extent. According to officers of the Victoria and the more recently arrived Empress of Japan, the military has suffered a loss of thousands during the past few months, and the principal stations in Japan are at present converted into great hospitals. The Formosa expedition has proved especially disastrous- a

SOLD FOR $9,800,000. Whisky Trust Assets Go Under the Hammer for that Sunt. Receiver McNulta, of the whisky trust, accepted the bid of $9,800,000 of the reorganization committee for the seventeen distilleries and the appointments owned by the trust and thereby consummated one of the biggest transfers of property that have ever been made at auction in this country. Financial men declare that this sale, involving nearly $10,000,000, marks the largest delivery of an industrial plant ever made. The amount obtained was exactly the sum named in le- ( gal proceedings as the upset price offered by the reorganization committee previous to the efforts of interests said to be identical with those of ex-President Greenbut and ex-Director Morris to enjoin the sale to the reorganization committee on the complaint that the latter contemplated nothing less than the rehabilitation of the old trust. CANADIAN CATTLE BARRED. British Board Says Embargo Will Not Be Raised. A question of great interest to Canada waß asked in the House of Commons at Loudon by Mr. Price, who inquired if the Government was aware that the present exclusion of Canadian store cattle had caused and was causing severe loss in some of the agricultural districts, and whether the restriction can be removed. The President of the Board of Agriculture, W alter Long, replied, saying that as late as July 10 cases of cattle suffering from pleuro-pneumonia had been found among cargoes coming from Canada, and the Government in consequence must maintain the restriction placed upon such cattle. Mr. Long Added that the Government was communicating with the Government of the Dominion of Canada on the subject.

Deplorable Tragedy. Jacob Schlcsser Sr. lived with his family at 463} Kedzie avenue and ran a grocery as 4811 Archer avenue, Chicago. During the last few years his son, John, has assisted him in the store. Schlesser Sr. was out with the wagon Thursday making collections. Just after noon he drove past the store and stopped in front of Charles Reiehel’s saloon across the street. He remained there for hours, playing cards and drinking. His son took the horse and put it in the stable. At 4:45 o’clock the father came out and was told John had stabled the horse. On hearing this the angered man drew a pistol and crossed to the store. “Did you take that horse?” he shouted to,the son. John answered “Yes,” and instantly his father fired, the bullet entering the right lung. The lad fell and bystanders ran to his aid. Only one shot was fired. “A smile played about his lips,” said Thomas Pillow-, one of those who had lifted up John’s head, “and he said, ‘Oh, father!’ Then he died.” Schlesser fully realized that night what he had done. He sat in his cell, quiet most of the time, his in his hands. Occasionally he cried out in agony. Died to Escape Cruelty. The London Times’ Berlin correspondent says that grave cases of ill treatment of the crew of Steamship Kaiser Wilhelm have beefi' 'reported. Two stokers jumped overboard in despair and were drowned. A third died from brutality inflicted by the engineer. e. — . >.. •■’ - A Distilleries to Start. A Peoria distiller who attended the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Coinpany sale at Chicago reports that two or three Peoria distilleries will be started up’uhder a new corporation about Get. 1. Goes to Washington and Lee, Professor William Spencer Currell, professor of English at Davidson College, N. C., has been elected to fill the chair of modern languages and English in Washington and Lee University. The Puzzle of Trade, it. G. Dun & Go. say in their Review of Trade: “It is a belated season; a frozen May set everything back. The heavy

burines* which ought to have been done in May and Jane waa pushed into July, so that the midsummer decline, doe In Josy. Ironies in With this In mind, one is not surprised to find the shrinkage from July to August rather more copspicuoua tha*'usual. The disappointing croMreports Saturday, though evidently distrusted, lessen confidence in regar<£f# the future of trade, even while some speculators gain by them. Back of all doubts Is fact that the industries are doing better ftian anybody could have expected.” SEVEN PEOPLE MEET DEATH. Fatal Capsizing of a Pleasure Craft at Grey's Creek, Md. By the overloading of a small pleasure boat at Ocean City, Md., an entire family was drowned Sunday and two other families are in mourning. A party of farmers from the neighborhood of Frankford and Selbyrille. Del., had a fish fry on Grey’s Creek, a branch of the Isle of Wight Bay, with bathing, fishing and amusements. William Hudson carried a party of nine out sailing and as the boat was about to come back the women of the party jumped screaming on the high sigh, capsizing the little craft, which was hardly large enough to carry five persons. The follow* ing seven were drowned: Lina Hall, aged 19; Lulu Hall, aged 14, daughter of Elisha Hall,* of F¥bnkford: vWtlliam Storr, Jus wife, aged 35; Ida Storr, aged 16; May Storr. aged 14<; Myrtle Stevens, aged 10, daughter of Joshua Stevens, of Selbyrille. W. W.TAYLOR SENTENCED. Ex-Treasurer of South Dakota Gets Five Years at Hard Labor. The court-room at Pierre, S. D., was crowded Wednesday to hear judgment pronounced on W. W. Taylor, defaulting ex-State Treasurer. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced on him, Taylor in a low voice replied: “I have not” Judge Gassy then reviewed the case and the different statutes bearing upon the crime. He considered the much-discussed section 1,665 void and did not believe a two-year sentence was intended to cover such a case as this. He considered that Taylor’s worst crime was in attempting to force a compromise after gathering together all the State funds he could lay his hands on. A sentence of five years at hard labor was then pronounced.

SAUER’S BOND FORFEITED. Ohio Baijk Cashier, Now in Chicago, Escapes Imprisonment. . The bond of Andrew Sauer, cashier of the defunct Defiance, Ohio, Savings Bank, was declared forfeited in the Common Pleas Court Friday by Judge Snook. Saner is under indictment for perjury and embezzlement and was held in the sum of $14,000. He was once tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years on a charge of perjury, but was given a new trial through an error in the charge of the trial judge. Sauer is now in business in Chicago. NO PLACE FOR RANSOM. He Loses His Job as United States Minister to Mexico. A special to a New York paper from "Washington says: Acting Attorney General Conrad decided that the appointment of Matt Ransom as minister to Mexico was illegal, on the ground that the salary of the office had been increased by Congress $5,000 while Mr. Ransom was Senator from North Carolina. The decision was based on a question raised by Auditor Holcomb in declining to act favorably on Mr. Ransom’s vouchers for salary and expenses. Death by Explosion and Fire. The Hotel Gurnry, Denver, Colo., filled with guests, was completely wrecked at midnight, Sunday, by an explosion. The floors and walls fell in a mass, carrying down the people who were in the building. The debris was immediately ablaze. At 3:30 a. m., twenty-four had been ac- , counted for, si|t being probably fatally injured, and the reqt less seriously. Shortly before the explosion occurred, the night clerk was heard to remark that seventy guests were in the house. The list of servants will not exceed ten, making a possible death list of fifty-six.

Nine Prisoners Escape. There was a general jail delivery at Decatur, Ind., Thursday night. As Sheriff Ashbushor’s wife was passing a pail of water to the prisoners they all made a rush at her and overpowered her, making their escape in the darkness. There were nine criminals. New Woman to Make Brandy. The natv woman has broken out in another place in Georgia. A woman in Jasper County and another in-Cherokee have been granted tha’necessary Government license to enable them to establish registered distilleries from which to make peach brandy. — ff - Murderer Granted an Appeal. At Nashville, Tenn., an appeal to the Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Rise Barton, colored, who was found guilty of the murder of Andrew Brown, colored, on Jan. 19, on the Murfreesboro turnpike. Big Failure at Omaha. The S. P. Morse Dry Goods Company, an extensive department store at Omaha, Neb., has failed.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2,38 cto 39c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 45c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 11c to J3c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 35c to 45c; broom corn, Illinois, poor to choice, $55 to SIOO per tbn. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,65 cto 67c; corn, No. 1 white, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to “7c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. £ white, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2,40 c to 41c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,68 c to, 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 39c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 47c. Detroit—‘Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, 44c to 46c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 726; corn, No. 2 white, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 46e. Buffalo—Cattle', $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c. J , Milwaukee—'Wheat, No. 2 spring, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 3,37 cto 39c; pats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 44c; rye, No. 1,45 cto 47c; pork, mess, $9.00 to $9.50. New York—Rattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 46c tq 47e; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; buttes, ereamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, Western, 13c to 14c.

FUTURE IS BRIGHT.

THE OUTLOOK FOR CROPS WAS NEVER BETTER. Moat Satisfactory Reporta from the Ore»t Grain Producing Tract—Oata, Rye and Fruit Flourishing Corn Yield the Greatest Ever Known. Bountiful Harvests. This is likely to be a phenomenal year for agriculturists as the indications for good crop* throughout the farming districts of the whole West have never been surpassed. Grain of every sort and all variety of fruits will be most abundant, and as the farmer looks over his fields of rich crops and his trees laden and weighed down with fruit his heart laughs aloud with joy. Kansas has this year raised nearly 7,000,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, the largest crop in the history of the State. In many instances 200 bushels have been raised on a single acre, which were sold on board the cars at 50 cents per bnshel. Taking the State as a whole, the yields of fruit and garden products were never so gpd the trees and vines were nevef before so laden. Conditions average 75 per cent, for apples, peaches, grapes and cherries, and in one-half of the State apples and peaches rate at 100 and about The stories of drought and distress which went forth from Nebraska last fall and winter will hardly be repeated this year, for, while farmers in many sections are on the anxious seat as to their corn crops, they are just completing what is probably the most satisfactory harvest of small grain in the history of the State. Indeed, the yield of wheat and oats may be said to be a record-breaker. The acreage of both these cereals this year, along with rye and barley, was less than that of last, but the production of all, according to estimates made, will be far above the average. This is all the more gratifying from the fact that the early drought was the cause of gloomy forebodings. In the Dakotas, the great wheat-grow-ing States, the crop is placed at 2,400,000 acres and the yield at about twelve bush-

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els per acre, or a total of from 28,000,00 to 30,000,000. This estimate was made before thrashers got to work and on a basis of fifteen to eighteen bushels per acre in the southern and eastern counties. But since the actual test is being made, the yield in that section is going beyond the average, some fields thrashing out as high as thirty-five bushels per acre, while from twenty to twenty-five bushels is common. This may bring the total up to 35,000,000 bushels, while there was not over 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 bushels raised last year. The yield will be cut in the northeastern part of the State, where the prospects were good, by a heavy hailstorm, which destroyed 20,000 acres. Some smut is reported in the eastern part of the State, but not enough to do anygreat damage. The acreage devoted to the oat crop is probably about the same as in former years,' or 800,000 acres, and the yield is reported far above the average—twenty-five bushels per acre. Wherever the crop has been thrashed some fields go as high as eighty bushels per acre. In the southeastern part of the .State, where all crops are the heaviest,- the average this year may be safely put at thirty bushels per acre, or a total yield for the State of 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels. The Corn Crop. The crop of corn of the country this year will be the largest that has ever been known. It is estimated at the present time that the yield will exceed by 200,000,000 bushels the record of any previous year. This condition did not exist a month ago. At that time continued drouth in nearly all the corn States made the outlook dubious for an average yield. But the rains came, copious, heavy, continued showers, just at the time most needeij, and to-day prosperity hovers closer over millions of homes than for many a year.

How much depends upon the corn crop is realized by few. The corn crop will bring more money, if marketed, than all other grain products combined, and potatoes may be counted with the grain to make good measure. The estimated yield of corn for this year is from 2,250,000,000 to 2,500,000,000 bushels. At the present price, which is 35 cents for December or May delivery, the ciop will be worth $800,000,000. To emphasize .the immensity of this product it may be said that the State of lowa alone will raise enough corn this year to supply more than bushels to every man, woman and child in the United States. Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas comprise what has been termed the corn belt. This section furnishes nearly, if not quite, twothirds of the entire corn product. The greatest yield of any year previous to this was in 1889, when the acreage was 75,319,651 and the yield 2,112,892,000 bushels. The following year brought a practical failure, which was again made up in 1891, when the yield amounted to 2,060,154,000 bushels from an acreage of 76,204,515. For the past three years the yield has been 1,628,464,000 bushels for 1892, 1,619,496,431 bushels for 1893 and 1,212,770,052 bushels for 1894. The indications at present, therefore, are that the 1893 crop will be nearly double that of last year. Tt will not all be turned into cash, but considered from the standpoint of value it will represent $400,000,000 more than the eeepof last year. John Hartman, Joseph Wilke and Alexander Wilke, j members of a New York pleasure party, were drowned.

WILL STUDY AMERICAN CROPS.

Germany Attache* an Agricaltsrial to Ita Kmbamjr. Several of the European Government* have decided to send to their embouiee or legation* in this country what they term “agricultural attaches.’’ Such an attache will be expected to keep his home Government informed not only a* to crop conditions, prospects and prices in the United States at regular intervals, but also to keep his people posted as to progress in all agricultural methods and improvements from time to time. Germany is the first to send an attache of this sort, who arrived in Washington a few days ago and called upon the Secretary of Agriculture. His name is Beno Reinhardt Freiherr von Herrman. He is a baron, although an agriculturist, so that he wih no doubt be welcomed into official society this winter, despite his long name. It is understood that both the English and French Governments will soon follow the example of Germany and send an agricultural attache to their embassies here, and Secretary Morton now thinks that it njigljt be wise on the part of our Government to return the compliment by Bending some of our most practical and successful farmers abroad in place of th« few military and naval attaches who presumably adorn the diplomatic service oJ the United States.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF VETERANS.

Accommodations Provided Those Attending Chattanooga Reunion. The Chattanooga national military park commission has issued the following announcement on behalf of the veteran soldiers who wish to go to the encampment at Chattanooga: “It appears from numerous letters received by this commission that its previous circular in regard to furnishing quarters in camp barracks has been construed to mean that such barracks will be erected without regard to the orders received, and that those desiring these quarters can obtain them upon their arrival at Chattanooga. This, however, is not the case. “As Congress made no appropriation for free quarters, a plan was devised by which barracks accommodations could be provided by the citizens’ committee of

Chattanooga at a very low rate for all who might order sueh a sufficient time in advance. It is the intention to extend barracks as orders for accommodation* are received. Such accommodations cannot be provided under applications received after Aug. 30, 1895. “Those who send $2 to Capt. Charles F. Muller, Chattanooga, Tenn., will receive in return a ticket which will entitle the holder to a comfortable barrack bunk for the entire time of his stay at Chattanooga, including safe storage for hand baggage and toilet accommodations. It will not be possible to furnish ladies with quarters in these barracks, or to supply meals or lunches in connection with them. It will be necessary for each person to bring his own blanket and towels. The barracks will be constructed upon the plan adopted at the last Grand Army encampment at Washington city, where a very large number of veterans were thus housed. Such structures will be erected in Chattanooga, where, within convenient distances, meals and lunches may be obtained at reasonable prices. “Communications in regard to barracks addressed to Capt. Muller, who was selected by the citizens’ committee to take charge of this work, will receive prompt and reliable attention. “J. S. FULLERTON, “Chairman of Commission.”

NORTH KNOCKED OUT.

Tried to Buy His Way Into Parliament but Failed. One of the most picturesque figures in English life is Col. John T. North, known familiarly as the “nitrate king.” The son of a mechanic in Leeds, England, he started out in life without any advantages and in the 60’s went as an engineer to Chili. Thence he went to the nitrate beds of Peru and partly by good luck and partly by collusion with corrupt Chillian and Peruvian politicians acquired a controlling interest in the rich nitrate beds and incidentally a fortune of many millions. A few years ago he returned to England to buy his way into society and public life. He performed numerous

COL. NORTH, “NITRATE KING.”

benefactions, endowed hospitals and colleges, gave splendid parties, became one of the Prince of Wales’ amusement set and then, satisfied that he stood well in the minds of the people of his native towns of Leeds, he annoupced his intention of entering Parliament, standing on the Tory platform. He was defeated, however, by Herbert Gladstone, son of the “grand old man,” and has now time sufficient on his hands to realize that money does not always accomplish the purpose of its user.

DIED IN THE FLAMES.

HORRID FATE OF MANY IN A HOTEL FIRE. Gumry House at Denver Wrecked by an Explosion at Midnight-Guests Caught in the Ruins—Fire Break* Out ‘and Firemen Forced to Retreat. An Awful Tale. The Gumry Hotel, at Denver, Oslo., was wrecked by a terrific explosion at 12:10 a. m. Monday. The rear half of the building, g five itory brick and atone structure, went down with a crash. The hotel was crowded with guests and between forty and fifty of them were killed, as well as the entire force of hotel employes, who were sleeping in the portion of the building which fell. No meals were served In the hotel and every guest entered on the register occupied a room In the hotel Sunday, most of them late at night, the list being as follows: Mrs. O. H. Knight, Lake City. Mrs. Knight’s sons. J. I. Kirk, Omaha. J. 0. Brown,Omaha. Bud Buren, Colorado Springs. J. W. Roberts and wife, Colorado Springs. MiBS Jennie Haword, Boston. Mrs. 0. W. Williams, Boulder. Mis* Hattie H. Williams, Boulder. W. C. McClain, Huron, Kan. Mrs. McClain and child, Huron, Kan. Henry 81oan, Huron, Kan. Mrs. Henry Sloan, Huron, Kan. George Burle, Colorado Springs. B. T. McClosky, Qripple Creek, Colo. F. French, Central City, Colo. B. Lorah, Central City, Colo. W. J. Corson, Pueblo. M. E. Letson, Denver. Probably Bixty Killed.

At 3 a. m. Monday only fifteen persons who are known to have been in the building at the time of the explosion are accounted for. This leaves sixty supposed to be dead. Henry Sloan and wife, of Huron, Kan., and W. 0. McClain, cashier of the Huron State Bank, are among those taken down by ladders, and are all more or less Injured. On both sides of Lawrence, from 17th to 18th street, and on Larimer, directly back of the Gumry, the plate-glass windows of the business houses were blown In and a number of pedestrians were injured by falling glass. The fronts of many buildings in the vicinity were badly wrecked. The hotel structure, for 100 feet along the alley and extending 76 feet toward the front, is a mass of debris. Brick and plaster piled in heaps twenty feet high, and from this mass of wreckage could be heard the moans of the injured and dying. The cause of the explosion is uncertain, but it is supposed that the battery of boilers in the hotel basement must have exploded. The sound of the explosion was heard throughout the city, awakening people in bed a mile from the scene. A cloud of dust was thrown a thousand feet in the air, and, as there was not a breath of wind, it hung in the air like a huge column. Minute atoms of powdered brick and giortar descended like gentle snow. At 12:50 the ruins began burning fiercely and the firemen were obliged to retreat from the work of rescue. Every engine in the city was pouring streams into the mass, but the flames could not be possibly got under control before the injured were cremated.

As their chances of escape lessened the cries of the imprisoned people were increased, heartrending shrieks rising from every portion of the great mass’of wreckage. During the height of the excitement a team ran away on 18th street, stampeding the great crowd of spectators. A number of people were more or less injured by being trampled upon and falling in tho broken glass which covered the streets and sidewalks in every direction. Electric-light wires dangling from broken poles in the alley added fresh peril to the firemen. One horse was burned by coming in contact with a live wire. Two injured women had been almost extricated from the ruins when the flames approached so close that the rescuers had to abandon them for safety. The bodies of three women were also to be seen in the back part of the building, but could not be reached. Hardly had the firemen got fairly at work when they were forced to retreat. Proprietors of the Hotel Killed. Among the dead are Peter Gumry and R. 0. Grenier, the proprietors of the hotel, the day clerk and the night clerk, none of whose bodies have been found. Immediately after the explosion occurred a baby was heard wailing in the corner of a room which had nearly all fallen away. Its parents had gone down with the first crash. Afterward the little one’s cries became weaker and weaker, and when the flames shot up into the skeleton of the building it became silenced. The firemen made a brave effort to save a woman caught in the debris of the north corner of the hotel, but were forced to abandon the attempt. The Gumry Hotel was a five-story brickwith stone front, and was built about six years ago. It was of the better kind of second-class hotels, catering largely to transient family patronage. Thus many women and children were among the guests. The building was put np as the Eden Musee by the widow of Gen. Tom Thumb, and was so occupied for several years, later being remodeled for use as a hotel. Gumry and Grenier have owned the hotel for several years. Mr. Gumry was a prominent contractor and had done much of the work during the building of the State capitoi. Mr. Grenier acted in the capacity of manager.

Told in a Few Lines.

Hetty Green announces that she will spend the summer in prayer. It is cheaper than spending the summer in Europe. John L. Sullivan’s benefit performance in New York the other night netted him about $6,000. This ought to last him at least two weeks. A thoughtless visitor began humming “Every Day’ll Be Sunday By and By” in New York the other day and a mob chased him nine miles. Gen. Campos has ordered 1,200 pounds of quinine from Spain. It’s no use; quinine will not stop the Spaniards from shaking in their boots. Several days ago Gen. Campos took complete control of the Cuban cable and announced that no news except reports of Spanish victories would be sent out henceforth. We haven’t heard from Cuba since then. Col. Fellows, the district attorney, has returned to his office in New York from England, where he has been spending the latter part of his vacation.. Walter Dennison, Ann Arbor, Mich., and H. F. Decon, Detroit, have been awarded scholarships for study in the American colleges at Athens and Rome. The bread riots in Tabreez continue. A mob has wrecked the house of the Governor, who has resigned hiß authority and promises a reduction in the price of bread. The London Court of Appeals has dismissed Countess Russell’s appeal against the judgment of April last, dismissing her suit against her husband, Earl Russell, for a restoration of conjugal rights.

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.

Silver Democrats Prepare for tha Campaign of 1888. The Democratic silver conference la session in Washington adopted a program and platform, and issued an address to the people of which the following ore the principal points: At s conference between * number of Democrats from different States who attended the non-partisan convention recently assembled at Memphis, Tenn., for the purpose of promoting the cause of free silver coinage, which conference was held after the adjournment of the convention, a committee consisting of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Turple of Indiana, and Harris of Tennessee was appointed and authorized to invite representative Democrats from tho several States to meet them at Washington for consultation, with the view of securing co-operation and concert of action among thewe Democrats throughout the Union who believe in adhering to the cardinal Democr““c policy of actnal bimetallism. Disclaiming all right to bind any person tiT ? u „ r . utterances, but profoundly conscious tnat the Democratic party to-day confronts a crisis the most momentous lu Its history, and fraught with far-reaching perils to the people and the country, we are assembled as ludlvldual Democrats to take counsel together, and for the undisguised purpose or inaugurating and promoting a thorough and systematic organization of the Democratic masses, so that they may go forward a® man with a resolute purpose to rescue the old party founded by Thomas Jefferson from plutocratic, domination. Therefore, with this object in view, this convention of American Democrats, composed of representatives from twenty-four of the leading States of the Union, makes the following declaration on the monetary question, which has been forced Into the leading place among the issues of to-day. The well-known arguments lu favor of bimetallism at a ratio of JO to 1 follow, and the document declares the Democratic party the champion*of that bimetallism from Jefferson to the present time. The charge that the act of 1873 was passed by fraud is reiterated, with the claim that falllug prices are the result of the appreciation of gold. The document then suys: “The Democratic party is the traditional friend and champion of bimetallism. Its strength aud power and popularity have been largely built upon Its steadfast opposition to the demonetization of silver and Its record of unwearied effort to restore it to Its historic place ns a full money metal equal with gold. The effort at this late day to maty> It par excellence the champion of gold mono-metallism, the enemy of the policy It bus upheld, and the defender of the erime It hu3 denounced, Is an effort to dishonor its record, its promises, and Its principles.”

Proposed National Platform.

Duty to the people requires that the party of the people coutlnue the battle for bimetallism until Its efforts are crowned with success; therefore be It Resolved, That the Democratic party, In national convention assembled, should demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold Into primary or redemption money at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or approval of any other nation; that It should declare Its Irrevocable opposition to the substitution for a metallic money of a panic-breeding, corporation-cred-it currency, based on a single metal, the supply of which Is so limited that It can be cornered at any time by a few banking Institutions in Europe and America. That it should declare Its opposition to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the Government of‘redeeming such obligations In either silver coin or gold coin; that It should declare Its opposition to the Issuing of Interest-bearing bonds of the United States In time of peace, and especially to placing the treasury of the Government under the control of any syndicate of bankers, and the Issuance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit for the purpose of supplying the Federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold mono-metallism. With a view to securing the adherence to and readoptlon of the Democratic financial policy above set forth, by the Democratic national convention to be assembled In 1896, and of the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency well known to be In hearty sympathy therewith, we hereby pledge our mutual co-operation, and urgently recommend to our Democratic brethren in all the States to at once begin and vigorously and systematically prosecute the work of a thorough organization.

LONDON’S PARKHURST.

He Is Rev. Dr. Bass, and He la Now Visiting; America. The Dr. Parkhurst of London, Rev. Septimus Buss, is now on a visit to the United States. For twenty years he has been engaged in the interest of reform, the regulation of the sale of intoxicants occupying most of his attention. He is president of Sion College, and as vicar of Shoreditch, a London parish of 125,000 population, he is vested with nearly all of the powers which Mayor William L. Strong possesses, excepting the privilege of appointing municipal officials. “I have been interested in the reform movement to regulate the sale of intoxicants for twenty years,” said Dr. Buss. “Since our vigilance committee was formed we have taken a more determined stand and have several times come into open conflict with those opposed to us—they are called publicans. The English

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license law differs considerably from the American. We have two laws—one that has reference only to London and the other to the provinces. The laws are in reality a law and an amendment to a law. Subsidiary acts relate to Sunday closing, selling to children under 13 years of age, etc. “There are several Sunday laws. In London saloons are closed from 11 to 1 o’clock, open from 1 to 3, then closed until early evening, after which they remain open until 11 o’clock. Different laws were enacted for Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Jy. Ireland the five most populous cities are exempted from the provisions of the Sunday closing law. “The American impression .that our Sunday law works satisfactorily is erroneous. It is continually and openlyviolated. The police, as a rule, are in, league with the publicans. Pqlice drink, at prohibited times and in prohibited places.”

News of Minor Note.

Southern Railway and Steamship Association lines have decided not to cut rates. A child of Mrs. Annie Seeley, who was being taken to a New York free dispensary, died in a street car. Charles L. Walters, a well-known musi-. cian, was admitted to the city hospital at Louisville, Ky., a hopeless wreck from alcoholism. George Traver, a Chicago dentist, was found dead in a ravine in Mexico. It is believed he was murdered and robbed by, his native servants. In a Cleveland court-room Henry Du Lawrence, an attorney, administered a severe horsewhipping to F. B. Calhoun, also a lawyer and notary public. Continuous rains have ruined the rice, crops in many parts of Japan and a famine is feared. Many lives have already, bjen lost nnd the damage done is enormous. 1