Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1895 — Page 2

Bl)tgtmotroticgmtincl JT. W. HoEVEK, Publl»her. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

BY FLAME AND SMOKE

SEVERAL MEET DEATH IN CINCINNATI. o ‘San Disgruntled British Diplomat Relieves His Feelings—Fearful DeathRoll of an Austria Wreck—Turks Are Had with Hate and Rage. One Dead, Three Fatally Hurt. An alarm called the Cincinnati fire department to a fire-story brick tenement Wednesday morning, in which were sleeping forty tenants. The flames were in third, fourth and fifth stories. Women and children were screaming piteously at the windows. All the police patrol wagons were quickly on the scene and the work of rescue began. Thomas O’Flaherty, a deaf man, more dead than alive from suffocation, jumped from a fourth-story window into a net held by the police, without further injur?-. Immediately afterward bodies were taken from the fourth and fifth stories by the firemen on their ladders. Mrs. Mary Holmes, aged 80, was dead; her daughter. Miss F. ,T. Pendery, and an actress known as May Edwards, of New York, were taken out unconscious from suffocation, but not seriously injured. The fatally injured are: Rachael Davis, aged 4 years; Mamie Pomso, aged 19; Mrs. Emma Davis. It is believed that all others escaped with little or no injury except losing all their household goods. How the fire started is not known.

LET’S OUT HIS IRE. Lord Sackville Issues an Extraordinary Pamphlet. A special cablegram to the New Y'ork World from London says an extraordinary publication by a British diplomat has been discussed during the last few days among the foreign representatives to the court of St. James. This is a handsomely printed pamphlet marked “For private circulation only,” and entiled “My Mission to the United States, ’Bl-89,” and has just been issued by Lord Sackville, who as Sir Lionel Sackville West, K. C. M. G.. was the English Minister to Washington for the period named. It will be remembered that President Cleveland, almost on the eve of the election of 1888, sent Sir Lionel his passports because of a letter written by him to an alleged Englishman in California, commenting upon the approaching election. This pamphlet is Lord Sackville’s defense and explanation, after seven years, of that incident. But the unprecedented part of it, which has aroused very excited comment, is the freedom of his strictures upon the American people and American public men; and his own expressed indignation that the British Ministry should have accepted Mr. Bayard ns Ambassador to this country, while as Secretary of State of the United States Mr. Bayard had wantonly insulted in person its accredited representative, Lord Sackville West.

DISASTROUS BELGIAN WRECK. Eighteen People Killed in a Collision of Trains at Wavre. Dispatches received in Brussels from Wavre, where the collision between a crowded passenger train and an engine occurred, show that eighteen instead of ten persons were killed and that 100 persons, and not forty, were injured. Several of the wounded are so seriously injured that their lives are despaired of. There are no Americans among the dead or injured. The passenger train was just passing the railroad station at Mousty when an engine coming from Ottiguies at full speed collided with it and telescoped three of the carriages. Relief gangs and * medical assistance were promptly sent to the scene from all neighboring points and everything possible was done to succor the wounded, at least thirty of whom wgre in need of prompt assistance. CONSTANTINOPLE IN A FERMENT Armenians Refuse to Come Out of the Cathedral. It is reported that serious disturbances between the Armenians and the Turks have broken out at Sivas, Van and ut Bitlis, three of the leading cities of Armenia. The guard ships of the various powers are moored at Galata in order to be in position to render aid to the foreign residents in case it is needed. A council of ministers has been held at the palace in Constantinople in order to consider the terms of the note submitted to the Porte by the envoys of the six powers. The Armenian shops at Stamboul and Galata are closed.

Naval Evolutions. The North Atlantic squadron will go to sea again in a few days from Chesapeake Bay to resume evolutions. It is probable that the entire squadron, reenforced by the Maine and Texas, and perhaps the battleship Indiana, will continue these evolutions on a larger scale in southern waters during the approaching winter. Guarding the Church. At City of some excitement has been created by a rumor that Protestant missionaries had conspired to blow up a church containing the miraculous image Virgin Guadaloupe with dynamite bombs or to set fire to the structure. A section of the city fire department is at Guadaloupe near the church. Raft Capsized. It is reported in Moscow that 100 persons were drowned near the village of Ozery by the capsizing of a large raft on the river Oka.

Historic Structure Destroyed. The old Presbyterian Church at Abington, Pa., founded in 1714, was burned Sunday with all its contents. The walls, raised more than a century ago, are standing. Loss, $25,000; insurance, $15,000. The structure will be rebuilt. Floods in Arizona. Floods .in the Agua Fria and Gila Rivers have caused serious breaks in the bridges of the Santa Fe and Maricopa and Phoenix Railways, and for two days cut off Phoenix’s rail communication. A Friend to Mariners. Gen. O. M. Poe, the well-known United States engineer, died suddenly at his residence in Detroit. He had been ill for several days, but the serious nature of his condition had not been announced. Gen. Poe rendered valuable services to the marine interests of thp lakes. Express Safe Blown Open. At Myrtle, a small town a few miles from Toronto, Opt., unknown robbers assaulted the night operator, rendering him insensible. The safe was then blown open and $2,500 of the Dominion Express Company’s funds stolen. The operator

PRISONERS EATEN UP^ Shocking Story of Cannibalism in Canton Province, China. Two large villages. Pien-Cheng and Lang-Cheng. distant seven miles from TySami, in the Canton Province, Chinn, were recently the scenes of shocking deeds in cannibalism and wanton destruction of productive property. The Swatow correspondent of the China Mail gives rhe details of the fight between the two communities, which was precipitated by a dispute over water rights. In a night attack the people of Lang-Cheng cut the sea embankment and let in the water so as to destroy a large part of their enemies’ rice, then almost ready for cutting. Reprisals followed, and though the villages are distant only thirty miles from two district cities, Hai-Ilong and Lok-Hong, the fighting continued for ov£r a month, involving many villages and causing a large number of deaths. The worst feature, however, is this: By one side throe and by the other four prisoners were taken alive. These men were killed aqc{ eaten, seven in all. It was not in this case, as in some others, an eating of the heart or gall only. Every eatable portion was consumed, most of it being given to the children of the respective villages. Though not unprecedented in that district, such an act of cannibalism is unusual, and led to the appointment of a special deputy to inquire into the case.

GREAT ARMY OF PUPILS. Increase in the Chicago Schools Is 11,092 Over Last Year. Reports of Chicago public school principals of the enrollment of pupils for September give gratifying evidence of the substantial growth of the city and evidence not so gratifying of the inability of the Board of Education to provide suitable school accommodations for the large number of new pupils. The total enrollment is 183,749, an increase of 11,092 over the enrollment for September, 1894. To accommodate the rapid and steady growth in school attendance about twent?' new buildings are erected annually and forty have been built dnee Jan. 1, 1894. But in spite of this activity the reports for the last month show that the schools are so crowded thut although sittings are rented in other buildingi for 11,600 pupils, there are 20,124 who are unable to get more than half a da>’'« schooling flail?'. The Board of Education was handicapped by a bad start, and though struggling manfully each year to cope with the deficiency in school accommodations has been unable to keep pace w th the annual demand of the added thousands of boys and girls who are entitled to the privileges of a public school education.

CAN BUILD THEIR OWN SHIPS. That’s What Japs Think, and Americans Don’t Get Contracts. Irving M. Scott, president of the Union iron works, is coining home on the China, which is due iu San Francisco next week, but he is not bringing any contracts to build bntleships for the Japanese Government. On board the China is also Gon. Williams, one of the agents of the Cramps, who was iu Japan for the same purpose as Mr. Scott and whose mission met with the same result. The Japanese Government hns not let any contracts tor additions to its navy to American or other foreign shipbuilders for the reason that until the imperial diet meets iu November the Minister of Marine will not know just what money will be at his service. Even after appropriations are made it is doubtful if any contracts Will be made with American shipbuilders, at least not for some time, the reason being that the people of the Mikado’s empire have become suddenly impressed with the idea that they can construct their own battleships and cruisers. This decision, of course, shuts out British and German shipbuilders ns well from a slice of the Japanese maritime patronage.

CARLISLE WON’T INTERFERE. Hus No Power to Overrule Comptroller iu Sugar Bounty Cases, Secretary Carlisle had an interview with ex-Representative Wilkinson, of Louisiana, now collector of customs at New Orleans, in regard to the pending sugar bounty controversy. Mr. Wilkinson appealed to the Secretary in behnlf of the planters, but Mr. Carlisle saw no way in which he could ’render the bounty claimants any assistance except possibly by expediting tbe hearing aud the decision of the Court of Claims. The Comptroller, he said, hud jurisdiction to overrule him. It seems to be the opinion of the treasury officials that the case will remain as at present, without going to the court until Congress meets in December. ” PREY TO FLAMES. Big Cotton Mills at Warren, R. 1,. Destroyed by Fire. One of tbe largest tires ever known in Southeastern New England broke out at 7 o’clock Thursday night in one of tbe mills of the Warren Manufacturing Company, situated near the center of Warren, R. 1., and before it was got under control it had swept through three large cotton mills, two warehouses, small sheds, freight cars and other property, causing a loss which is estimated at more than $1,000,000. Muscular Margaret Mather. All of the romance which surrounded the marriage of Margaret Mather to Col. Gustave G. Pabst, Secretary of the Pabst Brewing Company ahd the favorite gon of the big Milwaukee brewer, has vanished. Wednesday afternoon the pair were riding at Milwaukee, when iu full view of many pedestrians the Colonel jumped from the buggy, followed by his wife, who gave him a furious horsewhipping; and when he wrenched the whip from her, she continued the assault with her fists in a style which showed she was no amateur.

Murdered with a Flat-Iron. A brutal murder was committed in St. Louis. Ignatz Goldmaun, a feeble and defenseless old man, was assaulted in a room back of his restaurant, where he lived alone, beaten into insensibility with a flat-iron and then stabbed repeatedly across the face, so 4vs to be rendered almost unrecognizable. Missouri Bank Assigns. The Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Creighton, Mo., made un assignment.' The statement filed shows assets to the amount of $124,000 and liabilities of SOO, > 000, mostly in real estate paper. The officers of the institution say that the suspension is only temporary Honor the Old Bell. The removal of the liberty bell from Independence Hall to the Pennsylvania depot at West Philadelphia, en route to the Atlanta exposition, was made the occasion of a great demonstration of patriotism and of public reverence for the gTand old relic. Miles Succeeds Schofield. Wednesday afternoon Gen. Nelson A. Miles was appointed general of the arm?', headquarters at Washington. Gen. Rnger succeeds to the command of the department of the east, headquarters in New York. Noted Author Gone. Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, of Columbia College, the noted Norwegian author, died at New York Friday of rheumatism of the heart after an illness of but two days. Prof. -Boyesen was born in Norway in 1848. When he came to this country in 1869 he went to Chicago,

where he became editor of the Scandinavian paper, FjpunatL* Five years after coming to Aaierfea he published his first novel, “Gannar,’’ v which was an immediate success. In, 1881 he was appointed instructor in German at Columbia Col-' lege, and in 1883 he was appointed to the Gebhard professorship of German and literature. The chair of Germanic language* and literature was created for liim' in 1800. He established a reputation as a lecturer'as well as a novelist and essayist. and among his friends numbered such men as Victor -Hugo and Tonrgueneff. He leaves a widow and two children. GOOD TONE‘‘To TRADE. Analysis of Failures Daring the Last Quarter. It. G. Dun ft Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says that commercial failures in the third quarter of 1895 were 2,792, witli liabilities of $32,107,179, averaging sll,521 iter firm, against $10,028 last year, or about 15 per cent. more. The rate of failures for every 1,000 firms in business is lower than last year, and the proportion of defaulted liabilities to the solvent business represented by payments through clearing-houses is but 2.49 per 1,000, against 2.77 last year. The defaulted liabilities per firm in business average $20.92, ngainst $20.39 last year. The defaulted liabilities of the manufacturing class average $20,805, against $19,703 iu the same quarter last year; in trading $8,577, against $0,443 last year, and the banking failures, not included above, have been thirty-one, with average liabilities of $114,000, against $110,030 last year. In the third quarter, when failures are usuull?’ low, the average of liabilities in prosperous years falls below $10,000; the number below two in 1,000 firms; the defaulted liabilities below $2 per SI,OOO exchanges, and below $25 per firm in business. Thus the analysis indicates a condition approaching, but not ye' reaching, one of general prosperity.

DEATH IN A CRASH. Awful Disaster at an Ohio Church Corner Stone Laying. A frightful disaster plunged Lorain, Ohio, into mourning Sunday, and whflt was meant to be an incident of glad rejoicing became iu an instant a.catastrophe of appalling horror. One child was killed outright, ten persons were fatally injured and between thirty and forty others were seriously hurt by the sinking of a section of temporary platform built on rotten timbers. The accident happened at the outset of the ceremonious laying of n corner stone for the new St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and just nfter the priests had hushed a crowd of 5,000 people into solemn silence, the old Catholic church, a few rods distant from the new, was turned into a morgue aild hospital, and some of the injured persons were carried into the parochial school next door and there made as comfortable as possible. Twenty physicians were on the scene within twenty minutes, and they were kept busy until sundown caring for the victims’ wounds.

OLNISY WILL NOT TALK. Secretary Declines to Discuss the Venezuelan Boundary Matter. Secretary Oluey positively refuses to say anything touching any correspondence he lias had or intends to have relative to the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary dispute, scf it cannot be positively ascertained whether he hns taken any steps recently to induce Great Britain to submit the mntter to arbitration. It can bestead, however, thnt since Secretary Gresham’s death and up to a very recent date the department lmil not made a single move in thnt direction. But inasmuch ns Copgress by resolution directed the executive to use its best efforts to bring the dispute to arbitration, it is very probable that, having in mind the near approach of the assembling of Congress, Secretary Oluey lias been giving the subject the attention it demands arid is formulating his views to be communicated to Ambassador Bayard upon- the return of the latter from his vacation iu Scotland.

DEAD IN THE PULPIT. Rev. Dr. Longstroth Expires While Conducting Services. Rev. Dr. Lawrence Lorain Longstroth dropped deud in the pulpit of the Wayne Avenue Church Sunday at Daytou, Ohio, while conducting services. He was stricken with apoplexy aud died instantly. Rev. Dr. Longstroth was at one time prominently associated with the theological department of Yale College, nnd later conducted a seminary at Andover, Muss. He was nationally known as a writer on technical subjects in bee culture. Too Fast Id a Fog. Carelessness in running too fast in a fog caused a collision nt Tacoma, Wash., between two electric cars, resulting in the demolishing of both cars and the injury of a dozen persons, two fatally. Ten Killed in a Collision. By a collision between an engine and a crowded passenger train Sunday evening near Wavre, Belgium, ten persons were killed and forty were injured, several of them seriously. Siam Called Upon to Settle. The United States has called upon the Siamese Government to settle what is known as the Cheek claim. Instructions have been sent to Sir John Barrett, Minister resident at Bangkok.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 59c to t!0c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,18 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,41 cto 42c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23e; eggs, fresh. 15c to 10c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn v common growth to fine brush, 2t4c to 4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; .wheat, No. 2,62 cto 64c; com, No. 1 white, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hog's, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 04e to ’'6sc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 27c; oats,' No. 2 white, 18c to 19e; rye, No. 2,37 c to 38c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33e to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 47c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, (14c to 65c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, 42c to 44c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 60c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. , 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2. 43c to 45e. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 66c to 07c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 37c to 3Se; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 57c to 59c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Q.c to 22c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 44e; rye, No/1, 41c to 42c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, Western, 17c to 19c.

A NOVEL INVESTMENT.

STRANGE COMMERCIAL FAITH. How Bread Cast Upon the Waters of Trade Come* Back After Many Days —Enormous Investments In Modern Business Methods Name?” Trade Marks and Their Defense. If our forefathers could look down on modern business methods they would at the first glance conclude that modern merchants were as mad as March hares. After they had become thoroughly acquainted with the magnificent systems which are used by our great railroad corporations and mammoth trusts, they would conclude that the age was an age of magicians, and not of fools. The machinery of business has kept pace with the improved machinery of our mills. Inleed, the merchant of to-day avails of no dttle machinery in the conduct of his every-day office work. Patented systems of copying, of duplicating, wonderful let.ter files, and hundreds of neat aids to office work have multiplied very fast during the past few years and within the last month. The Graphophone has gone into active use in business offices, so that the merchant can dictate all his correspondence to a machine which records it on a wax-coated cylinder, from which, at a later hour, the typewriter can reproduce it for the mail. The marvelous developments of modern business show more strongly in the matter of advertising than in most other branches. Vast sums of money are apparently thrown away in this direction. When a great commercial house spends two hundred thousand dollars during a single year in newspaper advertising, there is nothing in the inventory at the close of the year which will represent the outlay. The papers have been printed, distributed, read and again reduced to pulp in the paper mill, while the merchant’s good money has been paid to the publishers. Prudent men, even of the present generation, hardly comprehend it. Thousands shake their heads, and invest their own money in- bricks and mortar, feeling assured that they can depend on possessions which they see rather than Invest their money in building up something which to them seems visionary. A true philosopher of the olden time put over his door the legend, “Things invisible deceive not.” The bankers and builders of his day sneered at him as they counted their gold and reared their solid buildings. But he had Scripture for his warrant, and modern advertisers are the direct followers of his philosophy. He labored to show men that gold might be stolen, buildings might burn, substantial possessions turn to dust and disappointment, while skill, education and character, though invisible, could not be stolen nor destroyed. The modern advertiser goes much further, and proves conclusively tiat a mere name may be worth a million if it >» well known and well respected. "What’s in a name?” finds forcible answer in the columns of our dnily papers. The shrewd school boy, who puzzled his companions by flaring them to spell housecleaning in seven letters, and then solved it by spelling Sapolio, must have recognized the intimate connection between these two ideas which has been built up by a vast expenditure of money. The five letters, P-e-a-r-s, though valueless singly, are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars when used in connection with soap. The printed matter, painted signs, and countless devices to make the nnme popular pass away annually, almost as fast as they are paid for; but if properly managed, the trade name accumulates and carries forward the value as a permanent investment. An article of real worth, clearly named and widely made known to the public, is sure of a brilliant success. Sapolio affords abundant evidence of Buis Its great usefulness, its distinct but descriptive name, and its almost universal use has resulted in ns great success to its manufacturers as in assistance to the housekeepers of the world. Such an investment as the trade-name Sapolio needs no fire insurance, and cannot secretly be conveyed to Canada. If tampered with or infringed upon, it must be done openly, and modern law with each succeeding year recognizes more forcibly than before the rights of trade-name owners, and punishes with greater alacrity attempts at infringement. The manufac-. turers of Sapolio have successfully overthrown countless imitations, and we understand that they are now prosecuting dealers who silently pass another article over their counters when the customer has plainly asked for Sapolio. This is a new leparture in law, but is clearly equitable. It promises to add another link to the laws which assist in the defense of trade marks and trade names. An attempt to imitate is always despicable, except when monkeys or stage mimics are thereby enabled to amuse an audience. Yet although the history of trade furnishes no instance of a really successful imitation, still hundreds attempt it every year. In the office of the Sapolio manufacturers there is a Chamber of Horrors where the proprietors keep samples of the many cakes of imitation stuffs which have been vainly put forward only to meet with prompt failure or to drag out a profitless, existence through a few years. The public is too discriminating to buy an inferior article on the assertion that it “is just as good ns Sapolio.” The man who attempts to deceive by imitating the name or appearance of another man’s goods is a self-proclaimed liar, and however general the vice of falsehood may be, it is a fact that even liars have no sympathy for one of their kind. The public asks no better proof of inferiority than that the goods are pushed forward under the cover of a better reputation, and the Chamber of Horrors in the Sapolio building tells in plain terms how the public recognizes and despises such attempts. It is not an empty faith or visionary speculation that leads these well-known manufacturers to expend hundreds of thousands of dollars in constantly reminding the world of Sapolio. Years of intimate acquaintance have taught them that the public knows a good article and is willing to pay for it; that the market for fine goods, whether it be butter or fruits, or laces or diamonds, yes, or good scouring soap, is never glutted. They have become intimate with the people. Sapolio is a household word, always spoken with good will, as if it were a familiar friend. The thousands who pass by The Sun building on their way to and from the Brooklyn Bridge, look up with a smile as they recognize the great sign which now overhangs the ruins of French’s Hotel, and say: “There it is again,” when they recognize the seven letters arranged under the seven days of the week, with the brief statement that “if used every week day it brings rest on Sunday.” The great white wall looks as though it had been cleaned with Sapolio. and a verse underneath gives the comforting assurance that— This world is all a fleeting show, For man’s illusion given; But woman, with Sapolio, Can make that show a heaven. Poets, artists, designers, clever writers, many of whom would not condescend to touch on trade topics in an ordinary way, do not hesitate to set forth the merits of Sapolio. It is a simple solid cake of scouring soap, but the sun never sets upon its sale. From New York to San Francisco it is found in every household, lightening tlie housewife’s care, and, like the great men of the world, wasting itself to make everything around it brighter. In Honolulu, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Bombay, Ce?ion, Calcutta and Alexandria it forms a chain which binds the West of civilization, with its Eastern edge: while over Australasia, the African colonies, nnd the countries of South Africa its sales are ver?- extensive. This slight record of its successes and systems is a good proof of the value of modern advertising, and we have coupled It with some facts relating to the disasters of those who hare not followed the

broad theory of advertising and created a name and reputation for something distinctively their own, because we would not by painting a tempting picture of success lure thoughtless people to make the mistake of supposing that servile imitation would lead them to the same thing. Josh Billings covers the ground, “Never oppose a success. When I see a rattlesnake's head sticking out of a hole, I say that hole belongs to that snake, and I go about my business.”

A UNIQUE TOWN.

Probably It Doesp’t Exist, but It's Perfectly Feasible, "I live in a town," said the gentleman at the hotel to the reporter looking for an item, “that is unique in its way." “What’s the town?” inquired the reporter. “It doesn’t make any difference what the town is; It is unique.” “In what does its uniquity consist, then?” asked the reporter, seeing that he was balked on the previous question. “It is self-supporting and there ara no taxes.” “Geewhillikins!” exclaimed the reporter, “give me its address. I want to go there right away.” “No,” said the Inhabitant of this Arcadian vilalge, “I shall not do anything of the kind. We don’t want any more people there at present We may after a while, but as yet we are not ready for an Increase.” “What kind of a town Is it?” “An excellent town, of course.” “I should say so. Why don’t you put It in a dime museum?” “We don’t have to; we can support ourselves easier than that” “How do you do it?” “Simple enough. When "ve laid out the town fifteen years ago we made It a corporation that could carry on its own business. In this way the town in the disposal of lots sold only every other lot so that now It owns half the ground It occupies. These lots It gave long leases on at figures which enabled lessees to build good houses on for business and dwelling, and on conditions quite as favorable, if not more so, than those had who bought outright We had the country around us, good In agriculture, mineral, water and transportation to Insure a town, and when it was once started it went ahead, until now we have between 5,000 and 7,000 people, and our ground rentA, pay all our expenses and practically leave no city tax. Then we hav some other sources of revenue from the money the corporation put into manufacturing plants and mines, and on the whole we are in clover as a community.” “Now, look here,” pleaded the reporter, “give a fellow a chance. Tell me the name of the place and let,me go there, too.” But the visitor was close-mouthed and the reporter went away unsatisfied, even the hotel register conveying no information that was of any value. —Detroit Free Press.

Sets Up a Dog's Right to Bite.

James Armstrong, of New York, owner of a big St Bernard dog that bites, claims as long as the animal keeps the bulk of his body on private property he can project his head and mouth into the public highway and bite passers-by without breaking the law. Samuel Wilkinson, who was bitten, takes the other end of the argument, and says that he will sue Armstrong for serious injuries. While he was walking past the house he received the bites. Mr. Wilkinson says: “I an willing to swear that the part of the dog that bit me was out upon the public street where I was. It does not matter where the rest of the dog was. The offense of biting was committed with the dog’s mouth, and it is of no defense for Mr. Armstrong to prove that the hind legs and tail were on his ground. I don’t care where the hind legs were, as they took no part in the proceedings.”

Paper Socks.

The day of the paper collar passed away some years ago, and, though paper Is used to-day In many more forms than were ever dreamed of a few decades back, this cheap article of haberdashery has almost disappeared from the market But there Is promise that It will have a worthy successor in the paper sock, which Is the latest novelty to be ground out of the pulp mill. The mechanism has been perfected to paper yarn of such consistency that it is capable of being woven into fabrics soft enough for wear. A special merit is the cheapness of this newly devised material, socks being produced at a retail price of about 3 cents a pair. At this rate there is no reason why the whole world may not be supplied with foot coverings. At 3 cents a pair the bachelor’s life will become gladsome and happy. It is said that substances can be used in the preparation of this material to make the socks so impervious tc water that they can stand several washings before falling apart.

Cowardice of a Large Eagle.

The claim of the eagle to the title of king of birds seems to be slightly clouded by an incident reported from Stafford County, Virginia. A gentleman down there was watching an unusually fine bald eagle grandly sailing around in the air a few days ago, when he noticed a little bee martin rise in the air and make straight for the eagle. He wondered what the martin’s object could be, and was surprised to see It sail in boldly to tear the feathers out of the big eagle. But he was amazed to see the eagle, after a few moments of effort at beating little bird, sail away in full flight, making every effort to escape front the martin. The martin followed up closely for awhile, making a savaie jab at the eagle every few yards, was finally left behind through the superior retreating powers of the big eagle.

His Plan.

Miggs—Will you not suffer from the heat herefin the city all summer? Diggs—Oh, dear, no; I married one of Boston’s “four hundred.” I wear an overcoat In August when I am at home.—New York World. The only American order ever founded was that of the Cincinnati, in 1783. It was soon dissolved, a Society of Cincinnati taking its place. It was composed of the officers of the revolutionary war. There is a loaf of bread in the Agricultural Department at Washington made from the roasted leaves of a plant allied to the century plant Another kind of bread is from dough of Juniper berries.

PREACHER TO PRISON

HINSHAW FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS WIFE. Jury Out Only Two Hours When It Brings in a Verdict Defendant Killed His Wife and Said a Burglar Did It. Sentenced for Life. Rev. William E. Hinshaw is guilty of the murder of his wife and will spend the remainder of his life in prison. Such is the verdict of the Danville, Ind., jury after being out two hours and twenty minutes. Jan. 10 last William E. Hinshaw was found on the road in front of his house in Belleville, Hendricks County, with seventeen razor cuts on his person and two pistol wounds. He said robbers had entered the house and shot his wife. He had engaged in a deadly encounter with them and they had inflicted the wounds before leaving. He directed those who found him to hunt his wife, and she was found unconscious with a bullet in her head. She lived sixteen hours, but never spoke. Hinshaw lay in bed for ten days and was then well. His story was believed at first, then sv.soieion began to grow that the burglar story was not reasonable. In the snow on the ground his tracks could be seen, but no tracks of a burglar. His conduct was flippant and he continued to preach. He was popular with the women and it was common talk he was a very light-hearted widower. The grand jury convened and he was indicted, arrested, and lay in jail since May. His friends gathered around him and visited him constantly in jail. Sept-. 4 his trial commenced. The trial has covered four weeks, one week of which time was lost through the sickness of a juror. The trial has been most bitterly contested, there being expert testimony of the highest order on the point of whether the woman could have walked and talked after receiving the fatal wound in the head. Both sides had expert testimony on this. The case was argued five days and onehalf most exhaustively and the short time the jury was out showed that the jury determined every point as they went along. The verdict meets public approval. When the defendant refused to go on the stand in his own behalf there was nothing more needed to convince most people that he was guilty, although a hanged jury was the most they expected out of the trial. Hinshaw’s attorneys will file an application for a new trial, which, if granted, will result in a change of venue.

MILES GETS THE COMMAND.

Formal Order Issued by Secretary Lamont Assigning That Duty. Secretary Lamont issued an order Wednesday afternoon detailing General Miles to duty in Washington as general of the army, and General Ruger, now on special duty in Washington, to the command the department of the East, with headquarters in New York. Colonel Thomas M. Vincent, who has been Lieutenant General Schofield’s chief of staff, has been assigned to duty in the

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office of the adjutant general in charge of the information bureau. Colonel Samuel Beck, who has been General Miles’ adjutant general at New York, is ordered to Washington to fill the place at headquarters vacated by Colonel Vincent. Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Corbin, who has been the ranking assistant adjutant general at the department, is transferred to New York, to become adjutant general of the department of the East.

EXPOSITION IN FULL BLAST.

Atlanta People Ready to Care for All Who Visit It. The Atlanta Exposition is now in full swing, the exhibits are in shape and the city has made arrangements necessary for the comfort of visitors. Reports to the committee on public comfort show that at the hotels rates range from $1.50 to $5 a day on the American plan, and from 75 cents to $5 a day on the European plan. Many private houses, however, are open to the public, and in the best parts of the city there are hundreds of rooms in private houses to be had for 75 cents a day, some of these houses being located on Peach Tree street, the fashionable thoroughfare of Atlanta. Railroad facilities are adequate and special rates are given to the exposition.

SEEKS DEATH IN THE LAKE.

J. P. Tillotson Takes a Fatal Plunge from a Chicago Breakwater. v J. P. Tillotson, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, committed suicide Wednesday afternoon by throwing himself into Lake Michigan at the foot of 22d street. Financial losses, the result of an unsuccessful speculation in wheat, are said to be the cause of his self-de-struction. Policemen from the Cottage Grove avenue station recovered the body withiu a short time and tried to restore life, but were unable to do so. Mr. Tillotson was 45 years old and leaves a widow, to whom he was married only six months ago.

RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN.

Three Persons Killed and Two Seriously Injured at Essex, Ont. Three persons were instantly killed and two seriously injured in a railroad accident at Essex, Ont. The five persons were driving about the city together. They attempted to cross the Michigan Central Railroad tracks when an express train caught the vehicle and demolished it with the above result.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Government crop reports from Indiana are favorable. Potatoes are generally short. Congressman Mcßae, of Arkansas, denies that his State is. a defaulter to the Smithsonian Institution to the extent of $2,000,000. The London Times announces that Maurice Black, of Loudon, has been married to Caroline, daughter of A. M. Forbes, of Chicago. Mrs. Sally Hogg, wife of ex-Gov. James S. Hogg, of Texas, died of consumption at the home of Gov. Hogg’s nephew, Dr. William B. Davis, at Pueblo, Colo.

PULSE of the PRESS

Venezuela and Monroe Doctrine. The English press seems disposed tW ridicule the Monroe doctrine. But England may soon learn that it is no laughing matter.—Boston Globe. The question now for Great Britain to consider is whether it shall be a Dunraven fluke, an arbitration of the boundary dispute or ironclads and coffee.— Washington Times. The St. James’ Gazette wants to know “what the blessed Monroe doctrine is?” When it actually finds out it will probably use a “harder” adjective to describe it.— New York Journal. If, however, there be genuine ignorance on this subject among intelligent Englishmen, vve are inclined to believe that they, stand in the way of receiving ample instruction on this point in the near future. 1 —Mail and Express. Though there is no indication that our diplomats have done anything hi particular the people have prepared an ultimatum and are ready to enforce it. It is that England shall never control the mouth of the Orinoco or any other American river south of the Canadian line. —New York World.

To Americans generally it seems plainly evident that the British Government’s claim rests on a small foundation; and if the British Government should send an army to invade Venezuela, the justice and propriety of the Monroe doctrine would be brought in question.—Boston Advertiser. i The American people are weary and ashamed of the immunity that these foreign marauders have so. long enjoyed upon the western hemisphere. They want it withdrawn, once for all, and they want the United States to come forward as the 1 champion and the protector of free government in the world. There is no desire here to have Mr. Olney insist upon arbitration with England. What we desire is that Mr. Olney shall draw a dead lino and then put a man there with a gun.— Washington Post What Peary Accomplished. Though he returns without laurels from his Arctic explorations, he has evidently left no effort untried to accomplish what he undertook to do.—Boston Herald. , Peary says he will make no more Arctic explorations. A wise decision. He has accomplished nothing, and should retire from the field.—St. Louis Globe-Demo- • crat. Peary’s disappointment over the unsatisfactory termination of the expedition is unconcealed, but all admit that he is not responsible for the failure.—Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald. It will require a reading of the detailed story to understand what these explorers went through, but not many will understand why they were willing to go through it, and to go again.—Terre Haute (Ind.) Express. Lieutenant Peary has returned to civilization in safety, bringing nothing with him but a sheaf of excuses aud complaints of dreadful hardships; hut as no more than could have been expected of him, there need be no disappointment felt that he comes home empty-handed and forlorn.— Philadelphia- Telegraph. But Lieutenant Peary in what he represents is magnificent. If you stop to think how many of the great and useful discoveries in the history of the world have been incidentally made by fervid explorers of the unknown who sought either the impossible or the useless, you get an idea of the value of the spirit which is in Peary.—Detroit Tribune. Some of the institutions of the country will be the richer by the deprivations and labors of Peary and his Arctic fellow tourists; the general fund of knowledge about “Greenland’s icy mountains” will be increased throughout the civilized world, and Mrs. Peary will be rejoiced to find her long-lost, self-expatriated husband safely returned to the land of civilization, good food and rapid transit. —Albany (N. Y.) Journal. Summed up, the results of Peary’s two years' w'ork are the information that Greenland is covered with a thick ice-cap, that traveling in that country is extra hazardous and tremendously difficult, that the snowfall is phenomenal, the storms terrific and the general tendency of the weather abominable, that game is scarce, the cold excessive, and that if one does not take with him a large supply of provisions he suffers horribly.—Philadelphia Bulletin.

Recognition of Cuba. The United States by good rights ought to recognize the Cuban belligerents.— South Bend Tribune. The United States has not yet recognized Cuba as a belligerent. Yet Spain accorded the Southern Confederacy that recognition in 1801.—Denver Times. The position occupied by our government with reference to Cuba is not in the slightest degree representative of the sentiment of the people of the United States. —Scranton Tribune. All they ask for is munitions of war and such encouragement as Spain made haste to give the Southern Confederacy in 1801, and we hope they will get what they want.—Providence Telegram. This country should instantly recognize the Cuban patriots and take measures to protect them against a horde of outcasts who, unrestrained, might turn Cuba into an Armenia. This is Spain’s crowning disgrace.—Albany State. This state of affairs is not likely to strengthen the Spanish position in Cuba, and will eventually cause our government to permit this country to become a recruiting ground for insurgent armies which will soon crush the power of Spain on the island.—Scranton Times. Spanish efforts to prevent the recognition of Cuba indicate a belief that such action would involve something more than moral support. What the oppressors do not want is a pretty good thing for Uncle Sam to do, and the Cubans will appreciate it when it is done.—Pittsburg Dispatch.

Keir Hardie, Socialist.

.1. Keir Hardie has come to this country to preach socialism. He will soon find out that he. cannot get a congregation. —Cincinnati Tribune. Keir Hardie says lie has come to this country to learn. This nails down the lie according to which the object of his visit was to talk. —Milwaukee Sentinel. James Keir Hardie, the British socialist, says that Chicago is responsible for his visit to America, and Chicago has apologized to the rest of the country.— , Fond du Lac Commonwealth. Keir Hardie is disappointed with New York. Judging from the limited amount of space accorded Keir’s doings and sayings by the newspapers New York is also disappointed with Mr. Keir Hardie.— Pittsburg Dispatch. The presence of Keir Hardie “in ourmidst” is one of the picturesque excrescences of the labor movement in this country and in England. The time has gone by when any talkative person posing as an apostle of labor or a champion of the workingman is received seriously.— New York Mail and Express.