Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1896 — Page 2

B)tj)tmocrflticSfniiitfl JT. W. McEWEJT, Publliher. HEWSSELAER, - - * INDIANA.

A LOCK OF HIS HAIR.

SNIPPED OFF BY A BULLET FROM A PISTOL. Hoax City ‘Woman'i Somnolent and startline Tonsorial Operations Krstwhile Chicago Millionaires Brought Low by Speculation. ✓ Barberlne Extraordinary. Patrolman John Harvey, of Sioux (Sty, lofra, had a thrilling experience ■with a somnambulist a few nights ago, as a result of which he lost a lock of bair and barely missed losing bis life. Harvey's wife, the heroine of the tale, has been rendbred extremely nervans by the tramps, and, in anticipation of a visit' from them, recently provided herself with a huge frpiy revolver. Harvey had just returned from, his beat,, and ,was undressing in the room adjoining his wife's bedroom. Suddenly the craek of a revolver sounded fropt the inner apartment, a bullet sped through the. officer’s hair so close to- his head that he involuntarily crouched ciosq,to the floor, and the click of the lock was, V<Wd as the hammer of the weapon rose for- a second shot. Before ireume Harvey.had reached his wife and taken the revolver from her hand. Bhe was still sleeping, and no little difficulty was experienced in rousing her. The bullet penetrated a thick partition, and, after trimming Harvey’s hair, buried itself in a heavy oaxen door. OPPOSED AT HOME. Chamberlain's Venezuelan Designs Checked in Guiana, Word reaching Washington from British G uiana indicates that the Legislature of the colony is inclined to resist the London authorities on matters connected with the Venezuelan boundary trouble. Colonial Minister Chamberlain’s policy has been to strengthen the colonial military force and buy Maxim guns. lie found difficulty in securing the guns, and «ow the high court has passed a resolution respectfully urging the home government to reduce military expenses. Mr. Hunter, who introduced the resolution, aald in supporting it that the Venezuela boundary trouble had resulted in swelling the cost of the police from sius,ooQ to $300,000. They were, he said, simply sent tip to the Venezuela boundary to be made “dummies”, of. Ho understood a number were sent there fully armed to protect the boundary, and if the enemy a.proaehed they were to say “boo” and retire. (Laughter.) Mr. Hunter's further strictures on the military and police caused •something of a,sensation. ..He was supported by a number of members, and the resolution calling for retrenchment passed.

DOWNFALL OF MOORES. Failure of Diamoucl Match Magnate* a Surprise. Like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky came the announcement from Chicago that the Moore brothers, the giants behind the great Diamond Match and Now York Biscuit deals, had failed. The sensation produced in “the fetreet”—that indefinite term used to describe the banks, brokers’ offices and the business places of the big men in finan<-e without regard tb their location—was most profound. The Moores have lost their all and they have always been counted by the public as being among Chicago’s millionaires. While the effects of the failure will be far-reaching and widespread, there will be no panic. The real business situation ®r the Diamond Match Company is not affected by the failure of the Moores; the foreign negotiations are still pending and it is said there is no reason why the shares of the company should not sell yet at the 300 mark which has been predicted for them upon the closing of some of the foreign contracts. 4- - - Ms— WILL NOT AFFECT REVENUES. Government Official* Pleased with Bhut*Down of Distilleries. Internal revenue officials are much pleased with the action of the Kentucky distillers in agreeing to shut down their distilleries. The officials believe that the eastern rye distillers will also follow suit. The shutting down of the distilleries, so it is said at the Treasury Department, will in nowise affect the revewaes. for the whisky now in bond will be aofficient to supply the trade until the distilleries open up again. The shutting down will benefit the Government, as it will materially reduce the cost of collection. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: w; L. w. L. Cincinnati . .OlTim Philadelphia .39 47 Baltimore 1 .57 ifTßrooklyn .. .39 47 Cleveland .. .57 31 New York . .30 50 Chicago .. . .53 40Washingtou .34 49 Pittsburg.. .48 39 St. Louis . . .28 60 Boston 46 39Louisville ...22 03

Western League. Following is the standing of the ckibs fa the Western League: W. L. W. L. St Paul.. ..55 31 Detroit 46 39 Indianapolis .51 32 Milwaukee . .42 52 ' Minneapolis .50 37 Grid Rapids .33 60 Kansas City .49 38Columbus .. .30 64 Young Vanderbilt Weds. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss •Grace Wilson were married at New York •at noon Monday, at the WilsOriVesiden ee, •by Rev. William 11. Pott, assistant rector St Thomas* Church. The Wedding was private. Sooth Dakota City in Danger. The cutting of the Missouri River to-" w *rd lerntillioh, S. D., has commenced •*»in. Ten feet an hour are tumbling into the water, and prospects are unless •omething can be done to cheek the adwaaee of the stream that Vermillion will fce in the river before fall. The Gold Reserve la Safe. The hankers’ syndicate has been auc•enrfnl in checking the drain on the UnitStates treasury gold reserve. They control $239,000,000 iu exchange apd arse Certified against injptefirbp&tn 'draft.Marderon Attack on a Bride. Massillon, G.,<is $ neatly * dkwderous assault- -by Jesse Wilson, a faoatinan, who cut the throat of his bride mt three weefrs.,.Jie escaped,i but,was cap•wed later.* ffiyn Mapsfiidd.and earned Ella G-LloydQf&ntop/The cannot recover. , , TfteVMir. ***& P<*f<frWTa ‘ tutftjde parriagl t -*w**ooy, .about 7od toii&UMdHflf "

TO TEST POSTAL LAW.

Lake Shore Road Will 6tart Carrying Its Ana Letters. M . , The railroad people propose to te«t the right of Postmaster General Wilson to prohibit them from carrying their own and the letters of other roads. The Lake Shore railroad will make a test Its superintendent has issued an order to all of the road’s employes to carry mail pertaining to the business of the road, and letters for other roads relating to joint business affairs. Maj. Stuart of the Chicago postal inspection department, tp whom the enforcement of the postal laws falls, said that he had not heard of any agreement tq test the law, but if the Lake Shore desired to make a test of it the government would be very apt to accommodate it by prosecuting the violators. “If the Lake Shore violates the law and it comes to my knowledge,” said the inspector, “I will make a report on the case to the Postmaster General and do whatever he instructs.” WHEAT CROP AN AVERAGE. Northwest Ontptit All Right When Grain Is Thrashed. In the opinion of St. Paul men who are in a position to know, the cry -of podr crops which has been going up throughout the northwest will be proved untrue when the grain is thrashed. When compared witli last year’s yield the crops will look small, but last year was the best ever known in the northwest, and it is hardly fair to compare the crops of with those of last. From the present outlook Minnesota and the two Dakotas will have at least average crops. It is very early yet to estimate the yield, but wheat men in general are of the opinion that the total wheat crop in the three States will hardly fall below 190,000,000 bushels, and some of the estimates run as high as 120,000,000 bushels. Col. G. D. Rogers, secretary of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and one of the acknowledged crop experts, said that the crop would be an average.

DISASTROUS RAINS IN JAPAN. Towns Swept Away and It Is Feared Many Lives Are Lost. Ruinous rajns have added to Japan's disasters. The floods have nearly destroyed the town of Toyama, which comprises 12,000 houses and 00,000 people. Toyama is on the Jogwan-Ji River. The hanks of this river wets carried away by the floods and the whole town was swamped, one-sixth of the town being entirely under water. As the disaster .happened just previous to the sailing'of the steamer, but few telegrams were received. It is thought that as the river rose eleven .feet, and many settlements along the bank are lower than the river, the damage must be appalling, and mauy lives must have been lost. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS, Few Meet Death When the Number of Passengers Is Considered. There were 507,420,362 passengers cartied on the railways of the United States craving the year covered by the report of the interstate commerce commission just issued. That equals about seven railroad rides for evory man, woman and child in the whole country. And out of this vqst number only 170 were killed and 2,375 injured. The number of men employed on the railroads was 785,034, and of these 1,811 were killed and 25.090 From these statistics it would appear that railroad riding is one of the safest things a man can do, while railroading us a business is a hazardous occupation.

FIRE LOSS OF *150,000. Greater Portion of Montreal Exhibition Buildings Burned. The greater part of the Montreal ‘exhibition buildings were destroyed by fire Thursday. The fire started ih the power house of the Montreal Tark and Island Railway, north of the exhibition buildings, while the fire brigade from that portion of the city was out in response to a third alarm for a bad Are in the premises of Howden, Starkey & Co., wholesale hardware. Consequently when the fire apparatus reached the scene the main building and many smaller ones were burned to the ground.,, A number of electric cars were destroyed. The loss will be about $150,000. . . ' Assurance to Spain. President Cleveland has issued another important proclamation enjoining strict observance of neutrality laws in relation to Cuba. The last proclamation of this kind was issued in June, 1895. Ever since the Wiborg decision was handed down by the Supreme Court the President has had in contemplation a proclamation calling special attention to that decision. It is believed that he delayed issuing it until this time in order to permit the feeling in this Country regarding the Cuban rebellion to become calm and the excitement that was naturally caused by Cuban debates in the Senate to pass away. There have been no recent filibustering expeditions or other acts to force the Cuban question into prominence. It is believed that Mr. Cleveland has given Spain this renewed assurance of his intention rigidly to enforce neutrality laws partly in order to strengthen some claims of the United States now pending against that country. He desires Spain to understand that, while this government will do its utmost to enforce its laws requiring neutral treatment of friendly powers, it expects countries with which it is at peace to do their utmost to afford protection to Americans and to meet the just claims of this country.

Epoch in Railroading. The tremendous speed of over ninetyfour miles an hour was reached at the trial of the Holman friction-geared locomotive drawing a train over the trngks of the South Jersey Railroad Wednesday afternoon at Cape May, N. J. The speed did not, however, meet the expectations of Inventor Holman, who is bent upon sending the engine along at the rate of 10U miles an hour. He declares that r.ny good, well-built engins can be made to go. at the rate of nearly two milts a minute, if equipped with the friction gearing. The engine drew a tender and two ordinary passenger coaches. The-cars were tilled with interested persona and newspaper men. The speed during the run was ter-, rifie, and the wind whistled through the cars like a cyclone. The engine worked smoothly and starred and stopped without,, shock. Those in charge of the run claim---ed that the distance covered was too short for the locomotive to get fairly started. It was claimed that the friction gearing was just getting into running shape when the steam had to be shut down preparatory to stopping. Killed by Masked Robbery About midnight Thursday twq masked men walked into George Hetzter's saloon at 1299 West rSixth ,street, Cjm*ifljp*H ; and demanded Hetzter'a money. Hetzter refused. The masked men, opened; fire and.shot Hetitey. ,foiir. ; titties, ki\iii>g d»im. ■ liKT'Oa".site |frt e.-80l I?t-1 I*" Bodies iifa Cistern. IV. E. Burt, arheriiher-Of One of the held families iu Austin, Texas,-kilted his wifi*''hn(ftiifti'ehildretf, aged 2 and 4 years; apd ’'fbiftj- sifnk their bodies in the house cistern. ». as iu '■> -s' . ii •• ■■'■rr :.-■!■ ■ , j Public of «e|, issued •w, less cash in tne treasury, at the close *1 the month to have been $966,154,512,

an Increase for the month of $10,857,358. The debt is classified as follows: Interestbearing debt, $843,.‘104,250; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, sl,033,640; djbt bearing no interest, $373,315,094; total, $1,222.312,584, which does not include $555,212,973 in certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The treasury cash is classified as, ; follows: Gold, $150,012,224; silver, $514;0i9,140; paper, $109,978,190; bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc., $17,203,184, against which there are demand liabili-ties-amounting to $505,705,274, leaving n cash balance in the treasury of $256,108,472. PHYSICIANS MOBBED. Fatal Snrgical Operation in Pittsburg Arorisds the Italians. J. P. 6rr t A. IV. Wallace and Thomas E. Eldridge wont to the home of Mrs. Gisari Mnsuce’i in Pittsburg to perform an operation. It resulted in her death. A crowd jumped at.tbt? three physicians swearing vengeance. Ode Sicilian, a relative, fit the Woman,' pulled a long knife. The doctors fled from the house, pursued by the infuriated Italians. Up Washthey ran with the shouting and gesticulating Crowd fcehind tffe'tn. By‘ the time Wylie avenue was reached the handful, of Italians had increased to a mob pr oper 200. They threw stones at the fleeing physicians, who took refuge in, a drug store, fr,om which they were rescued by the police.

COTTON DAMAGED. f Unusually High Tcm peratnre Seriously Affects the Southern Crop, The most unprejudiced observers concur in reporting that the cotton has sustained irreparable damage from extreme heat and drought during the past few days. Tins applies to an immense area on both sides of the Mississippi river, having Vicksburg for its center. The weather is the hottest ever known and is simply parching up vegetation. Cotton is actually dying and the amount of shedding is unprecedented. The condition of crops is rapidly growing worse, and there is no prospect of rain. Indiana Crowd Is Thrilled. An electrical storm, which struck Greensburg, Ind., about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, caused much damage and struck terror to the hearts of the residents. Several horses were killed by Hghtuing and a largo number of people shocked, some quite seriously. The lightning struck one corner of the grand stand, in which were 1,500 people watching bicycle races. The fluid played down aiong the wire, shocking Joe Wilson, of Indianapolis, he being unconscious for some time.-* Several others were rendered unconscious, anti half the people in the grand stand-felt the shock. Lpujs Edwuyd was sitting in a buggy, the attached being killed, throwing him to the groMril." One of the horses killed was Blanche W., owned by J. W. White, who had refused $,8,000 for her. Two large barns: belonging to Henry Metz were •burned. Several head' of stock were cremated and ail the contents lost. The loss will he about SIO,OOO.

Queen May Abdicate. The tumor that Queen Victoria intends to-retire in favor of the Prince of Wales is again current in London, and it is added that court circles are greatly troubled regarding the condition of the queen’s health. Such reports have frequently appeared of recent years, only to he semiofficially Contradicted later. But it now seems that there may be some actual foundation for the statements made. Causes a Fall in Gold. Cpsta Rica‘advices say the government lias passed a law prohibiting the*importation of foreign silver. All now in the possession 6f private parties most he disposed of within thirty dqys, ,after,Hfjycjh , time the government will require that ih he sent to the,mint and exchanged for Costa.Jllican currency. Tlie measure has caused h big (all'ih gold. ;,n ' 1 Ohio Bank Closes Its Doom, The Dennison, 0., Deposit Bank closed its doors Wednesday. The liabilities wiUtreach SIOO,OOO, while the assets will hardly coyer SOO,OOO. The feeling ngainst the bank is very hitter, as it accepted deposits Tuesday night after business hours. British Troops Bar the Way. It is reported at Caracas, Venezuela, that the government has received a cable dispatch stating that strong English forces odenpy the unfinished trail from Acarahisi to Amaeuro, preventing the passage of all Venezuelans. Murderer Green Hnnged. Bert Gteen, colortifl; convicted of the murder of Miles P. Mitchell near Whiteville, Hardman County, in December Inst, was hanged .at Jackson, Tcnn. Green protested his innocence to the last. Big Fire at Niagara Falls, Ont. At Niagara Falls, Out., the storehouse of thfc Central Milling Company’s flour plant, the elevator and a quantity of grain and flour were destroyed by tiro last night. Loss, SIOO,OOO. Harrison Is Keeping Mnm. Ex-President Harrison refuses to discuss the political situation before the opening of the campaign.. He will make speeches throughout Indiana.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, SB.OO to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 58c to 59c; corn, No. 2,23 cto 23c; oats, No. 2,18 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,30 cto 31c; butter, choice creamery, 13c to 15c; eggs, fresh. 10c to 12c; new potatoes, per bushel. 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $23 to SOO per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light,. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.50: wheat, No. 2. 57c to 59c; corn. No. 1 , white, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50: hogs, $3,00 to . $3.50; wheat, No. 2. 56c to ,58<h corn. No. 2 yellow, 22c-to 23c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2,2 Se , to 30c. ' Clneihttatl—Ofcttle. $3.50 to $4.50;-hogs, $3:00 to- $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75: wheat, No. 2. 61® to 63c; .corn. No. 2 • mixed.-26c to 28e; oafs, s No r 2, mixed, 22q to 23c; rye. No. 2,29 cto 31c, , ‘ ! ”, Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, to $3.50; -sheep. $2.00 t 6 $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 611 c to 65c; corn,'No. 2 yeftow,' 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye. 31c to 32c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 63c to 65c: corn,* No. 2 yellow, 26c so 27e; oats, No. 4 white, 19c to 2lc; rye. No. 2,32 cto 34c; clover seed, $4.45 to $4.55. '■n-Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 59c to'UOe: corn. No. 3,25 cto 26c; oats. No. 2 .whil«v;9oc to 22c; barley. No. I*. 32c to .34e: ryei No. 1,31 cto 33c; pork, messs, $6.00 to $6.50. | spff«lo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep.. $3.25 to $3.75; Wheat, No. 2 red. 63c to 65c; corn. No. 2 Vellow. 31c to 33c;. oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 20c. New Toft—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs. $.1.00 so $4.23; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; ■*whe»t, No. 2 red, 63c to 60c; corn, No. 2, 30c to SWjfoktii, No. 2 whith,.22c.to 24e; butter, creamery, lie to 10c; eggs, Western, 11c to 14c.

SCENE OF THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD DISASTER.

FORTY-FOUR WERE KILLED.

Terrible Results of the Railroad Disaster at Atlantic City, N. J. Now fh&t the excitement lias more or less subsided, the actual fatalities and injured in the Atlantic City, N. J., railroad accident, are definitely known. The dead number forty-four, aiwi forty-three were seriously enough hurt to he taken to the hospital. Of those in the hospital, twen-

THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR. (Scene at the signal tower from which the fatal switch was turned)

ty-eight were so far recovered two days later as to he able to go to their homes. Of the fifteen persons remaining in the hospital several are suffering from terrible injuries, the nature of which makes their recovery doubtful. There are still people who contend that the Reading train was racing with a train on the parallel track of the Camden and Atlantic, and that the Reading train was going at such a terrific rate of speed that it could not be stopped when the danger signal was suddenly shown. The story that the Reading train was racing wheu the accident occurred continues to be repeated, but it' cannot be substantiated. If two trains were racing the engineers were violating one-of the strictest rules of their roads, and were liable to instant dismissal, if discovered. On the other hand, a man whose name is withheld, and who witnessed the accident, says the trains wore not racing.

No verification of the racing between the two trains can be obtained from, the railroad people, as they either refuse to talk Or flatly deny that the engineers could have been racing. Nevertheless, people who daily use the two roads, assert that races occur frequently on the level stretches, where the tracks are parallel, and bets among the passengers would be made over the result. Two of the wounded at the sanitarium are in a very serious state. These are Mrs. Fralinger, of Bridgeton, whose leg was amputated, ami the unknown woman with the fractured skull. The latter recovered eonsciousuess Saturday morning, but could only talk incoherently, giving no explanation of herself. It is probable her skull will be trephined in the effort to save her life, The terrible event has east a gloom over the city and sobered the gay throngs, of summer pleasure seekers. Besides the death and suffering entailed by the collision, it is likely to seriously affect the business of the city for the rest of the summer. The fear is expressed among hotel men that the accident will muke people timid about traveling on the lightning expresses, and as this has been a poor season so far, the outlook is viewed with anything hut cheerful minds by business people.

A little incident that is not without pathos is connected with the sufferers in the sanitarium. Directly across the street- from the hospital is the Frotestaut Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Every Sunday morning the chimes in the belfry _ are rung. Saturday Rev. J. H. Townsend, rector of the church, came to the hospital and inquired if the ringing of the chimes would affect the patients. Each of the wounded was asked if lie would rather that the church chimes would not ring, and each replied in the negative. Strangely enough, several asked that “Nearer. My God,, to Thee,” be rung, and this hymn wasq>l*yed into the dying ears of the men and women.

ALLISON ON SILVER.

lowa Senator Favors Bimetallism by Agreement. Senator William B. Allison, in reply to aVrequest for his views touching bimetallism by international agreement, has written a, letter, which has beets‘ J p?mted by tfif,,. Upper Dos, Moines of Algon-a. la. Mr. Allison was chairman of the United States delegation to the Brhssels monetary conference lit 1892, and studied the question exhaustively. He Bays in part: "As respects the prospect for art international agreement lb fix a ratio between gold and silver, with u View to open mints With unlimited coinage by the agreeing nations, I am still of the belieftlfat shell an agreement within a reasonable time is probable. The silver countries cannot abandon silver because of their situation, nor can they procure gold to take the place of silver, even if they were inclined to do so. Hence the necessity of a-com-' mbn ratio between the metals, embracing the leading commercial nations. France. Belgium, Holland, Germany and Spain have large amounts of Silver 1h circulation full legal tender, coined at the old - ratio* of 15 % of silver to lof gold. To melt

fnese coins, or sell them at their bullion value, would involve great loss, which they cannot afford to bear. Ather countries in Europe have, in the aggregate, a large amount of silver in circulation and are in like situation. “In England there is a growing sentiment for international bimetallism, embracing her political economists, her professors of universities, as also her manu-

facturers, agriculturists, ship owners engaged in foreign trade, and miin.v of her leading bankers, and those especially trading with her dependencies, chiefly with India, embracing all classes. These arc united into a formidable organization to promote bimetallism. On the continent the Stales of the Latin union, except Switzerland, are practically united. Thqye is a strong sentiment in Germany in the same direction. The international bimetallists are thoroughly organized in France, Germany, Belgium and Holland.

SENATOR ALLISON.

“The Brussels conference met at an inopportune time and without sufficient preparation and consultation with governments invited to participate. Such a conference, when held, should be preceded by a carefully digested plan for discussion prepared in advance by the leading governments. Thus it was at Brussels that Germany and Austria and some of the smaller States were not permitted to aet and vote in the comerenee, and therefore it was a failure as respects im-

THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR. (Wreek of the second car from which not a passeng rescaped unhurt.)

mediate results, but it accomplished one tiling of great value, namely, a general recognition of a serious evil that required a practical remedy.

DIVISION OF THE ELECTORS.

Chairman Jones Says He Has Nbit Yet Decided Upon an Arrangement. Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national committee, says he has not yet considered any plan looking to a division of electors between the Democrats and Populists. Ho is not yet ready to announce ail or a part of those who will be members of the executive Committee, which will hare the immediate management of the campaign. The question as to whether an advisory committee will ,be appointed has not beend,eeided, ' Beware of a man that does not talk.

WED IN SPITE OF ALL.

Miss Grace Wilson Becomes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Cornelius Vanderbilt JTr., nnd' Miss Grace Wilson were married in New York at noon Monday at the Wilson residence, by the Rev. William H. Pott, assistant rector of St. Thomas's Church. The

wedding was private. Only the members of the bride's family were present. The bridegroom was the only one of 1 the Vanderbilt family at the marriage. Probably no other wedding in years has so aroused the interest find sympathy of New Yorkers. From the time the engagement was an-

nounced, a few months ago, up to the present the Vanderbilt family has made known its uncompromising disapproval of the,,match. The fact that the bride is a few years older than the bridegroom has been the main obstacle to their union, and even this has been as nothing in the faee of their devotion to each other. B.v marrying the girl of his choice young Vanderbilt may forfeit a patrimony which is estimated at $4()0,000,000. A single carriage stood in front of the Wilson residence during the ceremony, in which the bridal couple were conveyed to the railway station. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., is the oldest

living son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a great-grandson of the celebrated Commodore Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of the family’s great fortune. JThe young man is 22 years of age and was graduated last year at Yale. He was the first member

C. VANDERBILT JR.

of his family to attain a university degree. Miss Grace Wilson is not a member of an old New York family. Both her father and mother are Southerners, who settled in New York after the close of the civil war. Richard T. Wilson is a self-made man and is supposed to be the possessor of $10,000,000.

RESULT IN ALABAMA.

Democrats Claim the Governor by 40,000 Majority. According to an Associated Press dispatch sent out on the night following the Alabama election, Johnston, the Democratic candidate, won with a majority of about 40,000. Elections in the State of Alabama are conducted on the Australian plan, and no definite figures as to the result can be given until the official count is completed. The Populists kept n close watch on the proceedings, one of the “spotters” placed to count the number of voters who went into the polls used peas, transferring them from one pocket to another. At another polling place the Poptrtist “spotter” marked Democrats entering to vote by white peas and Populists by black beans. He contends that several hundred more votes are returned from the box than there were voters who went inside the ropes, and he says he had in his pockets many more beans than Goodwyn received votes. The vote was heavy in almost every part of the State. Difficulties occurred in several sections, hut none so far rb*

ported serious. At Sylacauga and Ironaton there was no election on account of quarrels. From reports received indications ard G»nt Johnston a.nd his full ticket will be elected by 12,000 more of a majority than William C. Oates received over Reuben F. Kolb. Counties which two years ago gave Kolb good majorities show signs of having gone Democratic by small majorities. Colored voters who were considered solid for Goodwyn on account of bis vote in Congress for Murray. the negro contestant from South Carolina, seem to have divided in many places. Timothy J. Daey, pne of the oldest and most widely known residents of northern Illinois, whose life for the past thirty years has been devoted to tibe sale pf ngimeulfurA] implements in Woodstock, wa» struck by a limited train and died a few minutes later.

FLYING EXPRESS CUTS EXCURSION TRAIN IN TWO. Awfol Disaster Occnia at a Crossing Near Jersey City—Heading Kipress Catches a West Jersey lixctiraici} Broadside—Sixty Are Injured. Scores Are Killed. A flying express train on the Reading and Atlantic City Railroad crashed into a West Jersey Railroad excursion train at the crossing of th«Ttwd roads Thursday night. At least Torty people were killed outright and about sixty injured. Of the killed twelve were women, twentyfour men and fonr children. The crash was the most disastrous in the history of eastern railroad traffic. The accident was the result of a collision between the 5:40 p. tn. express train from Philadelphia over the Reading and Atlantic City Railroad and an excursion of Red Men from Bridgeton, N. J„ aaid vicinity, returning from Atlantic City, over the West Jersey Railroad, at the crossing of the two roads a short distance out of Atlantic City. At the second signal tower the tracks of the two roads cross diagonally. The Reading train, was given the signal, but it either failod to work or the speed of the express was too great to be checked in time. It caught the excursion train broadside and plowed through it, literally cleaving it in twain. The engine of the Reading train was shattered J to pieces. Every car was jammed to its fullest capacity. As soon as the news reached Atlantic City the utmost consternation prevailed. Relief trains were dispatched to the scene, loaded with cots and bearing staffs of surgeons. As fast as the bodies were recovered they were carried into the local hospitals and undertakers’ shops. A general fire alarm was sounded, and the department promptly responded and aided in the work of digging for the victims. The worst fears ,were realized as ,the vigorous work of the relief gangs revealed the awful extent of the disaster. TJm( first Reading relief train bore into the ■ city twenty-seven mangled corpses, men, women and children. The next train, not an hour later, carried fifteen of the maimed and wounded, and two of these died soon after reaching the city. Hospitals Overtaxed. As train after train was hurried to the scene of the wreck and came back with its ghastly load the sanitarium which does duty as the city hospital quickly found its capacity overtaxed. Meanwuile others of the dead and injured were being carried to the private hospital at Ocean and Pacific avenues. Edward Farr, engineer of the Reading train, was killed outright, as was another road man who rode on the engine with him. This man saw the collision celling and leaped from the cab an instant before the crash. Almost at the same instant the engine cut its way through and caught him directly in its path. His body and that of Farr were found under a heap of debris, but the engineer lay in what remained of the cab and his right hand sti!L grasped the throttle. He had been faithful unto death and met it at his post. The fireman on the trtvin had leaped a few seconds before and escaped with trilling injuries. Not Known Who Is to Blame. The excursion train was made up of fifteen cars, the foremost of wbiek was a baggage car. This and the next two coaches caught the full fqgee of the; crash and were utterly demolished. What remained of the third car was tumbled into a ditch at the roadside. The responsibility for the accident cannot now be fixed. Charles C. Rynick, of Bridgeton, who was in the excursion party, was in one of the rear cars. “When vJ'e saw that a collision was unavoidable,” he said, "the scene in our ear was terrific. Women faiuted and men rushed in mad panic for the door. But it came almost before we had time to think. One car was cut right in two and the lower portion of it lilted bodily" from the track and tumbled over. The roof of one of the cars fell in a mass and everybody in that car was buried under it. It simply dropped on top of the people. 1 don’t know who is to blame. When we were about two miles out from Atlanfic City, If. J., we came to a stop out in the meadows and stayed there for several minutes, but Ido not know why. I think there must have been fully eighty or 100 killed. The only person with me was my 6-year-old son, and he was not hurt.” Fourteen of she injured are reported to hifve died at the sanitarium. Superintendent I. N. Swigard. of the Philadelphia and Reading Company, places the number of dead at thirty-seven and the injured at about the same number. William Thnrlow, the operator at the block toW’fcr situated at the crossing, has been placed under arrest by order of the coroner. Scene at the Fatal Place. An Associated Press reporter was on one of the first relief trains sent out by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The train was in charge of a number of railroad officials and Prosecutor Perry of Atlantic County. It drew up in the darkness a few feet this side of the fatal point. Staggering in nnd out of ditches and stnmbling over masses of broken timber, with only a few lanterns, the rescue gang set bravely to work. Axes and shovels were piled with the greatest vigor, and almost at every half a dozen strokes a mangled form was brought up and laid tenderly on the pallets. It was a terrible task, and the strongest of men turned aside, faint from the revelations of the workers. A heap of blood-stained timbers, turned aside by one of the rescuers, brought to sight a woman’s arm. It had been wrenched off at the shoulder. Not five minutes later a chance blow from «. pick revealed a human heart.

MISS G. WILSON.

Few departments of botany are more Interesting than that in which are considered the various ways in which nature provides for the protection of certain plants, A singular defensive quality has been discovered in a company tively common orchid, one of the oldest of cultivated species. This plant has decided poisonous_ properties. The poison is localized in the stem* and leaves, and those who ate Imprudent enough to handle the orchid instantly find themselves attacked by a special cutaneous Irritation, which resembles id some measure that which appears in persons who have handled poison ivy. The offensive substance consists of an oily matter secreted by the glanular hairs. This matter is found, as In the Chinese primrose, deposited betvfeeh the cellular wall and the cuticle of'th'6 terminal cellule of the hair. It is Set free by the rupture of the cuticle. This poisonous secretion seems to perform the function of protecting the reproductive portion of the Riant, for the, of .the poison and ‘the ty secreted increase as the pltfttt develops, and attain a maxim vrm during the formation of the seeds.

OVER FORTY DEAD.

A Poisonous Orchid.