Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — Page 2

tbeJßnupcraticScntinel W. M«EWKIT( Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA.

THIS GIRL IS IN LUCK

HER BULL-HEADED LOVERS FILL EACH OTHER WITH LEAD. Che Mij Now Receive Attention from Men with Sense—lllinois National Democracy Unfurls Its Standard— Pnsilists Again Working Their Jaws Duel at Close Range. George Page and Will Morgan, young men living near Madison. Fla.. Saturday night fought one of the most remarkable dsela on record. For six months Page, and Morgan have been rivals for the affections of a-young lady. Saturday night both attended a dance at which the young lady waa present. Her conduct , drove the rivals to desperation. Finally Page invited Morgan to accompany him for a walk. Morgan consented, and ns soon as they were outside Page proposed that as each was armed they take each other by the left hand and shoot out the 'ffHafrel. the survivor to take the girl. Morgan •greed, and then, with left hands clasped, they drew their pistols and began firing. JEach man fired five shots. When friends arrived Morgan was found dead and Page was dying.

MEN ARE JiAMK D. Gen. Black the Standard Hearer of Illinois National Democrats. Governor, John C. Black. Cook: Lieutenant Governor. Chester A. Babcock, Adams; Secretary of State. Charles S. Wiley, Coles; Auditor, Henry W. Brink, Washington; Treasurer. Edward ltidge~l.v, Sangamon; Attorney General. William S.'Forman, St. Clair: Trustees StateUniversity, Charles K. Bnlu-ock, Cook; August Xiehaus, Peoria: S. 11. Busey, Coles; Presidential Klectors-at-large. Edward C. llegler. La Salle; Rudolph Brand, Cook; for delegates at large to Indianapolis convention. John M. Palmer, John C. Black. William S. Forman, John P. Hopkins, Ben T. Cable. 11. S. Robbins, C. A. Ewing, Roger C. Sullivan. For alternates, Robert Ilamill. F. ,1. Dvorak, Henry Rook. W. S. Wilson, Beu Warren. M. Phelps, William Steinwiddle, Charles Dunham. The foregoing ticket was nominated Tuesday afternoon by the Illinois State convention of, the National (gold standard) Democratic party. The convention was composed of upward of 1.000 delegates, representing 1)2 of the 102 counties in the Stale. The platform was in line with time-honored principles of Democracy. READY TO FIGHT FITZ. Corbett Says He Will Meet the New Zealander in Three Weeks. James .1. Corbett lias made the following answer to the proposition telegraphed from San Francisco to the effect that, if he would release him Sharkey would get a “go” with Fitzsimmons previous to the Corbett-Sharkey fight. Corbett said: ‘“I, positively refuse to consider any such proposition. Until I meet Sharkey no one else shall. If Fitzsimmons wants to fightJ inn ready to uiet him in thrCe weeks or less. After lie lias met ilie he can get oil\H the bouVs'he wants \l ; iHi : tlm San "FraneisKi nihil.” 1 meuts- for the <lorhcst-Sharkey 'fight will be nlade soon. 1). .1. -LVneh and Samuel •ThalU irepresenhifi-ves of* tlie -pugilists,met. but as the principals were absent nothingdefinite wits docwled it|s>n; riWMliam A: Brady.-t ioihett's former malinger, has declared hiniseJf out of the pugilistic management on account of his amusement •enterprises, and the fact that the championship belt was declared forfeited as far as ail claims to it by Fitzsimmons were concerned. The, belt goes to tlie tripper of the go. National Lea lid 2, Following is the etatidillg of tiie club* •t the National Baseball League: <f W. L. W. L. Baltimore . . .70 "‘{Brooklyn ... .17 No CSnelnnali . . .00 ISN Philadelphia .48 N 7 Cleveland ... .04 38 New York .. .48 57 Chicago .... .01 40 Washington .40 02 Pittsburg ~. .57 40St. Louis ... .32 70 Boston 57 47Louisville ... .20 74 Western League. Following is the staudiug of the clubs In the W estern League: \V. L. W. L. Minneapolis ~07 30Kansas City .55 5l Indianapolis 4l Milwaukee .50 (i 2 Detroit 02 450olumbus ...40 72 St. Paul 02 47(!r‘d Rapids .40 74 Entire Town Wiped Out. Fire destroyed the entire village of Ontonagon, Mich., Tuesday afternoon, with a loss of $1,500,000, including the immense manufacturing plant maintained there by the Diamond Match Company. There is also ample: reason to fear that there was terrible loss of life, as the meager reports received indicated such a •wlftness of the destruction that little time for eseaiie was afforded and none for saving property. Big Men in the Net. Bdward F. C. Young, as receiver of the National Cordage Company, has entered sail in the United States Circuit Court against James M. Waterbury, Caleb P. Marsh, Chauncey Marshall, Frank T. Wall, Elisha M. Fulton and Willard P. "Whitlock, alleging breach of trust and misconduct upon the part of the defendants as officers and directors of the company, and asking that they l>e made to account for their management of its affairs.

Profeuor Audree Returns. Prof. Andiw has arrived at Tromsoe. Yierway, from Dane's Island. on board the Virgo, having, apparently, abandoned for tils year his attempt to cross the Arctic mgiong in a balloon. Weds Mr. Whitney. The wedding of Miss Gertrude VanderTaiit, eldest d,a tighter of Mr. anil Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Henry Payne WhitWT, oldest, son of the former Secretary of the Navy, W.,C. Whitney. took place at anon Tuesday at "‘The Breakers," the Vanderbilt Slimmer residence ip Newport. Shot for a Bear. Charles Potter, one of the best-known «*Wk* of Old ToWn. Me., was accidentally shot and killed by Charles T. Bussell, who mistook him for a bear. Bussell is a nephew of William E. Bussell. Arrested After Nine Years. At Perry, 0. T-, Sheriff Andy Folsom fc»* been arrested by a Deputy United States Marshal on a charge of having murdered a wealthy cattle man named InSf some nifle years ago. Folsom l was •eapected at the time of the imirder, but urua not prosecuted. tain ■ ■ f/-'< .1! ;in'-! i ■-.( uiWIIt l ßtn«ipiiNewSltrkj.;rc v ! Willihan Jennings Bryau hae*iet«J-raiaed *• * j>*etty thoroiigU canyass of.the «**<«'** Naw>York? a«*,for the hast time ■»e« stßq .day»«f M Srtin.Va a yviU make addresses in nearly every important wfcjf- He will first go Jo Albany, the home •f David B. Hill.

KIND TO UNCLE SAM. Am* Argentina Will Admit Yankee Goods Free of Duty. The President of Argentine has issued S decree remitting all duties on artiries from the United States for the purpose of showing the manufacturing and cbtnmer,cia! industries of this country. The movement for these exhibitions Philadelphia." The Venezuelan Government has granted a concession to an American to permanent exhibitions of American goods at Caracas, acaibo and other large cities iff Ycpezuew la. A new phase of the long costvst fee-' tween Chili, Bolivia and Peru is reported* by which Bolivia is promised a coast lin«s on the Pacific. More than treaty was made giving Tacha aud Afiew to Chili, thus lenving Bolivia cut off from access to the ocean and entirely witfbnM,. coast line. Since then the countries -hAre , beep negotiating, and it to said that a treaty Ifti's been effected bjj whictrßfilivl*| gets battle a strip through Tacha and sufficient to give her an outlet to the Pacific. '* '<■ v. COLLECTOR- <8 ACCUSED. A Special Agent Unearths Frauds In San Francisco Custom House... During the last six months H. H. Moore, special agent of the Treasury Department, has been engaged in a systematic investigation of the management of the San Francisco custom house. That he has unearthed extensive frauds upon the Government is evident by the fact that three or more employes have been dismissed from the service, while others have been indicted and are awaiting trial for violations of Federal laws. The latest testimony secured by the special agent drags into the scandal Collector John 11. "Wise and his son, Harry Wise, the first named being accused of knowing that exChinese Interpreter Dick Williams was making money by the illegal landing of Chinese, while the latter is accused of having accepted valuable presents from Williams and with attempting to aid him in an effort to intimidate witnesses.

PROJECTED PIPE LINE. Cudahy Bros, to Pipe Oil from Indiana to Chicago. Petroleum is to enter Chicago for the first time in pipes. Michael and John Cudahy have said so, and they have ordered 170 miles of six-inch pipes to make good the assertion. It has just leaked otit that the Cudahys have bought the entire plant of the Northern Indiana Oil Company iu Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana, and they purpose building the pipe line from the wellft there to Chicago. The investment, aside from the purchase price, it is said, will be in the neighborhood of $1,500,000. The course of the new pipe line is a secret, but it is figured that fpomthe fields in Indiaua to Fort Wayne aud thence to Chicago, paralleLwith the Pennsylvania system, will be the probable route. WRECKED BY CHILDREN. ~r Placed Bplkea on the Rail and Killed Engineer and Fireninn. A thorough investigation was made into the cause of tlie detailing of viigbri-'Xoi--41), which was hauling a work* -trainiftcur Carrollton, Ohio, the lacomutive rolling down -an -Mpbuiikni.eht and-:, killing. Engineer Joseph Kirk and Fireman John Hardesty. of JJfjnLoiV The investigation shows the accident to .have been, caused W children haring praeetV tili'ee spikes on The outside Pail of tire curve "where 1 -the ddrnilmeht occurred: ’’ TH-enfy-s'itf men- Idthe caboose escaped death by falling several hundred feet down an embankment, [because the caboose was caught iu the branches of a big tree.

Havnna’s'iConditlon Dreadful. Health Officer Alvuh H. Doty, who has just returned from Havana on the steamship Orizaba, said he found the Cuban capital in a frightful sunitary condition. lie appointed resident physicians at Ilav&nn, Santiago and Cienfugos, who will see that the laws of the port of New York in regard to passengers from fever-i()fec-ted places ara.enforeed nt the po(nt o? emoiu'kajtigu. Dr. Doty .gpuld not fin,d, the health officer or the health office jn Havana. “Within the last two weeks lir&cc-ding my departure,”'Dr. Doty said, “there were 300 eases of yellow fever'' there. No attempt has been made to sewer the city properly. By simply cutting through a narrow strip of land and dredging a channel the city's refuse might be carried into the Gulf stream and far out to sea. With proper sanitary precautions Havana would be a remarkably fine city. The Spanish soldiers get sick on their wityto Havana in the transports. When they land some 6f them are half-deud from the' effects of the fever.” Dr. Doty had a talk with Consul General Lee, who, the Doctor says, is awakened at all hours of the night by people who want him to stop the execution of friends or relatives. If there is a chance to save them, Gen. Lee, the Doctor says, immediately tries to do so.

Plot for Freedom. An official dispatch received in Madrid from Manila announces the discovery in the Philippine Islands of a separatist conspiracy, the object being to secure independence from Spain. According to the official advices, twenty-one persons linve already been arrested. The news lias caused great excitement in Madrid and the police in consequence to-night raided the Hispano Philippine Club and seized a large quantity of papers. Madrid papers during the week contained frequent expressions indicating that a revolt in the Philippine Islands might be expected in the near future. It was even suggested by the papers that Japan was endeavoring to foment trouble in that part of the Spanish possessions for the purpose of extending the jurisdiction of her island empire over the Philippine Islnnds. The Philippine Islands lie only about 1150 miles south newly acquired Japanese possessions of Formosa, a uumber of small islands intervening. Spain's army in the Philippine Islands is estimated at seven regiments of infantry and one of artillery, with a-squadron of cavalry, the' total effective force being BtM officers and about 110,000 men.

Soldiers in a Gory Row. Twenty-six raw recruits for the United States army, hailing from the wilds near Columbus, Ohio, and having furt+theirf objective point. Spokane. Wash., where they intend to shoot Indians, tilled themselves with tirewatty Friday night, and it was a platoon of Chicago police to escort them safely from and “to their trouble began at. Valpara.isa. In jV-and the conductor wired ahea d~ ft} r.-o.fljcerfct eet dhe Pennsylvania train atToenmjtjgo. When th?* coach arrived at the Union Depot it look-* ed as iUjt had been Wwfitorded, nnd the' men a.JWtooked as-ifV<l)ey bad been in ft, prize tight. ThjjpfightinteiJiad stopped. No arf'est* were ngudd. Altut he only sober ones in tjie party were the two old-eulist-efjnjen m charge, jj Blackburn fb iakrae Field, y Senator .1. O. S. Blackburn, who is' now pfith his family jit Oceaji J*t ivhere they have Seen spepdiiiig return sjbd tak4ht%e sfliflriUteJ support of Bryan and Sevfcalf. tijujirirt speech in KentuiSyV Lexington. 1,5 T> ‘ f ) W >i*K \ Ask Naval Protection. Considerable concern js fe}t in administration and missioifary circieq over tbs prospect of further outbreaks this fall the- Ottoman Empire. Reports received at the State Department from its repre-

sentaive* in Turkey and letter* fonv.-yd-ed to it by th/i missionary society whose headquarters are located at Boston, a 1 d which .is in coustaut communication with missionaries in Turkey, indicate that a feeling of unrest pervades the Moliamniedtiu empire which is likely te vulmiuare within a. short time in such outbreaks as occusred at Kharput and other points in year. The missionaries aud their famfltrs in'Turkey tyiv greatly concerned over the possibilfy nt trouble, and society nave appealed !VBs'-lheiHM2t , *'D < *l ,ar,mt ‘ut f or na\al prutoc,4irajb v.-ssels.’weW Impaired by the rfii-,-lnti;irt*4,.bii l tie deportment believes one Ail) besjirtficieht, Atffi so reformed Nayv Di - uti ppue n». it is nu'Vrstood ‘l-s*l fits eat led instructions to Rear Sel fringe di-recting-hun, t«r use every .cffjgftto afljird pr irrefhA- to Americau*nffrreits in the AWditerranean. He has l»een iu'fio.rm*^''f > tvthe it-ars entertained by the -mffimries and has ben directed to held rowel 4* Readiness to proc<‘ed to Alexpoint near- where the condition jtjt-'urm-st appsars to.he most pro’f&hucecC -

i,WI!KKLI REVIEW OF TRADE. Political Events Seem to Have Little Effect Upon the Markets. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Political events of the week had no definite influence ui>on business prospects, for the phenomenal variations in sterling exchange and the beginning of im[xirts of gold may be fairly attributed to the accumulating excess of merchandise exports over imports, exports from New York for the last two weeks having been 20 per cent, larger and imports here 21 per cent, smaller than last year. The rapid movement of grain aud the unusually early marketing of cotton tend strongly to aid the banking syndicate which has undertaken to regulate foreign exchange. Speculation lias advanced exchange. Speculation has advanced wheat over 1 cent during the week, corn a small fraction and cotton % cents, the principal motive power being reports of injury to growiug crops. The unfavorable accounts respecting wheat are iu some measure discredited by the continued heavy movement from the farms. Western receipts having been 10,01)7,137 bushels in the two \ygpks, against 0,759.363 bushels last year. With prices 8 cents lower than last year, such a movement cannot be interpreted ns a sign of dctU eient yield. The Atlantic exports for the same weeks have been (flour included) 4,892,000 bushels, against 2,995,233 bushels last year, and while the increase U encouraging, it scarcely corresponds with j urrent accounts of deficient yield in some foreign countries. The movement of corn continued heavy, although the price is still so low <hat one wonders why the product is put intoconi instead of into hogs. The iron- and steel manufacture is tile "only continued depression to report, and Bessemer pig has sold at $10.40 at Pittsburg, whiles Southern (run is offered at prices equivalent to $lO at New Y,c)j4j. (tml nearly ajl, finished prodnets are Uoijigrsbkl fceljjw Afo&fli'rcvnt quotations. There is rflfiht" ourfjiiTmo'iit of pfnducflor/, 4ffe Illinois Steel Oomliany having otfly sevlhßoT Its sWeilteen furnaces at \v6rk. but in spite of this the supply of finished products appear -to' greatly exceed the demand.

NOT PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK. Scuttle Men Who Sought Gold In § Alaska Return Home. rst information received since January from the interior of the Yukon country, Upper Alaska, Where 2,500 men went lust full, reached Seattle, Wash., Thursday on the steamer Bertha. The report is not of an encouraging nature, and will have an effect fn staying the tide of migration that way another spring. Among the returned miners afe several well-known Seattle men. They saj- they have had all of the country they want, though:« few will go buck and try their luck again. Scarcely itny of the returned men have brought back any gold. In all there were 130 miners coming bdek on • the B, H!P;J ! ;jj f, y r w. M-Ul-tjfl ns for tlie Pensioners. of the Interior jias made a l'equislthih'Au the treasury, fjoit $9,015,000 to be used in the quar(rrlj4 pay men t of pet))ti()jiß Thh amount iby agq|:(jit)s follows:' Colunilms, OhitJTT ..... v Washington . ... 1,975,000 Boston :- 5 .. 1t840,000I t 840,000 Ajniainlttijirle. . .v 775,000 San Francisco 723,000 Lumber Men Complain. The'dirdftors of the Mississippi Valley Lunibermeu’s Association issue a circular to the members showing that the cut this year has been curtailed more than 20 per cent., and that the saw mills are idle, while the importation of Canadian lumber has doubled. , Mattie Overman Ownp Up. Mattie Overman, who figured so conspicuously mid unenviably in the'Brown church scandal at San Francisco, has made a confession in which she declares that she is a perjurer and that Dr. Brown is all his enemies represented him to be. Molten Metal Elxplodes. At Pittsburg the explosion of molten metal at Furnace I, of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works burned ten men, three seriously.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chieago—Cattle, common to prime, $5.50 to $5.00; hogs, shipping grades, $5.00 to $5.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 54c to 56c; corn, No. 2,22 cto 24c; oats, No. 2,10 c to 18c; rye, N’o. 2. 80c to 31c; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 15c; new potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $25 tu S6O per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $U7 r 3;,hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; s'hbcp, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,56 cto 58c, corn. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. & St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, N’o. 2,61 cto r 63c; corn, N’o. 2 yellow, 21c to 22c; oats, to 29c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 tv> $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; whea&i Nqt 2 t 59e-to_ 61c; corn, N’o. 2 mixed, ’£4c te&W; oati* No. 2 mixed, 17c to 19c;Vye> N058,*36(vt0,32c. $ ; s3.'7q: sheepV $2.00 to $3.75; i Ail- 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn, No. 2 oats, No. 2 white, 23c 2 red, 62c to 64c; confj JMKiwUiidc to 25c; oats, N’o. 2 White,r fit. No. 2,32 cto 34c; e!over"'see<U $|4,40 to $4:50. to OfidsTonff 2 white, 23e to 2Be; barley to . r .ye. jNj). L 31c to 33c; pork, mess, $5.75 to $64>5. Cattle. $2.50 to $4.75; bogs, V&wrVbi '54125; Sheep, $2.00\t,0 $4.25; tpyheat, No. 2 red. 63c to 65c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 29c to 80c; oats, No. .2 white, 24c to 26c.' /t I/ New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50: sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn, No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 17c; eggs, Weatern, 11c to 14a.

MAKE WAR ON SILVER

GOLD ADVOCATES HOLD A MEETING IN NEW YORK. Dense Crowd Fills the Crest Madison Fqtiare Garden to Hear Speeches— Bourke Cockrpn Gives Reply to Re* cent Speech by Candidate Bryan. Madison Square Garden Meeting. The secoud notable demonstration of the political campaign in New York City was held Tuesday night under the auspices of thie Democratic Honest Sidney League of America, in Madison Square, where W. Bourse Cockrpr addressed an immense audience, with a speech entitled “In Opposition to Repudiation.” Mr. Cockran had been selected to a-nswer Candidate Bryan's speech because of bis opposition to the Chicago platform, and because of the reputation as an orator which he had earned by his participation iu the tariff debates ot two Congresses and by his famous protest agaiust the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, delivered at daybreak in the convention of four years ago. The elements were kinder to Mr. Cockran than they had been to Mr. Bryan, for an afternoon shower had cooled off the air and made the night, an ideal one, in pleasant c-mtrast to the kweltering atmosphere which oppressed theTJryau shouters. In place of the small platform from which Mr. Bryan had spoken was erected a big stage whereon were seated many of the vice pw-sidents of the meeting, whose names made a list 300 strong, and in whose ranks were included many of the most prominent business men, bankers and railroad presidents of New Y’ork and other'eities. Eighteen thousand seats had been placed in tlie garden and all of them were filled when Mr. Cockran advanced to the front of the platform aud was greeted by a tremendous cheer, men climbing upon their chairs and waving little American (lags which had been strewn through tho hall. Maj. Jchn Bryne, president of the league, .called the meeting to order, and presented Perry Belmont, who made a short speech by way of overture to Air. Coekruu's effort. AYlieu Mr. Cockran was introduced by Mr., Belmont the first outburst of the meeting came. As Mr. Cockran arose a small group of men with a leader began to sing “My Country.” Then, in obedience to signals, from various parts of the hall men nrdse anil joined the chorus. Mr. Cockran himself stnrted to sing, but paused soon, as if he were not familiar with the words. Mr. Cockran began liis speech in a low voice, but his tones became clearer as he proceeded. His sentiments were liberally cheered after he had warmed to his subject, and his statement that the volume of money does not denote prosperity seemed to meet the approval of his auditbrs, for they clapped their hands vigoronsLc. Frequent outbreaks of cheers followed his periods throughout the address.

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

Northern; Asia Has Been the Center of Astronomical Interest, An eclipse of the sun is caused by the moon passing between the sun and the earth, as shown in the accompanying diagram. During the recent eclipse the shadow of the moon first touched this earth at an unuamable town in Russia. Throughout the whole ot Europe, except France and Spain, in Asia, above the 35tli degree of latitude in Alaska aud most of Polynesia

DIAGRAM OF ECLIPSE.

(A, represents the earth. B, represents earth’s orbit. C. represents the moon, and E represents the moon’s orbit. U, represents the earth’s shadow that makes an eclipse tor some other planet.

the eclipse was a partial obscuration. But there was a favored belt,- not more than 120 miles wide at the most, extending from a point in the North Sea across Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Nova Zeinbla, Sil eria, Manchuria and Japan, where the obscuration was total. To understand the character of the eclipse, imagine a small, circular, non-lu-mmous body intervening between a larger luminous giobe and your eye, and near enough to the eye to obscure the larger body, as a penny held near enough to the eye will hide a silver dollar, or an orange will shut off from the eye the big glass globe around an arc light. The shadow of the orange will be cone-shaped, large near the orange and narrowing down to a point. So with the sun and moon, and at the time of the August eclipse the shadow, which began at the near side of the moon with i diameter equal to the moon's, was truncated, just before it was narrowed to » point, by the earth, and fell upon the earth with a breadth of about 100 miles. It was as if the moon took a monster paint brush, molded it to a point, and, applying a little pressure, drew a narrow black line around that part of the

PATH OF TOTAL ECLIPSE.

earth which revolved within reach. The black line, or ipiud, or shadow, marked the e.a£tft from a poiat west of Norway, in, the ocean, across Norway, Sweden, Finland, Northern Bussia and Siberia, the Pacific Ocean, and some of the northern islands of Japan. Of these last it fell upon Soya and the north end of Yezo, Momlietsu and Yubetsu. From Yubetsu it went on, falling upon mountains 6,600 or 7,000 feet high, and continued over the ocean some hundreds of miles, and hen vanished. Within this long, hundredmile wide belt of darkness the several observing parties took stand at different points., The French, German and, Italian astronomers made observations frpm Norway and nfeat Varan'jfer Fjord, ■t Vadso and Yardo in Finland. The eclipse there was shorter than at Yexa. __

HOKE SMITH GOES OUT.

Cleveland’* Secretary of the Interior Qnita the Cabinet. Hoke Smith, Preaident Cleveland’s Secretary of the Interior, has quit the Cabinet. The rumor that he had resigned

HOKE SMITH.

of the gold standard up to-the meeting of the Chicago convention, and “stumped” hi# State last spring for the citise in ©position to ex-Speaker Crisp. Precisely what determined him to renounce his affiliations is not known, but his friends say that he pledged his word,.to, support tho Chicago ticket and platform, believihg. as they say, that the administration forces would triumph at the contention. It is understood that immediately upon his withdrawal he will return to Atlanta and resume the practice of his profession. The Secretary’s law office has not been closed since his departure for Washington, his partner, .Judge John T. Pendleton, remaining in charge. The sign,' “Hoke Smith’’ has remained on the door, and tho Secretary’s-desk has been kept, awaiting his return. It is well' known that Mr. Smith, on entering the Cabinet, left a law practice which paid several times the Salary of a Cnbiliet officer, and he will return to enter upon one which will doubtless be still more profitable.

WORLD’S SILVER COINAGE.

Reports from the Mints of Twentyone Countries. Here is fresh ammunition for campaign talkers: From official information received by the Treasury Department from twenty-one countries, the coinage of silver during the calendar year 1893 amounted, in the aggregate, to $113,672,290. Of this sum $13,603,200 was recoinage. Deducting this sum from tha total coinage, gives the coinage of silver from new bullion in 1805 as $100,008,000. The country coining the largest amount of silver in 1895 was Mexico, with a coinage of $24,832,350; followed closely by Japan with a coinage of $23,883,500; next comes China, with $8,253,340; Spain, $7,969,500; Great Britain, $5,821,151; United States, $5,698,000; Austro-llun-gary, $5,299,000; Peru, $4,073,000; Russia, $3,554,000; Ecuador, $2,500,000; Germany, $1,826,000. The silver coinage executed by Great Britain during the year for her colonies was: For Canada, $1,158,630; for Hong Kong, $2,200,000; for Straits Settlements, $450,500—a total of $3,808,130. France coined for Indo-China. $6,092,000 In silver and for Morocco $354,600. During 189.> the United States recoined the largest amount of silver, viz., $4,850,000, followed by Austro-Jlungary with a recoinage of $3,318,500: England' $2,100,000; Germany. $1.820.<)00: Russia, $042,500; India, $484,.XX). From Jan. 1 to Aug. 1. 1895, the coinage of silver dollars by the mints of the United States was $8,562,412, while the coinage of silver dollars from 1792 to 1873 aggregated $8,031,23S only. The world's product o£ silver during the calendar year 1895 is estimated to have been $226,000,000. The amount of new bullion used in the coinage so far as known was $100,069,000, and from reports received from twelve countries the amount used in the industrial ayts was $42,000,000, while the exports to the east amounted to $37,500,000. making the total disposition of the world's silver product for 1895 so far as known $179,509,000, which would leave $46,430,000 for coin and use in the arts by the countries from which uo reports have been received.

FLOUR COMBINE DISRUPTED.

North American Milling Trust Has Gone to Pieces. Flour will be sold for a time at least at whatever price individual millers see tit. The big flour combine known ns the North American Milling Company has gone to pieces, and as a result a cut of 10 cents a barrel in prices has been mijde by the Northwestern millers and followed practically all over the country among spring wheat millers. This makes the present: price in Chicago of best Northwestern brands $3.55. The combine was supposed to be one of the best and most carefully planned ever known, and its failure is considered by some of the Northwestern concerns at least as conclusive evidence that a successful combination is impossible. However, one big concern claims that' the break in arrangements is only temporary. The combination was effected March 10 last, and was the result of months of patient work on the part of its inaugiirators, and many meetings were held. It represented a combined milling capacity of over 100,000 barrels a day. The mills within the combination had to put up a guarantee fund for the faithful carrying out of the agreements on a basis of 10 cents per barrel per bOO barrel milling capacity. In spite of this it was soon discovered that some of the mills were taking advantage of the others in granting rebates, and this has grown from small beginnings to such large proportions that a general row resulted. The minimum price was made by one to an appointed for that purpose in the Northwest, and he made the price from time to time based on the conditions of the trade, it is said, uninfluenced by any of the mills in the combine, and in every way those who went in in good faith tried to sustain a fair minimum price, which was supposed to he a good thing for all branches of the trade.

GREAT MEETING OF PYTHIANS.

Encampment at Cleveland Drawing Crowds of Knights. Great crowds of visitors were attracted to the Knights of Pythias’ encampment at Cleveland, it being estimated that 50,000 spectators witnessed the dress parade of the Second Ohio Regiment Sunday afternoon. The exercises at the camp during the aftefnoou consisted of the dress parade and* a sacred band concert. In the evening many of the visaing knights attended services at the Kpworth Memorial M. E. Church and listened to an appropriate sermon by the pastor. Among the attractions at the camp was Lafayette, Ind., division of the uniform rank, which has won more prizes than any other division in the country, even though it has not competed in prize drills in eight years. There was also prospnt the crack division from Hastings, Mich. Maj. Gen. Carnahan, in speaking of the knights as a military organization, said it was part of the tin written law of the order that the knights should respond to the call of the Government in time of need, especially if it was necessary to repel an invasion by a foreign foe. Ihe knights were not in any sense guardsmen, lie said, and they would not take part in internal dissensions unless it was necessary to preserve order and uphold the laws. Supreme Chancellor Richie, in speaking of the policy of the order, suid their would probably be no Change. "Tht^same lessons that it teaches men to-day,” he said, “will be good for men 1,000 years hence.”

ONTONAGON IN ASHES.

LITERALLY WIPED OFFTHE FACE OF THE EARTH. Loss Aggregates $2,000,000, and Includes the Diamond Match PlantInsurance Abont Half—2,3oo People Homeless. Old Ontonagon in Rnins. Ontonagon was wiped out by fire Tuesday. The fire has left absolutely nothing of the town. Two thousand people, who were comfortably housed Tuesday morning are now homeless and without food or shelter. - The ruin involves the extensive lumber and box manufacturing plant of the Dia mond Match Company, an establishment alone worth upward of $1,000,000 and reported to carry abont $500,000 of insiir.anee on lumber and plant. The catastrophe "begun with the small fires -in the’ swamp just south of town, toxvbich.no attention was paid, as they were not considered dangerous. But the wimUfnjsh-, ened to a gale from the south, Up swamm fires were driven into the seasoned'Jun-' her piles in eiose proximity, and before effective defense could bo made the flames were beyond control and driving straight for the village at a rate so rapid that in (thing was thought of but the salvation .of hitman lives. In response to appeals 'the railroad companies sent all 'kvailable engines and cars. At 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon the operators in the telegraph offices were driven from their keys, as that office was centrally located. The loss is "'•‘11 covered by insurance and some companies, notably the Mechanics, of Milwaukee. are reported very heavy losers. Ihe Diamond Match Company's fire brigade made a heroic light against fearful odds. They were joined by every able-bodied man of the town, but their eftorts to check the progress of the fire were unavailing. The flames burned thenway to the lake, leaving only ruin behind them. There was slight delay on tlie part of the townspeople and the Diamond Match operatives in organizing for defensive measures. When their battle began the huge lumber idles of the match company were* already on fire. These piles had been under tlie summer sun for weeks and wore as dry as tinder. Firemen and citizens choking for breath, burned in many ins' a ¥o the tpi ink, suddenly fled for their lives.

made its appearance on Saturday. Mr. Smith refused to discuss the yumor, but at bit residence active preparations for moTi n g were being made, and.many of .his personal effects have been shipped to Atlanta. Mr. Smith was an ardent champion

The Duluth. South Shore and Atlantic, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Roads, which both enter Ontonagon, were appealed to for help. Every available engiuo ifiid car on tlie two roads within reaching distunec was called into service and sent to the burning town. While most of the relief trains were sent to Pori with the rescued people, a great many wore left at Rockland, which, singularly enough, escaped the worst of the tire. All the plant of the Diamond Match Company laid south of the limits of Ontonagon. There the tire was first the fiercest, and from there it swept northward into the town. Before the affrighted people really appreciated how great a danger confronted them billows of flames were sweeping over their homes, the postoffice, the county buildings, the pewspn per plants and the telegraph office. The operator stayed at his post until the fire was cracking the glass iu the windows of the building he was in. Then he fled with tho multitude, which had ceased to fight, and was only seeking a place of safety. The relief trains of the railroad companies, unable to reach their depots, which Were surrounded by tire, stopped out in the center of the district where Once were millions of feet of standing pine. Through the stuinpage people, wandered as best they could and boarded the ears. Not one of the hundreds of homeless brought away any property but the clothing worn when the lire first became alarming. There was no time lor saving property. It was a race for life, and men and women ran, leaving behind them the savings of years, to be destroyed in a few seconds by the flames.

The most frightful feature of the fire aside from the probable loss of life, is that the destruction of Ontonagon is in nil probability permanent. The thriving place, tlxe oldest town on the Upper Peninsula. will never be rebuilt. The pine forests, which gave it prominence lor many years and led the Diamond Match Company to make it the headquarters of their manufacturing interests, have disappeared. There is no more timber to be cut. That the mills will be rebuilt no one believes. There is not a business block nor a house of any value standing. The homeless are being sheltered iu box cars so far as possible. All that made the town a place of business importance has gone with-the flawest, and 2,500 people are left wanderers op the face of the earth. The loss will aggregate between sl.000,000 and $2,000,000. The town had a system of water works installed a year ago. but it appears to have become dis-i. aided early in the light, and to have been practically useless when most needed. The people burned out of their homos will have to receive outside assistance or suffer from cold and hunger this winter. The amount of lumber burned is estimated at .’iO.OOO.tMK) feet, but this cannot be confirmed, owing to the fact that all wires west of Nestoria have been down since early in the afternoon and details as to the stock of lumber on the docks and in the yards of the Diamond Match Company are not obtainable. It is safe to say that at least 20,000,(XX) feet has been destroyed. Owing to what was supposed to be fairly good tire protection the insurance companies have written lines freely on Ontonagon property, and in consequence some of them are heavily caught. The Milwaukee Mechanics did a heavy business there, and must lose correspondingly. The insureure carried by the Diamond Match Comimny is said to have been $500,(MX 1 . This was on the lumber and manufacturing plant. 'file' tire was staWed by a farmer while burning brush about two miles southwest of the city several days ago. It had nearly gone,nout when he.,gale of Tuesday merging started it up, and destruction followed. Ontonagon was on the shore of Lake Superior, where the Ontotiagon River einp-'. ties. The village was formerly a mining town, but the mines weregradually abandoned. and the lumber industry became its principal support. There have been thousands of acres of pine within reach of (>ntonagoa. artd millions of feet of logs were floated down the river every year and made into lumber in the saw mills of the village. The mills gave employment to some SiN) men. and a box factory employed 100 more. Resides there were planing mills and other industries on a smaller scale. There were Catholic. Episcopal Methodist and Presbyterian churches; a. opera bouse, with a seating capacity m S(X), built a short time ago: a bank, a fine public school building and a court house. Two newspapers, the Miner and the llerahl, wore published. It is safe to say at least, one-half of the late oat crop near Warren is ruined by wet weather. Acres have been cut and are not dry enough to haul. This, is also true of the potato crop. Hugs and rot will reduce the yield greatly.

SOME BUTTER MYSTERIES.

Improvine the Flavor of Setter by Certain Kindi of Bacteria. Among the moat remarkable of recent discoveries is the fact that bacteria are responsible for the flavor of butter and .-•heese. After all, the popular notion that these organisms are enemies ot mankind is a mistake. Nearly all ot them are harmless, and some are exceedingly benefletaL It is only a few eccentric species that have adopted pan asitic habits, and, feeding on the body tissues of mankihd and other anlmals v produce thereby unpleasant diseases. The United States Patent Office has just issued to Vilhelm Storch. a citizen

BACTERIA THAT MAKE GOOD BUTTER.

of Denmark, a patent for certain bacteria “cultures,” which are designed for use in the artificial flavor of butter. Added to fresh cream, these microscopic organisms multiply In iuealcula-, lde numbere, and give to the substance,the peculiar taste quality that is desired hy people who eat butter. I u Denmark dairying Is conducted on scien'lftc principles, and in that country bacterial cultures have come into genera) use in the creameries. Already such cultures have been placed on the market in the United States, and small quantities of them are obtainable by farmers, put up In bottles and hermetically sealed. Among them perhaps the best known is Prof. Conn’s culture of “Bacillus No. 41,” the original germs for which were obtained by that scientist from a jar of preserved cream from South America, sent to the World’s Fair at Chicago.

The notion that Philadelphia butter may be made to order out of any sort of cream merely by the addition of a few microbes of a particular species seems surprising; yet it is a fact. It used to be imagined that the pure aromatic flavor peculiar to fresh butter of specially fine flavor resulted chiefly from the feed consumed by the cows, and that the great difference in quality between winter butter and summer butter was due to the difference between the winter feed and the fresh grass feed of the summer. This idea proves to be wholly a mistake. The difference is due to the varying species of bacteria that find their way into the cream. There are a good many kinds of bacteria which are foes of the dairyman. They get into his cream and spoil his product in the shape of butt,er or cheese. Did you ever taste milk that was sour? Probably you have. Well, the souring Is the work of a certain species of bacterium. But there are ever so many

BACTERIA THAT SPOIL BUTTER.

other species which give a bad taste to the cream, even causing the butter made front It to smell badly. Two of these are represented In figures 4 and 5 accompanying this article. Figures 1, 2 and 3 are the sort of bacteria which make first-rate butter. Without such as they you would probably forsako *kat agreeable edible and take to oleomargarine.

A LONG-FELT WANT.

Enables One to Eat Hot Corn Without Burning the Fingers. What lover of hot, sweet corn, who likes to tat from the cob, has not wished for some means to partake of the succulent ear without soiling his fingers

or burning them? He may rejoice now, for a corn fork has been invented to supply the want so long felt. Though It Is called a fork, It does not look a bit like the conventional article oTQthafci ua me. It is a little device of wire made somewhat longer than the average ear of corn. It consists of two pieces that slide back and forth, so as to make the fork longer or shorter, to fit an ear of any size. The ear, steaming hot, Is placed iu the fork and automatically fastened by a slight pressure of the hand. The fingers grasp the wire, and do not come at all In contact with the corn. A screw at one end of the fork holds the cob fast. A turn of this screw naturally gives the cob a turn, and so it Is revolved until the corn has been all eaten. It Is all so simple, that the smallest child can understand It, and can toe fitted to a portion of an car just as w.ell as a whole one. The fork is made df galvanized steel wire, so that it is easily washed, but will neither collect dust :tor rust.

To Attract Bees.

If you want the bees to visit your garden in summer—and if you know anything of plant life you will be aware that they are a necessity—invite them, by having plants which bear«bltie bios-' soms. According to Sir John Lubbock, they manifest a decided preference foK flowers of that color. “I have remarked that the older I become, the more, people yawn when J talk.”—Drake Watson