Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1896 — Page 2

®JeJtmo£r«ticsrntinel jr. W. McXWKN, r\ibll»h«r. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

WANTED HER WEALTH

ALLEGED TROUBLES OF A SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN. Baes Her Husband and Her Son for Conspiracy—Campaign to Be Pushed la the Northwest—Mail Inspectors Make Important Capture. Queer Family Fight. Through the filing of a suit in the Superior Court at San Francisco a story which Would seem Almost incredible came to light. The plaintiff is Mrs. Elizabeth Cavanaugh, an aged woman who owns considerable property, and she designates as the defendants her son Robert and her husband. Morris Cavanaugh. She charges them with having conspired to rob- her and caused her to be held a prisoner for four long months in a local private insape asylum. Years ago Mrs. Cavanaugh took in washing. She saved her money and invested it in the then Mission Sand Wastes. When the city grew and her property became valuable she was in comfortable circumstances. Then, to add to her prosperity, she recently won quite a sum in a lottery. After this stroke of good fortune her troubles began. Her husband refused to work and her son induced her to execute a deed of trus placing ail her property in his hands. He and his father, she savs, then took her forcibly from the house one night and conveyed her to an asylum. MAIL THIEF CAUGHT. Harry Larawr.y Captured While Taking Letters from a Pouch. For fifteen months the Chicago postoffice has been deluged with complaints from banks and individuals that the Canadian mails have been tampered with and that thousands of letters have never reached their - destination. Large and email remittances have been lost and the inconvenience and loss to the Chicago banks and their customers has been such that it had come to a point where the Canadian banks had to use other carrying channels and individuals were watid'd against using the mails in sending mo/ey. AU this, it is hoped, will stop now, <ywing to the untiring diligence of Inspector J. E. Stuart of the I’ostoffice Department and J. J. I -armour, postoffiee "inspector. who Tuesday recorded one of the most (important Captures of their Jong service.(Major Stuart received the following teleglam at midnight Monday from Detroit, wlk<h is next to the closing chapter of the fifteen months’ search: "Inspector James E.yjtuart, Chicago: I arrested the Canaamn mail thief Mondav night and he is now jail. I saw him rip a take out a package of mail containing forty-three letters, all for Chicago, sew up the pouch and place the letters in his box. The man's name is Harry Laraway, a Canadian, who now lives in Detroit and is a depot porter at the Union depot. J. J. Larmour, I’ostoffice Inspector.” ASSIGNED TO THE NORTHWEST. Senators Teller and Dubois Will Give Aid to Bryan. Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, and Senator Fred Dubois, of Montana, the leaders of' the silver bolt at the St. Louis Republican convention, are to stump Illinois. Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota. This plan was determined upon at a long conference held Saturday night with Chairman Richardson at the national-silver headquarters. The.itinerary has not yet been completes. The plan to have the bolting silver Republicans bis gin theffirst vigorous fighting in the north Middle States is considered the most important step in campaign yet taken by the national campaign committee. It is a recognition by the silver Idlers of the importin'™ of these, Statej ’’Miaeciding the issue. "Teller and Dubois are the heaviest guns of the silver battery," said a well-known silver leader? “The very fact that they are Republicans makes it_ particularly fitting Ute v v jshould b<j fleeted to win over thevote of the doubtful Republican States. They have a reputation for sincerity and will not be met with the feelings of animosity which would greet a Democrat before a Republican audience.”

National Leant. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...S3 35New York ...GO 62 Cleveland ...75 45Philadelphia .5!) 62 Cincinnati ...73 48Brooklyn ....55 67 Chicago 70 55Washington .54 68 Boston 67 55St. Louis ... .37 88 Pittsburg ... .63 57Louisville ...34 88 X t it: “ i "Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League: W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .87 40Kansas City .66 59 Indianapolis .73 50Milwaukee ..58 76 Detroit 75 5G Columbus ... 45 86 St. Paul .... .71 59Gr’d Rapids .42 01 Big Smelter Proposed. Provided satisfactory arrangements can be made with the Canadian Pacific Railroad, a large ore smelter and refinery •will be established at Vancouver, B. C., with a capital of at least $1,000,000. W. R. Rust, of the Tacoma smelter, is the organizer of the project, which will have behind it American and British capital. Populist’s Novel Campaign Tour. James H. Hillis, Missouri Populist nominee for Lieutenant Governor, accompanied by three musicians, will travel over the entire State in a covered wagon, making speeches in country districts. The tour will begin when the roads improve. The wagon is fitted with every convenience possible. Rich Men Executed. Among the leaders in the Philippine Islands conspiracy who were shot Monday at Cavite, in the Island of Luzon, were two merchants worth a million pesetas (about $200,000), the governor of the prison and several doctors and chcmists. To Command in Person. It is reported that Gen. Weyler will be*in the winter campaign in Cuba by taking command in person of the Spanish army in Pinar del Rio as soon as the new reinforcements arrive on the island. Emperor Wins a Mock Battle. Emperor William Friday assumed com(nand in person of the eastern forces engaged in the army maneuvers near Goerfitz. His majesty handled his forces with exceptional energy and shrewdness and took up a position on a slope, compelling the Saxons to yield. Fusion In Texas. The Texas Republicans have decided to fuse with the Populists and the national democratic,party. The Republicans will vote for the Populist State ticket, and an electoral ticket, composed of eight Remublicans, four Populists and three DemJerata, will be put in the field.

TINDER POSTAL BAN. Alleged Chicago Brokerage Firms Excluded from the Malle. . Poetoffice Department officials have excluded from the mails the literature of the alleged stock and grain brokerage firms »f Chicago and New York operating under the names of J. E. Morgan & Co . Thomas Co., Craig & Co.. Wunderlach Jc Co., J. F. McClure & Co., the Co-operative Commission Company, the American Commission Company, John 1. Tallman & Co., M. F. Brice & Co. of Chicago; J. E. Morgan & Co., M. F. Price & Co., J. I. Tailman & Co., Equitaole Stock and Produce Company. F. L. Wood and James Boothman of New York. The inspectors of the departments have been working for a long time to secure evidence against these people. Conclusive proof of swindling was difficult to obtain. There were plenty of witnesses to be fount! to testifv that they had put money into the scheme and never seen the color of it again, but the firms seem to have been very clever in apparently complying with the legal forms employed in legitimate trading. Contributors invariably lost their money, but trading cards and book accounts seemed to show that it had gone by legitimate channels. The mere tact that the trades were with real or dummy firms suspected of being in collusion, while affording moral evidence of crookedness, could not pass the legal tests and for that reason the officials were slow to act. although certain long ago that a dangerous confidence game was being worked upon the public with great pro Lt. DEPEW DENIES IT. No Truth, He Says, in the Rnmor that He Wants a Portfolio. Chauncey M. Depew was asked as to the truth of a report that there was friction between him and W. K. Vanderbilt, and that in the event of Mr. McKinley’s election he would resign the presidency of the New York Central, to accept, a Cabinet or diplomatic position. Mr. Depew said: "The whole story is untrue from beginning to end. At periods of six months for the last five years similar reports have been set in circulation. My frienA have discovered on every occasion that they emanated from Wall street or Chicago, and were started generally for the purpose of affecting the market. My relations with the Vanderbilts are most cordial. I have no political ambition. These reports used to annoy me, but I pay no attention to them now.”

BRITISH CROPS. Little Change Sinrt the July Report Fair Average Condition. The London Times publishes its third report of the condition of the British crops. It shows scarcely ahy change since the last report, issued on Aug. 7. When the first report was issued on July 10 it said that the position of the crop was below the normal at the beginning of that month, but was nevertheless above the position at the corresponding time in 1895. Taking 100 per cent, to represent an average excellent condition, wheat worked out at 104, lArley at 80, and oats nt 85, ns against 79. 83 and <0 respectively in 1895. The second reptart placed the wheat at nearly 100, barIcKnt a fraction lower than in the fir.«M repokt, and oats at 84. The last report placriXnffieat at 100 2-5 and barley at 88. REAL'ESTATE MEN ORGANIZE. Form an Interstate T.an-J Association and Elect Officers. Seventy-five reul estate men from Illinois. Indiana, lowa and Nebraska have formed the Interstate Land Association. Other neighboring States will be taken into the organization, which is for tl»e purpose of aiding public and private land associations to develop the resources of the States and to sell and leaseland to settlers. The following were chosen as a board of directors: S. M. Knox. Princeton, 111,; O. J. Gibson, Re! Oak. Iowa; G. W. Garlick, Omaha, Neb.; J. M. Cox. Wyoming, HL; F. Al. Sehirineter, Decatur, Ind. The board elected the following officers: President, S. M. Knox; vicepresident, F. AL Schirme>er; secretary and treasurer, O. J. Gibson. The association agreed to_nmke Omaha the perjpaneut headquarters? REMEDY FOR LEPROSY. Cure for the Dren'J~Pisease Said to Have Been Discovered in Trinidad. I It would appear that at length a remedy has been discovered for leprosy. It consists of powder from the bark of a tree known as the Hoang-Nan, which grows only in the mountains that separate the kingdom of Annam from the Chinese provinces of Laos. It is being used with much success and efficacy in the leper hospital of the colony of Trinidad, so much so that the English Government is taking steps to introduce its use in the Government hospitals of India and other colonial dependencies where leprosy prevails. The remedy was first brought to the attention of Europe by the Catholic missionary bishop of Southern China.

Get an Effective Gun. , Information has reached New York that tjie steamer Three Friends has again been successful in landing an expedition In Cuba, in spite of the watchfulness of the Spanish war vessels which constantly patrol the coast. The expedition was landed precisely where the Spanish navy department exerts its greatest vigilance—that is, on the coast of Pinar del Rio province—where a few weeks ago it was reported that the Cuban leader, Antonio Maceo, was in sore need of ammunition and clothing for his troops. The landing was effected near Bahia Honda, where a detachment of Maceo's forces, which had been sent to wait for the arrival of the expedition, took charge of it the moment the cargo reached the beach. The military commander of the expedition was Juan Ruis Rivera, a native of Porto Rico, who fought in the Cuban army during the ten years’ war. The cargo consisted of 1,017 rifles, 460.000 rounds of ammunition, one pneumatic dynamite gon, 2,000 pounds of dynamite, 1,000 machetes and a large supply of medical stores and clothing. The rifles are especially adapted for the Mauser cartridges used by the Spanish army, a supply of which the Cubans allege can be captured or purchased from the Spanish troops in Cuba. The dynamite gun is the most prized feature of this expedition, and the men who are to handle it have had good practice. f $500,000 Is Gone. It is believed the defalcation that cau.Sr .ed the failure of the .Uttioff National Bank at New Orleans will reach $500,(XX). There has been quite a run on the bank, for some time, so that the deposits still in its charge will not reach SIOO,OOO. Crusade Against Celestials. A monster petition praying* the Federal Government to restrict Japanese immigration and raise the Chinese tax to SSOO has been in circulation for three days at Vancouver, B. C.. and has been signed ,uy many British aubjecta. , v / of a Minister’s Mrs. Maggie Scotti aged 52 years, wife of Rev. W. 0. Scott, of Butler, Ohio, xiomimtted. aqicide,hy o She was /ouud.. miapended iij of her home. Insanity caused the act; ( , >’ Express Car Buriis. ’ In d. sheet of flatnek on the Lake Shore Road, rushed into Goshen, Ind., Thursday evening. Car No. 623, containing packages of the United States Express Company, was com-

pletely swt-pt by fire, and $25,000 worth of mail and goods was destrayed. The ill-fated car was one of five of the I-ake Shore train, each being run. exclusively for the through business of the United States Express Company between Chicago and New York. It was sealed and no special messenger was in charge. A few minutes after G o'clock in the evening, when just west of Millersburg. Ind., Conductor Abe Wike noticed Hames issuing from No. 023. The train was stopped and an effort was made to extinguish the blaze, which had started in the rear part of the car. The flames, however, could not be cheeked. The rear car. containing the money safe, was detached and then the conductor ordered the train to run to Goshen, six miles distant. The engineer made a gallant effort to save the valuable express matter. The six miles were covered in four minutes. The Goshen fire department put .out, the fire, and .the express train arrived in Chicago at midnight. several hours late. The traimnen believe the blaze was caused by combustion of photographic chemicals. HIGHER PRICES TO COME. Replenishment of Stocks Will Cause an Upward Movement. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Better prospects and relief from monetary anxiety do not yet bring larger demands for finished products, though large buying of pig iron, wool, leather, hides, cotton, aud other materials continue to show a growing business aud that a general movement upward in prices will come with the replenishment of dealers’ stocks this fall. Alost prices are extremely low, so that nothing more than ordinary demand would advance them. But bank failures at New Orleans cause temporary hesitation, crop returns indicate disappointment in some cotton and some spring wheat States, prices of corn and oats make it unprofitable to sell at present, the number of manufacturing works and mines in operation does not gain but rather decreases, reductions of wages are somewhat numerous, occasionally resisted by strikes, and all these conditions diminish for a time the buying power of the people.” UP THE NILE. British Advance Is Reported to Be Making Rapid Procress. Dispatches received in Cairo, Egypt, from the front say that the North Staffordshire Regiment, numbering about 900 men. arrived at Kosheh camp, the southernmost fortified post on the Nile, Thursday. The Third Brigade has reached Absarrat safely and the main body of cavalry is arriving there. The cavalry scouts report the dervishes still in view south of Duglo, but the enemy retreats at the slightest sign of a forward movement. Thus the advance of the British-Egyp-tian expedition up the River Nile, with Dongola, if not Khartoum, as its objective point, is now in full swing after months of struggling with terrific Lent anti cholera. during which the work of railroad building aud passing gunboats in sections up th<* river and over the cataracts has been carried on incessantly under the direction of British officers, a number of wfiom have already given up their lives as a sacrifice to tin? task, “Rcsaityifc**'! Messiah" Wods. Jacob Schweiz* urth, the Rockford, 111., “Messiah,” has aii-.-4»t ,epnse.uted j to recognize the accepted proprieties and Jake to wife one of his "angels." Wednesday night at Minneapolis he married Mary Ann Tuttle at the Church of the Redeemer (Universalist), M. D. Shutter, pastor church, officiating. Four disciples followed the example of their lender. They were Albert C. Test, who married n sister of Schweinfurth, and Will Weldon, whose bride ip Bertha Olson. The ceremony was witnessed by C. C. Whitney, whose guest “the Messiah” has been during the summer; a brother of Sahweinfurth's and a half-dozen other friends. A gang of men and boys tried to turn the "heaven” into a hotter placj Wednesday, jilght by exploding cannoli crackers under uid Jiouse and beating tin pans. Tjje police tyere called and for the rest of the'night the “Messiah” and an-' ‘gels slumbered In peace. Big Cotton Firms Go Under. Thomas B. Pearce, Harry T. Atkins and plpnry Pearce, owners of the Franklin cotibn mills of Cincinnati, mid doing a general and extensive cotton business under the ntrne otT’earce, Atkins & Co. and Henry Pearce’s Sons Company, assigned as a company and as individuals to William C. poehran, the cqtton mill owner. The assets are $240,000; liabilities. $103,000. The assets consist of SIIO,OOO in personalty and $130,000 in realty. The 'Cause of the big crash is slow collections and dull business. Powder Kills Two. An explosion of powder at the mills of the Ohio Powder Company at Y’oungstown resulted in the instant death of two men. Hx-Speaker Crisp Retires. Ex-Speaker Crisp, the distinguished Georgia statesman, has broken down aud will uot enter the campaign again this fall. French Wheat Cron. The official estimate of the French wheat crop is 118,905.098 hectoliters, against 119,967,745 for the year 1895.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.25: wheat, No. 2 red, 59c to 60c; corn, No. 2,20 cto 21c; oats. No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,30 cto 32c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; 6ggs, fresh, 13c to 14c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 35c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $25 to S6O per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, S3.(X) to $3.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,56 cto 58e; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 18e to 20c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,60 cto 62c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 18c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 17e to 18c; rye, No. 2,28 c to 30c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 62c; corn. No. 2 ipixed. 22c to 23c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 15c to 17c; rye, No. 2,30 cto 31c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 61? to 62c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 22c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to rye, 32c to 33c. , Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 62c to 63c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 21c; oats; No. 2 mixed. 15cdo 16c;.rye. No. 2, 32e:to 33e-; clover seed, $4.35 to $4.45. - . ;J , Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 52? ,to 53c; corn No.'!!, 1 30e tp 31c; oats," No. 2 white, 19<r*f6 20c; barley. No. 2,30 cio 32c; rye, No. 1,32 cto 34c; pork, mess, iss:so to $6.00. Buffalo—Cattle, $2:50 to $4.75; hogs, ; $3.00, to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; / wheat, No. 2 red. 65c to 67c; corn. Noi 2 yellow. 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. ' BtmYork—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c tq 65c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 26c; oats, No, 2 white, 20c 21C> butter, creamery, 12c to 17c; eggs, Western, 'lsc to 17c.

TO KILL ALL CHRISTIANS

Report that Turks Are Planning ■ Wholesale Massacre. A dispatch from Constantinople asserts that a wholesale massacre of Christians is planned to occur there within a fortnight, and that Armenians have been deported from there on board ships and have been drowned in batches. The London Times, in an editorial discussing the utterances of Lord Rosebery and Henry Asquith on the Armenian question, says: “Lord Roseburyand Mr. Asquith have assumed a very grave responsibility. It is easy to conjure a whirlwind of national wrath, but it would baffle the strongest will and most sagacious judgment to direct the storm when it is raised. Are the agitators prepared to faeebft European war? If not, let them pause while there is yet time.” The official Turkish estimate of the number of victims of the massacres in Constantinople is 1.100. Other estimates run pretty mu eh all the way upward from this figure. The official estimate is coupled with the allegation Jhat many of those killed were in reality .Turks, but that they were buried wtt&the Armenians, and so their number went to swell the supposed number of Armenian victims. This is undoubtedly designed as an apology and explanation of the assertion contained in the note of the powers that the savage bands which murderously attacked the Armenians and pillaged their houses were not accidental gatherings of fanatical people or undirected mobs, but that there was every indication of special organization, and of its being known to, if not directed by. the authorities. In foreign circles the statements that Turks were killed along with the Armenians is denied. 4 The actual number of the victims of the disorders was certainly 5,0(M), and will probably reach 6,000. The military authorities state that three soldiers were killed and thirty were wounded. The Porte states that 170 Mussulmans were wounded. All Mussulmans who have yet been tried by the extraordinary tribunal appointed to pass judgment on those implicated in the recent massacre have been acquitted of the charge of complicity. The evidence against many of those wns deemed by foreign residents conclusive, and the failure to hold them adds to the conviction that the Porte has no intention of complying with the demand of the powers that the culprits shall be brought to punishment. In view of this failure to punish the authors of the outrages upon the Armenians, the state of terrorism among the Armenians continues unabated, and the exodus of these people goes ou with no diminution.

CROWDS GREET BRYAN.

St. Lon's Admirers Almost Crash Him While in Church. When William J. Bryan came out of the Presbyterian Church in St. Louis which he attended Sunday he was greeted by a crowd of people who cheered him and shouted as loudly as did those who hear.d hipi speak Saturday night. As he entewrthe house of worship 1,000 people were vainly seeking admission. But the edifice was packed to its fullest capacity and hundreds were turned away. \\ lieu the benediction was pronounced there was a crush around the pew occupied by the candidate. The jam became so violent in a short while that Mr. Bryan Was almost crushed to the floor. A sergeant of police was called and he, aided by Col. J. J. Martin, whose pew he occupied, sneceeded in conducting Mr. Bryan safely out of the church. About the church was a great multitude. Wholly forgetful of the Sabbath, they cheered him lustily. The police pulled him through the crowd from the church door to his carriage at the curb, but men held the horses and for several minutes he sat in the carriage shaking hands with the men anil women who struggled to reach him. Col. Martin finally reached, the carriage and got ipty it and the horses dashed away amid cheers.

GOLD MEN AT LOUISVILLE.

Senator Cnffery Informs Gen. Palmer that He Is a Candidate. Gold democrats did honor to the nominees of their party for President and Vice President at the Auditorium, in Louisville, Ky., Saturday night. The occasion was the formal notification to the candidates of the action of the Indianapolis contrition,at Senator Donelson; Cafiery made the speech notifying X-Jen. John M. Palmer, and Col. John R. Fellows tendered to Gen. S. B, Buckner the honor-of second place on the national ticket. The speeches of these men, together with messages of sympathy from leaders of the movement who were unable to attend the notification ceremonies, drew forth repeated .outbursts of cheering. W. D. Bynum read the following message from President Cleveland: •'Buzzard’s Bay. Mass.. Sept. 16.—T0 the Hon. W. 1). Bynum: 1 regret that I cannot accept your invitation to attend the notification meeting on Saturday evening. Asa Democrat, devoted to the principles and integrity of my party, I should be delighted to be present on an occasion so significant, and to mingle with those who are determined that the voice of true democracy shall not be smothered and insist that its glorious standard shall be borne aloft as of old in faithful hands. “GROVER CLEVELAND.” Expressions of fealty to the gold wing of the party were read from Secretaries Carlisle. Francis and Lamont.

COCKRAN AT CHICAGO.

Eloquent New York Orator Addrcasea an Immense Audience. Bourke Cockran, of New York, spoke at the Chicago Auditorium Saturday night, under the auspices of the “Honest Money League.” The seating capacity of the hall is 5.5(X). and over 40,(XX1 tickets of admission had been applied for. As it was out of the question for all of these people to hear Mr. Cockran. an overflow meeting was arranged for at .Battery I), and this place was jammed to the doors. Mr. Cockran was noj able to reach the Battery until late in the evening.’owing to the length of his Auditorium address, and local speakers entertained the crowd pending his arrival. No man who ever spoke in the Auditorium had a larger audience than Mr. Cockran. All the seats were taken fully thirty minutes before the time set for the commencement of his address. In the assies men sat upon the floor, and every a vailable foot of standing room Was pre-empted.

Sparks from the Wires.

Fotta & Knevalls. heavy importers of siyinr. spices, coffee and' tea,,sif Wall street. New York, have failed. The firm is one of the .oldest in that city. Thc.jneeting of the sewer pipe manufaeiijFefs. called in Pittsburg for the purpose of forming a trust, has adjourned without accomplishing An explosion in the nitro-glycerine house of the California Powder Company at Pinole. Cal., wrecked the building and caused the death of twelve workmen, eight Chinese, and the following whites: James McNulty. W. W. Crates, James Fritz. M. Garcia. Daniel Spraker. president of the Mohawk River Bank, died of pneumonia at I'onda, N. Y., aged 98. Mr. Speaker was probably the oldest bank president in the United-States. He was the last of six brothers of the old historic Spraker fa» of Speakers, N. Y.

CYCLONE HITS PARIS.

Violent Wind Storm Descends Upon the Gay French Capital. A violent tornado Bwept over part* of Paris at 2210 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Pari* is much stirred up and excited over the disaster. A large ward in the Hotel Dieu was full of the victims, two of whom died, and several there and in the other hospitals are in a precarious condition. The breaking of the storm was accompanied by many demonstrations of fright by individuals and by crowds, the panic of one spreading to others. The lowering sky, the howling of the tempest and the flying debris frightened the crowds in the streets out of self-control. Everybody started to run, without much regard to obstacles, personal or otherwise, that might come in their way. And there was shouting and screaming to add to the confusion. The damage to proprtty was widespread -and serious. The first tempest of wind, which did most of the damage, was immediately succeeded by torrents of rain, and cellars all over Paris were flooded. The tornado lasted about one minute, but in addition to the damage already mentioned considerable destruction was caused on and about the Pont Neuf, the Place the Observatoire, the Tour St. Hacque and elsewhere in the neighborhood. The greatest damage was done at the Palai* de Justice. All the windows on the Rue de Harley sids were smashed, part"of the roof was blown away, and the corridors were filled with clouds of dust and branches of trees. Thi sittings of the cdtirt had to be suspended.

MRS. CLEVELAND’S FALL HAT.

Symphony in Flowers and Colors Reminds One of Late Leaves. An important order was to be executed the other day by a Washington milliner, for Mrs. Cleveland had written down for an autumn fiat. “Your own selection,” she ordered the milliner. The hat when it reached Gray Gables was of pale green straw with brown dots scattered over it These were small knots of grass. Ona

THE NEW HAT AND ITS WEARER.

side of the hat was trimmed with stiff taffeta bows in brown and green—loops of each. The other side of the hat was a mass of snowballs nestling in green leaves. The back was a standmg mass of lace, and the pointed top carried out the brown and green motif in an abundance of these leaves. With Mrs. Cleveland's order was one for small russet shade hats for the little girls. There are trimmed with forget-me-nots and green ribbon.

FUSION IN IOWA.

lowa Populists Will Support Democratic Electoral Ticket. The lowa Populist State convention, in session at Des Moines, unanimously indorsed the State and electoral ticket nominated by the Democratic State convention at Ottuniwa, which made Gen. J. 15. Weaver and Horace Boies candidates for electors- at-large. The fusion was complete in every respect. Not a voice was against it. The Ottumwa ticket was made part of the respluticns and adopted on motion of Gen. Weaver. Chairman J. E. Anderson, of Forest City, called the convention to order as soon as the district caucuses were held. He introduced Dr. R. E. Rose, of Atlantic, who asked that the country be delivered from the oppressors. Charles A. Lloyd, of Muscatine, was introduced as temporary chairman. He was a candidate for Congress two years ago in the Second District. E. T. Meredith was made temporary* secretary. Mr. Lloyd said the People's party was the cornerstone of the new temple of liberty. In"the afternoon H. S. Wilcox opened the session with a speech, declaring no person but an employe of a corporation will vote for McKinley. W. H. Robb, of Creston,'- fusion candidate for Congress, was made permanent chairman, and Ed Meredith, of Des Moines, secretary. Gen. Weaver, as chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, introduced the report.

SPEECHES BY BIG BRYAN MEN.

Flood of Oratory Planned, Including the Candidate's Itinerary. Vice President Stevenson is to take the stump for Bryan and Sewall. He is to make “a namber of speeches.” This information is contained in bulletin issued by Chief McConville, of the Demfucratic speakers’ bureau. The bulletin is as follows: “Chairman Daniel McConville, of the Democratic national»bureau of speakers, announces that a number of big guns will be in the held making speeches in a few days. He is in correspondence with exGov. Boies of lowa, Gov, Matthews of Indiana, Gov. Stone of Missouri, Senator Vest of Missouri, Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, and other speakers of national celebrity, and they will within a few days take the stump in the Western States. Gov. Altgeld of Illinois will make several speeches outside the State, and Vice President Stevenson will also make a number of speeches.” Tours for Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall have been mapped out.

Notes of Current Events.

M. Alexander Felix Joseph Ribot, former premier of France, who for a number of years has been one of the most prominent figures in French politics, has arrived in New York from Paris. Joseph Bullard, aged 54, and head sawyer at Moody & Sous’ sawmill at Muncia, Ind., had his brains crushed out while at his post of duty. His head was caught between the carriage and a heavy timber. An Odessa dispatch to the London Daily News says that a Moscow electrician named Kildesehewsky is going to Ix>ndon to test a new telephone discovery he has made with the Atlantic cable. A disease closely resembling and supposed to be Texas fever is rapidly killing the cattle at Wilton Junction, lowa. It is confined to a region near the stock yards. A rigid quarantine has been established. The Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade and Mayor Sutro, of San Francisco, have sent an official invitation to Li Hung Chang through the Chinese consul general there to a reception at the hall of the Chamber of Commerce should he parr through Suu Fraucisac.

WANT SILVER DOLLARS.

Treasury Official* Receive a Large Number of Request* Dally. A Washington correspondent say* that the treasury officials are in daily receipt of a large number of requests asking for ■liver dollars of this year’s coinage in exchange for silver certificate* or other lawful money. Many of these requests come from persons who seem to doubt the truth of the monthly coinage statement, while others ask for shipment* of 1890 dollar* with a view to refuting statements that no silver dollars are now being coined. These requests have been complied with as fast as received, and the treasury officials desire to call public attention to the fact that when silver dollars are ordered in sums of or multiples of SSOO they are shipped at the expense of the Government, but when smaller sums are ordered, the shipments are made at the expense of the person ordering. There is now in the treasury $10,506,899 in free silver, thaX is, silver which may be obtained in exchange for any lawful money, but the demand just .’low is so keen for IBOthdollars that'it seems probable that by the beginning of October the department will be compelled to decline to pay out silver dollars, except in exchange for silver certificates or treasury notes of 1890. The law requires certain •ilver to be held in the treasury tO'coWw outstanding silver certificates and treasury notes, and when the minimum i* reached silver payments would be refused even in exchange for gold or in payment of warrants on the treasury. The number of standard silver dollars coined last August is shown by the official statement to have been $2,650,000; since Feb. 1 last, $11,212,412, and since November, 1893, $15,169,491. The coinage value of the silver bullion now on hand and on which the mints are now at work is $166,745,200. and it is said to be altogether probable that coinage will be continued at least until the stock on hand of standard dollars of 1890 has been Increased to about $30,000,000, where it stood when the present administration went into office.

$21.48 PER CAPITA.

Circulation of This Country on September 1, 1896. The Treasury Department’s monthly, circulation statement shows, as expected after the big excess of expenditures over receipts and the big decrease in the gold reserve and surplus cash in August, an unusually heavy net increase in the circulation last month. The treasury lost heavily in gold coin and silver certificates In August. The conspicuous changes in the circulation during the month were increases in gold coin circulation of $lB,702.025, and in silver certificates $14,083,223; and on the other hand, increases of $5,445.504 in greenback circulation, $3,145,000 currency certificates, and $2,686,008 in silver treasury notes. The total Circulation of th>- country on Sept. 1 is placed at $1,839,169,634, a per capita, of $21.48, against $1,603,583,028 on Sept. 1 a year ago. The amounts of the various kinds of money in circulation on Sept. 1, 1896, and on Sept. 1 a year ago are shown by the following table; „ Sept. 1, ’9O. Sept. 1. 'GS. Gold coin $ 463.095,969 $ 470,787,653 Standard silver dollars 53,445,881 52,584,843 Subsidiary silver 50,600.467 60,090,158 Gold certificates 38,867,639 49,081,089 S 1 1 ver certificates 345,739,894 323,772,261 Silver treasury notes 91,262,524 109,436,662 Greenbacks and currency certificates 270,359,734 321,091,753 National bank notes 215,798,526 204.738,609 Totals $1,539,169,634 $1,603,583,028 The treasury money and bullion fund last month shows a net decrease amounting to $2,737,711. Gold coin holdings decreased $12,810,170, silver bullion $2,072,018, and it lost $91,344 in subsidiary silver. On the other hand, its store of standard dollars increased $1,203,916, gold bullion $2,623,145, greenbacks $5,445,804, national bank notes $1,881,948. and silver treasury notes $1,084,008. The changes in detail in August in the money and bullion fund are shown by the following table: In tr’sury, In tr’sury, Aug. 1. Sept. 1. Gold coin $119,371,284 $106,561,114 Standard silver dollars 370,852.244 381,056,160 Subsidiary sliver. .. 16,004,145 15,909,801 Sliver treasury notes 34,394,748 35,478,756 Greenbacks 109,270,478 114,716,282 National bunk notes 11,933,422 13,815,370 Gold bullion 30.640,941 33.264,086 Sliver bullion 118,753,758 116,681,740 T0ta155820,221,020 $817,483,309

AMERICAN GOLD MINES SEIZED.

Canadian Surveyors Arrange to Confiscate Alaska Fields. Interest has been aroused at the State' Department by the recent action of Cana 1 dinu Government surveyors in so locating the one hundred and forty-first meridian as to throw 200 gold mines into Canadian territory. This is likely at any time to precipitate such a conflict of authority as cannot be ignored by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain. These mines are now operated by Americans, thousands of whom have gone to the Alaskan fields since the discovery of gold. The miners will not readily submit to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Canadian mounted police. The officials of the State Department do not in any degree recognize the survey. A convention. joint committee and treaty will be required before this Government can acknowledge that the work has been performed. Negotiations are now pending with Groat Britain for a convention to have u joint commission of astronomers appointed to survey and locate the one hundred and forty-first meridian from Mount St. Elias to the northern limit. The expectation prevails that in view of threatened disturbances, which may necessitate the sending of troops by both Governments to that region, the pending negotiations on the subject will be pressed to a conclusion.

GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.

Corn Shows a Decline of Six Points and Wheat la Less Promising. The September report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows a decline in the condition of corn from the August statement of 6 points, or from 96 per cent, in August to 90 in September. The averages in the principal corn-grow-ing States are: Kentucky, 93; Ohio, 104; Michigan. 104; Indiana, 10G; Illinois, 100; lowa, 103; Missouri, 85; Kansas, 89; Nebraska, 103. The general condition of wheat, considering both winter and spring varieties, when harvested, was 74.6, against 75.4 in 1895 and 83.7 in 1894. The reported conditions for the principal wheat States are as follows: Ohio, 52; Michigan, 75; Indiana, 66; Illinois, 77; Wisconsin, 70; Minnesota, 80; lowa, 84; Missouri, 75; Kansas, 70; Nebraska, 77; South Dakota, 76; North Dakota. 61; California, 100; Oregon, 80; Washington, 75. Condition of oats when harvested was 74 per cent., against 77.3 in Angust; rye, 82; barley, 83.1; buckwheat, 93.2; tobacco, 81.5, a fall of 5 points since August; potatoes, 83.3, against 90.8 per cent, last year.

FATHER KNEIPP’S WATER CURE

Man Who Baa Canaed New Yorker* to " alk Bare-Footed. The man who ha* caused hundred* of persons In bare feet to run about the New York parks in the early morning

FATHER KNEIPP.

half of the stories told are true. For these air and water and sunshine geti all the credit, as well as all the pay, if there Is any, for Fr. Kneipp gets nothing except his stipend as a priest in the church. The charitably inclined contribute sufficient to pay the of the famous water cure. When Sebastian Kneipp started la life - at Stefansreld, on May 27. 1821, It was with a frail body, and before ho had finished school he was told by his physician that he would die with consumption before he was 30 years old. His father caused hlin to beeome a weaver, in which trade he continued until he reached his majority, when he turned to the church and to medicine. He studied theology and himself, and concluded he could remove his bodily ailments, jln 1848 he began self treatment, on lines laid down by him, with the result of restoring himself to perfect health. Then he began treating the country folk about him, and so great was his success that his reputation began to extend, and many persons came from far and near to take his treatment. For thirty years he continued his successful work, without pay, and then wrote his book, entitled “My Water Cure,” which introduced him to the entire world. During these years he attended to all patients personally, and gave them baths with his own hands, in the little building, now become historiq, and known as the "Washing Kitchen.” Then so great were the demands on the time of the good father that the “Kneipp Society,” or the “Kneipp Verein,” as the Germans call it, was formed, and it, supported by charity, takes the charge of the cure. Fr. Kneipp’s fame had reached Rome, and two years ago the Pope sent for him to visit and minister to his ailments, which arose from a disordered stomach. The priest obeyed and The Pope was restored to health. From the humble beginning the cure is now an Immense Institution, with a great five-story sanitarium, and all conveniences, with twelve physicians in charge ministering to the needs of 1,200 patients at a time. These patients come from all parts of the earth, and when they return home they carry the teachings of the institution with them. Fr. Kneipp sees every patient and prescrilqs for him without asking questions, or making examination other than seeing his face. He seems to know from the patient’s appearance what is necessary. The cures are all worked by the application of water, air and sunshine. Everything is done gently and gradually. Baths are given to a portion of the body at a time. Short walks are pre-

TAKING THE BAREFOOT CURE.

scribed first. Clothing of open text uro to admit air and sunshine Is worn, and feet and legs are only partially bared at first. Sandals to protect the soles from rough roads, and covering about onehalf of the feet, are first worn. Then, after a few days, the patient can wear simply a sole with a strap to hold it in place.. And then he can go with bare feet, and after a while wade In snow with beneficial effect. No medicine is prescribed other than Simple herb teas. No alcohol is allowed to patients, and but little meat. Other than this, there is no limit to plain food —New York Herald.

Red Sea Miracle.

It is a well-known fact that ht certain times of the year Link River, a stream a mile and a quarter long, which connects the great water systems above and below this point, becomes almost dry. This state of affairs. however, lasts, as a rule, but a few hours, during which time people have been known to walk across the river, 300 feet wide, without getting their feet wet. The bottom of the river has been dug out in many places by the action of the water, forming large potholes, and when the river becomes dry these holes are filled witli trout, which are left stranded. At such times it is a common occurrence to see men and boys knocking the fish on the head with clubs. There are many traditions regarding ' this phenomenon among the Indians here, but the real cause of the low water in the river is the action of the wind. The course of the stream is southeast, and the high winds which prevail in the spring and fall are from the south, and blow up the river. The outlet from the upper lake being small, the force of the wind keeps the water back In the big lake, causing the river to become very low.— Klamath (Ore.) Express. Parke—l don’t suppose, old man, you can really appreciate how bright my children are. Lane —No; I have never met your wife.—Ntew Jork Herald. Close watching will do a man’s morals more good than religion.

is the Rev. Fr, Sebastian Kneipp of Worrishofen, Bavaria, Ge r many. It is quite certain that Fr. Kneipp has made for himself a world-wide fame, and has worked some wonderful cures if only one-