Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 10 April 1895 — Page 3

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FOE SALE.

13 acres choice land, within corporate limits of city,

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R. A. BLACK,

A it i*iicy Law

Eooms 5 and 0 L. C. Thayer Block,

Notary Always in Office.

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Westward.

Colitiitbti:!.... Urbana Piqua Covington Bradford Jo.... (jetlvsburg Greenville Weavers New Madison Wili'vs New Paris Kiclimond.

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DS. J. M. LOOHHEAD,

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Office at 23!-2* W. Main street, OV«JJ Early's drug store. Prompt attention to calls in city country.

Special attention to Children*, Wotneub and Chronic Diseases. Late residem physician St. Louis Childreus Hospital.

S'Jtly

ELMER J. BINFORD, LAWYER.

Wpeciiil attention iclvcn to oolloctions. sottlJii. estates, ^nitnii:in business, convey ot .Notarv alwavs in ottice.

Oilioe--Wilson block, opposite oourt-houae.

C. W. MORRISON S SOS.

UNDERTAKERS.

27 W, MAIN ST.

Greenfield, Indiana.

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SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT

Several Others Badly Injured at Wheeling.

BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES

The Falling Wall Completely Demolishes Another lluilding aiul liudty Damages Several Others—The Debris Takes Fire ami a Destructive Conflagration Follows.

Three Victims Still in the Kuins. WHKELIXU, April JO.—The south wall of the 4-story brick block of T. T. Hutchinson ilc Company, on the cornei of Main street and the alley south oi Twelfth, collapsed yesterday morning. Jiuxt north of it, W. II. Chapman & .Son. were just finishing a 5-story brick block to be used us a paint, glass and supply store, and they already had stored in about *14.000 worth of stock and were doing business there. Hutchinson & Company deal in hardware, saddlers' and w.igonnmkers' supplies, and the building was packed full of goods. The wali on tin- alley first- fell out, pulling witli it the parry wall between Hutchinson and Chapman's.

Peonle, who were near, say that the cracking of the timbers was like the rattle oi' musketry, and that a few seconds everything was rendered invisible by a huge cl.md of dust. The crash of the falling buildings was terrific and soon drew thousands to the :-eene. The horror of the accident was increased by a lire which broke out immediately, as there weye large quantities of oil, turpenline and the like in Chapman }c boil's store.

As soon as people about the place became certain ot their escape, it, was tound that there were buned in the Hutchinson building's ruins lour employes, as lollnwii: iiober Windier, .Eugene Birch, l.\ .1. Horan and 2,1. J. .Ford.

Charles Mailer, the bookkeeper, and Adam Llum. the junior partner, were pinioned up against the roar wall and were released by prying the iron bars oft the windows. They were unhurt.

Mr. Hutchmsou was in the second story and was badly injured, but was rescuid alive, and hopes are entertained that lie may recover. i\:rd was reached after hard work by a large lorce ot men and found alive and conscious. He was removed to a hospital. He may get well.

Hie other three employes are still the ruins and doubtless dead. When the collapse came. Font was selling a bill oi: goods to Benjamin Jb\ Priteiiard, a wsigon manuiacturer ol Buchannan, W. Va. Pritcharu's dead body was iound lving across Ford's legs. He was literally crushed to death. hliortly before the accident Very LLov. Father F. H. Par, yicar general ot the Catholic diocese ot Wheeling, was seen to enter tho ahoy and lie was believed to be killed, and the belief was sadly confirmed at 0 p. m., by the recovery ot his body. He was 73 years old, a chaplain of Mount Dechantal academy and had been twice administrator of the diocese, first when Bishop heelan died in 1.S74 and second JS!)-l, when Bishop Kane was made an archbishop and removed to bt. Louis.

A Western biuon teiegranh messenger ooy, Harry owl, a::vd J-!-, is also known to have een in me alloy and ins bodv has not been discovered. I\o others are known to be lost.

Tut! tailing iiriek anil timbers Knocked a hole i0 teet- long in the .J-storv brick brill ling across the aliev, occupied bv S. AL. KICK SC Company, wholesale milliners, and the smoke and water ruined that firm valuable stock. The smoke also permeated to the adjoining nouse across, occupied by bpever Brothers, wholesale milliners, and their loss will be heavy. ater caused serious damage to Creer & Laing hardware store and Ott Brothers Sc Company, also hardware dealers. 1 he cellars were Hooded lor a block, 10 streams playing all day, and averaging 1,000 uallons a minute, audit was midnight belore the lire was extinguished.

he loss will probably aggregate fcloO.OOO, but owing to the fact that the •.ondifion ot the stock adjoining tores can not, yet be ascertained, the loss can only be estimated. T. T. Hutchinson 6c Company's loss will reach #50,000.

Great indignation is expressed, because at the time the old Melodeon hall property was remodelled and a story uilded in 1 'SO 1 by Mr. Hutchinson, the walls were condemned, but he persisted using them, and owing to the lack ot adequate laws, could not be prevented.

hcRO OF TWO WARS.

Death of (ieiicrul T. A. Karris at His Homo Jii'iir Louisville. LOUISVILLE, April 10.—General T. A. Harris died at 11 o'clock yesterday at his home, Locust Lodge, above Pewee valley. He had been critically ill for some time and the end was expected. He leaves a wile and sou.

When a boy but Hi years of age he distinguished himself against the Mormons in Missouri. General Harris was it hero of two wars, having commanded a regiment from Missouri the Mexican war, and when the civil war broke out he was given command of another regiment, whose sympathies were with the south. He was a West Point graduate, and attended that institution with General Grant and General Buekner.

Just after the war lie was editor of the New Orleans Times-Democrat, and did much to build up the paper. He was assistant secretary of state in Kentucky during the administration ol Governor Blackburn.

Flection Quarrel Ilesiilts in Mnriler. PAKKKHSIJUKG, W. Va., April 10.—

William Druce and Charles O'Neill, both well known citizens of Bellaire.O., opposite here, quarreled over the town election yesterday. Druce threatened to kill O'Neill. About midnight the former secured a weapon, went in search of his enemy and shot the latter three times, inflicting fatal wounds.

Six Miners Madly llnrneil.

WiLKKKHAHHii, Pa., April 10.—-An explosion of gas occurred at Nantieoke in No. slope, operated by the Susquehanna Coal company, at noon yesterday. It Wits caused by a naked lamp carried by one ot tlie miners. A number of men were at work in the slope at the time, six of whom were badly, though not fatally buined.

SKIRMISHES CONTINUE.

Rebels Kouteii According to the Uovornnienl's U' ort. HAVANA, April 10.—The troops continue pursuing the rebels and a number of additional skirmishes have taken place. Lieutenant Padilla came upon a band of 50 rebels near San Miguel Bagaes, in the province of Puerto Principe. Panehiv Varena was killed, and the second in command, Filipe Alvare, was captured. A woman living in the immediate-, vicinity was killed by astray shot.

In tlie neighborhood of Monievorde, province of .Santiago de Cuba, Lieutenant Carrido overtook a number of rebel: belonging to the forces of General Maceo. The government troops captured three rebels, among whom was one man who belonged to the expedition headed by (leneral Maceo, who recently landed on the coast of Cuba. The rebels were obliged to seek refuge in the mountains, pursued bv tire troops. In this .skirmish rue government soldiers sustained no loss.

Twelve persons, who were arrested on bunday last, have been released, it having been .shown beyond any doubt that the}" had not been engaged in any plot against the government. "Guillernio," an important negro leader of vile rebels, died from a sick-n-'ss not defined, yesterday, at Mucaral, bantiago de Cuba.

Brigadier Moiicado, otherwise and more generally known as '•(.iuillermo,'' was toe leader of the rebels of Guananamo, who recently defeated a detachment of the bpanish troops, commanded by General Laehambre. "Guillernio" was a negro of the blackest complexion, a carpenter by trade, and with the stature of a hercules. In the long C-.iban revolution he displayed great courage, and when General Mar-, tinez Gampos brought about the pacification of Cuba "Guillernio" was appointed inspector ot agriculture at bantiago de Cuoa.

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I St. .leiiNsiis iiv, V't., April 10.—The southbound passenger train on the. PasI sumpsic division ot the Boston and

Maine railroad collided with a large I boulder on the. track near bmith's Mills late last- night. The locomotive overturned and Engineer 8. J. Rooney and

Fireman Lewis Emerson were fatally scalded. It is believed that the rock was loosened by the heavy storms and I rolled down on to the track. None of I tlie passengers were seriously injured.

ller llelatives May lie burpi-iyed. SAN FKANCISCO, April 10. Miss Blanche C. Laniont ot Butte, Mon., who has been visiting relatives hero lor several months, has not ueen seen since last Wednesday, bhe is a pretty brnnette, 18 years old. and has been taking a special course at high school, bhe was quiet and well behaved, and her relatives, who are prominent religious circles, sco 11 at the idea ol an elopeincut.

Phenomenal liamiall.

RALKIUII, April JO.—Heavy damages to bridges by tioods continue. Tne rainfall was phenomenal, particularly at Cnapel Hill, where almost five inches fell in J2 hours. Both the Capo Fear and Roanoke rivers are tour feet above ihe danger line, and rising rapidly. The beaboard air lino damages have been repaired. aim trains are again running 1 tgul-.ll 1A

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.aiis Killing £'"aeli Other. O. T., April 10.—.leaison Mcwealtny Chickasaw Indian witli .loo Paul, his nephew,

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Clure, a quarreled

ami an Indian judge last night over the widow ol Paul's father, mk1 killed liini. Two years ago .loo Paul killed his father, bam, who had married a pretty your.g squaw, who later deserted the lathei ioi the s, u.

Italy Con«nieriii«j Africans

ROM I-:, April JO.—The government has received information from Massowah il.at the Italians, after a series of skirmishes, have succeeded in capturing balama. where tnev took -i-S guns from the onemv. General Baratiera has occupied Agania. An Italian syndicate is projecting a railway from Massowah to lvarsala.

l{:u:istorm in West jrgmia. Bu'Ki-'iKLD, W. Va., April 10.—An unprecedented rainstorm prevailed in ibis section Sunday night. Washouts and slides art! reported on the three divisions ot the Norfolk and Western railroad running into this city. Tho bridge over the East, river was carried away. Houses were blown down here.

AcUenli^t-, i'aidoiied.

NASHVILLE, April 10.—Five Seventh Dav Adventists, who had been convicted and pilled in Rhea county for worklng on bunday, were, Tuesday, pardoned by Governor Turney. Their names are W. G. Colcoi-d, a minister of I the taith W. S. Burohard, M. (J. Sturdevent, D. C. Plumb and 13. S. Abbott,

I'amily 1'oisoned on 1'eef.

Dressed Herself For ller Own Funeral.

Aui'.uitN, N. Y., April 10.—After having dressed herself for her funeral and writing three letters, each containing a confession of suicide, Mrs. Marietta Rich, took laudanum and died. Five weeks ago. Edward C. Rich, her husband, died. She bought her own casket when she purchased his.

Death ol a Famous Sailor.

ANNAPOLIS, April 10. John H. Knowles, a sailor, who made himself famous during a naval engagement Mobile btiy bet*.veou the Iiarttord and Tennessee by lashing Admiral Farragut to the rigging of the Hartford, died here yesterday. He had been in the navy 43

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ViiMiiNiA, Ills., April 10.—Peter Kuntz, wife and four children, presiding I on a farm nine miles southwest ot here, I were poisoned from eating dressed beef. They recently killed one of their cows, which had a growth or boil on its side. Two children have died and the remaining lannly is in a critical condition.

Sought Kedress With a Gun. MOUNT VHHNON, Ills., April 10.—

Pretty Martha Davis, who gave birth to a stillborn infant recently, slipped up behind John Ellis and shot him in the back yesterday. Ellis had been acquitted of a charge of bastardy preferred by Miss Davis. The wounded man may live.

Diamond Cutters Ordered llavk. WASHINGTON, Ap il 10.—Tho commis

sioner of immigration has telegraphed to Doctor Soulier in New York ail order lor the deportation ol the diamond cut-, tern brought here violation of the alien contract labor law.

CONDITION OF CROPS.

Thi* tVeivthfr l»nrutin's Ki'Viow I'or tho \Ve«»U JOmiiiii* April S. WASHINGTON, April 10.—The weather bureau in its weekly review of weather crop conditions for the week ended April S, says:

Upon the whole the week lias been very lavorable. Corn planting lias progressed rapidly, under favorable conditions in tho southern states, where a large proportion of the crop is in the ground and some has come up. Preparations for corn planting have been made in the middle Atlantic states, and planting has begun, in Missouri and Kansas.

Winter wheat, has greatly improved during the week in Illinois and is in good condition in Michigan. Missouri and eastern Kansas. Bar less favorable z-ep.ir are received from. Minnesota and Wisconsin, where it is reported as badly winter killed in Nebraska the er has suffered from drouth and high ^yin'i.-,. birring wheat seeding is well advanced Minnesota and South Dakota, and while some seeding has been done in North Dakota, the work has been retarded by dry weather.

C. tton planting has been pushed forward in Louisiana, and has contimTed •under favorable weather conditions in Texas, little planted in Arkansas and some in the southern port ions of Georgia and Mississippi planting will begin i:i Alabama in a few days.

Oat seeding is progressing rapidly in Ohio, and nearly the entire acreage of this crop has been sown in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri seeding has begun in West Virginia, and is well advanced in Maryland, New Jersey, Minnesota and South Dakota.

The general outlook for fruit is very ia\orable, no serious damage having yet been done by frost.

Ram is badly needed in Oklahoma, jind more would be beneficial in Missouri, Ohio, Minnesota and North Dakota.

GOULD MARK I AGE.

3Iiiiqms li* CastAdmits Micro Was 15,000,000 ScUU'il oil the Count. PALIS, April 10.—Marquis de Castellane admits that there was a marriage setue.nent when his son, the Count de Castollauo, wedded Miss Anna Gould in New York. The sum ol money settled upon the count was $ir,uo0,0u0.

Drilled bi Geoige.

NLVV YOUR, April JO.—George J. Gould, when seen ac his residence, said: "I do not care to again deny a story which I have already domed."

At her wedding the Countess Castellane was worth at least .v15,000,000 her share of her father's estate. Rumor had it she had given her titled husband .Y-'.Oud.OOO. He. was said to have admitted this was Jus portion.

Confessed Fmhczy.lcr Arrested. CHICAGO, April 10.—Patrick C. Crane, teller ot the money order division ot the, Chicago postofhee, was arrested yesterday alternoon charged with and confessing to the. embezzlement ot !tiJ.4K). lie litis been employed the postofhee three years, and has been an excellent employe. He said he was lieavilv in debt- when he- entered the oihee and took the money to satisfy his deofors. He oliered to restore the money after being urieMed.

Colored People S! I'K'kei".

LA POA'I A, Aid., .vprtl 10.—A smallpox epidemic a small wav has developed near Newourg, this county. Twenty colored persons have thus lar been stricken with the maladv. Three deatns, two women and one child, have so jar resulted, bteps have been taiien to prevent the spread of: the disease and to care for t^e ailected persons.

'. ::.rn-. A. I. Ill Killed 1)V I.icjuor. UKUUNVIU.N, O., April 10.—William Shoe, a bov ot 15, residing at Weaver station, was turmsnud liquor bv William Arlington, aruinan, and the effects caused ills ij'».:tlj yesterday. Arlingion lias skippeo, and it iound, may be mobbed.

Flevator itnrned.

ST. Lous, April 10.—Tne Missouri Grain Elevator company burned this morning at 2::$0. The building was seven stories, and contained. 11)0,1)00 bushels of wlieat. Loss, is 1:25,000.

.Killed 1\ .1 Tiollej ,ir.

TOLKDO, April 10.—Arthur Lowrev, aged 14, was beheaded by a frolic ear ivast Toledo. His mother is tempolarily insane a- the icsulf.

ash and Gold Kescrte.

WASHINGTON, April 10.—Yesterday's statement of the treasury shows available cash balance, iflS0,21b,J0b gold reserve, 00,000,515.

ndirations.

Warmer weather in northeastern porturn west winds.

THE MARKETS.

Keview ot the Grain and Livestock Markets

For April 9

Fittshurg.

Cattle—Prime, 85 75«(, 25 good, $5 25(i(J

5 75 good butchers, $4 75ui'5 -5 rough fat, 75(c§+ 00 bulls, stags aiul cows, M-J W) lresh cows and springers, |15 00i4 55 uO. Hogs—Philadelphia, $o 50 «t5 00, best mixed, ?5 15@5 50 Yorkers, $5 aOC?5 40 pigs, £5 20(^5 25 rough, #3 50(£5 00. Sheep Export wethers, I $5 1025 extra sheep, $4 70©5 00 good, #4 25MJ4 00 fair, -S.t 00(^4 70 common, ¥1 50('{i2 50 best lambs. #5 40OT5 90 good lambs, £4 b0@5 :J0 common to fn iambs, ?2 J0f/ 5 30 veal calves, $4 K)((!5 00 clipped sheep, |3 b0@4 50.

HulTalo. I

Wheat—No. 2 red, title No. 1 white, 3c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 49£o No. 8 yellow, I 49ViC mixed, 48Xe. Oats—No. 2 white, ii'y'Xc No. 2 mixed, -£5c. Cattle—Unchanged. Hogs—Mixed packers, $5 40fr/! 5 45 good liuTdiums, 5 45({/5 50 roughs, I common to choice, $4 50C65 10 pigs, fair to choice, #5 20(4)5 25. .Sheep and Lambs— Cboiee to best, export wethers, i65 00(fi 5 25 extra export owes,$4 40(^4 00 fair to good mixed sheep, 84 25(« 4 75: lambs, fancy wethers, $5 75&05 f0 good to choice, 85 05(«i5 75 fair to good, #4 90(^/5 50.

Cincinnati.

Wheat—(K)c. Corn—l(i(/HSc. Cattle— Select liutchers, 84 S5(")5 50 fair to good, $4 00@4 SO common, £1 ()0(t?:{ So. Hogs— Seleiited and prune butchers, #5 2»(4o 30 packing, $5 0D(«5 20 common to rough, $4 f0fr' 4 !K). bhei!p—$2 (K)(u)4 75. Lam lis —#3 00((43 50 spring lambs, $5 00(f 7 50.

Cliieago.

Hogs Selected butchers, $5 30(c65 40 packers, 15 00(^5 25. Cattle—Prime steers, tti (K)((.(JI) 50 others, $3 50(«14 00 cows and bulls, $1 7i3(rt)4 75. Sheep $2 75(^5 00 ambs, 84 00(55 50.

New York.

Cnttla—#1 75@0 35. Sheep—$2 75@5 25 (ninbs, $4 00y0 00.

It must be more than 50years since Ed»r Allan Poo wrote the greater part of his short stories, collected and published posthumously as tales. They are the str agest and most remarkable of his writings, and on them his reputation rests, 'lliev have been translated into all modern languages and have beenYvervwhero admired and lauded lor their invention, subtlety, variety and periectness of expression. There is nothing that approaches them in I any literature. Tney stand alone, the unmistakahlu product of morbid genius, hut the highest genius ot its kind. They combine to a wonderful degri:n the poetic, metaphysical and mathematical iacuities.

SHORT STORY WRITERS. WHITECHAPEL ROAD.

Special Gifts of 3Iany Kriglit Men and Clever Women. Special Correspondence.]

NEW YOKK, April 1.—A foreign country is to one's own country, as has be-jn said, a kind of posterity. This is specially true of literature. When an author is welcomed and praised abroad, ho may rest assured that Jiis fame will reach another generation. Whatever value the early Americans may have set on their writings immediately after tho establishment of their independence they were not recognized as a literary people until early in tiio present century, when W.'isbingtnn Irving and subsequently FeninioroCooper were accepted in Europe as authors of freshness, individuality and power. Since then our literary reputation has steadily and rapidly increased across the sea, anil now most, of our hooks are not- only reproduced in Great. Uritain and her colonies, but are translated into the leading continental languages.

Our fame in iiction stands highest for short stories, and deservedly peihans, lor our novelr. and romances in general aro not ranked then- as e..unl to those of the old world, fast as they are gaining in originality a.e.l strength. Irving indeed won his first substantial renown by the''

Sketch

Book,'' the first volume of which lie printed in London at. his own expense, though Murray later gave him $2 ouO for tho complete work. It is a collection of short stories, the most-notably of which aro "llip Van Winkle" and tho "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and attracted innm dia'.e attention from its novelty and tho beauty of its sentiment and style.

Their language is so closely incorporated with tho thoughts that tho two aro indivisible to the understanding. The Fall ot l.iie House of 1 slier,'' tho "Murders In the line Morgue, tho Descent Into the Maelstrom' and the 'Facts In tho Casu of M. Yaldemar" are not only original, but. they are originality irselt. They are unforgettable. Nathaniel Hawthorne "Twice Told Tales'' were probably written about the same time divers periodicals, where they drew no attention whatever, and very slowly made their way to favor when presented under that title. As unlike Poe's stories as possible, they are models of t.'.iijir kind, and the style is faultless. .o man, I venture allirm, has ever written Lnglish proso liko Hawthorne.

I have mentioned these departed autnors—they live and will long live their works—to show what a genius tho Americans have had tor short stories almost from the very beginning of their literature. And the genius is clearly continued, as wo see by any number ot living authors, somo oi them just coming on tho stage. One reason unouestionably fort, heir production in tho last few years is the increased demand lor them that has sprung up, not so much from toe magazines, always tne. market lor them, as li'om daily newsnapers throusmout the country. 1 111. I recently the dallies did not punlisn tnem, though .tney had d"i::! so beioro ine war. Literature, like everything i^se in this age, is commercial. It is not lurnishcd unless it can he sold, and tho limner tne once paid the e.reater the supply and the boiler the quality. Tho rate lor snort, stones has advanced 10 or 12 years lrom ~5 to 40 per cent, and tiio tendency is still upward. There are so many short ory writers—more women perhaos than men—that, they can hardly no enumerated. And they are springing up constantly—cast, west and south.

One ol the very best ot the. elder group is Bret, Hnrte, who, wnile editing The Overland in nan 1? rancisco 25 years since, eontrii'.uUd to its pages too 'Luck of Roaring (.'amp," the 'Outcasts of Poker Flat, "Tennessee's Pardner, -'M liss" and other idealized mining stones. They caught at. once tho ear of tho English speaking race everywhere and precipitated him into lame, which still holds.

Thomas Bailey Aldrieh has done a number of capital short stories—m dainty fiction, of course—one ot the best, ol them being '"Marjorie Daw." which (doses with an unidealiiung surprise. He has a happy knack lor such things, but he seems to prefer his cameo cut verso delicately pertained.

Edward Eggleston accidentally secured fame by contributing a short story to Hearth and Home when he was its editor because some writer of fiction had failed to send his manuscript. It had such success—this surprised him, as he had no idea of attempting anything of tho kind —that he was induced to write other stories, mainly founded on Ids observations and experiences tho west.

Julian Hawthorne has shone in short stories- So have Edward Everett Hale, Edgar Fawcett, Brander Matthews, Charles B. Lewis, John Hay, Thomas Nelson Page, Owen Wistar, Georgo W. Cable, Thomas A. Janvier, Richard Harding Davis, Wolcott Balestier, Joel Chandler Harris, Fred Stimson, Maurico Thompson and any number of men, young and middle aged.

Quito as many women as men do very clovor short stories—Mary WilkJns, Harriet Prescott SpolTord (her first, ''In a Cellar," in Tho Atlantic, was not published for some time because it was thought to be a translation from tho French), Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Jullen Gordon (Mrs. S. V. Cruger), Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mary Mapes Dodge, Mrs. Kate I). Wiggin, Rose Ilawthorno Lathrop, Loulso Imogen Guiney, Frances Hodgson Burnett and dozens of others.

There is scarcely an end of the short story writers of both sexes. Many that hove been mentioned have done long stories, too, but I refor to tho short, which may bo called a specialty of the country. Com pa rod with tho English short stories, they aro superior, as tho Phigllsh themselves admit, having far more variety, flavor and originality. Only the French equal us in this line of litcruture, and they lack our forco, froshness, raciness, Individuality. It has often been said that it is harder to toll a story in from 5,000 to 10,000 words than to extend it to tan times the length, and this saying Is true. Condensation of thought and expression, intellectual glimpses and fertile suggestiveness aro among our gifts. This particular gift wo displayed early in tho contury, with the recognition of our litornturo. It is still ours, and likoly to bo indefinitely. As a German critic said lately, "Tho Americans have mado tho short story peculiarly their own." JUNIUS HKNIJI BHOWNK.

Saturday Night In London's Great Fast Fiul Thoroughfare. [Special Coi"vspoiulinee.j,

LONDON. April 1.—Whitecbapel road, begins at High street. A ldgate,* and ends at Mi'i! End Gate. I should judge, it to be about a mile and a quarter length. I sauntered along it las. night taking in its sights. I tried to liken it to tho Bowery, ew York, on a., Saturdaj night, but failed utterly. I missed the great rumble:, and roar of the elevated trains and the• breath.less hurrying along ot I he people. The Londoners area much easier people: from high to low than we are. They seem: to have ire regard for theim-cUon anil., less regard for the vc.lue of time. it was in some of the small bystreets and courts which run olt lrom tins road where the terrible murders were committed some years ago. This wis .lack tho Ripper's stamping ground. 1 explored twos or liree oft Im- courts !:1 nig. them ugly, squalid and horrode feeling" cunie over me in one of thought oi it as a place in which fill human monstrosity nnyht bred—something slimy, oelop: destroying. 1 shivered and h: to see such a, thing creep a The night was gloomy with log, of tlie murder.-:, hat any one sa vs of New York so a a a oi this part oi'

been 1 I ca: there ing a and lv. squalor is bar weird. .'amp, menacin that around and about and rot en—that not thov.v.rld could millyromcr filth. Last night I thong! some, dim hells of Dante.

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But out in he main road TO.id—things were diiiercnt. enjoying ns-'lt. snendi day wa '..vs. ihere v.-ere al and devices 'or hi ot the nimble penir intr machine— iln where young Londi ting powers. Thi lzed mainlv bv ure

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luring and capturing, here was the thumpthumps a penny"— 1 collie develop Its hitel J' itl 1ms lrom in to 15 years:

old Ihe man who owned li. went into: the public house lacing bun to .^et reiresh-? nice.: I presume. He lei I a. :-n::iil boy ill charge- As soon as his back was urned, the lull began. The other bo\.s tried tothump the machine wiihoui. paing. But. the diminutive sent rv was Imal and plucky, lie hit, one. ot. them in tho jaw, another tho nose and allot her in the eye. He must have practiced long and: faithtullv upon the machine himself. Just as tin! scrimmage was assuming lug pro-: portions the iv, resiled man came back, re-, stored order and ga\e he .-cut Aopence.

There wre small show tents, where you could see tne most wonderi nl thin^.-i tlnifc were ever allowed to exist lor a penny. ou felt, on listening to the showmen in: iront ol tnem, that many great, orator.-,! were lost to tiie nation. nr nl tliem:

were reaiiv me and it thev dropped tlvir they picked 111 ill Up ill ing the oueoo I-mgli.-n intr lo ii. I. imlied to om a lull in business, and lu bad been in the I nited but that li gull. .An, tcllnrent. African, v."a, how much h.re no wo could r.et .IN pence. the oi

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A :..an .-.eo i.is pored '.: .. ""t a ot Jiile I v. e. .1 watcii the:-. wo price ::.'o.

I. a surnrn-mgly in-. telling the crowd Id eat providing he no s: rong man and in evidence,

os wi-e were selling kip-: .-: .- -ol |nst on tin.' corner st'-pped lor awhile to tor i-ennv was the "••.•! iigs were going at. a, JH!»II:V. the man. •iT.en l-.is '.v :e would call id men thev v/oi ild both

out call •1 ne moment- or so till another wiio came alone:. The*' boughl "kippers and were going olt when suddenly the ma asked where the hernn they were cure

Business was slack tor and his ur of tho ,'i! them turned back anil had been caught,

where they were cured audit they were rcahv as good as he had been told. Tho man who was selling the herrings gM\oly assured 111 in hat, hcv were of the finest quality that they had been caught, Norway and cured Yarmouth. 'Ow do you know.- asked the other. "Becas I was fisherman,'' was the reply. by, I can tell errin a mile oil. At this juncture some one interrupted and suggested to him that be last en a pedigree on the tails ol all his herrings.

I must, sav that, I have a great deal of respect, tor the assurance and talent of tho London fakir. He chatts the crowd, and the crowds chaff lum, and both chaff together. He shows up at his bestm the selling ot medicine. One ot them last night was selling medicine at. fourpcnce a hot-tie that would cureaiiythingnnd everything. His lace was very red, and his nose showed signs ot ginhouse cultivation. He was verv convincing. If it was the List fourpcnce you 'ad tho world," be .said, "you ought to give it. lor this bottle."

You'll give your last fourpcnce for a 'ofc rum," some one in tho crowd retorted. "If I 'ad to get the fourpcnce by pa wilingall your clothes, I'd hive to do without it," replied the fakir.

In the cut,ranee ways of some of the imblic houses there are frescoes on the walls representing scenes from English history. One of them attracted me particularly. In it a man was being attacked by •women armed with hatchets and hammers. They had evidently pulled him from off tho death cart., and the guards were trying to rescue him. Beneath tho fresco. vat this inscription: "Burton lynched by tho women Whlteohapel for the murder and robbery his tester mother, 1428."

To show you that the London fakirs have the keenest sort of knowledge of human nature I will toll you of a game that one of them had in progress. On a lino he had several fn it,tics hanging by the neck from strings and at the back of them a canvas sheet.

For thriHi shots a penny ho allowed the1 boys to lire liard wooden hulls at these bottles from a distance of about, ten feet. Whenever one was broken he would replaco it by another. This game was tho most, popular one of all. It appealed to tho boys' love for driving balls through windows and other forbidden places. I think this game would go well with the youtlv of America.

At the butchers' shops the women wero bargaining for pieces of meat for their Sunday dinner. I noticed that the incut was very much dearer than it is in America. Tho women had to pay sevenpenco and oightpence a pound, 14 or 10 cents, for meat they would have to pay but 8 or 10 cents pound for at home. They say that tho quality of the meat in England is bettor, but that is a ghost story as far as the poor people are concerned, for the English butchers import, meat from America andt Bell it at. tho higher English rates. Tho meat sold in this part of town is pretty nearly all American.

BAUT KENNEDY.