Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS " JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895.

DAIJAGE BY STORMS

LIVES LOST AXD MICH mOPEHTV DESTROYED, X La r tee Territory In the Weit Svrrpt by Wind and Rainstorms In the Past Few Day-. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 8,-Reports of damage by storm during the past three days come from a large territory and show that the entire eastern watershed of the Rocky mountains from the Nebraska and Iowa lines to Texas wa3 affected. Friday night the severest blow came. The reports of loss of life and destruction of property camo with every telegram, and the downpour, first regarded as a blessing?, grew into a wave of devastation. Fields of grain that promised the most bountiful yield in many years were swept bare of vegetation. In several Instances the seas of rain were abetted in their work of destruction by tornadoes. It is too early to sum up the loss, but the total is appalling, an J those to whom the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain It. The stories of storm are to similar that a statistical summary is all there is left to tell. The storm focus embraced an area of 200 square miles with the southwestern corner of Missouri as the center. The greatest loss of life Is reported from Winona, M04 where eleven corpses have been found, with as many more missing. At Baxter Springs. In southwestern Kansas, five were killed and eleven seriously injured by a tornado that accompanied the storm. One person was drowned at Columbus and two at Ottawa, Kan. At Van liuren. Ark., a mother and her babe were drowned. A family of live was encamped on the bank of Fish creek, in the Indian Territory. Nothing of them or their belongings has been found, except a part of their wagon on a pile of driftwood. At Thomasviile, Mo., where the rainfall was four Inches in one hour, five persons were lost. Unconfirmed reports are received of loss of life, as follows: Three at Fayetteville, Ark.; one at Paoli. Kan.; one at Richards, Kan., and six of a hunting party in the Indian 'Territory. This gives a known and probable loss of fortythree lives. This total will be increased when the receding waters permit a thorough search. - The loss In property can be placed in the millions. Dwellings, fences and farm buildings were carried off and highway and railroad bridges swept away. Thirty of the eighty buildings in Winona succumbed. Five residences, a church and a warehouse went down at Baxter Springs. Six bridges went out in Russell county. Kansas. About Jefferson City, Mo., many square miles of growing grain were destroyed. Traffic on the Fort Scott & Memphis road was temporarily suspended. Reports of damage to property other than above noted come from five points in Kansas, nine in Missouri, six In Arkansas and two In Indian Territory. The storm spent itself in Illinois, .and, having lo3t its force, proved a blessing to crops. The above summaries are based only on actual loss cf property. The greatest burden falls on the farmers, as the season is too far spent to plant new crops, and suffering must surely follow3 in the storm's wake. The country's granary has been cleaned out. Details of individual suffering and experiences would fill volumes and recite the horrors of tha John j to v. 11 disaster. The Winona Dlanatcr. SPRINGFrELD, Mo., July 8. The reports of the flood and disaster at Winona, Mo., published heretofore are now known to have told only part of the horrors of the disaster. Owing to the fact that Winona is la a mountainous region, almost Inaccessible by wagon, and that the railway Is washed away, news of the flood is hard to obtain. The bodies of Rev. O. W. Duncan and daughter Mattie and Miss Norma Nevlns were found about noon yesterday under a large drift of broken timbers about a mile below Winona. Also, the body of an unknown man. who was stopping at one of the hotels, and not, therefore, known to be -""Jssing until his body wa3 found. A terri'ole stench arises from the mass of hog3, horsei, cattle and other animals drowned. It Is charged that some of the visitors, men and women, are stripping and appropriating everything of value. For several miles below Winona may be seen wagons and household g-jods of all kinds and dead animals scattered in all directions. Over two hundred people were searching yesterday for the dead bodies. The body of George Evans't; daughter was found before noon. The body of Lloyd Wright's daughter is etiI missing. , Dad as a Tornado. ARDMdRE, I. T., July 8. A terrific electric rain and windstorm swept over this section about 9 o'clock last night, doing great dam age. In certain localities the force of. the wind equaled a tornado. The main force of the storm seems to have spent itself about fifteen miles southeast of and near Marietta. I. T.. where a number of houses were blown down. Robert Brazlle's house wa? tlown from over the heads of himself ana- f roily, and they had a narrow escape. Ore Hudson was killed by lightning at Rob's t'.tation. The large store of Michael & Co. was blown down. The wind swept everything In its path for an area of a mile and a half, and several miles In length. Corn fields, fences and buildings were laid low. A full account of the damage at this hour cannot be obtained on account of the wires being prostrated. Destructive Windstorm. NEWTON. Kan.. July 8. A very heavy windstorm passed over Harvey county yesterday that did a great deal of damage but caused no loss of life. The path of the storm was from northwest to southeast, and covered a wedge-shaped area fifteen miles wide at the northern portion and extending a length of nearly fifty miles. Twothirds of the wind mills In th-9 path of the storm are down, and sheds anl barns without number are wrecked. A freight train was overturned at Canton. Orchards were badly damaged, and at least half of the Immense fruit crop was badly leveled, but will not be seriously damaged. Grain Laid Low by Hall. MINNEAPOLIS, July 8. Dispatches from Candu and Forman, N. D., report heavy hailstorms yesterday afternoon. The former was two miles wide and twenty miles long. The hall laid low one thousand acres of grain. WIRES WERE PROSTRATED. Pretfa Dispatches Carried ly the Lona;Dlatanre Telephone. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. July 8.-A3 a result of last night's storm, the only reliable means of quick communication this morning was the long distance telephone. The Western Union telegraph lines as well as those of 'the Postal and the Chicago & Milwaukee telegraph companies were prostrated to such an extent that, aside from the telephone, railroad trains were tho best substitute available to move the staggering accumulation of comercial messages and press dispatches. From about 6 o'clock Sunday evening all through the night and well Into the business day Monday, the telegraph officials seemed utterly helpless to straighten out the confusion and wreck. So apparently inextricable was the tangle that matter offered to the Western Union at outside points for Milwaukee and other points north was returned to the senders, owing to prostration of the wires. The failure of the telegraph wires between Milwaukee and Chicago had the effect of developing quickly a method of transmitting press matter by wire that Is new In the West. Typewriter operators with telephone receivers at their ears were seated in the newspaper offices at Milwaukee and the mans "THE QUEEn OF TABLE WATERS." NOW SUPPLIED IN "SPLITS." Ask for " Splits " at the Restaurants and Bars.

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news was talked to them from Chicago at the rate of eighty words a minute. The' operator at Chicago experienced the novelty of distinguishing plainly over the wire, instead or the accumstomed "Morse" of his own "sounder," the click of the typewriters at Milwaukee, eighty-five miles away. WEATHER DL'llEAU FIGURES.

remneratnre Records Yeaterdn) Slornlnir and Last Xleht. The local forecast official of the Weather Bureau furnishes the following observations taken yesterday at the places and hours named: 7 a.m. 7 p. m. Bismarck. N. D 45 65 Rapid City, N. D 53 62 Pierre, S. D 54 68 Huron. S. D 54 6 Yankton. S. D 54 .St. Vincent, Minn 5i &J Moorhead. Minn ii 62 Duluth, Mlnr: 43 GO St. Paul. Minn 55 IS North Plartc. Neb 52 60 Valentine. Neb 54 C5 Omaha. Neb 58 70 Des Mcines. Ia 58 64 Davenport. Ia 62 65 Keokuk. Ia 64 .. Concordia. Kan 5 ..72 Dodge City, Kan 58 ' 65 Wichita. Kan 62 63 Kansas City. Mo 62 W St. Louis. Mo 74 70 Springfield. Mo . 65 & Chicago. Ill 68 70 Springfield. Ill 68 63 Cairo. Ill 74 73 Marquette. Mich 62 45 Grand Haven. Mich 65 68 Indianapolis. Ind 68 78 Louisville, Ky 72 Cincinnati, 0 72 m Cleveland. O 72 78 Parkersburg. W. Va 73 80 Pittsburg. Pa 72 78 Buffalo, N. Y 76 76 New Ycrk, N. Y 65 70 Poston. Mass 75 Wasrrtjuston. I C 74 78 CharJotte. N. C 72 82 Atlanta. Ga 76 70 Jacksonville, Fla 82 84 Chattanooga, Tenn 76 Nashville, Tenn: 78 82 Memphis. Tenn.. 78 82 Vicksburg. Ms 78 82 Fort Smith, Ark 72 Little Rock. Ark 70 80 Oklahoma, O. T 68 70 Amarillo. Tex.: 65 Aralene, Tex 76 76 Palestine. Tex ... 76 78 San Antonio, Tex ..... 78 S3 Galveston. Tex 83 . 84 Shreveport. La 82 84 New Orleans, Ia S3 Helena, Mtnt 44 58 Havre. Mont 54 65 Cheyenne. Wyo 44 58 Denver, Col. 45 55 Santa Fe, N. M 62 62 Salt Lake City, U. T 64 78 3Iondays Local Observations. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. W'ther. Pre. 7 a. m... 29.81 68 90 N'West., Rain. 0.C5 7 p.m... 29.84 73 53 N'West. Clear. 0.13 The following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation July 8. Temp. Tree. Normal 77 .16 Mean 73 .19 Departure from normal 2 .33 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 221 14.53 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 221 14.55 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Dally Weather Messages. WASHINGTON. July 8. The resumption of the old plan of forwarding dally weather messages, except on Sunday, to all forecast display stations receiving such Information by government telegraph sendee wa3 decided on by the Agricultural Department to-day. It Is the first Important scheme for Improving the forecast service to be put Into operation by Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau. The 'present system of sending these messages only when decided changes in weather conditions are expected was found objectionable as tending toward Indifference and neglect, and many urgent requests for a change were filed. The resumption of the plan, approved this afternoon by acting Secretary Dabney, has been under advisement for some time, but was delayed largely owing to ex-Chief Harrington's opposition. The dropping of the dally service has resulted in several of the oldest and best-qualified observers and display men leaving the service owing to dissatisfaction with Irregular forecast reports. Forecast for Tuesday. " WASHINGTON, July 8.-For IndianaFair; cooler; northwesterly winds. For Illinois Fair; cooler in eastern portion; northwesterly winds. For Ohio Fair; cooler; westerly winds. THEY COME HIGH. Tickets to the Ills Prlze-Fight Will Cost from $10 to $10. DALLAS, Tex., July 8. The headquarters of the Florida Athletic Club has-been moved from the North Texas National Bank building, on" Main street, to the old Merchants' Exchange, on Commerce street, where the sale of tickets for the meeting between Corbett and Fitzslmmons will begin Wednesday. The prices of seats will be as follows: Per box, with five chairs, $200, or $40 per chair: reserved seats, $20; general admission, $10. The sale of seats will begin in New York, St. Louis, Chicago and other cities as soon as copies of the diagram can reach them. ; The Texas Prlxe-Flght Law. AUSTIN, Tex., July 6 Attorneys representing the Dallas management of the Cor-bett-FItzsimmons fight, "called or. the Attorney-general to-day In reference to the constitutionality of the law prohibiting prize fights in this State. They lad wiitten opinions from Hon. George R. Clark, of Waco, and Hon. William Crawford, of Dallas, holding that the law is unconstitutional. The Attorney-general will hear argument from the gentlemen tc-morrow The opinion here Is that he w.Il hold to the lav until the Supreme Court declircs 1: a-v.'jnstltu-tional. Movements of Steamers. MOVILLK. July 8. Arrived: Vancouver, from Montreal, for Liverpool. GLASGOW, July 7. Arrived: City of Rome, from New York. NEW YORK, July 8.-Arrlved: Tauric, from Liverpool. 1 LIVERPOOL. July 8. Arrived: Anglomania, from Boston. TRIESTE, July 8. Arrived: Bolivia, from New York. Hied enrly to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., July 8.-J. W. Sandefur met with an accident this morning which may cost him his life. He went Into the haymow to feed his horses and In coming down the ladder broke and he fell on a pile of farming tools and was cut badly on the head with a scythe. When found he had bled nearly to death. He was also badly hurt about the body. Catholic Summer School. PLATTFBURG. N. Y., July 8. At the Catholic Summer School, to-day. Rev. J. Herman Wibbe. of Schenectady, one of the three priests in America who make a special study of botany, gave the first of his discourses on that subject. In the evening a public reception was tendered to Mgr. Satolli at the theater, which was attended by hundreds. The distinguished visitor congratulated the projectors and members of the school on the success of their untiring zeal, and bestowed the papal blessing on all present. The Sanford Will Snatalned. NEWPORT. R. I.. July 8. The jury in the Sanford will case, in which Miss Kate Field, of Washington, and Mr. George Riddle, of Cambridge, were contestants, returned a verdict sustaining the will. The will distributes a large property, the chief beneficiary being the young woman who attended Mrs. Sanford durina the last years of her life. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Wellesely College are among the institutions remembered in the will. Xo Sunday Shaves at Chicago. CHICAGO, July 8. The new State law regarding the closing of barber shops on Sunday went into effect yesterday. All shops in this city, with the exception of nineteen, were reported closed. At a meeting of the Barbers' Sunday Closing Association last nlsht a committee was appointed to prosecute the owners of the shops that kept open under the new law. Reports from towns throughout the State show that the law was strictly observed. Robbed by a Lone Highwayman. REDDING, Cat. July 8. The Redding and Alturas stage was robbed this morning, two miles above Morley's station. Supervisor Bass and a woman passenger were not molested. The highwayman took the Wells-Fargo box and registered mail, securing, ' perhaps, $400. The robber is described as five feet and a half tall and many believe him to be the veteran stare J fcer Brady.

SITUATION IS GRAVE

LATEST REPORTS FROM THE ELKIIORX 31I.IG REGION. Two Nonunion 3Ien Fired on Militia Ready to Move Conventions of Glasa workers. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 8.-Private Secretary White wirts Governor McCorkle to-night from Elkhorn that two nonunion men at work on coke yard3 at Crozier were fired on, the ball striking In the cinder. Neither was hurt. A dispatch from Bluefleld says: The situation Is very grave in the Elkhorn mining: region. Colonel White, Governor McCorkle's private secretary, says the danger Is imminent, and that trouble may occur at any time. A telegram from Governor McCorkle to-day to Colonel Tlerney says If any more parading with guns is done by the miners the troops will be sent Immediately. Threats of burning the tipples are made, and this with the derailment of cars has created serious alarm. The heavy guard of United States marshals, together with Governor McCorkle's telegram. Colonel White thinks, has had a beneficial effect. The company here is in readiness to move at once if needed. A dispatch from Huntington says: Colonel Hodges, of the Second Regiment, reports everything quiet in the mining region and no trouble anticipated to-night. The three companies of militia in this county who are asembled are all ordered to lay in 'four days' rations. RICHMOND, Va.. July 8. In a letter published here this afternoon the Board of Trade, of Pocahontas, Va,, charges Major W. E. Simons, who has command of the Virginia troops there, with being too autocratic and intimates that the soldiers are being used in the interest of the coal operators. The statement says that persons are made to work against their will and that innocent citizens are arrested, placed in prison, kept there for day3 and never given a civil hearing. Major Simons is charged with making false statements In his letter with reference to affairs there. OTHER LABOR .NEWS. Annnal Meeting of the Window-Glass Workers Association. PITTSBURG, July 8. The annual meeting of the National Window-glass Workers' Association convened Ltie at 10 o'clock this morning with delegates, present from all the window-glass factories of the country. The convention will b? in session for a week or ten days. The proceedings are secret. To-day was devrtd to perfecting an organization. It is rut U'cely that anything of importance will be done before Wednesdaj As the majority cf the glass workers are now in the West a strong movement Is on foot to change the headquarters from Pittsburg to pome- point In the West and it will likely be uccessful. An important change, if it can be got through, will be to put the wages of the cutters on the same footing as the other workers. The blowers', gatnerers'- and flattenere wages are based on the quality of glass produced, while the cutter is paid by the box. Many cf the delegates have declared in favor of paying the cutter according to the quality of the glass. The wage committee will sit with th? delegates and advise on matters relating to the scale for the next fre. There is no question that there will be an advance demanded. Some of the delegates will insist on a complete restoration of the straight cut of 22Vi per cent, in wages, but it is believed the more conservative of the delegates will win and the demand will . be something less than that figure. Another new feature that may be incorporated in the new wage scale will be the establishing of a 10 per cent, differential between coal and gas furnaces of pots. American Glass-Workers Union. TOLEDO, O., July 8. The eighteenth national convention of the American (-.lass-workers' Union, convensd hero to-liy. was opened by an address of welcoir. by Mayor Major. There are present about two hun-1 dred delegates who represent the laboring ide of the entire glass interests of the country. But little was Jon? to-d3y cutside of the routine preliminaries. A rc?oiution was presented from the Hinds Company, of Shottsville, Pa., for iermisr.:on to run during the summer season, bat no action was taken, th matter belnj laid over. Iron-Molders Union. CHICAGO, July 8. Delegates from all parts of the country gathered here to-day in attendance on the convention of the Iron Molders International Union, the first national gathering of the organization held for four years. The wage question is expected to take a secondary place In the deliberations, most of the time having been assigned to the discussion of practical details of the trade. Scale Sinned. PITTSBURG, July 8. At the conference between the iron manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association to-day the bar and plate scale for the entire Pittsburg district was signed without opposition. The scale Is the same as that signed by the Mahoning and Shenango valley manufacturers. Strike of llorseshoers. CINCINNATI. July 8. One hundred and fifty members of the Horseshoers Union determined to strike to-day. Their demand for $1.50 increase of wages per week, for fewer hours and for a recognition of the union has been refused. This caused tho strike. Returned to Work. CLEVELAND, O., July 8. The rod men returned to work at both the American Wire Company and H. P. Nail Company's works to-day without any opposition on the part of the striking wire drawers. ' j 3IRS. SPRANGER'S WILL. The TJocnment Filed for Probate at the Xntlonnl Capital. WASHINGTON, July 8. The will of GayBeatrice Spranger, a wealthy lady of this city, who died In California, June 9. where she went with her husband. Dr. Francis T. Spranger, soon after their marriage, was filed to-day for probate. Mrs. Spranger was formerly Mrs. Darling. Mrs. Spranger's property consists in the main of real estate in the District, and is valued at $200,000. The household and personal effects are turned over to the executors, to be kept by them, as far as possible, until the grandchildren arrive 'at the age of discretion. They are then to share this property equally. The Washington Loan and Trust Company Is named as trustee for the remainder of the estate and provision Is made for payments to the children of certain sums until they become twenty-five years of age, when the property Is to be turned over to them. If none of the children or their issue survive, the estate is to be shared between two aunts. Gay Bernard Tinnick and Anna B. Talt. of Baltimore, and a great aunt, Helen L. Root, of Port Royal, Va. In a codicil, Mrs. Spranger requests that the children never be given Into the custody of Mrs. Darling, her mother-in-law. A Xew Complication. SANTA CRUZ. Cal.,July 8. A new complication arose in the affairs of the Spranger estate to-day when County Clerk Martin declined to issua letters of guardianship for the two Darling children to Dr. F. X. Spranger to-day. The refusal was caused by a letter received by the court from Mrs. Adams Darling, under date of New York, July 2. protesting against the appointment of Dr. Spranger. She threatens that if the children are not delivered to the Orphan Court at Washington she will procure writs of habeas corpus. She declares that Washington is the legal residence cf the children, and she has proof that the will of Mrs. Spranger Is extant: also that she has made application for letters In Washington, as she Is the nearest relative to the children. Prises for n Horseless Vehicle. CHICAGO, July 8. A prize of $T,000 Is offered by a local paper for the successful competitors in a horseless carriage or vehicle race between Milwaukee and Chicago. Definite details as to the exact date of the contest with such regulations concerning it as may be decided on will be announced In the near future. The date of the contest will not. be far from the first of November. Lynching Xnrronly Averted. m COLUMBIA. S. C, July 8.-A dispatch from Piedmont says: Yesterday evening Ira Johnson, a young nero. shot and mortally wounded. Frank Lansford, a youn

white man of Marietta, without cause. The negro at once tried -to make hl3 escape, but was so hotly pursued that he took refuge In a house only, a short distance away. He was promptly pulled out an(J tied, and in about thirty minutes over three hundred people were around him, borne with guns, pistols and ropes, crying. "Lynch him." A few cool heads were present, and finally prevailed on the crowd not to lynch him. Th i negro was taken to the Greenville Jail. Everything seems quiet here now, and no further fears of lynching are entertained. PEDAGOGUES AT DENVER.

Thousands Arrivlnjr to Attend the Edticationul Association Convention. DENVER, Col., July 8. During the past twenty-four hours there has been a great rush of incoming delegates and visitors to the National Educational Association convention. It is estimated that over 11,000 visitors have already arrived and the total number will exceed 11,000.. The regular trains have been heavily loaded and a dozen special trains besides have arrived since last night. - The National Council of Education continued Its session this forenoon. President Rounds announced the following committee to formulate a plan of "carrying Into effect the suggestions on Dr. Sabin's paper on "Ungraded Schools" read Saturday by B. A. Hinsdale, of Michigan; D. D. Klehle, of Minnesota; J. B. Preston, ot Mississippi; George H. Brown, of Illinois, and Earl Barnes, of California. The report of the committee cn pedagogics was made by Dr. B. A. Hinsdale, of the University of Michigan, the subject being "The Laws of Mental Congruity and Mental Energy Applied to Some Pedagogic Problems." The Doctor showed that the rules of teaching and the arrangements of studies should conform to the peculiar conditions of the pupils' mind so that mental power be used to best advantage and mental fatigue avoided. He dwelt on the necessities of so arranging studies that one shall not Interfere with the best treatment of another. The paper of Dr. Hinsdale was discussed by G. P. Brown, Bloomlngton, 111.; F. L. Louis, St. Louis; Mrs. G. William3, Ithaca, N. Y.; Joseph Baldwin, Austin, Tex.;. J. H. Baker, Boulder, Col.: Prof. Russell, Boulder. Col.; John W. Cook, Normal, III.; L. H. Jones, Cleveland, and N. C. Schaeffer. Harrisburg, Pa The Supreme Court room having proven too small to accommodate the large number of spectators, the afternoon session was held in the auditorium of the 'Denver High School. The report of the committee on normal education was given by its chairman, President Cook, of the Illinois Normal School. The committee had received information from sixty-three normal schools regarding courses of work. The committee recommended that educational requirements for admission be not too high, and that there be theoretical study after the first year of the normal course. The latter proposition provoked a very animated discussion, taken part In by N. C. Schaeffer. of Harrisburg, Pa.; S. G. Williams, of Ithaca, N. Y.; James M. Green, of Trenton, N. J.; G. P. Brown, of Bloomlngton. 111.: Z. Richards, of Washington, D. C: H. H. Seerley,,of Cedar Falls. Ia.; B. Hinsdale, of Ann Arbor; C. S. Rounds, of Plymouth. Neb., and G. E. Eaton, one of the first United States commissioners of education appointed by President Lincoln. It was voted to have the paper printed. LODGIXGS FOR EXDEAVORERS. A Difficult Task Accomplished by the Local . Committee. Boston Transcript. Several months hard work have been put in by the accommodation committee, and to good effect, for the members of this committee now feel that their work has been well done, and that no matter how many delegates come to Boston, they will be able to give them good accommodations at reasonable rates. Out of the fifty thousand now expected. In Boston. It may be safely estimated that twenty-five thousand will have either secured accommodations themselves, or will stay with friends. This has been shown by, the experience of previous conventions. Accommodations have already been secured for forty-three thousand, so that really sixty-eight thousand delegates could be accommodated in Boston, witrtout going any , farther In search of rooms. This would not be the whole capacity of the City, however,- for the committee has had endless offers of rooms which either came too late,-or were not exactly wllat were wanted, but which could be had at any time. The work of the committee has been careful, systematic and thorough, and all the rooms which have been engaged are as good as could be had. The work of the committee has been divided into sixteen districts, and a regular house to house canvass has been made n each district. There were, of course, the hotels, where to engage rooms was a simple enough matter, but the part which the hotels will play In housing the delegates will be a very small one, and most of them will be quartered In lodging and private houses all over the city, and in the surrounding districts. The most difficult part of the work 'was In placing the delegates in the districts which were their headquarters, for all the lodgings must be grouped within reasonable distance of the church which is the headquarters of the State from which the delegates come. One of the hardest delegations to provide for was that from Pennsylvania, for it is expected that it will come 2.500 strong, and the headquarters are at the First Baptist Church on Commonwealth avenue, a locality in which lodging houses are not plentyful. When the committee first started in on its work, and as soon as the people who had rooms to let realized the Immense size of the convention, there was a decidedly "bullish" market on lodgings. The lodging house keepers put up their prices to exhorbitant figures, but the committee stuck to its rates and won. He Returned Forty. Philadelphia Times. Yale College recently had a student whose special hobby was removing street signs from lamp posts. The chief of police of New Haven got a clew, and going to his room, saw some of the signs used as ornaments. He asked how many the student had and he replied "forty." The fine ?3 for every sign removed. The chief told him if he would bring them to headquartera nothing would be said. That nirrht the student, on counting up, found he only had thirty-two signs, so to keep his word and sustain his reputation he went out and stole eight more signs, and the next day returned the forty. Xotes from Mexico. CITY" OF MEXICO, July 8. Stories telegraphed to the United States of heavy death, rate from yellow fev?r at Vera Cruz are pure fakes. The death rate has been decreasing steadily there for years and though the disease prevails this summer it is in a mild form. Floods at Villa Guadaloupe t.nd Tlalnepantla badly damaged crops in that section. A number of small houses were destroyed. No fatalities. Gil Bias to-morow will publish an editorial, claiming negroes should have eq-ial rights In thl3 country and that the laws of the United States against negroes ate relics of barbarism. . Honey Seekers Come to Grief. BALLINGTON, Tex., July 8. Yesterday a number of men went down the river to a high bluff of rocks for the purpose of blasting out some bees and obtaining the honey. After the blast a large mas3 of rock, weighing about ten tons, crashed down upon a portion of the crowd. Instantly killing Marston Cotton and Robert Dunlap. They were mashed Into a pulp. Both were prominent and highly respected citizens. W Peculiar Cattle Disease. FRANKFORT, Ind.. July 8. Governor Brown received a telegram from I. M. Smith, of Oldham county, stating that his cattle are dying of some peculiar malady which baffles the knowledge of cattle raisers and physicians in that locality. The Governor has ordered Dr. McCormick. of the State Board of Health, to investigate the case. Cansed by a Weak Railing:. TOLEDO. O., July 8. By the breaking of a weak railing of a foot bridge crossing the Wabash tracks, yei?rday, two men and a boy were precipitated to the ground twenty feet below. One of the mn. John Walters, has since died from the effects of his injuries. Walters's eight-year-old son and Frank Creln were also badly hurt. Mason Will Contest Settled. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 8. By agreement between the contesting heirs to tha Mason millions this afternoon the case has been settled and taken out of court rnd litigation terminated. The stipulation was signed by all the parties at interest, and all that row rema!ns to seal the ornpact is the filing of the deeds for record. Mother Shot by Her Son. WINSTON. N. C. July &-ln Montgomery county, during a fight between two brothers. Pink and Frank Williams, their mother attempted to take a revolver from one. when she was shot In the abdomen and killed. r. Price's Crcci Hildas Powder

A BOGUS INTERVIEW

PARIS FIGARO -FAKES" A TALK WITH E3IDASSADOR EUSTIS. Ltiiuor Legislation In France EnSllsh Elections to Ue Held Xext Saturday and Slondny. PARIS, July 8. The Figaro publishes an Interview to-day with the United States embassador, to France, the Hon. James B. Eustis, in which he is reported as saying that nothing has yet been decided as to his candidacy for the nomination for the presidency of the United States. " Respecting the Japo-Chinese war, Mr. Eustis is quoted as remarking that he regretted that the Japanese had not taken Peking. The story of a secret treaty, he added, between Japan and the United States was absolutely false. "We have no treaty with Japan," he continued, 'other than the arrangement modifying former treaties, and even ihs doe3 not come into force for five years. Besides, the United States adheres before everything to the principal of nonintervention in European or Asiatic affairs." With reference to the movement In Canada to separate the Dominion from Great Britain. Mr. Eustis said it rested entirely with the United States as to whether Canada should or should not be taken into the confederation of States. But the people of the United States preferred to let the question rest, while at the same time saying to Great Britain, "No nonsense, or we will annex Canada." Regarding the insurrection In Cuba, Mr. Eustis is reported as having admitted that American sympathies favored the insurgents, who found in the United States, unknown to the government of that country, assistance of ajl kinds. In conclusion, Mr. Eustis ts quoted as saying: "If the insurgents can maintain the struggle for a year I am not sure that Spain will not have futllely spent her money on costly expeditions." Mr. Eustis was questioned to-day In regard to the alleged interview with him published in the Figaro this morning. He said: "I have not been interviewed and have not consented to or authorized the publication of an opinion from myself on any of the question discussed In the alleged Interview." ..Liquor Legislation in France. , PARIS, July 8. Regulation of the liquor traffic Is the burning question of the hour. The Parliament has been dicussing for weeks a proposition to establish a state monopoly in alcohol and to exempt from the present taxes such hygienic drinks as vine, beer and cider. The Chamber of Deputies had accepted both in spite of the opposition of the government and of the distillers, but a bill embodying the second proposition seemed to be in a fair way to be defeated, owing to the Ministry's objections, when, after the closing debate, to the surprise of every body a bill abolishing taxes on drinks containing less than 15 per cent, of alcohol passed by a large majority. The measure doubles the alcohol tax. An amendment was unanimously carried to prohibit the manufacture or sale of spirits or liquors declared by the Academy of Medicine to be dangerous. This provision lnvclve3 the suppression of absinthe bitters, "pick-me-ups" and many kinds of liquors. Prefer Silver to Gold. BELIZE, July 8. The Indian mahogany cutters complain that the adoption by the colony of the gold standard has cut their wages in two. They have sent one of their chiefs here t'o demand that the silver coins which they have received in payment for their work be accepted at their par value and not subjected to a discount. 'It Is impossible to convince the Indians that a gold standard is an advantage to the country, as they point to the fact that they, have been juggled out of half their pay. The Yucatan residents here want the colony annexed to Mexico, which still maintain its right to this section. The Yucatans argue that the case is precisely similar to that In Venezuela, where the English have wrongfully possessed themselves of territory. The lists issued this evening show that there are 118 seats without Liberal candidates and twenty without Unionist candidates. Severe Earthquake Shocks. TRIESTE, Austria, July 8. A severe shock of earthquake occurred to-day at Lalbach, Austria, which damaged many houses. Lalbach was the victim of a series of severe earthquake shocks on the night of April 14 of this year, and they continued with unabating severity during April 16, 17 and 18. Nearly all the inhabitants flea from the town and camped In the field, and were confirmed in their fears by another shock on April 2 After they had commenced to return to the damaged town there was again a shock on April 29, which renewed the terrors of the citizens. Since that time there have been slight shocks. Snn Salvador in a Ferment. SAN SALVADOR, July 8. An angry and drunken mob is a source of much alarm to the government and those citizens who desire to avoid an uprising. The mob Is being harangued by students, who are bitter against the government. . Posters are up over the entire city, calling on President Guitterez and his Cabinet to resign. It is cpenly asserted on the streets that some of those arrested during the kidnaping episode have been shot. Several volleys from small arms were heard in the interior of the courtyard prison to-day. English Elections Xext Saturday. LONDON, July 8. The Marquis of Salisbury, Baron Halsbury, the Lord High Chancellor, and. the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for War. attended the meeting of the privy council, held at Windsor Castle, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, at which the Queen signed the proclamation dissolving Parliament and the order to issue writs for the general election. The bulk of tho provincial elections will take lace on Saturday next and the elections in ;ondon will occur on Monday. Ex-Chief Clarence's Claims. ' COLON, Colombia, July 8. It Is stated here that ex-Chief Clarence, formerly of the Mosquito territory and now a British pensioner at Kingston, Jamaica, is going to England in order to formulate the claims which he makes against the government of Nicaragua. France In Favor of Arbitration. PARIS, July 8. The Chamber of Deputies to-day adopted a motion to the effect that the government open negotiations as soon as possible with the United States for the conclusion of a permanent treaty of arbitration. Cloudburst in Bulgaria. BUCHAREST, July 8. A cloudburst on Saturday night destroyed half of the village of Olanescl, In the district of Valcea. Many persons perished, and ten bodies have been recovered. In other villages there was much damage. 1 Chile's President May Resign. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, . July 8. The ministerial crisis threatens to Involve the resignation of the President. Cable Xotes. Lord Roberts has not declined the position of commander-in-chief of the British army. An attempt has been made at Seoul to arrest Prince Pak. the Home Minister. It is surmised that the affair is connected with an attempt of the Queen's party to overthrow Japanese ascendency in Corea. Ills Presence Accounted For. Atlanta Constitution. "I've caught you at last," cried the enraged farmer as he stumbled over the old darky who was enjoying himself in the green middle of the watermelon patch: "I've caught you at last you old thief, you." "Boss," said the culprit, as he gulped idown the red heart cf a fat Kolb gem, "boss, 'fo de Lawd hit wuz all a axcerdent how I come heah. I wuz walkin 'long de railroad des ez hones' ez could be, when 'long come a freight train, en 'fo' I could cl'ar de track de engine hit me en th'owed me clean over de fence whar I ts now, en when I fall I land ker-blamm! on dese heah melons, en busted, 'cm all ter pieces; en when I come to I wtrz so hongry dat I des pitch In en eat up what I done busted!" Men First. Detroit Tribune. "Ah. yes." confessed the sweet girl graduate of yesterday, who was to-day a bride, "it is true that we pledged ourselves never to marry, hut we value men above principles, don't you know." And the mind that had then discussed the transcendental In municipal politics now concentrated itself upon the purchase of en oil trove- that, would cook steak and not heat the rccn.

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TKULY GOOD TORONTO THE EFFECTS OF STRICT SIXDAY ODSERVAXCE IX THAT CITY. Business Men Complalu that Trade Hus Deen Driven Away and that Commercial Interests Lansnlih. Toronto Letter in New York Sun. When the delegates to the Panamerlcan Congress of Religion and Education reach Toronto, on July IS, they will see what is in many respects the most extraordinary city on the American continent. They will see a city which on Sunday Is given over to prayer and religious services; which strangers shun on that day. and Inhabitants rasten to get out of; where many of the old Puritan blue laws are In existence; whre Sunday cars are unknown and Sunday promenades are an abomination; where people must either go to church or else stay in their house on the first Jay of the week. The congress will be in session from July 18 to July 23. and among the 6Jbjtcts to be discussed Is Sunday observance, with a view to a more rigid enforcement of the Lord's day. There Is no city on the continent where they can better observe the effects of the '.Puritan Sunday, for there Is no city where the Jaws agahut Sabbath desecration, so called, arc mor? strict or more inflexibly carried out The state of affairs here is of peculiar interest to New Yorkers at the present time. If the Panamerlcan delegates reach Toronto on a Sunday morning there is one train that arrives here on that day they may have to walk to their hotels, for it is against the law to engage any vehicle on the Lord's day. Should the men delegates desire a shave they will have to wait till Monday; if they are thirsty they may have a drink In their rooms, not elsewhere, and after that the best thing they can do Is to He down and go to sleep, for while there are many places of Interest to visit, there is no way of getlng to them unless they walk, and this, under a broiling sun, is not pleasant. The city has achieved the honor of being called "Toronto the Good," and these are some of the disadvantages. In the old days, sadly looked back to by many, Toronto was much like other cities. In regard to Sunday observance at least; it had Its reasonable amusements; it was possible by street car or boat to get Into the country; Sunday saw the parks and squares filled with well-dressed people and children; cabs were running, and In fact the day was a real holiday, and was spent as such. The man who Is entitled to the credit of changing all this is the late W. H. Howland. "Holy WMllle," as he is still called, was in the grain trade. When he announced his intention of leading a morality crusade he speedily gathered a large following and was elected Mayor of the city. The election was curious in many respects.. Howland's meetings were opened with the singing of hymns and prayer, tracts and religious leaflets were distributed in the streets, open-air religious services in Howland's support were held all over the city, and the religious and temperance bodies rallied around him. REFORM BY TERRORISM. Then an era of "reform" was ushered In. A "Morality Department," ihe chiefs of which had carte blanche to purify the city, was first formed. The police acted with unrelenting , visor. Unfortunate women were 'driven out of localities which they usually Inhabited and dispersed all over the city. A system of religious terrorism set In. Storekeepers chimed in with the popular cry for fear of losing custom. Clerks and employes generally hastened to get Into one or more of the scores of religious societies that , were formed, in order to keep solid with their employers. Livery stables were thut up and several livery keepers fined heavily for renting their rigs on the Sabbath day. Street cars were stoppea. the parks were deserted, and all over the city at scores of street corners could be heard rtreet preachers day and night. The movement spread to the public library, which forthwith eschewed French novels and cast S.'nolletfs works into the furnace. After certain hours people sitting in the public parks were warned to go home, and it was only last week that a couple were Arrested for strolling through Queen's Par'., after 10 o'clock In .the evening. Restaurants, cigar counters, news stands, were closed; corner fruit peddlers arrested for Violating the Lord's day. It was Impossible to purchase even a postage stamp, while drug stores were permitted to remain open only at certain hours. The shady places of the parks were taken possession of by itinerant, preachers, who held services on Sunday afternoon and evening. When some secularists and free thinkers attempted to give open-air addresses in the squares they were driven away by the police, headed by the chiefs of the morality department, and a couple had their heads broken. Sunday newspapers were, of course, prohibited, and a few months ago. when a morning paper here published an account of a million-dollar flre that started about 1 o'clock Sunday morning the proprietor was taken before a police magistrate and fined. One thing only the restrictionlsts were unable to do, to stop the Sunday boats to the island. The Island is Toronto's principal pleasure resort in summer, and Is frequented by thousands daily, while many citizens have summer residences there. The attempt to stop Sunday boats was unsaccessful, curiously enough, on the ground that the boats were a necessity to convey island residents to the city to church. But what was thought to be the greatest victory was achieved when the restrictionlsts attacked the saloons. She latter were compelled to close on Saturday evenings at 7 o'clock and on all nights at 11 o'clock. Of course no liquor was permitted to be sold on Sunday, while hotels were allowed to serve guests only In their rooms. The effect of some of these measures was hardly what was anticipated and pome persons believe that the results were especially disastrous, from a moral point of view, in respect to the liquor traffic. The saloons having their hours of business so materially reduced, immediately commenced a flask traffic. Special flasks of liquor sell at 2T cents, were made a feature in the saloons and had an enormous sale Just before the hours of closing., particularly on Saturday evenings. The upshot was more drunken men and boys in the streets than ever, .while a public, holiday was usually made the occasion for a general debauch. Whisky dens were opened and conducted secretly, so that while a stranger in th city was unable o obtain refreshments, those who knew the ropes were able to laugh at the efforts of the authorities to suppress the illicit traffic. So. too. Mayor Howland was defeated in his efforts to do away with disorderly houses. While the known places were closed up. the inmates were scattered all over the city, and it is not an exaggeration to say that respectable women found It unsafe to appear on the principle streets at night without an eeeort. The rats of illegitimacy increased rapidly, too, till at the prerent time Toronto holds the record for the Dominion of Canada In this respect. IMPORTANT THINGS NEGLECTED. While all this was going on a handful of real estate speculators managed to obtain a majority in the City Council. The Mayor and citizens were sobusy feroming the morals of the city that they had no time to look after Its material Interests, and to long as the aldermen voted right on all the reform measures, which they took care to do, they were allowed to have their own way In other maters. Thus a real estate boom waatstared. The aldermen and their friends commenced to rush up the price of real estate. Farm lands all around the city were purchased by the acre and cut ' up into building lets, paved streets were run through them, and then the land was sold by the foot. lAni doubled Its value In a few months, sometimes in a few weeks. Everywhere buildings were going up, money seemed plentiful, and there was unlimited credit. Improvements were projected, tddewalk. sewers, and gas pipes were laid down, and electric lights were strung over fields from which the farmers' crops had not yet been taken. In two jears as mutrh land was acquired nnd as many buildings were rier ted as would have accommodate a city three times the size of Toronto. Thn the relapse came. The boom burst: iltlr.n? woke up to find themselves saddle! with heavy taxes for local Improvements, wllh

enrnvo?, real estate of little value, an l witn empty buildings. They ' discover d that valuaMa city privileges had been given awaj that franchises had been corruptlv oM ar-1 that the splendid water front nai actually been presented as a gift to the railroads. Miles upon miles of useless str":s, luusethat have never had an orcupaii: and nre rotting to pieces from neglect, an enormous city debt, excessive taxation, and business driven away by restriction all ths remind the citizens of the moral'ty campaign inaugarated by the late Mayor Howland. In the opinion of some th most ser.ous Injury is that, done to Toronto's commercial interests. In the most central portions cf interests. In the most central business portions of the city largeb uiness blocks ar unlet. Everybodv who knows nything of the state of affairs here glvfs the city a wide berth. Travelers close ip their business on Saturday and take the first tra.r out of town. The proprietors of the ho'rl stand disgusted by while their guests pack up and flee from he city as if 't wrestricken with a plague, uoint; to VtraIo. Rochester and other American c.'t'rs, vhlch. are capturing the trade that Toronto is losing. No American 1011: "M t-tier being p caught will ever spend second' Sbr:dr la Toronto. All over the I nltei States th'.t city is being adverti?d as a god pare to stay away from, and hundreds of the jsar.da of dollars everyjyear are loa: to -trcrio 1: this way. It looks now as If there was gDinj. to b a revulsion of public feMinr. Business rrirt say that Toronto is f.iilinjt beh.nd i th commercial race, and that f -he wishes to pick up again ome encouragement must b extended to strangers to come here. The restrictionlsts do not Intend to give in without a struggle, and, in fact, propose askinir for further laws. Only this week cne bodypassed a resolution calling upon the City Council to prohibit Sunday funerals, Th spirit shown and arguments advanced by the restrictionlsts are wel expressed in a letter published to-day. It says:" "If we 'convert our. Sabbath Into a dav of amusement and pleasure, as suggested, the laws will no longer be so rigidly respected, the churches will no longer be thronged with devout worshipers, the tavern would not long be silent and a welcome retreat for weary travelers, and loafingwould, soon-cease to be a disease. Fences and street corn?rs would be contrivances for the lazy, the curious and the insulting. The grog-shors would soon be noiry, tho Jail full, and the church comparatively silent. The parks on Sunday would be scene of confusion and the day would probably end in' rows, drunken, illegal, boisterous and brutal. eW have the record of th American cities where euch scenes take place. Or if we convert our city Into any state of commercial activity, however limited, then I ask what better are we than those who suffered exclusion from the temple by our Lord. Jesus Christ !n former days? Let us remember that all the bank, ruptcies of commerce are harmless com pared with a bankruptcy of public morals. This letter exactly meets the views of i.h restrictions. FORMOSAXS FIGHT AVIT1I POISOX. ! Vme It When All Other Means Fall to Stay the March of Invader-. Washington Special to Chicago Tribune. "Should the Japanese invade Formosa said a naval officer who has Just returned! from the Asiatic station, "they will meet a different sort of fighters from the Chinaman proper. Formosa, containing some seventy thousand square miles, is better fcpulated than the same area on the maia and. And the people are fighters, and ferocious ones at that. They are of the Malay stock, considerable more spirited andl of a more military temper than the Chinese. It is in Formosa they have those military nondescripts called the 'Black Flags.' They are a sort of land and water pirate, prone to shed blood and live by plunder. It is from Formosa, the Fisher Islands and others around Formosa they corje. A Chinese or .laiay pirate nas preixy mucu been a thing cf the past for the last forty years, but a traveler in Formosa would find in many native houses articles of antique furniture of European stock, whlchj are the plain fruits of former piracy, and came from European or American ships. "Not only are the Formosans tighter and fairly reliable soldiers with gun and sword, powder and steel, but when it comes to the worst, as a last resort to avoid being conquered, they arc capable of carrying on an unfashionable mode of warfare by poisoning. Fourteen years a so. when the French beat the Formosans along the coast and around the harbors of the country, tho Formosans retreated to the interior. When the French essayed to rursue they found a queer line of defense, beyond which they could make no progress, and in storming which many Frenchmen died. The Formosans had poisoned every spring and water course and pond behind the-i v1. they retreated and the campaigns of th French acainst them never got farther than the poison line. It was some native poison that they used, but was as savace and deadly as arsenic or strychnine. To this day the French don't care to make any full publicity of the details of their Formosan campaign. "Should the Japanese invade Formosa thev would overcome these Black Flags in the several pitched battles which at firstwould undoubtedly be fcurht. Ttoen tho Formosans, beaten by the shore, would go rcrambling Into the mountains, leaving behind them a bulwark of poison. If the Japanese escaped It would only be by digging pew wells and opening new springs, a process of Invasion slow In Itself and next to impossible where whole armies arc to be cared for." The C. E. Ranner. Boston Transcript. The Christian Endeavor flags which float In the breeze over several store- whow proprietors are lying In wait for Christian Endeavor customers must be a queer problem for foreigners. In appearance they ar much like Turkish flags, and the "C. E. mnnnrram in the unner corner, making a crescent, completes the illusion, and makes them look more like a Mahometan than a Christian ensign. For all that, the flag is a pretty one, and pleasingly decorative. . -M-a-aa -mm- -M-i B-M-a-o b-W Something: in a Maine. . Kansas City 'journal. , Prince Damrorg, of Siam, Is to visit Europe. He ought to feel at 'home among tha gay young European princes. 'o, Indeedy. Washington Post. Buddy Thurman has decided to hold a little free-sliver convention of his own, Y'ou can't loose Buddy. . Obituary. BETHLEHEM. Pa.. July 8. CapL James Wyiey. United States Marine Corps, retired, died suddenly, last night, of apoplexy. 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