Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1896 — Page 2

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were not for an ileal canal, regardless of cost, but for one ample to satisfy the need of co-n.-r.frce. and larger than any ship canal r.ow in operation. None cf the changes proprd by the board was In the interest of cceonomy or of a better canal. Mr. ilenocMi's statement do-alt In detail wl;h the atmospheric condition?, rainfall and o;hr natural future of the country, as well as the engineering details of the canal. There was a Ions examination of Mr. Mer.ocal by merohers of the committee. The company, he Mid. paid to the Nicaraguan government $100.0"') for its concessions and &w0 tor its right of way. and nothing to the Costa Rican government. . Mr. Men oca i had made the trip through Nicaragua with the government commission a'..d gave an account of the journey. Practically no surveys or bearings were takdn. he said. The observations were of the most hasty and superficial sort, an J tht report of the eonimls?!on might have been made as intelligently without leav.ng Washington. Mr. James Alexander, of Pittsburg, addressed the committee in opposition to the Nicaragua canal. He argued that the scheme was entirely impracticable, and favored the Kads Mp railway across Mexico. HEMtY V. JOIIXSOV ILL.

The Indiana Congressman Confined to Him Iloom nlth the CJrlp. Special to the IndIanapoli3 Journal. WASHINGTON'. April lL-Representa-tive. Johnson was compelled to leave the House early yesterday afternoon, because of Illness. Dr. Sowers -was. called and at ence pronounced It an. attack of grip, which, considering his present run-down condition, finds him a very fitting and easy mark for its work. Mr. Johnson's congressional labors, taken in connection with his late exciting personal canvass of Henry county for renomlnatlon, readily and naturally explains this temporary break-down, and It is, therefore, in no sense a surprise to his friends here. His physician has ordered him to remain in his room for a few days a&d take absolute rest. Venezuelan Documents. WASHINGTON, April lL-The Venezuelan authorities expect to present to Vie Venezuelan commission at an early date translations of the public records of Spain and the Netherlands taken from the archives of these countries relating to the Venezuelan boundary. It Is expected that thl will prove an Important contribution to the case. Heretofore these Spanish and Dutch records have been referred to in a general way, and the recent British blue book made extracts from them. It has been felt, however, that the records la their entirety would be of much service, and the Venezuelan officials have undertaken this largs task. Minuter Andrade h-u three translators at work, and the transcribing into English is well under way. Appraisers off Reservations. WASHINGTON, April ll.-The following appointments of appraisers of abandoned military reservations have been made by the Secretary of the Interior: Fort Randall. S. D.. Alfred I. Burkholder, Fred N. Myer and Frank P. Satterlee, all of Chamberlain, S. D.; Fort Selden, X. M., W. 11. Fall and Robert C. Hatton. of Las Cruses; Fort Craig. N. M., Charles G. Crulkshank and William W. Jones, of San MarciaJ; Fort Cummings, N. M., Burrage Y. McKeyes and John I Buroslde, of Demlng; Fort Stanton, N. M.. Oscar G. Robertson and John Y. Thornton, of Roswell. General Xotcs. WASHINGTON. April 11. All of the Cleveland children are reported to be coming along nicely this morning. The measles has claimed no new victims In the family.' Rain, which on Monday caused the postponement cf the children's Easter-egg rolling frolic on tho White House grounds, again interfered to-day. The threatening ekles of the mornirg were followed by a smart rainfall early in the afternoon, which dispersed the children who had had the vemeiity to assemble for the annual play. The Treasury Department to-day lost $263,COO in gold coin and n,000 in bar3, which leaves the true amount of the gold reserve &27.736.S01. SIX MEN KILLED. Blown to Pieces by an Explosion of Giant Ponder In a 311 no. .BUTTE, MoiU.. ApVil 11. An explosion of one hundred pounds of giant powder, by Which six men. r. ere blown to pieces, cccurred tit the l.loO-foot Uvel of the St. Lawrence mine to-uay. The nmes of the killed are: C. Loney. John Quinlan. FUward Shields. Jaxea ' Dvvyer, .Ichn McVeigh, Patrick O'Rcurke. The caue of tfce explosion is unknown, a tte s-Lx men killed were the only ones In the rur: of the mine where the disaster cccurred. Xote from Jlexiro. CITY OF MEXICO, April 11. Several Americans 1 have gone exLenrlvely into vanilla culture. The State- o Ch!ana3 publishes 'tatistics showing 7,Sll,o cofite trees are new set out on local plantations. General Lopete. one of the ablest and younger officers of the army, who commanded the southern frontier during the Guatemalan trouble?,-'was buried to-day, having clird of typhus. Thomas T. Spencer, Texas, employed by the Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company, at Pachuaca. was drowned there while crossing a stream. He was formerly employed by the Y. M. C. A. of this city. . -nor Enrique Ituhio. well known to Americans, has died suddenly. Soiik" Are 'Worth Sloney , London Standard. . At a sale of musical copyrights which were brought to the hammer yesterday oome excellent prices were realized. Many old. familiar songs and pieces were offered, ami the prices obtained showed that they still have a good deal of vitality. "In the Gloaming." by Lady Arthur Hill, was knocked down for 94 12s; "Klfln Knight," cantata, by Ginsone. t:A; "Sea Maidens." by J. S. Roeckel. 107 16s: "Westward Ho!" 12t 5s: and Loder's "Violin Tutor," 123. "Fairy Barque," an easy and taking piece by Smallwood. arranged for the piano as a solo, vocal duet, etc., and much favored by schoolgirls as well as by more advanced players, was knocked down at the record price of 1,510. This piece was sold In ISM for 1.000. , Ex-President's Grandson Indicted. ATLANTA. Ga., April 11. John Tyler Cooper, grandson of ex-President Tyler, was Indicted to-day by the grand jury for embezzlement of county funds. He gave bond to answer. Cooper has been clerk cf the County Board of Commissioners for a num. br of years. A few months ago he was defeated, and after that went to Cost Rica to make his home. Hearing that an investigation of his accounts was being made, he returned home. He admltr the shortage, and says he came home to mre it good. He der.ks that he i short to the amount of J5.00O. as Indicated in the Indictment. He hopes to make the loss good and return to Costa Rica to live. Raslnesa Kmliarruminirnti. .BOSTON. April 11. A. & F Lane, leather dealers, at No. 92 South street, have assigned to Vkf Presiient Stearns, of the Shawmut National Bank, and C. K. Cobb. The liabilities are estimated at $130,000. but until an iner.tcry is taken the amount of the a.sets cannot be stated. The firm was considered among the mot substantial In the trade. The cuse of the failure Is attributed to the fact that the firm cielaved in adjusting its insurance after the 1S31 fire, was forced to buy leather In a high market, and. consequently, could no: stand the depression of the last year. Obituary. RALEIGH, N. C. April ll.-Hon. Thomas M. Holt. ex-Governor of the State and the wealthiest and most prominent cotton manufacturer in North Carolina, died this afternoon at o:lS o'clock at his home In Haw Tltver. He will he buried on Mondav at Graham. The Governor and State officers will be present. He hai bten legislator. Ideuurfant Governor and Governor, retiring from the latter otr.ee in IXtt. CANNES. April ll.-M. Tricoupis. formerly Premier of Greece, is dead at the axe of sixty-four years. Lonjr Session In the Canadian House. OTTAWA, Ont., April 11. It was just five minutes to 12 o'clock to-night when the House adjourned. Sir Charles Tupper. when the hour of adjournment came, said that the remedial bill would be taken up again on Mo.ndav. The House was in continuous session 12D hours. Must Xot Drink, Cheir or Smoke. RICHMOND. Va.. April ll.-At the African Meihodirt conference to-day Bishop Catnes erved notice cn candidates that he would ordiin no man minister who drank whisky chewed tobacco cr smoked cigars. ?40 Piano at Ualicliner'i Next week. Good to learn on. Payments, U Tr month. . P1? ?BF5T HAT COMPANY i 1 cziti at No. 8 East Washln-tca rtresL

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WILI BC SCnGEA.VT-AT-AIlMS OF TUB DEMOCRATIC COXVESTI03. nx-Concreiman Brookshlre Defeated ChnrncterUtln Speech by PItchfork Tillman to Kentucklans. CHICAGO, April 11. Cel. J. Martin, of St. Louis, will be the sergeant-at-arm of the Democratic national convention, jllis selection was made this morning by Chairman Harrity and his committee of the Democraticnational committee. Colonel Martin is a welI-known politician and very popular in St. Louis Democratic circles. The other candidates for the position were John J. Curley. cf FhiU lochia; ex-Conzrts-man Elijah V. Brookshire, of Crawfordsvlile, Ind.; Samuel Donaldson, of Tennessee, and J. S. Cocper, of Chicago, lr Is said that Curley was Chairman Jiarrlty's chotco. Hp withdrew at the last minute, saying his bu nt?s engagements would prevent nis attending the convention. It is sail that John 3. Cooper, of tho Cook County Democratic Clui, will be ihe first assistant sergeant-it-arms. TALKED FREE SILVER. Speech by Senator Tillman to One Thousand Kentacktnnn. LEXINGTON, Ky., April ll.-Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, wha has obtained "fame" through his "pitchfork" speeches, spoke here to-day in behalf of free silver. About 1.000 people listened to him. He had spoken but a few minutes until he had captivated the audience, which he held well for two hours. On the stage were many of Kentucky's prominent politicians. He denounced the Cleveland and Carlisle (financial policy bitterly, and then went after the press in most vigorous language, raying, among other things, that the press of the country had been subsidized by the money powers of the country. He took up Carlisle's Ave propositions as enunciated in his speech at Memphis last year and argued that they were all wrong. He ckimed that the only reason why silver was Inferior to gold as a standard of value was because it was made inferior by the laws of Congress. His points were wildly cheered by the audience, which -was thoroughly in sympathy with his views. Tillman predicted that the next Democratic convention would be controlled by the free-silver wing of the Democratic party. PItOIIICS HAVE 3IOXEV. They Will Ride to Pittsburgh In Special Railway Trains. PITTSBURG, April ll.-The eighth Prohibition national convention which will convene here next month promises to be the most largely attended of any yet held by that party. The delegates already accredited exceed the number originally expected, twenty-five States having reported the number cf regular delegates who will attend: but the local committee on arrangements promises the best entertainment for all delegates and visitors. The Pacific coast will be particularly well represented. The California delegation has arranged for a special train to come right through. It will be handsomely decorated and be christened the "California Prohibition special." New England will also run a special from Boston under control of F. W. Clark, secretary of the local committee of Massachusetts. Chairman 11. L. Castle, of the local committee, will deliver the address of welcome to the national convention. Mr. Castle, who Is a "narrow gauge" platform man, says the party will poll a million votes this year if the right kind of platform is adopted. The contest in the convention over the platform will certainly be warm, as both the narrow and broad gauge have able men to champion them. The candidates for the presidency, fo far are: Joshua Levering, of Baltimore; C. E. Bentley. of Lincoln, Neb.: George W. Bain, of Lexington, Ky., and V. H. Thompson, of Springfield, O. The railroads have given a half-fare rate to those attending the convention. Free-Silver Man AVlns. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. April 11. A hot campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor of; Alabama ended to-day in the primaries for the election of delegates to the State convention, which meets here April 21. The leading candidates are Capt. Joseph H. Johnston, an advocate of the free coinage of silver, and Congressman Clark, .who opposes that doctrine. Returns Teceied up to 9:30 to-night Indicate that Johnston has 2SG votes certain and Clark 151 certain with sixty-seven doubttful. Necesrary to choice 253. AVI II Run for Mayor Aeain. ST. PAUL, Minn., April ll.-The Republican city convention to-day organized with Alderman Markbam as chairman, and nominated F. B. Dorman for Mayor on the first ballot, the other candidates being Capt. H. Castle, postmaster, and George Warren. Mr. Doran was the Republican candidate two years ago, being defeated by Mayor Smith, Democrat. A recess was taken after the nomination. At the afternoon session J. J. McCarty was renominated by acclamation for controller. C. L. Horst was nominated for treasurer on the second ballot. For Qnny First, McKInley Second. BRADFORD. Pa., April 11. Herman H. North, of Bradford, and J. M. McElroy, of Smetport, were nominated by the Republican caucus to-night for Assembly. Major A. C. Hawkins received the nomination for delegate to the national convention. W. D. Gallup, of Smetport, and Joseph Greenwald, of Bradford, had no -opposition for delegate to' the State convention. The delegates are for Senator Quay foPrpsldent, with X&jor McKInley the second choice. Will Vote for MeKinley. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April lL-The Republican congressional convention of the Fifth district met to-day at Shelbyville. Dr. Hous-ton was nominated for Congress, J. W. Overall an! R. C. Couch elected delegates to St. Iouls and McKInley was Indorsed for President, H. C. Evans for Governor, and Evans, Caldwell, Jeffries and Rogers for delegates at large -to St. Louis. All are McKInley men. . CITY RAILROADS. .New York Streets Have 442 Miles . and 1),000 Homes Are Used. New York Press. If all the railway rails In this city were put together a road of shining steel could be laid from New York to Washington and back, ana there would be a enough surplus left to run the cars direct to the front door of President Cleveland's mansion and back again to the railroad station. New York has eleven street and elevated railroad companies, which operate -U2 miles of road over 22S miles of street. The Metropolitan Railway Company has the largest trackage, 1C3 miles. Of these, 131 miles have for their motor power the horse, while the steel rope is used on twenty-one miles and electric power on the remaining eleven. The Manhattan Elevated follows, with one hundred miles, for which thirty-six miles of street are used. The others, with the number of miles of single track operated by them are: Central Crosstown, 11 miles;Dry Dock. East Broadway and Battery. 18 miles; Eighth avenue, 20 miles: Forty-second-street, Manhattanvllle &. St. Nicholas-avenue, 24 miles; New York & Harlem, 13 miles: New York & Eastriver. 3 miles: Second-avenue, 2S miles; Third-avenue. 23 miles; Union railroad, 25 miles. Of these there are one hundred miles of elevated, 23! horse, 74 cable and 11 electric. Nearly nine thousand horses are in use on the different lines throughout the city. In this respect New York 13 far behind the other large cities cf the country, as in some of them. Notably San Francisco, where only 42S horses are in use; Buffalo, where there are no car horses, and Brooklyn, where there are only 417. The hcre has in a tew years rapidly dropped out of the street-car business. Laid out end to end.-the rails on Manhattan Island, excepting those running out of the Grand Central depot, would reach SSI miles, or nearly from here to Chfcago. It would take 15715 rails to make up this long line of steel. The average length of these rails is thirty ftet, and they weigh from i'J) ta SCO pounds each. Thus is can readily be seen that all combined they would amount to Si.IIT.?4!! pound?. Piled up cri5s-cros9, that Is with two rails on the ground and then two more laid across them, and so on up. a tower' could be built that would make a structure like the Eiffel tower or the Washington monument look like Lilliputians in a land of giants. The heap would be three and a half miles high. Weldei Into a mass a gigantic block of steel, more than feet square, could be formed. Madison-square Garden, with Us 4C3 feet of length. 200 of width and 322 of height could be placed Inside this mass of steel and no one be the wiser. New York's street railway eyrtem li r.rt ty try means the largest la tha cctry.

Chicago can boast of 2G0 mom miles of road than New York, the grand total or the Windy City reaching (32 miles. Of this number the larger part are electric, theie being 213 miles of roai operated by that system. 22S by horse power, S3 by cable and G3 of the elevated system. Broklyn's record l. even better, as out of a total of 444 miles of read, which is nearly two miles mote than on this slde.cf the bridge, the electric system has almost a complete monopoly, S47 miles being devoted to roads operated by that power. Of the rest 61 miles are elevated, 1 mile cable and 35 miles horse. . In reality New York has more miles of street railways than Chicago, as the latter city's grand total includes all of the suburban roads. Frcm a Greater New Ycrk viewpoint, therefore, we can show a total of fS6 miles. If laid out In a single line thfse rails would reach 1.773 miles, or from here to Chicago and nearly back again. Residents of S?.n Francisco must largely be nabobs who stick to cabs and private vehicles, as fcr a city of Its size there arc surprisingly few street railways. Of Its 237 miles of roads 113 miles are cable, SS electric, 35 horse and 20 elevated. Philadelphia presses New York pretty close, with a total of 422 miies, most of which are cable and electric. CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Gen. J. U. Gordon Say the Number of Cnmps Is Xotr SOO. NEW ORLEANS, April ll.-The following general orders were Issued from headquarters of the United Confederate Veterans by Gen. J. B. Gordon this afternoon: "With pride the general commanding congratulates the United Confederate Veterans that the number of camps in our historical and benevolent association has reached eight hundred. He feels assured that the number will easily reach 1.000 by the date of the Richmond reunion on June SO and July 1 and 2 next If the division commanders will, from this moment, actively push the organization of camps In their respective divisions. He urges them to immediate action, so that the old veterans can all be united, and thus preserve and perpetuate a true and Impartial history of their glory and aid the disabled, the needy and the widows and orphans, and keep alive the memory and transmit to posterity the grand deeds of their deceased comrades. Veterans in every locality are urged to send at once to these headquarters for necessary papers and organize camps." VESSEL BURNED. Midnight Fire on .Lake .Michigan Off the Town of Evnnston. CHICAGO, April 12.--At 1 o'clock this morning the Evanston life-saving crew were notified that a south-bound vessel was burning off the chore twelve miles north of Chicago. The crew has started for the vessel. A member of the erew who was ieft in charge of the boathouse said that he was able to see the burning object for a time through his glasses, and that it appeared to be a propeller. He said he watched It for some time, and that it gradually faded from sight by drifting south in the direction of Chicago. The flames, he said, acted as though they were entirely beyond control at times, rising high in the air, as though there had been an explosion, and at times dying almost out of sight. The life-saving crew will have a pull of at least eight miles to reach the burning boat, and it may be several hours before anything definite is learned concerning the fire. Later. The fire was on the tug Peter Dalton, of Chicago, which was towing a schooner towards Chicago. The tug had a large amount of dynamite on board and when the fire broke out there was a lively panic on board. The tug was supplied only with one small hose and the crew was utterly unable to make head against the fire. Just when the fire was getting so warm that the crew was preparing to abandon the boat, the tug Welcome, oi Chicago, bound for Milwaukee, hove In sight and took all the men from the burning tug. The dynamite was taken on the Welcome and the tow cut adrift. The upper works of the Dalton were consumed and it is doubtful if the Welcome succeeds in bringing her to shore. None of the Dalton's crew was injured. Steamer Frleslnnd Libeled. NEW YORK, April 11. James Bell, owner of the steamship Bellarden, of Glasgow, Scotland, has, through his solicitors, filed a libel with Judge Brown, of the United States District Court, against the Belgian steamship Friesland for 100,000 damages. The Bellarden, with a valuable cargo on board, bound for South American ports, was run down by the Friesland off Staten island on April 7. The Scotch vessel was so badly inured that she had to be beached. Sloveiucnts of Steamers. NEW YORK, April 11. Arrived: NewYork, from Southampton; Bolivia, from Naples; La Touraine, from Havre; Etruria, from Liverpool. Sailed: Lucania, for Liverpool; La Bourgogne, for Havre; Spaarndarn, for Rotterdam; Dresden, for Bremen; Kaiser Wilhelm II, for Naples, etc.; Furnessia, for Glasgow; Caledonia, for Mediterranean ports: Hekla, for Stettin, etc.; Mississippi, for London. CHERBOURG, April ll.-Sailed: Augusta Victoria, from Hamburg, for New York. LIVER-POOL, April 1J. Arrived: Georglc, and Umbria, from New York. AMSTERDAM. April 1L Sailed: Zaandam, for New York. HAMBURG. April 11. Arrived: Moravia, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, April ll.-Sailed: Paris, for New York. HAVRE, April 11. Sailed: La Gascogne, for New York. BOSTON, April 11. Sailed: Catalonia, for Liverpool. PREPARATORY SCHOLARSHIP. The Foundation of Education the Most Important Part. Arthur Crosby, in Overland. A safe and satisfactory structure can never be built upon a rickety foundation. Therefore, the course in the preparatory school must not be hurried or shortened for the sake of getting the boy into college within a certain time or at a certain age. This cannot be done "without gross injustice to the boy himself. Better far that he should not go to college at all than that he should go without sound and thorough preparation. . Any young man will be really better educated and better able to hold his own among cultivated people by doing honest work for four or five years at a high-grade secondary school than by managing to struggle through a college course for which he has had no adequate preparation. It Is true that we all know men who had very little schooling In early life, who are yet well informed, interesting, alert, intelligent, really educated men. They educated themselves; they have been observant and studious and thoughtful, and they have succeeded in achieving a high degree of culture. But these very men will feel and regret the loss of early . opportunities more deeply than any others. Besides, such men are rare exceptions. The natural gifts of intellect combined with strength of character which have enabled them to do this are by no means common. The vast majority require all the help and Impulse and uplift' they can get from the best of schools to enable them in after years to make even a respectable record as educated gentlemen. Seollurd's Industry. New York Commercial Advertiser. Mr. Clinton Scollard, the able and Industrious poet, has resigned the chair of English literature at Hamilton College "and will devote more time to writing." It is difficult to see how this may be. For years it has been Impossible to pick up a newspaper or magazine and not find an article, sketch, epic, sonnet, song. rondeau, romaunt, romanza or what-not from the gifted pen of Mr. Scollard. His skilled fingers swept the strings and meiody filled all pace and the copy book of the delighted editor was kept constantly replenished. Working at space rates only this sleepless poet earned a fabulous sum. Instead of teaching English literature at Hamilton College, he actually made It, and seemed not to half try. Now. that he Is to devote himself exclusively to writing more magazines and newspapers must be started without delay. Epoeh Making. New York Advocate. We are In great danger of being suffocated by epochs. Within two weeks we have read of an "epocrw-maktng speech." have been rebuked for delaying the review of an "epochmaking book." have read several articles about an "epoch-making scientific theory," find four . references to "epoch-making issues" in as many denominations, and several references to articles and books as 'marking an epoch in the history of theological thought In this country." The present Is an era of exaggeration, whose epochal point It may be difficult to fix. Most of these things will soon be forgotten, and the date of their appearance will be without significance. Cloudburst and Flood. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 11. Southwestern Wisconsin was visited by a rain last night that resembled a cloudburst. The Kickapoo valley was turned Into a flood that swept away barns, outbuildings, grain and cattle, doing great damage. The storm was accompanied by lightning and several buildings were struck and destroyed. At Baraboo lour Inches cf rain fell la eirht tours.

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action he 3aved the limited. That was an unusual case also. It was the train dispatcher's mistake, so far as I know, but he may have been misled by someone else's blunder. One day the limited was going east In two sections. It Is very, very seldom thit the limited runs in more than one section. A freight was lying in front of Jones's tower waiting for the limited "to pass. The train dispatcher sent out an order saying, 'No. 2 (the limited) will run forty minutes late That gave plenty of time for the freight to get to the next siding. The message should have read: 'Second No. 2 will run forty minutes late.' The first section was cn time. Jones handed the order to the conductor of the freight, who went down out of the tower and started his train on to the main track. "Just as the big freiar... engine began puffing the telegraph instrument began ticking, and Jones read a report saying that the limited had passed the tower above. It was Just around the curve, not a mile and a half away. It was a question of seconds There was no time to run down tne stairs, and it was no use to drop the red signal. The engine had already passed. There was no time to think. Jones grasped his ink bcttle and his red flag. He ran out on the balcony In front of the tower and threw the ink bottle at the engine. Then he waved the red flag and yelled with all his might. The bottle struck the cab and attracted the engineer's attention. He looked up and saw Jones waving the red flag and yelling like a madman. Just at the same moment they both heard the shrill scream of the limited's whistle as she approached the curve. The engineer did not stop to question what it. was. The engine was clear out on the main track. He reversed his engine and sent her bumping hick against the heavy train. The forward motion was stopped, but the train was so heavy that it would not start back. About half the engine was still on the main track. The limited swung around the curve not half a mile away, coming at the rate of forty miles an hour. The engineer of the freight showed wonderful coolness. He ran his engine forward several feet so as to separate the first few cars as far as their drawheads would allow, and give him a chance to get some momentum In his engine going back, and thus start the train. The plan Is known to all engineers, but to deliberat.ely start forward with the limited in sight took nerve. When he hid gone a feyv feet he reversed again and sent the big erigine bumping against the train, and she started back. Jones held his breath and watched. It was not a question of seconds now, but of parts of a second, whether the freight engine would clear the switch before the limited struck It or not. 4The two engines almost seemed to melt together as the limited struck the swltcCi. but the great train, with Its precious burden, went by unharmed. The switch was open for the freight, but it was an automatic spring switch, and when the limited struck It it was forced open along the main line. As soon as the engineer of the limited saw he was safely past he put on steam again, and the great train rolled on out of sight, without ever stopping to ask what had been the matter. The passengers, who were chatting pleasantly in. the cars, may have wondered why there had been such a sudden jerk when the brakes went on just before thev passed the tower, but they nver dreamed of the dinger they had so narrowly escaped. SLEEPY OPERATORS. "A more serlou3 case occurred at a tunnel on the Panhandle. It was a singletrack tunnel, and the officers of the road had perfected a scheme by which they thought it was impossible for an accident to occur. A tower was erected at each end of the tunnel and the two towers were connected by wire. Every train was compelled to come to a stop and get orders from the operator before she could enter the tunnel. Neither operator was allowed to let a train enter the tunnel until he had called up the other opemtor and. got from him assurance that the track was clear. Jones worked at one end and Smith at the other. Jones could not let a train go into the tunnel until Smith said so, and Smith could not let a train go In until Jones said so. The only way a wreck could occur was for each man to let a train go In at the fame time. Even if both operators were to fall asleep at the same time the system would work, for the train conductors going Into the towers for orders would waken the operators. "One night there was a.terrlble wreck In the tunnel. Two trains had met head on. Several of the crews were badly injured, and I think two died. There was a thorough investigation. "The president of the road himself went to the scene of the wreck. The. two operators were called before him. it was Impossible to learn anything about the wreck. Each operator was sure the other had reported the track clear, and could give no explanation of the cause of the wreck- Then the president said: " 'Now. boys, I will tell you what I will Co. I feel sure you knorr how this happened. If yea -will tdl ns I rria civ ycu my rrcr ttt ndtttr cf TZi TrlU t Clzzzrzzl. I - .

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LORD YORK CIGAR thought I had a system here that was absolutely safe, and It is of more importance to me to learn how the wreck occurred than to punish the one who was responsible. I must find out how it happened so that I can take care that it does not occur again. Tell me the truth and I will give you my word that you will not lose your jobs.' Then the two boys confessed. During the long nights they would become sleepy. Sometimes one would fall asleep. Then if a train came the other could not get an answer from him. One night Smith was sleeping soundly and Jones could not get any answer. He did not like to hold the train for fear Smith would lose his job. So he let the train go through. He knew it was perfectly safe, for Smith could not let a train in without calling him up. When the train came out of the tunnel It wakened Smith, and Jones told him what he had done. Then they arranged a scheme so they could both sleep. They always kept the red block down so that no train could enter the tunnel while they slept. If one called and received no answer he knew the other was asleep, and, therefore, the track must be clear, and he let the train in. "One night both were sleeping, as sual. A coal train came to Jones's end of the tunnel. The whistle of the train wakened Jones. He called to Smith and received no answer. So he knew Smith was sleeping and the tunnel clear. He asked th conductor to throw him off a little coal for his fire, as he was entirely out. The conductor threw off two or three lumps and the train started into the tunnel. Those few lumps of coil cost the road thousands of dollars, and I believe they cost two men their livee. "Jones went outside to pick up the coal as the train pulled out. Being outside the tower, the noise cf the train drowned that of his Instrument and he did not hear Smith call. A freight train had come to Smith's end of the tunnel at the exact moment thut Jones was picking up the coaL As Smith did not get any answer he thought, of course, Jones was asleep and the track clear. So he kept the freight in. Then the two trains came together in the tunnel. "The president of the road kept his word with the boys, but he took them oft that tunnel and gave them daylight jobs, where they were not so likely to sleep and could not do so much dajmage If they did slee Those are but three of the many stories lUe them that have come under my person! observation." THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER. Origrlnally the Same Warn Bestowed Upon tlie Allegheny. Pittsburg Dispatch. Capt. Celeron was In many respects a remarkable man. He was the first white xi p to descend both the Allegheny and O i 0 rivers and take possession of the cour..:y in the name of the King of France, Te n years before he penetrated the remote country of the Chickasaws at the head of a small company, and later commanded at various times the French posts at Detroit, Niagara and Lake Charnplain. When toward the middle of the century it became apparent frm the formation of "The Ojlo Company," an organization of English gentlemen, which Included the names of Lawrence and Augustine Washington, brothers of George Washington, that some movement was to be made toward the occupation of te Ohio valley, the French decided to take the initiative themselves. Both parties claim! the territory, the English by right of t'10 discoveries of the Cabots and the French -cu the explorations made by La Salle, ma 1 ; h1GS2. Celeron was the man chosen by the"XrAquls de la Gallssoniere, then Governor funeral of Canada, for the difficult task. His instructions were to follow the Ohio the Allegheny was then considered a :rt cf the former), depositing leaden platv, Maiming rossession. as h went. . On the morning of the 24th of Jct. liO, the party reached Conewango .r; tte little stream connecting Lake Chatj;viua with the Allegheny. They had considerable, difficulty with the Indians, however, so "that it was not until noon of the 23th that they reached the Allegheny proper. Right near Warren Celeron buried the first of the leaden plates, upon which was engraved the following? "in the year 174D. in the reign of Louis XV, King of France, we, Celeron, commander of a detachment sent by M. the Marquis de la Gallssoniere. Governor General of New France, to re-establish tranquility in some Indian villages of thse cantons, have buried this plate of lead at the confluence of the Ohio and Chautauqua, this 29th day of July, near the river Ohio, otherwise Belle riviere, as a monument of the renewal of the possession we have taken of the said river Ohio, and of all thoe which empty into It, and of all the lands on .both sides, as far as the sources of the said rivers, as enjoyed cr ought to have been enjoyed by the Kings of France preceding and as they have there maintained them, selves by arms and by treaties, especially thc8 of RyswlcX Utrecht and Aix 13 Ul t C i11- the ctreoa tt-3 ttu c2T:i V: rlTtrro" its tt xil

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number of votes be is on sale with all n i to one vote, i n girl for whom you wish the n be taken up and counted by n i i i river), because it was thought to be a part of the Ohio. There are different explanations as to how the stream became finally known as the A!leghtnj According to Frederick Post, Allegheny wa the Delaware name for the Ohio. There is another theory that the name comes from the Allegewi, an ancient Indian tribe that one flourished on the banks of the Mississippi. Schoolcraft says "the banks of this stream were in ancient times occupied by an Important tribe, now unknown, who preceded the Iroquois and Delaware.5;. They were called Alleghans by Colden in the London edition of his work, and the river is named Allegan by Lewis Evans In his celebrated map of lTTij." There was also another name used by Evans for the Allegheny. It was Palawa-Kunki. and Is derived from the name given the river by the Shawanesp. Schoolcraft gives the name as PalawiThorikL DUMAS'S ARCHITECTURAL FOLL.Y. The Chateau of Monte CrIfo and It Boundless Hospitality. Emily Crawford, In tho Century. . At his architectural folly of Monte CrUto, near St. QermaLn-en-Laye. which he built at a cost of upward of 700.000 francs, and sold for 26,000 francs In 1S48, Duma had unlnclosed grounds and gardens, which, with the house, afforded lodgings and entertainment not only to a host of Bohemian "fponges," but to all the dogs, cats and donkeys that chose to quarter themselves In the place. It was called by the neighbors "la maison de Bon Dieu." There was a menagerie in the park, peopled by three apes; Jugurtha, the vulture, whose transport from Africa, whence Dumas fetched him, cost 40,000 francs (It would be too long to tell why): a big parrot called Duval; a macaw named Papa and another christened Everard; Lucullus, the golden pheasant; Caesar, the game-cock; a peafowl and a guinea-fowl: Mysouf II. the Angora oat, and the Scotch pointer, Pritchanl. This dog was a character. He was fond of canine society, and used to sit In the road locking out for other dogs to invito them to keep him company at Monte Crlsto. He was taken by his master to Ham to visit Louis Napoleon when a prison there. The latter wished to keep Prltchard, but counted without the frnteliigence of th animal hi asking Dumas before his face to leave hlm behind. The pointer set up howl so piteous that the governor of th prison withdrew the authorization he had given his captive to retain him. Some of the dogs that Prltchard invited in ytaj'ed altogether; others remained only for a meal. ! employer, "Does monsieur know how many cogs there are in his property?" "No. i'iohel, I dont." "Well, there are thirteen.' "An unlucky number. Take care that they don't all eat together, for If they did on would be sure to die In the year." "Oh. It's not that that troubles me." pursued Michel. "What is it. then?" "I'm thinking that all these brutes are able to devour in one day a whole ox corns and all." "You don't mean to sav that they'd eat the horns?" "Oh. If monsieur takes th matter as a Joke. I have nothing more (o pay." "But I don't see any joke in it." "Well. then. Just let me lay the whip on twelve of them, and the house will be ril of them right away." "Walt a bit. Michel. Tou see that all these dogs, in quartering themselves here, pay a compliment to the house. Give them a grand dinner to-morrow, and at the end of the dessert tell then to clear out. If they don't go. show severity." Michel was withdrawing, when Dumas relented. "Hold!" h cried. "Yoa ee,'When the bon Dieu gives us riches, a fine house and pcj"itlcn, he alsa impesrs charges upon us. Since the dogs which, after all, are his creatures, too are In th house, I prefer that they stay. I don't believe that anyone was yet ruined by what poor brutes te. However, see that th number of thirteen Is changed." "Wll monsieur let me turn one away, and then there will be only twelve?" "No: encourage Prltchard to Invite another, which wi:i bring them up to Xourteer." "But It will then b a pack." "With all my heart. Pvided the dogs don't quarrel and go mad." They never did bark and bite, but lived in fraternal kindness until Monte Cristo wa sold. Dumas, before he left It. got thirteen friends to take as many dogs, and kept Prltchard, Who died with him of old ase. A Kansas Editor Shot. WELLINGTON. Kan.. April 11. A senwtlonal tragedy occurred at South Haven. th: county, yesterday. Editor Charles Brar.scomb, of the South Haven New Era, was mortally wounded In a shooting affray between A. A. Richards, editor of the Wellington Daily Mall, and Rcbrt Simmons, editor of the Caldwell Newa. He died thli afternoon. No arrests have been made. Ths , D ANBURY HAT COMPANY If Incited at No, 8 East Vtshir.-tca street.

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