Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 September 1893 — Page 2

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WEEKLY COOKIE K. O. DOAXK, X'ublinhor.

"JASPER.

INDIANA.

CURRENT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

-r.. u.,ir nf lhnrlnnd raised tho tute

of discount to 5 per cent, on tc -1-Uh.

Ax Impression is growing about the

canltol that tue present. . session of congress may come to an nd about tle middle of September. 0imRK3 have Wen issued by the trcasnrv department to all sub-lrens-urics to payout gold over the counters the same asother classes of money. Ovk trainman In each reguUr freight -crcir between Pittsburgh i and Chicago .t. Fort Wayne & Uii-

cago system was kml off imJehnitely on

the 21st

ft.-. ..t Y the trr-cenback, and

one Of its most consistent and unfalter- .. .1 linn. Gorge O. Jones

. iv. üntnn irnin Ni!W Yorlt

reaencu mwui,i - on the Utst.

Tri v ate Skchk.tx.tiy TiirmiKit defies the Teport that the president 1s suffering from Uright's disease or any other orct-nie trouble. He is only worn out fron: overworkPn- Wyman, of the marine feosp'ltnl service, has been notified that -cholera is'prevalent in St Petersburg ;m ept.demicfonn. There is no emigration from St Petersburg. Tltr. imports, exclusive of specie, at

'the port of New York for tnc cck ended on the 19th. were $7,,. 3. 643, of which f '.,457,890 were dress gootts and 15,-510.134 general merchandise. OwiNOto the prevalence of cholera :.n Russia the Turkish government has ordered a five days' quarantine against all vessels arriving at Constantinople from. Kussian ports except Hatoum, Odessa and Sevastopol.

While plavlng baseball 'in Chicago, on the 20th, Peter Nyland was struck in the back of the neck by a ball irom the hands of the pitcher and almost instantly killed.his neck being broken. .He died without a word. , Dk. Chaumoskt, councillor of the duchy of Saxe-Altcnburg. while descending the Schwarzenstein mountain, in Tyrol, on the 2!st, slipped into the crevasse of a glacier and disap- ' pcared. Rescue was impossible. Cholera has reappeared in Moscow, Kieff and northeast Hungary. In Moscow the outbreak is anost serious. There were thirty-two cases and eleven deaths in the convict forwarding prison .at that city between tho 1st and 11th r,-T.i-innnrr liii-dnoss men of Leav

enworth, Kas., met, on the 22d, and de.i..,i irnm the. ehv and county

authorities protection for all miners

willing to return to wo. w..-v .... rniiink vpire nlaced at the

MUCUVU ..... shafts on the 23d.

M. C. Ccktin of the

punti nnilnn linR -made an assign

Vyll VV. Mi rncnt, tying up nearly a million of lease district money recently received , i, imwrnmeiiL His bond Js

only f30,000 and bherc are many hints

of dark developments. t-,,1. r,-nneh imvernment has prom

ised to give Italy complete satisfac

tion for the Aguis-Mortes massacre.

famiUnc nf thfi-victims. as well as

t.A ,Pn.binirmKii nomneled by the antl

Italian agitation to leave the district,

will be fully Indemnities

Vibtfps intxnitKn unemployed work

in MiUvmikpe made a demonstra

Hon on the 22d, und serious trouble was averted only by the prompt action ni nnlire after the mob had pil

laged the street stands of the greengro

cers and commission men.

nl of cnualization

has completed its work of adjusting

valuations for the purpose 01 uuc -uia The total valuation of all prop

(n flu. st-tto. excepting railroad

property, is ?.i.VVJG5,030.50, an increase

Of ll,2ö'-,lsf.'J ior llie year.

trniible developed, on the

otit ihn Hrn:i(hvnv market, hast

N". Y.. due to the bold robbery

r T-nrisinn stands bv unemployed

1'oleR, large numbers of whom are out

of work, and having exnausteo um re bources of the poormaster have rt-sort

ed to robbery to .supply meir auu-..

Tue state buildings and adjacent tin World's fair were ablaze

with mellow light, on the night of the

22tl. in honor of the est romi cnoeis,

who were given an interstate recep

4 ?nn n ml festival. The entire north

end of .luekson park was brilliantly il

luminated. and music was on every

"breath of air.

CoxniiMATiox of the report of the f In steamer Uorcas with the

harge Ella Stewart in tow was received t ll,.1ifv V nn thii 24 th. TllO

vessels left Sydney, Cape Itreton, on the 10th, with seventeen souls on board, n f wl.nni nn said to have perished.

The wife and four children of the chief

engineer were among the number.

Tun weekly statement of the nssoinn,l Winks of New York, issued on

iob. Nlimvs thu following changes:

Iteservc. increase, $1,499.075; loans, de

crease, 5,255,500; specie, increase, i.i"t.O00: legal tenders, decrease,

s?ni ?nn? ilnnnsits. decrease. 81,001,100;

circulation, increase, 8702,200. The

Wink lurid ?l'.0t500 below the re

quirements of the 25-per-ccnt. rule

fluxtra Session.) Tnr. senate wus not In session on tho Wh . ... . .H,n..lv nflpr the reinr

Intr iho Journal. Die UcKite on tho Uson t)U wiu resuuuul. lr. McCrrary ulcm. by . .i... i..i.trniitrnni monetary fonier-,

nee. tellverli tho principal speoch of tho . day In mlvocacy of iho repeal of tho purenuv

Inz clause ot tho Mtcnnun neu

scstou was held for tho continuance ui

ilctinte.

In the senate, on tho 21st, Mr. Morrill kpoko In .unport of tho 1)111 discontinuing pur-

chuso o( stiver uuinon, mu Mantle tenntorshl vras taken up, üi4 the ul'.i

to nhl tho MUlwmtcr nanonui cipusinu av San KrancUco wai passed 1 tho h'juso the tändln committees Acre, atnouncort by

i... .,..!-r nn.l ftnnrnviMI. IHK ll"OIl Ulli

trtiakeA up and occupied tht remainder of the day nd an cvetnt,esMoiu

is the senate, n tho J, tim feature or tnc rtay's rroceedlntfs wan tho sfoveh of Mr. Voorhecs. chnirraan t tha eomwfite on tlnanee.U

favor of tho IjUI tnlrouuivn ny mm -or iuc rciHttl of the tnirchasln elnus of tS s Sherman law A consWorabl portion of .ho se. slou was pssed In ft discussion o! the amendjirent to thf bill to increase the circuit Un of .tlonal U.nks, but without action In the 'Kmw., ihxiiv-tr iinitie was continued. Tho

surprise of tho day w tho speocn oi r, ncp-

burn (re&.. la.), wno was coinpirunr u .uc

tretwun under the last numinisirauou, m Ulsaifreed with hi party colleagues and emphatically declared ntralnst tho repeal of th Sheritan law. ..in nn ihn Mii. Mr. Peffcr's rcsolu-

4.. v. r- - . tion ettlllnu for Infommtlon us to the violation

of la.- by the national banns oi iiimun, .- York nnd Philadelphia in returns prompt

payment of checKsin currency was uiv miujwi. of an Interesting discussion, lnstlns until tho morning hour expired, when it went to the calendar. Tho retwrt and resolution of tho

committee cn privileges anil elections in iaor of the right of Mr. Lee Mantle to a seat in the senate under tho oppointment of tho governor of Montann was taken up. debated and decided

in the negative, a moiion 10 rccun.-r .. pending when the scnato adjourned In tho bouse the regular and evening sessions were devoted to the further discussion of tho Wilson bill IX the rinate. on the 2Uh. an amusing scene took place on the question ns to whether Mr. I'effcr tpop., Kan.) or Mr. Stewart trep., Nov.) should have the privilege of addressing the senate. The speaker ruled In favor of Mr. Stewart, who then gave way to Mr. I'cffer. who delivered a three-hours' speech In support of his amendment to tho Voorhees bill, for .....i ..niimitn.i mlniL'.' of silvcrat the ratio

11 VV Hi UUH...IVW - - " of jc to 1 In the houso the dtscusslon of the Wilson bill was continued under the flve niln-

utc rule.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A dispatch from Washington of tho

ü3d says: "Viewed from a treasury ; .standpoint the general financial situation of tho country shows improvement, slight perhaps, but, it is believed, permanent Hank failures have almost entirely ceased; banks that had suspended under the financial stringency are resuming business; gold, whh'"h lately poured out of the country, is returning, and a general feeling ci confidence is being restored."

.rni'.n lv the excessive use of liquor

Douglas Curtis, a switch thrower in the

employ of the Western inuiana iauroad Co., in Chicago, on the 20th murdered his 7-year-old daughter, desperately wounded his wife, and then blew out his own whisky-soaked brains.

Tin: business portion oi iniocK, Wash., was destroyed by lire early on

the 22d, the losses aggregating -iu.uuu.

Miss Alice hciuiaoe, oi asum-

rm c tr. has returncU trom ueipsie,

where for the past three years she has

been pursuing her musical stiuues ai

the royal conservatory, bhe unngs (

with her some of the most distinguished honors ever conferred upon an

American girt stuuying aoroau. A cnirrnrn nrnund the IieW Metll-

4 V i-' v ft ' - - - odiht Episcopal church at Sault Ste. . ' .. . .1... Ol.l

Marie, .Mieli., gave way, on um -isi,

while a large stone was being carrieu

upon it bv eight men. Amos tieaiy, a

Finlander, was struck by the falling

stone and died in a few minutes, an the others were more or less seriously urt . rnr.. Ai'ot'RTUS G. Paine, a promi

nent manufacturer of New York city,

has sent his check for 8 l,oou to a newspaper there, to be used in relieving the destitute unemployed. Tiik nriee of silver advanced nearly

two cents an ounce on the 22d. The yacht Sylvic, with its owner, E. F. I'ratt, a prominent Hoston real estate dealer, and a family party of

eleven aboard, was, on the 22d, two davs overdue from Newport Fears T .... - 1

were felt that tney nnu gone uown.

The comptroller or tue currency nas

7 - 4.1..

nnnn nti x. i Morris receiver oi nie

Pirt nütional ban c ot .Marion, mis.

SI t1

Ministeh Hi.ou.vt nrriveu at tasu

ington on the 22d nnd Jiad a pro

tracted interview with becretary

(Irixlmm.

l'Hivrr. isEsiiKito von Hirstein ana

Mice l.'lnn.nea Tullmnn. daughter or

cnrfr.. M. Vnllnian. the Chicago mil

lionaire of palace-ear fame, are said to

u oiifTiirrnil. Miss l'UHiiiaii nas ueen

ttnvlntr of late at Elberon, N. .T., with

n --

lier mother, rrince iscnuerg von inrstein is about K0 years old. He is of

very high rank, being the great-great-.mnilsnn nf Marie Theresa, of Austria.

ö. ... . ,.

E. E. Mitchell, a mercnani oi uicu-

d a local consul of the

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L. A. W, nrrivcil in Seattle, asn., on the 21st, on a safety, having traveled

R.ltlO miles on his wheel since .nay u.

"NIikh Ax.vir. IIOWARD. of .New ur

lentis, will shortlv become the bride of

rn.r ilnirivnn. Chicago's mavor. In

v, t - w n '

his life timelier father. "Charley" now

ard, was a heavy .stockholder in the

Lmiklntm lotterv. W'heii he (lieu in

Vi.w Ynrlr a fw rears ago he left a

fi-iitn. of about 8-'0.000.000. .Miss

Howard received a fifth, but she has

fritrnn 1.000.000 to cliat'itv.

tJ ' ' t" ,

i!niit-iiT ivnr.r.H. marine sunenuivu

rin in i.ifurnnil for the Cuiianl

Steamship Co., and eight friends were

returning, on the U'Jii, in a .saw own, frntll n (Kill III' nxcursion hp the Mersey,

r .. ' . ..... i. ' .

if inn ii ciifi in Minn unsei- nie

and all nine men sank before help

rvmld nneh them.

A vi'Miii'.n of Cherokee strip boomers

..imriivi In ihn Arkansas vallev Huts

i . . .. -i ...i

HMini i r run nut. OH ullC U'M. 1V UlUMm

.li.ii rise of the river, losing their

wagons, teams, tents, etc., nnd It is

f.mi-i.ii tiisit kfrinii oi i nein were

drowned. A family who attempted to

ford the Salt Fork are reported to nave

been swept away. - , mm It.

Tin. iiiimir :il board oi leaitn. on me

"i'd. nnnnunced that there had been so

fni. ibiH Mimmcr onlv four cases oi

cholera In Uermany. Three of the per

W. W. Ooilvie, the milling millionaire of Canada, estimates the yield of

.in. nt in MiuitioiifL nnu i lie iioriuweM

.i,!u v.Mir nt tibout twentv bushels per

acre,' or a total yield of about 10,000,000 bushels. The quality of the crop, he says. Is the best ir grown in the

northwest

EnwAitn Freeman and cn.. Luwton

met on Wylie avenue, Pi .ua.m-gh. Pa., on the 22d, and had a br ict tant( when the woman walked aw y, shohadnot gone ten steps when Fryman shot her through the head r Mi 4ne,, r,.d u Vail into his own hea('4 n,nx shots proved

lata 1.0 Mr. Sami t wlhiiTON, au aged paralytic lady r osi,iing near Webt Unity 0,, met der th jn l horrible form on the evening j xhe 21st. A spark from thu

btove ig nitod her clothing, ana beiore

nssistr ,ncs could arrive her bony was burr. ed to a crisp. Supers from Washington were rec ivel nt Guthrie, Okla., on the 2!ld, to discontinue nil work on the land office

buildings and town surveys in mo strip until new locations were secured. This will delay matters so that the land offices cannot be completed by

September 1ft. neither can a supply oi

water be secured at the towns, aim

much suffering will ensue. Anni.-r 1.(100 idle Polish workmen

sT.iMiirid nt Lincoln park, Milwaukee,

. . . , . -s

m tlu Sil. nncl tor a snori nine m

looked as though the outcome would ln.r lnbor riot such as startled

the country six years ago. The police

nrrlvi'd iust in time to prevent blood

iw.,i Tin various factions had split

and engaged in a war with sticks and

stones as 'weapons. Pi tiiir" thread mills, at Newark, N.

.1.,' which hud been shutdown for three .......w ,-iiiiwil onerations. on the

-T4 Vlll fill t hree-miarters time.

Miii.- Iowa state democratic conven

tion met in lies Moines on the 2!id.

' Gov. Hoies was unanimously nomi ti1 for re-oleetion.

I Leaihno land lawyers of Guthrie,

Okla.. say that Secretary Smith s reg I t..t i!i t ton rnnnirements for strip set

I tl..r n.r. illei'al. and advise settlers to

pay no attention to them, but enter the . sti-in on the onening duv and settle

Ninnii In n.l in the usual wav.

. . ..4i. .

South Chicaoo was visited, on uie 21th, with an extensive conflagration which destroyed 200 houses and rendered 5,000 people homeless. So iapid was the spread of the flames that many persons narrowly escaped from their burning homes, and scenes of panic nnd confusion rivaling those of the great fire of 1871 were witi

A Moil of 500 men surrounded the lumber mills of II. M. Loud & Son's Lumber Co. at Oscoda, Mich., on the 24th, and forced the employes, who were working at a reduction to quit work. The mob then marched to the company's cedar yards and stopped operations there. At a crossing between Lexington and West Alexandria, O.,on the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinac railroad, Mrs. Win. Hapner and daughter, aged 17, were struck bv a train, oc the 20th, and instantly killed. A little girl aged 15 years was also seriously injured. U. W. Parkkr, who was under arrest in San Francisco for embezzlement in Chicago, shot himself, on the

i 2Md, when he learned that extradition papers were on the way for his removal to the east. His wife was with him at the time. J 1 II tilt A IS. Iba second victim of

t A "( vellow fever at Hrunswick, Ga., ilied on the 2:5d. No new cases are reported, Ilia royal highness Prince Yorihito, cousin of the reigning mikado of Japan and second from the throne, arrived at Winnipeg, Man., on the 24th, from Vancouver, en route to the World's fair. Fire in the village of Merced Falls, Cal., on the 24th, destroyed the Merced -woolen mills, Nelson's flour mills and a large warehouse containing woolen goods. Loss, 8200.000; insurance, 8100,-

000.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. IN the Senate, on the 25th, Mt. Vest (Mo.) had the clerk read a communication fmm tliiiliretorof thcmitit. giving

I statistics of the purchase, cost and coin-

age ot silver, ami lnicnueu as a rum nation of the position assumed by Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Hill (X. Y.) then got the floor and delivered a set speech . . .. . m . I -1 .

in favor oi the repeal oi tue onermau

act and of the free coinage oi suver.....

In the house the debate on the Wilson I

bill, under thu flve-minute rule, was

continued and extended into an even

ing session.

In Di'N's commercial review, for the

week ended on the 25th, opens with

flu fnllnwiiifr cheering comment: "lhe

improvement observed last week has

become more distinct and general. While actual transactions have increased but little, the change in public ... , i ri . .

feeling is noteworiny. mere anfewer failures, either of banks or of important commercial or manufactur

ing concerns, than ior some wccks

past." seiiPTAiiv CAm.tKi.K sent a letter to

the house, on the 25th, recommending the appropriation of $300.000 for continuing the coinage of fractional silver

coins, and asking that the appropriation be made available immediately.

Tin-mi-: were nine deaths from chol

era in Naples on the 25th. Five cases

and one death were reported rrom Lat 4. .. A I

sino. about tiny nines norinwest oi

Naples, and four new cases and two deaths from Paltnero.

Tiik rrarrison in Naples has been

strengthened by 12,000 troops, who are

.v.nmiiiir in the nrincmai souares oi the

city, and are kept moving from district

to district to disperse rioters.

Tili. timeidiMit. Wit 1 i.oi. ljninont.

Gov. Russell. Mr. Josenh Jefferson and

several other gentlemen, took a cruise

to the fishing grounds in lluzzanrs bay

Oil the ''.'.111.

Titp.iiK were two new cases of vellow

fever at Hrunswick, Gn., on the 25th,

mill um ease renortcd among the

Hrunswick refugees at Helena, in that

state.

Tin T.iiwreiiee ftvnO Water Co.

iliou- the tires at its numnhousc. on

...... ,1 . ... . i... i. i

the uran, ami cioseu wie wonts, leaving . ... .. i

but a lew hours supply in uio sianu

pipe.

Tin: steamer Columbia arrived at

Ww York, on the -1th. bringing MM).

000 gold. The Campania, due on thu

24th, brought ?4,R3.i,ooo gold. . 4 k m

A xiif.iTAiiv rnrfinti m m lnrno nrnnni

llrtinKivic.it. (la., ittul iHicmlo can notlhnr

... T T 4 - . - enter nor leave unless they take a train . 4 til.... J.

through to Atlanta.

Wm. Fostku, a brick mason, was rim over and terribly niangled on the L., E. ,fcSt. L. i till way in Princeton early Im iillwi- morning.

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Nkli.ii: Gray, a prepossessing youu huly of Kot bester, stole a horse and buggy ami was chased thirty-one miles before being recaptured. 1 A 1.4.

Somi; unknown party nrouo u

residence of Mrs. Eliza Cramlaii. wm,

lives ahme in the outskirts ot Aimerii j. 1 .ttKiiiriwl

son, and brutally oeai h

her, Tho old lady is over o years .. She made a brave light for her honor, but the fiend accomplished his purpose.

From the description given m

the police arrested Etl thristinan, u

hcMlearrier, t)f Andursou. .Mrs. urammu

reuognizetl him as tho man wno ci.umittod the assault

Tiik condition of affairs through me neighborhood of North Vernon is nlTh continued drouth

has cut the corn crop short, and has

threatened many oi the poorer u ...ii. wnni Fields and fences are dry

as tinder; and along the railroad track

large sircas have been nurneii over. i is probable that miles of fences havo been destroyeil in southeastern Indiana. A fire was burning in the woods north of there several miles, the other night Coneernlng the condition of crops, it is said that farmers near (Ireensbnrg and Columbus will suffer heavier losses than those in extreme southeastern Indiana. Thürk whs a destructive fire at Hirdseve, fifteen miles from Huntington, the other night Thirty-eight buildings were burnetii including all the business houses, and seventeen families made homeless. Total loss, JOO.OOO; insurance, $25,000. John Ho als nnd James Parker, neighboring fanners, met in the road near Shelbyville after dark, the other I i.ii4 mill renewed an old ouarrel.

1 loa Is wan severely leaten about the head with a large rock,, and is in a dangerous condition. Hknj. liAurzoo, a prominent farmer of the northern part of Hamilton county, has made an assignment J. T. Driver is assignee. Thk fifth annual meeting of the old settlers, of llandolph and Jay counties, was held at Kidgeville a few days ago. Tiik scheme for the great electric road, running from Chicago to Indian

apolis, with branches to the gas oeu lias eollapsed. J. Pennington, inventor of the living machine that did not fly, was back of it About fifty men were employed in grading. When they demanded their pay Pennington left as did two other gentlemen, supposed tobe capitalists from London. Philadelphia and elsewhere. The capital of the company was said to be ft. 000,000,

but it was not regularly incorporaicu. Jacoii Nokl, of Elkhart, a life prisoner for murder, has been pardoned. Wm. How, shot several days ago nt Urn nil by John Mclve3', is dead. Tiik boiler in the electric light and water works power house at Franklin exploded. A sill weighing a ton was blown over 100 yards. The building the. tQpk'life ami burned, with its contents. Loss, $10.000. John Dennis, fireman, was badly hurt and may die. Martin Dennis was badly hurt, but will recover. ' A 1'AiNTEH named Glick, thirty-five years of age, who was one of a camping party south of Terre Haute, was drowned a few days ago. The memliers of the party, including Glick, had leen drinking and it is not known if he fell in the water or went in bathing. His companions did not miss him for two hours, lie leaves a family.

Ykars ago Claibom Williams, one cf

the wealthiest farmers in nartnoiomcw county, died, leaving his eight children near twenty thousand dollars each. Harry became a drunkard nnd gambler. The other night he hitched up a team at midnight, loaded in fifty-seven bushels of wheat and drove it to market and sold it. He was arrested and jailed at Columbus in default of bail, even his own folks refusing to go on his bond.

Tiik Evansville and Terre Haute rail

road monthly pay car reached lerrc Haute, the other day, a week late. The men were greatly surprised at not re

ceiving their money. In j.lace of the

cash their envelopes contained uuuk

checks dated September u nnu mis no

tice: "Owing to the scarcity oi currency ml tin. refusal of New York banks to

ship currency, and the inability to con

vert drafts nnd bills oi exenange into j currency in the west we arc compelled i

this month to pay our employes in ehecks dated September 11. It is be

lieved the present unusual condition

whicli makes this necessary wm soon pass away, and by next mouth we will

be able to reliirn to our lormcr practice of paving in currency." The men tried

to discount the ehecus in tue uanusaiiu

with merchants, hut failed. 1 here was

much indignation and talk of a strike . 4 . 1 it

in consequence, but it is uoweveu mo trouble has blown over.

Vi'i.i.ik (Jiiay. the woman who stole

a horse and buggy at Valparaiso, some days ago, had a preliminary hearing

the other day and was nounu over to tin circuit court She seems to bo a

hardened criminal, nnd wns very J ml if-1 fcrent during the trial. .Mayor Arthur W. Urapy, of Marion, filed his bond of $50,000 and accepted tho receivership of the Citizens' National bank. His' bondsmen are Arthur Patterson, C. A. Spilker, Edward Tuhey and James Spraukle. Hv a local election Hrazll has decided to build C-80,000 worth of gravel roads. Cook & WniTLnv's circus, which showed at Spencer, the other day, was accompanied by a gang of pickpockets, gambler, th'eves and confidence men who fleeced the fanners and others out of several thousand dollars. Hykorp E. Ci nn'INOHAM, a popular Ohio and Mississippi railway conductor, near Seymour, fell from a carload of lumber at Ft Kitner, upon his head, breaking Iiis neck. i i um vn'n barn, the largest in

.iaiiii county, together with his wheat

ciVp. lny un'5 fnrm 'nP'0nu,us NV,,! tntWllv destroyed by fire. Lose, e.",000;

inr.ired. Caused by a 'threshing en

ffitfc.

A TORNADO OF HUE.

3r Two Hmidrt'il llullillnic '

t'hlraico Ituriiril. Iiii-iuuhik - dturrhm, YanU nd lMk-Flv Tnm. und lliimrli lViiil lriiltl.' Ililltloii of Iii Hprrtul or tUv ConlliKritlii. Cihpaoo. A ii if. 25. A fire which, in

the extent of territory it covered, rlvhis Chicago's historic conflagration, began in that part of tho city, known as

South Chicago, anout -t o eiocu jwiv.dny afternoon. The 50,000 people com-

prising the liiliaimants oi mo were nreeinltated into a panic second

onlv in this eltv to that which charac- ... -. ,. . ..... ml...

tenzed tho conflagration oi is i. loss Is estimated at 250.000, and nearly

5,000 people are rendered nomeies. The lire started in a three-story brick building at the corner at Ninety-first and Superior avenue, and within two hours had consumed thirty buildings and five blocks of the greatest industrial suburb of Chicago. Among the Hist buildings to fall was the First Methodist church at the corner of Ninety-first and Superior avenue, and the German Lutheran church on the

opposite corner. ' Hurdle had these more pretentious

structures been leveled to the ground than the tire was detected blazing in a dozen places further east. After Superior avenue the Haines reached and crossed Ontario avenue, UulTalo avenue, Mackinaw avenue and Green Hay avenue to the lake. The local fire department was powerless to ch-ck the progress of the lire, and when engines and fire tugs were sent from this city their efforts were directed to saving

the immense lumberyards lying vimin n few blocks of the fire. The district between Superior avenue and the lake wiis filled with frame structures that burned rapidly as the strong wind carried clouds of smoke laden with sparks and embers in all directions. The steeples of the two large linil lmrdlv tonnlcd over 1m-

fore the whole nrea of five blocks was

full of viiiüll fires. As the nine struc

tures in which lived the working men - . . . i . .. 1

employed in the large steel miiis, aim in wlii!i the mmdier merchants of the

nlnee made their homes, were leveled

in tlie lnarint furnace, those whose

homes had not yet fallen fled with their families and household chatties

to the other portions of the citv

llefore the scores of engines had

nvule the least annreciablc effect upon

111., tlnmiic the immense docks of the

Sundnv Creek Coal Co. at Harbor nve-

nne n nil tbe river were burning. Over

a hundred thousand tons of coal were stored in the immense bins belonging to this company which extended 500 feet along the river front .t the same moment the A. K. Heck lnmlier vards on the dock front and al

most as elaborate, were found to be burning. When the fire began in the coal yards every engine that could le spared, ami the powerful steamer YoSemite, as soon as it reached the harbor, was brought to fight the fire. The house at Superior avenue nnd Ninety-first street, in which the fire began, was owned by William Gillis and occupied by him as a residence. Those who saw the spread of the fire say that from the three-story frame structure it sprung to a cottage adjoining on the west Urands falling upon

WEEKLY TRADE ttEVIEYY.

Improrrmriit Im Conditio llr(iinln( Mum ltlMtlnrt and irn.-rl. mmiI t'ullurr Nimirrnun-Motii-y A l.tttl i:.ulr, TIiohkIi foUi-i t Ion Still Soiiit-ulmt Klf. Mt-ult Mmii)" lutluttrlNl KnlitblWuti. nt, JlfKiimliisr ml Other Clolii-Hrtilpt of tlold From i:uropu Unity, I'.tr. Ww Yimif . Am, "tl. IL G. Dun .fc

,Co.'s weekly review of trade, published

this morning, says: The imiirovt in"ut ol served last wet has liecoino much more distinct and cein-rat

whlla nctual traiimictlons havo mt rvawn ut little, the t'lcnKo 1 public fee! tin: Is teworthy. Tlieie an fewer failures, eltlnr () hanks or. of Important commercial or 11.111 faeturlntf concern, than for homo ttceljs in-t. In New York dlastern have teen Rvntdeii y a. Kcner.il pot Ilm,' of resources nnd a iri uti-r spirit of uutual lielpfulnest and ror'u:r.iti.-j than was seen som weeks ao- O.i .astock fitlluro for neveral nilllloiH wa- thus lirovented In Wall utreet on Thursday, nvl ttia market for sceurllloM, thouuli at tliw. .itpressed ly the elr.slnif of heavv loan, hat Wta extremely dull without material decline Money on call Is more abundant nnd Unvrr, many Interior loans huvo'teen lald vrica the hanks ceaeil to send currency uwav aod advanced their rates for renewing or i xtnang such loaim; hut there Is llttlo relief j re-

siwcLs mercantllo accommodations, laof chocks In the place or currency !mriMt, ... - .... . .1... I, nn.ir. ..

aim iuu nctrviury 01 iu uwuij. ... nn Infililrt Imu wintnil Hint no lrual O'ji' itlni

exists to the use of sipht drafts on New Ynrtt

for small sums in payment 01 uonui. .ii u;i. iiiMiitv nf -nllii ilim und the interrlllil ii ilii cf

exchange are nearly as serious as ever Th8

numher of inihistriai eMai)itnmeiu n-" lunnj lieulns to comtiaro fairly with the nurah r -.top.

plnif work. It cannot as yet he said that ifca

army of unemployed lias bepunio uecrM-" tiut

tlieniiumons 10 Jl are inucn smuurr u.an in trevlouf. weeks. Many resumptions on!-, -anw that tii? stoppauo was really teinivorary. "r iti:

wae controversies nave oeen setiicu.

A little better demand appears ior ,tne ..uiiifi.t u kuf-ti iiu urlrr rutlH mill tirirlw-1 win.

Did unrlis nf irlili-h IlIllinrtKKt lirOtlU haVS

teen Idlo for nearly two mouths. K.! L'' nral

the consumption lias so lar uecr'a -'at .orthern lurnaees are offerlnK pl-Iroa 11! .nt low ftaures, and standard makers in I'-misjl-

vanla aro contcmplathw a reduction. Tho weekly output or Connellsvil' r ke It r,n.S5 toni. l.T.'-Mi ovens telns idlo an only 1,112 In op-ration. Numerous cancellations of orders ha-d-pressed copper to 0? cents, nearly tin- .i.west price on record. Tho rhlpmcnt of lioets and slioe! fr n. Rnj. ton show a decrease compared with lftear of 0(1 per cent, for tho week and t!l l r cent since June, and countermands still nfN-t neu orders at the east. thouRh sotnevvh.it nion activity Is reiortcd here and some s mthra buying. Tcstiici chow no improvement. Twflv mills have temiorarily closed and no: . have resumed. Demands tor uoods uro narrow and uncertain. In stocks thu nveravre of pricei chanted very little; sales for tho entlr wecic have loan less than have sometimut -n re corded la a sliißle active day. Traniactions in productt have t'en aail oa the whol and while 1 rices cener..'!y tend

downward there is no violent chan.v Tho enormous stocks still depress prU' ? totU wheat and cotton. ThouRh currency Is at a premium.." lto2 ,r cent, tho demand Is less than a wr U .10, Kecelpts of Kold from Kuropedurlns t!imnt week have been i-s.T00.Oi". but the It.ua "f KnBland ha raised Its rate to 5 per cent which is expected to stop further shipments i f irolil ... . ... . 1 - 4 1 . .A V.a

to mis country, an ine i;hik iu rrjua-wi wi .1,... il... ..1 U.-....U nSmit tl llMKiri Ths

absorption of money hat not yet ce.i-.-d. und

crodit sutstituies as yet poony u-;-iy m place.

Failure? during: tne weeK numuer i ' ia im United State- and la) In Cana In. ' t'i i ummirclal failures In tho United Statt s 1 u wera

In east tern states, ia iouthern ai 1 1Ma

western.

CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO.

a building at the corner of Huffalo avenue and Ninety-first street, ono square further west soon started a blaze which spread north and south on Huffalo avenue. Continuing from the center of the fire, at Gillis house, four two-story ftame houses on the north side of Ninety-first street were soon swept away. The flumes snrnnt? across Ninety-

first street to the north side, where

three frame structures quickly disappeared before the sweep of the flames. Smith on Snnerior avenue the two-story

frame house of Squire Mayo caught fire frmn the current of hot air and sparks,

and, this structure ablaze, the increas-

ino- volume of flame leaped across cm

pcrior avenue to the west side, whero

a three-story tenement nouse was so-m ii-i-nnn.i 1 in the smoke that preceded

what was now growing to be a tornado

of fire.

A dozen houses in the vicinity of Superior avenue and Ninety-first street had now been swept away in the gust of the fire's whirwind; the early fright of the people began to give way to the panic which in another hour. precipitated a flying army toward the other portions of the city. North of Ninety-first street on Superior avenue, the early stages of the lire burned five one and one-half story frame cottages belonging to John Idason. .in.! oast of Superior avenue, on the

north side of Ninety-first street, was the residence of .lohn Harrington, which soon .melted nway, nnd it was then that the fire jumped into the southeast corner of Superior avenue and Ninety-first street, nnd the Ger

man Lutheran church was marked by the long tongues of flame. There was no hone of saving the church, which, although of wood, was the worshiping place of many South Chicago people and a pretentious structure. Following the German Lutheran church ami the school attached to it,

the Methodist church on the nortneast

corner of Superior and lorty-flrst street was next engulfed in tho blaze.

l.r !. slliY i'ale from the east,

antl afforded much headway by tho

lack of protective means, the lire urn disastrous work. Over '200 dwellings nnd buildings were laid low, rendering

5,000 people homeless, aggregating me total loss far into the hundreds of

thousands of dollarsCo.tl MlnliiR Itcmiliied lit l'ltlhurfr1i. I'lTTSitntrm. Kas., Aug. 1. -About Ä00 miners are at work at Krontenac 4.ii. mill t he hoisting of coal is go

ing on as of old. What is known as the miners' train on the Santa Fe hero

1,. !rst iriti since May !, with

about fifty miners. The contract and the rules as agreed to by the union aro considered better than those rejected .im. nrfo: but it is the general

,'t, hero that Tresideiit Walters

wanted a loophole to escape, and was In favor of anything that would let him out gracefully cftcr rejecting tfi9

first one tiubmiiuu.

OpohiK I'ollllklnR Tarty Ä rroop TstrV' ' Irin 3tin. i'Ä e Many l'rltoÄ

Srlfiu FIKlit Inn Iletwren poliic l'ollll- . . . . . . . . .... ..

rai i-nrii- in. AiurmiiK linUrd The Fcdrtnl Troopi

llnnd A mil 11 t the Cardrt

Fight it Ileoprratf. llattte-

er llelca-d.

Eaqi.k Pass, Tex.. Aug. 25. A w

rious fight took place yes.tcnt.iy ve-

tiveen iirmeil bodies of the OPPOSiD

political parties at Puerto del Arnxn,

Nadodorcs. The uaianists were iuu attacking party, but were repulsed with severe losses. They were 1- I hy Andres Feuiit, jefTe politico at Monclova. The opposition forces wera commanded hy Kmilo Garran.a Tho total number of killed is forty-live. Gov. Heyes is at .Monelova an 1 has released all the political prisoners. He was expected here to-morrow Imt the serious condition of affairs in the region may cause him to prolong his stay. Gen Francisco Trevino v th 50 men is a short distance from Piedras Negras awaiting Gov. Heyes. Manuel Ho-ta, of this district, arrived in Piedras Xegras this morning and attempted to release nil the oppositionists confined in tail. The lütte.', how

ever, refused to accept their ii..-rtie. and say they will remain in ja until Gen. Heyes comes. A report reached here of a s -nous fight between federal troops : nd the Cardenas men nt a point on the road from Santa Kosn to Abossola. The fight took plnee this afternoon and is said there were not less than 1?( men, mostly soldiers, left dead upon the field.

FAITH IN THE FUTURE. t A Itrimdnlde of Opinions Upon the -sIa' or tlin Tlmrs. Nr,v YoiiK, Aug. 20. The rummer cial-Advertiser prints a broad -i l- ; opinions upon the present com-1 rria fli-i.fitif frmn fill OVi'T t"'

tit'lircrw'-' vii- - . 4 4 ...!..' . iL Ifi

country. .Most ot tnesc opm.m,-

from men com ersnnt wnn me " lion of trade in the various l... :dilie nnd is to the effect that the v rt

the tlepression has passed anil tie t..

future will sec a ticcicieu impr' --

in all the lines 01 common

mannfacturiiig business. Hnc-mr"

opinions were received trom 111

dent of the Chicago board of ti

1... nre-ililenl of the St LotllS Cianiw

of commerce, the secretary of Jh.- He' ver chamber of commerce, Pr-- lc'

Amnhlof the Cincinnati chnii!1

commerce, President Kelly of th '

burgh chamber or commerce, no Kansas City, 4'ew Orleans, llalt-nw nd Providence. ... ii

Kvnntnr IttH Scored hy Member

Now York StorK McimiiK'-. Nkw YottK, Aug. 2. "I-f 1- .; Hill had been on the floor of t- ' " exchange to-day he would hav 1,1 mobbed." This was the expres-... one of two floor members of on "' biggest and best known of V banking houses yesterday. "Hto go to Kansas. New York Infor hitn." continued the "What's the use of saying he nuat' the New York banks In order t "F the ndininistration? The tion is not friendly to New York lm nor they tolt

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