Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 September 1893 — Page 6

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WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOiVXfi, FablUhar. JASPER, INDIANA. Tim Portuguese authorities have declared New York to lw cholera-Infected port Thk World's first parliament of Unions opened at the Art palaca Chicago on the .11th. TeMiss Cleveland's wee baby sister has been named "Esther," whickttienns "A star" and "'tiood fortune." Fukt Ia Ames, a fioston mÄTionaire. died suddenly, on the 13th, "while on route from HoNton'to New Vck. Thk new cruise? Detroit if to le prepared -for sen at tmco and sent to Greytown, XfcaragWt, to reinforce the Alliance. It isntnderatood that there will be a fjhqrt-vessUm dT the Dominion parllaaneütyn November, followed by elccXionsän Janunrv. ATirrsBuroii (Pa.) pension agent is nccnsed Of trying to incite old veterans to assassina) e President Cleveland and JSecretnry'lIoke Smith. 'The president, on tho 11th, sent to the senate the nomination of Charles Hi. J. Taylor, of Kansas, as United States minister to Bolivia. "Tim opening1 session of the St. Aiv drews' Urotherhood took place in Dc troit. Mich., on the 14th, over 400 dele ,gutes being in attendance. Tvtenty-thhke delegates from th i'oiisii socialists oi uermany met in Ilerlin, 'oh the 11th, to organize a Pol ish-fwcinl democratic party. 3f.idiARi.es bK Lesskps, recently re leased from a French prison, says he whTdevotc himself hereafter to the management of the Suez Canal Co. Maush fires were reported, on the 12th in all parts of "Wisconsin. Four valuable cranberry marshes near Bear's Mound, ood county, have beea'de stroyed. 'The Brazilian rebels began the bom 'bardment of- Rio Janeiro, oh the 13th, one of the principal forts in the har bor siding with the insurgent fleet in 'the fight The Columbus caravels, the Snnta Maria, Nina and Pinta, were officially rprescnted, on the 12th, by represcnta tives ot the Spanish governments the United States. As moil as f25 was paid by bowmers, on th 12th, for advantageous positions at the front of the lines at the regis tration booths, those who had waited celling1 their places and going'to the rear. The First national bank of'Provo, Utah; the Western national bank of Soath Pueblo, Col.; the First national bank of Nashville, Tenn., and the First national bank of Le Mars, la., have re teamed. U-niAH Huff, of Wabash, Ind., drew 't2,000 from the bank when the flurry .came cn in June. A few davs after ward his team ran away and he was killed. Relatives are still searching for the $2,000. Ixaccordance with an imperial decree all-articles intended for publication in Czech newspapers in Bohemia mtut'be submitted to the police for approval or rejection three hours before .the papers go to press. Mk. Albert S. Wilms, the new-minister 'to Hawaii, received his instructioHs'froHi Secretary Gresham, on the 11th, and left for his home in Louis'ville, Ky., to make his preparations for going- to Honolulu. II -Ol IM II Choleiia has reappeared in Moscow, 'KicfE-and northeast Hungary. lnlMoscow the outbreak is most serious. There were thirty-two cases and eleven tdeatlis in the convict forwarding prison :at that city between the 1st and 11th 'TjiE'navy department received a cablegram on the 14th reporting the-arrival of the cruiser Charleston at Montevideo. Tiie Charleston was or(deredito proceed immediately to Rie de Janeiro to protect American interests. The Hughes court-martial at Topekn, Kas., on the 11th handed down ,n verdict of "guilty," and Col. Hughes is dlsnonorably discharged from the military service of the state. The logic of the finding is that military discipline requires a soldier to execute orders eight or wrong. 4t (is .everywhere conceded in EhjFiiKk yaehting circles that the 1110-mile ree between ttiie Jlritannia and the 3jt vah(e..on the llth nnd l'ith.'wa.s the "best ever seen in Etirojiean waters, and ono -of the elorcM on record. The 1bng.cour.M! was covered quicker than ever 4eforc, and the Britannia "on y tw-OvsecqnAH and a half. .STkBLK KuM.ona, aged 21 years, only eon "of Col. Snnford Kellogg, United Stales army, shot himself through the body at the family residence in Washington city, on the l'-itb, dying at midnight. The cause is thought to have Wen grief over his failure to pas his first year's examination nt tho naval academy, to which he was nppntuted by President JJurrisou as cadei-at-large. ' O.V August 81, the first iHttallmerfc of f00,000 francs from tho J'anama CaWl Co. to the Columbian government, called for under the new contmetegotiated by .Mr. Wrango, was "paid. The fnct of tho liquidator having paii the sum of half a million francs ti secure the contract ! ropirdod in f'uiiama as a most encourag ing1 Utrn, ta us much us lie would not i Jiavc Jone a fjad there not been gowl hope of reorga.7.ing the company aud rKMJnp'wi)pJf.

CUBRENT TOPICS.

THE SEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS (Extra SeMdoa.) IN the senate, on the 9th. the onlv of kh!thHn ltrtrwttJivirt I ul m.liiMjajt u n n i II 1 Moriran to repeal oertlons I nnd 2 ot iHi act at junev, imv, conccrninsme excnur.xe or coins for lawful money. The purpose of txe bill Is to keep sliver In circulation and yrctent Its re uirn to tno ir5ury. .v imi to w-nstruct aa eltHitrlc nitlwny thtftsch the Yellvr8tono natlonnl irk was Introucea by Mr. Shoup. At 2 o'clock tbc chair tho reici bill before tho senate, al Mr, Teller ,beK'hts sieech la opposuion iercto....,m the bmvio too e.4sion lusted but halt an hour, anil no business of Iru jKirtotvct: irw dont. IN the sefiato. cn the llth. Mt. Stownrt offered n rt'soluUMi for an Inquiry Into the fact of sen atom letei; rftitckholileni if. nattonnl battles, whlra -went over. The rope. I Mil was taken up,nn4 Mr. J' wh Ala.) a Mr. Teller Cil. occupiofl thbteraalnder I tho session "Kith speecae on'ftio subject . . .In the house tho coloeeß Tewresuntatlre from South Cttroltna, Mr. Murray, attempted to pet conslrteraUen for JotMt rosiftutlon approprlatlne tSU.AVfor tho rellfcf uf'ttc cyclono nulTcrcnt In th' soifth, but Mr.KilKotc (Tex.) objecting, the moluilon wasTifrred. iK'thpenate, on the 12th, tho routine imornlap business was unasually small, Tho Stow art resolution relative to senators holding stock'In national banks was laid over, and 'tho bill for1 tho repeal of the purchasing claimes ot the 'Sherman act was taVon up....lir the tjoü-re a bill to provide for the printing uud Wndlng and for the distribution of publlo doc uments was rejM)rtel and ordered printed and recommitted. An invitation for the house to Wpreaenl In a lody at he centennial relebra 'tlopöf the laying of the corner-Stoneef tho capttol building was accepted. IV the senate, on the 13th. Mr. Stewart's resolution for a committee of Inquiry as to senators owning stock In national banks-was laid before the senate, and Mr. Stewart proceeded to argue In support of It. At 2 o'clock the repeal bill was laid before the senate, and Mr. Voorhers n.skcd to have n day bet for a vote on tho bill. In tho house, attor much of tho session had been frittered away In motions and objections: the printing bill was taken up in committee of tho whole, tho first reading of which occtiptod nn hour and a half. In tho sennto, on the luh. tho great event of tho day's session was the delivery ot a speech by Mr. Daniel (dem.. Va.) njalast tho passage of tho repeal bill. It occupied four hoars nnd rive minutes, and was llstoned to throughout with nn Interest which did not seem to dimin ish from exordium to pcrorntlon. No other senator desired to speak after Mr. Danlol, and tho senate, at 6:05 p. m., adjourned. . .....In the house tho first skirmish over the federal election act repeal bill took place, and although the casualties were few.it was manifest that both sides were in earnest, and that tho regular battle will bo a severe one. PERSONAL AND GENERAL, Tub imports of specie at the port of JNew lork, for the week ended on the 9th, were 2,525,830, of which 2,85fi,R05 kwas gold and $100,273 silver. The im ports exclusive of specie were $5,079,005, of which $1,114S,174 were dry goods and $3, i.sl,431 general merchandise. It was reported, on the 18th, that Ü0O families were living in destitute circumstances at Ashton, Col., the greatest silver mining camp in the world. Glenwood Springs and all the towns to the west as far as Grand Junction were being canvassed for aid with good success. Pkkkidkxt Cleveland, it is said, ab solutely refuses to consent to any con cessions in the silver fight, and will not promise to agree to any recognition of silver, even should the repeal bill be passed. Mh. Erxis Mills, the new Hawaiian consul, took the oath of office, on the llth, his nomination having been con firmed by the senate. riiKirecciver of the Akron (O.) sav ings bank has lcen discharged. The bank is reported in- better condition than ever before. The Spokane (Wash.) exposition building, an immense frame structure. created in 180 at a cost of fieo.MO, was destroyed by fire on the night- of the 10th. No insurance. Tramps had for some time been sleeping in the building, and It is supposed that thev care lessly set it on fire. The four robbers who recently held up a Frisco train at Mound Valley, Kas., robbed the passengers' and killed bxpress Messenger Chapman, were ar rested, on the llth, and placed in jail ai -firicunsas vuy, i.as. l ney all con fessed their guilt, one admitting that he shot and killed Chapman. bMi'Eitou William is rw.itlv nlntoil by the cordiality of his reception in Alsace-Loraine. The Tucker bill for the repeal of the federal election laws was reported to the house on the 13th. Moiikau S. Citos.VY, ex-stato senator and ex-lieutenant governor of Michigan, died at Grand Rapids, Mich., on the 12th, aged 54. Thalv robtKjrs stopped the Atlantic xpress train on tho Lake Shore road t Kessler. Ind., about midnight of the llth, shot the engineer, Junius Knann. wounding him severely; broke into the express car, blew open the United States Express Co.'s safe und took its contents, consisting of four packages, valued at nearly 620.000. .The passengers were not molested. The paid admissions to the World's fair,.on the 12th, were 10S,5.H. Wit. Aim.viiAM, member of parlia ment lor tue llolHhla Valley division of Glamorganshire, Wales, who, by the -way, is the son of a working collier and .copper smelter, estimates that the loss to the workmen of South Wales in consequence of the recent strike is the uin,of $1,500,000 per week. Wat. II. GitKOo. of thtluth, Minn., who :aftcr obtaining insurance to the amount of $14,000 on his life in various companies, was believed to have been drowned, was arrested In Philadelphia, on the 12th, together with nn accomplice named .lohn T. Clark, also of Duluth, charged with fraud. I'on the first time m many jears the number of people leaving tho port of New Yorlor points ia Europe oxeceds that of those arriving from abroad. Since the first week in Auirust tlm ! steamship companies carrying Italian emigrant nave been overrun with applications for passage ,to their native l.nil i Und. Tun Kansas Editorial association left Topcka, on the 12th, for a ten davs' visit at tho World's fair. Tlire were about yoo editors in tho party with their wlv nnd families, making in all about 500 persons. They were accompanied by MoSceoud rcjjiracnt band of Hutchison.

TlK.N. Fit ANCID 1B MORtit.lC, h French general sUff, who was inured oy falling from his torse at Hiiuterieve, on the 10th, die from the effect of his injuries on th läth. TiiKiiK has bee a row MRoeg the coHnoilaieaof Dublin ovw tto proposed visit te Chicago if Lord Mayor Hon.

.lames Shanks. The coaiwfllors voted J "Jf"" allowing the town clerk, inaee nearer, nweru uenrer, etM- to accourlaiiy the JvnUnnyor. I'ke latter's visit, therefore, win bo privHc. "I)kacon"Stki'iikn V, White is kecping'uphis reputation for honesty and fair dealing-. The "3cacon" seiifout checks, on the 13th, to his creditors to tke amount of 25 per cent, of Iiis indebtedness, making a total of 50 per cent, which he lots settled since his suspenshm three months ago. Ills straightforward course has elicited 'mitny kindly expressions in Wallstreet, H.uiitv Mut'EK, the founder of that branch of industry known as the "green goods'7 game, or, in plainer 'words, the confidence game, died at ltensouhurst, Long Island, on the 12th, 'penniless. Afthe time of his death he was a police officer at a salary of $00 a month. The fanious'Gate City Guard, of Atlanta, Ga., was, on the 12th, disbanded by the state authorities. This wipes from the state roster one of the oldest companies in the state and one whose career in thu war was notable. For some time there has been great dissatisfaction among military men over .the military laws of the state, and when the jruard enlistment ran out the officers found it impossible to re-enlist men. The Erie special World's fair excursion tra n which left New York, on the 12th, in two sections of eleven cars each, passed Salamanca, on the 13th, in five sections of ten cars each with 1,84:; passengers. G. U . Coleman, a Columbian guard at the World's fair, was run over bv a switch engine, on the 13th, and both oi ins legs were cut oil lie died in a . .... few minutes. The tariff hearing was continued be fore the ways and means committee of the house, on the 13th, representatives of the glass industry having the floor. iJiE detectives searching for tho Lake Shore train robbers reported, on the 13th, that the bandits leftabsolutely no clew behind them. It was rumored in London, on the 14th, that the bombardment of Rio de Janeiro was resumed on that dav bv the rebel licet The rumor was based on the notice sent out by the cable of ficials in .Kio Janeiro that they had been obliged to close their office on ac count of the firing, A TEi.KoitAM received at Milwaukee, on the 14th, stated that Marshfield and Junction Cit', Wis., were burning, having at last fallen prey to forest fires, from which they had 'been men aced for many days. M. L. Ruchoxxel, Swiss minister of justice and police, died, oa4he 14th, in Herne, after a long illness. 1 1 w . - . jiKKUT -nALON, uie well-known so cinhst author of Paris, died on the 14th, aged 52 years. City Tueasuiiek AnoLni Kkuo, of Seattle, Wash., is said to be a defaulter to a large amount Ox the 14th the Hank of England's rate of discount was reduced from 5 to 4 per "ent ... . . ihk mutiny among the convicts at the Tracy City (Tenn.) miaes ended on tue 14th, tlie men who had refused to work surrendering. Ex-Gov. G. W. Glick, of .Kansas, has been appointed a special pension ageat at lopcita, Kas. LATE NEWS ITEMS. IN the senate, on the 15th, Mr. Cutlom presented a resolution signed bv several soldiers in his state fill.) ask ing protection from the methods of the government, alleging that they are beset by detectives traveling in dis guise and secretly co-operatinp with those who have been distinguished for their antipathy for those who fought for the flag. The repeal bill was taken up In the house numerous cor rections made m the journal gave Mr. Heed an opportmity to ridicule the "imperfection of parliamentiry ma ciilnery." JSo business was transacted, and with tributes of respect to the memory of the late Logan J,. Chipman, ot Michigan, the house ad journcd. rouit masked men held up a train at Highway, on the Mineral Range railroad in Northern Michigan, on the löth, and while two of them held guard over the engineer and fireman the other two went to the express car and ordering the messenger to put his vain able packages into a bag, which one of them carried, the qunriette made off with e-.'t.OOO'in cash. The money was to have been used in paying the workmen in the Calumet and Hcclamine. EuibO. Vax Uiiocklein-, secretary of the board of fire -commissioners of liulTalo, N. Y., who pleaded gniltv to charges of forgery and grand larceny, was sentenced, on the 15th, to eight years and live months' imprisonment in Auburn state prison. Tin: town of Villa-Canas, in the province of Toledo, Spain, was inundated, on the night of thu 14th, by a cloudburst, and scores of the inhabitants were drowned in their homes, while untold damage was done to the houses and other property. Rev. FitKDKKinc Rookeu, vice-rector of the American college in Rome, arrived in Jfow York, on the 15th, on the While Star steamer Ilritannic lie is the bearer of letters from the pore to Mgr. SaloM anil Cardinal Gibbons. A oano of four women and two men were nrrcsted in Cincinnati, on the 14ih, just as they were about to take the train for Philadelphia, with hundred of dollars' worth of goods thev had accumulated by .shoplifting. "Kbklev Lkaouk Dat" at theWorld fair was celebrated, on the 15th, by 1.20 delegates representing 000 clul from every Ktate la tho union except Moridn andKouth Carolina. The town of Withe. forty miles cast of Chippewa Falls, WS., was reported burning, on true 15th, the destruction being caused by forest fires.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Jix Eiski.k, of Lafayette, kiVkedby torse and fatally injured, jst before his death told his family where his ir.oney could be found. It was in a tin box hidden in the hayloft and amounted to ovw 900 In NO gold pieces widen ho had draws out of a Wak during th HMey scare, .Chaklks Ulackhukx, aged 18, accidentally shot himself in the calf of the leg while out hunting m Decker township, near Vhicenncs. He died from tho effects of his injuries. He bled to death. Nkws has res c lied Peru of a dioastrous conllagratioa that occurred three miles west of there. The large stock bara of Henry Tiefel, dairyman, was struck by lightning and set on fire. Tho flames quickly spread, and its contents, which consisted of twelve head of fiae horses and ten tons of hay, were consumed. The loss is estimated at over 6,00, partially covered by insurance. Hkxso.v Bennett, a railroad engineer of Jeffersonville, suicided with morphine ob account of failure to secure work. The America Wire Nail works, Anderson, has taken a stand against united lnbor and -will -operate as a nonunion concern. The barn of David Foutz. of Wabash county, near Xagro, burned a few days ago, together with three horses, implements, twenty tons of hay, and several hundred bushels of grain. Loss, (2,000; no insurance. George V. Meckel, superintendent of city schools of Portland, died the other night of typhoid fever. Miss Minnie Tull, aged eighteen, a highly respected young woman of Hanover, committcd''suicidc by drowning herself in the Ohio, eight miles below Madison the other afternoon. Her body was recovered. There is no cause assigned for the deed, but those acquainted with the young -woman say she had a great sorrow. A duel that ended in the death of one roan look place at Coxvillc the other afternoon. Jiunes Valvan and a man named Johnson were the duelists. It is claimed that the trouble originated over a woman. The men armed to settle their trouble, Valvan having a double-barreled shotgun. A few words were exchanged and they commenced firing. Johnson fell mortally wounded. Valvan made his escape. Silas Uigi.ek, a well-known huckster of the west end of Xew Albany, was killed seven miles out the Paoli pike. He was driving to tho city when the wagon, in the dark, struck a pile of macadam stone, upsetting- the wagon and killing Itigler. While Mrs. Joseph Graham, of near Wheeler, was taking her husband's dinnea to him in the field she left her baby in me craaie. xne house caught lire and the baby burned to death. Another child was frightfully injured. Postmasters were appointed the other day as follows: Samuel C. Edding ton, Ponets, Wells county, vice John W. Cook, removed; Elmer JL Rcid, River Vale, Lawrence county, vice Geo. French, removed; R. S. Palmer. Leonard, Ta3'lor county, vice Smith Thompson, removed. The state board of health will not allow any passenger from Muncie to land at Indianapolis without a certificate of vaccination and a disinfection of their baggage. The following fourth-class post masters were commissioned recently: Cambria, Clinton county, Isaiah Richardson, vice Emanuel E. Mctger. re signed; Godsey, Monroe county, Albert took sey, vice W illiam H. Holes, rcsiimed; Linden, Montgomery county, Frank uunkie, vice Charles Mcllee. resicrned: Xewtonville, Spencer county, Italthas Zetter, vice James R. Hursh, removed; Radnor, Carroll county, Harvcv Clawson, vice Milton Swain, resigned. James O'Xkil, a soldier of the ord nance department, U. S. A., for twenty years and stationed at the Indianapolis arsenal, disappeared without leave sev eral days ago. He had been oavinir ad dresses to Miss Mary Petric, daughter of a widow living near the arsenal grounds. A few days later he went to her home and almost immediately- fell unconscious and died of morphine poisoning, taken with suicidal intent The cause is attributed to whisky and the disgrace incident to absence with out leave. lie was thirty-five years old. Jake I'kessv, a farmer livintr four miles north of Petersburg, in Knox county, was burned to death. Ry some unknown means Pressy s meadow hay caught on fire and he left his house tb fight the flames, and not returning within a reasonable time, search was made for him bynncmbcrs of the fam ily. In one corner of the field the body was found, the clothes burned off and tho flesh having fallen from tho lodv in places. Jos. TnuflTV, a farmer, accidcntnllv shot himself the other day with a shotgun while attempting to climb a fence. near Pittsburgh. Lakly the other morning, as Itav Dinkins, driver of the United States man wagon, was returning to the post ofiicc at Terre Haute, he was attacked by three men nnd robbed of the three mail pouches. The robbers jumped in front of the horses and leveled their pistols at the driver, compelling him to stoii. They then tied his hands behind his back and put a small mail bag over his head. The men drove to the outKirn, oi town anu escaped, taking the mail pouches with them. Xo clew. John Maktin, ajred 50. was killed In the Mecca coal mine. Hockvillc. A largo rock weighing seteral tons, foil on him crushing him to death. He was married and leaves a large fatnilv. Ult. T. W. G 1 SON KNI V K K. a nrnm?n.nf physician of Newcastle, while driving over a road cross ntr of ihn I,. M v railroad, was struck bv a nnsscnirnr train, which instantly killed the hnr-fco. smashed the buggy and hurled the doc tor to Ihn irrntinil tvltl, i i I. , , ? b' '"luv breaking his leg sad otherwlso injurmm. ChAHLES LamIIERT. of Union nit?. killed by a boiler explosion nent- tW place tsii other day,

MONEY AND

A Mar Hepef! -I1mk Throughout tk Country, ArrenJIuK ta K.jt), Dun M Cu'a Weekly Kevlew IImIhIm Gradually I'uIUhk lUelf Together Again and Many Industrial KdalilUtiatcMts Ketuiulug UuilHtM Failure Ktc. ' New Yokk, Sept. lfl. R. G. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade, published this morning, says: Ketursi from every jwrt of the country how decided iRiprovemflaL A lioimful feeling prevail. Money tirown abundant at pueulatlvfl centers, anil somewhat enler for commercial urik8tt. The number of establishment relortinl an rcuiBlng work, thirty-one wholly ami twenty-six la part, tili exceeds the number cftMlnir, talrty-tareo for tho post week, besides ten reducing force, so that the handa employed have noraewhat Increaned. The nunsfeer unemployed ts still very lare, Thcrel Industries are atlll far below their normal productiveness and nart of the resumption of work has been aecured by lowering prices and reducing wages. Hunlnesn Is pullln Itself toßethee, and even the crop report han caused little depression la stocks. Industrial Improvewent Is largely In cotton, and otherwise appears scarcely more satisfactory than last week. About two-thirds of the Fall Hirer mills are operating, but at a reduction of 10 to ISptrcenL la wages, and there has been a sharp cut la prices of some leading cotton good. SereraHhoe factories have started In part. ' but orders are said not to be enough to keep half the force busy, though distinct Improvement Is noticed. Shipments from Uoston tor the week show a decraa-e of W per cent. Several Rlasn. pottery, hardware and silk establishments have returned with a number making Iron spe laities. thou:h none of them with full force. In all eighteen reported metal -works have started in nart and -six wholly, while thirteen have stopped and fourteen have. reduVl hands or waxes. Tho output or pi Iron September 1 proves to have been 182.'-") tons weekly, a decrease of 9I.1WI tons since May I, indicating that only CI pr cenL of the working force were employed. Hut in this Industry business revives more vigorously at the west than In the east. An obvious effect of short crop Is that rail. rond earnings may shrink, with smaller domand, tho coming year, for Iron or products and for stocks. Hut the stock market yielded very little after raising nearly pr share oa sturdily and over 50 cents on Mondar. Abun dance of money s-cking loans on collateral and call tends to render the market Indifferent to public absentation and reduced earnings In September thus far tho decrease in earnings has lecn 12.2 per cent, on scattered eastern road. 10.3 on trunk lines, 14.8 on western wheat nnd 26 on western corn-carrying roads; 25.2 on ooutnern roads, and 18.5 oa Paciilc roads, crasinx ior au mus iar reported il.Tper ct-ni. The restriction of domestic trado Is shown In clearinghouse returns at principal cities, which declined 23.1 per cent, compared with last year. mil it is too soon for Improvcmer t Just com nienccd to affect payments. Kxpcctatlon of large foreign Investments Is not yet realized. nnu exenanges nave declined toward tho uold exporting point, an future exports of products are liable to be restricted by tho shortness of crops and the advance In prices here. exports last week were large, and for two weeks havo been W per cent, more than last year; while a decrease of t7,oeo.0ln imports for two weeks, is largely due to the fact that values of coffees and sugars from Ilrazll were stated last year la paper worth about W cents on the dollar. Tbo number of Arms fallet! have greatly niminisueu. ytie failures reporte.l this week nave been. In tho United States, only 31, againsi äi ior tue previous week, and 151 last year; and In Canada 27, against 28 lxit year. FOREST FIRES. A Score of Northers Wisconsin Cities Ssud Tales of Great Lom. Milwaukee, Sept. 16. Dispatches yesterday morning from a score of northern Wisconsin cities tell stories of jrreat loss by forest fires. Marshfield, Junction City, Dexterville, Pren tice, Spencer. Med ford, Rhinelander, htcvens I'oint and other towns with a population oi luuw to aueu, are sur rounded by flames, and are in great danger of being wiped out. Everything between Rabcock, Wood county, and Jecedah, Juneau county. on the Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul railroad, is burned. Dexterville is threatened with anihilation. Hun dreds of scattered dwell intra, known to be in the path of the flames, are doubt less burned. Every square mile of the vast tim bered district of W.ifrconsin is as dry as tinder, no. rain bavins' fallen for weeks, and the flames are sweeping on without check. .The losses cannot, of course, be estimated, but are doubtless in the .millions. , The district already swept by the firen and that still threat ened include nearly one-third of the state. t . t lseonsin is io-uay ovcrnung ny a pall of smoke reaching from Lake Michigan to 'Lake Superior and from the extreme eastern border of the state to the Mississippi. FRIGHTFUL FLOODS. A SpanUh Town Inundated by Hurst, and Score of l'ersons In Their Hemes. a ClnndDrowned MAiuein. Sept 16. The town of Villa-Canas, in the province of Toledo, has lwen devastated by floods, nnd a larpe number of lives have been lost. Heavy .rains had fallen in the province, and the town, which is situated on rather low ground, was inundated. The people had no thought of danger, though the many small streams in tho vicinity of the town were rapidly swelling and threatening to overflow their banks. A dispatch from Villa-Canas says sixty dead bodies have been recovered. Many more are believed to be hidden by wreckage or to have been washed from the town. Many of the deaths were caused by the flooding of the cave dwellings on the outskirts of the town. These dwellings arc holes dug into the hillside almost on a level with the plane. They tire occupied by the poorest families. Tho lower eaves were filled at the first rising of the Hood and the occupants were drow effort ned before they had time for an fTort to escape. 'Kher caves were but half filled, and the families in them still await rescue. Tie Demy In the Arrival of the Valkyrie Accounted For. New Yoiik-, Sept. 15. The three jeenn steamers which arrived in port yestenlay morning show ample reason by their logs why tho yacht Valkyrie has not yet been able to reach this pörL All three of them, the Ilritannic, from Liverpool, the I'ucrst liismnrck, from Hamburg, and tho Norge, from Copenhagen, report exceedingly rough weather, amounting at times to hurricane force. The general opinion now is that the Valkyrie had to run before the wind until the storm abated t'tHi losing a great deal of time.

IN BROAD OAYLIGHT. BaM KaMwrr mt a Mineral Karten luilread Train In Kerthera Michigan- Uii.k y ta the Extent at Hevenir-M Tk.niui.. Dalian In Currency, Intended to l't,v tke Calumet and Hula Miners, Kecurt l by four DarlHg Men. Calumet, Mich., Sept. lCAt1.; , in. tho pussodgcr train on the Mln-!.,l Hange railroad coming to CalmneA s held up by four highwaymen nt Ii -I, way, about half-way between Calil-m t and Haneoelf. Thu engineer andjinvman were covered with revolver.? by two of the robbers, while the ot a-r two ordered the express; messenger to put the contents of his safe into a bugwhich one of the robbers carried. The messenger immediately complied and handed out some 175,000 consigned to. the Calumet and Hecla mine nnd which was part of the money to bo paid by the mine on its pay-roll. After securing the booty, the rob tiers fired a shot and ordered the engineer to Vo ahead-quick," which he did. The Mcitenser'a Story-roar HiunerU Arrested. HouoiiTON, Sept. 15. Express Messenger Hogan, tells the following story of the robbery: "I was sitting in my chair with my feet on n box, singing, when I heard a crash, and looking that way saw a masked man covering mo with two revolvers and ordering; 'Hands up!' There was another man just behind him. 1 threw up my hands mighty quick, and the robliera took my gun away. Then they demanded the keys of the safe. I pretended to be looking for the right key when they threatened to kill me if r did not hurry. I then opened tho safe and took out the four packages of currency, and oneof the robbers scooded

them into a bag he carried. Hacking out of the car door again, they fired two shots, evidently as a signal to tho robbers on the engine, to tell the engineer to go on, saying: 'You will find a rail pulled up about three miles ahead.' "The engineer pulled the tlirottlo wide open and flew for the Osceola telegraph office, when the news of the robbery was at once telegraphed to Houghton. Jack King, the wrestler; John Kehoe, a sport, and Jack Cliallew, were seen driving very fast Into-town about 10 o'clock, and persons near the Itoston station saw a horse corresponding in color tied up near the station. These men and a man rained Gorman were thereupon arrested.and the case against . them secmn to be a very strong one. The conductor of the train, who saw the robbers walk away, thinks thcirgait nnd general appearance corresponds to these men. John Challew's wife attempted to leave by the noon train, but she was stopped and brought back. The prisoners were put under $10,000 bonds, in default of which they were placed in jail. They will have a hearing at 2 o'clock to-morrow. A man named ISutler, from Marquette, was also arrested. At the Scene f the KaMMn-rwther Hancock, Mich., Sept, UA&ntA Press rcpresenatative WehtTftbthe scene of the robbery and interviewed the people living in the neighborhood, but none of them had seen the meu in custody about the railroad track. 1 lie passengers were not aware of the robbery until the conductor rushed through the train shoutinir: 'There are highwaymen on board." Much excitement enstied, but the robbers did net put in an appearance in the pas senger coachos. The robbers gained entrance to the express car by smashing it in with a sledge-hammer which was secured at the Peninsula. mine, situated close bv. After securing the booty and order ing the engineer to pull out, the ban dits coolly walked down the track while the trainmen stood on the back platform watching them until thev dis appeared from view. If the money is not recovered, the American Express Co. will be tho loser, us tho money was shipped to the Calumet and Hecla Co. to secure tiie pay-roll to-morrow by the First nanationnl bunk of Hancock and the National back of Houghton. Hundreds of men arc still scouring the country in the hope of lindingsome clew to thu robbers. The general opinion, however, is that the men ar rested are the right ones. GOLD BULLION MISSING. A bortage In the Vaults of the I'hllladrlphlu Mint or More Than Five Thousand Ounces. Wasiuxoto.v, Sept, 1(1. Acting Mint Director Preston yestcrduy morning confirmed a statement that an exam ination of the vaults in tho Philadel phia mint had disclosed a shortage of more than 5,000 ounces of gold bullion, valued at ?1.'14.000. The vault in which the gold is short had when it was sealed in 1837 about $10,000,000 in gold bullion. 1). M. Fox was superintendent of the mint at that time, nnd 0. S. Itnsbv.shell succeeded htm in November, lbs'.), receipting for the gold in tho scaled vault without weighingit. The -short age was discovered only on Tuesday, when the vault was opened for tho purpose of coining the bullion. The superintendent of the mint at Philadelphia is under a bond of $100,000, anil some of tho wealthiest men in the city, including George V. Childs, are on it A thorough examination is being made to fix the guilt. Systematic Keller Minimizing: the SufferImK In the Sen Inlands. Cha itLKSTO.v, S. C, Sept. 10. A spejial to the News and Courier frnm Heaufortsays: The immediate suiTermg on tlie sea islands is uemg relieved. No serious sickness has been reported. The work of distribution seems to le well organized. Tlie worst is perhaps over. ith tho work ot charity, well systematized and a generous, response from the people ol tlie United btates there Is no ground for apprehension, but there miist.be a supply of food. The llenufcrt coiumiU ke has received t'J.0M.3. i s . .Atirik lift,,!, Si . ji l Ai i I iiiihiM