Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. BENSSELAER, . INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in , Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Hsppenlngs of Much or Little Importance from All Ports of the Civilised World —Incidents. Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes end Wars. In a pitched battle near Jacksboro, Tex., between a sheriff’s posse and two men wanted by the authorities named Miller and Roberts Officer G. M. Leftwitch was killed. After driving back the officers the two men escaped from the house in which they were concealed. Judge Harney of Montana replies to attacks of Amalgamated Copper company, charging that representatives of that corporation offered him $250,003 in connection with the mining case, and that charges against him are in pursuance of threat to ruin him made kt that time. John Winters, who robbed the Selby smelter in California, stole in order to get money to build an air ship. He Will receive a reward for returning the gold and may escape punishment. Eighteen members of the Eighth Negro Battalion arrested at Springfield, 111., as result of the Saturday Right riot. More trouble feared. J. R. Woods asked government to evict squatters from his homestead entry at Lawton, Ok. T. Bar of gold bullion valued at *£<.,ooo disappeared while on way from Unalaska to San Francisoo. Explosions on McKeesport, Pa., injured eighteen persons, two fatally. Metropolitan bank of Buffalo decided to go out of business. Mumps on battleship Alabama disabled <crew. Crispi, former premier of Italy, died at Naples. Miss Amelia Smoke fatally burned at Chicago while trying to light a dgaret. James Stapleton, a farmer living near Belvidere, 111., committed suicide by banging. Rioting in Quelpart Island, Korea, continues. Many French missionaries havg been massacred and 200 native converts have perished in the fighting. The Gravities spinning and weaving factory, on the Rue Demiooff, and the saw mill of De Vaux Frees, on the Rue de la Bedoliere, Havre, with a whole block of buildings between, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 2.000,000 francs. David Nation of Medicine Lodge, Kas., began suit for divorce from his wife, Carrie Nation, because of the notoriety she gained in smashing saloons. Three more contest suits started against J. R. Woods, who prevented Miss Beals from filing on land adjoining Lawton. Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln, Neb., excommunicated Father Murphy of Seward, Neb. Senator Tillman sued for SIO,OOO damages for slander by a resident of Columbia, S. C. Admiral Sampson in such a condition, physically and mentally, that it is feareu he will be unable to testify in the Schley inquiry. Captain Chadwick visited him and verified stories of his breakdown. De Wet, Steyn, Botha, and other Boer leaders threatened with permanent exile unless they surrender before Sept 15. Prince Henri of Orleans, eldest son of the Due de Chartres, died In Cambodia while on his way to America. Professor Triggs in class lecture at Chicago University praised the poetry Of Whittier, but scored the New England poets as provincial. Mrs. E. E. Egan at Chicago horsewhipped an aged man who forced his attentions upon her. War department planning to bring home all the artillerymen now in the Philippines because they are needed to man the coast defenses. Mother and three children killed by lightning at Mount Hennen, La. Storm at Portsmouth, N. H. severely damaged the navy yard. Two persons killed and many injured. Contest filed on behalf of Miss Beals against entry of J. R. Woods for Lawton land. Jealous woman at Denver attempted . to kill two persons accused of wronging her. » Squadron reported on the way to Turkish waters to force settlement of French claims. Serious clash believed at hand. Count von Waldersee given hearty reception on arrival at Hamburg. Decorated by the emperor. Havana paper publlsned a letter "from Estrada Palma which indicated an unwillingness to become a candidate for-president of Cuba. Philippine insurgents under Malvar defeated by Americans in a five-hour fight in Batanghs province. Two Americans killed. President Kruger’s mind said to be tailing Experts of the agricultural department invented trap to rid houses of United States Steel corporation bought Shelby tube works, which has fifteen mills.

HIGH WAGES FOR WORKMEN.

Great Demand ter laborers In Minnesota and the Dakotas. There is extraordinary competition at Duluth, Minn., for labor at this time. Between the demand in the city for workmen and for the harvest and railroad work in the northwest good men can get the highest Wages paid for common labor in fifteen years. Agents from Oregon and other far western states are at Duluth after both common and skilled labor. P. O’Donnell, a railroad contractor, who is building a twenty-five-mlle branch for the Northern Pacific from Jamestown, N. D., is offering $2.25 a day and free fare. Not half of the men he sqnds out on these terms go to work for him after arriving. He pays their fare and when they get there go to work for farmers for from $2.25 to $3 a day and board. Cooks demand $3 a day, whereas S6O a month has been the highest pay for years past. Summer logging has practically coms to a standstill in this section and not until late in the fall is there any prospect of getting enough men to run th® camps. There is a scarcity of carpenters. An agent from the Pacific coast offers $3.50 a day for carpenters and one is paid less than $3 at Duluth, with plenty of work in sight. Contractors complain that they will be ruined by the high wages, as many of them are now executing contracts that were made before the great scarcity of men became apparent.

ACCUSES FATHER OF MURDER.

Jesse Parcell Causes Parent’s Arrest at Washington, Ind. The coroner’s investigation at Washington, Ind., has confirmed the story of Jesse Purcell, the 14-y ear-old son of Frank Purcell, that his mother died from the brutality of her husband and not from heart disease, as claimed by his father, The boy’s story of how Mrs. Purcell went to the barn in order not to see her daughter, Miss Nettie, and Noah Sutherland leave for the parsonage to be married and was followed by her husband, who, after abusing and cursing her, struck the defenseless woman twice with his fist in the back and kicked her several times in the abdomen with his foot, was confirmed. The postmortem examination showed that the spleen had been burst by the terrific kicks and the abdominal cavity filled with blood. A terrible story of brutal assaults and attacks was revealed. Frequently Purcell is alleged to have held a loaded revolver at his wife’s or daughter’s head, threatening to kill them. Purcell was arrested and charged with murder. The accused is a brother of George Purcell of the national executive board of United Mineworkers.

IN FEAR OF NEW ENGINES.

Employes of Northwestern Regard Class “B" Machines Dangerous. Railroad men are in deadly fear of the new class “R” engines recently put into service on the Galena division of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. Two explosions from the bursting of the arch flue, a new idea in engines, have occurred within two days. At Sycamore Fireman Hiram Smith of Belvidere met his dea<.h from an explosion of this flue. He was pinioned in the cab by the explosive force and literally cooked by live coals and hissing steam. The engineer was blown from the engine and escaped with slight injuries. Smith’s oride of four weeks was furnished a special train from Belvidere by the company and reached her husband betore he died. The shock was so great that she is completely prostrated and may not recover. The other explosion from the same cause occurred at Troy Grove. Both of the enginemen wqre hurled from the cab and seriously hurt. Firemen Crowder of Belvidere was badly scalded.

Earthquake in the North.

The slesmograph at the meteorological office at Victoria, B. C„ on Friday recorded some severe shocks of earthquake which the superintendent believes occurred in Alaska, as the records are simillar to those made when the last earthquakes occurred up north. The preliminary tremors commenced at 1:30 a. m. and continued until 4:08, the pendulum In this interval recording several oscillations. At 5:15 another disturbance commenced, which rapidly assumed immense proportions, until at 6:15 the swing of the pendulum had completely crossed the record paper and maintained -this incessant movement for some twenty minutes. At 10:40 fresh vibrations began, which were very pronounced for nearly an hour.

Steel Strike Not General.

Response to President Shaffer’s call was not general In and about Pittsburg Monday. Carnegie 'mills are running. Republic plant’s men voted to quit. At McKeesport, where 5,000 were expected to strike, only 1,000 walked out. The steel workers of the Bay View mills, at Milwaukee, voted unanimously against the srtlke. Ballot taken at Joliet, but announcement of result is withheld.

To Take Sampson’s Place.

Having in view the possibility of the application of Admiral W. T. Sampson for relief from duty as commandant of the Boston navy yard pending his retirement, the navy department officials have selected an officer for assignment to that duty. The admiral has been in delicate health for some time and it would not surprise the officials here should he seek an early relief from duty. Thus far the admiral has made no request for relief. The name of the officer selected to succeed him has not been announced.

BIG WARSHIP READY

Wisconsin May Be Rushed to the Isthmus. THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS. Conditions at Panama Disturb Navy Department—Formal Order to Proceed Awaits New Developments—Wisconsin One of the Giant Battleships. An order has been sent to Captain George C. Reiter of the battle-ship Wisconsin, now at Anacortes, near the Pirgef sound naval station, to proceed to San Francisco, from which point the battle-ship will be dispatched to Panama in case the state department requests the presence of a war-

THIRD MEMBER SCHLEY BOARD OF INQUIRY.

Rear Admiral Howison, who was retired in October, 1899, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the board caused by the declination of Admiral Kimberly to act.

ship on the Pacific side of the isthmus. This action was taken after Acting Secretary Hackett had received from the state department a communication from J. Edward Simmons of New York, president of the Panama Railway Company; setting forth the seriousness of the situation on the isthmus and suggesting that warships be sent both to the Atlantic and Pacific side. Mr. Adee, the acting secretary of state, replied to Mr. Simmons that the gunboat Machias had been ordered to Colon on the Atlantic side, but it was the view of officials, both at the state and navy department, that there was no present necessity for sending down a ship on the Pacific side. For this reason Mr. Adee made no request on the navy department for another ship, but as a matter of information he transmitted the letter of Mr. Simmons to the acting head of the navy department. While this was not a request for a ship, yet Mr. Hackett felt that it was quite desirable to have one in readiness to go should the request be made. He therefore directed that the order be sent to the Wisconsin to come down to San Francisco and there await further orders. In view of Mr. Simmons’ letter, which was construed to be a request for the protection of American interests, it was deemed best to have the battle-ship at San Francisco, where she can proceed without delay to the isthmus. The Wisconsin is one of the finest ships of the new navy, and if it should be sent this will be practically its first active duty, as it has been in commission only a short time. It has a displacement of 11,500 tons, is heavily armored and has a main battery of four thirteen-inch breechloading rifles and fourteen six-inch rapid-fire guns, which, with the second battery, makes it one of the most formidable ships afloat. Its complement is about 500 officers and men, including about seventy-five marines.

Tornado in Virginia.

Norfolk, Va., was visited by a tornado shortly after 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The whirlwind came In the usual funnel-shaped cloud, and was about fifty feet in width. Fortunately its path was in the outlying portion of the city and not through the thickly populated sections. The roofs of twenty houses were blown away and several people were Injured by falling timbers. In the country au the outbuildings on a large farm were demolished. Several houses in the town of Berkeley were unroofed. These were torn up and chimneys blown down throughout the section passed over by the cyclone.

Little Girl Swims Far.

Elame Golding, an 11-year-old girl, performed the remarkable' feat of swimming across the narrows, near New York city, in a race from Fort Wadsworth to Fort Hamilton. She is a sister of Ethel Golding, the champion wpman swimmer of the country. In all she swam three and one-eighth miles, having been carried by the tide a mile and three-quarters, out of her course and being compelled to face both wind and tide in her effort to make her landing. Elaine finished a« strongly as she started

GREAT TREASURE IS STOLEN.

CtaM Bullion Worth Itso.WO Is Cento* ■ Away by Bobbers. I A robbery so bold in it* conception and daring in its execution that it has fairly paralyzed the police occurred at the Selby smelting works, on Bay Shore, Vallejo, California. Four bars of pure gold, each weighing from 1,000 to 3,300 ounces, and some 10,u00 ounces , of other gold, the total value being $280,000, were taken from the strong room of the smelter while watchmen stood guard within fifteen feet of the door. One of the watchmen heard the noise made by the thieves, but said: “It’s only ghosts In the vaults,” and continued on his rounds. The gold was taken from the vault to a boat and carried away. Not a clew is left for the detectives to work upon, and there 1b small hope that any of the stoleh treasure will ever he found. The robbery must have been of months of

planning, while the actual work required many nights of labor. The Selby works are located on the Bay shore, some thirty miles north of San Francisco, and almost opposite Mare island. Here all the gold reaching this city is refined for shipment to the mint. The vault in which gold is stored Is located in the Capel furnace building, almost against the side of a rocky hill, tae robbers were supplied with exact information concerning the location of the strong room, and must have had diagrams, so accurate was their work, and some of them must have possessed a high order of engineering skill. They sank a shaft some three or four feet deep at the back of the furnace building, staying close to the wall, in order that it would not attract attention.

Negro Sentenced to Hang.

Raymond Ross, the negro who criminally assaulted Mrs. Miller, a woman living in Cherokee county, Georgia, and who was taken to Canton from Atlanta, escorted by the governor’s Horse guards, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, all in forty minuted. The negro was taken away from Atlanta at 6 in the morning As soon as the train reached Canton the soldiers, 158 in number, formed a square around the negro, and he was hurried to the courthouse. A jury was quickly obtained, the evidence was heard and the sentence pronounced. l£ cost the state just SBOO to try Ross. Soldiers have been called out several times recently, and time the expense account bas been heavy.

Iowa Republican Ticket.

The Republican convention of -lowa at Cedar Rapids Wednesday nominated the following ticket: Governor, A B. Cummins; lieutenant governor, John Herriott; supreme judge, S. M. Weaver; rairoad commissioner, E. C. brown; superintendent instruction, R. C. Barrett. Cummins was nominted on the first ballot. From start to flnish it was a distinctly Cummins convention. His champions suffered only one setback, failing by one vote of securing control of the committee on credentials.

12 Hurt in a Train Wreck.

Two of the three sections of an Atlantic City special, crowded with excursionists collided near Confluence, Pa., injuring one person fatally and a* dozen more or less seriously. The third section crashed into the rear of, the second, telescoping the last car a Pullman. A relief train with ten doctors was dispatched from Connellsville to the scene.

Ends Fifty Years’ Ministry.

Because of failing health Rev. William C. Barker of Cook’s Mills, north of Mattoon, Hl., a lineal descendant of King Charles 11. of England, has retired from the active ministry after more than fifty years’ service. He was born May 2, 1830, in Washington county, Virginia, and ordained at the age oi 17. He preached with marked suc-> cess in Virginia and Tennessee and served with distinction in the civil war. He was captured and imprisoned in the Confederate prisons at Nashville, Tenn., and Bowling Green, Ky.

BIG LOSS AT RANTOUL, ILL.

Fire Destroys Fifty Business Houses' and Dwellings. LOSS IS UPWARD OF $300,000. Only One Hotel and Lumber Yard Lest —No Live* Lost and No One Severely Injured, But Many Lose Their Goods. ' The entire business district ot Rantoul, 111.,' and hall a dozen blocks of residences have been destroyed by fire. A spark from a passing railroad engine started the fire and a high wind, a six weeks’ drought which had left every building as dry as tinder, and the lack of a city' water works were the factors that made it so swift and fierce that it was uncontrollable. Champaign, sixteen miles south of Rantoul and Paxton sent their fire departments, but water could not be obtained in sufficient quantities. Dynamite was tried, but it did not hinder the flames where buildings were' close together. Over fifty business and residence houses were burned. The loss is estimated at upward of $300,000, with insurance of less than half that amount, but that figure will not cover the Injury to the town, which has left only one hotel, which was located outside the business district, and one lumber yard. Luckily no lives were lost and no on<j was severely injured, but half the residents are lamenting the loss of great parts of their belongings.

Takes Food Through Side.

Thomas Arbuckle, aged 24, of Scott county, Ind., has not eaten a particle Of food in four years, but still maintains a hoid on life by taking liquid food through an artificial opening in his side. This manner of procedure is caused by his cardiac orifice being completely closed. Seven years ago Arbuckle had a severe attack of typhoid fever. When he recovered it was found his cardiac orifice was closed and an operation was performed. The side ot his stomach was fastened securely to the wall of his abdomen. An opening was then made through the adbomen, tlwough which he takes his food. Arbuckle has fairly good health and accomplishes the work of the average man each day on the farm.

Gompers Lends Aid.

Two moves, almost startling in their consequences, were made Friday in the great contest between the United States Steel Corporation and the steelworkers. The first move was made by direction of the trust officials and was evidently regarded as a terrific blow to the strikers. This was the announcement that the great Deweese Wood plant at McKeesport, Pa., was to be immediately dismantled and removed from McKeesport. The counter blow was given Friday night by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, when he declared that large body of organized labor would stand by the Amalgamated association in the present conflict and give moral and financial aid in every lawful way. It now seems a dertainty that all of the federation men engaged in the iron and steel trades will be called out at once.

LONDON WOULD GO BACK TO THE STOCKS.

Punishment suggested by a London newspaper for people who expectorate in public places. ~

Negro Sold for a Trifle.

The older citizens of Taylorville, Ky„ were Tuesday carried back to old slave days by a curious scene when a young negro, Sy Lewis, was sold by Auctioneer Crab to the highest bidder from the courthouse steps. Lewis was sent into servitude for a period of nine months upon being convicted of vagrancy at the last term of the circuit court A large crowd was present. Inere were few anxious to bid, but he was finally knocked down to Arch Hays, a young farmer near town, at *2.

INDIAN CHIEF IS KILLED.

Btoody Bight Between BWI Mm mi a I Farm la New York. Jesse Jamison, for years the recognized chief of the Seneca nation Indians on the Cattaraugus, N. Y., reservation and one of the most prominent red men in that part of the United States, was slain, and Richard Crouse, another red man high in the councils of the Indians, seriously wounded in a bloody fight which took place on the Crouse farm, about six miles from Gowanda, N. Y. Feeling runs high among the other Indians.' It is said that those who have the' reputation of being quiet are arming and further trouble is expected/ The fedreal authorities in Buffalo have been notified of the trouble. It started over a woman who had been a housekeeper for Jamison, whom he had chased away from his home. She went to the Crouse home and Jamison procured a gun and started for that place. He broke open the door and began firing into the room where Crouse and the girl were hiding. Crouse was shot in the ear and above the heart. Crouse’s son, who was in the barn, ran to his father’s assistance and Jamison ran away, but was found several hours later with his body riddled with bullets. Crouse’s son has been arrested.

MOB BURNS A NEGRO.

Chain Him to a Stake and Apply the Torch. Five hundred enraged and determined citizens of Coffee county, Alabama, Wednesday morning took part in burning at the stake a negro who gave the name of John Wesley Pennington. The mob was composed of both white and black residents and not one in the crowd displayed the least show of mercy as the miserable wretch pleaded, prayed, cursed, wept and screamed in terrible agony. As the names gnawed into his vitals his eyes bulged from their sockets and the victim struggled with herculean efforts to break his chain. Still not one of his cevere judges relented, and it was not until all that had been a human being had been converted into ashes that the crowd seemed to have been satisfied. Pennington had committed a brutal assault upon Mrs. J. C. Davis, the wife of one of the most prominent farmers of Coffee county, and confessed his guilt

Brokers Must Pay Tax.

Dealers in "puts” and “calls” and “spreads” on boards of trade are liable to the special stamp tax. Such is the decision of Commissioner Yerkes of the internal revenue bureau announced in a telegram from Washington yesterday. The ruling-is based on paragraph 3,. section 8, of the act of March 2, 1901. Members of the Chicago Board of Trade who deal also in Milwaukee fear that if tne cecision is enforced it will practically kill this kind of speculation. “Some of the brokers may quit,” said Albert Booth, one of the men who have been operating in the cream city. “In fact, the ruling will have a tendency toward the discontinuance of this business.”

Trust Manager Fined.

Judge Lindsay of the police court at Topeka, Kan., fined W. L. Dickey, manager of the People’s Ice Company, S2OO for maintaining a trust contrary to the city ordinance. Mr. Dickey appealed from the decision to the District court.

Girl Killed by Lightning.

Allegra Eggleston Seelye, a graduate of Cornell University, and granddaughter of Edward Eggleston, the author, was found dead in Cascading Gorge near Ithaca, N. Y. She was found hanging by her feet from roots over the edge of the bank shortly after a violent rainstorm. The position in which she was found and the condition of her indicate that she had been struck by lightning and fallen over the bank. ,

SOUTH AMERICAN TROUBLE

Bepoita of Battle* Doabted by CalMsMmJ Bepresentattva at Waablagtoa. Herrain, the charge d’affaires of the- 1 Colombian legation at Washingtondoubts the authenticity of the alleged; reports given out in New York by' Guerrera, the insurgent representative

PRESIDENT CASTRO « (of Venezuela). .

there. He said: "If the'battles reported by Guerrera had really occurred I would- undoubtedly have been advised by cablegram.” Herrain has received a letter from Acting President of Colombia Marroquin, dated July 9, in whicn is the report that General Uribe-Uribe, the insurgent leader, was at Maracaibo, on the Venezuelan frontier, trying to organize a fill ouster!ng force to invade Colombia. The letter explains that the Colombian government is not at all disturbed by General Uribe’s presence. A cable report to Herrain, dated July 27, reports General Uribe still at Maracaibo, and the situation unchanged. Except to protect American Interests it is not usual for the state department to take cognizance of revolutionary movements. In case of actual war between Colombia and Venezuela, the usual declaration of neutrality would be issued, when this government had been advised officially of a state of war.

ABSORBING MARSEILLES TRADE

The United States Securing Big Ma—of Coal Business «T here. The British consular report regarding trade at Marseilles, issued at London Thursday, declares that the most vital recent development from a British view point is the determined attempt of the United States to obtain a monopoly of the coal imports at that port. The report further says it is still too early tn say how much of the general activity in Marseilles in the future will be due to American enterprise and energy; but it is certain that a large share of the future trade and commercial activity, both at Marseilles and in the south of France generally, will be absorbed by the United States and a considerable portion of it at the expense of the united kingdom unless British traders wake up to the danger and fight it by combination. "A great coal combine is contemplated,” the report adds. “Without it American coal will surely share the market, but will not be able to entirely oust British coal. It would simply be a question of freights and quality, both of which are against the United States, but the proposed combine looks dangerous.”

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Wheat—No. 1 northern. 2 uZ°^ 7l,4o < No - 8 ’ N? 4, Winter wheat—No 2 7014 c; No. 3 hard, 70@71c; No.’ 4, »9c:'N? ? ha n <1 ’ Corn—No. 2, 55%c; No. 2 yellow, 51>%@55%c; No. S, 650652 - n£ 8 yellow, 65Hc. Oats—No. 4, new; MUqNn whu’ 34%c; No - 3 white, new, 37c; 88%c 2 hlt *’ n * W ’ S7Hc: No ' 81 oW * Cattle—Native beef steers, $406.75; westfiu2<vteer8 ’ 83 - 7< *8 14 - 6 0; Texas steers, $3.4» @♦•3o, cows and heifers, 52.7004.45; canners, $1.250.2.50; Stockers and reedara nr. tlve > [email protected]; calves, s3@s; bulla°stags. etc., $2.2504.10. Hogs—Heavy, *5 8505 9585 -«?@ s -«5; light, bu, k of sales, $5.8005.85. 8h«o —Wethers, $2.8003.25; ewes, $2.5002.85; oon£ mon and stock sheep, $2.2502 75; lambs. t c “ ntaJoupe8 ’ Illinois, 20025 c per U buIndiana, 40050 c per H»u. *<Sk- ex A£L£? ol ff» 200: , dairies, choice. Z Cheese—New goods: Full cresm fca* 8 wvia>iou. Ce ' Young Amerf D U "earn, 1014 c; twins, S l9c ' B®ans—Pea Beans, hand-picked, hand-picked, $2.5502.57. o ce timothy, sl4 Sme’ea J?°* 1* choice, prairie, sl4 ©15.50. Potatoes—Home grown, $101.05 per IHhu: early Ohlos, from northwest, $lO 106I 06 pe £j’ U- Poultry—lced stock: Turkey gobblers, pc; hens. 8c; chickens, hens and springs, scalded, 7c; hens and springs dry picked, 7c; roosters, 554 c; ducks 70 sc; geese, 6©7c; spring chickens, 1214 c. V

Death of William A. Newell.

Ex-Governor William A. Newell is dead at hia home in 'Allentown, N. J. Governor Newell was noted as ths originator of the United States lifesaving service, and in his earlier days he was prominent and powerful as a politician. Dr. Newell was also the originator of the Department of Agriculture, which is now a cabinet department in the general government. Among other positions honorably and ably filled by Dr. Newell were thosS of twentieth governor of New Jersey, governor of Washington Territory, United States Indian agent and member of Congress. Woman to Try Whirlpool Rapids. Miss Alice Wagenflue, a contortionist of German descent, who lives in Buffalo, longs to go through the Whirlpool Rapids. She went to Niagara to borrow Carlyle Graham’s barrel. He agreed to let her take the trip in It in the latter part of August. Steamer Destroyed, by Fire. The steamer Norfolk, plying between Sewell’s Point and Old Point Comfort, Va., burned in Hampton Roads. Within twenty minutes from the time the fire started the vessel had been destroyed.