Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — Page 6

THE REPUBLICAN, GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. - ~ii‘ , RENSSELAER, \ [. INDIANA.

WANT TURKISH CASH

AMERICAN MISSIONARIES TO DE INDEMNIFIED. ;■"** a . tJ " T NewDs—tw-fa* Barnlngof alone—Horri d;Cr!l*ie «f a Kentucky Mob—Woman la Burned Alive-Ven-exaela Doesn't Lack Aid. ■ i CnfcleSam After on indemrity, _ Secretary Olney has.tKroclert Minist*r Terrell, at Constantinople, to dernnud an Indemnity of $190,000 from Turkey for the benefit of American missionaries wljq Buffered loss of property in the Klmrput outbreaks in November. Minister Terrell baa also been instructed to Inform the Sultan's Ministers that ail Indemnity will Ik* demanded for the belie-. Bt of Americans who suffered loss of property at Marash a few weeks later. This second demand will be formally made as soon as the exact losses, as sustained by Americans at Marash, can I>e officially detrained.- It is not expected that the sura of the indemnity will bet less than $100,009, and it may lie more. The Government does not expect that the Sultan will respond quickly to these demands, nod in that event, after a reasonable time for compliance is given. an ultimatum wo) be issued to the Turkish Government. Great Britain is said to be fc'rcqlty . incensed over this demand. . Mob Burns n Woman, Within two miles of I>bnnon, Kv.. early Sunday morning a relentless inch btirned a woman, who was to become a mother, and riddled her gray-haired paramour with bullets. The blackened and disfigured corpses of the victims, Mrs. Thomas West and William I>vvercs, were foutid in the ruins of the woman's home by the 14-year-old daughter of the murdered man. The murders were among the most brutal ever enacted under the gretvsome sway of drend .lodge Ljnflr." Despite the pleadings for her father's iife of a half clad, frightened child and the prayers and tears of the ill and helpless woman, the mob went throughwith its work in cold-blooded,' cruel del ilx-ration and only left when certain that both man and woman were dead. The affair was. the outgrowth of the old storv of faithless wife and vengeful husband. Devercs had himself killed the husband of the woman. . > : , All to Aid Venezuela. -; Caracas, Venezuela, dispatch: All (he Dattn-Ameriean republics are said to lie In a secret league and will aid Venezuela. It is expected, in case of a war against Kngland. Colombia has resixitided to Venezuela's request, it is w hjspcrvd, liy promising to contribute BO.QOO - troops a ml agreeing to give the British Minister his passports unless Kngland consents to submit the Guiana question to arbitration. Brazil is to scjtd 100,000 men. armed and equipped. Mexico is counted upon to aid withn fleet. By calling out Its militia Venezuela can place 230,000 pien in the field. The Venezuelan Foreign Office is active. It will scud immediately extra envoys to all parts of the world. New York’s Grant Monument. By Arder of Geti. Horace l’orter, who is president of the New York Grant M mument Association," alli work upon the great mausoleum on Riverside drive lias been suspended until the middle of March. This makes a hitch iu the for dedicating the monument on April 21 next, which is the anniversary of Urn great commander’s birthday, and it i* jr>w I improbable that the dedication will take' place until the'anniversary in ISO 7. Ta< j usual exercises, however, will lx> held at 1 the tomb next Appl. All the men- . necessary for the eoriipletion of the work has been subscribed, but it will in acssary to raise a new fund to provide f -r a caretaker and keeping the memorial in j repair. Wish a Carload of Hungry Cat*. For lack of a pied pip-r of Detroit ; . Bwart Brothers, proprietors of the Hotel j Cadillac, Detroit, Mich., desire a car- I load of cats. They desire them immediately. At present the visible supply of rats in tlie house is in excess of all demands. They don’t ant oy the guests so much as they seem to annoy one another The Back part of the house,, where the guests do not sleep—not the rats either—is filled by night with noises indicating that Rodent College and the University of Mus are playing a serial intercollegiate football match. What is chiefly desired are cats with a rat appetite. From 10 to 2d cents will be paid—the bigger the cat and his appetite the larger the price. ! Bond Bill Passes. Tlie House Saturday passed the bond bill by a vote of 170 to 130. The closing hours,-©*"' the debate were lacking in spirit and there was practically no .excitement. Forty-seven Republicans refused to su-t with the majvyity of their party. Tne Populists and Democrats, with the exception of Mr. Hutchinson, of Texas, who voted, for the bill, presented an unbroken front against the hill.

NEWS NUGGETS.

The sister ship of the new battleship Koarsargt* has been named by Secretary Herbert for the State of Kentucky. Alfred N. Tripp hantrod himself in his bairn at Poughkeepsie. N. V. , He hadwbut Just come into $300,000, left him by his father, Vincent Tripp. The last two, months Tripp has Wen much depressed and has said repeatedly there was*no longer any charm in lite for him. .His coachman found him* hanging by a piece of clothesline from a rafter in the barn loft. Two of the highwaymen who dield up • street cat; Wednesday night at San Francisco and robbed Keuben Clarke cf SI,OOO hare Wen arrested. The discovery of a pouch containing SOOO, which was buried in the sand near the Cliff ' House. hSTfd llie oaT*tuire. The polieeTeft the sack where it was found and then lay in wfLit with Winchesters. ! Princess Frederick while skating on, the ice on the Gnebnitzseo, near Berlin, had a narrow escape from drowning. The ice gave way and the ■princess was immersed in the water until she was rescued with the ttft of a 4»lank by a passer-^*.

EASTERN.

William Gs. and tl. S# Hopper, trading as William G. Hopper & Co., Philadelphia, bankers and htokers; 28 South 3d •treet, failed. The firm declines to give out ant statement. but the liabilities wiH probably be heavy,'as they did -a big business. It is believed they"were caught on the short side of the market The odor of gas attracted.the attention of attendants to apartments at Ne\v- York; oceupied by Arno Kuril and his wife; Karb was found breathing his las;, while' his wife was unconscious from.asphyxiation. The latter was restored, but the •h«*bnnd dfrvh- A* tle- T’cihcc StiSfSH fSr ’ that the couple had' planned suicide, the woman was placed under arrest. Karb was 3S years of age and his wife is 30 years old. -- —-—■-■-v—r —-.- The four-story iron front building' at Baltimore. Md„ owned by estate and occupied by the firm of (Jebni & Co.-sis aclothing store, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Thursday. The adjoining lniildihga, also, occupied by Oehm A Co., were badly damaged by water, TJig^establishment is known as “OeKm’s Acme Hall," and is one of the largest in the city. A rough estimate places the !o«& on stock at s2oo,<•<*> and on the buildings at SIOO,OOO, fully covered i by insurance.' The tire is supposed to have originated from the electric light wireß. ,

WESTERN.

The Lawrence Reduction Works, Victor, Colo., owned by a company of which ,1. IL lie, Lamar is president, have been burned. Loss. SI 25.000. The works had been very successful, in the treatment of low'gfade Cripple Creel; ores and will be rebuilt. The east-bound Burlington passenger collided -with a west-bound . freight at Seward. Neb. Engineer Heed of the freight was instantly killed. The pas senger engineer was #riously injured. Two,passengers, a little girl ahd ah old man, wire dangerously hurt, the child being frigbt fnlfy burned by'being t hrown under a stove, Other passengers were injured. •* J Three, persons were shot and a whole train-load of*passengers were thrown into a panic by the attempt of Special Detective David Mctjiiaid of tlie Motion Road to arrest John Weinliardt. an alleged lunatic, who. according to McQuaid, started in to Hear ons the Monon express Which left tlie Polk street depot at Chicago Tuesday night. None of- the injured wiii die. The most destructive fire that McLeansboro. Ilk. has ever known broke out Thursday morning about 3 O’clock. The three large general store buildings of Asher & lasi better, .1. E. Robinson and T. G. Herridge & Co., with their eontents, and the residence of .1. Balierger, were burned. The loss will exceed SBO,(100. The largejiriek building occupied by F. W. Robinson, druggist. andF. .1. Chapman, groceries ami notions. was damaged, to jhe extent of $3,000, The insurance is about $33,01X). The heavy rain lias caused great alarm along llu Osage and Moreau Itivcr ( alleys. in Missouri. The already swollen streams are rising, and it is feared that the lrgli water ,>f last week will be greatly augmented. Bottom .farms are swept of fencing, haystacks, corn in shock and many outbuildings. A great amount of stock has bein drowned, and if the rain continues a few hours the river valleys will lie a si vile of wild devastation. -Several lives are reported to he lost along the Osage Valley. Word-from Tuscunihia says that more than loo.tmo bushels of corn within a small radius of bottom Ibiml was nashed away am) thousands o'? railroad ties ,iel bi-hlge timis-rs hate Moated away, I'to- 4twsgc »* m*w higher tban tt was it| IW.’, «bfn'st broke ike record. l». . Tb* \t l* i- * - ,ng.i »;.»iistt high i -.t nr >jraiCjiy iWnss'a tw W U* *ll< ’ . K* ’■ ' V / Tbs »<rSidSst»y. At tOßfcfeei jk. mk* *> Mi: ite-1 fr, ft. T i hsmi tfc •» i. fMr-Hte * y esi om) WBa th'Sl O" * - ( O't M« p. (i T ss- wd. ffl .' sksTwig -.MfijiigM | y«s}|>» s lay SW BsSS «4 i• tSMStMMfc-r M*m . i*in t lifts |hSbi BSs- -toS tils safety sf fi«r ‘ 7'.tBJUBHI-.MBSiW-'■ era, »ho B ?the w .-» t> Mss* hsr iti -. «■ *t ■ ■. § t* - . is * l 1 . • »■*» g • ■*. s gate, iv i sa*e %* * sees si swd 11l hil ,» -wl >lo t* - » . the tl-.rtn .4 he hiS'l** e-t Bsel hssf 'fce Wtrsth net is is tow |«r 4ai • ««*si had * ths <* »d the *slg« f pot thw of t- - fast The htg of the htrstlMM *i* t» Sis a »fv-c* that t* dotu dupi:. tlol to the stint sj*, sunt ttw history. !.•«> ms Vhiutta tht I-’., with It si pa«%< tigers and 4*l elheers ttsl crew, with moderate weath'-r. * speed of ten knots was made tittliDM. 'Jt, wt 7 W in the morning, in latitude I’d. 14 north mid longitude 1tH.27 west, when the ship ex|tt rienetsl a terrific shock, the crash sounding like att of a caution. Tlie shaft hud sunp|H-d short off t lost to, tlie prupeller. whit h dropped char of the vessel and went to the bottom. A strong northern gale was coining on and nil sail was crowded on two small masts without yards, schooner rigged. The accident occurred about 180 miles south of Unnlaska. Slowly the gale carried tlie vessel to the touthcast. and it wa-s two days later before she con Id make any progress toward the east. From that time on under a zigzag course, she sailed slowly toward Capo Flattery.

WASHINGTON.

Congh-ssman Dingley of Maine introduced in the House Thursday a bill designed to increase revenues $-10,000,000 per-year, by a horizontal (inerease of 15 per cent, upon the present tariff schedule and the adding of wool and lumber tvj the dutiable list. The House Thursday passed a tariff bill, the operation of which is limited to two and'a half years, and -Which is designed to raise s4o,* >OO,OOO. 1 The vote on the passage of the bill was much confused. and no debate was permitted. Tlio Tote stood 227 to SI. An order issued by the Secretary of War Thursday reminding, army officers that it is extremely impolitic to publicly discuss the possibilities of war is construed by the friends of Major 'General Miles as a roundabout; thrust at that officer. (Jem ral Miles has recently written an article over his signature regarding the |Missibility of war with Knglaud as result stf the Vi-mwiielmi affaic ; Some excitement was caused in Washington by the discovery that the navy department had decided to let contracts for large quantities of projectiles for which no appropriation has been made by Congress. Small contracts aggregating SIOO,000 have been awarded within the past two days to the Carpenter Steel Company and to the Wheeler-Sterling Steel Company, and these will ik* followed by others,

which Is | expected to bring the total amount up to something like SOOO,OOO. The department has observed some scCbecy about the matter, the eontracts’aireadv let havihg heeo awariled without the usi’til publltj advertisement. - .

FOREIGN.

The British 'steamer Bcllerophon has in collision’with an*l Inis sunk the French steamer Kraile Selsisb at the entrance of the harbor at Algiers. Thirty (Wsseitders of the Emile Ncfsise,; including twciity-five natives, were drowned. .The large three-masted vessel seen on *Triwaß«y fly la Ivingstowht Bay. Ireland.-turns out to he the Russian hark Palme, Captain Eriksen, from Liverpool, Daf: 18, Lor Mobile, Ala. As cabled at the time, n lifeboat which went to her assistance was capsized and her crew of sixteen men were drowned, and a second lifeboat which attelnpted to assist the Palme also capsized and returned to the shore wilij. the greatest ilif sticnlty. The crew of the Palme cut away her masts, and eventually all on board, eighteen souls in all. were rescued by a passing steamer. The rescued people included the captain's wife and child. The British ship Moresby, Capt. Coombqr, was stranded Monday off the Bnllinacourt's lighthouse, near I) mi gar yen. Ireland, about a mile and a half from the shore. Her crew, numbering thirty-six men, were lashed to her rigging throughout the night, and it whs feared they would perish, as the sea was so heavy as to render it impossible for a lifeboat to live for any length of time. After dayiiglit Tuesday znonftSg a lifelioat managed to reach the ship and took off nineteen of tlie imperiled seamen. The vessel was breaking up wiien tlie lifeboat was ' compelled to leave her and went to pieces shortly afterward, the remaining seventeen members of ~tlie crew, going down with her. A large three-masted vessel was seen flying signals of distress in Kingstown Bay. A lifeboat which went to her assistance Was capsized and crew of sixteen' men, were drowned. A second lifeboat which st acted for tha rescue was also overturned, but the crew managed to cling to the boat, which was, finally righted. The fate of the threemaster is not known.

IN GENERAL.

. Eight .county prisoners .at Louisville, Ky., procured a saw and by cutting a hole through the jail roof made their escape. Among them was Bill Ryder, the notorious outlaw awaiting trial for murder. The Manitoba Government has replied to the appeal of the Dominion Government for a compromise on the parochial school question, declaring that it will hffhdle the matter itself and resist any outside interference. u •It is now known that (lie schooner Victory. which sailed from Inglee for Havre tie Grace, N. F., some days ago, with eighteen* passengers and a crew of four men, lias been lost, as parts of her'have been washed oil Horse Island. It is certain that the twenty-two persons are lost. . Among sporting men the report is current that James .1.-CorbeLt, tlm erstwhile champion pugilist, has good reason for quitting the prize ring. It is said is physically unable to stand it severe Course of training and that should lie reenter tlie ring lie would be a “mark” for any class heavyweight. According to a friend, the big fellow is going the same road traveled by poor Jack Dempsey. Tlie Northwestern Miller gives the following summary of tile week's milling news: The flour output at three points last week, with comparisons, was: Dec. 21. Dee. 22, 1803. 1204. Minneapolis- .. —. ... 278,48t> 81,445 Nap'-rior-Duluth 30,810 3,930 Milo iuk«c 35,225 30.500 Total. '.333,073 121,873 Miiini «|silis For this week the output .»ill ili>i|i to a point not reached in n long ino probably 230,000 barrels. Export shipments were 77,500 barrels, against !i7.3 w-ek lief ore and 13.400 in 1894. 1 .-.I i* quiet, with less Western demand, a. 4 pr,«-» at.,.ui steady. Ueec.nt export • made red dog nip! lew grades V'hi; inter. Superior-Dulnth—A liglitlipui i» looked for this week. Mod- . i .ab-« of flour were made hist week, , , u.ettbsi markets caused buyers to te-M ~ff. FU-nrs, with some parties, are ! (sir deiu.ind. l»ut not with others. Mill ks are 32.8410 barrels.' against 77,000 in l8j»4. Export shipments were 8,500 barrels, against 12.000 barrels tlie pre-i-mliitt week ntul 4.200 iu 1894. Feed, especially bran, is firmer. St. Flottr showed a marked improvement in e\|mrt. taking an unexpected turn. Offerings of feed are large, and the market la heavy. ’

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $5.30 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $.‘1.70: wheat. No. 2 red, 35c to 56c; corn. No. 2,23 cto 20c: oats, No. 2. 10c to 17e; rye. No. 2. 34c to 37c; butler, choice creamery. 25c to 27c; eggs,.fresh, 20c to 22c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, S2O to $4,15 tier ton for poor to choice. , Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $.3.50; wheat. No. 2. t!3c to 05c; corn, 'No. 1 white. 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 roil, 02c to 63c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 23c to 25c; oats. No. 2 white, 10c to 17c; rye, No. 2,31 e to 33c. Cincinnati Cattle. $3.50 to $4.5Q; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2. 03c to 05c; torn. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 2lc: rye.No.2,BScto 41e. Detroit —Cattle. $2.50 to s.'>.oo; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75: sheep, $2.00 to $3.50: wheat, No. 2 red, 04c to 05c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye, 37c to 38c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 03 ■ to Gse; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 28c: tots. No.2 white, 10c to 20c; rye. No. 2,37 c p 39c; clover seed. $4.00 to $4.10. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 54c to 36c; eofn, No. 3. 25c to 27c; oats, So. 2 whits, 180-40-19 e; barley, N0..2, 31 eto 33c; rve, No. 1,30 cto 31c; pork', wt% s, $7.25 to $7.75. * - ftnffirtijp=TsnTlfrTrc^^ $3.00 to $4.00: sheep. $2.50 to $3.56; wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 whit*, 22c to 24c. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.59; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to ÜBq; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; butter, creamery, 17c to 29c; eggs, Western, 20c to 22c.

TARIFF IN THE HOUSE

DINGLEY BILL GOES THROUGH, i » WITH A RUSH. : : • . :*w- ■ • ? T;' - '. , Measure Forced Tbronsh the House to Increase Revenue by a Horizontal Increase in the Tariff—Passed by a Vote of 205 to 81. I • ■ fli With Whip ond Spar. ( i ’ The-House Thursday responded* to the appeal of the President by passing a tariff bill, the operation of which is limited to two and a half years ami which is designed to raise $40,000,000 for the relief of the treasury. The vote was on party lines with two exceptions. The Repubircans all voted for the bill except Hartman (Mont.), who did not vote, and the Democrats and Populists against if save Newlarids (Pop, Net.), who voted in favor of th<» measure. The especial order under which the bill was brought to a vote at 5 o'clock in the evening, after

CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY.

three and a half hours of debate, was iron-dad iu its character and compelled the members to adopt or reject it without opportunity of offering amendments of any kind. Although there was the brilliant Setting that usually accompanies a field day in the house, the debate lacked much of the spirit and vim which generally charae. terizes a partisan -battle in the lower branch of Congress. Even the preliminary skirmish over the adoption of the rule, which ordinarily precipitates the fiercest wrangling, passed off quietly. The debate itself was participated iu by theleaders' on both sides. The Republicans contended that the first necessity of the

MAIN STREET IN CRIPPLE CREEK.

treasury was revenue to supply tlie continued deficiency. Every speaker denied that the proposed measure was a Republican protection'bill. It was. tlie<y claimed, an emergency revenue bill cut protective lines,' The Democrats took the position that there was no lack ofsfevcnue In the treasury, and that the passage of a bill to increase taxation would in nowise help the situation nor furnish the relief desired by the President and Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Diugley and Mr. Dolliver of the Republicans and Mr. Crisp and Mr. Turner* of the Democrats carried off the honors. The bill passed repeals the present tariff law until Aug. 1, 1898. Except for a few articles it is the antipodes of Col. Morrison’s famous ‘'horizontal” bill. His was n straight 20 per cent, ad valorem cut. This is a horizontal raise. The duties on all the articles in all the schedules except those covering wool and woolens, sugar, and .wood ana wooden manufactures are advanced 15 per cent. This is ( subject to the condition that in no case must the duties exceed those collected under the McKinley law. Sugar is left, as it is, at 40 per cent ad valorem. Raw wool is required to pay a duty equivalent to GO per cent, of that imposed by the McKinley law. Most woolen manufactures are required to pay GO per cent, of the specific duties of the old law, but carpets will have to pay the specific duty of the old law In addition to the ad valorem duty of the present one. Imported lumber, is taken off the free list and required to pay 00 per cent, of the McKinley duties- Lumber anil wool are the only free list articles which are made dutiable. Therefore a number of agricultural products are not affected by Thursday’s legislation- When the bill was put upon its pnssago.it was passed 205 to 81, the vote being taken'by yeas and nays. There was no demonstration of any kind on the announcement of the vote.

ELIND CHAPLAIN OF CONGRESS.

Rev. H. N. Coinlcn Lost His Eight iu the Union*! Service. , r — The ehnplaifl of the new Congress, Rev. H. N. Cduden, of Port Huron, Mich., lost his eyesight iu the service of his country, When the first call for volunteers was made he-enlisted in the Sixth, Ohio Infantry, being then 18 years of age, and when his term had expired re-enlisted for three years, lie was with McClellan* in the West Virginia campaign and took part in the battle of Shiloh. In February, 1863, he was transferred to the First Mississippi" Marine Brigade. Near Austin, Miss., he received a charge of small shot in his eyes, causing total', blindness. After honorable discharge, Mr. Cdudefi.fihdihgthcroWns'nohOpeoTrecov ering his eyesight, entered the blind school at Columbus. Ohio, taking a course of seven years. Afterward he entered a theological seminary affCanlop, N. Y. After filling pastorates in that State. Ohio, and Massachusetts he moved Jp Port Hurou, Mich., four years ago. work there has bqpn highly successful, he erecting a handsome Universalist pLnrvh.

CRIPPLE CREEK A CRIPPLER.

Its Present Gold Mining Boom Said to Be a Bis Conspiracy. Cripple Creek, Col., has recently sprung into prominence as a great gold mining center. There arq probably 20(1 mines, very* few of which have produced orriin paying quantities. The great majority of the mines arje nothing more than green goods specula*ions with holes in .the ground, with nothing in the holes hut paid L for press clippings. Mines hitherto unheard of have been stocked and listed, and mines which have never justified any higher rating than thcy .havo had for years hare suddenly been boomed tp a degree that reflects on the. gullibility of the American public. The earnings of the mines which have been worlied'have not materially increased, and the promises of sudden large dividends are found ogjy; in, the process of organization for tnonths, and it has hot. been without its newspaper connections. One New York paper has boomed the erase'to the extent of predfeting the rise in values of this mining stock,’for the obvious purpose of inducing Eastern investments. The chance tfi Bwimlle the public in the naine of the Cripple Creek mining field w,as foreseen by those having the true interests iif -the region most at heart. In a brochure issued by reputable business men of Colorado. Springs as long ago as last April the following warning was given; “Incalculable injury is inflicted upon mining- regions of proven merit by the floating of wildcat companies, and advertising their lies on u magnificent scale. “Tlie greater the merit of a district th© more widely this sort of thing is successfully carried on. Generally it is wise to leave any joining schemes severely alone that is boomed iu the large metropolitan dailies and other newspapers. “Cripple Creek affords many favorable and attractive propositions for money making, but, up to date, not one ofjtliese is included among the number that have been given wilie notoriety beyond the boundaries of Colorado. .“There is a determination among our prominent mining men to have, as far as possible, only the facts as they exist in regard to the camp spread abroad, and to puncture all bogus or balloon projects sent kiting, in an alluring fashion, to victimize the credulous. “In a word, and in conclusion, do not purchase the shares ofany company without first investigating, for there is nothing so good that it will not keep long enough » for this to be done.” Many of the mines of the Cripple Creek country which are capitalized at from $">00,000 to $3,000,000 have never paid 10 cents'profit since the first spadeful of earth was turned up where they are located, and there is no reason to suppose they ever will. There is a saying in Colorado that “for every dollar in gold or silver taken out of the ground si..op or $2 is put into it. This does not mean,’ of

course, that there are no paying mines in that country- there are many of them—but it does mean that more money is spent annually in mining operations than is tnken out in ore throughout the State. Ninety-nine out of every hundred men in tlie.East who put mqney into Western gold or silver mining projects have simplypaid the expenses for developing pros-pect-holes. which ultimately proved valueless. These conditions arc unclnnigcil at this time, ekccptxthat the money of tint investors will not go to the development of a mine which may possibly turn ..out well, but will be diverted, instead, to tho pockets of unscrupulous stock manipulators. One of the best evidences that this Cripple Creek gold miuiug business is purely

"JIM” MARSHAĹ. [Cripil, Creek’s Police Chief.]

speculation is the large number of “exchanged” in full blast in that region, wherein large dealings in stocks are daily made. Stocks are generally purchased by brokers for clients living at adistance and these clients for the most part are people who are so. anxious to get rich quick that they invest their little sayings an. these worthless stocks, upon simply newspaper sny. There is a conspiracy to defraud and there are behind this conspiracy some .of the shrewdest and. sharpest financial experts in tins eonntry, and it is on undoubted fact that already somo millions of dollars have been taken from the people by them.

Told in a Few Lines.

John Russell Hind! the English astronomer, is dead. S • .-Rev. George W. Dawne, D. D., died suddenly at Richmond,, Yg. Williftm_G.-amL!BL-&. Hopper, Philadelphia bankers, have failed. The Mexican press support President Cleveland and defend the Monroe doctrine. Cokers of Connellsville, Pa., hnvo received an adyance of 10 per cent, in wages. Sneak nthieves carried off a jewelry show-case containing $1,500 worth t<f goods *t_ Cleveland. " v

WAS A MIGHTY BLAST

TWO TONS OF DYNAMITE LET GO NEAR CHICAGO. * i —' % . People Thought It Wa© Anothe# Earthquake—Rumor from Venezuela;' that England Wants to Arbitrate—- . .United State© a Protector. • r ‘‘* • "'*'•'*■ ' 1 '*■ “ —« —‘fy v 1 . Felt for Forty Miles Around. Four thousand" pounds of dynamite, stored iu a iittie fraiqe shed less than onu thousand feet from the Chicago drain ago . . (.anal at Roiiieoi exploded _ut '4 o’clock Friday morning, and the terrific conqns-i sion was communicated to an afea'cir»•—ascribed by a circle forty miles iu diameter. Every symptom of a powerful seismic disturbance was created by thepower of the explosive material. Strata of limestone rock, dipping and failing in regular waves, were disturbed as if by , some overwhelming subterranean power, aud in districts miles away, where these strata came new the .surface of the earth, houses were perceptibly jarred, dishes rattled, clocks stopped and tlie outpouring of startled people caused alarm iu the neighborhoods. No one was hurt, but much damage was done to window 'glass in surrounding towns. Pcath in a Theater Panic. In q senseless panic, caused by a defective gas burner amd a foolish cry of lire, at the old Front street theater in Baltimore, Friday night, twenty-four persons were killed, two fatally injured iind ten more seriously hurt. -Almost ail of the victims are of Polish nationality anil Hebraic extraction. The theater- wasfilled with an audience assembled (o listen to-Hebrew opera. There were at leas' 3,000 persons present when the curtain went up. One of the attendants went to light a gas jet which appeared to have been extinguished. As he turned tlie cock am? applied a match the light flared up, and it was seen that there was no 1 i L> to the burner.. The jet was in plain view . of the greater part of the audience, but as the glare from it showed against the wall some one in the gallery shouted: “Fire, fire, fire!” In an instant there was a scramble, in which the whole audience took part. The vanguard reached the. entrance on Front street, pushed on by the howling, shrieking mob behind them. There, in the foremost rank were compelleu to turn to tlie right aud to the left to reach the double entrance way, built in the firm of storm doors. As the* crowds from the two doors, one on the right, the other on the left, reached the landing they met. There was a brief struggle, and then some one lost his or her footing and fell. In a moment the crowd, pushed with irresistible force from the rear, crowded .upon the prostrate form apd began in turn to stumble and reel, and presently to fall prone upon the floor under the myriads of feet coming like a herd of frightened buffalos from behind. In less time than it takes to tell it, the landing was packed twenty or thirty deep with the panic-stricken multitude aud the hundreds behind them were struggling over them to reach tho street. Is Great Britain Hedsing? A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela, says: It is rumored lljat England, believing that the United States is determined to light, is now willing,to arbitrate with Venezuela and wishes to rosnmodiplomatic relations for that reason. Tho Venezuelan Government, while declining to speak officially regarding this rumor, admits that Venezuela cannot now renew negotiations or receive any communication except "through the United States. There is great excitement over a dispatch cabled to the London Times, and everyone demands the expulsion of the Tines correspondent, Charles Akers. The American Minister said in an interview that such action would be: imprudent at this juncture, * and his counsel was accepted. The society for the defense of Venezuelan territory - has elected Cleveland and Crespo honorary presidents. It offers the Government 30,000 men ready for war. » Wilde -Removed to Rending Jail. Official confirmation has been given to the London rumor that Oscar Wilde was quietly removed from WormwoodScrnbbs, the Government prison iu which he has been confined since his conviction, to the jail at Reading. The removal was ordered by Home Secretary Ridley as tho result of representations from the physicians in attendance on the prisoners at Wormwood-Serubbs, and is in the nature of an act of clemency. It is understood that Wilde will not be compelled to do any labor iu his new quarters, but will be allowed an abundance of reading matter, as well as tlie privilege of exercising ts much as be pleases in the jailyard. When the weather is favorable.

BREVITIES.

; .**• The schooner Edna M. Champion whlgh sailed from Philadelphia on Oct. 12 for Pprt Tampa. Fla., with n cargo of coal, and has not since been heard from, has been given up as lost by her owners, The vessel had a crew consisting of Capt. Frank Somers and nine men, and, with the cargo, was valued At $45,000. The following cablegram was received nt the Temple. Chicago, directed to Mis* Frances E. Willard, president of tho World’s W. C. T. TJ., and signed “by tho vice president. Lady Henry Somerset: “Ileigate, England.—President \V.*C. T. U., Temple, Chicago: Wo join prayers and influence to yours to avert greatest calamity possible to the world, a war between nations in whose history arc involved the highest hopes of humanity. God grant we may stand united to tight oppression everywhere. “LADY HENRY SOMERSET.;’ -i William Waldorf Astor is reported to be engaged to Lady Randolph Churchill. At Mamnroncck, N. Y., the home of Thomas F. Oakes, ex-president of the .Northern Pacific, at Orient a, \yu» entered by burglnrs and silver ware valued at several thousand dollars was stolon. Tho silverware included many heirlooms that were highly valued. R. L. Higginson, of Boston, has begun suit for divorce against his wife, who eloped to Italy with James W. Smith. .Otto. Hilruer,. of <Uu«igo, .com mil tedr suicide at Atlanta because he had made a. failure of a concession at the exposition. Larkin Tutt, a colored Baptiot minister residing at Clark, Mo., was taken, from a train at Sturgeon, Me., and given, a severe beniiug for using insulting language to some white women ou the train. He Would no doubt hate been tarred am) feathered bm for the timely arrival of th» police. i* tow 'Tjad-