Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. OEO. E.~W»BSHALL. Publl.h.r. - INDIANA.

DRY DOCK WRECKED.

PECULIAR ACCIDENT AT BROOK* LYN NAVY YARD. * fftrpcdo Boat Ericsson la Badly Dam**ed—Awful Effect* of the Terrific aaad General Heat and Humidity— Hilt Haa an Ocean Line, t ■ 1 ■ V Great Damage Dene. Owing to an error in judgment on the part of some person the great caisson or giant dry dock At the Brooklyn navy yard mroae suddenly to the surface of the East liter -on Saturday night, wrecked the Hock, badly damaged the torpedo boat Bricsson, and endangered several warships 1 moored or anchored in the vicinity. Tinder -tttolnfluenee of the force of the Aide the* gWßt'Caisson was sent whirling Into the dry dock, which was almost reduced to splinters. a-The entire damage frill foot up more thatr SIOO,OOO. besides greatly delaying work at the navy y*ri. flSie accident was primarily due to an on-1 cor of judgment. ■ Tinder orders from the engineer of the yard Foreman Haskins •uid a gang of workmen ’’began removing idle ballast of stone for the purpose of repairing the bottom of the caisson and subsequently using a ballast of concrete in®teOd. When work was knocked off on Saturday-bight it Was -believed the additional ballast of water with the ballast of stone that remit lift'd' Would be sufficient to held the caisson til place. Apparently the officer in charge had not counted upon the effect of the kfCPtning tide, whieh was wry high.

Blistering: Heat. The whole of the United States has passed through its most remarkable meteorological experience for years. Excessive heat has Combined with humidity to ■sake the lot of man and benst almost unendurable. All records for eight years liave tieen broken. In New York anil Brooklyn Sunday seventy-two people ■were killed .outright; in Chicago, 19: in St. Louis Saturday, 25; in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburg, Detroit and other towns, lesser numbers, though the hc.it Was intense. In addition to these, there ■were thousands of prostrations, many of which will terminate fatally. The suffering among the very poor of the cities has been terrible. The following table shows Sunday's record: jfew York and Brooklyn 72 Philadelphia . 211 .. Baltimore 19 Chicago IS Small Illinois towns 9 Cincinnati .. 3 bmall towns in Indiana 1! * Small towns in Ohio. 3 Boston 2 »L Louis 2 Pittsburg....... 1 Cleveland ’. 2 Louisville 1 Memphis ...........:............... 1 San Antonio 1 Sioux City i... 1 Hailroad Gets Ocean Connections. President Hill, of the Great Northern Railway Company, and S. Iwanaga. acting for the Xipon-Y’usen-Kabushiki-Kai-alm Steamship Company, have execute-l * contract between rbe companies named tor establishing at Seattle connections tor carrying cargo, parcels and passengres bktwti the different ports of Hawaii, 1 Japan, China (including Hongbong and Formosa), Corea, and Russia bordering on the Japan Sea; also the 4 Philippine groups and the straits settlements and the East generally served hv the lines of the above named steamship 1 company, and places in the United States of America, the Dominion of Canada, and Its maritime provinces, and the different torts of Europe. The first steamer will be put in service by the end of August. The ships are expected to make monthly trips between Seattle and Yokohama, and the company, it is said, will receive a large subsidy. This connection, it is thought, will be of great importance to the Great Northern Road, enabling it to Issue bills of lading from Buffalo to Yokohama and Hongkong. It will open up for the United States a new market for Sour, lumber, food products and cotton.

Standing of National League. ' Following *e the' standing of the clu'os of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L Baltimore i. 27 Brooklyn ~..41 48 Cincinnati C.i65 29Philadelpbia. 40 49 Cleveland ...57 32Xew Y0rk...37 53 Chicago 56 40Washington. 35 52 jPittsburg ...50 40St. Louis 28 03 Boston 48 41Loaisville ...22 66 Western League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League: W. L. tV. L jlndianapolis. 55 33 Detroit 49 40 St Paol 55 39Milwaukee . .44 54 {Minneapolis. 53 38G’nd Rapids. 33 65 ‘Kansas City.s2 40Columbus ...33 66

BREVITIES.

John R. Ta&ufcr. was badly hurt iu a runaway accident at Quincy. 11lNorthern .cotton yarn manufacturers Bare agreed ’‘to curtail production oueJialf during August. Ia answer to an inquiry as to the truth es a report published in New York that Pre*ident,Cleveland had made known his disapproval of the proposed third-term gtroject, the President telegraphs as follows to the Evening Post: “Buzzard's Bay, Mass.—lt is absolutely Untrue that X have given any advice touching the course of the Indianapolis conference.— ■Grover Cleveland.” • Claude Hoover was hanged Friday UDorning in the Omaha jail. Hoover expressed repentance. and said he expected %» go to heaven. He met death with grit god composure, his neck being broken. Last fall Hoover, .while drunk, shot pnd killed Counrilnum. Sam Dubois, bis broth-er-in-law. The shooting was the result «f some fancied wrong. H. Clay Evans declines to be a candidate for tbe Republican nomination for Governor of Tennessee. Thomas B. Reed has been renominated •or Congress by acclamation by the Republicans of tbe First Maine district.

EASTERN.

At Niagara Falls the Park Theater, fugby's Museum and other buildings in Ike neighborhood were .destroyed Arc Friday morning. The International Hotel was on fire several times and the •seats fled to the street*. At 2 o’clock «e ftnawaa under.control, the Internaftonal Hotel being only slightly damaged. S*ke ioaa will rpach 9250,000. •Mb Annie, beco^nighten^,

age?fT&; volunteered pretrttton and went with Mrs. Deets .to the door of her house. Deets opened the dpor, and seeing Andrews began striking him. Andrews whipped out a knife and stabbed Deets tg kjfiing him instantly. Andrews; WSJ arrested. * ft x T"” kmed and another % tally injured in a freight wreck on the Philadelphia nnd Reading Railroad six miles west of Shamokin. Pa., Tuesday. The wreckage took fire from the dismantled locomotive, and the knowledge that on the siding where the accident occurred was a carload of gunpowder prevented any attempt at rescue until the explosion ,had occurred. The body of Engineer Michael Smock was burned withjn view of the workmen. It was pinned beneath the engine and fiercely burning debris. The wrecked train was running about forty miles an hour when it ran into a freight car door that had fallen across the track from a passing train. The engine jumped the traek nfid twelve cars were piled within a space of fifty feet.

WESTERN.

Nebraska Populists have .renominated Gov. Holcomb. Minnesota Democrats have adopted the plan for fusion with- the Pojmlists and have nominated John Lind for Governor. ,Richard P. Bland has been nominated for Congress by the Eighth district Missouri Democrats. The Populists of the Sixteenth Illinois distijot nominated Jacob D. Hess for Cqjojfrcss, defeating “Buck” Hinrichsen. Nancy Fristow died 'at Wichita, Kan., at the age of 194: She was horn at Bayn’g Cross Roads, Tenn., and was the slave of George Washington Murray. She retained until her death the certificate her master gave her in 1815 so marry Thomas Murray. She was Go years old before l*he saw a railroad, Mrs. Fjjstow had twelve children, eighty-four graiyl children, for-ty-five’ great-grandchildren, and fortythree grea t-greu t-grandchildren. A. Santa Fe train, made up of undamaged cars from trains in collision Monday near Doan Lake, Mo., reached Kansas City late Monday night, bearing the Injured. Some of them wore taken to Topeka and others to Chicago, a physi-cian-accompanying each train. All the Injured, as far as knoitn, are progressing favorably. Engineer Heady went down with his engine and was horribly mangled. He lived only a short time. The schooner yacht Ha\\;thorne, owned by McConnell Bros., was sunk off the Government breakwater at the, entrance to the Chicago harbor Wednesday night by the single JCrew propeller lowa, Of the Goodrieh Transportation Line. Capt. Martin Henderson, of the yacht, and a crew of four were taken off the wreck by the tug Gardner. 'The big steamer, in charge of Capt. John Raleigh, was on her maiden trip, and on her way to Grand Haven. ' '

All of the lands of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the State of Washington, comprising 11,902 sections of patented and an indefinite quantity of unpatented -lands, were sold 1 at public' auction at Seattle by Special Master Alfred L. Carey. The property was bought in by Edwin W. Winter for the Northern Pacific Railway Company, of which he is president, for $1,705,200. A private bidder attempted to purchase one tract of 160 acres, hut Winter hid it up to $15,000 and took it at that figure: There was uo opposition after this. ," Hay.eir. EV Filigree, the famous inven tor of the municipal potato patch, was on the fourth ballot nominated' for Governor of Michigan, by the Republican State convention at Grand Rapids Thursday afternoon. In Wisconsin, the same day, at the Republican State convention at Milwaukee, Maj. Edward Scofield, of Oconto, was rioniinatbiS for Governor'on the sixth ballot, after the most interesting fight over seen in Wisconsin. The present State officers below the office of Governor were then renominated by acclamation in-a hunch. Particulars have been received of the fatal accident to Philip Abbott, assistant solicitor of the Wisconsin Central Railway, while he was attempting the ascent of Mount LefrOy, near Laggan. on the, main line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. A party consisting of Prof. Fay and Messrs. Little, Abbott and Thompson, all of the Appalachian Club of Boston, started from Laggan Monday to at-’ ascent of Mount Lefroy. When about eight miles from the station Mr Abbott fell over a precipice about 1,000 feet high. His body is lying on, a g acier, and its recovery will be very difficult. A force of railway men, provided with ladders and ropes, is endeavoring to recjtm*.r the body, and when this is dona it will be sent to Boston for burial. Like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky came the announcement from Chicago that the Moore brothers, the giants behind the great Diamond Match and New York Biscuit deals, had failed. The sensation produced in “the street”—that indefinite term used to describe the banks, brokers' offices and the business places of the big men iu finance without regard to their location —was most prjjfound. The Moores have lost their allaftd shey have always been counted by the 1 public as being among Chicago's . millionaires. While the effects of the failure will t>e far-reaching and widespread, there will be no panic. The real business situation of the Diamond Match 'Company is not affected by the failure of the Moores; the foreign negotiations are stiirpeading and it is said there is no reason why the shares of the company should not sell yet at the 300 mark which has been predicted for them upon the closing of some of the foreign contracts. The fit*#! decree from Okmulgee, the capital of the Creek Nation, handed down by Judge Adams, chief justice of the Supreme Churt of the nation, in the citizenship case, strikes from the rolls of citizenship of the nation the names of over seventeen hundred negroes. The decision held - that the action of the Indian council, after the passage of the emancipation act by the United States, in admitting the negroes to tribal relations was unconstitutional and therefore at tb's time invalid. Since the passage of the act these negroes have drawn in annuities $1,000,000 from the Creek government, have held positions of official trust, and have improved their farms and educated their children at the nation's expense for twenty years. From the decision of the court there is no appeal. The Interior Department has held to the same opinion in a similar ease. The Dawes commission, which has been appealed to by the deposed negroes, claims it has no right to interfere with the decision of the Indian court.

The reported settlement of the Cleveland strike was erroneous. At the Brown hoisting works the men are out in as great force as ever, claiming that the company violated its agreement. In addition, nearly 100 employes of the \'an Wagoner & Williams Company quit work. The probability is that it issoleß- a sympathetic ■trike. Workmen iu Kt-fte foundries Xbs. 1 and 2 also express an intention of quitting. In that case half a dozen big shops Will have to close because of inability to get caettagd’ A meeting'the Brown strikers was held Mootkfr Afternoon, at which Master W#»kmah ijafaes O’Connell made a ifl#ech'„ in which bp declared that the agreement between the Brown edrapauy and tbe strraers bad been in is understood; that it was interpreted one wa#* by tbe aimpany And a different' way by tbe if

meti.*'»>Hre"is reported to have laid that the battle now on would; be’ watched by the labor world with interest. “The Mayor, police--and tin; shldiers,” be declared, ‘ihave armed to crush us. We have a duly Jo perform—that of self-pix4erva-o'clock Tuesday fouj; TiYembcrs of the Interstate commerce Commission sat in the United States Circuit Court room at Chicago and aloout fifty railroad met) sat in chairs anything hut. comfortable in front of them. Col, William-R. Morrison, president of the commission, wvhs in the chair, and with him wore Messrs. Yeomans, Knapp and Clements. '‘.The session was a sort of adjourned inpethfg from the one begun two monthVhgo ilt Kansas City, wherein the railroad 'companies,; were charged with having manipulated grain ’east from Missouri river points.' Thdge roads are tft be investigated: Thej'.'Atghison, Topeka and Santa Fe, Chicago' and Alton, Chicago and Northwestern! Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Burlington and Northern. Chicago Great Western, Milwaukee and •St. Pauls Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago, St. Pant, Minneapolis and Omaha, Hannibal and St; .Tot, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Missouri Pacific, Illinois Central, Wabash ahd Wisconsin Central lines. There is no question among men or those acquainted With the situation that the several railroads have been taking liberties with interstate commerce'regulations.

SOUTHERN.

Ex-Congressman Walter Gresham has declined the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Tenth Texas district. Gov. Bradley of Kentucky lias respit-, ed Anthony Alcoru Lincoln for thirty days. He was to have been hanged for murdering his-father. John Cushman, of Brooklyii, was arrested at Atlanta, Ga., by K. A. Smith, claiming to he a,Brooklyn detective, who sairl Cushman murdered Mrs. O'Donuell and two daughters at Brooklyn July 2, and that there was a reward offered of $1,500 for Cushman. Smith said he had followed Cushman since July 2. 'Wednesday afternoon two farmers near Greensville, Ivy., Tom Hall and Terry James, became involved in a discussion about .a protracted meeting held in the neighborhood. They came to blows and both pulled their knives. Terry Janies was stabbed five times and died. Hall is cut in seven djfferent places ami cannot live. The men fought in the broiling hot s.un, and were jtlone when the fight occurred, no witnesses being present. _ News of a bloody tight among a crowd of school boys at Buckvillo. in Montgomery County, Ark., reached Little Rock. Robert Chew and Beauregard Poole became involved in a rough and tumble fight, and the friends of both the belligerents joined iu the fray. Pocket-knives were used and several of the hoys were dangerously wounded. Poole was stabbed in the breast several times, and died of liis wounds. Chew escaped and is as yet at targe; A h;.ater .famine exists iu a large portion of Arkansas, aud Jn some, sections human beings are actually suffering from the pangs of thirst. There have been isolated'thunder showers.in various portions of. the JStnfe recently, hut in some counties no rain has fallen since April 13 and the suffering is almost beyond belief. A gentleman arrived at Little Rock Wednesday morning from an overland trip through portions of Jefferson,-Cleveland and Bradley Counties and says that people in some localities nr£ hauling water for drinking purposes in barrels a dis-Lwiee.ofttoybn't'.v-tive miles and that for an entfrtl dnxybft.wns unable to buy a glass of wu3r*J- «to ! <j.aench his thirst. White river is running dry and the 1 Mayor of r avetfe.ville lias issued a proclamation prohibiting’ the sprinkling of streets, the water being needed for drinking purposes,

FOREIGN.

The American Line steamship Spree, reported' a day overdue, has arrived at "Southampton, She was delayed Try a fog. The administration of President I’ieroTat of 'Peru, istobe -credited with another triumph iu effecting a loan of SO,000,000 francs. The loan, whieh will he 'guaranteed by a salt tax and Other revenues, will be Subscribed partly in Paris and partly in Lima. , The loan will be submitted to an executive sessianof con- , gross for ratification. The jovernment's object in raising the money is to ransom Lie provinces of Tacna and Arica, The report of the labor department of the government board of trade of Great Britain for the month euding July 15 shows that during the month in question 43,000 wage workers were affected by 'Changes in rates of wages, in which 40,000 obtained increases and 3,000 sustained decreases. The estimated effect of all the changes Was an aggregate advance of about 20 cents on the dollar iu the wages of the total number affected. Five thousand iron and steel workers. 18,000 mechanics in the engineering aud ship building industries. 9,000 Workmen m other fifanchea of the nigral trades and 4.000 building operators obtained increases. The princij^al.’reductions affected 2.0Q0 blast furnace men in the northwhst of England. The report goes on toTay that in most industries the state of employment continues very good, and that the percentage of in the various trade unions was but 3.2 pet cent, ns against 5.G per cent for the same period of last year.

MARKET REPORTS.

cStleago— Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 57c to 59c; corn. No. 2,24 cto 26c; bats, No. 2, 17c’ to 19c; rye. No. 2,36 cto 31c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 11c; new jtotatoes. per bushel. 20c to 25c; common short to choice dtvarf/Omo S6O per ton. lndianaflHnttle, shipping. $3.00 to $4.50; hogs,"™ioice light. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to S3.U); wheat. No. 2. 57c to 59c; ' corn, No. 1 white. 26c to 27e; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis— Cattle. $3.50 to $4.50: hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2. 00c ti 61 e; corn. No. 2 to 23c; oat> No. 2 white, 20c to 2it; rve, No. 2, ”7» to 290. Cincinnati—-Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50-; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,61 cto 63c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 25c to 26c: oafs. No. 2 mixed, 19e to 22c; ryg, No. 2. 31c to 33c. Tletroit— Cattle, $2.50 'to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No, 2 red, 64c to 06c: corn, No. 2 .ypliow, 26c to 27c: oats. No.-2 white, 24c to 25c; r\;e. 31c to"32c. Toledo—Wheat. No., 2 red. 64c to 66c; ..corn. No. 2 yellow, 26e lo 28c; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 21c: rye. No. 2,32 cto 33c; clover seed. $4.«10 to $4.70. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. SSo. to 59C; corn, No. 3. 24c to 26c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; barley. No. 2,31 cto 34c; rye, No. 1,31 cto 33c; pork, mess, $6.50 to $7.00. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to 54.75; hpgs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.25 "to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 06c to 07c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 31c to 33c; oats, No' 2 white, 23c lo 27c. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5:00: hogs. s3.Wto $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; "•cheat, ■No. 2 red. 66c to 67c: corn, No, 2, I 31c'to 32c; oata. No. 2 white. 23c to 24c; batter, creamery, 11c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 13c.

SCENE OF THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD DISASTER.

FORTY-FOUR WERE KILLED.

Terrible Results of the Railroad Disaster at Atlantic City, N. J. Now that, the excitement has more or less subsided, the actual fatalities and injured in the Atlantic City, X. J., rhilroqd accident, are definitely known. The dead number forty-four, and forty-three were seriously enough hurt to be taken to the hospital. Of those in the hospital, twen-

THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR (Scene at the signal tower from which the fatal switch was turned.)

ty-eight were so far recovered two days later as to be able to go to their homes. Of the fifteen persons remaining iu the hospital several are suffering from terrible injuries, the nature of which makes their recovery doubtful. There are still people who contend that the Reading train was racing with a train on the parallel track of the Camden and Atlantic, and that the Reading train was going at 6ueh a terrific rate of speed that it could hot be stopped when the danger signal was suddenly showm. The story that the Reading train was racing when the accident Occurred continues to be repeated, but it cannot be substantiated. If two trains were racing the engineers were violating one of the strictest rules of their roads, nnd were liable to instant dismissal, if discovered. On the other hand, a man whose name is withheld, und who witnessed the accident, says the trains Were not racing. No verification of the racing between the two trains can be obtained from the railroad people, as they either refuse to talk or flatly deny that the engineers could have been racing. Nevertheless, people who daily use the two roads, assert that races occur frequently on the level stretches, where the tracks are parallel, and bets among the passengers would he made over the result. Two of the wounded at the sanitarium are in a very serious state. These are Mrs. Fraliuger, of Bridgeton, whose leg was amputated, and the unknown woman with the fractured skull. The latter recovered consciousness Saturday morning, but could only talk incoherently, giving no explanation of herself. It is probable her skull will be trephined in the effort to save her life. The terrible event has cast a gloom over the city and sobered the gay throngs of summer pleasure seekers. Besides the death and suffering entailed by the collision, it is likely to seriously affect the business of the city for the rest of the summer. The fear is expressed among hotel men that Hie accident will make people timid about traveling on the lightning expresses, and as this has been a poor season so far, the outlook is viewed with anything but cheerful minds by business people. A little incident that is not without pathos is connected with the sufferers in the sanitarium. Directly across the street from the hospital is the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Every Sunday morning the chimes in the belfry are rung. Saturday Rev. J. H. Townsend, rector of the chnrch, came to the hospital and inquired if the ringing of the chimes would affect the patients.. Each of the wounded was asked if he would rather that the church chimes would not ring, and each replied in the negative. Strangely enough, several asked that “Nearer. My Gcal, to Thee,” bo rung, aud this hymn wars played into the dying ears of the men and women.

ALLISON ON SILVER.

lowa Senator Favors Bimetallism by Agreement. Senator William B. Allison, in reply to a request for his views torching bimetallism by international a'grbeinent, has written a letter, w hieh has been printed by the Upper Des Moinei of Algona. la. Mr. Allison was chairman of tbe United States delegation to the Brussels monetary conference iu 1892, and studied the questiop exhaustively. He says in part: “As respects the prospect for an international agreement to lix a ratio between gpld and silver, with a view .to open mints •with unlimited coinage by the agreeing nations, I am still of the belief that- such an agreement within a reasonable time is probable. The silver countries cannot abandon silver because of their situation, nor can they procure gold to take the place of silver, even if they were inclined to do so. Hence the necessity of a common ratio between the mhtals, embracing the lending commercial nations. France. Belgium, Holland,' Germany and Spain iiave large amounts of silver in circulation full legal tender, coined At.the old ratio es 1514 of silver to lof gold.. To melt

these coins, or sell them at their bullion value, would involve great loss, which t'hev cannot JPfford to bear. Ather- countries in Europe have, in the aggregate, a large amount of silver in circulation and are in like situation. “In England there is a growing sentiment for international bimetallism, embracing her political economists, her professors of universities, as also her mami-

faeturors, agriculturists, ship owners engaged in foreign trade, 'and many of her leading bankers, and those especially trading with her dependencies, chiefly with India, embracing all classes. These are united into a formidable organization to promote bimetallism. On the continent .the States of the Latin union, except Switzerland, are practically united. There is a strong sentiment in Germany in the same direction. The international bimetallists are thoroughly organized in France, Germany, Belgium and Holland.

SENATOR ALLISON.

"The Brussels conference met at en inopportune time and without sufficient preparation and consultation with governments invited to participate. Such a conference, when held, should be preceded by a carefully digested plan for discussion prepared in advance by the leading governments. Thus it was ut*Brussels that Germany and Austria and some of the smaller States were not permitted to act and vote in the conierenee, aud therefore it was a failure as respects im-

THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR. (Wreck of the second car from which not a passeng rescaped unhurt.)

mediate results, but it accomplished one thing of great value, namely, a general recognition of a serious evil that required a practical remedy.

DIVISION OF THE ELECTORS.

Chairman Jonea Sa va He Haa Not Yet Decided Upon an Arrangement. Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national committee, says he has not yet considered any plan looking to n division of electors between the Democrats ami"Populist*. He is not yet ready to announce all or a part ot those who will be members of the executive committee, which will have the immediate management of the campaign. The question as to whether an advisory committee will be appointed has not been decided. __ Beware of a man that 4eaa not talk.

WED IN SPITE OF ALL.

Miss Grace Wilson Becomes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., and Miss Grace Wilson were married in New York at noon Monday at the Wilson residence, by the Itev. William 11. Pott, assistant rector of St. Thomas’s Church. The

wedding was private. Only the members of’ the bride's family were present. The bridegroom was the only one of the Vanderbilt family at the marriage. Probably no other wedding in years has so aroused the interest and sympathy of New Yorkers. From the time the

engagement was announced, a lew months ago, up to the present the Vanderbilt family has made known its nneomprontising disapproval of the match. The fact that the bride is a few years older than the bridegroom -has been the main obstacle to their union, and even this has been as nothing in the face of their devotion to each other. B.v marrying the girl of his choice young Vanderbilt may forfeit a patrimony which is estimated at $400,000,000. . A single carriage stood in front of the Wilson .residence ■ during the ceremony, in ■which tie bridal couple were conveyed to the railway station. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr,, is the oldest

living son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a great-grandson of the celebrated Commodore Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of the family's great fortune. The yeung man is 22 years of age and was graduated last year at Yale. He was the first member

C. VANDERBILT JR.

of his family to attain a university degree. Miss Grace Wilson is not a member of an old New York family. Both her father and mother are Southerners, who settled in New York after the close of the civil war. Richard T. Wilson is a self-made man and Is supposed to be the possessor of $10,000,000.

RESULT IN ALABAMA.

Democrats Claim the Governor by 40,000 Majority. According to an Associated Press dispatch Bent out on the night following the Alabama election, Johnston, the Democratic candidate, won with a majority of about 40,000. Elections in the State of Alabama are conducted on the Australian plan, and no definite figures ns to the result can be given uutil the official count is completed. The Populists kept a close watch on the proceedings, one of the “spotters” placed to count the number of voters who went Into the polls used peas, transferring them from one pocket to another. At another polling place the Populist “spotter” marked Democrats entering to vote by white peas- and Populists by black beans. Ho contends that several hundred more votes are returned from the box than there were voters who went inside the ropes, and he says he had in his pockets many more beans than Goodwyn received votes. The vote was heavy In almost every part of the State. Difficulties occurred in several sections, but none so far re-

ported serious. At Sylacaugd and Ironnton there was no election ou account of quarrels. From reports received indications are that Johnston and his full ticket will be elected by 12,000 more of a majority'than William C. Oates received over Reuben F. Kolb. Counties which two years ago gave Kolb good majorities show signs of having gone Democratic by small majorities. Cojored voters who were considered solid for Goodwyn on account of his vote in Congress for Murray, the negro contestant from South Carolina, seem to have divided in many places. Timothy J. Dacy, one of the oldest and most widely known residents of northern Illinois, whose life for the past thirty years has been devoted to the sale of agricultural implements in Woodstock, was struck by a H ratted train and died a few Canutes later.

CONDITION OF CROPS.

EXCESSIVE HEAT AND LACK OF RAIN IN THE SOUTH. Wheat and Oats in Illinois Injured) by' Wet Weather—Hot Winds, in Ok-lahoma-Cotton Suffers Much—General Beports by States. H ' i Ilurt by Heat. Reports received by the Department ojJ Agriculture show that owing to excessiveheat and lack of rainfall over the greater part of the Southern States the week just ended was less favorable than the preceding week. The general condition of cotton is not as good as was reported in tile bulletin of the previous wentk, the intense heat having caused much shedding and premature opening of bolls. The genera) condition of corn in the principal corn St ates continues excellent. In southern Missouri, however, corn is suffering for ruin, and the droughty conditions of the previous week'in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi have become more serious. £ Mot winds,-with temperatures over 100 degrees, prevailed in Oklahoma, causing serious injury to fate corn. The reports indicate that grain in shogk and stack has boon much injured by excessive fiiins of previous weeks. Spring wheat harvest is well advanced in "southgrn portions of spring, wheat regions, and theca rly sown, 's being cut in the northern portion. North Dakota reports fair yields-. of early wheat,'but much of the lute sown will not ,be cut, ,In Minnesota, spring wheat has been injured by Insects. ToJgteeo continues in goodicohdition, except, in the Carolina's. Some cutting has been done as far north as Pennsylvania. State reports follow: Illinois—Last week was one of great heat, the average temperature, exceeded the normal froui 2 to 8 degrees daily, while the max-, imiiiii exceeded !)o‘, degrees throughout the Week in some counties of the State. Showers were very light. It was a favorableweek for farm work, and thrashing was generally resmiietl. Considerable grain in central and "southt-ra counties is reporfed tu be. in an unmarketable condition." Plowing for fall seeding is well under- way. Missouri - The week lias been the warmest of the season. In most counties corn eon, tluues to make good progress. Gardens liavo suffered more or less and pastures are getting short. Kali plowing Is in progress in nearly all sections. Grapes and. lute per.che® are ripening. -. Wisconsin—The heavy rains in southern and middle sections were of great benefit to corn, buck wheat, pastures and new seeding, but slightly injurious td grain In the shock, which js reported sprouting in some localities. Harvesting is about completed and some thrashing is bring done. The army worm Is disappearing. Fall, plowing lias-, commenced. Minnesota—Week favorable, being warm and showery. Corn is making excellent progress. Shpill grain harvest is well advanced. Late crops generally need more rain. South Dakota—Copious, well distributed rains greatly benefited corn and other'lutecrops, but retarded small grain harvest, which is nearly completed in southern, far advanced in central and progressing In northern Counties. Considerable crops ruined by hall in several counties. Ketiraska-- The showery week !t:i« hindered thrashing and stacking of small grain and caused some damage to grain, iu sliock and. stack. Corn continues in unusually fine condition, except in a few’ southwestern counties, where it is helopv average in 'condition. “Kansas—Hot, dry" wdek, except, tine ra! no In central northern counties. Conditiona generally favorable. lowa—Continued wet and cloudy weather retarded stacking and thrashing. Many reports of oats rotting and sprouting, with considerable damage to spring wheat lip shock. Corn generally very promising. Potatoes, past ures and second-crop clover-mak-ing luxuriant growth. Kentucky--All crops Improved. Corn doing finely. Tobacco good, though much complaint of worms. Indiana- -Corn on uplands throughout theState continues in magnificent condition, but on low lands is still-submerged. The potato;, crop is large, though much rotting, because of wet weather. .Melons are ripening, peaches are abundant and the apple crop in northern part of State is very large. Thrashing of wheat and oats proceeds but slowly, much In shock being ruined by the wet weather, sprouting and rotting. Fall plowing is going nicely, with soil In excellent coniliiton, ana the pasturage exceedingly good. Ohio—Unusually warm, with numerous* heavy storms. Crops on well drained lands made good progress, but those on river bottoms suffered badly, and farm work greatly interfered with. Grapes are ripening ami peaches are plenty. Michigan --Still droughty over northern Michigan, while-excessive rains over south-' era counties have damaged oats and wheat in shock and stack and delayed farm work. Weather has been favorable for good growth of corn, beans and potatoes. Pastures in southern comities are good. but. in northern part of State they are brown and poor.

MISS’ G. WILSON.

Diamond Match and Biacnlt Deals Come to a Sudden Knd, Like a thunderbolt out of n clear sky osune the announcement from Chicago Tuesday that the Moore brothers, the giants behind the great. Diamond Match, and New York Biscuit deals, had failed. The sensation produced in “the street”— that indefinite term used to describe the banks, brokers' offices and the business places of the big men in tinonce without regard to their locution—was most profound. While the effects of the failure will bo far-reaching and widespread, a Chicago paper asserts that there wil! be no panic. The Chicago Stock Exchange did not open Tuesday, and it will remain closetii until arrangements shall have been completed to settje the trades outstanding. This action was decided upon at a meeting of the governing committee. The ue- * tion of closing the exchange was commended on all sides. It wqs admitted that* if an attempt had been made to carry ou, trading under present circumstances serious trouble would surely have followed* in which all stocks would have suffered; materially. Operators oite the fact that during the panic of 1873, when bnnk»were failing all over the country, the New York exchange closed its doors and remained closed from Saturday, Sept. 21, for ten days, resuming on Tuesday, the 30th. For some time thereafter there was very lit tie business transacted. The exchange was also dosed in 18*50. when Gould cornered the gold, and Black Friday made it absolutely necessary to stop the wheels of business. The speculative deal, of which the failure of the Moore brothers is the beginning of the end, began early in this year. The head and front of the speculativemovement were the Moore brothers, hut they were, ably seconded by the most prominent local and eastern speculators.

Formal Letters Written by the National Party’s Nominees. Charles E. Bentley, of Lincoln, Neb., and James H. Southgate, of Durham, N. C., have filed their letters of acceptance of the national prohibition'party’s nominations for President ufid Yiite-President respectively. Mr. Bentley strongly urges the cause of prohibition and holds that suffrage, without distinction of sex, is a cardinal principle of the party. He then declares the party’s policy is opposed to the national banking system, aud favors Government ownership of natural monop. dies, the public school system, and a juster and more equable distribution of wealth. He denounces the Wilson and McKinley tariffs us shields of the trusts, and make* a demand tot geueral reform of the Government. Mr. Southgate’s letter is not so long as that of Mr. Bentley, and does not go into au analysis of the situation. He highly commends th*- * national party’s principles und calls attention to -Hb broad platform mid the radleal reforms suggested therein.

FALL OF THE MOORES.

BENTLEY AND SOUTHGATE.