Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. tiEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

LURED BY GOLD BRICK

YOUNG ENGLISHMAN ATTRACTED TO THIS COUNTRY. X<ittle Affair in Which the”. Sum of SIO,OOO Was Saved by Chance Strike of Freight Crews on the Colorado Midland Railway. Narrow Escape of SIO,OOO. Algernon Wood, a rich young Englishman, nearly lost SIO,OOO the other day in New York. “Con” Cadigaii, the cleverest gold brick artist in the United States, nearly got it. Captain McClusky saved it. Cadigan is locked up arid for some time will be unable to work the most up-to-date gold brick swindle that ever had birth in the busy brains of these active and original artists. Cadigan successfully lured the son of a rich, recently deceased Englishman to this country by a charming romance of rich gold mines, the product of which he wished to share- with the dead gentleman, to whom he was indebted for his marvelous success in life. This information was'all contained in a letter which “Con” wrote to the Englishman and which was naturally opened by his son. Only a chance visit to a lawyer and Captain McClusky saved that SIO,OOO. ROBS CLUB OF JEWELS. Metropolitan of New York Loses Thousands of Dollars in Diamonds. Jewels worth many thousands of dollars have disappeared from the office safe of ■the Metropolitan Club in New York. Edward 11. Jones, member of the law firm of Eustis. Jones & Govin, special counsel for the United States in the Spanish prize cases, ajid a member of the Metropolitan, has offered SI,OOO reward for the recovery of his gems, which belonged to him and To J. P. Scott of Philadelphia, son of the late Col. Tom Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The robbery is a very mysterious one and no clew to the missing jewels can be found. The Metropolitan is known as the Millionaires’ Chib, on account of the preponderance of rich men in it. Its home, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Sixtieth street, the handsomest in the world. FREIGHT CREWS STRIKE. Colorado Midland Employes Refuse to Handle Three-Engine Trains. The running of trains on the eastern division of the Colorado Midland Railway was stopped by a strike. The trouble originated when a crew was called upon to lake out a three-engine train. The men claimed that the company made an agreement some time ago not to run three-en-gine trains, and no crew would respond to the call. The strike involves about fifty men. The passenger business has not been affected. Serious Fire in Brooklyn. Fire at pier 39, East Hver, Brooklyn, did damage to the amount pf $500,000. Among the heaviest losses is (that of George L. Hammond, owner of i the naval stores, which is placed at $100,000; the Andorenha, owned by F. W. Roberts of Liverpool, England, and valued at $300,000. She was consigned to Halli Brothers, commission merchants. The blazing vessel was towed down to the Gowanus flats and probably will prove a total loss. The Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, according to the best estimates, will lose $150,000. Ohio Miners Back at Work. At Pomeroy, Ohio, the miners’ strike, which has existed since March, is broken and the miners’ organization is disrupted. The Pacific mine started up and the men wrambled to get in at the reduced wages. The Spillman mine at New Haven, W. Va„ is the only one in the Pomeroy bend now idle. The approaching winter and the refusal of the company stores to longer give credit broke the strike. Five Sailors Kidnaped. The bark Highland Light, which has been loading coal at the Smith Cove bunkers, Seattle, Wash., did not sail the other day for San Francisco, owing to an unforeseen occurrence. According to the •atory of the captain, two boats loaded with men came out to the Highland Light and boarded her. They were armed with pistols and took five sailors away by force. Kills a Drummer in Texas. At Houston, Texas, M. Pareira, a drummer, whose home was at Albany, N. Y., was shot and Instantly killed by George He Moss. Pareira is alleged to have offered a gross insult to Mrs. De Moss and •die told her husband on her return home. Attacked by Chinese Soldiers. The Pekin correspondent of the London Daily T elegraph says: “Chinese soldiers attacked a party of English engineers at the Marco Polo bridge, on the Pekin-Han-kow Railway. Two engineers were injured and a railway coolie was killed.” Mother and Daughter Killed. While walking on the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad on their way home from church, Mrs. Cornelius Shea and her daughter Margaret were struck by a passenger train at Leadville, Colo. Both were killed. Only One Was Saved. It has just developed that the German bark Satisfaction sunk during the recent gait* in the -North sea. The captain, his wife and the crew of nine were drowned, being all on board except a boy, who was saved. Nccruci Shot Down. During the progress of a bloody nt eta War at Hi .ictsvllle, Miss., nine negroes and one white man were killed. Oh id Bank Cloaca Its Doors. The Comptroller of the Currency was advised that the First National Bunk of Lisbon, Ohio, capital $50,000, had closed the doors. The dispatch from the bank examiner snid the failure of the bank appeared to buvtf been caused by mismanagement. Found Dead in His Bed. Captain Thomas B. Carter, chief of the secret service bureau for Kentucky, Indioim and Tennessee, wns found dead in tied in his room in Sclbaeh’s Hotel nt 1/ouisville, Ky.

TROOPS IN THE YUKON American Soldiers Will Be Distributed at Various Points. The distribution of United States troops in the Yukon for the winter will be as follows: Lieut. Edwin Bell, with thirty-five men, at Rampart City; Lieut. McManus, with seventy-five men, at Circle City; a company will be left at Fort Yukon and Capt. Richardson will make his headquarters with forty-five men at Eagle City. Capt. E. S. Walker will remain at St. Michael’s with seventy-eight men. He will keep in close touch with the Golvin bay new mining district, and should any call for relief be sent from Kotzebue sound he will co-operate with the reindeer superintendent in alleviating the trouble. There are ample storey at St. Michael’s for all purposes, and it is believed that the winter will pass without any destitution. About 300 men employed on the different transportation companies will winter at St. Michael’s. WIRE STRIKE IS OVER. Nearly All the Men Will Instantly Be Put Back to Work. By a unanimous vote, at a meeting of the striking wire drawers held at Cleveland, Ohio, the strike was declared off, Half an hour later National Secretary Walter Gillette and local officers of the Wire Drawers’ Union, with about forty of the strikers, marched to the office of the American Steel and Wire Company and announced the fact. After a brief conference Superintendent Nye was called in. He announced that all the old employes who ddsired to return to work could do so. as far as there were vacancies. This will provide places for all but a few of the strikers. HAS HIS NOSE PARED DOWN. Richard Smith’s Eight-Inch Proboscis Reduced. When Richard Smith of Indian River, New York State, returns home his friends will hardly be able to recognize him. This is due to an operation successfully performed in New York City at St. Vincent’s hospital on Smith’s nose, which has been reduced to a normal appendage. His proboscis was formerly eight inches long. \ ———————— Cuban Securities Desired. According to a story cabled from Madrid, it is believed at the Spanish capital that an Anglo-American syndicate is being formed to buy up Cuban bonds, and this is taken as good evidence that a satisfactory arrangement of the Cuban debt problem is to be made, and gives great cheer to the Spanish officials. There are two outstanding issues of Cuban bonds — one for $124,000,000 0 per cents, issued in 1886, and the other for $175,000,000 s’s authorized in 1890. Of the latter $141,000,000 was reserved to retire the 6 per cent bonds, while the remainder were sold at 95. The 6’s issued in 1886 were sold at 87. In each case the bonds are for SIOO each, or 500 pesetas, and they mature in fifty years from date. The amounts outstanding are $124,000,000 of the 6’s and $126,500,000 of the s’s; $300,500,000 altogether, on which the annual interest is $16,765,000. The interest is payable in London, Havana, Madrid, Barcelona and Paris. The loans are secured by all of the revenues of the island of Cuba and are guaranteed by Spain. There was a prior issue of Cuban bonds in 1880 to pay off the loan advanced by the Banco Hispano Colonial to fund the Cuban floating debt and to exchange for these bonds the 6 per cent obligations of 1878. There were $75,000,000 of these bonds of ISBO and they were converted into bonds of 1886 and those not converted were paid off. Lynching Damage Law Valid. At Urbana, Ohio, the Circuit Court has handed down a decision in the case of Ben Church against Champaign County for $5,000 damages. The suit grows out of the lynching of Click Mitchell two years ago, and is brought under the law which gives the nearest of kin $5,000, The common pleas court held the law unconstitutional. The Circuit Court held it to be constitutional. The case will now go to the Supreme Court—, Millionaire Soldier Dies. Graham A. Young of Louisville, Ky., son of an earthenware manufacturer who left a fortune of $1,000,000, died in the post hospital at Willet’s Point, L. I. He enlisted in the engineer corps unknown to his mother, returned from Porto Rico three weeks ago, and was stricken with typhoid fever. Mr. Peck Gets More Space. When Ferdinand W. Peck, the United States commissioner to the exhibition of 1900, arrived in Paris the space allotted to the United States at the exposition grounds was 175,000 feet. Mr. Peck's first gain was 6,000 square feet, and he has just secured 22,000 square feet more. Poor Outlook in Manitoba. Of an estimated yield of from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels of wheat in Manitoba, it is now calculated that only about 8,000,000 will be thrashed, and the remainder, standing in stacks and stooks, is threatened with total destruction. The outlook is exceedingly gloomy. Wife Murderer Hanged. Joe Ott, who pleaded guilty to killing his wife, was hanged in the jail yard at Granite Falls, Minn. Ott made n statement from the gallows expressing sorrow for the crime. He killed his wife on the evening of Mny 18, 1898, by beating her brains out with a "billy.” Divorce Law Is to Ftand. Episcopal bishops in council at Washington, by a vote of 31 to 24, rejected propositions bearing on the subject of remarriage of divorced persons, designed to take the place of those now in existence. The present canons on that subject, therefore, remain in force. Boom Dewey for Preaident, The friends of Admiral Dewey tire determined to present his name to the American people as a candidate for the presidency. At least such is the statement made on the authority of Senator Proctor of Vermont, one of Dewey’s closest friends. Jones’ Narrow Escape. While returning to Walker, Minn., from a council with the Bear Island Indians, Commissioner Jones had a narrow escape from drowning, the steamer Flora, which had carried him. being wrecked close to the dock by running on to sunken timbers. Fever Quarantine Removed. The Mississippi State Board of Health has removed the quarantine/ Mississippi is now open to the world and all refugees may return. Killed by Dynamite Explosion. Three men were killed by an explosion of dynamite on the Government'canal at Duluth, Minn.

JUST LIKE A NOVEL.

LOVE AFFAIR WITH A TRAGIC ENDING. Romance of the War, Beginning in Cuba, Involves a Sick Soldier and Two Sweethearts—lndian Trouble in Minnesota at an End. Death Ends a Romance. Albert Martin, a rancher who lived near the Cheyenne river in Ziebach County, S. D., enlisted as a volunteer at the be-. ginning of the war and fought at the Rattle of El Caney. After the battle he met Ramona Perez; the daughter of an officer of Garcia’s command, and they became sweethearts. Soon afterward he was attacked by fever and sent home on sick leave. He was engaged before his departure for the war to the daughter of a neighboring ranchman, and arranged to be married while home on his leave of absence. Meanwhile the Cuban girl had learned of his illness and that he had gone home, and she resolved to follow and nurse him. Dressing in her brother’s clothes, she crossed to Jamaica and secreted herself on a fruit steamer bound for New Orleans. Reaching there, she tramped and beat her way to Hermosa, S. D. When she reabhed there she learned of her lover’s approaching marriage and the shock drove her insane. At the same time the American girl learned of her lover’s flirtation and broke off the engagement. Martin began drinking heavily and disappeared. A few days ago his body was found floating in the Cheyenne river. Whether he fell in. while intoxicated or committed suicide is a matter of conjecture. KANSAS CHURCH WANTS $5,000. Sues a Railroad for Disturbing Worship with Noise of Engines. The First Methodist Church of Leavenworth, Kan.,,has sued the Chicago Great Northern Railroad for $5,000 damages: Two years ago the Great Western built a depot near the church. The church complains that during Sunday services the engines shriek and throb, bells ring, steam s ( purts out and the smoke is so dense that often tfye minister is forced to dismiss his congregation. Many members of the church, it is alleged, have withdrawn on account of this disturbance. The church property has become practically worthless as a place of worship and for these reasons $5,000 damages is prayed of the Federal Court. LOST TRAIL FOUND. Old Russian Trail to Copper Center Used Fifty Years Ago. A special from Juneau says: Opposed to the stories of many returning disappointed prospectors from Copper river, Alaska, that there is no gold in that section, is that of H. L. Jaffe, Mayor of Valdes, who says important discoveries have been made on the Taslunn and Lineina rivers. Jaffe also claims that Capt. Abercrombie’s surveying party has located the old Russian trail leading from Valdes to Copper Center. The trail was established over fifty years ago, but it has been lost for several years. The trail avoids the Valdez glacier. INDIAN TROUBLES OVER. Orders to Fourth and Seventeeth Regiments Countermanded. $ Orders countermanding the order to the Fourth and Seventeenth infantry regiments, United States army, to lie in readiness for field service in connection with the Indian troubles in Minnesota, have been issued by Col. Thomas F. Barr, acting commander of the department of the lakes, after the receipt of the following telegram from Gen. Bacon: “Indian trouble about ended by surrender of men wanted. Services of Seventeenth and Fourth infantry will not be required.” Kills Her Three Children. In a fit of religious mania Mrs. Charles E. Burrell of Toronto, Ont., killed her three children. She strangled them and laid them on the bed, and when her husband, who is a marble polisher, came home she told him the children were now angels and she would soon join them. She is in custody. Panic Prevails at Vienna. The death of Barisch, the employe in the bacteriological department of I’rof. Nethnaglo’s establishment at Vienna, who contracted the bubonic plague there while assisting in cultivating the plague bacilli for purposes of scientific investigation, has almost created a plague panic in Vienna. Fled as a Stowaway. Ivan Kraus, an officer of the Russian army at Port Arthur, China, who arrived at Vancouver, B. C., on board of the Empress of Japan as a stowaway, has been arrested. Kraus was discovered making maps and plans of the fortifications at Port Arthur and fled. Fhot by a Hatfield Partisan. The trial of Captain Hatfield at Logan, W. Va., has caused one battle and more bloodshed seems likely to follow’. Charles Stratton, a Hatfield partisan, shot and fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff Henderson and Marshal Huff. Pngilist Walker Dies of Injuries. Billy Walker, the pugilist who was knocked out by Andy Dupont, died nt South Omaha, Neb., after having been unconscious fifty-six hours. The charge against Dupont will be changed from prise fighting to murder. Davis a Fast Boat. The torpedo boat Davis, in its preliminary trial of three-quarters of an hour, under the supervision of the naval board at Portland, Ore., averaged twenty-four knots, one and oue-half knots above the required speed. Fire at Dallas, Texas. At. Dallas, Texas, a four-story brick building, owned by J. C. Dargan of Atlanta. Ga.. and occupied by the Texas Drug Company, wus destroyed by fire. 'The loss is estimated at $150,000. Five Perish in Flames, News just received from Clairrille, n new town in Plumas County, California, reports the burning of a hotel and the loss of five lives. The five unfortunate people were suffocated while they slept. Fuller from Floods. ' Great havoc has been caused by floods in the low-lying quarters of Flume, Aus-tria-Hungary, which have been submerged. The damage done is estimated at 2.000.000 florins.

RAILWAY COLLISION TN OHIO. Fast Passenger Train on the Baltimore & Ohio strikes a Freight. The fast New York-Chicago passenger train, No. 7, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, left Bellaire, Ohio with two engines, hauling a heavy train composed of the unlucky number of thirteen cars. About sixty-five miles west, when going down a grade at a terrific speed into New Concord, tke train ran into the rear end of a west-bound freight traip, 200 yards east of the depot. The two passenger engines plowed into the caboose and through six cars loaded with coke. Conductor Sayiuel Paxton of the freight train was caught in the caboose and instantly killed. His rear brakeman, George Frost, was caught in the wreck and badly injured. The fireman of engine 703 was fatally injured. None of the passengers was hurt. INDIAN DANCERS SHOT. One Killed, One Fatally Wounded and Another Injured. During the Indian dance near Mill Creek, I. T., promiscuous shooting was indulged l in by unknown persons. Ben Lewis, ex-constable of Tishomingo County, was killed. Wesley Brown, a fullblood, was fatally wounde<| by a, bullet in the breast. Sampeon Brown, also a fullblood, was wounded in the arm and hand. Significant French Action. The alleged war preparations of France are the absorbing subject of discussion in Paris. According to the French papers, there were important naval experiments at Toulon the other evening. A flotilla of torpedo boats was detailed to make an endeavor to force the entrance of .the harbor, and the whole garrison was called to arms and the forts and batteries were manned, ready fop instant action. The result of the experiments has not been made public. Vice-Admiral Barrera presided at a secret council of war at Brest, in which the chiefs of the maritime forces took part. Confidential orders were subsequently issued to the garrison. The Aurore asserts that five classes of the naval reserves around Brest have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for active service. Three Dead at Youngstown. At Youngstown, Ohio, William H. Branton, a grocer, shot Constable John Jenkins and then sent a bullet through the brain of "his wife and ended the chapter of homicide by shooting himself through the right temple, falling dead at the feet of his victims. New Comet in the Skies. Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith observatory at Geneva, N. Y„ has discovered a new comet. The comet is large, round and bright. This is the twenty-first comet discovered by Dr. Brooks. Porto Rico Is Adopted. At noon Tuesday the United States flag was raised upon the palace at El Morro, San Juan, Porto Rico, and the final ceremony of the delivery of the island to the United States Government was performed. Killed by a Chicken Bone. R. A. Black, a well-known contractor and builder of Dover, Del., died from the effects of swallowing a small chicken bone a year ago. It had lacerated the intestines and caused inflammation. People’s Party Paper Suspends. The People’s Party Paper, one of the most influential organs of Populism, of which Thomas E. Watson was editor, suspended publication Saturday at Atlanta, Ga - \ Fatal Storm in Texas. A furious .storm, that swept southern Texas demolished houses and wrecked freight cars. Engineer George Johnson was killed in a collision at Missouri City. Fugitive Dies in Ohio. The Case of yellow fever in Paris township, Ohio resulted in the death of the victim, Miss Blanche Beck, aged 28. Miss Beck recently fled from Mississippi. Die in a Vat of Acid. At Middletown, N. Y., two little daughters of William Meyer, the proprietor of a fertilizer factory, fell into an acid vat and were destroyed. American Author Dies. Harold Frederic, the noted journalist, correspondent and author, died at Henley, England, of heart disease. His death was not expected. Senator Proctor Is Re-elected. At Montpelier, Vt., the Senate and House met in joint convention and reelected Redfield Proctor United States Senator.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, Shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2,31 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,22 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 17c; potatoes, choice, 30c.t0 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2 white, 81c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. St. Louis —Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2,23 cto 25c; rye. No. 2,47 cto 49c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mited, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, 52c to 54c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c: oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24e; rye. No. 2,51 c to 53c; clover seed. $4.50 to $4.60. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 66c to 68c; corn, No. 3,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 1,50 cto 52c; barley, No. 2,44 cto 47c; jairk, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.(Xi to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to SS.(MI; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.00. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75: hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2. 38c to 40c; ontx. No. 2. 28c to 30c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western, 19c to 21c.

WAR CLOUD LOWERS.

EXCHANGE IS AFFECTED BY EUROPEAN UNCERTAINTY. Movement of Gold Thia Way Checked by tlie Financial Struggle Conditions Do Not Prevent Excess Over Previous Prosperous Years. Reported by Dun’s Review. R. G. ’Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “With growing foreign demand for American products, exchange is influenced mainly by political uncertainties abroad. While Europe waits for the outcome between England and France about the upper Nile, the financiers of all European countries are trying to force upon each other the burden of providing cash for the enormous demands of the United States. England has so managed as to make France and Germany send most of the gold, and the resulting war of exchanges between foreign nations checks for the moment the movement of gold this way. Yet these and all other causes do not so far hinder business as to prevent an excess over the most prosperous of previous years. The exchanges through all clearing houses for the last week have been .6 per cent larger than last year and 1.7 per cent larger than in 1892, but outside New York for the week transactions were smaller than in 1892. Failures for the week have been 221 in the United States, against 224 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 36 last year.” THIEF ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. Man Wanted for Robbing a Priest Makes Dash for Liberty. Michael Hayes, held at Toledo, Ohio, aw-aiting extradition to Duluth for robbing a priest of SSOO and a SI,OOO check, made an ineffectual attempt to break jail early the other morning. He says he will yet escape. Hayes was captured by Father Hannin, aged 80, in the act of robbing the priest’s home. Hayes has made a specialty of this work and he is wanted in many cities. Deputy Sheriff Bates of Duluth, w’ho came after the prisoner, says he robbed an Eau Claire, Wis., priest of SIO,OOO. Hayes escaped from the Duluth jail on Aug. 2. Prior to that he broke jail at Racine. leather Haunin will receive S2OO reward offered by the Duluth police, and the money will be given to the poor of Toledo. POISONED WATER KILLS FOUR. Missouri Farmer’s Family Suffers from a Mysterious Enemy’s Work. Four persons have died from the effects of drinking water from a poisoned well near Aurora, Mo. Several weeks ago a daughter of John Blaek, a prominent Barry County farmer, was taken ill and her case was pronounced typhoid fever. Other members of the family became ill and, after lingering a few' days, died. Mrs. Black, a son and two daughters succumbed to the mysterious ailment, and John Black and another daughter are now seriously ill. Physicians are convinced the trouble is not typhoid fever, but that the W’dl from which this family obtained their water is poisoned, but how and by whom it has been poisoned is a mastery. NEW CURE FOR LOCKJAW. Patient in a New Jersey Hospital Is Successfully Treated. The Parisian method of curing lockjaw by injecting antitoxin serum directly into the brain of the patient has proved a Success the first time it was used in this country. Aaron M. Hemion was operated upon in this way at the general, hospital at Passaic, N. J. The doctors and surgeons declared the other day that he was entirely cured and all traces of the terrible disease were gone. For ten days the patient was in the throes of death with lockjaw. He is now' able to be bolstered up in bed and partake of a square meal. Prof. Fay Severely Injured. Prof. Irving W. Fay lectured on “Liquefied Air” at the Brooklyn, N. Y., Polytechnic Institute, and illustrated his lecture with some experiments. Four or five ounces of red phosphorus which Prof. Fay had frozen in the liquefied air and was stirring with a stick exploded with a deafening detonation and great force. Prof. Fay’s face and eyes were so severely burned that he may lose his eyesight. Lincoln Burroughs, a student, was also badly burned about the face. Jay Beebe Killed on Rails. At Elyria, Ohio, Jay Beebe was struck by an electric car and when picked up w’as dead. Motorman Stewart noticed him laying with his head on the rail, but could not stop the car in time. Beebe married a sister of the notorious Nell Lowery of the Blinky Morgan gang, and Beebe through her has been more or less connected with the robbers for the last fifteen years. Four Killed in Freight Wreck. Five laborers employed on the Rock Island Railroad in the Indian territory, not far from Fort Worth, Texas, were instantly killed in a freight wreck. Three others were badly injured and may die. The train broke in two and afterward crashed together, going at a rapid rate of speed down a grade. Quarantine Removed in Louisiana. Edmond Souchon, president of the Ix>uisiana State Board of Health, has issued a proclamation removing all quarantine restrictions on traffic. Two Suffocated by Gas. Michael Timlin and Philip Vergallite, fillers at the furnace of the Youngstown, Ohio, Steel Company, were suffocated by gas. Both leave families. Land Owned by Uncle Sam. A late statement from the general land office in Washington shows that there are still 579.368,274 acres of unappropriated and unreserved public land in the United States, exclusive of Alaska. More than 94 per cent of this land is iu the so-called desert States. * Death in a Photograph Gallery. John Melchert, an expert photographer, blew out the brains of bis sweet heart, Lillian Morris, while the two were i>osing before a camera. Jealousy caused the deed. Broken Rail Wrecks a Train. A south-bound passenger train on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf road was thrown from the track by a broken rail near Maryville, Mo. B. F. Frye of Pittsburg. Kan., was fatally hurt. Brakeman Callicut of Stanberry, Mo., sustained a broken arm.

WHEAT IS IN DANGER.

MILLIONS OF BUSHELS STANDING IN THE FIELDS. . Rain and Snow in North Dakota and Manitoba Threatens to Destroy the Entire Unthraahed Crop—Northwest Farmers Are in Despair. Reports from the wheat fields of North Dakota and Manitoba are of the most discouraging character. It has been either raining or snowing for nine days. InManitoba only about 8,000,000 bushels of wheat of a crop of 26,000,000 bushels has been thrashed, and the balance, standing in stacks and shocks, is threatened with destruction. Farmers almost despair of saving the balance of these crops. Thebarley and oat crops are also all out in thefields. The rain and snow throughout the Red ; river valley and North Dakota caught many of the farmers w’ith their grain unthrashed, and the present prospect is that much of it will remain in the stack until spring. This is especially the case in theinterior townships and localities at a distance from the railways and villages. Just what the loss will be it is impossible toestimate, but it is safe to say that thegreater portion of that which remains in the shock throughout the winter will be of little value except for fodder. Samples of wheat brought to Minneapolis W'hich had been exposed to the rain, were so thoroughly bleached and swollen as to resemble the Washington and Oregon product. Such grain will have to be dried out and cleaned before its value can be determined. The estimates on thenumber of bushels thus affected in Manitoba is 7,000,000. On the same basis 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels would bedamaged in the Red river valley and Norths Dakota, and the total loss may amount to several million dollars. The bad weather has very materially affected the general movement of the crop. Farmers are unable to come to market,, and the elevator men cannot handle thecrop expeditiously. Many of the mills in the Northwest are running day and night,, and the stock on hand has been considerably reduced. All in all the Northwestern, crop has largely deteriorated from theearly estimates.

TORPEDO-BOAT KILLS SEVEN.

Trial Trip of the Davis Near Portland’ Results in Explosion. Seven men were killed by an explosionon the torpedo boat Davis, which was; making her official trial trip on the Columbia river Thursday. The accident occurred near Skamokawa, about seventy-five-miles from Portland, Ore. The Davis started from Walker’s island to run two hours at a minimum speed of twenty-two knots. Everything went well until Skamokawa was reached. Suddenly an explosion occurred and the engine room was filled with boiling water and steam, enveloping the men at work in there. A river steamer happened along just after -the accident. The Davis’ passengers and the killed were transferred toher and she towed the disabled torpedoboat to Astoria. The Davis was built by Wolff & Zwicker of Portland and this trip was to be the final one for acceptance by the Navy Department. The boiler was of tubular pattern and w’as designed to carry 250 pounds of steam pressure. Through some defect some of tiie tubes gave way. This filled the closed firehold with steam and the men there were caught like rats in a trap. As the boat had not been accepted the lossfalls upon the builders. None of the men killed w'as in the Government service. All were employes of the builders.

RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT.

Minneapolis Mills Break All Records* in Making Flour. The Minneapolis flour mills are engaged at present in breaking all previous records, and the wheels are whirling night and day, Sundays not excepted. The desire to get as much flour through as possible before navigation closes is partially responsible, but there are also many orders to AM. One of the large local companies was obliged fecently to purchase 25,000 barrels of flour from the Pillsbury company to keep up with the demand.

BLANCO WAS IN A PLOT.

Intended to Proclaim Spanish-Amer-ican Republic in Cuba. According to a private telegram received in Washington from Havana, Captain General Blanco, Gen. Pando and other prominent Spaniards had, at the time of the surrender of Santiago, organized a plot to proclaim a Spanish-American republic in Cuba. The preliminary steps, had all been taken, and had the plot succeeded the United States might have had another war on hand.

Egyptian Geological Survey.

For more than a year now the Egyptian Government has been carrying on an important geological survey in the mountains along by the Red Sea and in theSinai Peninsula. English geologists are engaged in the work, and their duty is to investigate the mineral possibilities of the country, report on matters of archaeological interest, draw maps, etc. The places, they explore have not, in some cases, been visited for perhaps 2,000 years, and they are finding many evidences of mineral wealth, including old emerald mines.

Compressed Air Motors.

Compressed air as a motive power is to be practically applied very soon in NewYork on a somewhat extensive scale. By the last of February some twenty-two cars will be put on the lines handling the West Twenty-third and East Thirty-fourth street ferry traffic, all propelled by thia power. The storage reservoirs will be expected to carry enough energy to send each car tit least twenty miles.

Volunteers Claim Bounty.

Missouri diil not do much for her volunteers before they went to war. Missouri paid her men nothing. Now some lawyers have discovered in the statutes a provision that the State shall pay each man a bounty of 75 per cent of bis total Government pay,sny SBO per man.

Plug Tobacco Plan Fails.

The plan to form a plug tobacco trust has failed. It is said the American Tobacco Company broke faith with the "small concerns. It is said a combination of union manufacturers will be formed.