St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 July 1890 — Page 3

'affairs IX Indiana/ .ntercsting items gathered from various SOURCES ' wba tour Neighbor* Are Doing. Mattw of General and Local Interest- Mnrriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes _l’ers«>nal Pointer*. Indiana Inventors. patents have been granted to the following Hoosier inventors: Burton H Barnee. Muncie, pen-holder; Charles 3L Bennett. Log uusport . assignor to himself. J. J. 'turner, of Pittsburgh p eu n.. and L. F. Lorie. Cass Countv’ torpedo; Robert C. Berry, assignor of one-half to 11. NV. Comstock, of Lafayette, angle piston engine; Sidney E Chase, NVolcottville, grain separatorCharles Comstock, Indianapolis, shortturning vehicle; James P. Coulter Aurora, and T. Hibbett. Cochran, draft and buffing mechanism for railway carsJohn E. Donaldson, Montezuma, die for forming rooting tiles; Augustine Ellis, Bellford, cultivator; Everett Goldthwaite, Elkhart, bolt-cutting machine; John Hull, assignor of one-half to Z. Kobinson. Elkhart, wrench; Elisha Peck, assignor of one-half to NV. A. Stewart, Wawaka, wind-mill; Briton Poullson, Fort NVayne, cabinet folding bedstead; Summer C. Heiley, Terre Haute, hydrocarbon burner; Harvey Segur, assignor of one-half to P. NV. Smith. Decatur, saw-mill f ee d; NV alter B. Silvers, assignor of one-third to C. N\. Baggerty, Indianapolis, spring traceholder: William A. Timberman, Delphi, machine for tiling and setting saws; NViiliam C. Walda, Fort NVayne,’safetyvalve. Minor State Hems. —lncendiarism is rife at Jeffersonville. —A mower cut off George Hunt's right foot at Watson. \\ illiam Dooley s ankle was crushed by a saw-log at English. —Janies Custer, a wealthy farmer of Lagrange County, is missing. —A new building was blown down at Logansport, causing a loss of $1,006. — The wool clip in Montgomery County, this year, amounted to 06,000 pounds. —A horse 41 years old has just died at Jeffersonville. —Leroy XI. Sanders, a well-known citizen of Bloomington, is dead from heart disease. —Jacob Kern has been appointed Clerk of Allen County, vice Dr. NV. G. Loag, deceased. —The body of James Custer, the missing Lagrange County farmer, has been found in a lake near his home. —Henry Lilly, aged seventy-four, the oldest native-born citizen of Clark County, is dead at Jeffersonville. —The Indiana Live Stock Insurance Company, of Crawfordsville, has over $2,600,”00 insurance out m Indiana. —Mrs. Julia Grasten, of Sellersburg, was bitten by a spotted adder while picking blackberries. She may die. —H. D. McMackin, pastor of the English Lutheran Church of Logansport, fell and broke his leg while riding on a bicycle. —Charleston is suffering from a plague of horse-flies. Several animals have died from the effects of bites by the insects. —The 15-year-old son of Isaac Engle, living near Eckertv, is dead from the effects of a bullet wound received while playing with a revolver. —An alligator twenty-eight inches long was captured by Robert Williams and Henry Hodgin in a creek about four miles north of Richmond. —Thieves broke into G. C. Nelson s grocery at Marion, blew open the safe and robbed it of SSO in cash and several i hundred dollars in notes and mort- ; gages. i —Thomas J. Graves, at one time Re- I corder of NVarreu County, committed suicide by hanging at Williamsport. ; Domestic trouble is supposed to be the cause. —The average yield of wheat thus far threshed in Bartholomew County is a fraction less than eleven bushels per acre. The larger part will grade as No. 8. —The Salvation Army at Crawfordsville has shut down, and the sound of the drum is heard no more. The Captain got married and moved away, and , the army has disbanded. —Mrs. James Tomlinson, of Plain- ■ field, is dead, aged ninety years. She and her husband came to this State : from North Carolina in 1812, making six hundred miles of the journey on foot. | —Peru’s Law' and Order League has given notice that the Sunday law must be strictly observed in that citv here- : after, or prosecutions will follow. A j careful watch will be kept on all sa- : loons. 1 —Auditor of State Carr has prepared , a statement concerning the financial i condition of the State. It shows the . sum of $783,000 in the treasury on July . 1, in the general fund. From this there ■ was paid $60,000 in salaries, and the j balance must be applied to pay an in- j terest account falling due, $137,000; the j running expenses of State institutions I for six months, $392,000; balance of I specific appropriations; $167,500; money , appropriated for improvements in penal ; and reformatory institutions, $o3,000; । amount due the State universities, $-3,- | 000, making a grand total of $832,500, ( and leaving • deficit of $49,00L —NVm. Martin A Sons’ ice-house, near j the junction at Crawfordsville, was set on tiro by a drunken man with a pipe. The house contained nearly all the ice ■ in the city, which had been shipper there from NVisconsin. Lhe NN ateWorks Co. had the water turned off and ; caused much delay of the lire company. . There was some insurance, but the j amount could not be ascertained. Some ] of the ice mav be saved, but the loss will be $2,000 and will cause much in- j convenience to the consumers in the | city.

—NVm. McDole a : sent up f rOD . r “etime prisoner, : Couaty, Jefferson • PH.™ oo MUW " t ^' U > D - J ! Calmer Yeoman and killed 1 Dana. Yeoman ’ S , Ctlon for etoan, at the hand-ear <><»i ' U ' '" S U ’ en " ere on harnino^he char " ed wit b Polled Angus cnttl ' thirt y- five C. E Briant U I>elo "eing to Col. Hunthioton/— gUilly in the honine vea^L^ ™d sconced i ' cut into pieces and killed. ' Breti^V? 0 ’ 1 ™ Btonn the r «“te d w> t । rCh ’ Os South Whitley, in" roof 1" llgbtuin « r ’ demolish^Wcking ^ QB F ";‘ " ind ° Wß ! ’ ud a I* 8 ’ lue ns averted. I Damage about $1,500; no insurance. -John Cawley, of Greencastle, broke block ice. and was suri Prised to hnd imbedded therein a turj le measuring four inches across the back. Alter being thawed out the tur- , tie crawled around as lively as a cricket. I the census enumerators of Crawtordsvi le have sent in ninety-five additional names of persons who were missed. This makes that citv 6,080 | People, according to the enumerators. , iocs not include the seven I suburbs. -Jesse F. Hutchins, of Wabash, died | on a train between Delphi and Lafay- , ette of heart disease. Deceased was j forty-five years of age. and until re- । cently a law partner of Hon. Warren । G. Sayre, late Speaker of the Indiana j House of Representatives. He was re- ! turning from Lafayette, where he went |on legal business. He leaves a wife , and two children. । — Ground has been broken and arI rangements made to commence the ; erection of a mammoth glassworks in ’ Pendleton by R. G. Guptiil A Co. They j will manufacture glass tubes for the use iofunderground electric wires in con- ; nection with the manufacture of fancy j glassware. The company intends to be ready for operation by Dec. 1, and will give employment to a large force oi men. —ln Montgomery County there are 2,773 sewing machines, 1,699 organs ano 33< pianos. This year there are 57.55. T acres in corn. 11,171 in oats, 23 in barley, 45 in hues wheat, 1;>8 in rye, 233 in potoes, 12 in watermelons, 9 in tobacco. IC in cabbage. Last year 3,839 gallons ol sorghum molasses was made, and 42,01 i rods of rail fence erected, 5,581 rods oi I board fence and 10,147 rods of wire i fence. —Experiments have been in progress for some time, by Messrs. Edwards and j Bouslog, of Peru, regarding the success- : ful raising and cultivation of celery. I Notwithstanding the poor season the ! first crop is now in and the practical j successs is assured. The celery raised I is firm, solid and equal to any of the Alichigan fields. The strip of ground immediately north of this city, some sis miles long and mostly one mile wide, with soil of most exceeding richness, formerly being the bed of the Wabash River, is being utilized. NVith this positive assurance the new industry will be j actively pushed. —The north-bound freight train coli lided at New Providence, twenty-five ■ miles north of New Albany, with the ! south-bound freight. Both trains were badly wrecked, and R. McNally, en- । gineer of the train going north was j pinned under the tank of his engine. I which had a car-load of stone piled | । upon it. He was crushed to death. His ; j fireman, Charles Helfrich, was badly | bruised, tut hail no bones broken. ■ i McNally bad been in the employ of the \ I company but a few mouths. He lived lin Illinois. The track was so baaly obI structed with the wreckage as to compel the north-bound passenger train to return to New Albany. —Six SouthHaven County, Michigan, women, Airs. Cherry Cooper, Louise Doer, and Ray Dalamere, Louise Bacon and Hattie Thompson, started from । home June 25 in a rowboat, with a tow * ful! of camp equipment, bound for South Bend. The trip is a hard one, ■ twenty miles along the Lake Michigan i coast and twenty-five miles up the St. I I -Joseph River, with swift currents, rapids ' > and dams. The party all arrived safely :at South Bend. They camped every I night and report a most enjoyable trip. ; The young women are the first who ever i made the trip, which has not been attempted by men since Indian times. ■ They will return by the same route. | —At Cambridge City a few nights age . I an explosion awakened Daniel NV isslei j and family from their repose. Mr. NVissler hastened to the place from | whence came the sound, and discovered । the interior of the kitchen in the real 'of his house was on fire. He quickly ! extinguished it and immediately sought j the cause. On the outside, near the I kitchen window, he found a half-gallon ! oil-can, which had contained gasoline. . The window bad been broken open and । the gasoline poured upon the floor and ignited. The sound of the explosion j which followed awakened Mr. NS issiei : and probably saved himself and family {from a horrible death. The front gate I was held open with a prop, thus affordi ing a rapid exit for the miscreant. | —The Cambridge City Council has: 1 just completed a contract and ordinance : for an electric light plant. Lhe city is i to be lighted by are lights, and the com- : pany expects to have them in working I order within rixty days. i Kate Dix, a woman of bad character, | I wound up a spree at Terre Haute by ‘ taking poison. For an hour after tue i Coroner had viewed the corpse her com- ' panions of the ergm insisted that she | : was vet alive, and after the undertaker had placed the body in a coffin they sent , for a nbvsician.

HIE SUNDAY SCHOOL. thoughts worthy of calm reflection. A T-lensant, Interesting, and Instrnctlvc Lesson and Where It May He found—A Learned and Concise Kovlew of the Same, luo lesson for Sunday, July 27, may be found m Luke 15: l-io, . INTBODUCTORY. in tins and the next lesson we have testimony as to the mind of God uith rolerenco to the lost. This is couched oi us in three picturesque similitudes—the lost shoep, the lost coin, the lost son. rarrar suggests that in these three paraWeswebave pictures of the bewildered smilers, the unconscious sinnots, the voluntary sinners. This has been called the Lost and Found” chapter. We real here Heaven’s sentiment toward earth. In the .irsiparable there may bedeseried the attitude of Chi ist to the siiuiO’. tie is the tender, seeking shepherd. In the second parable we can see somethingof the relation of the Holy Spirit, like one brooding over and searching alter with a light, In the third we behold how God. the Father, leels toward the sinner, coming out to meet him on the wav. In all we see tow true the word is for all tho world, God is love. WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. Ihen. Rather and (Bible Union) or now l,e\isiun). It was in the course ot his journey toward Jerusalem. Drew near. A peculiar construction ot the New Tostament Greek, the copula being joined with “te present participle, as in our own English Publicans. Tax gatherers, a generally well-to-do but odious class Sinners. Tnose who made no pretense to piety or position, the outcast. To hear him. Attracted by his utterances. Ihe Pharisees. The ritualists among the i Jews. The word probably comes Ironi the root meaning cleft. They were the separatists of their day. Scribes. Lawyers or teachers ot the law.—-Murmured or muttered, a strong word Receiveth. To entertain or give access to. The same word i u U u od by Paul in his commendation of Pheno to the Romans: “That ye receive her.’ (Rom. 16:2.) Eateth with them. A sign ot fellowship. Rejoice with me. The language hero be» ins almost identical with that at v. 6. There is joy. In v. 7. The futu e tense, there will be, is used here. In the presence of the angels. Angels participating. Ono sinner that repeuteth. The dependence of heaven upon earth for the provocation of her highest joy. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Drew near unto him. They could not help it. There was something in Christ that drew all men unto him. The human heart, found in him a sympathizing friend. All men. young and ol i, rich and poor, felt the wooing of his tender, loving spirit. According to an old legend there came one time to a certain village a stranger who yet diit not seem a stranger. She went in and out. with them as though she had been always a neighbor and friend. The old matrons saw in her one like themselves. Jhe young mothers found in her a happy, sympathizing companion. Even the maidens felt toward her as toward one o their light-hearted selves. Only a little child plucking her by the gown, looked up at last and called her Mary. The homage which the Catholic lays at the feet ot the mother we carry to the feet of the Son, who is to each ot us the chief among ten thousand and the oiio altogether lovely. This man receiveth sinners. And there was something in man that turned Christ to him. It was not so much that men wore drawn to Christ as that Christ was drawn to them. “We love him because he first loved us.’’ Two men were once speaking of their attachment to Jesus. One said he hoped to be saved because he had hold ot Chri-t. But what, said the other, if Satan should cut oil your hands? "My hope," ho continued, “is this, that Christ has hold ot me, and Satan cannot cur hi.s hands off.” It was Whitefield’s parting ,m-.,sngo to the people of England, as they gathered in the early morning to hear his farewell sermon ere his final embarkation for America: “Neither shall any one pluck them out of my hand." Those whom he had led into the kingdom he could sa’ely leave, since it was not he but God who kept them. Until he find it. If only wo could have that painstaking, persistent spirit that keens on until it finds. We go seeking souls in such a faint-hearted, bungling way. no wonder we find but few. “teek and ye shall find" is as true in work for others as in our own approach to God. Soul-seeking requires tact. “He asked me what 1 was doing," said an evangelist regarding the companion met by the way, whom he desired to win for Christ, “and 1 told him I was hunting. He said, ‘What are you hunting for?’ I said, ‘I am hunting for heirs. There has a man died and loft a very large legacy, and I am hunting for the heirs,’ He said, ’Sir. will you tell me the name of that family’?’ I said. ’lt is a very large family and the name commences with ; S.’ He said. My mother’s name was : Smith.’ I said. ‘NVell. this is a larger fam- • ily than the Smith fam ly. The name of . this family is sinners. Will you go to the I throne of grace to get your answer if I 1 present a petition for you as one ot the heirs?’ In a few weeks 1 got an answer back. He said. ’Dear nienff, I have followed your counsel and put in my claim, and I atu one of the heirs.’” There was practical seeking; resultingin actual finding. Rejoice wit i me, for I have found my she'pthat was lost. The source of true joy is doing good to others. There is genuine nhilosonhy in that joy among the angels. All lasting soul-comfort finds its genesis close to this point. Mr. Holcombe s was telling at the Buffalo Christian con- ! vention of a man who. having spent his I substance in selfish gratification upon himself, went to one of the bridges of the Chicago River to destroy himself. But. said he, I will wait until alter dark so that I no one will see me and try to rescue me. I As he waited he felt a few pennies in his 1 pocket. He thought he might as well give them to some one. He met a 1 ttie child and accosted it. The little one said it was waiting to see if it couldn’t get something for its sick mother. He went to see the mother and found her sick and hungry. He helped her. NVhen he came out ot that house it was to say, “I have found out how : to enjoy li e.” And he gave himself to the I joy of helping others. Find here the way to rejoice with angels. "Are they not ail ministering spirits ?” , , , I Light a candle. There are helns in seekiu°-. Too often we go to work with our own umiidel energies and poor blurred vision, and at best we have little or nothing to show for our search. Take God’s candle with you in your soul-seeking. Carry with vou, to illuminate the innermost recesses of darkened hearts, the light of the word. Flash the light of a gospel text into every hiding-place. The seer says. “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. Then use th© candle ere it lias burned itseß out. .Let it burn a little for soul-sa\ in '• Ihat was an impressive word spoken by the grayhaired proacher at the association the other dav to his venerable deacon across the pews: "Brother, if you and I are going to do anything we must doit now. If every one but realized the greatness of the quest and the preciousness of the moments, how manv more souls might be sought and found within the next fortnight. Next Lesson—“ The Prodigal son.” Luke 11:11-24-i Personal likes and dislikes do not cloud in the slightest degree our dispo- ■ sition to render to every man the jus- j tice which honorable good faith re- I quires. A little tin makes the nutmeg , grater. It also makes it finer. And it I is the same way with a man, when you ■ come to think of it. The one who will be found in tiial . capable of great acts of love is ever the ! one who is always doing coiißideratF small ones.

battle in Salvador: the GAUTEMALANS DEFEATED WITH HEAVY LOSS. An Army of Nine Thousand Invades Salvador and Is Repulsed by Gen. Ezeta’s ; Forces—President Barillas of Gautemala Threatens to Resign. City of Mexico special: The longthreatened war has broken out between Guatemala and Salvador, according to official advices received by the confidential agent of the provisional government of San Salvador, Senor Geronimo Pou, who arrived here last night from San Salvador. It began without the usual formalities of war, and for his country Senor Pou claimed first victory. Senor Pou exhibited the following telegram from Gen. Ezeta: “Julv 19.—The enemy, 9,000 strong, yesterday invaded San Salvador, but our forces bravelv repulsed them, causing their complete rout. Many pieces of artillery, largo quantities of ammunition, and hundreds of stacks of arms were captured by us. I have given orders to advance into Guatemala.” Senor Pou says the Salvador army is armed with Remington rifles, machine guns, and mountain batteries, and is generally well equipped with plenty of money. The Salvadorian forces are inferior in number to those of Guatemala, hut Senor Pou says he has received advices that disaffection has occurred in the army of Guatemala, and two battalions have refused to proceed to the frontier, which, he thinks, will have tiie effect of equalizing matters. Gen I Ezeta is commanding the movements of the Salvador forces. Minister Diegucz of Guatemala says that the only dispatches received are from points in San Salvador where it is known that the press censorship is in force. "Our forces are well armed with Remington rifles, Gatling guns, and mounted batteries, and if San Salvador has 16,000 men in the field, wo have nearly double that number. NVhile it is true we have no big fund in the treasury, everybody in the country will come to the front with money in ease there is war.” It is the general opinion hero that in case there is war between Guatemala and San Salvador, the first named country will bo victorious, because of its superior forces. RAN INTO AN ICEBERG. The Steamship Hibernian Has a Startlinß Adventure. Philadelphia (Pa.) telegram: The Allan steamer Hibernian arrived hero yesterday from Glasgow after a trip of ten days, during which she had a narrow escape from being dashed to pieces on the side of a huge iceberg. The vessel ran Into a fog and tiie speed was reduced to five knots an hour. But for this the vessel would surely have been lost. The berg was sighted just before 8 o’clock in the evening, and at a distance of about fifty yards. The engines were reversed, and the man at the wheel had succeeded in slightly changing the course of the vessel so that the berg was struck at a stand. The iron plates grated along the side of the huge pile, and the vessel careened until her sails touched the water. There was great excitement among the fifty passengers on board. One passenger, a woman, was thrown from a bunk and slightly injured. The berg appeared to be about fifty feet above water, and was very long. After the collision the Hibernian remained hove to till tho next day, all the while being enveloped in a thick fog. During this time the passengers suffered intensely from cold. They paid many visits to the engine room, which was the only warm place on the ship. BUSY PENSION AGENTS. They Are Crowding the Mails with Their Advertisements. NVashington dispatch: Tho pension legislation at this session of Congress has stimulated the pension attorneys to great activity, causing an increase of 33 per cent in the receipts of the NVashington postoffice for tho quarter ending June 30, and the officials say there will also be a great increase for the month of July. The abnormal increase is due almost entirely to the patronage of tho pension agents, who have been buying as high as as $5,000 worth of stamps at a time. Some of them bought one cent stamps for use to inclose unsealed circulars, but the smart ones used the sealed envelopes to send their circulars, knowing with the press of business at the office the first-class matter would receive attention first. In addition to the circulars, sealed and unsealed,one firm sent out a million copies of a newspaper in which their business is advertised. AFTER THE TIMBER THIEVES. The United States Government Preparing to Put a Stop to Their Operations. St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch: The lumber stealing by Canadians along the northern border of Minnesota has become so extensive that the government has concluded to put a stop to it. A large expedition headed by four agents will leave Duluth about Aug. land head in a northwesterly direction, its destination being the western portion of Rainy lake. It is estimated that in two rivers there are 75,000,000 feet of logs, and perhaps as much more is being got away with by Canadians at other points along the boundary line. An effort is to be made to secure this in the name of the government, and as soon as the logs have been found by the agents : and branded with tho government stamps, which the agents take with them, they will be held at all hazards. It is proposed to hayc a permanent i census department in Great Britain, whose duty it shall be to take the usual decennial census. A company having for its object the ' bridging of the English channel, is seeking concessions from the French and English governments. Simon and Julius Kroganker of Broin- ! berg, two German forgers who had pro- | cured over 30'),000 marks through their • deceptive but illegal penmanship, were । arrested in New Y’ork on arrival of the j steamer Trave the other day. The new premier of Cape Colony, । Cecil Rhodes, is an Imperialist, but he ’ gave Parnell §50,000 for his home rule ! fund. General Poi.a^icja, the new captain general ot Cuba, will leave Spain for his ■ post of duty Aug. 10 next.

SAYS HE KILLED UHL FIREMAN ROODHOUSE MAKEsi A CONFESSION. He Tolls How He Killed Engineer Van—devanrler with a Hammer—The Locomotive Tragedy at Van Wort, Ohio, the Result of a Quarrel. Van NVert (Ohio) special: The mystery surrounding the horrible murder of Engineer Madison Vandevander has at last been cleared up by a confession from Fireman Samuel Roadhouse at the coroner’s inquest, ff’he evidence was so strong against Roadhouse that when he heard of it he concluded to make a full confession. He was still confined to his bed and after a few moments’ deliberation said: "Sheriff, I want to tell ycu something. I killed Vandevander.” NVhile he was speaking hi.s throat clogged and he uttered the three last words in a husky voice. "I did it,,” he continued, “in selfdefense. Ue accused me of informing the superintendent that he was drunk at Devil's Lake last week, and, although I offered to prove to him that, I had not, reported him. he' refused to believe me, and had been abusing me more or less since then. Last Friday, while we were at Franklin getting ready to go out on our run. we had a quarrel and came near exchanging blows. "NVhen we reached Enterprise he commenced on me again and said: ‘D you, I'll fix you.’ Van was powerful and desperate, and, to tell the facts of the case. I was afraid of him. After leaving Enterprise he repeated the | threat, and I walked back to the tool- I box when he wasn’t looking and fixed i the hammer they found with the handle | sticking out so 1 could grasp it. I then started back to my seat in the cab. Just j before I reached it Van reached out his | left arm and dealt me a terrible blow’ on j the left side of the head,” pointing to I the gash on that side of his head. "I ! was staggered for a moment, and just as 1 was about recovered lie raised his right hand from the throttle and gave me another terrible blow on the right side of the head. "I jumped back, grabbed the hammer, and catching it witli both hands raised it, and, throwing all my weight on it. brought it down on Van’s head with all the force I could muster. The first blow’ did not appear to stun him ‘ and I showered several more blows —I don’t remember how many—and did not quit until he lay still. I then picked him up and sat him on the seat on his side of the engine, where he was found. I hardly realized what I had done until it was over with. At first I did not know what to do. and I lay down on the loor of the engine and in the few minutes which elapsed it came to me to fix up the story I told Dr. Woods. Just as we had passed Van Wert Van raised his head, and I again picked up the hammer and dealt him another blow which opened his head. I felt the blood and j brains spatter on my face. That was all. Y’ou know the rest.” The fact of Roadhouse's confession was kept quiet until he could be placed in the county jail, as it was feared <hat should the news get out there would be an attempt to lynch him, coming so soon after the funeral of the murdered man. After he had been placed safely behind the bars it became noised about that he had made a full confession, and the news passed from lip to lip like lightning, and in a few minutes a large crowd had gathered about the jail, which is such a weak and poorly-con-structed building that it would not take more than half a dozen determined men to break into it. Lynching is freely talked of, and as there are a large number of railroad men in town who came to attend Vandevander’s funeral it would not be surprising if there would be trouble. LOOK FOR MORE FIGHTING. It Will De War to the Knife in Central America. City of Mexico special: The news received in this city to-day by private cipher cable dispatches fully confirms tiie account of the battle between tho Guatemalan and San Salvadoran forces yesterday. The Guatemalan forces, under the command of Gen. Fuentes, were encamped a little to the southward and eastward of Bhalohuapa. close upon the San Salvador frontier. The Guatemalans, not expecting to receive much, if any, resistance on the part of the Salvadorans, were taken completely by surprise and retreated precipitately beyond the borders to their own territory. No estimate of the loss of life on either side can be formed, but from all 'accounts only thirty or forty were killed or wounded. The San Salvador troops did not follow up their advantage, as they had received instructions only to preserve the integrity of their own territory. It is said that in view of this defeat 2,000 Guatemalan troops are advancing as reinforcements under the command of Gen. Camilo Alvarez, the aspirant for I Presidential honors in San Salvador under the protection of Guatemala. NVith Gen. Alvarez at their head as commander-in-chief of the Guatemalan forces there no longer remains a doubt that, Guatemala intends invading her neighboring territory. News in Brief. Jessie Beery, aged 16, of Ottawa, 111., was drowned while bathing. Frei’Erkk Millf.i: was run over and killed by the cars Sunday’ night at Decatur, 111. John Elson, a Finlander, was drowned in the river at Ironwood, Mich., while in bathing. A C. Stenz & Sons, dry goods dealers of New Y’ork. have made an assignment to Benjamin IL Bayliss. C. M. Johnson of Farmerville, HL, died of injuries received in falling from a load of hay some days ago. Daniel Shannon ot Buffalo. N. Y.. driver of a hook and ladder truck, fell under the wheels while gtiing to a tiro and was fatally injured. John C. Lord of Farwell, Mich., has been exonerated bv the coroner’s jury for the killing of Erastus J. Ferguson, the shooting having been accidental. Stanley Hill, the member of the , British Parliament who is investigating 1 the Behring sea matter, says the American fishermen are entirely in the wrong. William Brooks, a wealthy merchant of Toronto, Ohio, has mysteriously disappeared. It is believed ho has eloped with a mulatto girl of whom he was greatly enamored, as she, too, is missing.

SOUNDERS MADE SILENT FLAMES RAGE IN THE W. U. BUILDING. Terrible Fanic Among: Employes Cnt Off Irom Means of Escape ’’brilling Rescues by Heroic Firemen—The Damage Almost Inestimable. New York special: Fire broke out In the Western L’nion building at 7:05 Friday morning. The operators, about seventy-five in number, were penned in bv the flames. Many of them attempted to climb from the windows. Most of them got upon the top of the building, where they cried piteously for help. The lire started two floors below the top and it was feared manv of the operators would be burned to death. The building was eleven stories high, and the tire department was almost powerless in its attempts to reach tho unfortunate men. The loss will be enormous and is estimated at $3,000,000. A vast crowd witnessed the fire and the police had difficulty in keeping the street clear for the work of the tireinen. Owing to the heigat of the structure the department experienced ereat difficulty in subduing the flames, but three hours after the fire started it was under control. It had spread, however, to tiie Associated Press offices, the executive offices of the NVestern Union, and the upper floors. At 7:30 i ames were pouring from the windows in the upper stories, and it seemed as if the entire building, though considered fireproof, was doomed to de- । struction. It is reported that there was j considerable delay in ending out the first alarm, and it was ftnly ten minutes ' before tho engines put in an appearance. The embersjwere flying to the south and threatened the destruction of the buildj ings in that direction. Several roofs I caught tire, but no serious damage was j done. i Meanwhile the fire was spteading through the Western Union building in spite of every effort of the firemen, who were handicapped by the great height of the building, the hook and ladders being practically useless. The excitement among the immense crowds around the building was intense. The employes of the morning newspapers were chiefly conspicuous, and, as they had many friends among the operators in the burning building and a large loss of life was rumored, the greatest anxiety! was felt. Not a wire or a switchboard of the NVestern Union was saved, and the Associated Press and the operators’ rooms are in ruins. All communications are cut off and temporary offices are established at Jersey City and neighboring places. Three thousand seven hundred telegraph instruments were destroyed, together with tho battery rooms, and । thousands of Leyden jars, which can- ; not be replaced for several weeks. ; Loss, about $3,000,000. The Associi ated Press' loss alone is estimated at i §1,500,000, and the NVestern Union loss I at about the same. Ten operators made their way to an ! adjoining building bv swinging over an i iron shutter. Ten female employes in the lunch department । who slept in the upper story were j compelled to flee to the roof, from where they were rescued by the firemen, who tied ropes around them and let them down three stories to a buildi ing in the rear. The women were screaming for help a considerable time । before the firemen reached them. The i excitement was increased by two explosions, presumably of acids used for the batteries. At the time the fire broke out tho elevators were not running and would have been useless, as the shafts were in flames. Chicago telegram: At the NVestern Uniop offices here it was reported that the fire was under control, and that there had been no loss of life reported, i The flames, the officers here said, had Started in the operating-room and had' swept through tho big room almost before the alarm could bo given. ** “The on’y in ormation wo have at hand is that a serious fire broke out in the operating room of the New York office.” said Superintendent Tubbs. “The building, However, is fire-proof, and I don’t think that it will be seriously injured. Our wires are down there and un to the present time wo have had nothing direct. Business for New Y’ork is accepted subject to delay only. “Our Jersey City wires are working, and we expect to have communication with New Y’ork city direct in a few hours. Thore is al ways a great quantity of stationery distributed in a big operating-room, also furniture and inflamable material of various kinds, including the wires, which, of course, are covered with oil.” The Postal Telegraph is tho only company that h*« communication with New York, and It was learned there that the upper floor of tho NVestern Union building had been completely destroyed, but that there had been no loss of life so far as could be learned. Arrangements had been made, the manager said, to receive the market reports over the Postal wires. >^7 The Indians Are Satisfied. Kingfisher (I. T.) telegram: An agreement was arrived at between the Cheyenne and the Arapahoe Indians and the Cherokee Commissioners to-day. The Indians accepted the terms pro- ; posed by tho commissioners—to wit: । They are to have their lands in severalty j —l6O acres to each man, woman, and child—and receive $1,500,000, $500,000 cash and $500,000 to draw 5 per cent interest. The Indians began signing the agreement at 6p. in. It will probably require eight or ten days .to complete this part of the business. The treaty opens up over 4,00'),000 acres of land to settlement under the homestead law.but the, acre settlers will have to pay $1.25 per acre when they come to prove up. This practically settles the work of the commission at present. Chari.es R. Nelson filed a $50,000 suit against the Pan Handle Railroad company, at Logansport. Ind. Nelson was run over by an engine in January and had both legs cut off. NVard McAllister expects to eclipse all previous efforts in the ball he is getting up at Newport in honor of Prince George of Wales. I Roger Q. Mills will deliver an ad- ! dress on the tariff at Creston, lowa, during the blue-grass palace exhibition in August. Dr. Goodson and A. S. Montrose were killed by the explosion of a steamer boiler at Bodie, Cal. Night Policemana. D. Beck of Mattoon, HL, was caught on the track by a switch engine and killed. . _ _.J