St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 October 1891 — Page 2
WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, . . - INDIANA. - DROVE DOWN TO DEATH
A RECKLESS CABBY DRIVES OFF A BRIDGE. Arkansas Whites and Negroes in Anns — Many Hurt in a Big Philadelphia Fire — Asiatic War Clouds—A Million Dollars’ Worth of St. Louis Property in Ashes— Kase-Ball. Getting a Navy Cheap. The order from Montenegro for the building of three volunteer cruisers in English harbors is the subject of considerable discussion in official circles. By the terms of the treaty of Vienna, Montenegro has no right to a separate navy. Her vessels must tty the Austrian Hag. This restriction is very galling to the Montenegrins, and they have more than once asked the advice of the Czar as to c ading or defying it. There is no doubt whatever that Russia advances the money to pay for these vessels, so that they will be virtually Russian ships o war, going and coming in the Mediterranean. The French Embargo to Be Removed. /
Iv official circles the opinion prevails that the rescinding of the German pork prohibition was accelerated by the vote of the French Chamber of Deputies. It is believed that next month France will follow Germany’s example. At Rome, newspapers discredit the report that the United States will exclude Italian imports in reprisal for the prohibition of American pork imports. They ex- j press the belief that the prohibition will be rescinded as soon as France and other states rescind their prohibitory regulations. Whites and Negroes in Arms. Excitement in Leo County Arkansas, is running high over the murder of Thomas Miller by the negro strikers. Sheriff Werner, of Crittenden County, Arkansas, has been called upon for asi tance by the Sheriff of Lee County, and has dispatched thirty men with Winchesters with instructions to shoot if necessary. A large squad of negroes are surrounded near Teters’ Landing, Ark., by 100 armed men, and indications are that a battle will follow.
Surveyors in Peril. Several members of the Burlington and Missouri River surveying party, "which has been running lines through the Stinking Water country, in the Big Horn basin, between the Buffalo and xellowstone Parks, separated from the main party and undertook the perilous enterprise of running a line through the Lig Horn canyon. This was nearly two months ago, and nothing has since been heard from them. It is believed they have perished. War Clouds in Asia. The St James’ Gazette considers the | Asiatic outlook the darkest on the political horizon, and that it may result in a outbreak. China, England, and liU.sia, the (hree great — „ 4.^- ■ J'... J ™^al territory on the part of Russia, । and it remained to be seen whether the I meeting would ba friendly or the beginning of a prolonged conflict.
A Million of Property in Ashes. At St. Louis, the farm implement and machinery warehouse and salesroom of the Mansur Tebbetts Implement Company, occupying a six-story structure, and' the storage room of the Pacific Warehouse Company, a one-story building covering an entire block, were completely destroyed by tire. The loss will amount to $500,000. An earlier blaze did damage of half a million. Diamond Dust. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. pc. w. L. pc. Chicaeos... .81 49 .623 Clevelands..6l 73 .45] Bostons 81 5) .618 Brooklyns . ,a6 75 .427 New Yorks. .70 55 .56 r.Pittsburgs. .55 ij .423 Phil’dTphias67 64 .511iCincinnatls.ul 81 .386 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pc.j w. L. Pc. Bostons 89 3.) ,695AIilwaukees.61 71 .462 St. L0ui5...83 51 .619 Columbus . .61 74 .452 Baltimores..6s 61 .527 Louisvilles.m3 83 .398 Philadelp’s.,69 69 .523; Washing ne.42 87 .026 Drove Into the River.
Rufus Terry. a Chicago cab driver, one night recently drove his cab containing two occupants over an abutment of the Washington street bridge, while the latter was turned to allow th > passage of a lake steamer. Terry and one of the occupant-, a Miss Green, were drowned. A Dusky Belle’s Jeilousy. At Chattanooga, Tenn., as George , Johnson (colored) was walking in com- [ nany witli two women and carrying a baby in his arms, he was shot by one of his female companions. Jealousy is evidently at the bottom of what will prove to be a murder. An Oho Tragedy. At Youngstown, Ohio, the body of James Kane was found in an alley. lio i Bad been paid off, and was evidently 1 murdered for his money. A saloon- ! keeper named Durkin and his wife with a boarder named Frank Nary are held under surveil ance. Many Hurt at a Big Fire. Kight firemen were injured and property valued at $500,000 was swept away as the result of an explosion of oil at Philadelphia, in the wholesale coal-oil house of Phillips & Cunningham.
Blew His Brains Out. At Albuquerque, N. M., Miguel Hernandez, a well-to-do Mexican of Park City and owner of considerable ranch stock', committed suicide by blowing the top of h s head off. No cause is assigned for the deed. P. T. Barnum's Colored Valet Elopes. Mus. P. T. Barnum’s high salaried imported English maid, Clara Lewis, and the old time family butler, Wyatt Roberts, have eloped from Bridgeport. Conn.
I EASTERN OCCURRENCES. The Columbia Chemical Works, in i Brooklyn, were totally destroyed by fire. The loss is over SIOO,OOO. ! Rea Brothers & Co., of New York, correspondents of S. V. White A Co., were forced to make a temporary assignment on account oi the failure of White & Co.
I Two freight-trains on the New EnI gland road collided near New Milford, Conn. Engineer William Day, Fireman James Larner, and Brakeman G. A. Sprague, of the east-bound train, were killed. Ambrose Pari’, of Millville, N. J., I committed suicide. He was a glassi worker. During a recent strike ho remained at work. Since then, the strikers several times called him a “scab.” and this, it is thought, unsettled his mii.d and drove him to suicide Ar Newark N. J., four Italians were j killed and fully twenty in ured by the ' explosion of a piece of gas pipe loaded with dynamite in the Italian quarter. A lot of fireworks were tot off in honor of St Rocas’ day, and the dynamitr cannon was to have been one of the features. The cause of the premature explosion is unknown. The body of Emma Gross, who passed ; as the wife of Albert Catlin, of Washington, Pa, was found dead in the woods without any clothing, the face and head being horribly mashed —irrrrt“n 7 bullet hole oyer the lett eye. Catlin ami ' the woman quarreled, since which time I she had not been seen until her bo ly was j found. The po ice are looking for Catlin.
A New York newspaper said that Stephen V. White, broker, failed because Chicago crowded him to the wall. That is not so. Steven V. White's failure was caused by the scorching rays of the sun, which ripened the corn crop and scattered the fears of the farmers It the weather had proved unpropitious. prices would have bounded up, and lie would have made two millions, instead of losing that amount, as ho did.
Aar exciting hunt for a wild man oceu pied the people of the western part of Connecticut for several days. Frank Kelly, of I ast ( anaan. a raving maniac, was the object of the hunt Ho was at large for some time, and as he is a man of tremendous strength the greatest fear had been felt in Iho locality Children were not allowed to go to school alone, and when the men went to work they always left the women folks some weapon of defen e. Kel.y was crazed by hard cider
Rev. S. 1). Burchard died in Saratoga, N. Y. His sons and Rev. Dr. Carlisle were with him when d< ath came. Samuel Dickinson Burchard was born in j Steuben on Sept. G. 181?. He was graduated from Center College, in Kentucky, in 183(5. During the succeeding three years ho won reputation in that State as a temperance and religious lecturer and for his services as a volunteer nurse in the cholera epidemic in 153.. He was also famous in the campaign of 1884 as the author of the “Rum. Romanism and Rebellion’’ speech. Four immigrants arrived in New ork on the steamer Normandie arc l found to be under contract to work in j the Thomas coal mines in West Virginia. They will be sent back. An Italian immigrant who arrived on the q Steamer La Champagne, when ques- । could not explain Row it was he could not speak a word of English, and finally admitted that be had never been in this country before, and that he had bought
the naturalization papers in Havre. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Orla D. Nii.es, who is wanted nt Flint, Mich, for murder and arson committed last March, was arrested at \ alparaiso, Ind., by Sheriff Sego. John J. Well-, of Omaha, Nob., shot at Dr. B. 11. Birney, the bullet striking | his watch aL 1 flattening out. Beyond I a -light contusion of the skin Birney was uninjured.
At Jeffersonville, Ind, while Philip Specht was chasing a burg’ar out of his house his lamp caught in the curiains and the house caught fire, burning < ompletely. Loss, £5,000; insured.
D. Cool, a Saunders County (Nob ) farmer, just received at the Omaha postoffice a letter written by a former sweetheart May S, 1875 The letter was sixteen years four months and thii t "on days in reaching its destination. Near Indiana; olis, Miss (ora Wicoff, the 15-yearo’d daughter of Samuel AVicoff, committee suicide by taking paris gioeii. A young man of the neigh-
borhood had ceased to vis t her and she became very des] ondent. A farmer from Itasca County, Minn , said that the havoc recently brought by windstorms among the forests of that section could not be appreciated He estimated that about 80,030,000 feet of timber has been blown down.
The Rev. Howard McQueary, formerly of Canton. Ohio, who was tried and convicted of heresy, renounced the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. He has accepted a call as pastor of the First Universalist ! ' Church at Saginaw. Mich. At Grand Forks, N. D.. I nited State ; < Marshal Hogson and Special Agent Day, with the help of the police, made a raid on all Chinese laundries in the city and 1 captured three Celestials who had been smuggle*.l across the line from Manitoba . within the last three days, also securing ! ' considerable smuggl *d opium. । Earthquake shocks were recently j felt throughout So ithcra Illinois and > Indiana and in parts of Missouri, lowa | and Kentucky. No serious damage was > I done, but at rt Louis the people were I to rified by the oscillations, and rushed I I terror-stricken inti the street. In some ; I places three distinct shocks were felt. j j Near Birdseye, Ind., four men—Dick ;
I Jacobs, Dick Webb, John Gray, and . Raymond Brown —were taken from Widow Bradley’s home anti given two । ty-five lashes upon th ir bare backs, j Jacobs is a c ass leader in the Methodist. . Episcopal Church The widow is a no--1 1 torious character. The White-Caps 1 j numbered forty or more. A destructive prairie fire swept over । a portion of Miner County, Soutn Da--1 ; kota. The wind was blowing over fifty I miles an hour, and the fire-breaks proved ’iofno a' ail. The damage t > crops and 1 farm property is great Ihe lire passed ' i the town of Vilas once, but suddenly the
wind changed and it swept clowtT^"' It was saved from destruction e a ? a >h । the efforts of the entire populace y At St Louis, Mo., In the Odd Fol) grand prize for cant?,ns, the ° Ws ' $1,700, divided into three Parts, best drilled canton, Canton ElwnJ th « 33, of Indiana, was first, J’ No. ton Occidental, of Chicago f c anChevalier T. R. 11. Smitz, of Cant lrthcidenta), of Chicago, won the fife Ocdrill of 150. divided into three n a M ld Hal JVDGE Wallace, in the ( ourt nt San Fran' isco. sentence .^^or ar<i Chute, a well known politic < Rich- ! pay a fine of SSOO and spend five to . the county jail for < ontempt of J>B *n j Chute was subpanaed by /i, , <oUr t idury investigating certain « Gr and affe ting members of the late c n m l,da ’ 8 Legislature. Chute disregard!° r h'a subp i na. ,-“*aea tho Many people who would have Pt get homesteads in the nowlv lk<d to Oklahoma lands have been n ° pened from going there by the account? Vented tremendous rush of boomers. T of the not give up hope yet of procuring on easy terms in the broad We«f ar,ns only arc there other reserves in Ji Not dian Territory that will be oiJ ' 6 In ' settlement after a time, but tho" ed t 0 also broad tracts of territory are west opened by pro. lamatlon thi? 1 4 lor in which there is plenty of f O ,. year settlers. new Another sensational d<*olo^n Gnt j tl the Western railway wortt is the .progation of the Ttansmissouri Assoeim?™ at Topeka. Kan. It is said (hat indict
ments wl 1 surely be returned against (hares Smith and the head traffic of ficials of all the roads in the association I hey are charged with maintai J ° a trust and pool. If a ease is made a ’Xt the association it will probably a complete annihilation of the ‘ system of conducting railway business in America. J 1 mess
Ai Grand Rapids, Mi h., at ( . „ African Methodist conference >i lUHKrcucc, charges were preferred against Rev. William 11 Lee for collecting money for missionary purposes and converting it to iX> own us •. It is charged that he raised about ’.OO in Birmingham and put it all j n his pocket r. V. Williams and J R m nem) V™ e: ° CtCd d ‘ >,e ^S to the Miuial conference in Pittsburg. The < onforence sessions were held at the residence of Rev. Mr. Wilfiams, a.'d Bishop rnompson, suffering a sevor(> attack ot rheumatism, presid, d over the me tings bo.stored up in bed.
A Minneapolis di-patch thus speaks of the harvest festival: The harvest festival ha.d an ideal fall day for its celeI’ra’iom Work went on a 1 night and : " as I,p 3utifully decorat<1- Ihe buildings were buried in bunting an . many of them are covered with sheaves of wheat bound in fantastic ouns Aldu sos wheat span many of the streets Thousands of flour barrels form the base of the display. On the top of these stands a sheaf of wheat, while sacks of gram are placed upon the supporting barrels There are sixty o! these pillars along Tenth street From I i lar to pil ar is suspe nded a festoon of white clotli. while similar festoons inters streets and others are strung from pillar to pillar across the street. •SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Miss Jane Pattfiisov dfajng Apn’newt: "TTfi apoplexy nt Lexington, aged Gt AT a negro church in Shenivlc^^Ala . a negro name I W ilson, becom^W pd* rage I at another negro for paying attention to his wife, shot and kilktd the man and then cut his wife s throatOne of the. mo-t important meetings ever held in Norfo k, Va , was for the purpose <>f conso idating the individual manufacturers <f North Carolina pho lumber into a stock company. Th ■ amount of capita! involved represents : several millions of do lars It is bohliy asserted that the company is organized i to advance prices, control the producI tion. ami get everything possible out of I Carolina lumber while it lasts
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Major Gi neral Schofield has approved the new army tactics, and v, hen they receive the approval of the Sevretary of War, steps will be taken at once to put them in operation Briefly described, the general scheme is a d< velo; ment of the skirmish drill to its highest point. Every man in line of battle belongs to a squad constituting a unit of force to be handled with many others as a whole. 'lhere i> to be no such thing as “driving in the skirmish line,” but on the contrary, with every increasing of the opposing force the skirmish line I- to bo strengthened, the line of battle is to grow by accretion and is to advance at all times until the whole army is engaged. The res ilt is expected to be short, sharp, de isive engagements, and battle- are to be won and lost by the first onslaught POLITICAL PORRIDGE, A joint debate between Major McKinley and Governor Campbell has been I arranged for Oct. 8, at Ada, Ohio.
The New York Ma l and Express prints a special dispatch from Washington saying that in January Jame- c Blaine will declare that he wiL, under no circumstances, accept the nomination for President in 1892. FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Titi news of the capture of Sana by the icbels in Yenen is, says a Constantinople dispatch, almost a stunning blow to the Sultan, who for weeks past has । been plunged in anxiety over the situation in Arabia. An express train i tinning between Burgos and San Sabastian, Spain, came j into collision xvith a combined goods and passenger train. Fifteen persons were , killed and thirty wounded. Among the killed was an Englishman. The rest ot I the dead are Spaniards, and they include among their number several notabilities ' of Madrid. I hi. situation in Shanghai is much worse Disorders are increasing at 1 Ichang, and this is the prelude to other j disorders. The valley of the Yang-tse- | Kiang is in rebellion. Wn-Chang, the j central seat of the Viceroy, is ready to . revolt, and then those towns open to I , strangers—Hankow and Chun King—are I like y to follow. '1 he latter town is > difficult to defend by war ships, owing
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to the shallowness of the river. Great excitement prevails. Strangers are flee-' mg from Shanghai, which is among the threatened towns, but measures of defense are being taken. Three ships of W'ar at VVu-Chang, and the fleets are concentrating at Shanghai. Russia, which claims absolute supremacy over the region, has excluded the English (aptain Younghusband from entering Little Pamir in Central Asliv Tamir is an extensive tab’e land of Central Asia The plateau forms tho central node, whence radiate the principal mountain ranges of Asia jt i. a a a scanty populat on and an almost arctic SSty? 1 iS mai " ,y '"‘ d - ^-i^
t a TrM I>E ?' T of Guatemala, s afraid of assassination, but he Is determined to declare himself Dictator before surrendering the Presidency, and ven may provoke a war with Salvador in order to realize his dream Ezeta. finding his influence waning, thinks that a war with Guatemala, might bring back his popularity, but he dare not declare war, as the people want peace. Costa Ivica is now the only Centra) American power which is not for war.
A special from Bar Harbor says that the case of Mrs. Maybrick, accused of poisoning her husband in England and sentenced to penal servitude for life S^oFmVTb 8 ^ th, atL with Secretary B)aine,\a\ ly interested in it. Mrs. Blaine has been for many months constantly in receipt of letters urgiug inn to use her influence with the Secretary of State and induce him to communicate with Lord Salisbury in the matter. About two weeks ago a petition for Mrs Mavbnck’s pardon, signed by Mrs Harrison and the wives of the members of the Cabinet, was sent to Minister Lincoln for presentation to the Queen.
generA, notes. Lawrence Leslie, of Caribou. Mo was killed by th ■ cars a Carthage, Mo’ He was trying to b'at hi -way and fell unaer the wheels. Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun, has patented a process for the manufacture of heavy ordnance, which, it is believed, will be chea; er, quicker, and better than existing methods A letter from Salvador says that President Ezeta lias decided to call 1 resident Parrillas, of Guatemala, to account for inciting rebellion in Salvador. The Mexican pr >ss generally is attacking Barrillas and G atemala. Careful inquiry in official circ'es fails to reveal any confirmation of the published report that ex-Senator Blair is to succeed Egan as Minister t > Chili. It is not believed that the report is true although it is quite probable that Egat’i ' will be recalled, as his cour.-e there has not be n entirely satisfactory. Lem Sjng. La Sing, Ah Tht^w, and Mo Mow violated the exclusion law and
crossed from Canada to ( ape Vincent in the night time, and were chased by team for twenty-live miles across the country ' and captured at Watertown, N. Y. AH 1 except Ah Chew, ,vho is a Canadian citi- , zen, will be returned to ( hina. , R. G. Di n X C ».’s Weekly Review of r Trade says: T Hept rts us to money market* are goner- ( Y bfl "Teat industries ; previous ? week of Ust year the figurss werj 210. W- a resenting 192 feflures m the United Blates ] and 27 in the Dominion of Canada. , Foreign exhibitors at the World's Fair are, by the following communication from Assist; tSt. r- tary Nettleton to Commissioner Anderson, privileged to bring their own labor with their exhibits: In your recent c nnmunication address.'d to the chief clerk of this department, you ask on behalf of the Consul General of Great Britain for a c >py of the regula bms of this department in r-gard to contra, t labor to be employe I In connection with foreign exhibit- at the appn a hing exposition. Wlilio no formal regulation- have been promulgated by the department in this .•onne.-tion, vou arc authorized to assure tie' Cons.i' General of Great Bilt.ilu ■n d ad others with whoir you have oii.rshm to communicate In this connection tbit alien lai our-, mechani •- or expert- ' in the employ of foreign exhibitor- and comin'to the United stat - in connection 1 with foreign exhibit-at thcWorld s Columbine. F.xposltion will be freely admitted . and will be subject o', to no delay or mndranec of any inline Whatever reu’i..ations shall prove to be nee,-ary .n order to enrrv out thi- decislm. of the department ;Xn'V formulated in due -ason and furnished to all intcre-tvd parties through the proper channel-. MARKET reports. CHICAGO. Catti.e—Common to Primet.... 53.50 ^£ 50 Roos—Shipping Grades 4 00 bHLEr—Fair to l hoice 3.00 (J a.UJ W heat—No. 2 Red 95 & .96 Corn—No. 2 -43 <9 -al Oats —No. 2 -3° RYE—No. 2 8? -83 Butter—Choice Creamery 23 <9 -a Cheese—Full Cream, flats Eggs—Fresh 78 <3. .12 Potatoes—New. per bu 35 Mi .4? INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3-50 ® 5.7a Hogs—Choice Light 3.52 (9 5.5_
Sheep—Common to Prime 5.50 @ 4.2a Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .93 2 Corn—No. 1 While 60 @ .62 Oats—No. 2 White 31 *33 „ ; ST. LOUIS. _ „ 1 Cattle 3.59 @ 5..5 ‘ Hogs 4 - 5 9. Whi at—No. 2 Red Js*;® - ' 2 Corn—No. at @ ’ r Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 < 1 RIB —No. 2 ^0 .61 i CINCINNATI.
Cattle 1 Hogs 4.0 U & 5.20 - Sheep r. 3 *J® ® 6 '^ i Wheat—No. 2 Red 96 @ - Corn—No. « @ •<* ’ Oats—No. 2 Mixed .312® .32 2 DETROIT. Cattle 310 ® 5,25 ho™::::.: Sheep ®L2j Wheat—No. 2 Red 1)6 & .97 Cohn—No.‘2 Yellow 63 @ .<4 Oats—No. 2 White 32 .33 TOLEDO. Wheat-New ?8 @ ?9 Corn-No. 2 Yellow 52 @ .y 4 Oats—No. 2 White 29 & .31 Rye 91 @ .‘.2 BUFFALO. Beef Tattle 5-09 @ 7.0] Live Hogs 4.2a @ 5.,a Wheat —No. 1 Hard I<H & L 65 Corn—No. 2 ••• . JJ ® “-a MILWAUKEE. V.heat—No. 2 Spring $2 2- .93 Corn—No. "2 .53 Oats—No. 2 White 29 <<l .31 Rye—No. *\3 Barley—No. 2 -62 ® -U Pork—Mess 12.60 ©l~.ao NEW YORK. g*™ "j;:::::::::::: u.o K;:::::::":::” @ W heat —No. 2 Red LOI ® I.o< Corn—No. 2 66 | Oats—Mixed Western 30 & 33 | Butter— Creamery -U ® Pork —New Mess 12.00 @12.50 ।
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,SIX STATES shaken: •“ - — earthquake shocks felt at many points. Illinois, lona, Indiana, Tennessee MU ‘O the Strcets-Duratlon of the IJisturbance from Ten Seconds to One Minute The Earth Trembled. ’ alm . ost continuous vibrat’onsof j an earthquake, oscillating from east to T r ?.-- felt 0116 n ^ht recently in Parts of ll.inois Indiana, lowa, Mis-
sour , and Kentucky. At Ft Louis the 1 | shock was quite severe, and buildings - । were shaken violently. I’eople we e j aroused by the disturbance and rushed I in terror, half-clad, to the street It is • said by many that the shock felt there was similar to that experienced on the ; night of the memorable Charleston dis- : aster Ti e shock lasted two minutes. ’ i ‘k°o S1 ? era V e i c l rOckory a,,d glassware ' i ^ aß demo * ls ' le d, and some wooden sta- , bles on the outskirts of the city toppled I CVe lk Buildings facing the north and I south were visibly affe ted by the shock. 7he shock was distinct y felt at In--1 a anapolis, and while report; as to its i duration differ the best information-ays , it lasted at lea-t eight seconds. | Louisville, Ky., had a good shaking, i and, although no serious damage was Oono, IL oowb dcraM® exvl t • men I lir >i°l Cr ,ho ' lty ’ r,lc Dell in the City Ilalltmwr was i UO a by tho vibrations I of the building, and the watchman in . the tower thought his last hour had I come. At the Galt House and other । hotels the bells wore rung, water-pit hers were overturned In the upper stories, and guests came hurrying down-stairs in a panic, it requiring much persuasion j to indme the more timid to return to their quarters. Several drug stores suf--1 sered a s ight loss from broken bottles and prematurely mixed drugs. 1 In the residence part of the city the ; j snock caused much a’arm, the people lushing into the street, and when the 1 ; shock subsided formed long ranks of excited groups anxiously discussing the i I probabilities of a recurrence of the 1 quake. No casualt'es occurred any- I xv here in the city, and no damage of con- ' sequence was suffered by buildings. The vibrations were from east to west, and i lasted only a few seconds. Ihree separate shocks were plainly , felt at Keokuk, lowa. They followed 1 cosely upon each other, and the vibraDon lasted fully one minute in each case.
Ihe direction appeared to be from southerns to northwest, and su pended electric lights swayed sharply. No damage was done. 'lhe shock appears to have been general throughout Southeastern lowa At Evansvil e Ind , one prolonged shock was felt. No damage was done, but general fright ensued. BROUGHT DOWN A NICE RAIN. Ram-xtakers llhr a H.-ax y Shower in Texas
with Ln Three Shot^« Th > rain-makers have ma le their first experiment at Corpus Christi, Tex , and j it was a complete success. Broken, cumulus clouds had been boating over- I head all the morning, and at 6 p. m. i Messrs. Ellis, Castor, and Fairchild I entered a carriage and drove out of | town, accompanied by County Engineer | Gunter, who represented the citizens’ j ^committee. The party carried two I J ll carriage, containing ' Icy, whßn — overhead. No rain was 1 a 111 nga ny w in the vicinity when the firing was be- I gun, but after every report a sharp | shower fo’l, and as the clouds passed away to the southwest the rain was seen to be falling in torrents o;er a limited area. By the time the last shot was tired the j arty were drenched and retur. cd to the hotel. Ine rain could be seen spreading of to the southwest, and in fortv minutes a heavy rain was falling, which was general over the 3ntire city and continued for half an hour.
DEATH IN FLAMES.
Father and Son I’erUh in a Prairie Fire, j Georg? W. John on and his son, who lived near Heaver ( reek, N. D., were | burned to death I y the great En m-ns ; t ountv pToir.c l.res I bey had gone to . p t a head fire out, when the huge flames, J aping high as the house tops. ; swept over th m, leaving burned and disfigured corpse-. Mr Tabor, an elderly gentleman living 11'ar Williamsport, is seriously 1 timed and will probably die No further news <an bo learned from the Holland settlement, thirty-five miles south of William-p >rt Three men are known to have perished in that vicinity. The amount of damage done in the Ho'land settlem nt cannot be learned, but it is safe to say it wnl not be far from $50,( o’. <ne man at Winona, twenty miles from Williamsport, a Mr. 1 ratt, lost forty live steers which wei ' overtaken by the lire and burned to death. Another fire ranged on South Prairie and burned cut Messrs. Fosburg, Mahoney, Hesholy, Houstam, and Paiker.
COLLIDED WITH AN OIL CAR. Two Kailroad Men Meet a Horrible DeathAnother Fearful y Burned. A.t Fargo, K. D . an oil car standing on a sidetrack was set in motion by a switching train and started on a down i g-ra e 'File oil car dashed on and col- ; lided with tlu* engine of an incoming j stock train with terrifi ■ force. In an instant the oil was ablaze, and the engine plowed through the flaming mass. Engineer J. J. Curtis, Fireman l o Ige, and Brakeman l enton were instantly j <nv loped in flames. They all three 1 jump d and trie I t > -mother the flames . in the grass. Dodge was literally roasted to < eatli on the s| ot, while Curtis died shortly afterward. Benton lost both eyes an 1 was otherwi e badiy burned.
Scour County. Kansas, has but one physician, and he has had to give un for la -k of business, the atmospliere I cing so pure and the peopb; i o healthy that there is not enough for him to do in a population of LCfiO. To polish deer horns, scrub them with a brush and sand to take otl the dirt and loose liber, then polish with rouge and rotten ston’* and a cloth, and varnish with copal varnish. —Scientific American. Piif-i mption is our natural and original disease.
CURRENT COMMENT. Danger Signals. England seems determined that the Behring Sea question shall r main unsettled as long as she can find any obstacles to throw in the way of a ca'.m solution of a very simple problem.— Baltimore American. The latest nows is that Great Britain has serious designs of annexing Formosa, in the South China Sea, which is the most important island belonging to China. Japan has long been 'casting hungry eyes on Formosa.—Detroit Free I’ress.
(Jut of al] the contradictions of recent “news,” and the manifestations of jealousy between sovereign authorities, the fact is apparent that the harmony of the European w.irld has not during recent years been in greater peril than it is at this hour.—New York Recorder. That the Sultan is endeavoring to plac^te France is evident from his bestowal of decorations upon the French Foreign Minister at Constantinople; and that : there is a secret understanding between j a, ’ d Russia is within the possi- | bilities. But sympathy with Turkey I simply means that France has still a ! longing eye upon Egypt, and that Russia will cease no effort which might cn- . able her to rea< h Constantinople, and ' 1 ?® curo key to Asia —Philadelphia Record. 1 innS^^ ’ or ^ wants to know what Enuiand means, It is proper to say she moans v 2, f°n tro 'J 16 Uar lanellcs and to pre vent Russia from obtaining uny foothold thereon. As long as Turkey can guaid the straits In sa'ety Eng and will not interfere, but the instant the Turk falm J 1 ? U . iat l ni P (l|a tße duty England will take it from the weak hands of the Osmanh and attend to it herself. That is what England means, and there need not be any mistake about it—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Russia means, as she has always meant, to get possession of Constantinople by force or by dicker if she can. England s continuance in the list of firstrate powers and her retention of her Indian po-sessions depend upon her success in preventing the accomplishment 01 this purpose. So long as the Turk guards the pass faithfull}', England is content to leave him on post as sentry but she gives notice alike to Russia and Turkey that if need shall arise she will take that post herself.—New York World. Balmaceda.
Balmaceda has done his country a w?' 1 ?. by P ult ing an end to his life.— h heeling Intelligencer. lie sought to be a dictator against the will of his Congress and his people. He was beaten, 'loo weak to succeed he died a coward's death.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Ho was the cause of the war, wh’ch has cost many thousand lives and tens of millions of dollars, and outside the members of his family there are few who will mourn his death.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. Ihe manner of his death confirms all of the reports of his trea hery to the republic. In his case suicide was a confession of dishonor more convincing than his dying prostestations of good faith.— Kansas City Star.
The whole lesson teaches that the day of dictatorship is past. His removal will be a blessing to Chili, and will no doubt hast n the time when complete harmony will be restored and p^isobrity sueef H' B f at ® SUOUIU Uls “ u awA«i ■A— •^-^-Uer^ vntl l mad ambitious. Palpable It is tn be hoped since the American hog may be exported that traveling on steam and street cars will be attended by less crowdin 4. —Washington Star. The American hog Ims scored another point. A justice of the peace has decided that spitting' in a street car is i.ot an offense calling for legal punishment. —New Y< rk Advertiser.
From the delav in the work of pu hIng the W'orld's Fair enterprise it is possible that some member of the New York committee to erect a Grant monument has got into the directory, St. Louis Republic. The Prince of Wales is go ng to indulge in another little baccarat part}. If the royal gambler so disregards public opinion and the signs of the times, his next cards may be P. P. C. ones to the thrones —Baltimore American A New York paper promises to get the streets of that town in good walking condition when the Chi ago W orld’s Fair committee tomes to make a house to house canvass fir funds. Chicago will not feel encouraged to try that until the New-Yorkers raise a tincupful of nickels for the Grant monument among themselves.—St Paul Pioneer-Pre-s.
Tales of Woe. China seems to be unable to keep her promises regarding protection to foreigners. A few foreign gunboats might •help her to do it—Kansas City Journal. Should England take a single step toward acquiring control of the Hawaiian Islands the American eagle’s piercing shriek would chase the British drum beat right around the footstool. Omaha John Bull may picnic on Mitylene, but the information may as well be extended t . him early that any such little alfresco affairs on Hawaii will meet with the disapproval of his L nclc Sam Kew York Advertiser. But for the woe and devastation to the people of either country, v h ch e»en 4- —« brief campaign would'cause, it would bo a satisfaction to see Germany and France quit making faces at each other and fight it out-Albany Union. There is a great deal of italic emphasis in the silence of the British Go eminent when Turkey demands an explanation of the Sigri incident. It is lik» unto an offensive snub from an offensive snob. —St. Paul Pioner-Press.
Hot Corn. This week’s hot weather saves a gigantic corn crop.—Minneapolis Journal. Oxer-due summer is knocking fab oust of its place in the procession of the seasons —Washington Star. This hot weather is not quite comfortable, but it makes the corn crop sure. —Philadelphia Record. Undo Jerry’s weather deal is to be commended in at least one respect-it s giving the corn of the West an excellent chance to get into shape to defy frost — Kansas City Times.