St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 January 1896 — Page 2

R B VS ST T, R T SRR TG ¥ OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT CROP OF THE UNITED STATES UNDERESTIMATED. Conservative Estimate of the World’s Production 2,416 000,000 Bushels— Prospect Slightly Bullish—Philadelphia's Strecet Car Strike Settled. May Be 475,000,000 Bushals, ' As the cereal year progresses the Impression continues to grow, so {ar as the wheat crop in the United States is concerned, that it has been materially underestimated. According to Bradstreet's the official figures as to the size of the crop, or the interpretations of earlier ofticial wheat crop reports, placed the total ’ robable outturn at about 890,000,000 | gushcls. At the present time trade estiwmates in very few, if any, instances put the probable aggregate yield at less than { 460,000,000 bushels—and the end is probably not yet, in the matter of revised fig- | - ures. Thhis, in view of comparatively moderate exports of wheat and flour thus far “during the cereal year, continues to perpetnale the dominance of bear influcnces | the world’s wheat markets. %

: S ¥ =:shels, ns against 520,000,000 ilt ; last year. Canada comes out with an esrimated ” increase of about 10,000,000 Jbsmheh. and Argentina is now expected - LUOO 000 bushels, although only ; ago G 0,000.000 bushels imate, the out- - Pt Tnst Y umlv'x_' 68,000 00881 198 ¢ s A e (‘é’ yming pa 1) likely to ir (™ rather {h exporter o%ﬁ n fact, she 3 slr:‘nc' run to ort wheat. o\\‘3 ; The op in R‘%‘é‘“{ﬂ“& ’ ka, a mﬂ.‘&tai“.\\*{\‘:ﬁq\wn::r,'(- of r, the mi*t.ﬂ'r gg griculture es;m es the ero] Q\Qq Furopean provnees at 12‘.’.‘%&.«}} ‘“““‘}iﬁ-‘*" thzm&t@i year; but &m % deet @ln low, “@ ¥he otﬁc&u&%\ﬁ:nn:\uéa&v.“\' m'gami it Hf Ry supra®™Ri that tl bductiopen! g&ssin :'(g’?mm‘s 'M,‘:gj will nﬁ;‘ : mor '@ﬁ SR ',Gp{n.l\‘hvlﬂ less \ aée:zr. RQ& generally has a larger )“f&u‘(\!ns from ;.:'(*_\'i«'nxsm»ps. and it is this reserve which SHESRNe her to keep the baiance between exporting aud importing O eghEn X & One of the more conservative estimates of the world's production of wheat in 1895 places it at 2,416,000,000 bushels, as contrasted with 2,060,000,000 bushels in 1894, a falling off of about 144.000.000).000 bushels, the significance of which is gathered from the fact that the general congensus of copinion as to the approxfmate total world's annual consumption of wheat is about 2.400,000,000 bushels. With a preduction this year of only 2,416, SOO,OOO bushels of wheat in the face of estimated requirements amounting to 2.&@00,000,000 bushels, stocks of whent car ried over from the outturn of 1804 and

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prior thereto gather special significance, | L or would do so if they could be known | ‘ with any degree of accuracy. ; "The f{ollewing is Beerbohm's estimate . of the surpluses Wwhich the chief exporters | ~ will have to spare from this year's crops, | m:% last year: | R o o R IReatel _Actual. | " \nited States and ! ~ Canada ...... 15,000,000 18500.000 | Russia ......... 15,000,000 16,500,000 | Boumania. Bul- j garia, Turkey, i and Servia.<.. 7,000,000 45750000 | Austria -Hungary 500,000 250,000 India and Persia. 8,250,000 2,300,000 Algeria, ~Tunis, i and Egypt. ... 1250000 1,250,600

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" R B ee e iS et e- .et et a?t‘hili and N [ BUAY . ...coene .000 600,000 | Australasia .. g, 900,000 | Argentina . .. .o. { 5,750,000 ] . . e e ] - Total su 48,000,800 0,000 ﬁu!ﬂl a1 1S b DB4 000 XN YOO % &mﬁ;ti:ume \\':@ﬂ.d\m‘wd whenhythe a. (‘n:ino‘_‘m‘l\:v'inn was expocted th f not much; 1f anything, over that of last | year; but should it amount to 80,000,000 shushels, then one may take the available | surplus for the current vear to be abont | 400,000,000 bushels. Great Britain re- | guires to impert 200,000,000 bushels, | France about 20,000,000 bushels, Bel | gium, Germany and Helland together -about 86,000,000 busihels, Htaly.about 28,- [ 000,000 bushels, the rest of Kurope about [ 44,000,000 bushels, and the West Indies, Chira. Brazil, ete., nbout 28,000,000 bushL els—inall, say 400,000,000 bushels, against ! a probable surplus on the year's erops of L 40,000,000 bushels, This is altogether too close a fit and [ ealls for some examination as to prob i able stocks of wheat carrvied over from the preceding crop vear. There were, { and probably are, large wheat reserves in | Russia which enabled that country to exo port so {recly <uring the fall and winter, | while in India and Australia reserves are

S e At stia b syt e e PO A Wttt e cnmsessrient. | | and have undoubtedly been relatively | { small. i Prices Likely to Go Up. The world’s available stocks of wheat, i | these in sight. on land and afioat, are not i smaller this year than they were last, i notwithstanding the heavy decline in pro- ' duciion, Either the invisible supplies Nlﬂfé&& smaller than eustomary (execept in Russia, of course, which are believed to Lie large), or there is likely to be, as is generaliy the case, more than “enough to | f zo around.” Quite ¢ertain is it, however, that 1805-96 is likely to eat well into the world's old and new cereal stocks of wheat, and that the following cereal year, at least, may witness a considerable price - stimulus to the cultivation of the cereal. . 'This is not quite as bullish a view of

i the situation as many produce s and tra- : ders may have becn waiting {ée during [ e Tor fmepeta e S | available statisties, E- - STRIKE IS SETTLE i s S e e | Philadeiphia’s Ytrcet Car Tr R ble Has ¥ Been Fatisfactorily Adjdsted. N;\grr\nt trotley sirike in l‘%\délphh s enwd. John Wanamaker is the man | who bfdught about the settlement, sneL coeding where all others faileds FHo was "alded in thé®ork by membars of the - Christian Lﬁ?\ The basis, pf settle- - ment follows: | First—While the U'nlon Traetlon Come | pany will only treat’ with the worknien in {its emplpy, it H‘j allow them members | ship in any laful organization: second, it will take Bp all grievances and give ' them full and fair consideration; third, { it will, o 6 far a¢ it has vacant places. im- | mediately put on the old men, and as fast as vacancies avise will give preference to | the old men yet wnemployved, and en- | deavor to arrange the trips of the cars to | favor the old men as far as possible with- l L out violating its contracts with the new i men. The questions of compessgtion and v hours areleft for future determingtion, 1

i The battle has mainly been fought on ’ | the question of the emploves tﬁt\mbcr-‘ [ ship in the Amalganiated Assacifition of } Slrw\uuM' Pmplos Wmm. | pany has persistentives o gnize, i The new men engaged since the' sthiike bee !mm number nearly 1,000, There wers { about H,OOO strikers. Wanamnker sub- { mitted the ideas embraced in the tile. i ment to the strikera. They acopted ' them, and in turn submitted them !!t)m. {company. Considerable eorrespoadsnes | ‘ and many conferences followed, and faal- ! [y announcement was made that byth ] i side had ageeed to the terms,. To propers | i Iy round out the matters a mass meeting - | of the strikers was held for the purpose of ¢ ratification. lere {he strike was officiab i 1y declared off, all tiie loaders were called ; upon for speeches, and there was a veriti üble love feast, | ROEBED BY MASKED MEN, i & [ One of I'd Corrigan's Emploves Re- ! lieved of the Track Reccipts. { In San Francisco four maskew’%‘% i held up a Mission strest car toetuthing | from Ingleside and robhed Reul en Glay !nn employe of the Pacilie Coast Jackey Chab, of the receipts of the day, said-to aggregate $3,000, Clarke and two other { men were shot by the robbers, but it is be- | Heved none of the wounds would prove ] fatal, although Clarke will probably lose | one of his legs. The robbery oceurred in a lonely place eight miles from thecity, On the Picket Lins, Now is the time to resign from the militia. ’ As a lion-tamer Uncle Sam is a great | success. | God save the Queen! She Isn't to ; blame for it. - In the meantime Venezuela will greats iy obiige by not slopping @ser, It is well to be firm, but do not go off half-cocked. That is no way to shoot. The present little flurry will either retard Canadian annexations for several ‘yeam:or,rwi;\?_ agoipiials i & & burry. A nation which in” leenth century will refuse to arbitraté ncod not expect to get any sympathy 9§ Wh To~ buked. TNy Even if he had no Monroe doctrine to sustain, Unecle Sam would oppose, on humane grounds, tha vivisection of @ neighbor.

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O NE day a man said, “I don't think I like the feminine individual who is essentially a man's S woman, lam very ceriain I would not want to marry one, and I think my opinfon is shared by hundreds of sensible men who respeet the rair sex in general, but who do not take especinlly to the one who appears to have dozens of men friends and but ene or two woten jones.” We listened attentively to this opinion, but were not at all convinced that & woman must be pepular ouly with men ov only with women, We see no reason why she cannot combine a friendliness with both that will make her a desirable companion for either jmen or wemen, There is nothing in gthis availd so thoroughly delightful as sing, sitishiny disposiot S OWR 86X with no thought of sentiment, b§§fb‘bl,\' a bon eamaraderie that is as pléasant for her as the exchange Jof confidences between hersell and hey most intimate woman friend. The person who does not believe in friendship between men and woemen is as warped in mind as the one who says there Is no actual loyalty existing in any conpact where two women are im‘ul\‘(\(l.l One is as untrathful a statement as the ; other, ! “A man’s woman,” as the term means | generally, is one who is only pleasant | and agrecable in the company of the | other sex, One who snubs her own | and eaves nothing for aught but flirta- | tion and attentions obviously direet | and wershipful. But it doesn’t foilow | that because a woman ss tremendously | admired, has a score of men frioml:sf who Hke to talk to her and take her out, shat she i 3 npecessarily unhappy | when there are no men about. She isj perforee obliged to be with women or “flock all by berselt.,” The qualities that make many wonen attractive to men endear them to women also. The dependable ereature who is not sab-| joect to moeds, who Is a bright talker, | a trustworthy confidante, an appreciative listener and a veady sympathizer will be liked quite as much by women as she s by men, and age will be ne *lmnivz' to her lovable qualities. Sueh a waman romps with the children, or | attends gently to the wants of those ad vaneed in yvears, There sno talk of her being essentially a man's woman, or absolutely a womwan's woman, She {lB beloved by the whole worlil, The 'o‘.‘\!?2s on which she dwells is made l?".!\nwi by her presence, and et us be thankiul that her species is-wal dging | !f’m by any means.- Exchange i Erains, But No Heanty, George BEliot had an exesedinziy un prepossessing face-a heavy nose and irfa n and thiek iipz—yet there wag an | feresistible charm in her « miversation fal powers, AMme. de Stael knew that f she was not good-looking, her complex 3!-";\ being muddy and her fealures It | regular, hut her manners were so aweet i and her conversation so brilHant and § witty that she had the largest salon iu 3K'Jx‘>~. Martha Washington bad a re markably strong face, neble in ciara !'lcs' and sliining with goodness Hor { Wanners were simpleyer digniited.comn manding respect wherever she appear ’ ed. Mme. Pompadour was fairly good i looking, Ler chief beauty being hor hair. ".'-e:i-"'z she wore in the style named ‘l‘\fh‘f' lier, 1o inerease her height. She "’ had wonderful tact, but Bpo great { amount of intelldgence ’ How to Maaage a Burglay, | AMiss Lena Burns knows how (o mani age a burgiar. With a revolver held i against her head Miss Burns had sutiif’ i nerag & resist a burglar wh P entered her room at night and who has I since been arrested ¥ ohßis paitty. 1 yoling woman was asked by a repoitae i to oive a few geine ral instruncthms { the treatment of burglars (o women | ! readers. Tersely put this is her advien; | Think quickly. Never lose yeur pres- | t ence of mind. Use all the wespous na ! ture has kindly given you.. liaid your ! breath when vou are being c¢hlcroform- | Don't let a little thing li%e being | eageed divert vour mind. If ¥ou ean't | seream throw things at the window to !nm-m"t atfention. Raemembar . {hiat | while you may not be as strong as he iy, | ten to one you are much Dbrighter.— | Philadelphia Times. | The Way to ¥Xat Candy, _ | I think much of the outery azainst ,?v;mzly is the result of wrong methods |of use. It can often be safely taken at I { meal time with good resuits. Scientists | say that the food value of candy is i very great. A pound of sugav contains much more energy and power to supl port animal life than a pound of meat. il¢ candy is taken uander such conditions that it will not derange the diges- ‘: tive apparatus, it is perefectly wise and .’;‘;1:5.”;;11 to be a L':\litl)' cater.--Annais :uf Hygienc. A Uniqguce Table Cover, An autograph table cover {s a unique affair. It is made of white linen. The center is a diagram in the form of a ! star. Outside of the star ave the autoi:r:lphs of every-day people, while the | space within is reserved for celebrities. i On the white table cover, it is almost unnecessary to add, the cutlining is fnnt in red, but in pretiy delicately t shaded silks. } The Widow-Bride. ‘ ' Widow-brides are tentatively assert- | ! fng their disbelief in the old saw which relegated them to ugly wedding frocks for their second marriages. They are | eschowing the conventional gray gown and hnl\.ﬂ-t. and with the best results | !ﬂ!‘v presenting a braver show 10 their | friends. Lady Cromartie, in her quaint |

e— - 80wn, set a famous example; she was Wwise, too, to wear the tiniest of transparent head-dresses, better deseribed at a tiara, though eailed by courtesy a bonnet, with a flowing veil of gray tulle, which was thrown back from her tiara. ‘ May M:x—r;;.ﬁ;rriaon. Mrs. Dimmick, who, the Zossips of the social world have it, is to become the wife of ex-President ITarrvison, will be pleasantly remembered by those who were frequent visttors at the White [llouse during its occupancy by Mr. | Harrison and his family. Mrs. Dim- ‘ mick now resides in New York, and, 1t Is Intimated, is the magnet which draws the distinguished Indiana statoesman so frequently to that city. She is : B : 7 g : P ™ K 2= ¥ " ~ ,""‘ & . [4 N .' ;5'1.}3. .‘. J?“‘X | =gP 0 : | / Pra v gl Nf ! _/‘/’ 3 :‘/ -~ .."'; & ~' i o b K o TN ] |F 4 I i, :" e § \: \ i!£g - 2 . O NERRR L ; e Y] 'g MES. DIMMICK. | the niece of the late Mg, Harrison, and her presence added mugsh to the charm | of the social life of the iast administra- ' tion. Bhe was extremels popular and scareely less esteemed than Mrs, Har- | rison, whose gracioasness and swvv:-I ness of manner won the friendship nfl all who met her. Mrs, Harrison died Oct, 25, 1802, and through the long and tedions illness her deveoted busband Pwas greatly assisted In his pationt vigils at alier bedside by Mrs., Dimmick. Last Night on the Stairs., She fa beantiful, stately, and tall, With reposefnl and olegant airs: You may not believe it, but yet all the B, She's the givl that 1 kissod on the stairs. ’ She's college-bred, wittr, and wise, And a red-sealed diploma she bears: But that didn’t count when we sat, at the dance, ¢ Ia the twilight that shrouded the stafrs { She-in studying Laotin QN Trge e ——. She s tracking old crimes to their lairs Which is all very well while she doesn’t | forget i Who Kissed her, lasi night, on the stairs, ‘ Sha's a woman that's newer than nesv; I She evervthing ventures and dares; | She'd preside at a oldb W a bieyele salt, z And she'd sit out a dance on ll“." stairs, l [io you think I'm afraid? Not a whit! l 1 sha'n't Kick at the costume she I have eoaxed her to try orange blossoms And she promised-—last night oa !in-% stairs! i Puck. | Feminine Watclies, i Watches for women are smaller and | maore elaborately decorated than ever. ' I'hie chatelaine wateh, with open i':‘s-c"l and richly decorated back, represents | the apnroved mode and bids fair to llu‘, l a favorite for a long time to come. It is not oenly exceedingly convenient, but decidedly ornamental. Watech and chain are similarly decorated, whether {3 HeAns .-‘féivvﬁﬂ'\'('.‘l is "E!(l"iil}.’. f‘“ﬂﬂlt‘!iz or gems. Celored enameis figure areely in their embetlishment., The backs of some of the newest watches ire pink or Sevres blue, framed In a ¢ire of onds or pearls, touches of the same coler reappearing in the brooeh to which the watches are suas el ‘]x A Dainty Pillow. { Tor a voung mother a piliow for the Younesi i; would make an appropriate :.:‘.i:' \[ake a small square pillow and | cover it with fine cambrie. Buyv a she Mot peckot har®earciief—lndy’s size, | | Wifty cents will buy the proper article, l a:m‘] one costing less than 25 cents | | would be worih absolutely nothing. l | Make this handkereiief the center of | your pillow and sew around it a friil of solt lace. Where the lace and the handkerchief arve joined sew narrow “baby” ribbon. This eould forin a bow 1 or rosette at each corner. No prettier pillow could be desired. | The New Sack Coat. } By all odds~the most popular vest- | 1..;-3'l.' of the season is the sack coat in chinehilla, or rough cloth, coming barveIv to the hips; and for the very goo.l peszon that it is not immoderately \'.‘(-l { pensive. A better reason commends i, i. Less short as it is, it weighs enough for a woman to carry. The long wraps we ' see with their freighted argosies of fur | and their silken luxuries of linings are l a lead for Sandow. v A French Woman's Secret. 4 The reason that a l"i'vnwll'\\'l.mf;:.:: S | toilets always seemm to suit her is thaat ] <he rarely chooses it exactly like th ! wiol _-J!:;x\\n her. Her personal 7':‘;\:' i .:;:A!:\;-;r\ shown in the details that give ! the cachet to her costumes. i dict Against Bloosmers. } Paris women who wear bloomers or knickerbockers when riding bicycles § will be disqualified from receiving the | sacraments of the church, according to ! the instructions issued to the clergy by i the cardinal archbishop of laris.

VICTIMS OF A PANIC . . . & FALSE ALARM OF FIRE CAUSES : A HORROR IN BALTIMROE. Carnage ia a Thcater—Men, Women, and Children Trampled Under Foot —Twenty-four Crushed to Death and Ten More Eadly Hurt, » Mad Rush for Safety, ¥n a senseless panie, cansed Ly a defective gzas burner and 2 foolish ery of fire at the old Front Street Theater, in Baltimore, Friday night, twenty-four persons were Killed, two fatally injured and ten more seriously hurt. Almost all of the victims are of IPolish nativity and Hebraic extraction. The theater was filled with an audience assembled to listen to Hebrew opera. Thera were at least 3,000 persons present when tho curtain went up. One of the attendanis went to light a gas jet which appeared to hawve been extingnishoed. As he turned the cock and apslied a match the light slaved up, and it was seen there swas no tip to the burner. The jet was in plain view of the greater part of the audience, but as the glare from it showed againse the wall some one in the gallery shonted: “lire. fire. fire!” In an instant there was e TR AOl AL the entrance on Front street, pushed on 4 by the howling, shricking mob behind them. There, those in the foremest rank were compeiled to turn to the right and to the left to reach the double entrance way, built in the form of storm doors. As the ecrowds from the two doors, ona on the right, the other on the left, reached the landing they met. There was a brief struggle, and then come one lost his or her footing and fell. In a moment the crowd., pushed with irresistible force from the rear. crowded upon the prostrate form and began in turn to stumble and reel, and presently to fall prone upon the floor under the myrinds of foet coming like a herd of frightened buffaloes from behind. In less time than it takes to tell if, the landing was packed twenty or thirty deep with the panie-stricken multitude and the hundreds behind themni were struggling over them {o reach the street, Crush:d and Suflecated. The tumult attracted an immense crowd { from the outside, many of whom tried to gain entrpnee so the theater, thus adding to the confusion. A dozen policemen, also atiracted by the shrieks of the frightcned crowd, hurried to the scere. and, using their clnbs on those outside. pushed through the door, to the writhing mass on the landing. Ambulanees carried the dead to the morgue and the wounded to the city hospital, wherever practicable, In many cases the slightly injured and in a few cases those badly hurt were taken to their homes hy friends. When the mass on the landing had been cleared the frightened people on the inside were guieted down safliciently to enable the police to c¢lear the theater. Then it was found that there had been no danger, and that not a soul wonld have becn injured had the aundienees but remained seated. IFew of the victims had friends "‘7mv.,'.i"q...f(“% ¥ Tion- 10 .sp{.-a,“_. L‘he.__ : n, ” e knowlede of the M ooy, o i to know where to go 1o Jook for their lost f ones. The dead are of all ages, from mera l infants te grayv-haired men and women. |.\H were kifled or injured in the terrifie § crush en the fatal landing. not a casualty having happened inside the house, i although the erush there was tremendous. History of the Structure. | The theater is an old, tumble-down g affair, on thie west side of Front street, i between Gay and Low. It has not been | used for theatrical purpeses for several vears, but has recently been the scene of many glove contests under the auspices of ! the Eurcka Athletie Club. The method I of egress is couiined entirely to two nar- | row doorways epening upon the stairways { leadinig down to the narrow landing npon } which the tragedy oceurred, and the hounse has lonz been considered too un- ‘ safe to be put to public use. The {heater was first opened to the pabi lic in 1829, hut nine years later was burai ed, and the present structure teook its \;n{:m‘. Jenny ILind. Maecready. Chariotia Cushman and many other notables performed there, and in 1864 it was the scens of the Republican national convention l\\'hif‘h nominated Abraham I.incsin for the Presideney and Andrew Jolinsen for | the second place on the ticket. The conveition at which the Democrats nomi- ’ nated Stephen A. Douglas. after adjourn- | ing from Charleston. 8. (.. in 1560, was l also held in il old building, and during its session a panic was started by the giving away of the flooring which had been ! laid over the pit. i Me eEs ceg Ll e s e Crde 77 7i f o @ U/":”@ T ",911""’ ! : e N L, & 3 , (i (&:_;'\;,l ) /;,x’;_) '7:) I{/(\ ? ! ~ o G $ T\ Shoee T "a - The- Nowiete N 71 | lhe News <, | Tramps held up a Lake loric and West i ern train near Muncie, Ind.. but got cnl; ¢ some overcoats and saichels. The United States steamship Balt more has left Yokohama for home. Th Olympia is siill at Yokohama. : Seventy-five representatives of plant l in Ohio met at Cincinnati and organize the Ohio Brewers' Association. | Elmer Kimbly, of Orleans, Ind.. 1 years of age. was accidetnally kille while pulling his gun through a fence. Al. D. lowell, a wealihy Stocktor Cal., citizen. Las been _acquitted of charge of counterfeiting preferred by gos | ernment secret service oflicials. A San Francisco paper says (ranscor tinental freight rates will be advances ]hv the Panama Raiiread Company an :l.” of the overiand roads at a meeting { be ealied in Chicago or New York. larry Martin, alias Lincoln, a thie | wanted in New York and recently cap tured in Chicago, pleaded guilty at Cley. I land, Ohio. 5 . [ Rev. Alfred I. Moore, rector of 3 ! Episconal Church at Akron, Ohio. h: i | been depased from the ministry by Rishe f i.wm‘.:!:’«.?. Last October Moere was to [ | married. Ile forged tiie name of a fello minister to a note for 850 to pay for i f weddinge suit. When the fergery wasd covered the other minister, Rev. Dr. II ’ lister, indorsed the note and saved Mo ; from arrest. Moore retired f{rom ¢ | parish and left Akron. : i