Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 March 1896 — Page 2

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THE CHICAGO RIYER

frU FIFTY-TWO MILES OF WHARF1 AGE CKOWDEli WITH COMMERCE#

New Harbor, Twelve Miles South, to AcCommodate Bis Vessels—Chicago's w&< ter Traffic Greater Than Liverpool's.

Tine men who oonitirdl Chicago oamtaerciaJI interests ere greaitly exciteid lover a. nepomt recenitly made by Major Marshall, a United States official, «o the Svaar dep&nimemt at Washington, •to the effect that itWe Chtealgo rtiver must, foefore tang-, foe aibamdomed to second class vessels, and 'tihe Chioago 'hartjor of rtilu© xa&air future must toe the Calumet river, tfcwelve miles south. Tire cowteratiioni of Major Marshall as ftbalt commerce 5s gradually gtftog into vessels which axe too large ito go tifp (the ChiJica'go river and rthey mudt txe clkjccxniixnodaited with a harfoor ladequiaite to irecs&ve ith'eim. He destjl&res ithiat (the Jierw Class of vessels jj^ust to/ve iLwen ty feiatdf wiaiter, amid •Che esrfcrettne Jimiit if or Che Chicago river is eiX'teen £edt. Any attempt 'to make a greater depth ithiaja itiha't, the avers, will nffoess-itajte 'the recari'Struction of all 'th'e tunnels under the irfver amid all "the tvvlheirveia along i'ta shores^ Moreover, ihe iSajyiB the siew foi'o vessels 'too wiide (do get ^'XOtcgth some of .the •draw bridges and 'POO long ito 'burn some of 'tihie bends ©if itih'e riVer. He says it wM cost over 56,000,000 dollars to put the river to obtsupa ito euocomrruodaite it-htese huge vessels!, gays the ChiLcago Times-.H esnaild.

Turning ito (the Caluimie»t, Mador Meur•abani flnidisi there sum opportunity ito iKuke, iwAtDI comparatively small coat, •the finest deeip water ihiarfoor in the jvortd. A start ihsus aTreaidy been maidie Ithere, A nu/mlber of large grain elevattars, cither warehouses iamJd mamuifaicturImig- plain'tis have ibeem ibiilldetd itJh-ere amid •tihe biggest vessels which. octtne to Chlcalgo load and unload ithere.

Men who own property amd control esfcaJblislied (busimess along the Chicago riVer are, of course, up lin artms against Major ManshfaJl's proipasffltton to Slowly abandon, t'he Chibaigo river and ifcunn cotnmertee ito 'the Calum'et. They declare ithiait rtihfe interests are (too vast to laidlm'ilt of the possibility of such a chlamge. Aside frota 'the faict th-ait the facilities radw lining the fifty-two miles of !hiarTor, worth ihundrelds of millftros, would. te iremid'eredi valu'elesa by t)he chiamge, dtt dls d'ecliared it'hat 'the charge •ffcxr ihteuul'iwg 'frei/gihit from "tfhe Calumeit river tup to the foustoeos ceroter of CWitcfago fwould lamouin't ito between $1,000,000 amid $6,000,000 dio'llars every yeiar. It would itaike $900,000 'bo move itihe lusmiber alone. "Now, wliere to* the sense to'tthait expenditure?" ®ays a shopping iman. "Atecordiirog to 'the estiimates o.f Majoir 'MiairBhiaJl. tihe Chlbago rliver ootuld be g-liven a proper depth (for aibouit $6,000,000. "Where would (be ithe wisdom, "t'he.ni iin epein'diitnig eatah aind every year $4,000,000 or $6,000,000 oin fre:ilgihit icharges up from ihe Cahimet, wlhen ibhiat aanoumt—'t'he armouinit of Onie year's ifire'ilgihit ch'argies— would ig-ive 'to OMbaigo the permanent and laistimg bemeflCs of a proper .hartoor? 1 see no sense in ithe propoiaitiion to aibandon itihe Ohitoalgo ri'ver. Spend upon iit thie imoreey itihat 'should "be spent upon it nmid there wil'l fbe no need of even th:!lnlk3fnig about •g'oiiimg ito the Calumet. The id'ea seems to me to be ridiculous."

Harbor Controversies.

The trouble all arose out of a request from Chicago for a $700,000 appropriation from congress to keep the Chicago •river clean, and to deepen it. The government assumes control over the river as a navigable stream, and the city cannot build a bridge over it without getting consent from Washington. When this appropriation was asked for Major Marshall, as a government engineer, was 'requested to send in his opinion as to the advisability of such, an expenditure. His report, -declaring that the Chicago river ihad seen its best days and must steadily decline, while the commerce of Calumet must as steadily expand, was his answer.

The controversy over this harbor matter is at its height, but it does not seem in the least to .ruffle the temper of the river. It is flowing along content to know that the sounds wh'Lch have broken over it every spring during the sixty years of tits commercial life are heard once more, aind are telling of the season of greater activity than any that have passed.

Fifty-two miles of docks are to be found along the crooked meandering Chicago river .and the slips which branch from it at short intervals. Fif-ty-two miles 274,500 feet. 'Now, the ordinary rental of a dock lis about $10 a front foot. At this price the cental value each year of the 'Chicago river and slip frontage 'is $2,745,000. If the dock owners in charging $10 a front foot make 6 per cent, on the value of their holdings the ground unimproved is worth something like $45,760,000. But this has been said to be a too conservative estimate by far.

When one tries to arrive at some approximate idea of the amount in money which represents the value of the' interests vested along the Chicago river, he findis a diffioult task. The board of trade report, which deais with big figures on all subjects with ease, leaves this subject entirely alone, nor would Secretary Stone, who compiles the reports, attempt even to name approximately the number of millions involved in the trade which the security of the river as a harbor insures to the city of Chicago. "Beg'in at $100,000,000," said General Fitz Simmons, "and then go on increasing the figures, and you will tind that you may go a long way before anyone could be found to call a halt."

Intcrestiinr 'Wharfage Statistics. To serve the interests of those who control the enormous capital centered in lafce commerce there is a fleet of 1,731 steam vessels, 1.139 sailing vesseis, 386 canal boats and 85 barges, making a total of 3.341 craft with a gross tonnage of 1,227,400.72. The number of steam vessels registering more than 3.000 tons is 359. with a gross tonnage of 634,467 tons. The nurr.oer of vessels of this class owned in all other ports of the United States is 316, with a tonnage of 642,643 tons.

Of 'this great fresh water fleet the owners of 485 vessels chose the Chicago river as a harbor of refuge at the close of navigation last fall. Snugly stowed away under the lee of the great elevators and warehouses, safe from the wrath of the winter northeasters which lash the lake, are 160 schooners. IS? propellers, 63 aigs. 6 steam canal boats, 51 yachts and 13 barges and scows. These figures, perhaps, do not seem startlingly large, but if these vessels were lined up in what a drill master would call a column of files, the bowsprit of one touching the stern post of another, there would stretch away thir-ty-five miles of black hulls topped with tapering masts.

The clearances of vessels in the Chicago district during the season of 1S95 numbered 9,244. The arrivals were 9,167. The tonnage of the clearing vessels was 6,392.497. That of the arrivals with within & few thousand tons of the same flgores. Now, for some comparisons which,

•however, they anay be viewed iby other cities, cannot be odious to Chicago. Tlje arrivals In New fork for the whole year ending June 30, 1895, "were but 7,248, while the clearances numbered but €,605. CBoth of these numbers, it will !be seen, are smaller iby several thousands than th»e arrivals and clearances at Chicago for the restricted season during which lake navigation is open. The combined tonnage of arriving and clearing vessels at Chicago during the same short season was 12,722,199. The total tannage arriving and clearing at New York for the whole year was (15,333,398, which is less than 3,000,000 greater than the 'tonnage at Chicago for seven months.

The tonnage at Liverpool, England, for the year was but 9,839,801, something like 3,000,000 less than that of the city on •L»ake Michigan. Great -London itself in clearances and arrivals had for the year a tonnage exceeding that of Chicago by only a few hundreds of thousands. Hamburg's tonnage fell short of that of Chicago by more than 1,000,000. Throw out New York and (the tonnage of vessels entering and clearing at Chicago exceeds that of all the seaports of the United States combined.

Articles of Shipping.

What do these ships of iron and wood1, which sail in and out of the harbor's entrance, carry away from ithis Sr®a^ town, and what do they bring back. By far the greater part of the returns from that which is sent away comes by -mail in the form of checks and drafts for such sums of unoney, which, if allowed to accumulate, would make a small world rich. There are, however, millions of dollars' worth of commodities received by ilake at.Chicago year y, hut the receipts stand to the shipments in the proportion of only about one to ten (Lumber, however, should perhaps foe excluded when the last statement js

^There" were receiitved at Chicago last year 1,672,742,285 feet of lumber, valued at $25,000,000 dollairs.

Ships brought anithrafctite coal to Ciuoa«o during the last open se*aison to itihe amount of 1,208,120 ton®. This enormous quantity Went up th'e nonth amd south branches of the river, there to be dss-tirib-uted from convenient poiiints for tihe city's co'nisiumpit'iom. Sonne time a^go, during an ag-iitatiom for a cfhain'ge of torbor, fit was suggested thiaiti the ri'ver should be abandoned amd the Jake fremit 'be lined with docks, protected from the open lake by artificial bulwarks. Now, Ithe west side of CMcaigo has something Iflce 1,000,000 poputoton. It consumes prolbalbly one-half wf tM Jalke imported coal. Supupee that there were a harbor on 'the lake front, it .would then foe .neceisisary to ©end the West Side's shteure of coal to ithait section by means iof wiaigonis. The city council would! umidJouibtddTy set aside owe street foir the coail traffic, much taiPi er the miamner in wWiiah it mew restricts to cerbato thorough flares (the patssaige of funeral professions. Th'its would foe necessary because with a alke front harbor, the einiormous amount of oth'er commodities deisitnieid for tihe West Side would need avenues for their tranisipoirtation. If Mad'isan street were named, for ffinstanoe, for the passage of ooal waigoras, th'ere would be am unbroken procession of vehicles, ithe horse® of each pokiiing itihe'ir .noses over the iSaLlboard of thiat Itnimiediiaitely to their front during the e'iighit hours constituting ©ach workinig day of ithe period olf open' navlgait'ibn. This stiatetm'emt fes foalsed on allowances of two tons of coal to each wagon load.

When the lake graiin trade Ss touched upon itlhein lis revealled the source of Chioaigo's 'greaiteiHt wealth and that which gives it the greatest business activity. There were shftpped last seaisotn out of the river 12,299,188 bushels of wheat, 12,200,502 fbushels of oai'.s, 38,117,191 bushel's of corn, 1,814,033 bushels of barley, 862,025 sacks of mill stuffs, 76,960 sacks of gluten meal, 57,000 bushels of rye, 36,203 sacks of grass seed and 1,148,489 bairrels of flour.

FINISHED AFTER FAINTING.

How a Girl Won an Oratorical Contest in Spite of Stage Fright. At the'annual oratorical contest of the Ladies' Literary Union ire the Hillsdale, Mich., college, six of 'the brightest and most popular co-eds, all memibers of th'e Kappa Kappa Gamma, had set their hearts on the Maggie Ambler prize, says the Chicago Times-Herald. Miss Mosher, daughter of the president of the college, competed for the siame prize last year and secured second place. Determined to win this time, she puit her whole heart inito the deaivery of "A Noble Unrest." In the middle of the oration is he 'Stopped. She had forgotten. A hush fell on the excited a-udiieince. A physician preisemt took out his watch and watched her aland like a statue for fully three .minutes, bill, with burning face, she turned to leave the stage, reeled and fell. "Jak-k" Robinson, tihe bilg center rush o'f Hills-dale, caught her in hi'3 arms 'and 'bore her off the stage 'to the door. In the hush that followed 5the partially revived from the swoon, and raising herself on the big senior's sh'ou'ders as he carried her to the do.y, she struggled to finish her oration, ispea-'kiing slowly In on unnatural voice, wi'.h closed eyes. The excitement was •go internee 'that several cither girls half •fctoted and the contest bade fair to end in a trag-ical attack of hysterics, but the next spaa.ker stifled her sympathies and marched to the platform to give an oration th'ait wade 'the chapel ring with applause. After -the last oration had been delivered 'and the judges were about lo retire to decide, another hush fell on the audience. Up the aiule -walked 'the president's daughter •3i3T3i:.n. supported by her mother. Talcing her p'laoe on tihe staige, she picked up the oration where she had lef't off and finished in the most triumphant burst o'f applause that ever i-hook old Hillsdale halls. She' walked calmly off, only to 'be carried out in another swoon from 'the effects cf the t«iTSMe S'Wavn. She was not present to hear the decision of the judges and the ringr.rr.g cheers whi'^h greeted it, -for everyone admired her pluck. The awarding of the firrt prize to "Bef^'e Mosher for her oraicn on "A Ncfole Unrest" was highly

sat!!=»,ciiory.

GIRL MISSING.

Ollie Wilson of Xorth Fonrth Street Mysterlonsly r»i^app«ars. The police have been notified to be on the lookout for OIHe Wilson and if found to detain her un :.il her parents are notiflcd. Until Wednesday Ollie Wilson lived with her parents at 1218 North Fourth street? She is 17 years of aga. raid to be exceptionally good locking ar.d her sudden and mysterious disappearance from home is causing her parents much alarm. The girl has always borne a good repu ta tion and her people fear undue Influence and perhaps force have fcesn used to Induce her to such an abrupt absence.

Look out for the special of W?THs Wright's Monday next. March 23d.1*8tggest bargains ever offered oa finst class goods.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c.

YOUNG HATJKEJECTEB

BKTKATEK OF QBACE Sl'CLAilBOCK OBDEBED FROM A CHURCH fEW. A* He Took a Seat in Front of the Girl's

Parents and Was Firmly Bat Forcibly Removed.

Craiwfardlsville, In)d„ Miarcli 19.—The little country nueating house called Liberty Chapel, sir miles northwedb of CrawfordsVille, niarrowly mlissad betog the scene of am exhibition of mob violence yesterday duriimg tfahie funenal of Mrs. George Fuller. PMllp Hauk, itihe school t-eaJcfher, who ds ouit joh foaill tuider ain iaiKiSctiment of (the grand Jury for cajusing rohe d©a,'th of- i&Oas Grace Mc-Clamj-ack, of 'tois girl .pupils, whom, ihe had betrayed, aJttealdefd ithe funeral wHth. his mother. They entered ithe ohtorch and imiairched well up itx phe front, 'taking itheiir seats Smmediiaifely to fromt of tihe pew dooirpied foy Mp. and Mrs. McClaanrock, piaireasts of (the poor girl who is mow In her grave om euacaunit of am unisuoceseffiul aitfcampt ito (hide ttwa? ^hamc. Si'gtot x£ Hauck was a shook tto Mrs. M'cClamrack amd she fell ito weeflpfiin'g 'bii'Jterly, umtil it a/ttraated Jthe abteantton of thie oomgregiaiC&m aind caused a eensaitiion ia ithe ohurtoh. ,. I^eolple were quick •to unidensbaaud the siituaition. a^nd angry whispers against Hauk were heard aill over ithe church. Mr. McCIaimrock stood ithe strtaiin as lomig sos. toe could aawJ them laJrose and, poiint!ing a finger ait Hauk, exclataufd: "There eAbs ithe mlan, who killed any daughter. (We caannot stay here."

Thenti iputiting on 'his coait, Mr. McClamroidk aind Ms wife leflt the-Ch'tirch. Th'is caiused a commoWlon, aunid ®or a ifcime broke up tihe funeral services.

There were seweral mean/bers preisemit Of the MontfagOmery County Hoarse Thieff Debectl/ve AssocialtSan and these retLred ait onoe atnid helld a hurried^conisulta'tion. Socm on® their numlber returailed aaid, goiintg doiwn to "the aiisile to (the pew whtetre Hauk and hiss mother were seaited, t-he man. requested Hanik to leave tihe church. Mr®. Hauk made -tshe taaltjtar worse by denouncing thie ftreaJbmefnit of herself and son 'ats an-outrage." Seeling that tihiey did aiot atatend to rebiire, a 'trustee of the chiurch weint to Hauk and, •addressing total so as ito 'be plaJinly heard, said: "As a trustee of this church, I have been requested to order you to leave. advise you 'to do so at once."

But stall Hauk refused! to go. ..Then the trustee said with significant firmness: "I do mot threaten: you, Mr. Hauk, but you will have to go. 1 would urge you to go quietly and without being forced."

With this the trustee laid his (hands emphatically on Hauk, whd airose and left, followed by his .mother. Mr. and Mrs. McClamrock, who had been detained outside, then returned to their pew and the funeral services were resumed.

The affair caused ,©o much excitement that the congregation threatened to turn into a mob and visit its vengeance on Hauk, who would certainly have been roughly handled had he not gone when he d'idi •, 'Hauk is the man who, with 'Dr. Stoutof Covington, was arrested in Covington. The grand jury there -failed to indict them. Hauk was rearrested and brought to this city and indicted. Dr. Stout, who is believed to be innocent,, 'became tangled up in the case on Hauk's statement that he had taken Grace McClamrock to Stout's office in Covington, two days "before she died, to have an operation performed". It appears that some one else had done the work and Dr. Stout' was sought out to attend Mias MdClamrock. There was loud talk of lynching the school teacher at the time, but -he was kept well guarded in the jail and

4he

feeling

quieted down. Hauk is *. as a country masher, is effeminate :n h:s ways, and it iis said that Grace McClamrock was not.the Ifirst girl who had been trifled with by the young boaster. Hauk caused some talk two years ago by his claims against the estate of "Lucky" Baldwin, the famous California horseman, Hauk.being a nephew of the millionaire.

A GOOD WORD FOR PANTHERS,

Harmless Beasts, Singularly Carious, in tbe Adiromlarks at Least. "I have never heard of more than one person being Killed by panthers in the Adirondacks," said a New York* who has frequented the North Woods every year for forty years-, "and it wasn't a sure thing whether 'tv, person was killed by a panthe-: He .Was found dead after being abs*r^ om home a long time, and his Lr.riv was badly torn and lacerated in a ma .ner that left no doubt that a panther had- done it. The question was whether it. had been done.before the man was dead o.r afterward. At any rate, everybody, believed he had been Wil'led by a panther. The man's name was Germain. His body was found on the carry between Big Clear Pond and the St. Regis waters, •near Paul Smith's, lit was kept very quiet, because Smith and the guides in that region were afraid that jf it got abroad It would frighten visitors away •from that part of the' Adirondacks. "Ail my experiences and observations convince me 'that panthers are by no means the terrible^ ferocious, man eating creatures common" fame make them out to be. Adirondack panthers certainly are no't. On the dontfary they were peculiarly shy, but possesed of an irresistable curiosity that drertr them •near to human beings, and. in fact, induced them to follow pe'rsdils a long way, or to take observation of them at positions in advance.This strange trait, undoubtedly obtained for the panther its reputation as a pursuer or.waylayer of man. They were great destroyers of sheep and deer, which was sufficient to condemn them as noxious beasts, but they were as harmless towards human beings as the deer themselves. They would undoubtedly fight furiously if wounded and brought to bay, but so would a' wounded buck. "I have many a time bee© followed by a panther through a woods for miles, the panther always dodging from tree to tree, and never approaching nearer than perhaps five rOds.When I stopped, it would stop, lie closer to a branch and

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so (to the beadt It would bouod on ahead again, always uttering

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ing yell when it stairstep, and screaming $very few bourida aeltijed the way, "Th instant it would sto$ to, loo& hack and waiit for me ft wouM foe silent, but always started on agaU^ w&th a yell. I shot & panther once as. it was thus 'lying in my path satisfying 4t(8 curiosity^ and I never was proud jO/fi the feat. •The unsuspecting creatura's ikying cries were

unsuspecting creatura's,dying cries were .. _T _. so appallingly like human, moans amd

When the pr„1te was developed it showed under the 'long bone

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of the foot, the bone that leds to the third -toe, three small, irregular patches. The rest of the bone was clear, white and regular, but these: three patches were irregular and hazy they were •merely a suggestion a® it were, and Dr. Morton had no doubt that they were the radiographs of the pieces of glass. They had traveled half way •across the foot, and the rays, in revealing them, had pierced the bone and made it translucent. Sandow will sit again. This time the rays will be concentrated directly over the point where the shadows were revealed.

GIVE.N ANOTHER CHANCE.

Madge Pinder Fined and Sentence Suspended Muring Gooc|. Behavior. Madge Pinder, t'he .woman who wemt to the jail Wednesday and asked to be locked up, was arraigned before Mayor Ross in police court ye-SSerday morning. She pleaded guilty tV"ai Charge of drunk--enirees's and ithe mayor -placed the fine a-t the limit, $25 and bo?t6. If the judgment is enforced it will keep the woman in ja.iil thirty-five days: The mayor, however, decided ,'toi 'give the unfortunate wc.rn.an another?,chance, to reform and -so suspended sentence -and released her during 'her good behavior. Before permitting her to leave t,he court room the cadi gave Mrs. .Binder a wholesome lertune a nd warned IpefX&hat if sba was found drunk or loitering'about the saloons- again he woult^ order the judgment enforced and instruct the ja.ler '.o keep hs.r i:n soli!ita.r' confinemeimt during the entire time of her sentence. Mrs. Binder, after listening attentively \o the lecture, promises faithfully to ireform amd. adjusi'J.ng the new wraps she had purcha'sed while drunk about her, she strutted ouit of the court room. Of the $40 of her husband pension money entrusted to her for safe keeping she toad but $2 leift.

jlrJ. Cleveland Walks For Exercise. Mrs. Cleveland has adopted a systematic course of walking for exercise. She walks well, too, and almost ^ny bright morning she may be seen going for a call at some friend's, house or taking a constitutional, pure and simple. Her •costume on such occasions is a short walking skirt, clearing the ground by two. inches, a. close ifitting jacket and a chinchilla collar. On her head she wears a close, round.rhat, garnished with 1 fancy feather and a dotted veil tied closely over her face. She walks along with a free -step and an air of thorough enjoyment and her bright ejes and glowing cheeks Indicate the pleasure she finds in her favorite exercise. 'I^Irs Cleveland's constant good spirits and health are a source of continued wotvdeft to her friends and to inquiries as to the foundation of youth whence she draws her supplies, she answers that -she ifitjds it in daily exercise in the open

Evening Star.

"jndgV. Henry oWtthic A letter -6m Superior/Court Judge D. W. Henry, who is at d^pbile, Ala., the

tt woui-a sxop, ne dvs» io a orajicn ana \v. txenry, wuv watch me. When I started on If would hope of regaining his_Jhatterad hea th. states he is much imppSved. He makes the citv his headquarters, but takes a ride out in the countryach day. The weather there le pleas^nj. and the d:ives and the Southern climate are accomplishing for the judge, what medicine failed to do. He is t^iijgh.ted with his prospects for being reytofed to his former good health and w-illremain 'in the

follow me. I have had them follow me to the very threshold of my camp. On the way not a sound ever escaped from these panthers, but the moment I would disappear within my camp the panther would utter far-sounding and by no means pleasant yells, ait short intervals, and make off into the woods, yelling as he went, until its cries were lost in the distance. "I have many times had a panther precede me in the woods, but only when I might be on a carry or walking in a road. The animal would in such cases always bound along the ground, stepping occasionally an»d looking back at me as I approached, lying close to the ground, and its long taiil swaying from side to side. I never saw a finer sight

South for several waqjes his aim beina to not return to Hoosiwdom unt the warm weather has set ID. He will not resume his duties on-ithe bench until the latter part of April.

Look out for the special of Willis Wright's Monday next, March 23d. Biggest bargains ever offered on flnst class goods.

THE A. B. U. GROWING

BAZLBOAD OVFIO&LS SHOW THEIR EMPLOYES ABB JMNINO IT.

Indianapolis Has Spren Lodges—Elfht Organizers Are at Work—Mileage Book Still Cans In gr Trouble. i*.

•pantliers were trapped loot a^grekt rtJstanoe from .the iwttla^roff North' felba, ®ays the Iwdiybatolis News. It Is feqmfl I thinik ithat must have extermin- -portefi tjhat iuknost all of 'flUi men on the a/ted the race thereabout, for although Lake EJrie & Westerj# sj^stem have it "was more thajp fMrt^ yesurs ago I joined the-order. Three-fourths of the hav« never lieard of2Wipanther being em.ployea of the CincininaU, Hamilton & seab in that region ffAerward. I doubt (Day.bcm. and -ftie iNew MOnon 'have also if there a real fianiher left in ithe foeeo iasitSaitfed. On the Big Four eysAdironda^sks. There 6s certainly none «em the order has many members in all within react or bearing "of any place (bnaach'es of tibe service. This 4s also or centef -Miere habitues of that doun- true of the Indiamai, 'Decatur & Western. try:'^i:wdtfL:t to congregate." of the employe® of the Vamdalia

RAYS ON SANDOW'S FOOT.'

Fleees of Glass Discovered Under One of .xviitilf. the Bones. (For iai tfafoitr and twenty-five minutes Saturday afternoon the rays, gen-

foot. They are very small, but "thiey oa/u-se him pain every time he foears iheavily on the part of the foot where they are dodged, says the New York Herald.

Sandow. wanted to rent a house on East (Fifty-eighth street a week or so ago and, with his manager, Mr. !F. Zeigfeld, Jr., went to look at it. The house was vacant and (he had the keys, but they wouldn't open any of the doors. The basement door had two panes of glass In it and Sandow put his foot through one Of them, opened the spring lock on the inside and (began his inspection of the house. Sandow soon found that there was dtt ugly gash in his foot. (He called hiS physician and the latter probed the wound, but found no pieces of glass. iS&ndow went on with his performances as though nothing had happened, ttn tihe course of a 'few days the foot began to bother him when he gave dt a sudden or awkward turn. Dr. Mercereau.' reopened the wound, foutthie prob e.did notreveal anything. After several-days Dr. Mercereau felt that glass had .probably got into the foot and traveled away from the wound, and he determined to have the rays turned on. Sandow, in his shirt sleeves and seated in &n easy chair, faced the static machine. 'Dr. Morton strapped the bared foot ito a plate holder, and above, and 'les® than an inch from it suspended a vacuum tube. Then the machine was started.

The rays began 'their work at 3:05, and at 4:30 had concluded it. It was the longest hour and twentynfive min-' utes Sandow said he had ever known. He had to keep his foot perfectly still, as to move it would spoil the picture, jam# he kept it so still that in a little while he remarked that i't was "asleep."

The railroad officers admit now that

utteiftnge of agony -t,haifc they 'haunted 'head of which is Eugene V. Debs, is lnme an unpleasantly ikmg time. creasing in meimibership. They know of •1 remember one wtotpr that ten larp .lodges

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to elty

amd suburbs,

have joined also. On tfhe dndlamapolks division of the (Pemnsylvianiia seventeen en^plcyee haveadd'edth-edir niam'es to the poll. No 'report hais been received from (the QDnddaiaapalls & Vincenmes or the Louisvi-tle division Of 'thie Pennsylvania. The Hooking "VMtey iRoad. has been' or-

iUB

era'ted Iby a static machine in the labor- ganized from one end to the other. Many

._.

atory of iDr. William J. orton, played ,«mployes of the IBaiitimore upon the right foot of Eugene Sandow,

ILnAl1Av«Vl A f*

& Ohio

TT^m' ers-

Southwestern are members. The Toledo & Ohio Central was (taken rin a few days ago. The Peoria & Eastern men at Springfield, O., and Peoria, and sev-

an'd when, an hiur or so latter, the sensitized pilate was developed, it showed that there were im. all probability three .—, little fbits of glass in tihe strong man's **aa Indiana,polis irtein hiive aJao joined.

Reports to the officials aire that -the Belt hafs allso been organized. There are eight organizers at work in ddfferemit panrts of the coumtry. They do not call meetings, but visit railroad men at their homes and make them •memibers. By this plan the members tare unknown- to each othier unless they idambify themselves. The orgiamizers say that when, meetings are held the railroad detectives are able to find out the members and thiey are discharged.

The railroad ofliciels admit thiait they did not know that the organizers were ait work until the (reports began coming in, aind tlhey are snow trying to find who are members of the order.

Mileage Books Causing Trouble, There is no cessation of trouble over mileage tackeits. I't was at first thought •there would be njo difficulty &fter a few days, as the traveling public would qtuickl learn that in'berchanlgeable mileage would mot ibe accepted. On a Vandalila, traiUri Wednesday nlgibt there was a womam en route from Evansville •to Piqua, O. She carried Pennsylvania mileaige, which had beam sent to her by her htedbattd. Boafd-Dng the Vandal ia it rain ait the Union Station, she presented her book. The conductor, after looking ait It, was in douibt as to her riight to hold it and required her to sign her name. The womam did as requested and the signature- developed the fact rthat she had no right to the book. She had .but 40 cents and thp conductor took up her book ito Indianapolis. Pennsylvania officials took the case up and the woman was sent to her home. The Pennsylvania will send the mffleatge to •the general passenger agent and the owner oan have it by sending the fare from thils city to Piqua.

Vandaiia Engines Show Great Speed. Superintendent of Motive Power Arp of the Vandalia has recently been malklin'g tests with the new Schenectady engines. The big machines, he finds, are capable of making 105 miles am hour. Mr Arp is not satisfied he» has got all •the ©peed .possible out of thiem and will •therefore oorJ-inue the experiments. He hopes to pull 125 miles an hour put cf •them "o-eiFore -he is through. A look into the shops is sufficient to show that the now motive power superintendent has no»: been idle since ooming to the Vandalia. On 'the contrary, he has had the engines, one %fter another, sent to the shops and given, a thorough overhauling The road's rolling stock is in better' condition. than'« has been for several years.

Firemen's Attorney Returns Home. Attorney T. W. Harper, general attor-

for .the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, has returned from Washington where he went in t'he interests of •Ms 'organization. Mr. Harper presented a bill,

which,

mitteie

if passed, means much to

the various railrctad labor organiza!tions. The bill seeks to change the law in cases of contempt of court. He was *ranted an audience with the sub-com-

of the judiciary committee com-

.pos-ed O'f Senators Vilas and Hill. Both uptimated they would support the measure when i't came up.

President of Joint Traffic Association. The .board of control consisting of railroad residents of the various lines in the Joint Traffic Association hfeld a. meeting at ,New York yesterday. Edward F. Leonard, president of the Toledo,

Peoria

5: Wercern Railroad, was

ejected as arbitrator to succeed exJudge J. D. Cok of Cincinnati, who recently resigned. Commissioner Blaincha.rd submitted to the board a report of the board of maniagers and an exhibit of the general state of affairs at .the present time. A meeting of the board may be h4kl today.

Railri.ad Notes.

The Van-dailia- pay car -has started on its monthly rounds. Yesterday it went up on the Michigan division.

A. D. Perry, traveling passenger agent of the C. ,& A., was in the city yesterday.

The private car of General Manager Turner returned, from Chicago yesterday morning.

James A. Brown, agent for the Big Four at Hillsboro, has been transferred to Mat toon to succeed J.C. Martin, who died a few days ago. ,,

R. U. Brown, operator at Fointa.net, haa been made agent for the Big Four at that point.

W. L. Kidder & Son has just shipped -ten cs-r leads of flour to Ireland. G. S. Throop, agent for the Lake Shbre- at -Evlwisvllle, was in the city yesterday.

)7i'i SCRADER'S HOME.

Is Claimed Divine Healing is a Now Role For Schradrr. Papers all over the country are looking up the record of August Schrader, the alleged

MdivLne

healer," and if all

disclosures are true, Schrader is not just the kind of a man whom the Divine Ruler would likely entrust with power to travel over the country and heal the afflicted. If all the reports are true it would be ridiculous to believe that Schracfe-r's prayers ever ascended above his hatband. Said a prominent man yesterday: "He is a fraud and is blaspheming religion and ought not be allowed to remain here under police protection while he rohs and deceives poor and honest people who are weakminded enough to believe -he is more than a cunning hobo."

Superintendent of Police Meagher says he believes the man is a fraud, apd

if the matter was Heft #rfon* to hLm he waalti jrnt a dfcop to tola work in Ter re Ifaaito. H« says the man came here with the consent of the znaybr, and as such is tihe case he does not feel at liberty to act until the mayor (has become disgusted and asks a stop put to tjlis system of robbing under the cloak of religion. V" ~**s

Schroder's ihopie to at iDodge Center, Minn., where his mother, two bYot^bers amd two sisters reatide. A man who has tatken the pains to investigate his record sends out the following in Cor mat ion concerning the "divine healer's^* anode of making a (living

!by

deceiving those

who are foolish enough to confide in him: 3odge Center, Minn., March 7.—The home of August Schrader, the "divine healer," who is visiting Illinois towns, is in this city. His mother, two brothers and two sisters live here. During the past ten years he has posed as' a doctor, publisher, 'lecturer, preacher and Catholic priest. "The Rev. A. J. Schrader" is his favorite title, however. His (first profesisonal adventure occurred about ten year® ago, when he ^ot hold of a stone supposed to possess some magio healing- power and a sure cure for epilepsy. He covered the county here with flaming dogers announcing that "Dr. A. J. Shrader cured fits." His father, who was then alive, compelled him to gather them all up. After his father's death he branched out in many directions. He solicited towns in Wisconsin for relief for Kansas drought sufferers and sent his provisions here. He obtained hailf-fiare permits from the railroads running through this town, and they were afterward taken away from him. He was compelled to walk home at one time after a permit had •been taken up. He never had a new idea, but when 'he sees or hears of anyone making a success at anything he i« neady to ape it and add to It. His visits at home are very short, and he never allows himself to ibe seen if he can help it. He is very illiterate, and it never occurred to anyone here that he was posesssed of a "Christlike appearance."

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

Conference to Bo Held In Washington Next Month. Washington, March 19.—The committee in charge of the arbitration, conference have sent out invitations, in which they say: "A widespread desire has been manifested "both In the United States and in Great Britain for the establishment between these two countries of a permanent system of arbitration. With a view to the accomplishment of that end, a national conference is to be held in Washington, D. C., April 22nd and 23rd, to express the general conviction that such a system should be speedily provided for by the proper authorities and with the most comprehensive application practicable. It is earnestly desired that all parts of the country should be fully represented and, in order that this may be assured, invitations have been sent to representative men, irrespective of party or creed in every state and territory in the union, the combined membership of the two houses of congress being taken as a general basis of numbers and apportionment. By repeated acts, as well as by repeated declarations our government has appeared before the world in advocacy of international arbitration, as a measure conformable to our own interests and the genius of our institutioijs, as well as to the cause of general I justice and civilization. To this effect, patriotism, philanthropy, statesmanship and religion have spoken as with one voice. In confining the present movement to the promotion of arbitration between the United States and Great Britain, we are not unconcerned for the wider application of the principle involved, taking into consideration the importance and the value of practical results, it has seemed wise to concentrate our Immediate efforts upon the attainment of a permanent system^ between the two great Eglish-speak-ing peoples."

The calling of the conference is the result, not of a single organized movement, but of spontaneous and independent movements which appeared simultaneously in different parts of the country, all having in view the same ends.

BIG FIRE AT PROVIDENCE, R. I.

The Masonic Temple and Other Buildings Destroyed. 'Providence, R. I., March 19.—A fire, which caused the,destruction of the Masonic Temple and conslderabie other property, entailing a loss of $209,000 or more, broke out in the temple, a fivestory brick structure, early today. The building which the flames originated, with its contents was burned, and iwo smaller buildings adjoining were crushed to the ground by falling walls. It is thought the fire started in the boiler room and swept through the elevator shaft to the floors above.

The losses are partly covered by insurance. Among the sufferers are CongIon & Wilbur, wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, and Bosworth Bros., dealers in imported and domestic woolens, who occupied the lower floors. The fail of the south wall of the building demolished a three-story building occupied by J. H. Astle, tin ar.d sheet-iron works, and a three-story building occupied by H. A. Drummons, steam laundry, and P. Smith & Bro., plumbers. The east wall also fell outward. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

An Express Experiment That. Failed. One experiment in an electric railroad express business has failed. For over a year a street railroad company has been doing about all the express business between Haywards, San Leandro, Oakland and San Francisco. It commenced by buying out all the smaller companies and by inaugurating a regular express service. The loaded wagons were placed on electric cars, and during the quiet portions of the day they were attached to the regular passenger cars. The first opposition met with was from the railroad commissioners, who claimed that as the road was doing a railroad 'freight business it came under the same tariff regulations as other railroads. That matter might have been adjusted, but the service hs been abandoned because it was not profitable, although the rates charged were only about one-half what the srhalelr companies 'had charged. The service was not aecepta-ble to the people, tbe secretary of the railroad company complains.—New York Evening Post.

Look out for the special of Willis Wright's Monday next. March 23d. Biggest bargains ever offered on' first class goods.

Look out for the special of Willis Wri'ght's Monday next, M*arch 23d. Biggest bargains ever offered o» first class goods.

Complexion improver, Hallock's AntiFreckle, 35 cents. Removes freckles, pimples and tan.

MURDERIN HIS HEART

HIS

ALBKRT KIMCBLOW SHOOTS MOTHER AND EIMSE/.F.

Grew Angry Becasse th* Bread TTas Moved—Repaid a Kind Mother With Probable Death- Kluchiow l*rad,

Special to The Express.

Indianapolis, March IS.---Shortly before 12 o'clock today AIb»rt Kinahiow, a young colored man.-livL-.g at SS4 We*t North street fatally shoi his rtf&ther, Mrs. Carrie Kio£hltn\^ laocT scsxit tfiireef bullets into his own body. One of the bullets pierced the heart and the other two entered the breast. Despite his desperate wounds the young fellow remained conscious and expressed sorrow at shooting his mother, but wished that he himself could die.

Xinchlow fell under a train while beating his way about the country two years ago and suffered the loss of a leg. Since that time he has lived at home, and his mother, brothers and sisters have done everything for him that was possible. But this kind treatment had the effect of making him more surly and disagreeable than before.

The immediate cause of the tragedy was a quarrel which arose at the dinner table. Kinchlow wanted to place the bread in the middle of the table ang when Mamie Moss, a half sister, moved it to one end of the table, he became enraged and assaulted her with a tackpuller which was handy. He seized her by the hair and was brntally beating her when the mother and sister, Jessie Kinchlow, tried to interfere. He then drove them from the house and Mamie Moss ran to a neighboring drug store to call the police, as had been the custom when Albert took one of his spells.

But he had apparently soon quieted down and his mother and sister ventured to enter the house again. Kinchlow as 'then in his own room, a small apartment directly off the sitting room. His 'brother-in-law, George Burton, a night engineer at the hominy mills, had been sleeping in .% front room and was aroused by the commotion. He went into Kinohlow's room and tried to persuade him to be quiet and act like a man. Kinchlow promised that he would and as fiurton left the room he threw himself on his bed. It was then that he took a revolver from the matttress of the bed and, as his mother came into the middle of the room, he stepped to the door, and before she could make a •move, shot her. Kinchlow was taken to the hospital whgre he died about 4 o'clock. The mother Is gtill iving.

PACIFIC RAILROADS.

Congressmna Farlsa Member of the Special Committee. Washington, March 19.—A resolution looking toward joint action of the house and senate committees in the preparation of a Pacific railroad bill was taken today by the former body. A resolution proposed by Mr. Wright of Massacliusetts'was adopted by the house Pacific railroads committee calling for the appointment of a committee of five to review all plans for the settiei«ent of the Pacific raiiroad debt presented to the committee and to recommend to the committee a bill and in their work to co-operate with the senate committee.

Chairman Powers appointed as the committee: iRepubiicans—Powers of Vermont, Wright of Massachusetts Faris of Indiana. 'Democrats—Kyle of Mississippi, Suizer of New York. Mucif interest is taken by the members from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and adja' cent states in the effort to secure gov-» ernment aid for the Sioux City branches and maliy petitions are coming to the committee from these states. Mr. Coombs presented to the committee the draft of a bill outlining his plans. II provided for a road from fc:oux City to the main line of '.he Union Pagific at or near North Platte, Neb., that bends issued for the road shall be secured-by a first mortgage and shail be thirty year bonds at 3 per cent. The road is to be entitled free exchange with the Union Pacific and any successor of it. 'Representative Shafroth of Colorado explained to the committee his plan for the adjustment of the Pacific railroad debts by foreclosure.

CONSUL HALL SHOT AT.

Spanish Soldiers at l'orto l'ica Attempts His i.ir-. New York, March ID.—The s-toamer South C3imbria, wiV-ch arrived from Po. to'Rico today, brought news that an attempt was made on the life of Ur^ited States Consul J. D. Hall by a Spanish soldier at 'St. John on March 4th. From when could be learned from Felix Taussig of tho 'South Cambria's passengers it fccms that 'Consul Hall's res.dense adjoins the Spanish prison in that city. On March 4th the consul was fired on by a Spanish soldier from the prison wall, but fortunately w*as not struck by the bullet, which whizzed clcise to t'he consul's head.. The' shooting ere-' a-t' quite an excitement. ?ons*ul Hift! ha-s written home by the'Sou'th Cambria to the state department in Washington giving full report of'the .attempt on his life. It was reported that the shooting was accidental and that this sol-iiery was firing at an escaping woman pr3cner. Mr. Tiiusisg say? -it w.\ts a deliberate attempt on the I:u- of (Tomnel Hail. The news that congress was about to recognize the- Cusikv.' had Just reached St. John on Marco -:nd cau=ed consider^ ble com me t.

Tried to Unrglarixe i»*'«'•» More. Two attempts were ma le W edne3^ay night to burglarize the Cvr.to drug store, nt Third and Mnin streets, but the intruders were frightened awiy by Merchant Policeman Th.jmp.-oa bo ore they had mad? much hpadway forcing an -ntnar.ee The jj noifced a couple of ^usp

loitering about the jn.u-e evening and is eonfUl who attempted the burr !jty. pcTs were reported to th hey pursue -their determination *o i.v by robbery it is only a nr.n'er ui u-ntH they will be in the to.!.

She Didn't Sliliv-

Minnic Cllngman. a colored woman livin'gat Thirteenth and College streets, concluded to "pat on air?.'' ar.., make her wardrobe wha' it ougn. •to enable her to *h!:e at cake walks, she appropriated 3 dress belonging to Mr'*. Hunt:nMiss Minnie had a chance to ••.heft was discovered and ,ne P' dared to am* her. She irsg her old clothes and do.Jg.n~ ». ficers. She will be*S»me a pi--hifblt in the female deparunen.t iff Butler's beanery as

on as

h* blue coats eas sigiht her.

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