Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 July 1897 — Page 2

plication of similar rules to the operation of •all mineii.'*- This means similar weights, similar coal screens, the abolition of com^.pany stores aiid doitag away with rented houses owned by the companies and occupied 'by the miners.

The weight proposition is only one of the many schemes by which the miner is robbed "of his substances. He is paid for his mined coal by tjie long ton. When it is loaded in the cars the. operators estimates his profits by the show ton, As. the long ton is 2,200 pounds and tfie-short ton is 2,000 pounds, the miner is robbed of 200 pounds to the ton. At least. this condition exists at some mines, giving Uie operators controlling these mines an advantage over those who treat their miners more justly. The legislatures of the different mining states have recognized the iniquity of this system, and have endeavored .to.-pass laws insisting on a uniform waigbt.-'tout the evil has gone on, and the miner Is peduced to a condition of industrial slavers', and, terrorized by the prospect of losing his position if he should lift his voice ae^aiiliBt the wrong, has never dared to make an individual protest.

As'W coal screens, their fairness has depeAdetf, ffpon' the amount of principle posseted the individual coal operators. When

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miner has gotten out his quota of

coal for the day it is run through screens, which cqntain holes varying from seveneigbtfcs of an inch to one and a half inches in diameter. All the coal which drops through these holes belongs absolutely to the operator. This coal is valuable and sells readily. The operator puts this money in his pocket.

Tons of dust, or slack, also go through the screen. This is "coked" and sold to the big blast furnaces. The coal operator also puts this profit in his pocket. So the size of the sereen, as has been said, depends al together upon the amount of fairness and justice which the operator cares to exercise.

The company store has long been a favorite scheme among American mine owners. •In many instances the mines is isolated and a company store is the only place where the miner can conveniently trade. He is generally charged about 40 per cent more than the goods are worth. He does not have to pay cash, but the clerk of the store has a book containing a record of the amount of coal taken out by each miner, and the store account is credited on the wage account of ea?h miner. As a result when two weeks have rolled around the miner frequently owes the company money, and rarely ever receives over $2 or $3.

The state of Pennsylvania has passed a law abolishing the company store, but the coal operator has easily evaded its provisions. The company store business now has been made into a trust. A corporation supposed to have no connection whatever with the mine haB charge of the business, but it is significant that each one of the large operators is a heavy stockholder in this corporation.

The renting of houses owned by the operator to the miners has proved one of the greatest curses to this unfortunate class of tollers. The operator buys a piece of ground near his mine for an insignificant sum and erects a number of houses. The ground and dwellings Will not cost him over $7,000 or $8-,000 The operator will charge a rental for each of $5 or $6 a month for, say, fifty houses. Of course, this sum is deducted in advance from the miner's scanty earnings. It may be the operator does not require over twenty-five men for the actual operation of the mine. If he employed only twenty-five men half of the company's dwellings would be vacant. So the operator hires fifty men and works them half time. This keeps all the miners in a miserable plight. "True .uniformity" means the destruction of, ftll tbese methods of depriving the laborer of the Just fruits of his toil. The coal barons have been following these practices for years, ,and.Ji3ve waxed fat off them. It is for this reason that men experienced in the coal busines denounce De Armit's plan as a chimera. .•It is not believed the nature of the coal barons can be so quickly changed.

"ON THE ROCK PILE NOW."

Danville (111.) Authorities Sentence a Young Girl to Work on the Pile. Special to the Express.

Danville, 111., July 26.—Maggie Sellars, a girl about 17 years old, claiming to come from -Williamfiport, Ind., -was arrested today for vagrancy and given by Justice Timmons thirty days on the rock pile at the county jail. It is the fourth time she has been arrested in the last few months. It is the first time in the history of Vermillion that a woman^ever worked on a rock pile.

SENOR CANOVAS TALKS.

He Thinks President McKinley Will Not Listen to "Yankee Jingoes." New York, July 26.—A despatch to the World from San Sebastian, Spain, says: ''QfX learning that the United States corigrei® adjourned witnout adopting new resolutions in favor of granting belligerant rijfhts to the Cuban Insurgents, Premier Canovas said he inferred that President McKinley is as little disposed as was his predecessor to listen to the "Yankee jingoes," in thei rcampaign against Weyler and Spain. .Uigfior Canovas added that the Spanish government will give due attention to the Artierican demands- for indemnity in special'cases like those of Delgado and the widow of Ruiz, and has granted liberty to American citizens arrested in Ouha.

Tbe ipremier has pfrequent conferences with the Tmke of Tetuan, Spanish foreign rrilnU'ter, and Calderon Carlisle, the American counsel for the Spanish legation in Washington, who drew up a lonpr memcr'al oft the subject of filibustering expeditions pfid th° !imiinri*v snch cases to nr",^dents the United States put on record in the Alabama affair.

Senor (Canovas will prolong his'' stay here until Wednesday in order to consult further with Mr. Carlisle on the best method of replying to the American claims.

OIL ON WAR VESSELS.

An Indiana Man Claims to -Have Patented a Wonderful Devtce. Anderson, Ind., July 26.—Judge M. A. Chipman has gone to Washington to file patent! applications and Interest proper government officials in inventions by Frank M. Reed of this city, which have been compleiedv tested praeticaly and found to be capable of revolutionizing the handling of war vessels at sea.

The Inventions carry out to perfection the Idea originated by Russia, inusing oil instead of coal for. fuel for war vessels.

Reed's Invention covers a system of oil burning which would make it possible for a vessel like the Indiana to carry enough fuel to last on a trip around the world. The system Is gas generation from oil. The ffas as generated ia smokeless and capable of-a- tenth Yinore heat than the Russia's get or 33 per cent, more heat than the KQvernment is now getting from coal, making it posslNe to work up to great speed.r Instead of thirty stokers which are now necessary on a greatwar vessel one man could handle al lo fthe valves. Another one of the inventions cover? a storage lankMhSt is &bfeolntely Millet and shell proof. The cosrt® of ihe equipment is. very small and would be paid for in a monVh or so in the saving of fuel.

IT STANDS* BY RHODES.

British Government by Decisive Vote Refuses Further Investigation of Raid. London. July 2«.—The house of commons w%st crowded th afternoon in expectation of.&-spirited debate upon the report of the select South Africa commission, appointed to inquire into the circumstances of Dr. Jamieson's raid into the Transvaal and into the general conduct of the affairs of the British South Africans Chartered company. After a number of questions, »he Hon. Philip James Stanhope moved a resolution that the houte regretted the inconclusive character of the report of the commission, more particularly the failure to recommend that specific steps be taken in regard to the admitted complicitj: of Cecil Rhodes and asking that fr.'1f ley attorney for Rhodes be ordered to »ttand at the btur of th« house and jrk

duce the telegram# which. he refused to show the commission. The debate promises to be long ana interesting but ineffective, as the government has no intention of allowing the matter to go beyond mere talk.

Mr. Stanhope in speaking to motion attacked the chartered company, Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, aiid Cecil Rhodes and expressed a desire that the latter should be deposed from! his membership in the privy council. He also wanted the charter of the company materially modified.

Sir William Hareourt, defended the commission and said he thought the report conclusive on all important points. lie strongly defended Mr, Chamberlain and declared that hl's action at the time the raid occurred disproved all insinuations of complicity. He hoped,, he said, he would live to see the day when a majority of the house should declare by vote that they did not trust the word of its statesmen.

A vote was then taken and Mr? Stanhope's motion was lost, 304 to 77.

IN HIS WIPE'S ARMS

AN EX-MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE DITED YESTERDAY EVENING.

Alexander Thomas Passed Away Suddenly at Qis Home on Vandalln Street-

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Another Terre Haute veteran is dead. Alexander Thomas, ex-mayor of Terre Haute and until three years ago a justice of the peace, died at. his home, 702 Vandalia street, yesterday evening at 6:45.

Alexander Thomas walked into his yard at 6:30. He sat under the grape arbor for about ten minutes and after being assisted into the house by his wife he died. For several days Mr. Thomas had been complaining of feeling bad. No alarm was .felt, for he was 68 years of age and it was supposed he was simply infirm from old age. Yesterday evening he left his home and started to the grocery store at Thirteenth and Locust streets. He had gone but two squares from the house when he became dizzy and felt a pressing sensation in his breast.

He retraced his steps and as he opened the side gate he staggered into the arms of his wife, who assisted him to his arm chair under the grape arbor. Here he sat for a few minutes, his wife fanning him. He gasped for breath for about five minutes and then said hemust .be taken to his room. Mrs. Thomas assisted him into the house and to hi3 bed. He lay back on his pillows' and five minutes later he gave a gasp, placed his hands on the shoulder of his wife and .was dead. Death was due to apoplexy. He had been subject to it for several years and his physician often told him he would die suddenly. 'Squire Thomas was one of the best known men in Terre Haute. He was well known because of his long residence here and he was known as one of the oldest and most prominent Masons in the state. He was a member of Terre Haute Lodge No. 19, the oldest in the city. He was a past master and at the time of his death was secretary of this lodge. He was also a member of the council, of* which he was recorder. He was also master in the Superior Eminent degree of the Masons. Mr. Thomas was a member of 'the Commandery, being captain of the guards. The Masons will have charge of the funeral, but as yet no arrangements have been made.

Alexander Thomas was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, and came to this city long before the war broke out. He was married here October 15, 1856, to Miss Anna Eddy, and has resided in this city ever since. Twenty-five years ago he was mayor of Terre Haute, serving two terms. In 1861 and until 1865 he was city marshal. Those were trying times in Terre Haute, and Mr. Thomas had as much, or more, to do with the affairs of the government than most men who went to the front. He was a quiet man, respected by everybody. He was possessed of a strong mind and while never aspiring to dis tinction, his advice was always sought, and while he was officiating as justice of the peace his decisions were always impartial and his actions while on the bench were always above criticism.

Alexander Thomas was aboqt the oldest Mason in Terre Haute. He has been a member of the fraternity,§ince he was twenty-one years of age, and he' always" (look great interest in the work. He. was a. regular attendant at tlje meetings and has filled every chair in the order. It Ms been but two days since' Mr. Thomas was' seen on the downtown streets!' He was wonderfully active for a man of his years and he was frequently seen standing on the corners talking to his friends. Alexander Thomas was the father of three children. They are Harrj Thomas, who is in the West George, who is in Louisiana, and Mrs. Mary Mewhinney, of Glendale, Ind. He has one grandchild, Laura Thomas, of. this city.

Was a Victim of Sustroke.

•Burns Dunlap, one of the wealthiest and best known farmers of Vigo county, was buried yesterday. The death of Burns Dunlap was. caused by his being overcome by heat while working in his field Friday. He went out with his men Friday morning feeling perfectly well and worked until near noon. Just before the dinner hour he was taken sick and had to be assisted to the house. A physician was summoned and everything possible was done for bim. He died Saturday. The funeral took place from his residence, in Sugar Creek township. Burns Dunlap has been a resident of Vigo county for sixty years, coming here when a boy of 4 years. By dint of hard work and economy he accumulated a fortune, his property being estimated to be worth 5120,000. The funeral, which took place yesterday morning, was one of the largest, ever held in Sugar Creek township.

Notice of Kecxnt Death*.

Yesterday the infant of Mr. and Mrs. John York, of 1326 South First street, was'buried at Durham cemetery yesterday.

At 6 p. m. Sunday Mrs. Anna M. Wyrick, a widow, died at her residence, 1001 South Fourteenth and One-half street, after a long sickness. She lost her husband sixteen years ago at Marshall, 111., and removed with her daughters to this city eight years ago. Two daughters survive her, Alma and Tressa.

The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Dailey, who died Saturday afternoon, took place from St. Ann's yesterday at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Dailey had been for two weeks suffering from the effects of a stroke.of paralysis, and for a week previous to her death had been unconscious. She was 64 years'Old'aifd "was bom in Meath, Ireland. The funeraLWis largely a

Johan D. Gruenhol'z diet!

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morning at his home,J^of ^South ^fipth street. The deceased was 7S years om aidw&s boitfi in Eckwalden, Germany. He leaves five children, Mrs. John Knits, of this city Herman D. Gruenholz, of Prairieton Mrs. Eliza Delgar, of St. Louis Mrs. Gustav Weiand, of St. Louis, and August W. Gruenholz, of this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon.'

A Negro SI orders a Ticket liroker. St. Louis, July 26.—George Hermann, who has charge of a ticket broker's office, opposite the ttiiion station, was fatally shot tonight by a negro named Matthew Hancock. The latter went into the ticket office and demanded money and when it was refused shot Hermann five tirhes with a revolver. A crowd of cabbie^ and other hangers-on about the station chasetthe negro with the inien•ti«n'e*_fci!feg% him. buf he was Snaily rescued^ ifte fWTlce an?l locfeed up,

SOME HIGHER PRICES

GOODS BOUGHT IN A DRY GOODS STORE TO COST MORE, THEY SAY)

Just What the Increase Will. Be Remains to Be

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goods will be 50 per cent or more and his estimate is that the average advance on the general stock will be 36% per cent.

These figures appear to be based upon the representations of men urging that goods be bought in anticipation of the probable passage of the Dingley bill.v HjJs thought altogether probable, therefore? that they do not in the least understate the truth. It is rather believed that their figures perhaps bear a somewhat closer relation to the exigencies of their business interests than to the certain effects of the Dingley bill. However, it is quite apparent that the prices ot imported goods will go up in accordance with the duties imposed by the bill just signed by President McKinley. The only question is as to how much.

It is not believed by the Havens & Geddes Co. that the advance in the price of the Ordinary run of goods will "be so great as Mr. Mills put it. Manager Levering states that traveling men represent to them that the increase will be about 10 or 15 cents a yord on goods affected by the tariff. He Birys that they have not paid any considerable advance for their fall goods in anticipation of the tariff over what they would have paid had the Wilson bill not been disturbed. Mr. Levering said that he had not closely examined the Dingley bill or studied the question of its probable effects but was convinced that it would not result in a general advance of anything like so high a figure as 36% per cent.

Said Mr. Sigmund Uffenheimer, manager of A. Herz's bazar, in regard to this subject: "I do not think the effects of the Dingley bill will be apparent fo4 at least six months and possibly not so soon. New York importers have an enormous 6tock of goods on hand that were brought in in anticipation of the new tariff'and 'they will sell them to good cash purchasers at the old prices. In my opinion there, will be no advance sooner than next spring. When it comes I believe, while I have not examined the matter very closely as yet, that it will be not greater than 10 per cent. On some goods the advance will be 5 per. cent, c)n the other 10 and on still others much more, but I am convinced that the average increase will not exceed 10 per cent. The question is not an easy one to figure .upon. The McKinley bill imposed a duty on hosiery and it was estimated that, these goods would sell for much more than they had brought before. On the contrary, they were cheaper under the McKinley bill than they had ever been before. The foreign dealers simply cut the price down until the cut was greater than the increased duty of the McKinley bill."

Yesterday morning the Indianapolis Journal published two interesting interviews with Indianapolis business men. One is a clothier, Mr. George W. Bliss of Bliss, Swain and Co., proprietors of the Progress clothing store, and the other, a hatter named Thomas E. Potter. Mr. Swain's talk agrees perfectly with interviews recently had by The Express with Mr. Marx Myers of this city and Mr. I. Goldberg, the West Maip, street wool dealer. "I was greatly surprised," said Mr.- Bliss' to a Journal reporter, "at the activity of business in New York. It indicates that times are going to be better there at any rate. I have not seen so many buyers before for four or five years. The manufacturers were themselves surprised at the increased demand for woolen clothing, ind while the stocks they now have on bands are being sold at the same figure, we wefc}. given to understand that we might expeofr an increase in price on future orders. Whether due to the increased demand, the tariff* or what not, prices will be Bomownat higtnx er." "Some men believe, Mr. BlHs," suggested the reporter, "that the new tariff fchedute will cause the price of clothing to go wa^ up do you anticipate such a result?' r. "Not at all prices will never De so h'gtof as they were, say-five or six years .tga. Conipetition is todi active. The advance in price will be in the cloth. Take a wo?un dot^i •that sells for, say, 60 cents a yard. An vance of 10 cents would mean a great deal to the manufacturers, but would hardly be detected by the consumer. Thred yards of' cloth make a suit. You'can see for yourself that the selling price would not be greatly increased. A suit of clothes that wo now sell for $10 might bring $11, but It is doubtful." "What impressed you most strongly in New York as regards business?" "It was the large number of buyers. Manufacturers were not anxiou's to seil at the old prices, although they will d) so. We were informed that owing to the inceai 1 demand there would be some delay in fill'nsi orders, but they will be filled in comparatively reasonable time. "I found manufacturers and business men generally much encouraged. It is

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS'TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 27,189?

Estimates As

are notifying dry goods

dealers that after the passage of the Dingley bill, which is already in effect, they will he compelled to charge more for all Imported i,« goods. I-

Mr. Charles M. Mills, manager of. L. B. Root Co.'s store, displayed a number of letters notifying him that when the Wilson bill should give place to the Dingley bill there would be an increase in the cost price of silks, linen and woolen goods and all other articles brought to this country from abroad.

Mr. Mills says the increase on some

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that the increased demand will make things better all along the line". A small advancein prices means a good deal to the mill men and their employes, white it is not felt to any great degree by the consumer. A few cents more on the yard increases the profits of the mill men and at the same time eia•bles them to pay their operators bet'er wages. It looks like laborers will be getting increased wages before- long. Of course, this means better times' all- along. I do not want to appear as to*"fcangultie, out I feel satisfied that times WHV'sooh be better in every direction. Collectifeag are oetter everywhere. Here at home our July business was the best of several years. The spring business was far ahead of tnat of a year a

Thomas E. Potter, a leading "hat manufac turer of Indianapolis, returned from New York City, Saturday, also much elated over the business outlook in the East.

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ter visits the metropolis two or thfee times a year ata'd is closely in touch with- th* cominerclal interests of the dountry. Oi fcis* last"visit £e saw unmistakable signs of a great bushfess awakening. "I .spent a month in New York 'his Tast time," said ^lr. Potter, "and I am frsSk'to* say I fever saw more tfttive indifciUo&Ss'bf a g&nertil Sflslness reViVal. It can b€i',seen on all sides aiid in altaoet every lin-'. With' the bountiful crops we are promised a

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boom in the business world is a certainly/ and it is not very far off, either.

SHOULD HAVE HAD A BADGE. 1

Queer Reason for Assault Upon a Screened: Coal Peddler.

Jack Ghristenberry is a familiar figure'.oii' the thoroughfares, of this city." £t'4ny t-lm^r his horse and wagtfn may be seen going up and down as he hawks his load. Chr:st*nberry collects screened ccjl from the coa'. yards about town and sells it to whom hf may. He is not in the slightest degree connected with the mining indmiryV nor ifr he an operator, essepMn-a very remate w»7'All the mining ^'3a4W«"^SW:^?otind, as

he shovels his. Urates out of pile into his cart" But the fact that he handles coal caused a little rough treatment for him yestefdfty.

Christenberry and his wagon were at the intersection of Thirteenth and Poplar streets yesterday morning when John Brockh&us, a blacksmith's helper, approached him and struek him. Before this action the man of toiLjjs reported to have spoken as follows: "You of why ain't you got on a badge? You ain't got no right to sell coal .without you've got on a labor badge."

TJ»e peddler did not return the blow and the fompliment, but .contented himself with driving to Squire Brown's office and swearing out a warrant for Brockhaus. Constable Morrison went after the offender, but he ooufd not be found. ¥ne father of Brockhaus has for sometime refused to have anything to do Vith his shiftless son, who1 is drunk normally, and when he Is not is usually to be jctutjd .'.'pn ^be

--V j-tisM'i-j PEACE PRELIMINARIES.

It Will Soon Be Made Plain What the Sultan Will Do. Constantinople, July 26.—At the sitting of the Peace, Confetaence today, the am bassadors presented the peace preliminaries drafted by the" powers, which provide for European arbitration of any differences that^fnii^ &rise between the Grdek and TurkiSfti ^plenipotentiaries in arranging a definitive treaty. It is stated that the poors' will insist "upon the ac ceptanee by the porte of this provision and its reception, therefore, toy, the aultan will be highly significant.

The desire of Germany to institute European control of Greek finances still hampers the settlement of the indemnity question. It is understood that the VoioLarissa railway will be transferred "to the Greeli administration with the stipulation that the same facilities shall be granted to Turkey for the transportation of rtops as are "granted to the Greek government. This, therefore, does not indicate an intention on the part of Turkey to evacuate Thessaly, but is merely a measure of economy..

Inrtianapolla Hii&the Klondyke Craze. Special to the Express. indianapolis, July 26.—A largely attended masting of young business men was held at thri Bates House this afternoon to talk over a project of fitting out an expedition to the Klondyke. It was confined to men of substance and capital and the situation waB discussed seriously. The meeting resulted In the appointment of an executive committee, which will look into the matter more closely to see whether it would be better to send the expedition at once or wait until spring. A company will be organized and the enterprize conducted upon a stock basis. It will be backed by ample capital.

Mexico Ha* Her Own Klondyke. City of Mexico., July 26.—'It is predicted he¥e that when the golfi placer mining is de vt&bped in the state of Guerrero, more gold wfii be taken out- than in the Klondyke re gion. Some placer mining is being done with excellent results, and labor is cheap and water abundant, even in the dry season. One miner, an old Californian, reports taking out $.24,000 gold in May and to* average is $15,000 per month.

fir Nine Poker Players Fined. •i In Mayor Ross' court yesterday morning there was an interesting collection of human bric-a-brac. There were thirteen drunks and nine knights of the green cloth The drunks were given the regulation dose, and the gamblers were fined $5 and $10 each. Jake May was assessed $10 and costs for renting a room for gambling purposes, George May for keeping a gambling room and the players who were caught in the drag were given $5 and costs. There were two exceptions, however. These were Bert Bandy and "Crip" Davis (a recent arrival in the city), who were about to be mixed up in a free-for-all fight when the police came. The total for fines and costs for the raid on the gamblers amounted to something like $200. "vc

Proud of Belnp Convicted.

Topeka, Kan., July 26.—A. D. Hubbard, who was convicted of embezzling $8,000 as receiver of the Hamilton Printing Co., was togay sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Hubbard was a prominent lawyer here at the time of his arrest was law part-qer-of Lieutenant Governor Harvey, and was stkte president of- the A. P. A. of Kansas. ^V"hfen sentence was pronounced Hubbard m&de a sensational speech. He said he was cioiivincc«d that he was convicted because of his connection with the A. P. A., and if so, w|ts proud of it.

A Dynamite Cartridge Exploded. Lulu Reece, the 13-year-old daughter of 4. F. Reece, of Sanford, met with a most distressing accident Saturday evening. The little girl sat down in the yard late in the evening and began picking at a dynamite cap which she had found in her father's room. The child had no idea what the cartridge contained and kept on picking at it. Finally there was a loud report, and the girl fell back unconscious. Her little brother, who was sitting near by, also received injuries from the cartridge explosion. The girl suffered the loss of six fingers and her hands were so badly torn that they will forever be *l€SS

A t.'ood Samaritan Among the Inftane. Chicago, July 26.—Mrs. E. W. Packard, through whose efforts many laws have been passed bettering the condition of insane patients throughout the United States, is dead. The end came today at the Hahnemann hospital, after a surgical operation. Thirty-four bills were introduced by her in as many states in the interest of the insane, and these laws were enacted. They allowed insane persons a trial by jury and also allowed inmates of an asylum to communicate with friends outside.

Household Necessity.

Cascarets Candy" Cathartic, the most wonderful "iiied?c*l discovery of the age, pleasant and HSPefe'hing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headiphe, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. today 13, 28, 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists.

McNally Not Swim the Channel. London, July~26.—Peter McNally, the Boston swimmer, who naade an attempt to swim the English channel on Saturday and continued his task until withip 'three miles of the French coast, is.in good condition today. This,evening he .will return to Dover, and wljj sail for tl*e United States next Saturday«ir-

Silver Touches Low Water Mark. New York, July 26.—The market price of bar silver reached low water mark today, c1 Government assay bars were qudted at 59 cents, which made the silver in a standard -M silver dollar worth 45.68 cents, as against 45.70 :n 1894:

Mrs. S'iaUory: Wife of Oyster King, Dead. Baltimore. July 26.—1Mrs. J. D. Mallory, Wife of the oyster and fruit packer of this rU'y. was- thrown from her carriage yesunlay afternoon -and sustained fatal inju1.C3,

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HPNTIKft IN NEPAUL.

ON ELEPHANTS MOUNTED, SPORTS' MEN BEAT FOR TIGERS.

Other Game, Some Urn Some Small, I* Taken Before the Main ObJ*ct of the Hunt la Topad—How anger Acta When

Wounded—A Frightened Elephant.

By 10 o'clock our howdah elephants are marshaled before the tents, and we mount and stow away oar paraphernalia of guns, rifles, ammunition, waterskln, tea bottle, a book perhaps, a gigantic double lined umbralla to be held over as by the attendant in the back seat and a native blanket, folded as a cushion now, but to be unfolded and thrown around us should the wild bees attack. That is the simple kit of him who cares not for luxuries. Half a mile from our camp we enter a stretch of grass in which it would be hopeless to look for tigers, and our 40 elephants are ranged in line in order to beat for game of a less ambitious kind. The order to advanoe is given, and I sound on a dog whistle the signal of "general shooting." The mahouts, thoroughly alive to the fact that tigers are not likely to present themselves, keep their beasts in rank so regular that no likely patch of cover shall be passed unbeaten, and we are off.

Now from one howdah, now from another, anon from two or three howdahs simultaneously, grans and rifles are fired as birds and beasts rise or break before us. Now falls a black partridge, now a peacock oomes to earth with all his panoply of gorgeous plumage, now a bog deer or a cheetul dies, and so our death dealing lino moves on, broken only when, for a few minutes, one elephant stops to p^d a stag or pig or other game too heavy to be lifted by the elephant's trunk, and handed—or trunked—to the mahout for safe keeping in a bag. Other wild things fall in this improvised battue—swarap partridges (incorrectly styled ehikore), hares, and, raised out of a bit of marshy ground, a snipe. But all these smaller creatures, albeit useful for our commissariat, and especially for the standing stewpan, are insignificant by comparison with a splendidly headed sambhur. That gives a glory to our bag that outshines all else. The killing of that noble stag is a fortunate as well as a brilliant achievement, for ordinarily the sambhur only exhibits himself when the shikari, being directed to reserve his fire for tiger, may not shoot him.

We have done fairly well in that strip of grass and now proceed to beat the dry course of a forest stream, in some parts of which there is oover of grass below a shade from the overhanging trees. Here we may, with luck and proper strategy, rouse a tiger consequently more careful tactics' have to be adopted. Three of our four guns are sent as "stops" to advance posts up the nullah, whitherward they make their w«y by forest routes one remains to drive along the nullah bed, he being flanked on either hand by beating elephants that shall keep suoh line as circumstances and the mahouts' sense of honor—a dubious quantity—may permit. Upon all is laid the injunction that there shall be no shot fired save at tiger, panther or bear.

So for some three furlongs the main line wends its way up and along either bank of the nullah, while the stops move forward to head the driven quarry. None of the smaller denizens of the woodland rises or run6 unassailed by him who holds the pass. Still for many minutes is the forest silence unbroken by report of firearm or other sound, save those which the heavy footed elephants evolve. Suddenly Motimohul, the howdah bearing behemoth of the nullah, dashes her trunk againsft the ground with resounding noise and forth from out of a dense grass patch a tiger dashes, is seen in time and sorely wounded as it mounts the nullah's bank.

Untouched by bullet, that tiger might have disappeared in the leagues of forests that hereaway extend on three sides being hit, it turns in its course aDd springs upon the elephant In tho nullah bed some feet below it, reaches the pad and clings there.

Now, if that elephant would but stand for a matter of ten seconds the tiger would receive its coup de grace from him who rides in the howdah. But the intelligence of Motimohul does not grasp the situationIt only rises to the occasion sufficiently to move her to do that whibh, under the circumstances, is the worst thing to be done. She curls her trunk up to set that out of the way of a tiger that is nowhere within reach of it and bolts blindly. The tiger drops to the ground, shaken and doubtless puzzled, and the curtain drops on act 1.

Fortunately a tiger badly hit is generally a tiger bagged, and this one is in that oase. Motimohul is pulled up in something within a quarter of a mile, after several ineffectual efforts to smash her howdah among the trees. The line of elephants, which has broken up in disorder, is rallied, the stops oome in from the front, and we. with such orderly arrangement as may be, retrace our Gteps. We beat the cover of the nullah and its banks with scrupulous attention to every thicket that may hold the tiger. By dint of much forcible language in the vernacular of a country that has a peoullar potency of vocabulary, by dint of lavish promise of backsheesh as well, our mahouts do their duty to 6omo extent—and with success the tiger rises from out of its grassy refuge, roars and charges—to fall, pierced by half a dozen bullets, just as for a second time it had come home to one of our elephants.

Hurrah! Wo do not 6hout thus wise, for we are Englishmen and not emotional. Moreover, our throats are too dry for ejaculation, but we are glad at heart that this splondid creature has been given into our hands, and cheerily we settle down to an early tiffin while the tiger is being padded.—Saturday Review.

A TABBY'S BLIND RAGE.

attacked a Woman's Mink Boa, Which She Mistook For an Enemy. A Woman end man were sitting in tho waiting room of the Staten Island ferry waiting for the gates to open to admit the passengers for the next boat across. The woman had a mink boa laid carelessly in her lap. The snarling face of the stuffed mink with its vicious little glass eyes looked defiantly over the edge of her lap into the room. At a little distance the station oat was contentedly making her toilet by alternately licking her paws and giving her faco a vigorous rubbing. So absorbed was the cat in ber ablutions that she was not aware of a pair of bright little yellow eyes fixed intently upon her.

After a minute or two, however, tabby seemed satisfied that her appearance was as it should be. Then she deigoedV.o take a look around the room to see what was going on. Suddenly her eyes ceased their aimless wandering and became riveted on a spot in tbe direction of the lady with the boa. This was followed by a nervous twitching in the end of the cat's taiL There was evidently something interesting there, and all indications pointed toward trouble of some kind.

The cat stared at the gleaming little eyes, while her tail Inoreased the violence of its twitchlngs. The mink, when it came to staring, was more than able to hold its own against the oat. The latter Beemed to realize this. She slowly rose from her haunches and began to steal out of the line of vision of tho little eyes', meantime keeping her own fixed steadily on the snarling face in the lap. The cat circled slowly out erf the mink's range ol view, quickened her pace for a few yards and then suddenly crouched down and began to creep along the floor. The prospects of troublo werebeeomiAg promising.

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was evidently gofig to aftaok the mink on its left wing. Tbe woman and man- were* engaged in conversation, unaware of the designing oat. Tbe woman began tap* ping her foot on the floor, which gave the mink's head a bobbing motion. Thi« show of independence and bravado seemed to aggravate the cat beyond feline endurance.

There was a sudden spring, and almost simultaneously the cat landed a swift short arm blow on the mink's left jaw. With a little screech of terror the woman jumped up, dropping the mink to the floor, where the cat promptly seised it. For a few seconds thesfe was an interesting intermingling of fur:-then the 3nsffgutv ceeded in rescuing She' boa. The cat strolled off with the air of one who had' vindicated herself, and the trouble WaJ over.—New York Sun. t'T* ''V

SALUTING THE KEYS,

An Ancient Midnight Ceremony at th«' Tower of Xkradon. A custom continued down into Viv toria's reign is described as follows:

A few minutes before the clock strikei the hour of 19 the head warder (yeoman porter), clothed in along red cloak, bearing a large bunch of keys and attended by a brother warder carrying a lantern, a^ pears in front of the guardhouse and loud^ ly calls out, "Escort keys!" The sergeanf of the guard, with five or six men, then turns out, following him to the "spur," or outer gate, each sentry challenging al they pass his post. "Who goes there?" "Keys!" The gates being carefully locked and barred, the procession returns, th« sentries exacting the same explanation and receiving the same answer as befora. Arrived once more in front of the main guardhouse, the sentry there gives aloud stamp with his foot and asks: "Who goes therof". m? "Keys!" 4*^ "Whose keys?" "Queen Victoria'* keys, and all's well L1'

The yeoman porter then exolaims, "God bless Queen Victoria!" The man with the lantern then says

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"Amen!" The officer on duty gives the word "Present arms!" the firelocks rattle, the officer kisses the hilt of the sword, the escort fall in among their companions, and the yeoman porter marches across the parade alone to deposit the keys in the lieu* tenant's lodgings.

The ceremony over, not only are all egrestf and ingress totally precluded, but even within the walls no one can stir without being furnished with the countersign.—' Providence Journal.

Fondness of Mice For Mnsle. A nice little animal story Js given in Nature Notes, which raises the interesting quest-ion whether mioe have a fondness for music. It is contributed by a musician, who says: "One evening I was somewhat startled at hearing my piano suddenly giv* ing forth sweet sounds, apparently of ita own accord. A mouse, so it proved, bad got Inside the instrument, and was mak' ing music on the wires. Whether this wal intentional on mousie's part or not I oan« not say. Perhaps he was trying to make a nest for himself there. Some years ago, however, while a piano was being played in tbe dining room of my old home, several mice came out upon the health rug and began to jump about, apparently with delight at the sound of tho music, and one was either so abrorbed or overcome by it that he allowed himself to be carried away in a tongs by the housemaid." After this, ladies ought to lose their antipathy to mioe —indeed we may soon expect some humanitarian dame to commence musical, parties for their delectation. It would be amusing to see them dance and would form a really humane method of catohing them.—London News.

Comparative Value of Food*. Professor Atwater's exhaustive studies and experiments'in this line have led him to the conclusion that the greatest nutritive value in any kind of food of the same specific cost is to be found in cornmeal. He finds that in 10 pounds of the latter there are slightly over 8 pounds of aotual nutriment in 8 13 pounds of wheat flour there are over pounds of nutrimeat, in 5 pounds of white sugar there are impounds of nutriment, in 5 pounds of beans there are 4 pounds of nutriment, in 20 pounds of potatoes there are 8% pounds of nutriment, in 25 cents' worth of fat 6alt pork there are 814 pounds of nutriment, in the same value of wheat bread there are pounds, in the neck of beef 1 %, in skimmilk cheese the same as the latter, in whole milk cheese a trifle more than 1H pounds, in smoked ham and leg of mutton about the same, in eggs at 25 cents a dozen about 7 ounces and in oysters at 35 cents a quart about S ounces.— New York Tribune.

They Have Been Married 87 Tears. Mr. and Mrs. Jaoob Hiller, who live near La Grange, Ind., have just completed 87 years of married life, and both bid fair to live a few years longer. Mr. Hiller is now 107 years old, and bis wife is 105, and the little frame cottage they occupy has been their home for nearly 85 years. Tbis house consists of one room, and this room contains all tbe aged couple's earthly posJ' sessions.

Mr. Hiller is a vigorous looking man for" his extremeold age. His hand is as strong and his step as firm as are those of a manr* of 40. His eyes are bright, and his Jong hair falls in unmixed whiteness almost t-o his shoulders. His wife has long since passed under tho spell of old age. She is bent almost double with the weight of her years and is totally blind. They were married when Mr. Hiller was 20 and his wife IS. With bis old age have oome symptoms of second childhood, the most amusing and amazing of which is the cutting of two teeth lately. Tho old oouple have 11 children, thp eldest 82 and the youngest 57.

Jim Bludso In Real Life.

An incident realizing John Hay's fa"( mous story of Jim Bludso, engineer of the Prairie Bell, who "held her nozzle ag'in the bank till tho last galoot" was ashore,V, has occurred at Mobile recently on the'"1' Chattahoochee river in tbe wreck of th€T steamer Griggs. The steamer struck a snag and ripped open her bottom. She® began to fill, and the pilot headed her to aH. sand bar, while the engineer, nr.med Wa-= torbury, crowded on all steam, though the water was already over a portion of deck. Reaching the eand bar the vessel*" careened, and the water, rushing in, caught the brave engineer at bis post in the engine room. He died there. Two other persons were lost—a roustabout, who'be-* came frightened and jumped oVerbOafd, and a negro woman, who be came panto" stricken and refused to leaver the lowkr^ deck. All the others were saved, thanks^ to tbe devotion of tbe engineer.—Mobile' Daily Register.

Monkey* Seized by Uncle Sam. Inspectors Sullivan and Hussey of thi^ oustoms service, New York, captured on board the Norwegian steamship Banan reeently 11 monkeys that had been brought here by the vessel from Central and South, American ports and were not entered on?, her manifest. Ten of the monkeys were^

at the clever species used by organ {jrindcrf*^ and are valued at from $5 to $10 apiece. They were tethered in various parts of the ship. The eleventh was of a larger variety and was tamo enough to be allowed the^ freedom of the deoks. 'h. .J- fr- ?v_* f,

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