Bloomington Courier, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 July 1895 — Page 2

HISTOKY OF A WEEK.

THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP TO DATE. Political Religions, Social and Criminal Doings of the Whole World Carefully Condensed for Oar Readers The Accident Record. fire partially destroyed the new paVilicn at Lake Park. Milwaukee. Fire at Scotia. Cal., destroyed the Pacific Lumber Company's plant. Loss, $250,000. The Morgan Lumber Company's yards and buildings at Reedsburg, Wis., were burned. Loss, $12,000; insurance, $4,000. The town of Lorenville, Ont., was almost destroyed, twenty-five dwellings being burned. Loss, $30,000, with very little insurance. A farmer named Lyle, of Madison. Wis., was robbed of $400. M. Dolan, a street car conductor, was robbed and murdered on a lonely street in Spokane. Charles Finley. aged 21. of 105 North Third street was drowned while swimming north of Milwaukee. Two negro arc light trimmers were killed by coming in contact with a live wire at Augusta. Ga. Adolph Stang. 8 years old, was drowned while bathing in Lake Michigan at Clark Station, Ind. An eastbound Union Pacific fruit special was wrecked at Rawlins, Wyo., three cars being destroyed. Two boys stealing rides, Frank Bodie and William Hayes, were fatally hurt. An unknown man hanged himself at Lake, Wis. Miss Elizabeth Allen, a public school teacher, committed suicide at Milwaukee while despondent. Mrs. Hooley. 60 years old, of South Rockford, 111., Jumped into a well. She was rescued and though injured will probably recover. An unknown man waded out into the lake near Ludington, Mich., and shot himself dead. He was well dressed, though there is nothing to indicate his identity. The steamer Washtenaw, reported wrecked in the Straits of Magellan, has arrived at San Francisco. Burling W. Grault and M. Roy, prominent in New Orleans society, were drowned there. Grault fell overboard and Roy tried to save him. Riley Watson, who murdered Albert McComas In Lincoln County, W. Va., and a despera-te character, was captured at Gallipolis, O. The steamer Leone has been quarantined at Galveston, Tex., because it took on board at Key West, a passenger who had come from Havana, an infected port. At a central conference of American rabbis at Rochester. N. Y., Dr. S. Hecht of Milwaukee will urge the establishing of a fund for the assistance of superannuated rabbis. The Rev. Warren S. Partridge preached at the Ninth Street Baptist Church, Cincinnati, O., the former charge of the fc A bC. V Mil U&J V.. AW FT Wl. .ft, " v.ut u,vr -ft-.L m. Myewihere. A long drawn out treasury squabble in the Creek nation ended by the council passing an act suspending Chief Ferryman and recognizing Second Chief Bullet as acting chief of the nation. Six persons were drowned at Lake Geneva, Wis., by the capsizing of a pleasure boat. The village of Canton, Kas., was al--TOOSt totally destroyed by a cyclone. Twenty-five persons were hurt, many it is thought fatally. A daughter was born to President and Mrs. Cleveland Sunday afternoon. Mother and child are doing well. Five sailors were drowned in Lake Michigan, off Chicago, in Sunday's storm. The relations between France and Brazil are severely strained. It is feared war will result. Instructions 'have been Issued by the war department to the regular army as to the measures to be used against mobs of strikers. The troops are told to use their guns at their discretion. James Foxwell. a Plattsmouth, Neb., carpenter, has it is said, fallen heir to a share in an uncle's $3,000,000 estate in England. The situation in the Elkhorn, W. Va.. mining region, where 9,000 miners have been on strike for two months, is growing serious. Adjutant White of the Governor's staff thinks troops will be required to preserve order. The Stamford. Conn.. Manufacturing Company, employing 500 hands, has announced that the wages of all its employes will be increased at once 10 per cent. The union carpenters engaged on the Catholic university at Washington. D. C, have struck for an advance of wages. A company of 1000 persons from parts Of Kentucky and Ohio has left Cincin nati for Mexico, where it will settle near Coatzacoalcos and raise coffee and rubber. VJohn D. Rockefelller has decided not i r . . . 1 1. . t ; io ngm ine sun oi jjeoniuas merrm at Duluth for pay as financial agent, and has paid the judgment and interest, amounting to $13,303. Prevalence of rain throughout the grazing districts of Corado has caused a heavy increase of aihrax among cattle. J. G. Wooley. of Chicago, delivered an address at the convention of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association at Cleveland. Two cases of small pox were reported from Villa Ridge. 111., making three cases reported from that town. Senator George G. Vest has left for Europe. He will spend the summer at Carlsbad. Germany. Lessees of Indian lands in Nebraska threaten to resist the Indian police. Bloodshed is feared. The Maine World's Fair building, which has been reconstructed at Poland Springs, Me., was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of the settlement of the town. Gov. Cleves and other distinguished men were present. Ex-Congressman Bryan and R. H. Clarke debated the free silver question at Mobile. Joseph Journey, a revenue storekeepr and gauger in Iredell County, North Carolina, was murdered and robbed by unknown persons. George Dubois, the 23-year-old son of Mary M. Dubois, a wealthy widow of Tiffin, O., has disappeared. As he once tried to kill himself it is believed he now lias succeeded in committing suicide.

FOREIGN. There is a report that the seal filming on the Labrador coast last spring was almost a complete failure. It is alleged that ex-United States Consul Waller, arrested in Madagascar and taken to France, Is ill in prison and denied proper medical treatment. The Russo-Chlnese loan is said to be oigned. The fishing smack Rambler, belonging in Yarmouth, England, has been sunk in the north sea and five of her crew drowned. The director of the Manora observatory announces on inflexion near the south cusp of Venus, visible since June 9, which disappears daily at 4 o'clock. A large military baloon burst on the grounds of the baloon department of the German army at Berlin, seriously injuring five persons. The cause of the break is not known. Prince Bismarck is very ill at Friedrichsruhe. Members of his family have been summoned. The viceroy of the Chinese province of Szechuan is blamed for the murder of foreign missionaries and the destruction of their property. The abolition of the house of lords is is tz be an issue in the coming political campaign in England, according to Lord Rosebery.

CRIME Mrs. Mabel Ish was held at Omaha for the murder of W. H. Chappie. She pleaded not guilty. Two masked men attempted to rob Nick Whalen at Emporia, Kan. He ran and escaped, but was slightly wounded by a pistol shot. Irene Salor. 15, shot herself in her room at No. 6 Fletcher avenue, Indianapolis. She will die. L. H. Farmer and his wife will die at Mridian, Miss., from injuries received from two negroes. Thomas Norville, colored, was hanged In jail at Mobile, Ala., for murdering Louis Coleman last summer. John Case, an ex-convict, living seventeen miles east of Riddles, Ore., was arrested charged with robbing the Oregon express Monday night. Case has been positively identified by the train hands. Frederick Hellman, a brick mason, of Chicago, shut his wife and four children in a room with himself and turned on the gas. All were dead when found. He is thought to have been insane. In a fight at a Fourth of July picnic at Siberia, Ind., three men were killed and many persons injured, some of whom will die. The fight began between Catholics and anti-Catholics. A quarrel over a woman In a beer garden at Lewiston, 111., resulted in a free fight with knives and guns, in which many persons were hurt. Two local toughs at Burlington, Iowa, resisted arrest. In the fight that ensued one of them was shot fatally. The $1,700 in notes and papers stolen from W. A. Pratt at Trout Park, near Elgin, 111., by pickpockets June 9 were found there, evidently where the thief threw them. James Parsons, of Rockford, 111., aged 21, disappeared two weeks ago and his relatives fear he has either ended his life or been foully dealt with. He left left his watch, chain and money at home before starting and was out of work. A white man named Jackson shot and killed his wife and himself at Benton, Ark. John Wade shot and fatally wounded Cyrus Goddin at Columbus, O. They loved the same girl. Cy G. Cummings was found dead in bed at Linneus, Mo., and hi3 wife arrested charged with the crime. James Hayes, under the influence of liquor, shot and fatally wounded his wife and himself at Philadelphia. Ben Cagle of Chattanooga, Tenn., threatened to kill his wife with an ax. To defend herself she shot him dead. They lived on a house boat. Sheriff E. S. McMillan of Escambia county, Alabama, was killed near Bluff Springs, Fla., by Morris Slater, alias Railroad Bill, a colored desperado. Bloodhounds are on the trail. CASUALTIES. John Rice, 19, was drowned while bathing at Paris, 111. George Peters, 29, was killed by a live electric wire at Davenport, la. Frank Barton was beaten probably fatally by tramps at Ottumwa, la. Dennis Knapp was run over and killed by a wheat-cutting machine at Hartland, O. W. C. Davenport, 19, was shot fatally by a companion accidentally at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. Mrs. Adolph Schuneman was fatally burned by the explosion of a kerosene lamp at Princeton, 111. John W. Carter, a well-known ink manufacturer of Boston, was drowned while bathing at the beach at Harwick, Mass. Jenkins Stewart, aged 4 years, son of the United States judge in the Indian Territory, was struck by a baseball and instantly killed. James Lillian, colored, was drowned while bathing in the Licking river at Zanesviile, O. The bonded warehouse connected with the distillery of A. B. Sheaffer, at Pittsburg, Pa., was burned, with 200 barrels of whisky. Loss, $15,000; insurance, $4,000. Brunnette's sawmill at New Westminster, B. C, with a drying kiln box, shed and blacksmith shop, was destroyed by fire, and a sash arid door factory adjoining, owned also by Brunnette, was damaged. Laidlaw's cannery-, with its contents, was destroyed. The total loss will be about $170,000. Three hundred feet of the Louisville, Evansvllle and St. Louis railway approach to the Mount Carmal bridge burned. Transfers are made temporarily by ferry. Christian Kettel, a wealthy farmer from Du Page township, Will county. 111., was instantly killed in a runaway at Joliet. Bernhardt Ammunson was fata'.ly and his wife and two children seriously injured by a runaway at Black River Falls, Wis. Henry Kirkendall, 20 years old, was accidentally killed near Evansvllle, Ind., being struch by a bullet fired by Ben Sandefur who was hunting. Charles Macomber, aged 10, ar:d a Mexican boy and girl, aged 14, were injured, perhaps fatally, by the explosion of the boiler of a pleasure boat at Wooten lake, Colorado. Andrew Nelson, son of Major William Nelson of the IT. S. A., was fatr.lly injured at Evansvllle. Ind.. by an electric train. Young Nelson was a graduate of the class of '97, Wabash college.

LABOR NOTES.

The Watts Steel and Iron syndicate, of Middlesboro, Ky., has voluntarily raised the wages of its men 10 per cent. Green Bay, Wis., brewers met the committee of the State Federation of Labor, but declined to raise wages to the union scale. The Tiffin, O., Woolen Mills Company, employing over 100 hands, has announced a desire to run day and night and is making every effort to procure a double set of hands for that purpose. An increase in wages is promised. Fifty men in the brewer pottery at Tiffin, O., quit work on account of a dispute with the management as to who is responsible for spoiled work. Beginning July 5 the wages of the employes of thf Diamond State Iron Company at Wilmington, Del., will be advanced 10 per cent. About 700 men will be affected. The 200 employes of the Canton, O., Steel Company have gone on strike for a restoration of the wages of 1892. Thl is equivalent to a demand for an increase from 25 to 40 per cent MISCELLANEOUS. The Central Illinois Holiness Association at Virginia, 111., elected the Rev. S. Hewitt president. A decision was rendered at Duluth, Minn., that cooks and blacksmiths were entitled to liens on logs. Thompson's Grove, near arbondale, 111., has been chosen as the site of the reunion of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Association August 14 to 16. The State Bank of Eveleth, Minn., has been organized with $100,000 capital. A. P. Goss, Hudson, Wis., is to be cashier. An offer in behalf or Chicago capitalists of $5,000 has been made for the charter of the banking company at New Albany, Ind. Citizens of Galesburg, 111., have been warned officially to boil the city water before using, owing to a dangerous amount of organic matter. The official report on the wreck, June 28, of the steamship Collma gives the number of lives lost as 153. Evidence was adduced to show the vessel was in good condition, and that excellent discipline was maintained on board. The National Educational Association is In session at Denver, Col., with a large attendance. The funeral of the late Speaker Meyer of the Illinois house of representatives was held Friday. Kentucky populists in convention nominated a state ticket, reaffirmed the Omaha platform, and made other recommendations on the same order. The heavy storm that demolished a building at St. Charles, 111., in May, causing several deaths and injuries to a number, is the cause of suits for damages, brought by Luke C. Austin, of St. Charles, and Mr. Johnson, of Elgin, for $10,000 each. Chief Engineer John L. D. Borthrick of the cruiser Amphitrite, who cut his throat, is getting well at the Norfolk, Va., naval hospital. The populists of Kentucky met at Louisville, heard speeches, no business being transacted on the first day. Nebraska prohibitionists at Lincoln nominated the following state ticket: For supreme court justice, A. G. Wolfenbarger; for regents of the Unii-wsity of Nebraska, J. J. Bryant and Mrs. G. W. Woodbey. C. E. Bentley of Nebraska was indorsed as a presidential possibility in 1896. Pennsylvania populists met at WilIlamsport and nominated a state ticket. Secretary Lamont and party visited Spokane on their way to Portland. The State Temperance Union of Kansas is in session at Topeka, 600 delegates being in attendance. James L. Whittier, chief editorial writer on the Chattanooga Tradesman, was fatally stricken with paralysis. Addresses before the world's student convention at Northfield. Mass., were made by Professor W. W. White, of Chicago; Rev. Dr. Patton, of Princeton, and Rev. Dr. Pierson. Boll worms, the terror of cotton raisers, have made their appearance in Fannin County, Texas. The Democratic "mass convention" at Denver, Col., called in the interests of silver, was poorly attended. Resolutions favoring the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 were adopted. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle Common to prime. $1. Hogs 3. Sheep Good to choice 1. Wheat No. 2 Corn No. 2 Oats Rye Eggs Potatoes Per bu BUFFALO. Wheat No. 2 red Corn No. 2 yellow Oats No. 2 white PEORIA. 50 5.90 50 5.15 25 4.15 G9 .71 .45 .47 .23 .25 ,5S 3 .5S'A .10 .lift .30 .40 .74 .76 .52 .52 .33 .33 .61 .62 .46 .46 27 .2814 Rye No. 2 Corn No. 3 white Oats No. 2 white ST. LOUIS. Cattle 2. 10 5.25 70 5.10 00 5.00 Hogs 4 Sheep 2 WV'heat No. 2 red Corn No. 2 Oats No. 2 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 spring Corn No. 3 , Oats No. 3 white Barley No. 2 , Rye No. 1 KANSAS CITY. Cattle 1 Hogs 4 Sheep 3 NEW YORK. 71 43 .72 .44 .26 2o 70 .7014 47 & .47 2S 0 .28 49 .49 59 .59 50 4.00 10 4.90 60 5.75 Wheat No. Corn No. 2 Oats No. 2 Butter red .73 .75 .51 $x .52 .2S .28 .08 .18 .73 .74 .47 Cd .47 .2-3 ft .26 TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 I Corn No. 2 mixed.. Oats No. 2 mixed... Largest fndlima KWMiitor Rums. Terre Haute, Ind., July 5. Bartlett, Kuhn & Co. 'Ft large grain elevator, designated as elevator A, was burned down shortly before midnight last night. It was filled with grain, and the loss will be heavy, but Mr. Kuhn could give no estimate of the air-ount. It was the largest elevator in Indiana. Railroad Stiv t ion liurned, Rockford, ill.. July 5. The Illinois Central east s?5de passenger fetation was burned to the ground at an early hour yesterday morning. It is supposed to have been cause-.! by fireworks.

THE TRADE REVIEW.

COMMERCIAL CENTERS MAKI: FAVORABLE REPORTS. Heavy Sales of Wool at London, Though Largely Speculative Good Increase Noted in the Retail Distribution of Various Products. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade in its latest says: "The midsummer reports from all commercial centers are of special interest., covering the questions on which the- future of business depends. They indicate distinctly better crop prospects than other official or commercial accounts, a marked increase in retail distribution of products, an active demand for goods, and a general enlargment of the working force, with more or less advance in the wages of more than half a million hands. At the same time they show that the rapid advance in prices has somewhat checked the buying of the few classes of products. In some parts of the country the outlook for fall trade is considered bright. "Wool is stronger, both here and abroad, the London sales opening July 2 at higher prices, and the average for 104 qualities of domestic wool quoted by Coates Bros, has risen neariy half a cent since June 15. Sales have been enormous, though largely speculative, but exceeding those of May and June In any previous year, being 26,897,613 domestic and 27,287,100 foreign, against 24,232,400 domestic and 19,675,150 foreign for 1892. There is a growing reorder demand for heavy-weight woolens, and many new kinds of light weights have been opened, with notable irregularities In prices, some lower and others higher than last year. But the manufacture is better sustained thus far FRITZ HELLMAN, THE Fritz Hellmann, a Chicago building contractor, deliberately killed himself, his wife and their four children the night of July 4, by shutting: his house up tight and turningon a gas jet. The six bodies were discovered Friday morning and it was first thought they were victims of an accident, but a letter written by Hellmann to his brother and read at the inquest left no doubt that suicide, long planned, had been committed. The dead: FRITZ HELLMAN, aged 34 years. IDA HELLMAN, aged 29. FRITZ HELLMAN, JR.. aged 13. IDA HELLMAN, aged 11. WILLIE HELLMAN. aged 8. HEDWIG HELLMAN, aged 4. From the positions in which the bod than expected, and the feeling is very hopeful, especially as labor troubles have substantially ended. "Prices of cotton goods also continue to advance and the mills are generally well employed. Speculation has advanced cotton 3-16, though the crop news Is favorable, but the latter has depressed wheat 2 cents in spite of estimates that the yield has been materially reduced since June 1. Every year the crop reports are having less influence, and the time is ripe for the radical change in government estimates which the department proposes. The year closes with more than 2,600,000 bales American cotton available here and abroad, and with at least 05,000,000 bushels surplus wheat, although some make the quantity 30,000.000 bushels larger. The crop of oats is certain to be large, and the prospect for corn has greatly improved within the last few weeks." Bradstreet's says: "Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of the United States and from Montreal amount to 2,007,000 bushels this week, against 1,716,000 last week, and 1,850,000 in a week a year ago, 3,577,000 in the first week of the new cereal year in 1893, 2,060,000 in 1S92, and 2.225,000 in 1891; Pullman Company Increases Wages. Chicago, July 8. Wages of the employes in the great shops of the Pullman Palace Car company have been increased 10 per cent. This advance has been made gradually, and if the conditions which made it possible continue still further advances will probably be made. This increase in the wages of the Pullman employes affects about 4,000 men Conference of Kpiscopul Itishops. Sarotoga, N. Y., July 8. A conference of bishops of the Episcopal church is being held here. Among those in attendance are Bishops John Scarbrough, of New Jersey; C. T. Quintard. of Tennessee: W. S. Perry, of Iowa; W. I. Walker, of North Dakota, and J. S. Johnson, of western Texas.

HOW THEY STAND.

Percentage of the Clubs la tU National League T?ie following table shows the standing of the clubs composing the National League up to to-day: Clubs. W. L. P.C. Baltimore 33 21 .611 Boston 33 22 .600 Pittsburg 37 26: .587 Chicago ... ..39 28 .582 Cincinnati 34 2S .567 Cleveland 36 28 .562 Philadelphia 32 25 .561 Brooklyn 32 2$ J552 New York 28 30- .483 Washington 23 34 ,404 St. Louis 21 42 .333 Louisville 9 49' .155 Western League.Clubs W. L. P.C Indianapolis 36 20 .643 Kansas City 30 27 .527 Milwaukee 31 28 .525 St. Paul. .29 27 .518 Detroit 29 27 .517 Minneapolis 25 31 .446 Terre Haute 24 32 , .429 Grand Rapids 23 35 ..397 Western Association, Clubs. W. L. P.C Lincoln 34 20 .630 Peoria 33 21 .611 Omaha 31 24 .564 Des Moines ...26 25 .519' Qincy 26 27 .491 Jacksonville .21 33 .389 Rockford 20 32 .385 St. Joseph 20 33 .377 Michigan State League. Clubs Won. Lost. Pect. Adrian 24 8 .750 Lansing 26 9 .743 Kalamazoo 20 11 .645 Owosso 10 22 .313 Battle Creek 9 21 .300 Port Huron 8 26 .233 CHICAGO MURDERER. ies were found there is reason to believe the three elder children made a desperate struggle to escape from the bedroom in which they were confined, but were prevented by the father. The mother and baby were lying in bed as if in peaceful slumber, b&fcthe two boys and the older girl were in strained attitudes and the expression of their faces were those of persons wno had struggled hard against death. The father's hand, too, was firmly placed across the mouth of the older boy and there were marks on the tnroat of the other lad that would believe that the child had been quieted by strangulation. The bed clothes were in great disorder and showed evidence of a struggle. Hellmann is believed to have been insane. IS ANOTHER GIRL. Increase in the Family of the President. Buzzard's Bay. July 8. At Gray Gables yesterday afternoon at 4:30 a girl baby was born to President and Mrs. Cleveland. Dr. Bryant, the atmother and child are doing well. This tending physician, says that both mother and cniid are doing well. This is the third child born into the President's family, and all of them are girls. Ruth is 4 years old and Esther 2. Only a passing glance could be obtained from the President yesterday, but that was sufficient to note an expression of satisfaction on the face of the chief executive, although it was an open secret that a boy baby would not have been unwelcome. Mrs. Cleveland's mother, Mrs. Perrine, is expected to arrive from Buffalo this week. Ruth Cleveland, the first child, was born Saturday. October 3, shortly after midnight at No. S16 Madison avenue, New York. Esther, the second child, was born in the White House. September 9, 1893. Dr. Bryant attended Mrs. Cleveland on both of these occasions. There were several callers at Gray Gables Saturday afternoon, and Dr. Bryant did not leave until midnight. H went up to the house early in the morning and did not appear again until he annuonced the good news from the front door. Too Much Haln for Cotton. Huntsville, Tex.. July 8. Information from reliable sources indicates that the cotton crop is in a dangerous condition in Arkansas and Texas. Unless it stops raining, and that very soon, the cotton crop will be cut short at least 50 per cent. Negro Thief L.vnrhed. Jackson, Mist:., Jul 8. Theo Puckett, a negro who was arrested for a number of robberies, was taken from the officers while on the way to jail last night and hanged to a tree.

THE HERMIT'S CRY.

PETER'S PROTEST ECHOED AGAIN THIS YEAR. Commemoration a Coincidence Celeb r tlon of the First Crusade, When Europe Was Agitated Over the Turk's lawlessness Why the Repeated Failure; LONG protest p e a n against menian there field a with ther of Euro-powers-the Aratrocities has been series of fetes and celebrations in a little mediaeval town of South. Central France, commemorating the other great outcry of theWest against Mussulman crime, the First Crusade. It is 800 years since thefamous Council met within the city walls of Clermont-Ferrand, and Peter the Hermit, one of the most striking historical figures of the Dark Ages, made the impassioned address that has ever since echoed throughout Christendom. It is a marked' coincidence that the first celebration of an event that shifted the course of European history should, occur at a time when ail Europe is- agitated over the lawlessness of the Turk. It is a complete coincidence, however, for the ceremonies, were planned long before the truth about Armenia was known. Picturesqueness was the feature of the memorial fetes,, the celebration lasting four days,, with Thursday, May 16, and Sunday,. May 19, the most impressive. Bishops, Archbishops and one of the most famous Cardinals of France, his Eminence, Langenieux, of Rheims, were in attendance, and an imposing military display was made. The events which these fetes commemorated were among the most stirring in mediaeval history.. At the close of the eleventh century,. Mohammedanism had grown until it had proved Itself a formidable rival1 of the Christian. Church. Rome had long before predicted the waning of Mussulman power, but "Mahound" had pressed forward and not only held the gates of the Orient,, but Northern Africa and the sep ulcher of Christ. Throughout all the East cruelty reigned supreme. The pilgrims that made journeys to the holy sepulcher were persecuted with a fanaticism beyond description. Caliph Hakeem, then ruler of Palestine, was the son of a Christian mother, and the suspicion rested on him that he might be in favor of Rome. To prove himself a worthy follower of Mohammed and to dispel these Turkish suspicions, he became a more relentless oppressor than he would have been otherwise. This pel oeuuLiuii. vu iuc uiie uuug uccucu to inflame Christian minds. It was what directly brought about the First Crusade. At such a moment, the monk, Peter, of Amiens, came upon the scene. He had just returned from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where he had been a marked object of scorn, cursed and spat upon, and had barely escaped torture. He went to Rome, and there preseatei to Urban II., the fiery and yet diplomatic Pope, a petition from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, praying for the redemption of the Holy Land by the sword. The Pope caused this message to be read publicly, proclaiming it the "Mesiiage of Christ." The redemption of Jerusalem became a war cry. The peasants and the nobles throughout all Southern Europe foresaw in it a realization of the knighthood of romance and opportunities for wealth and honor. The Pope, seeing that all the brothers of the Church were inflamed, convoked the Council of Clermont, calling together priests, bishops, ambassadors and dignitaries from every corner of the Christian world. On the spot where the foundationstone of the great memorial was recently laid, Peter the Monk waved the cross in hi3 torn hands and shouted that it was the wish of God that the West should go into the East to save the tomb of Christ from the infidel, and princes, statesmen, peasants and " ecclesiastics raised the cry; "Dieu le veuit!" (It is the will of God.) Out of the Council of Clermont came the First Crusade, which, like all the rest, ended only in defeat, and from which only a handful of the host that went out returned. Jerusalem was captured under Godefroi de Bouillon, but was afterwards lost. Three hundred thousands men started in this initiatory attempt to save the cross of Christ. Something New at American Launching Capt. Alex, McDougall, inventor of the whaleback, is nothing if he hasn't something new. At all of his launchings at Superior heretofore a pretty young woman stood at the bow of the unsightly looking vessel and broke a bottle of champagne on the point of her (the vessel's) nose, at the same time giving it a name. McDougall is not going to abandon the young woman idea by any means, but he is going to pay some deference to the temperance women of the Northwest, and hereafter, instead of breaking the wine, the fair lady will let loose a cage full of swift birds, which will fly in all directions as the ship begins to move, typifying the diverse nature of commerce. He Dorrowea tne idea from the Japs, who used it before h? or his whaleback idea were born". Indian Commerce. The Indian manufactures were con fined to the making of canoes, the build ing of lodges, the weaving of baskets and coarse fabrics, and the making of rude weapons and images.