Bloomington Courier, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 July 1895 — Page 2

HISTORY OF A WEEK.

THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP TO DATE. Politic! Bells loos. Social and Criminal Doings of the Whole World Carefully Condensed for Oar Readers The Accldent Record. Flora Gedeon and Mary Tomasch of Cleveland, o., were drowned in Chippewa. Lake. The meeting of the Creek Indians at Okmulgee, I. T., July 17, is expected to result in a riot between the factions. W. A. Clark, Montana's millionaire mine-owner, has disposed of his holdings in that State. He will locate in Arizona. The official report of the trial trip of the U. S. S. Olympia shows that twenty knots was made under natural draft. N. D. Baker, agent for the W. S. Davis company of Chicago, has sued B. W. McKeen at Augusta, Me., for $10,000 for libel. George Maechel killed Theo. Kirkham at Bean Lake, a Kansas City, Mo., resort. Maechel afterward committed suicide. Cora Pace (colored), Mary Huntley and Lewis Stewart, confined in the Owsley County, Ky., jail for immorality, were taken out by a mob and given 100 lashes each. The second week of the Catholic Summer School at Plattsburg, N. Y., opened in an auspiciuos manner. A letter was received from Mgr. Satolli highly commending the work of the school. Dr. J. Milton Bowers, convicted of murdering his wife and later exonerated by his brother-in-law's confession, has married Miss Mary Berry of Denver. Albert Rotzinsi, " 24 years old, was drowned while bathing at the town of Lake, near Milwaukee. R. Jennyss, her husband, and Will Wilkinson were held for trial at Asheville, N. C, for the killing of Mrs. Jennyss. C. B. Henderson, who killed a Chinatown guide at San Francisco, is not known at Rochester, N. Y., where he was said to come from. Harry Lemond, a West Indian living In Cleveland, has laid claim to $250,000 left by V. B. Frazier, a South American planter, in 1824. Mayor Brown, of Rockford, ordered the destruction of Recreation park, the ball grounds, now in the center of the residence district. The first number of the Bay View Assembly Record, conducted by the school of journalism, appeared at the Michigan summer resort. Fire from spontaneous combusion destroyed the Sioux City linseed oil works of the National Linseed Oil trust. Loss, $15,000, fully insured. John Venie and Charles Davis, both colored, were arrested at Milwaukee upon a charge of holding up and robbing John Schroeder on Cedar street. Mrs. Leland Stanford expects to get some revenue from her ranches to aid in sustaining the great university. Richard A. Nerney, alias "Little Dick," an expert horse thief, was captured by the police of Milwaukee. He is 60 years old. Charles, alias "Kip" Murray, of Chicago, was taken from the steamer Virginia at Milwaukee, charged with having robbed a passenger. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has written a letter explaining the motives that Impelled him to sign the call for a silver conference in Washington August 18. Prince Francis of Teck, a brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales, lost 10.000 on the Curragh races. Lord Ardilaun offered to pay his debts, Prince Francis being well night a pauper, but the Queen interposed and paid them. Prince Francis has been ordered to go to India. An Australian parachutist named Campbell was fatally hurt at Horsham, Sussex. He was ascending in his balloon and had risen to the height of fifty feet, when the car attached to the balloon struck a chimney. Campbell was thrown out and fell to the ground. A cyclone which swept over the state of New York and New Jersey Saturday afternoon caused the death of six persons and the destruction of much property. Congressman Remann of Illinois died .Sunday morning. Spain has agreed to pay the Mora claim immediately. Work on the Muskogee, Oklahoma and Western railroad, to run from Muskogee, I. T., via Perry to Colorado Springs, CoL, will be commenced immediately. Mrs. Cleveland is getting along nicely and the baby is thriving. The weather has been very favorable since the birth of the little one and the doctor says she has suffered no drawback. The steamship Assaye brought to Montreal part of the crew of the steamer Mexico, which went ashore on the extreme north of Newfoundland July 7. The Mexico will be a total loss and was valued at $175,000. Miss Jessie Robinson, 20, of Indianapolis will ride a bicycle from Chicago to the City of Mexico, 3,000 miles. She will start Aug. 10 and will wear bloomers. She has wagered to make the run in thirty-eight days and will ride alone. Emanual Baptist Church of San Francisco was opened for worship for the first time since the bodies of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont were found in it. Only the lower part of the church was used, the gallery leading to the belfry where Blanche Lamont's body was found being closed. Col. E. T. Lee, of Monticello, 111., secretary of the Shilohi Battlefield Association, has received a copy of the roll of union prisoners at Shiloh Sunday, April 6. 1862. Texas anu-proe lighting law has been held to be valid and the Corbett-Fltz-simmons fight can not take place in that state. The American rabbinical conference at Rochester listened to an address by Dr. Hirsch, of Chicago, on the "Philosophy of the Reform Movement in American Judaism." The Federal Court at Montgomery. Ala., overruled a motion for a receiver for the Montgomery Brewing Company. Thomas MeKean of Philadelphia, Pa., has subscribed $50,000 of the $5,000,000 needed by the University of Pennsylvania. The Michigan Funeral Directors' Association in session at Grand Rapids, elected C. F. Ranger, of Battle Creek, President, and voted to meet in Kalamazoo next year.

I CASUALTIES.

Three negroes have been arrested at New Orleans for causing the Illinois Central wreck at Ponchatouly, La., Thursday night. Six lives were lost by a cloudburst in the mountains above Taluapantla, Mexico. By the caving in of the walls of a sewer at Fort Wayne, Ind., Peter Jasper was fatally hurt. Andrew Dryden, a brakeman, fell under the wheels of a train at Fort Wayne, Ind., and was killed. John Doyle, of Monroe, Wis., was struck by a runaway team and received injuries from which he will die. John Burke, a well digger, was killed near Chillicothe, 111., by the fall of a bucket into a well where he was working. Bert Drury and Frank Goodman were fatally injured by th-d bursting of a grindstone in the Detrcit Steel Spring Works. John Keegan, 6: George E. Riffet. 7; John MeGuil. 5, were drowned near Slatersville. R. I. One-half of the town of Clayton, N. Y., including the business portion, was burned last night. Loss. $75,000. Fire destroyed the shop and engine room of the Champion Stoneware company at Canton, Ohio. The loss was $35,000. Illinois Central passenger train No. 2, was wrecked two miles north of Ponchataula. La. The engineer was killed and the fireman and baggageman were badly hurt. Charles Jackson, colored was drowned in the Illinois river opposite Peoria. Bob Cillins, colored, fell under a train at Noblesville, Ind., and was ground to pieces, Stella Childs, aged 16. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was fatally burned by an explosion of gasoline. J. B. Chamberlain, an implement dealer of Stanton, Iowa, fell from a train at Newark, O., and was ground to pieces. Ionia Howe, the 12-year-old daughter of Dr. J. E. Howe, of Greenfield, Iowa, was thrown from a horse and killed. Bob Dunlop and Marston Cotton, two young farmers at Ballinger, Tex., were crushed to death by a fall of rock. Joseph Metzger was struck by a falling beam at Duquesne, Pa., and his skull crushed. Death was instantaneous. Frederick Sehuske was instantly killed and David Foster fatally injured by a fall of stone in a St. Joseph, Mo., quarry. In Slaterville, Conn., Edward Rippett, aged 8; John Deegan, aged 5, and John McGill, aged 5, were drowned in trie village mill dam. Otis Turner of Mokena, aged 16, was instantly killed while at work in Hilton's feed mill at Joliet. A break in the machinery caused a piece of the grind-ing-stone to hit him on the head. Forest fires have done immense damage throughout the state of Michigan. The village of Wallin was destroyed, with 2,000,000 feet of lumber. One child was burned to death. The burning of farm buildings and crops are also reported. Gertie Andree, aged 20, of Holland, Mich., caught fire from a stove and was burned to death. Mrs. I. N. Goodrich and son of Fostoria, O., were instantly killed and Mr. Goodrich so seriously injured about the head that it is feared that he cannot recover, by being run over by a train. A sailing party of thirteen was capsized near Wauchapreague, Va., according to report, six of them being drowned. The names are unknown. CRIME. Denton Odell and his brother-in-law, Paul Jeffries, fought a duel at Cullahonia. Miss., over the possession of valuable papers and both were killed. Mrs. Lucinda E. Young, 77 years old, hanged herself at Morristown. Ind. Chung Woy was mysteriously shot at San Francisco, and a highbinders' war is feared. Isaac Edwards, the Hocking County murderer, under sentence to be hanged next Friday, was denied a pardon by the Ohio State Board of Pardons. J. K. Hudson, editor of the Topeka Capitol, was arrested a second time, charged with criminally libeling Judge Foster, of the United States District Court. Lura May Herschey. the 12-year-old daughter of John Herschey, of Orrville, O., who was kidnaped by a jockey, was found in a hotel at Canton, where she had been deserted. Aldermen Finkler and Martin of Chicago were indicted by the grand jury of that city for soliciting bribes. The Stillwell murder case at Hannibal, Mo., has been reopened and evidence showing Dr. Hearne, who has since married Stillwell's widow, to be the murderer, has been discovered. Capt. R. B. Anderson, a Board of Trade man at Kansas City, is missing and is believed to have committed suicUjjf. Wulff, Clausen & Co.'s flouring mill at Neenah, Wis., was destroyed by Are. Loss $25,000; insurance $13,500. Michael TIerney's blacksmith shop at O'Neill, Neb., was raided, and counterfeit gold an silver coins were found, with tools for making them. Elizabeth Nobles and Gus Famblcs were convicted of the murder of te woman's husband at Jeffersonville, ft. The woman paid $10 to Fambles for the Job. John Hoch, an ex-convict, killed Minnie Ingersoll, aged 16, fatally shot N. P. Ststfe, and shot himself at Chapel Hill, N. Y. Minnie refused to receive his attentions. Clinton E. Moyne, indicted at San Diego, Cal., for attempting to bribe city officials, was once the largest real estate dealer in Omaha. Neb. Collapse of the boom there ruined him. Postmaster Gray of Lowville, Pawas arrested on a charge of tampering with a neighbor's letters. John Howe, who shot D. A. Williams at Ashland, Wis., is in jail. Doctors pay Williams cannot live. At Marshalltown, la.. George W. Weeks,, a leading abstractor, loan and insurance agent, prominent in church and social circles, was arrested charged with embezzlement of $S,000. Attorney Jenneys of Ashevllle, N. C, shot and killed his wife. The woman was riding with Will Wilkinson, and Jenney's bullet was intended for hin. Dan'el Ackerman, a resident of Smith Mills, N. J., stabbed his wife an 1 then himself with his pocket-knife. The woman died in a short time. Ackerrnan cannot recover. George and Ephriam Crull. accessories to the Foust murder at Elwood last ysar, were released on bond at Anderson, Ind.

FOREIGN. The Panama Railroad Company will establish a steamship line between New Orleans, La., and Colon, to begin operation August 1. United States Consul Pearcy, at Colon, Colombia, is reported to be convalescent. The Belgian Senate, by a vote of 5!) to 93, has adopted the protective duties bill. The authorities at Kingston, Jamaica, are investigating a mysterious robbery of 5,000 in government debentures. The secureties disappeared from the safe of the ex-Crown Solicitor. Trinity Hall crew of Cambridge, England, won the grand challenge cup at Henley. Cornell college will next year send two crews to compete for the prize. United States Ambassador Bayard has paid his first official visit to Lord Salisbury. D. A. V"i3, second secretary of legation, wf.?. the only member of the American en'or.y at the Henley regatta. Pak Tong Hyo, minister of the interior ar.i the practical dictator of Corea, has fled from that country under charge of treason. Fire ha1? destroyed 230 houses in the town of Sambrow, government of Lornsha, Poland. Two thousand people are rendered homeless.

MISCELLANEOUS. The National Division of the Pons of Temperance has finished its annual meeting at Cleveland, O., and adjourned to meet In Washington, next year. Clay County (Indiana) miners agree to a 51 cent scale, drop the screen demand and operators reinstate men dropped. G. L. Kahn, wholesale dealer in boys' and men's clothing, Philadelphia, Pa., has made an assignment. Liabilities, $100,000; the assets may exceed the liabilities. A petiton "signed by several hundreS citzens of Gainesville, Ga., has been forwarded to Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith asking him to address the people there on the financial question. Elwood, Ind., is making war on the slot machines. A company was incorporated at La Porte, Ind., to manufacture papier mache bicycle rims. After being in session a week the grand jury at Montgomery was found to have been illegally drawn. The school census of Rockford show 12,083 children of school age, a gain of 37 per cent over last year. The town of Walnut, 111., was sued for $5,000 damages by Thomas Poulte for injuries received by a broken bridge. Dr. E. L. Rosalie, of Fontenelle, Iowa, will test in the courts the law requiring dentists to take a prescribed course before practicing. A railroad and wagon bridge is to be constructed across the Missouri River at Yankton to connect with the Great Northern with the Yankton and Norfolk Railroad. The body found dead in a field near Toledo is supposed to be that of Androvich Lassilla, from Latavia, a Russian province in Finland. He is supposed to have been a wealthy tourist. Rain on Friday had good effect in subduing the forest tires which were devastating Michigan. A train crew numbering fifteen men did heroic work in rescuing the inhabitants -of the town of Wallin, which was burned. Presentation of flags to the states making the largest number of gain in members was the chief business of the Christian Endeavor convention Friday. The teachers' convention at Denver has adjourned. Choice of the next meeting place was left to the executive committee. At Asbury Park, N. J., Friday Zimmermsin, the bicycle champion, rode a mile in 1:57 4-5, paced by a "quad." Indiana saloon men have decided to obey the Nicholson law without further contest. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold left New York Saturday for Europe. Dun's Review of Trade reports business in a very flourishing condition. The month of July so far has been a record one. Alabama coal operators advanced the price of coal 25 cents. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle Common to prime. $1.50 5.90 Hogs 3.25 5.10 Sheep Good to choice 1.25 4.2o Wheat No. 2 63 .65 Corn No. 2 43 .44 Oats 23 .25 Rye 48 .52 Eg is 10 .11 Potatoes New Per bu 75 .85 Butter 07 .17 BUFFALO. . Wheat No. 2 red 57 .72. Corn No. 2 yellow .50 Tj) .51 Oats No. 2 White... 30 .30U PEORIA. Rye No. 2 45 .46 Corn No. 3 white 43 .44 Oats No. 2 white 25 .27 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 2.75 5.40 Hogs 4.75 5.10 Sheep 2.50 5.40 Wheat No. 2 red 64 .6? Corn No. 2 39 .t Oats No. 2 25 .2 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No 2 spring 65 .65 Corn No. 3 46 .47 Oats No. 3 white 27 .28 Barley No. 2 47 3 .4S Rye No. 1 53 .54 KANSAS CITY. Cattle 1.73 (Jpr.,50 Hogs 4.30 f,b SO Sh-:ep 2.00 4.75 NEW YORK. Wheat No. 2 red 68 g .TO Corn No. 2 47 .49 0ts No. 2 27 .29 Butter H .17 TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 67 ft .69 Corn No. 2 mixed 45 M Oats No. 2 mixed 24 (fj) .15 Attempt to Hum Kchool. Chicago, July 13. An attempt was made yesterday morning to burn the D. S. Wentworth school, at 70th and Hangamon streets. At 4 o'clock R. call l.oy at the 6:ld .streets barns of the Chicago City railway company, was passing the building :-;iid he noticed lire in one of the front rooms. He also saw two men standing on (.he corner. When It. was discovered that the luilldln:, burning an alarm was turned in. ".'hi two nif.n who wore seen at the corn:1! opposite the school ran away. The lost was small, i.'ing due to the prompt work of the !) department.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

GREAT OUTPOURING OF RELIGION AT BOSTON. Report of the Proceedings from Day to liny Wonderful Growth of the Nonseelarian Movement Annual Reports of Ontcers. The fourteenth annual convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor wa;; formally opened at Boaton Wednesday morning. The first business of the conventnion j came at noon, when there was a meet ing of the board of trustees of the united societies. This meeting was a long drawn out affair, the principal subject under consideration being the question of removing the headquarters of the society from Boston to Chicago. The headquarters will remain in Boston. The only other matter of general interest was the presentation of the claims of Los Angeles, Cal., for the convention of 1S97. Todaj the claims of Portland, Ore., San Francisco, and Seattle will be presented, and the matter taken under advisement. The trustees then accepted an invitation from Mayor Curtis of Boston to go with other guests on a trip down the harbor on the city's boat, and to visit the public institutions of Boston. In the evening twenty simultaneous meetings were held in different churches in the city- Among the speakers were Rev. Pleasant Hunter, D. D.. Minneapolis: Rev. John Henry Barrows, D. D., Chicago; Bishop Samuel Fallows, D. D., Chicago; Rev. H. B. Grose, Chicago, and Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Minneapolis. Second Day. Secretary Baer in his report llk:ned the Christian Endeavor to a wheel, with Boston as its "hub." and continued: "Last year our wheel was strengthened by 7,750 new societies (or 'spokes,' if you please). This is the largest increase for any one year since the 'wheel' commenced revolving, fourteen years ago. We have now a total of 41,229 societies, with an individual membership from every clime and every station, with skins of varying color, of which 4S0 are red, 20,300 are yellow, 109,400 are black, and 2.343.B60 are white in all a great interracial brotherhood of 2,473,740." Of the missionary roll of honor the secretary says the societies in the United States and Canada have contributed not less than $425,000 for missions at home and abroad. Twenty-four denominational rallies were held in the afternoon in as many churches, the leaders being prominent members of the different denominations. "Prayer and praise" meetings were held in the evening at Mechanics' building and in both of the tents. The annual report of President Francis E. Clark was presented and numerous speakers addressed the Endeavorers, among them Dwlght L. Moody, the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, and John G. Woolley. During the day upward of 16,000 delegates arrived, 2,000 coming from New York and New Jersey, 200 from Michigan, 120 from Nebraska, 600 from New Hampshire, 300 from Maine, 100 from Maryland, 50 from California and over 10,000 from points in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, The computation of the committee is that 60,000 have arrived from outside the state, and this number is sufflcientnly augmented by the general visitors to warrant the belief that over 100,000 strangers are here. Third Day. The third day of the fourteenth International Christian Endeavor convenopened with ideal weather. Thousands were up with the sun, making their way to thirty churches in the city and vicinity to attend the early prayer meetings that began at 6:30 and lasted fortyfive minutes. After the church meetings rallies and song services were held in the streets in many parts of the city, and hundreds of people on their way to work stopped to participate in them. At Tent Endeavor the crowds were immense, the sides of the tent being looped up to allow 30,000 unable to obtain admittance to participate in the service. The Rev. Howard B. Grose of Chicago presided and George K. Somerby of Boston led the chorus. George B. Graff of Boston read the information committee's report, which discussed the wonderful advance of the endeavor work. The Rev. J. F. Cowan of Pittsburg, Pa., conducted one of the most interesting parts of the service the presentation of junior state banners, one for the greatest absolute gain in the number of societies, the other for greatest proportionate gain. Pennsylvania received the first banner and Assinlboia, dominion of Canada, the second. President A. E. Turner, A. M., made the subject of his address "The Purification of Politics," C. E. Pierce of New York advocated the ballot for women. In the afternoon 1,000 of the most prominent delegates met in the Auditorrium to consider the formation of a World's Endeavor society. The general sentiment was favorable to the plan, and it was voted to temporarily organize and to appoint a committee of five to formulate plans of organization and report at Washington next year. The name decided on was the World's Christian Endeavor union, its officers to be representatives of the unions of each nation. Fourth and Fifth Day. Saturday was devoted to the interests of good citizenship at all the meetings of the delegates. The monster gathering scheduled to take place at noon on the commons was forced by rain to divide into two audiences in the near-by tents. In the rush to cover many women fainted, but speedily recovered, with no serious results. The enthusiasm was not dampened, however, and the crowd seemed not diminished by the storm. In each of these meetings the civic weal was the theme in its relation to the duties of Christians. Early morning prayer meetings were devoted to the same subject as well as the morning meetings in Mechanics' Hall and the two tents. Sunday was a comparatively quiet day for the Christian Endeavors; there were no set exercises, for they don't believe in doing business on Sunday, and there wa.s enough rain to spoil most of ;ho little outirg trips that had been arranged to the beaches and nearly points of Interests, Visiting clergymen and lay delegates preached and spoke in 110 churches in Boston. Auburnade. CamI bridge, Chelsea, Everett, South Med- ' ford, Natick, Newtonvillo, Revere, Res-

lindale, Somerville, Wollaston, Winthrop and Melrose. Perhaps the most important sermon of the day was that of Canon J. B. Richardson, of London, Ont., in Trinity Church. He alluded at length to the Pope's recent letter to the English people, written with the object of uniting the English church with the holy see, and while he found some things in the letter which he could not agree with, he expressed the gratification which he felt at the proof which the letter afforded that there was a widespread and genuine desire to unite all Christians in the fold of Christ. Bishop Fallows' morning sermon was on the topic of personal sanctity.

HOW THEY STAND. Percentage of the Clubs in the National League Clubs. W. Baltimore 37 Pittsburg 40 Boston 35 Cincinnati 37 Cleveland 39 Chicago 40 Philadelphia 34 Brooklyn 35 New York 31 Washington 24 St. Louis 24 Louisville 12 L. P.C. 22 .627 28 25 28 31 32 28 30 32 36 45 51 .588 .583 .569 .557 .556 .548 .533 .492 .400 .353 .190 Western Association. Clubs. W. L. P.C. Peoria 39 21 .650 Lincoln 37 24 .607 Des Moines 32 28 .533 Omaha 32 29 .525 Quiney 31 30 .50s Rockford 27 32 .458 St. Joseph 23 38 .377 Jacksonville 22 39 .361 Western League. Clubs. W. Indianapolis 39 Kansas City 35 Detroit 34 Milwaukee 35 St. Paul 33 Minneapolis 28 -Terre Haute 25 Grand Rapids 25 L. 23 28 30 31 30 34 38 40 P.C. .629 .556 .531 .530 .524 .452 .397 J8ti Michigan League. Clubs. w. L. P.C. Adrian 27 10 .730 Lansing 26 11 .703 Kalamazoo 21 14 .600 Owosso 14 10 .583 Battle Creek 11 24 .314 Port Huron 10 26 .278 CYCLONE IN THE EAST. New Vork and New Jersey Visited by a Great Storm. New York, July 15. This town and vicinity experienced their first cyclone in years Saturday afternoon. One fatality resulted, and a large amount of valuable property was destroyed. The cyclone struck the upper part of East New York, known as Cypress Hill, at i half-past 4 o'clock, continued on its way I to the Lower Plains district, and from there traveled to Wood Haven. One life was lost. A number of people were badly hurt. The storm did great damage in New Jersey. In sweeping over the little village of Cherry Hill five persons were killed outright, and about twenty families rendered homeless. At the hamlet of Fairmount, a few miles from Cherry Hill, six houses were blown down and a dozen persons injured. As yet no fatalities have been reported. The storm also did great damage in Hackensack. Then the cloud moved toward the old race near Wood Haven. The cyclone wrecked thirty houses there and a large school house. There were twenty residents of Wood Haven injured by the various objects which were carried through the air. Several people were picked up and carried by the wind for a block or two Mrs. Louisa Ketrequin, of Third avenue, near Rockaway, was killed. Comittees have been organized in several of the towns. Prompt measures were taken and between the amount subscribed and that gathered in boxes at the ruins of the village there is now enough money to keep the unfortunates in food for a few days. MONEY FOR CARLISLE. Customs Receipts Far Better Than Public Officials Had Anticipated. Washington, July 15. In spite of the large deficiency reported for the first twelve days of this fiscal year, the custom receipts for that period exceed those for the corresponding period in June of thi3 year and are something like $3,000,000 ahead of the receipts for the same length of time a year ago. Unless there is a big slump toward the end of the month the custom receipts for July will be nearly $28,000,000, and July is considered a poor month for Importations. But it is not alone in customs that the government receipts are swelling; the internal revenue is also producing its share. For the twelve days of this month internal-revenue receipts have reached $7,070,043. A year ago for a similar period, when the Wilson bill was under consideration in the senate and the distillers were anxious to withdraw whisky from bond to escape the increased tax. the internal-revenue receipts reached $11,910,063, almost $1,000,000 a day. But the year previous 1893 there was no tariff discussion and the whisky men had nothing to fear, the internal-revenue receipts for the first twelve days in July aggregated $6,923,230. Good Crops In Iowa. Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 15. The collapse of an artificial reservoir, containing a large quantity of water at the corner of Main and Sixth streets destroyed considerable property and fatally injured J. A. Kellar, an engineer. At noon the neighbor for a block around were svtartled by a crash and found that the walls of the engine-room for a distance of perhaps twenty feet lay with hardly one brick on top of another. The roof had caved In and the reservoir was pouring out its contents in a flood. So suddenly did the crash come that Engineer Kellar did not have time to get out. A big Iron waterpipe fell in such a way as to make a sort of archway over him. He was nearly drowned by the flood. His body was a mass of bruises from head to fool. Illinois Congressman Dead. Vandalia, 111., July 15. After a lingering illness. Congressman Frederick Remann, representing the eighteenth district, died at his residence in this I oily art 2:45 o'clock yesterday morning.

PRAYING FOR RAIN.

SPECIAL SUPPLICATIONS MICHIGAN CHURCHES. IN JThe Hop of Quenching the Forest Fires Now Lies In Heavy Rain and an Afocence Wind "Sack-Firing the Chief Defense. In all the churches of Michigan devout petitions were sent up Sunday for copious showers. The situation is not nearly as bad as it might be. It is true one town has been wiped out, the little town of Wallin five miles north of here, and other towns have been seriously threatened. But unless the wind rises to the dignity of a gale there is now no immediate- danger either to the towns or the isolated farmers. This Is not a pine district. The timber is mostly hard wood, with a mixture of hemlock and cedar. In a pine country, where the forest fires will leap from tree to tree, it is next to impossible to guard against danger, but when the timbers are hard, as In this district, by back-firing, disaster can be averted. Since the drouth became severe nearly every town in this part of the State has been encircled with safety belts, and the only danger is from high winds sweeping sparks and embers across them. Even the farms and little clearings in the woods have been so protected, and it was the lack of this precaution which cost the people of Wallin so dearly. The people, fifty men, women and children, were brought to this place, many of them severely scorched and all of them suffering from the heat and smoke. One family, the Jewells, was missed, and the relief party returned to the rescue, headed by A. H. Waters and President Bennett. The house where the Jewells lived was a little bunch of ashes and half an hour was spent in a vain search for the missing family. Just as the rescuing party was starting to return a cry was heard from a small potato patch some distance from the house. The family of eight were in the field, the children covered with wet blankets and sand, the adults with their faces in holes they had dug, and their bodies covered with dirt. The family, including an infant two weeks old and a grandmother of 80 years, was rescued thoroughly exhausted, blackened by the smoke and dirt and nearly dead. They were tenderly cared for and are now comfortably located here. The refugees from Wallin lost everything they had, but not many of them had much more than their household furniture, while the Sullivan Lumber Company owned the houses. Some of them have decided to locate here and already have found employment. Others have gone to Traverse City, and still others have returned to Wallin to continue in the employ of the Sullivan Company. A large tent has been erected on! the site of the town and it serves as a boarding house, postoffice, store and general headquarters until more permanent arrangements can be made. The towns of Cleary, Copemish, Interlochen and Grawn were threatened by the flames, but by vigorous and timely backfiring the danger was averted and no fears are entertained, unless the wind should rise. A few farmers have lost their crops and outbuildings, but most of them have guarded against such disaster, and farmhouses will be seen all along the line of the railroad surrounded apparently by the smouldering fire but untouched. There are fires in the woods through all the country north of here to Mackinaw City, and west to the lake, but, barring high wind, no danger is apprehended now by any of the towns and by but few of the farmers. Much hemlock bark and large quantities of standing timber has been Injured, but no lives have been lost. Still Burning Near Traverse Traverse City, Mich., July 15. Since Saturday night only a few new elements of danger from forest fires presented themselves here. In places where danger is most seriously threatened close watching and prompt work have prevented further serious loss. Fires are scattered in the woods in all directions, however, and the result would be disastrous should the wind rise to any extent. In Benzie County the worst fears are entertained, though fires are subsiding near Wallin, the village destroyed last week, the fire having about burned itself out. Last night new fires sprung up near Cedar Run, Lake Ann and Fouch. Standing timber is in danger, but no mills or buildings are threatened. Along the line of the Manistee and Northwestern Railway there are scat tered fires. Boat Ashore In the Suioke. Gladstone, Mich., July 15. The schooner Ida Olson, which left with lumber for Chicago yesterday morning, went ashore in the thick smoke when a short distance from port. She was released in the evening. MURDER AROUSES INDIANS. Trouble imminent Between Wlanebav goes and Ontahas. Sioux City, Iowa, July 15. There Is much excitement on the Winnebago and Omaha reservation over the killing of a young Omaha Indian by a Winnebago. George Parker, a son of Fire Chief, late Omaha Chief, was the victim, and Frank Ewing, the murderer. The tragedy occurred at the Omaha agency. Ewing, who is also one of Captain Beek's police, took his rifle with hira to the Omaha agency when he went to celebrate, and, imbibing too much liquor, got warlike. Parker attempted to take his rifle away from him to prevent trouble, and Ewing shot him, killing him instantly. Ewing and a companion are in jail in the reservation under a strong guard. The excitenent continues, and trouble between the tribes is apprehended. Hack Each Other to Pieces. Louisville, Ky., July 15. Meager details have been received here of a desperate cutting affray in Shelby County, in which two young farmers were hacked to pieces and so badly cut that the attending physicians say both will die. The victims are Isaac Huffman and Marshall Garner. They had an altercation, from some unknown cause, and both men drew knives and began slashing at one another. They only ceased cutting when they were so weak from loss of blood that they cculd no longer stand.