The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 40, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 August 1896 — Page 2

Syracuse Register. SYRACUSE. : INDIANA. Some people arc asking where all the bicycles come from. It mu«t be from th* place w here all the pins go to. A man may be excused for being superstitious when a crosi-eyed man tries to borrow sl.l of him on Friday. There are 39,951 Italians in New York, 4he largest colony of this people in the United States; Brooklyn comes second »ith 9.563. ■ : ■ The English bicycle champion kjlled hl tn self trying to beat the 24-hour record. .In this country the scorcher generally kills somebody else. ■" • American vessels have captured 25,*24 seals this season. It is not anxouuoed, however, that there-will' be any reduction in the pricc of sealskin Wcques. Perhaps you have forgotten that the peach’was nt one time a poisonous almond. Its fruity parts were used to ]>oiiM>n arrows, ami for that purpose it was introduced into Persia. _•-' Elk have been all but exterminated in this country ./nd the report of a herd of 11 haying been seen north of Mary’s j eak. near Corvallis, Ore., recently, exCited comment in the far northwest. a| Kentucky .di'otco Case ended With Shocking suddenness tbs other day. During the trial the husband was stricken with sunstroke, and the wife threw up the' case and w ent to the hospital to attend him. ' ’ ■ , A ..arercutly married to a girl’TOb miles aw ay In .Indiana by telegraph. . Matrimony of (this sort is, howe'er, not likely to bedo®ne'i’'popular, a*y mi|g people like to ■ lie 'enough to squeeze'each othes’s • hands. ■ •i-lt i* reported its Philadelphia that the •Uulmn junta in the United States has Talked-’ a fund alnovintjing !o $375,00Q. I’art of th" monej has been sent tot'uoa •nd placed In the hands of the ofthjris « . ■. , ■he Insui gent army. T* l * tuil.inVe baa been retained the head* v t th'- i'.' 'a in Philadelphia ar.d N» w York, w ho w i 11 use it in away that w ill serve the Cuban cause. , ins-Atlantic steamship companies say ' the .passenger traffic has | v<r,v .-atfactory this season, although then bate been better years. The tourists are now coming home from r.uroj'e. The steerage bustness has not 1 n as heavy as Usual, as immigration, except from Italy, has fallen off •Otu«-w h.it. From Italy the movement has beiti l arge to escape conscription iu Hie army. ■- i T'vo young inefi who aregpiugto ♦ra'ul on their bauds and knee* across • the i-ontinent from San Francisco to J,New York, 1.“ g.hnnng nexV spring. w ill run the risk of being shot at for young bears by r< ar sighted agricul- ■ tnrist-, lumved. by cow boys,, bitten by=•hakes, aud-of- Mifferhig flora corns on .r, a i..- i.-i’aiiiUK Uni. >.... tl.o w ill i>« to era w 1 out of t heir contract ; The New York Herald very [«>mtedly 'i. rls,. if v oil can t mart ' on I toad <l i> hgbt principles, don’t marry 'at all—that Is; a good rule to follow, i' It is batter to n artj a man w ithout a pretty must.ichq .'than a pretty mustache without an' man behind it, One t» apt t i g t into a tangle w’hen he goes jt blind on the marriage .question. If i anask* you •■ u -.try under an as* auir.ed name, till yous use hi* No. I’’ .booty.” , . ‘ in.- court of ’> ■ , D. I , refused liaturalirai on to t"<> applicants who confessed thctnaeheß unable to understand any wart bf the constitution of the United., ■"Btateih ■>n ’ - give any ratidna| de* siriptioti of ithc watitre of. the governj i ! The y.dgv.lirbl that it is absurd tpt i ith binding ,n man who i < '> . rant of the constitution tc i pp->: t. th. t i:.-1 rumriit and to ci nform to all >■? its requirements’. . ..What I- < the Holman ftiefipugvari d engine is said to have.potential , I o h-s an hour, and recorded i:> a hu'iit trial in New dvr-i-y an actual »l e.l >f cl 7-lg miles rrp hour. Ttt< ] .i's. .rs on the trial trip were some , ■d. The qlr whi-tied. likc : the wind of -n tornado, , the train swept; through it. In the vs.stance of the air is oiu-.ot the most tni ; ’s. | toi>'. n to overcome. Th’greater the sjv, cd the greater the re- , Ststnmc. ai. I tin ; - • - .-e nhiltiplie* U. . Ju' t! ’■ • 1. Sfat ’ ct railroads in the X nit-d States, just issued, show there ' are 1i,»7-> mdcs of track operated in ti e x .nous stat, s, the •■•l6 companies oprr--ating them itw nuig is.is;' cats. On 1,- ' 219 miles, the tnotiv e |>ow.er is supplied 1 bv mu si , *or m<’’cs, electric power is • vised <m 12. U.; miles,; iahie power on ’ 699 miles and dummy eiiginV*-on 519 miles. The New England states have.jy tota! of l.s; miles, the eastern states I 4.153 k utiles, the central atatiea 4 *X»o miles, the southern states 1.09 C miles . and the western states 2.317 miles. I'be capital stock of the 916 companies is s7s t 5y:,;,.!. Th* silver ipertilicates, picture oil their borders Ithe names of 23 dis- ’ - 1\ i-hiligtoH, Fr.mklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, Jneksou, Clay, Calhoifn, Webster ami Llncc’n; om- is that of the great Chief Jus’tiee Marshall; two are those of soldiers, Grant ami Sherman’; two ad* . aairals; Perry and. Farragut; two Inventor*. Morse and Fulton, and six men of letters. Bancroft, Cooper; Irvlug, Emerson, Hawthorne and Longfellow. The new one-dollar silver certificate is a very handsome piece of artistic work. It is a view- of the city of Woshing'un from across the Potomac. The frightful railroad disaster on the West Jersey railroad near Atlantic City, by which 4-t persons were killed and 43 injured, was not only the most fatal otic of the year but one of the most fata’ for many years post. The presentycar, indeed, has been remarkably free from railroad accident* which <*nn be called aercre. But one such has occurred, the Collision on the Northwestern road near Omaha July IV when 8S persons wera killed and 5u Injured. Out of 18 memorabla disasters which have occurred 1 alnoa 1853 but nine have exceeded tba Atlantic City raoord. the worst of tiuat Wiaf « AikUl&bUi ftt UTk

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION. J* FROM WASHINGTON. In the United States the visible supply of grain on the 3d was: Wheat, 46,754,000 bushels; corn, 10,752,000 bushels; oats?,116,000 bushels; rye. 1,598,000 bushels; barley, 718,000 bushels. Judge Cole, in refusing to grant natvralizfitioh papers in Washington to two young Italians, held that no one who is in ignorance of the constitution of the United State* is competent or entitled to become admitted to citizenship. The death of Judge Samuel W. Shellabarger, one of the most prominent members of the bar in Washington and a member of congress In war times, occurred at the age of 78 years. 1 Exchanges at the lead mg clearing houses in the United States during the w eek end«d on the 7th aggregated $911.997.W<,against $M1,4.".3.2i>3 the previous week. The decrease compared, with the corresponding week in 1895 is 6.4. In the United States there were MB business failure* in theyeven days ended on the 7th. against 281 the week previous and 2C M 3in the corresponding period of .1895. ' ’ THE EAST. W. D. Eaton A Co., s Boston wool' commission firm, failed for $240,009. . At the Wilson residence in New York Cornelius' Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss Grace Wilson w ere married by Rev.’William 11. Pott, assistant rector of St Thomas’ church. The wedding was private, Daniel Batigh & Sons in Philadelphia were damaged to the extent of $125,000 by fl re. In a freight wreck on the Rending railroad, six miles west of Shamokin, Pa.,'Michael Smock, engineer; Alexander Smith, conductor, and Jason Drcisat h,’ flrrmnn, were killed. - George W -Barnard, of Claremont, was nominated for governor .at the state convention in Concord, N. H.. of the national party, and Dr. W. C. Co;d idge and Rev. A. N. Drury were named for congressmen. Prohibitionist* T>f New- Hampshire in state convention nt Concord nominated J. C. Berry, of Plymouth, for governor. At the state democratic convyntioa at Waterville M. D. Frank, of Portland, was nominated for governor of Maine; In I'bi'lndelilh'a Boyd, Parley A Co., caTjM-t dealers; failed fur $250,1100. Fire destroyed the Park theater. Trugliy’s inuscAim and other building* at Niagara Falls, N. Y.. and seven persons were burned to death. The property IpsS Is $250,000. x From Liverpool to New York the' \merjean line steamer St. Taiuis made -the trip in 6 .days 5 hours and 32 minutes. breaking all previous reCords. The Trenton (N. J.) Fire Clay and Porcelain works were burned.-the loss lw-ing $150,000, nnd Charles Wihmls. a firv'imin,’was killed bv fulling," alls. ■ .2 *’ WEST AND SOUTH. At Abilene, Kan., t|je jopulist state convention nominated. State Senator I. for governor. Populists in convention <t Parkersburg. W. Va,, nominated Isaac C. Ralphsny dcr for governor, and'decided to fuse With the democrats. Th» .Un t h of George T. we- governor of Kansas from 1577 to ..I•'■79. occurred at his home in Topeka,' At Hastings. Neb,, the popubst state convention rehominuted Gov. Holcomb nnd indorsed the nomination cf Bryan for president. live following congressional nominations were made; jlljnois, Thirteenth district, I’rjtnk Palmer (pop.); Nineteenth, J. J. Sevvall (pop.). lowa, Sixth district, John F. Lacey (rep.), retuminated. Indiana, Eighth district. J. R, Brunt (dem ) , Thirteenth,Charles Kcllisou (dem.), Texas. Tenth district. Noah Alien (rep.); : Eleventh. J. ft. Gross .(rep )'. West \ irginia. First district. T. M. Stone (pop.). In ( hlcqgoMi persons were overcome bv the heat and one casC*proved fatal, that of J. B. Laphnin. a leather d--tiler, <v;-cd 73 years. In Missouri Lon V. Stevens, of Cooper,'was nominated for governor by the democratic state convention at JefferSOrt: City. All gold standard men were stricken from the state committee nnd S declaration for free silver was made. In a thunderstorm m Omaha. Neb.. Mrs, Zykora, Fred Moyer and Leroy Carter were killed bv lightning. Flames Wiped but the entire -|>nsinyss portion of Concord. Tenn. At Kh'hmqptd,’ Va;, William Murray died from la-iug overcome -w ith , the heat. He was. in 1579. the champlcu amateur oarsnian of the United States. Republicans Os Michigan in convein ion at Grand Rapids adopted u platform w hich indorses the platform of the national republican convention of 1896 and adjourned (or the day w itbout notniuating state officers. The Wisconsin republican* met at Milwaukee and adopted a platform »u---dorsing the act* of the national convention in St. Louis and then, after recei v inx' several nominal ions for governor, adjourmsl for the day. In convention at Grand Rapids the Michigan republicans nominated the following ticket: For governor, Hazen S. Pingree; lieutenant governor, I hom•s B; Dunstan; *ecretery of state, Bev. Washington Gardner; treasurer. George A. Steele; auditor-general. Roscoe, D. Dix; attorney-general. Fred A. Mhyivard; superintendent of land office W, A. French; superintendent of public instruction. J. E. Hammond. At n show in Chillicothe. Eddie Hurd, aged two years, bad his head bitten a lion. The Wisconsin republican* made the following nominations in Milwaukee: For governor, Edward Scofield; lieutenant governor, Emil llaensch; secre.trrv of state. Henry Casson; treasurer. Sewell A. Peterson; attorney-genera I, William H. Mylrea; state superintendent. John <). Emery; railroad commissioner. Duncan J. McKenzie; inaurauce commissioner. William A. Fricke. At the age of 104 years Aunt Nancy Frisowthe (colored) died at Wichit*. Kan. In convention at Galveston Testas populists nominated Jerome Kearby.-of Dallas, for governor, and indorsed the nomination of Bryan and Watson for president and vice president. The doors of the American national bank at New Orleans were closed. In Chicago C. H. Fargo A Co„ wholesale dealers In and manufacturers of boots and shoes, failed with liabilities of $325,000 and assets or $500,000. Christian brothers’ outlaw gang rakied ths town of Cumming*. 0. T.. and killed ths family ofBTr.T. C. Raymond, conthihif of hte wih sad tbrn daufb* tert.

While a fair was in progress a cyclone struck Swayzee, Ind., and two men were killed and several Injured. Prohibitionists of the Twentieth district of Illinois nominated Capt. A . R. Langworth, of Mcl*ansl»ro, for congress, nnd in the same district a popu- ’ list nominated J. C* Tanguary. At the Columbus (O.) races Robert J. paced the fourth and deciding heat of the free-for-all pace in 2:02%, which Is the fastest fourth beat ever paced. - George V. Hankins, once the king of Chicago gamblers, and lately interested in horse racing,, made an assignment and turned over his property, valued at $1,300,000 to settle his debts. Conkling Bro*.’ banking house at Nevada, Mo., and the banks of Bronaugh and Richards were all closed by the sheriff. In a fire at Swift’s packing plant ’in . Kansas J’ity th.it caused a loss of SIOO,000, one man was killed and two were fatally Injured. The doors of the Lake county batik at East Chicago, Ind., were closed. At Salt Lake City. Charles Thiede was hanged for murdering his wife April 30, 1894. and Claud Hoover was executed at Omaha. Neb., for killing;Samuel Du- , boi*. his l»rother-in-lirw. Mattle Johnson and Robert Hopper were murdered and robbed by Tive.negroes near Harrodsburg, Ky. During a church social and picnic in 'Fort Scott. Kan., over 75 persons were l*>isoned by eating ice cream nnd sev--1 eral would die. At ai meeting in Indianapolis of democrats who do not indorse the platform and ticket of the Chicago conyent’oh, 36 states were represented and a call is--1 sued for a national convention to be 1 held in’ Indianapolis on Wetlnesv'cy. September 2,. for the purpose of adopting a declaration of principles and nominating candidates for president and vice president. Senator John M. Painter, of Illinois, was made chairman of the national committee. At Lansing, Mich., the Ingham conn--1 tv savings bunk closed its doors with liabilities of SI(4.IMS'. In a height wr»*<-k on the Rock Island road near Leighton, la., six men lost their lives. ' Throughout the country intense heat prevailed and many deaths from sunstrokes Were rejxvrted in Chicago, St. Ixvnis. New. York nn<l other places. . At Detroit, Mich., the Delta Lumber-coinpau-v filed mortgages aggregating $500,000 to protect creditors. At Columbus, O„ John R. Gentry, the pacing stallibn vvho holds thew ot Id's ■ ■ record, reduced that record from 2:<'3C. ,f to 2:03%. Thomas J. Rogers, aged 64, killed his aged wife at NaqpviHe. 111., In cutting her throat and then killed himself.. No cause is known. Near Riverview, a Chicago suburb, the entire fiunily of James Pitt, sieveu n nuuil>er, were struck bv lightning ami three were fatally injured; Georgia populists. in convention at \tlnnta nominated S. A. Wright, oil Rome, for governor, and indorsed the •St. Louis platform. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The insurgents have burned the plantation of San Joaquin, ut ibtinose, it) Matuuzas, causing a damage estimated at $400,000. , . T In the Brincoch pit near Neath. Wales, 40 miners Were entombed by aii <A|ll<'.Mva. . ; .; r.’ Sir Martin Conway’s arctic cxpcJi,'t ion has accomplished the first cross’ng of Spitzbergen from east to west. Missionaries and foreign 'consuls’ in Armenia estimate that fully t.000.00b deaths have occurred in that country r.s the result of massacre and from starvation. Rol>ert Forsyth, marble dealer and granite paving block manufacturer i|n Montreal, failed for SIOO,OOO. and Du-, puis Freeres. retail dry goods merchant, failed, for $130,000, A freshet nearly w iped out the'towjn of El Kama. Nil-anigua, and the piliniqtious in the vi.cinity were all destri*. < <l, the loss being estimated at over ’sl-,-000.000. . “ • The imperial chancellor of Germany, I'rinee Hohenlohe, has resigned. With the, two sailors, Frank SaiuiielM>p and George Harbo, on board, the lowlvoat Fox, from New York June 6, arrived at Havre, France. LATER NEWS. The ■•’sound money” demov:rats of Maine who marched out of the state convention at Waterville held a convention of their own and nominated William Henry Clifford, of Portland, for governor. « ■ . Forest fires at I'rinity. N. F.. destroyed I t houses, the pecuiKints, Ipspig everything. ’’ l . Every town along the Great Northern railroad in North Dakota from Crary to la>rimore was drnnaged by a storm, the loss to crops alone being immense. Four men were drowned nea r Ben ton Harl»or. Mich., while bathing. Five persons were killed and 1.5 injured, some fatally, by the derailment cf a trolley ear just outside the tbwh limits of Columbia. Pa. Garland Travis and Wil! Way’were drowned* in the Kankakee river at La I’orte, Ind. The Long Island bank, the oldest financial, institution in Brooklyn. ?(. Y.7 will wind up its career, the directors hav ing’decided to go out of busi.nesr. Lorenzo Saladino, Becino Sorcoro and Angelo Marcijso were lynched by a mob *t Hahnville, !•., for murder. Intense heat stilt prevails throughout the entire country, the deaths from its effects in various citiess on the 9th aggregating 161. • i • Reuben Noble, one of the most noted lawyers ynd jurists of town, died at bis home in McGregor, agetl 75 years. Harvey Allender shot and killed Mrs. Wally Fielner and V.-Croaette in San Jose. Cal., and then attempted to kill himself, but failed. Jealousy was the cause. Alonzo J. Edgerton.’who succeeded Senator Windom, of Mlhn-'Atn. in the United States senate, dffd at his home in Sioux Falls. S. - D.. where he had resided since 18R9. At the first meeting in Indianapolis of the national executive committee of the ••sound money” democracy AV. D. By- ' num. of Indiana, was elected chairman nn<f John R. Wilson, of Indianapolis. ■ secretary. The populists of the Seventh Kansas district nominated Jerry Simpson for congress. The percentage of the baseball clubs [ In the National league for the week ended on the 9th i- aa follows: Baltimore, .693; Cincinnati. .691; Cleveland, , .640; Chicago. .583; Pittsburgh. .556; I Boston. .539; Brooklyn. 461; Phlladelphte, .449; Naw York. . 411; Waahlng* , ton. 8t U»l>. .Mil Louhteill* .IM.

IT KILLS SCORES. Excessive Heat Proves as Deadly aa an Epidemic. A Total of 161 Deaths Reported from This Cause on Sunday la Various Parts of the t'nloa—Clty and Hamlet Alike Snffer. Chicago, Aug. 10. —From dispatchea it is learned that deaths from heat ip various cities throughout the union aggregated 161. St. I.oul. a Ureat Sufferer, St. Louis, Aug. 10. —Last week was one of the hottest on record in St. Louis for many years. Saturday for the third successive day St. Louia led the entire country at seven a. tn. with a temperature of 86 degrees. on until four o’clock p. m. the temperature rose at the rate of one degree Or more an hour'; At that time the thermometer in the signal service burcuu registered 100 degree* ‘n the shade, the highest point of the day. The record on the streets apd Unexposed places was over 100. There was no cessation in heat proktiation*. A number of victiips who’had been hovering between life and death for three days succumbed,-. Many industries are badly crippled by the inroads the heat has made among their employes. The d-ath roll for Saturday numbers IS. There were 34 esse# of prostration treated at the city hospitals up to seven pm. ' Twclr® Deaths on Sunday.. On Sunday the thermometer ranged from 81 degrees at eight a. m, to 100’ degrees at five p. in., and the death roll is not diminished. All day the city ambulances have been carrying patients to the dispensary nnd corpses to the morgue. Many of those stricken several days ngo have succumbed to J ’he long-continued s’train of torrid days, and sleepless nights. Deaths from this cause are now so common as to hardly excite remark. At live p. m. one ainbuJance hauled five patients to the dispensary and completed its journey by taking tw o corpses from the dispensary to the morgue. Since midnight Saturday the deaths recorded number 12. Up to nine p. m. over 40 cases of prostration had been report**!, the majority of them being serious. Special telegrams from many j oints in llßnois. .Missouri, Kansas and Ari knnsal report excessive heat and loss of life. Telegrams from points in southern Illinois show that the intense heat still prevails there and fnany prostrations .resulted. At Salem, where the tein- , perature was 104, fanners nnd other workmen were compelled to lay off.. Business was almost suspended at Litchfield, and two men dropped dea.d • from the effects of the heat.’ At C hicago. Chicago. Aug. 10.—Saturday was the' hottest tlay of the scotching, dt adly series of last week, and the list of victims was the largest. There were •ix deaths reported. The rempe attire at eight a. m. was 84. and it continued to rise steadily until 98 degrees was recorded at three o’clock. This record made it the.hottest August day in th” history of the Chicago weather bureau. Four victims were removed- to honpitais from the streets w here they w ere w orking or from stores and their recovery js not expected. A' score or more of men nnd women were overcome, but nearly all of them are out of danger. Horses draw ing heavy loads dropived dead by the score in the streets from early morning to late at night. Outdoor labor was practically susjvended for the day except where it "aabsolutely necessary. * A Hot Sunday. Unabated heat dealt death to Chicagoans Sunday. iTostnitions,despite the quiet of the day.were reported in every quarter Os the city. The thermometer reached 93 at four l p. m. At midnight Sunday it stood at 85. At that hour 19 deaths from heat Ivad iiecvt reported to the health xlepartment. The police eared for 61 eases of prostration. 17 of them resulting fatally. The total deaths due to hea.t for the' last five days are .16. Heavy Increase In the Death Hate. Nearly all the 109 deaths rej>orted tq the health department for j’ridny "’ere traceable more or less directly to thheat. The awful record of deaths for *ix days of Inst week is <92. The ave: ny-e death list for Chicago is 50 a day. which would ninke the deaths for the last six days 200 above the average. Many Dead In New York. New York, Aug. 10.—The suffering of the New Yorkers Sunday was intense. Profiting by th.e general cessation from labor and business cares which Sunday brings nnd by the warnings issned from the experts of the weather bureau, thousand* of-people flocked to the seashore resort*. About four p. m. the thermometer of the weather bureau touched 90 degrees as the highest.point for the day. The official figures are necessarily lower than those showu by the thermometers on the jvavements, where the highest point touched was 95. A large number of persons were overcome by the heat during the day. and up to six o'clock Sunday, evening 2“ fatal cases had been reported to the coroner's office. The heat was al-w intense in Brooklyn and nine fatal case* were re[x>rted in that city. Eleven deaths and 43 prostrations was Saturday'*, record in this city. In Western Michlran. Grand Rapids. Midi., Aug. 10.—The last five days have been the warmest ever known in western Michigan and rain is badly needed. ,T|>e thermometer has been above 100 all day ahd towards evening only lost ten points. Several fatalities have been reported and more are ffkpected unies* a cool wave strikes this portion of the state soon. Electrical storms hare, passed over thia section in the last 24 hours, but have had no noticeable effect. In low*. Council Bluffs, la.. Aug. 10.—The heat here ba* been extreme for thepast week, the thermometer” registered from 98 to 100 degrees in the sfiade. There ha* been but one fatality. The heated spell was broken Sunday evening by a heavy rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning. These storms have occurred frequently during the week, and one death h*a occurred from lightning. At ClevelandCleveland, O-, Aug. 10.—Sunday was a record breaker. The mercury ranged from 80 to 93 during the day at the weather bureau. The temperature ot other places went above 100. There were aeveral prostration*, including IS at the Ohio national guard encampment; and WiillMD Fltigtrald, a laborer, died fro;n th* effect* of the beat. Thio* DmDu at Albaay. Alta/, Mt Y.| Auy. 10.—TWttdrtlhi

resulted here Sunday from the heat. They were William J,Gannon, a policeman, aged 45; George>Clifford, aged 77; John Payne, 60years old (colored). HOT AT OTHEB POINTS. Deaths and Much Suffering Reported ffom All Localities* Dispatches from various points throughout the country show that no spot is exempt from the torrid weather. In the volley regions, where the air is dense with vapor, and tn small'towns, where streets are not sprinkled, the suffering la Intense, but no more so than in the large cities, where the walls of brick, Iron and stone i deflect the burning rays of the sun and the * heat Is augmented by furnaces and boilers < under the pavements: In all the larger cities the poor in the tenement districts and ptiSons employed in close factories, where steam is used are especial sufferers. The mortality among children Is alarming in the villas. At Philadelphia Saturday ten deaths from heat were reported. '» Six deaths ecctirred Saturday at Loulsvlle. Seventeen horses perished from exctsslvc'fheat. At Httsburgh Sunday no prostrations were reported, although, the thermometer reached 102 In the shade. At Elgin, 111., a son of Mrs. Loretta Mott died ot prostration. Gerald W. McChesney. also a young man, died from sunstroke, -- . ' : At Anderson, Ind there was Intense suffering among the men In the nail factorlei. There Were three prostrations tn the city. M'lan, Mo., wports I'S in the shade and much mortality among animals. Horses drop In the streets, and only absolutely ne-.e.ssary work Is being done, residents waiting until nightfal’. to move about. All records we.te broken at Jefferson, la., when the tl.ermcmctcr Indicated 10« In the shade at two o’clvc k Sr.turday afternoon. Henry Ik>wney. an aged and' wealthy farmer of Tiffin, 0., was overcome by the twat and dropped dead while unhitching ; his horses after a trip to the city. At Des Moines, la., a record of M In the shade was reached Saturday and two fatalities were reported. John Gardner, aged to, keeper of a restaurant, dropped dead in his ; lace of business. Samuel Brown fell dead at his home while sitting in the shade. After the hottest day for many seasons a v iolent storm broke over Lebanon, 111. Saturday. Lightning struck and set Are to forest trees, destroyed farm barns, hay shells and. corn cribs, entailing a loss estimated at IIQ.OOO. * Reports from Boston are that the Hub Is simply prostrated. Hotter weather was never Known there. The death rate has increased gteatly, and six deaths from sunstroke were reported Saturday. The heal itcord tn Kansas City was smashed again, the weather bureau thermometer recording 103 degrees at 3:30 Saturdgy afternoon. On th streets thermometers ranged from IC3 to ICB. It Was the hottest day Kansas City has ever known. Several prostrations occurred, but as far as know n none resulted fatally. BROKEN UP. Death Blow Dealt to a Gang of Alleged Swindlers at Chicago. - Chictr.o, Aug. 10.—By the arrest Saturday night of the principals of w hat is alleged to be one of the worst combinations of swindlers that has ever preyed on the American ppblic, and whose operations have extended over many years and involved many states, has, it is confidentially believed, been broken up. Acting oil information from Postal Inspector J. J. Larntpur, who has been working on the case at New York for some tir.ie, that he had located two members of the combination-and would arrest them at once. James F. McClure, .William Thomas and J. I. Tailman were Saturday night taken in custody on the charge of rising the United’ Sta’es mails for fraudulent purposes. Their New Yo-k iu>nfederates are William H. McClure and llr. John Craig. I’or y.-nra, it is id, tli.se men base ■ conducted fraudulent schemesof various kinds, under different firm names, seldom remaining long in any one locality, 1 anti- have filched, it 'is believed, fully $"’50,000 from their dupes. The earlier operations of the gang were in connection w ithajottery scheme at Kan-sas-City, Mo., land later on in pretended connection with the Louisiana lotteiv, in which enterprise they reaped rich harvests. Lately, it Is claimed, they have been engaged in so-calleS “buckt tshop” business in this city, using various aliases, among them being “Patterson & Up.,” “Craig & C 0.," "Thomas <t (0.,“ and have also engaged.in the sale •jpf bogu« mining stocks to a large extent. Jersey City. N. J., Aug. 10.— John Craig William McClure, who are concerned in the big mining and grain swindles for w hich William A. Thomas, James F. McClure atid John L Tailman are under arrest in Chicago, were lodged in the Hudson county jail Sunday night. They were arrested at Tom’s Hirer. . They will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Lindsiey Howe to-day. BIG LAND SWINDLE. rUtaburgh Re.ldente Are Ont About SIOO.OOO or More. " . Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 10. —' A land svyindle, by which residents of Pittsburgh lost SIOO,OOO, hhd perhaps more, has come to light.? Requisition papers for the arrest of J. F., Van Smith, one of the principals in the fraudulent transaction, have been Issued by Judge Porter. . Van Smith has been located in Alexandria. Va. Not only has thesloo,ooo been lost, but over 100 people who bought land from Van Smith, and built homes for themselves, are without title to their property, and are liable to be dispossessed. The swindle was bold n conception and in execution. Forged and fraudulent deeds and certificates for western land, it is charged, were exchanged for good Allegheny county land, and the latter was sold or mortgaged for cash. BASEBALL. Standing ot the Club* Io the K»ee tor 4'batnpiun.hlp Honora. The following tables show the number of games won and lost and the percentage of the clubs of leading baseball organizations. National league: Baltimore Cl £7 -T4 Cincinnati ......86 29 CSI Chicago ...i... 58 40 .583 Eittsburgh ( ....W .40 -530 Boston A..........48 41 .53# Brooklyn \ 41 48. . GSI PhHadelph ... 40 4» ‘43 New-York.. Washington ..'..7?» S 3 4C2 Louisville. ..2-X «> ..ISO Western league: |. Indianapolis ..W .. ..... -55 M ' •.«£' St. Paul Jo /3S JM Minneapolis ....TxZ&a..— -M ?38 .SSJ Kansas Clt v T®. JCX ® Detroit ■ Grand Rapids... . 33 44 .Mm Columbus 33 <4 .M 0 # ■ „ . ■■■--■- r-Well-Known Lawyer Dead. Columbus, 0.. Aug. 10.-William J. Gilmore, one of the ablest and beatknown lawyers at the Ohio bar, died at his residence here Sunday afternoon, aged 73 years. He was at one time injustice of the supreme bench of the state. _ lowa Republican Campaign, Des Moines, la.. Aug. 10.—Roswell G. Horr. the first national speaker to enter tho «tato ot lowa, will open the campaign ot th* outside speakers at Webster City os Auguat 84.

GOLD DEMOCRATS. . They Issue a Call for Anotßer National Convention. A Third Ticket Will Be Nanied in ' Indianapolis — Date ot Meeting la Wednesday. September B—Text ot the CalL - Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 8. —The provisional committee of those democrats not indorsing the Chicago platform and ( ticket held a session here Friday, a per- . manent organization was effected fend a cull was issued for a national conven- : tion to be held in this city Wednesday, September 2, for the purpose of adopting a declaration of principlesand nominating candidates for president and : vice president. The provisional coni- I ' mittee was merged into a national com- ; mittee, and Senator John M. Palmer, I of Illinois, Was made permanent chairman. Mr. Outhivaite, chairman of the sub- ; committee, then presented the call for the .convention, fts follows: ...... ; j The Call. •To the democrats of the United States: j A political party has always been defined , to be an association oLvoters to promote | the success of political principles held In common. The democratic party, during its whale history, hss been pledged to pro- ! mote the liberty of the individual, the se- : curlty of private rights and property fv.d ! the supremacy of the law. It has always. i Insisted upon a safe ar.d stable tnoney for | the people's use., It has Insisted upon the maintenance of the financial honor of the nation, as well as upon the preservation inviolate of the Institutions established by • ’■ the constitution. principles, were ! abandoned by the supposed representa- | tlves of a part)* at a national .convention b recently assembled at Chlckgo. Party Would Cease to Exist. •The democratic party will, therefore cease to exist unless it be preserved by the ; I voluntary action of such ot its members J as still adhere to Its fundamental principles. No majority, of members of that con- j vention. however large, had any right or power to surrender those principles. W hen : they. undertook to do so, that assemblage, t ceased to be i demoeratie convention. The . | action taken, the irregular proceedings, atid the platform enunciated by that body were, and are, SO utterly and indefensibly revolutionary, and constitute such rad- I leal departures from the principles of true ; democracy, which should characterize-a \ sound and patriotic administration of cur ; country's affairs, that Its results are not entitled to the confidence or support of true democrats. For the first time since national parties were formed before the American people a platform de- , clariag the principles of the democratic ! party as recogtilxed and most courageously and consistently administered by Jefter-.J son. Jackson ami Cleveland, nor are there nominees forth? offices of president and vice president of the United States pledged to carry those principles Into practical effect. .The faithful and true democrats of the United States are determined that J their principles shall not be ruthlessly surrendered. nVr the people be deprived of an opportunity to Vote for candidates in ac- : cord therewith. To Meet September 2. •'Therefore the national democratic party I ot the I'nited States, through Its regularly Constituted committee, hereby calls a national convention of that party, for the announcement of its platform and the noni- | inatlon of candidates fo r the offices of president and vice president of the United States and the transaction of such business as is incidental thereto, to be held at Indianapolis or. Wednesday, the second day Os September, 1896. at 12 o'clock noon, and hereby requests that the members of tne party In the several states who believe in : sound money and the preservation of law ; and order, and who are unalterably op- , ;>osed to the plaform adopted and candidates nominated at Chicago, will select In such manner as lo them shall seem best, a number of delegates to the same, equal ! i to twice the number of electoral votes to which such ..st:Ues are respectively entitled. Suet ‘delegates shall be duly accredited. according to the usages: of the '< democra’lc party.. Their credentials shall be forwarded or delivered to the secretary of this committee with all convenient speed and this committee will make up and announce the roll of. the delegates entitled to participate In the preliminary organization ot the convention.” The Executive Committee. At 12 o'clyck Friday night i huirtnr.u rainier announced bis executive committee sis follows: \V. 1). Bynum, Indianapolis, Ind.; \V. B. Haldeman, Louisville, Ky.; Frederick Lehman, St. Louis, Mo.; John E. Hopkins. Chicago. 111.; Eilis B. Usher, La Crosse. Wis.; F. M. W. Cuteheon, S’. Baul.Minn.; Samuel H. Holding, Cleve- - kind, ().; Charles Tracy, New York. The headquarters of the committeewill be established in Indianapolis, at 'east until after thek'onvention. _ ‘ ARE EXPOSED. Western Railroads Shown to Be in a I‘col. Chicago, Aug. B.—A railroad pool of gigantic proportions whs uncovered be-foi-e the interstate commerce commission Friday morning,,when l’re» ; dent A. B. StieUey, of the Chicago Great Western railroad, testified that strenuous efforts had been niijile by competing companies to coerce him into living up to what is known as the Union Leogue club agreement. This makes it incumbent upon alt western mat’s touching the same ;>oints to equalize the amount of freight offered for tf-.ins|K>rtation, so tha' one foad will do as much business us th® other. • ■ ‘ Mr. Stickney further showed that the ■ western rpads had compelled the farmers to [Kiy a rate of 13 cents on a 200-mile haul, end then had cartied the same grain twice as far for the dealers at ;> six-rent rate. “I tell you,” continued Mr. Stiekmfy, “it is this sort of thing which is miking anarchists of the west era farmers!” Republican* in Michigan. Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 7. The republicans of Michigan assembled in state convention nominated Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, for governor, on the fourth ballot. The results of the last ballot were: Pingree, 449; Bliss, 290; O’Donnell, 75; Aitken, 17; Conant. 2. Pingree's nomination was made unanimous. The platform, which was unanimously adopted, declares “continued allegiance to the republican party, j which now as heretofore stands for the upholding of law and order, theencour- • agement anti "protection of the comI nierce of- our country, its industries, its labor, its farms and its firesides, the development of its resources, the maintenance of its credit, and tne defense of its honor among the of the world.” It indorses the national republican platform, denounces that of the national democratic convention, and congratulates the party upon tbe “eminently wise and satisfactory' selection of standard-bearers in the present national campaign.” Ao Election lu TenneMee. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 7. —Tennessee held an election Thursday to, select three judges for the court of chancery appeals and county officials. Indications point to the election of Barton. Wilson and Neil, democrats, for judges; but the republicans claim the election of W. B. Turner, their candidate in thia dlitrlot of the state. The money question was not eoßsidmd ia the Ha*

THE WORLD’S RAILS. It is a noteworthy fact that the locomotive engines which drew the tsar and, the imperial party to Moscow for the coronation were of American manufacture. ' | One of the English roads that run heflveeu London and Edinburg advertises “magnificent new corridor trains.” which are about on a par with the average American ordinary passenger car, with the aisles down the center. Tashkend will be connected with Orenburg by rail as soon as possible, the Russian governmqpt having at last selected the Orenburg route as the one that shall connect the Siberid railroad with the Trans-Caspian and Samarkand line. There were 507,420,362 passengers carried on the railways of the United States during the year covered by the report of the interstate commerce commission just issued. That equals about seven railroad rides for every' man, , woman and child in the whole country. The Pennsylvania railroad is the highest taxpayer in the city of Philadelphia. The taxes for that company’s property in that city for 1896 are $261,This represents a valuation of about $20,000,000 on the real estate in i that city owned by the company, POPULAR SCIENCE. r A new industry which is receiving encouragement in Germany is that of distilling a strong aromatic oil frbnt : the green leaves of the celery plants A hundred pounds of leaves make one pound of oil. The oil is used for flavorI ing purposes. A ease of complete and immediate relief from the effects of ivy poisoning is reported in the Medical World by Dr, W. L. Shanks. His patient was swollen from .head to foot, and in an hour after bathing in a solution of sodium hyposulphite was attending to business’aa if nothing had happened. Important improvements in Roentgen photography are announced from Berlin. The most interesting is a simple method of photographing the stomach and intestines. It is only necessary for tlth patient to drink some harmless solfi|ilm of mineral salt, such as lime water, which is as impenetrable as bone ■ to X rays, and excellent results are obtained. have shown thal fatigue causes chemical change in the blood, resulting in the produetiojn of a poison resembling the curare poison, which certain savage tribes Use for arrows. Arrow poison, however, is of vegetable origin. When the blood of a tired animal is injected into the arteries of a fresh one, the latter exhibits all the symptoms of fatigue. PERSONALS. i Georges Uharpentier. rhe Varis, publisher. has retired from the firm that bears.Jiis name. Egypt's khedive suffers from stomach ache; he must go to Corfu and then to Swiyterland for a Cure. l.eo Xlll. has just received .the present of an American typewriting machine inlaid with pearl and silver, with the. papal coat-of-arms emblazoned on it; . Mrs. Ellis, of Sidnev. Me.> who will be a hundred years old next January, ij in the’full possession of l her faeul-' ties. Some one asked her the other day if she intended to celebrate her centenary’ with a jubilee.. “Jubilee?” she retorted. “Me have a jubilee? Why, bless you, J have a jubilee every day.” BICYCLE TALK. While. riding on a bridge at Ben Lomond. Cal.. Rev. E. P. Baker lost control of his bicycle and fell to his death on the rocks below. ■ Bicycles seem to have taken the place of brass candlesticks for wedding presents' in Kngland. . Princess Maud of Wales is said to have received two dozen of themAn English bicyclist,- hauled up before the Leeds police court for riding ■. without a light, pleaded th,nt it was moonlight and that there was no need for one. The magistrate vva< inclined to accept the excuse, but finally decided to fine him 12 cents, including costs. Beit ot All To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly . beneficial manner, when tno Spring time comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Svrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for all the family and costs only 5J cents; the large size 81.' Buy the genuine. Manufactured bv the California Fur Syrup only, atid for sale by all druggists. * What. is the baby's name? Indeed We naven't one selected, W-e're waiting till November comes. To see which man’s elei ted. —Washington Star. Cures Talk tn favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla as for no other medicine. It has the greatest record ot cures of any medicine in the world. In fact, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Hood’s Pills cure sick headache.lndlgestlon, EDUCATIONAL. _ ,04, ST. jOHN’S COLLEGE, 1 1898 FORDHAM, N. Y. CITY. JESUIT FATHEBS. VXIVERSITT. SCIENTIFIC. CLASSICAL and PBS PARAT.iRY COt’R’IS. MILITARY DRILL br • V A A üßrar. FREXCH GERMAN. LIBRARY. BtADlN'l ROOMS .nd GYMNASIA Five separate buiiolnga R. K Train, at .Gate. For Information addrev* “THE HKESIDENT.” CHICAGO COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY Dental Department of Lake Fore«t rnWrrefty. Next Session opens October Ik t. IMM Facilities for ins*rn<y f Mon nnrarpamMMi. nFFor information addreM TBVSAS W. BKOPHT. Dess. 11® State Street. Cble»C®. IM. CHICAGO COLLEGE OF LAW Hon. Thomas a. Moaxa, I.L D. baax Two and three year coaiye. Scanlon rack week-day evening. Ijr For farther information addr.M SECRETARY ELMER E. BARRETT. IN W aahmgton Sweet. Chicago. CHICAGO CONSERVATORY. Milkin elocutidn. mUOIU DRAMATIC ART A«o. SxMCKL KATZZB. Dlrwler. fItHK FRANCES BHIMKH ACADEMY OF THE IXI. A VKBSITT OF t HICAGO, MT. IAKROLL. ILL. A Culler. Preparatory Schoo I affiliated with the I up varalty of ChUago Strong department* in Matte ana Art. Introductory cour.» tn cum mon hngi Ikh brnuehM. FaUtsrn opeujSept. U, U» , In what b*> b.en for inure Utah 44 years Ht-Carroll Aemlaar). Ida E. Swdaw. »«m. l