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>' • • l̂ cpmi) ̂ laiudeale* J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. lfcHENRY, ' -' - ILLINOIS. WORK OF WRECKERS. s» :vV;; SAID TO BE OF NOTHING PIRACY. SHORT Swindle »t Chicago--F»Tor»ht* Trade Outlook Over^tho Whole Country-- ICUMMirl Cattle Snl^Mt MftMew DiMMM --Killed »t a Kace. England's Protected Pirates. ..j'^tSWRK is a strong possibility that the British Government will be called upon to make good the damage done, to a por­ tion of the valuable cargo oT the steam­ ship Eldorado of the Morgan Line, wh'ch met with disaster recently in the Bahamas, by the wreckers of the Bahama Islands. These wreck­ ers, who are but little better than pirates, swarmed over the Eldorado as , she 'ay helpless on one of the Bahama shoals, tried to haul down the American flag which floated at her masthead, and were with difficulty restrained from tak­ ing forcible possession of her. The only means of saving the ship and cargo from them was to give them permission to break out a portion of the cargo and load it on their schooners. & LARGEST EVER KNOWN . Grain Crops Safe and Through Them Business Booms. , It 6. Pes & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Business improves in all sections; at the South, because of injury to the cot­ ton crop, and the consequent advance In the price. I he wheat crop is out of dan­ ger and is enormous, undoubtedly the largest ever crown, and moving with unusual rapidity. The corn crop has been saved, and Is very largo In most of the surplm-producing States. The monetary situation is also decidedly clearer and more favorable. The removal of the German prohibition of American pork Imports premises a largely increased demand for important products. The busi­ ness failures throughout the country dur­ ing the last seven days number 217, as %-L compared with a total of 228 last week. Vni* fttA /*Af>naei For the corresponding the figures were 203. week of last year - ; , ' :v -,1;,. lv'<1 2"k - -. \ Sf i \ • '.V» H i t • - V " " - : s-*,\ * lip:"- - Vr: • " i BASE-BALL. Standing of the Different Clubs According t« the Latest Contests. FOLLOWING is a showing of the stand­ ing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATIONAL LEAOU*. W. L. tfo.! Chicago 70 L. 11 Bostons 62 47 New York.. .57 tt Phiiadelp'a. 57 «0 .631 C)evaland8. .51 .5C9 Brooklvns.. 47 ,55a Pittsburps. .45 .6c3 Cincionatis..44 L 61 59 64 .455 .443 .413 .400 kate succeeded. The last case occurred when Eli as Hasloy, aced sixty six, look rat poison and died. FUROR KICK BUSHESHAGKJT and his wife Emily, each past 70, were found in an old well on their farm near Hartford, Conn., showing evdence that they had been mhrdoi'ed. It is thought'a tramp, whom the old couple had fed, did the deed. AT Binghamton, N. Y., Mrs. S. H. Rumner was burned to death by upset­ ting a lamp while readfng In bed. DKATH came tike a flash upon a driv­ ing party of four at the Hudson avenue railroad crossing In Peckskill, N. Y. The second section of a fast train from the West struck the front wheels of a carriage, throwing the vehicle fifty feet. George Travis of Amawglk, N. Y., who was driving, died of his injuries before midnight. His daughter, sitting beside him, was instant y killed. Two yc ung women on the back seat escaped with severe bruises., THK Suffolk Trust Company of Bos­ ton has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Its investments in Kansas have proved disastrous. ' AT the (Gettysburg celebration Illinois representatives pre enteci, with fitting ceremony, monuments marking the place where three regiments from that State opened the famous battle The monu­ ments cost S6,0V. and are highly credit- »Dle pieces of sculpture. . , AKXiUCAV ASSOCIATION. W. L. Ve.; W. L. ....79 33 .iUilColatnbns.. .SI 65 &t. Lonlt....72 41 .P2.i Milwaukees.47 64 Baltimore*..61 48 .555; Washinqt'n.SS SB Phlladelp'B. 60 SS .Ml LonisrillOB . .39 73 WKSTERK ASSOCIATION. Tj ^ Kansas C'ys.59 r>3 .523 Sioux Cltys.58 Omaha* 43 51 .4*0 Den vers 47 -------- New York Anti-Liquor Ticket. ¥>c. .444 .433 .356 .340 .477 .4M |Sf|tK Prohibitionists of Now York have - selected their Srate ticket as follows: For Governor. J. W. Bruce, a retired V farmer of Canastota, «Madison Countv; ' for Lieutenant Co.qrTior, George W. Hal leek, a prosperous farmer of Suf- , ' folk County; for Secretary of State, William E. Booth, of Livingston County; for State Treasurer, Francis E. Craw­ ford, of Westchester County; for Comp­ troller, William W. Smith, of Pough- kcepsie; for State Engineer and Sur­ veyor, H. 1*. Forbes, professor of the ; University of Canton, St Lawrence County: for Attorney General, S. E. Crosser, of Buffalo. v - * Seventeen Killed by Cossacks. • , ,, .VA PABTY of Russian officials sent to T iffi" anima's infected with disease^ in order to prevent the disease from spread­ ing, was attacked at Maikop by a crowd of inhabitants. A detachment of Cos- sacks, ordered to quell the disturbance, was received with a shower of stones. The Cossacks then fired a volley, killing seventeen persons and wounding many others. gj \ Preparing for War., , ^ Scssus villa?-*s near the Russo-Aus- trlsn frontier are thronzed with soldiers. The frontier guards, who used to be merely gendarmes to prevent smuggling, have givo.i place to whole regiments per­ manently quartered at every available point and ready to act as a strong ad­ vance guard in pouring into the Aus­ trian empire in the event of war. A New Malady Affecting Missouri Cattle. HBAR Sedalia, Mo., a peculiar disease .1?raging among stock: A few days ago a farmer noticed t: at several of his cows refused to oat or drink, and that they were in a bad condition generally. Upon investigation he lound their mouths were raw, very sore and inflamed, the symptoms re.-emb ing a fatal mouth dis- Victims by the Score t?orBRKMKNT officials at Chicago swooped down on the Elder Publishing Company and arrested the President, Abram P. T. Elder, and Vice President and Secretary. H. L. Barber, on the ebarge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Their vlctimi, number th u- ssnds. Both men are in jail in default of Jail. Struck Dead at a Fair. ; ."*'i0N the fair-grounds at C yde, Ohio, Hiile endeavoring to cross the track during a trotting race, Miss Florlan Soger was instantly killed by being Struck by a sulky, the shaft of which passed entirely through her head at the temple. A Murderer Hanged. AT Augusta, Ga., Frank Danforth, negro wife murderer, was hanged, neck was broken. WESTERN HAPPENINQ8. SRVld^men held up the eastbomd Rio Grande . train near Cotopaxi, Co1. The highwaymen compelled the flagman at Rose Creek to give up a 1 the torpe­ does In his possession and also forced him to flag the train. As soon a- it stopped the engineer and fireman were deliberately held up at the point of rifles. Express Messenger Angel made a determined resistance and used a re­ volver to good advantage, but he was overpowered and ail the money taken. Bloodhounds are on the trail of the robbers. JUST as .Cashier Perry Ellis of the Corder Bank of Corder, Ma, was closing his doors, masked robbers came in and put him under their guns There were three of the thieves, apd they got away with StHK), escaping a fusillade of bullets as they rode off. One was captured later and lynched. Part of the money was recovered. NEAR Grand Forks S. D., five thou­ sand acres of hay land, studded with stacks, was swept clean by a prairie fire, supposed to have caught from a Northern Pacific locomotive. The lira burned to the banks of the Turtle Biver. AT Terre Haute, Jnd., Frei Markle, a brother-in-law of Mu-grave, the former real-estate dealer there who forged deeds and mortgages and who was supposed to have been burned to death in the log cabin ten days ago. confessed that it was a conspiracy to defraud the insurance companies, and that Musgrave was alive In Chicago. Charley Trout, the friend of Musgrave, who helped him find the cabin, also confessed. Word was sent to Chicago to arrest Musgrave. The story is that the skeleton placed in the cabin was purchased In St. Louis for *125. AT The Da'les, Ore., a disastrous fire occurred. A large portion of the town is in ruins. The loss is estimated at $800,000. A SBRIOUS wreck was caused at Viele, Iowa, by the wrecking of an engine driving-wheel. Four coaches and the engine were derailed and badly smashed. Engineer Rosburg was pinned between the engine and tender for two hours. The passengers were badly shaken up THB dynamite factory owned by F. A. Reynolds & Co., near White Pigeon, Mich., exploded. There were twenty tons of dynamite in the building, which was a three story brick. ^Scarcely a vestige of it remains. Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes and Norwegians, were comp'etely annihilat­ ed: not an atom of them is to be found, and it is impossible to learn their names, as the company's books, pay-rolls, etc., are lost. As it was early, none of the proprietors were in the building at the time of the explosion The loss is estimated at $35,OOQ. The concussion in White Pigeon was awful, and citizens were badly frijeht- ened. Goods in the stores were thrown from the shelves and houses rocked to and fro. The spire of the German Lutheran Church fell with a loud crash, and the walls of several buildings are cracked and damaged. Mits. RICHAKDSOX, an aged woman, living near Long Prairie, Minn., appar­ ently died of apoplexy and was laid out ready for burial in due time. Wh n the funeral was about to take place, the suppose d corpse began to show signs of life, and in a short time revived to that she could speak and knew the friends who gathered about her. THK Central Market Company of Chi­ cago assignod. Its liabilities are $160,000. INSPECTOR WKIH of the Chicago Health Department discovered a car load of ;att!e infected with Texas fever. The cattle had been sold by a local bro­ ker to an Eastern firm. The cattle were at once placed in quarantine. Accordingly the department will probe- A HOTTT R A T W - Iff AKTNfr bly await further detailed information ttJllJl iUillXlil U* from tho Minister before according ; formal recognition to the new govern- ' QBN. ment. - . • POLITICAL. POkRIDQBk j> 1 DYRENFORTH'S OPERA­ TIONS EXPLAINED. AT Hastings, Neb, the Independent; Stats Convention completed its labors • by placing in nomination J. W. Edger* j ton, of South Omaha, for Associate: Judge of the Supreme Court, and Pro- I fessor D'Alemand, of Furniss County, | and E. A Had'ey, of Stromsburf, as regents of the State University. GEN. BLACK, ex-Commissioner of Pen­ sions, has declared .his preference for Cleveland in 1892. Rain Fnllnwwl Hea nonadlngr Made a Philosopher and m Paten ten of an Army Officer--An Exten- •InBsinftll irollowed the Pint INDUSTRIAL NOTES. j OoupdUnr die Cloods. 1 Scientists, farmers, and ranchmen, j and in fact the entire reading public, 1 have recently had their attention cen- j tered on Texas and the successful oper- | atlons of the Government rainmakers, j The cowboys of the "Staked Plains" of j that State have been treated to a free exhibition of fireworks such as has sel- ; I dom if ever been equaled in the Lone Star American Ax and Tool Cotnpltl'y, j state. The coyotes and antelopes have composed of nine factories, controls ! been scattered in terror by this terrific about half the production of axes. The j cannonading of the experimenters, and employes of five factories went out on a j to the joy of tho ranchman copious rains strike caused bv the efforts of the com- have fallen on the parchod prairies of pany to discourage tho growth of the the Llano Estacado, breaking a drought labor unions The Federation of Labor 1 4^ ... j, ̂ has agreed to pay each married man en­ gaged in the strike $6 per week and each unmarried man §3 per week while tho fight lasts. FIFTEEN irt xnRKD Chicago cabinet* makers struck for an eight-hour work­ ing day, a minimum scale of wages, and the abolition of piece work. The strik­ ers state that they had sent circulars with their, demands to forty-two firms; that fourteeu of these firms had granted the demands, as well las live firms to which no circulars hai been sent; that thi.se nineteen firms emp oyed 300 men. FOREIGN GOSSIP. TTTE Turkish Government has yielded to the demands of the Russian Govern­ ment that any vessel carrying the Rus­ sian Pag must have free passage through the Dardanelles. Two MILLION DOLLARS* worth of prop­ erty is estimated to have been destroyed by the mob when tho city of Valparaiso was surrendered to tho insurgents. Gen. Balmaceda is still a fugitive. Ox the "oasis of Consular reports* Hun- car y has issued an estimate of the world's wheat harvest at from 725,000,- 000 to 736,000,000 of hectolitres; rye, 350.000,000 to 360,000,000 of hectolitres; the wheat being 44,000,000 to 50,000,000 and rye 90,000,000 to 100,000,000 below the average THE report that Tnrkey has granted Russia the privilege of taking her war- i ships through the Dardanelles is creat- j ing much unfrfendly comment Jn En- ! gland and Germany. It is not believed > that the latter powers will consent to such an arrangement IT is feared that the differences be­ tween Nicaragua and Honduras will soon lead to war. 0: OCT. DTREVFOirra. of long duration and averting the dis­ tress and suffering which would have fol­ lowed a few more weeks of dry weather. Before the close of tho late war, it be­ came so conspicuous a fact that heavy rain would almost Inevitably follow a hot engagement that the storm was fully anticipated, and was regarded as one of the factors in the case to be con- sidereebby a loader when forming his plans upon the eve of a battle. In most of these cases the storms began about In charging the balloons with the gases the empty envelope is first spread on the ground and filled one-third full with oxygen. This is done by attaching the balloon by a ho:e to retorts filled with chlorate of potassium and manga­ nese. The retort* are then subjected to intense heat in oxygen furnaces con­ structed for tho purpose, when oxygen gas is generated and passes through a lime-water wa.'ii into the balloon. When the balloon is one-third full it is detached from the oxygen apparatus and connected by a pipe with one of the large hydrogen generators, which com­ pletes the Inflation. The hydrogen gen­ erator consists of a iarge tank half-full of water and iron borings turned from cast-iron projectiles In the navy yard at Washington. Into this sulphuric acid, or vitriol, is slowly decanted. The acid separates the water Into its gases, hy­ drogen and oxygen, and tho iron takes np the oxygen, allowing the free hydro­ gen to escape through a pipe and wash- barrel into the balloon, which is hold captive by a netting attached to sand bags. The observation ascents are made in balloons of twenty feet diameter. The balloon Is held captive at a height of 1,000 feet by a strong cable while the meteorologist in the basket commtini- cat"S the readings of his instrument through a telephone to those on the ground below. The cable is then let go, and the balloon rises to the height of over two miles, and thon descending lands the occupant at a distance of sev­ eralties from the starting point A carriage has already started from the headquarters, howover, and the aero­ nautical observer is seen riding quietly back on terra firma. with his balloon, folding basket, a^d instruments safe y packed away.' Three closely related principles of theories are recognize 1 and acted upon by General Dyrenforth and his party in their experiments, which, stated briefly and bereft of tecnnlcal terms, are as follows: First, most rain­ storms have their origin in the mingling of different currents of the 'bpper air strata, so:tie of which are warm and moisture-laden (in any locali­ ty) while others are much cooler. As soon as these currents begin to mingle, the warm, moist current is cooled and its moisture is thus squeezed out of it as from a sponge. Thia moisture first be­ comes visible as vapor or "cloud," and HAS CONQUERED' twelve hours after tho heavy firing, gen- j finally condenses in*o rain. The process erally arising in the night following the j is a progressive one and will generally battle, and in case* of continual fight- ' multiply upon- itself from a very small FILLING THB BAT.OOXP. 8OUTHBRN INCIDENTS. y Small Cranberry Crop. THE American Cranberry Growers* Association has received returns from $.11 the cranberry growing regions of the country. Accord.ng to them the pres- s ent crop will be 20 per cent smaller than *;•v that of last year. This is attributed to T" the heavy fro>ts last May both East and . .'WeBt. ' THE Royal Birth in japan, minister of the Japanese im­ perial household announces that a prio- " a has been born to tlu* Emperor. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. THB business part of Oeres, N. Y.. was destroyed by fife.' The losers ars: ^Carty Opera Company, Oswego House, ^Roberts Bros.'drug store, Osiveuo Voile# <J:~ 'l Mail office, G. W. Hackett's drug store, JjiLamphire's ll7ery barns, U. Kimball's ^residence, and other buildings. AT Bradford, Pa., a suicide mania has 5® taken possession of the aged members of .• a local agnostic circle, which was found- ed by the late Dr. Staart, who himself led the way by taking hi* life. Since then three other members of the circle have tried to lull tbsassl\es and two ,5* \{( , S " A SPECIAL from Del Rio, Tex., says a taring train robbery was committed at that place, dynamite aud Winchesters figuring prominently in the raid. All the money and valuables in the express safe was secured by the robbers, as well as several sacks of mail and a registered package. WILLIAM ALLEX, alias Henry Jones, the negro who shot and fatally wounded E. J. Meyers, Marshal of Guy ton, Ga., has expiated his crime. He was taken from the custody of the officers in tho waiting-room at the Central Depot at Guytou at 10 o'clock at night by about seventy-five men armed with rifles, and carried to a point in the woods about a mile and a half from Guy ton, where he was tied to a tree ana shot to death. DR. W. S. TUKNBCLI., Farmer Cun­ ningham and two sons were killed by a stroke of lightning near Magnolia, Ark. A tree near by was torn up by Its roots ; and the cotton pen was shattered to pieces. Cunninghsm and his two sons were killed instantly and Dr. Turnbull Hved only a short while. THE ootton crop prospects for Shelby, Sabine, and San Augustine Counties, Tex., are fully 25 per cent lower than two weeks ago. . GENERAL, NOTES. DURING the mornin? hours of Sept 1 Wolfs period comet passed directly over the pleiades or the seven stars. The phenomenon is considered by astrono­ mers as of great importance aside from Its never having been witnessed. CON&RBSS will in all probability bo asked to make a loan of $5,000,000 for the World's Fair. Six prominent repre­ sentatives of the National Commission and Board of Directors have held a two days' session to discuss this matter. While the general opinion is that Con­ gress should make an outright appropri­ ation of 85,000,000, tho beliof is expressed that it would be unwilling to do so, and in order to make the best of the situa­ tion, it is thought that a loan, instead of i ing for several days, as ih tho battles of an appropriation, should be asked. Con- j the Wilderness, they occurred nightly gress, it is believed, will not hesitate to j during tho continuance of the engage- aid the Fair, as there is a willingness to i merits. History a's0 shows that during pledge the gate receipts for the payment I the Mexican war many battles on tbe of the loan. I arid plains of Mexico were followed by AN official order of tho English Board J copious rainfalls, a condition previously of Agriculture has been issued relating j to the Atlantic cattle trade, to go into operation next January. The purpose of the order is to securo the delivery of healthy cattle, and to that end such pre­ cautions must be taken to secure the comfort of the animals on their trip, that the trade will be relieved of all of its inhuman features. AN astounding revelation 01 crueltv at Bt Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, Mon­ treal, came to light when a discharged convict limped into a hotel there and taking off his dusty shoe took from it a letter from James Ferry, now serving a seven-year sentence in that institution. Out of the four years he has served this wretched convict has spent, he declares, no less than twenty- four months in the black hole. This punishment tell is a portion of the cellar of the penitentiary, and is so closely shut with iron doors that day­ light never reaches the colis in it as long as the convicts are ther& The un­ fortunate prisoaer put there is kept on bread and water, being given one regu­ lar prison meal every day. He sleeps on straw, and the guard who furnishes him with his scanty food is prohibited from speaking to him It is perpetual night and unending silence for him. It is the hardest punishment that can be indicted, and yet this unfortunate man has spent two whole years in this hole, besldos being horribly beaten and kicked. A BULLETIN from the Census Bureau shows that there are 45,233 per-ons cpn ftnsdin the peniten tiaries of this country. THE NATIONAL, CAPITAL. 'iL < . • ' ' j * .s-' J • THE Department of State has heard from Minister Egan. The delay in re­ ceiving his report has been solved by in­ formation that the telegraphic commu­ nication between Santiago and Val­ paraiso had been cut, and that the line eastward from Santiago to Buenos Ayres has been interrupted by heavy snows In the Andes Mountains. Although Minister Euan's cablegram officially indicates the success of what ho describes as the revolution, he has not yet informed the Department of State that a Government has been set up that may be recognized as a government of tin people representative of the country. MABKJCT K3SPOKT8. CHICAGO. Cvrn.1?--Common to Prims'. --S S£) Hooa--Shipping Grade*. SHEKF WHBiT--No. Sited.... COBS-NO. 2 OiTt,--No. tt RTB--NO. 2. BCTTKIV--( hoioe Creamary t CHKKHK--Full Cream, flat*.....» EGOS--Fresh POTATOKS-New, p«r b* IKIHANAPOUA CATCT.»--Shipping Hoos--choice Light.... BHKXT--Common to Prim* WHXAT-- NO. 2 K«D OOBN- NO. I White .» OAT*--Mo. 2 White ..... BT. LOUIS. CATTt,a._ • HOG* Whka*--No. 1 Red ComN--No. 2 OAT»--Mo. 2 RTB--Ke. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTX.*.... Hoos..... WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. OAT*--No. 2 Mised DKTROIT. CATTML Hoos...-. SHXBF WHEAT- NO. 2 Bed CORK--No. 2 YeUow OAT*--Mew 2 While.............. TOIifcDO. WHKAT--New CORN--Cash OAT*--No. A White ••••.. KTK. ...Mi., BUFTALO. BEEF CATFUI Lint Hoos WHKAT--No. 1 Norther* Co**--No. 2 MILWAUU& WHKAT---No. 2 Spring Co**--No. 8 OATS--NO 2 White RYU--No. 1........... ........... BABLIT-NO. 2 PoitK--Me*s .12.73 NSW YORK. CATTLE Hoos SHKBP WHEAT-- No. 2 R*d............. COBM--No. 2 OATS--Hlxed Weatem & 6.00 # 6.75 (A S.*0 .loM<9 & S.7f m 8.50 <a 5.00 «• 1.0s , 3 . 8 8 ) 4 S.M @ s.A* 8 fcO & f .00 S.C0 1.04 .87 JU .98 .64 .50 .S3 5.00 4.25 .70 ,9S .6* .*2 <9 4.SO 0 1.04 S S $•$ 1 .n & M e s.75 & 1.1s 9 .n is as <a .» .S3H® "H Poax--New MMI « 6.00 almost unknown in some of those locali­ ties. Gen. Daniel Rnggles, of Fredericks- bnrg, Ya., was among tho nunber of those who observed the regularity of this phenomenon or rainfall after bat­ tles, and soon after the close of the. war he applied for a patent on the idea of "producing rainfall artificially by means of explosions In the uppor air." Gen. Ruggles' ideas were crude, but he ob­ tained his patent and tnercuy ^ueexunr- SW« ri«ht to the wholesale and retail trade in «»~..*,t.ifl^ial rain-storms in this country. However, wuo. rvmaress took up the matter and began to talk or in­ vestigating the subject Gon. Rnggles froflly surrendered all his rights in favor of ihe government After Gen. Ruggles had takeiwout his papers the subject of artificial rainfall received little attention for twenty years or moie, but as the grain and cattle in­ terests extended into tho semi-arid re­ gions of the West a^id Southwest, tha possibilities of the subject began to to discussod. and many of the prominent farm and ranch owners of the West were soon convinced that the soheme was well worth a trial C. B. Farwell and Nelson Morris, of Chicago, both of whom are largely interested in stock lauds, took the matter before Cougress and by dial of earnest agitation ob­ tained last year ao appropriation of $3,000 for use by the Department of' Agriculture in prosecuting inves­ tigations in this line, and the last Congress added 97,000 to this sum for a series of practical experiments. At the urgent request of the friends of tho scheme Gen. Robert G. Dyenforth con­ tented to superintend the investigations and exper ments. A series of tentative experiments wore first prosecuted near Washington at which a number of prominent officials and scientists were present. At tho time of tho operations in tho District of Co­ lumbia tho explosions produced great alarm throughout the suburbs, and a petition was immediately presented to Uncle Jerry Rusk praying that he re­ move "his dynamiters" to a region more remote and secluded, and an arid spot in Texas was selected. The mode of oporation which General Dyrenforth adopts is to form a "line of battle" covering a position about three miles long and two deep Along the front of tho line giant powder is fired from mortars, and bombs of "rackarock" mixture are exploded. Hohlnd this a second line Is formod, oonsisting of fifty cloth kites held by electric wire and bearing loads of dynamite The dyna­ mite is exploded when the kites are high in the air by means of a cap and an electric current which is passed through the wires Tho dynamite is suspended from the kites by wires of a length sufficient to prevent the kites from be­ ing injured by the explosions A third line is formed behind the kites consisting of exp'oslvo balloons of 10, IS, and ao foot diameter charged with oxhy- drogea gas, which is one of the most violent explosives known to science Ten to twenty of these balloons are In the air at once, each containing from J00 to 5,000 cubic feet of the explosive gasea The concussions from the explo­ sion of one of these balloons is so great that it must be allowed to rise to a great height in order to prevent Injury to the operatives and surrounding objects. The explosion is produced by means of electric wires or by a time fuse so regul a tod that tho explosion will take place when the balloon has had time to reach the proper altitude, Which varies accord' ing b condition^ tr©»^«p 7,000 feet ' J beginning. The immense air waves produced by the explosion of the bal­ loons at high altitudes start this mlne- llng of currents which, progressing by the foree of 'the latent heat released In the condensation of moisture, grows into a storm center. Tbe second theory is that a continuous series of explosions jars together or ag­ glomerates the particles of moisture in the air Into rain drops, which are pre­ cipitated to tho ground The effect is evident after a heavy clap of thunder and has been repeatedly produced by General Dyenforth's party, heavy show­ ers having been shaken from light clouds from which no rain had been falling. To this effoct the kites are used Witn OTTT)*niiY'o oortrragws atvacneu. Gen. Dyrenforth does not claim that he has fully demonstrated tho practica­ bility of producing --»r*«n --/ificiallv at all times and under ail conditions, T.»u% it seems certain, from observations made, that his operations have exerted ma^c4 influence upon the condition of BALMACEDA'B TROOPS DBFBAT- ED IN CUIU. ttfparlto Ife Tritto-Ortiat CMkagp* •»- P*t t»d--6in«r»li rarlxtna an<t Aloemc* Among (lie Rlatn--If bota KngimeiittOe- Wt the nirtator and Jbln the Victorious A Twrlb'e C®prfT«fcj* Batrifaepfla** power !n Chill Hi« army has been crushed a'ter five hours' hard lighting, and isscatt red be­ yond all hot uf re­ organization 1 he revolutionists have taken possession of Valparaiso. This Is is the latest budget of news from Val­ paraiso. The future of Chili, continues the dispatch, for the time has been set- tied, and settled conclusively, on the hills to the east of »ow #009 «Ai*A©M>A.*h|®| city by the grim • arbitrament of war. With Balmaceda practically a fugitive wfthout resources in n en or money, with the principal seaports of the country in the hands of the Congressionalists, and a consequent shutting off of all In­ come from customs receipts, with President-elect Vicuna a refugee on board a German warship, and the country flocking en masse to the stand­ ard of the invaders. it is a matter of only a short time when tbe capital will fall into the hands of the revolutionary lead­ ers. A new govern­ ment, with possibly J u d g e B e l i s a r i o Prats, head of the last parliamentary cabinet of Raima- • -» ^ ~ ceda, or Manuel Jose • Irarrazaval, head ofnKS* CAHTO, RBVOLU- the congress cabinet, TIONABY at its head, will be formed, and things will go along in about the same way in Chili as thejr did before Jan. 7, when hostilities were formally begun. Gen. Canto and his army won tbe battle by su­ perior generalship, good hard fighting, assisted by good fortune in the killing of Batmaceda's Generals and the consequent demoralization of the army and the deser­ tion of entire regi­ ments. Ever sjnee * the arrival of the con- gressionalst army at Vina dol Mar there ^ has been a constant * series of maneuvers for position on the part of both Gener- als. Ever day, and MASOTH Or ^HEnearl* 6V6ry hoUr of CAMTHBO TORP*-^'1® day, there have DO-BOAT, AMI-been skirmishes, in K A N T E i . v r f C H . s o m e i n s t a n c e s amounting almost to battles. In nearly all of these the opposition has had the better of it A close censorship of dis­ patches was established by Balmaceda, however, and only an inkling of the re­ verses to his arms could be got through. The boom of cannon announced to tbe people of Valparaiso that a movement beyond the ordinary skirm shds had be­ gun. The occasional bud reports of the heavy guns soon swelled into one con­ tinuous roar, and then it was known that the final decisive struggle which, at the eoft of thousands of lives, per­ haps, was to decide whether Balmaceda or the junta was to be the ruling power in Chili bad begun. Excitement was Intense in Valparaiso. General Canto's position was on the hills above the race track at Vina del Mar, outside of tin- city. He had absolute control of the railroad at Santiago and The defeat lute and complete. There is no posil-1 bility of a reorganization, and if BaH maceda does not succeed in making his escape through the mountain passest s which are yet open the chanoes ar»' that he will be captured and shot. The inhabitants of Valparaiso are now' apparently revolutionists in thefrsym-! pathy, for as the Insurgent troops, i Hushed with victory, marched through the streets they were greeted with the: wildest enthusiasm. From the windows' of the houses showers of flowers were'; flung by the enthusiastic women on the! heads of tho leaders. Shortly after the' entry of the army of General Canto,) Captain Alberto Fuentes, of the torpedo' boat Almirante Lynch, which wets lying; at the Fiscal Mole, was summoned tc>' surrender. He attempted to steam out, and opened fire with his machine gans. on the insurgent troops. There was a fharp engagement, lasting flf-| teen minutes, and then ( aptain Fuentes hauled down h s iiag and there was (lOtl an ci my to tho (evolution from iWtj Aid via to Vina del Ma". Va'paraieo isj as quiet as could be expected under tho circumstances and no trouble is expect­ ed. Not much has be>n done as ye4j toward reorganizing the city. But thiS' will te attendei to as soon as possible.: Nobody here has any knowl d?e of th®; whereabouts of President Ba maceda.; The insurgent lealers art* exceedingly; anxious to find oi.t where he Ls and if! they succeed in finding him the chaneea< are that it will go hard with him. '• The general belief here is that he isj making his way out of ihe country, pnr-l hap? overland to Buenos Ayjes. Senor I a?cano, the Chil an Minister at Washington, on being interviewed, said' that he had received no news from Chilli other than the dispatch given to tw pre<s. The fail of Valparaiso in ures thai of' Sant ago. General Canto, the congress-' ional leader, has had this object in view' in every movement he made sinoe ha1 landed on the leach of Vina del Mar.; Mar. He maneuveied so that he was| able to swing his little army round until; he got It into a strong position between; Balmaceda and Santiago. The President had already drawn every avail-: able man from tho capital for thai defen e of Valparaiso when Canto got| possession of the railroad and cnt it so' eRectlvely that it could be of no further' use. Then he stationed one of his best regiments in a strong position on the line to prevent the possibility of repair- , TBS AXiMIBANTK LTNCH. fng i t un t i l he should be through with! Balmaceda. The President saw Ms in­ tention, and hastily mado arrangements! to smuggle off on one of his steamers In! the dead of night a body of troops to re»! enforce Santiago's depleted garrison.-! But it will not be able to make even a! decent show of resistance, and the sur­ render of the capital is only a question| of the length of time it will take the vio-' torious array to get there. With Santi-' ago in the hands of the junta's army, the' war is over. SCBNB or THB CHILEAN WAR. $ H'.i MORTAB FOB IIHIKO FOWMBB. the weather and produ ed definite prac­ tical results In the midst of the arid "Staked Plains" of Texas. In the third place It is believed that the frlctional electricity which is gener­ ated in the jarring of the earth and air at the point of the operations and so creates a magnetlo field Into which the particles of moisture are drawn and gathered. The explosions on and near the ground are especially calculated to secure this result. PMrfng Breato. TAUxms now use tho band saw.fotf cat­ ting cloth. lx six years Bratil has multipltod its debt four times. M01.A8SE8 can b* brought from Cuba In a tank vessel for two cents a gallon. THK estimated wheat crop this year is 563,000,000 bushels In the United States. CREKKA POHOKK, in the Assam hills, British India, has a rainfall of over50« inches per annum. IT takes over one-third of the income of the Russian Government to pay the interest on its debt. THK total amount of life Insurance in Great Britain is nearly identical with the total national debt NORWAY is wealthier in nickle ores than auy other European country; hot only two mines aro now working. Aw electric drill in an Idaho mine re­ cently performed the fi at of boring two inch hole through twenty feet of solid rock in four hours. COWTI^IXB© experiments have still further reduced the cost of aluminum. It can now be bouaht for one-fifth of what it cost three years ago A WOMAX 71 years old aud m&ny times a grandmother has begun a breach of promise suit in New York. The defond ant is Just one year her junior.. THE Czar of Russia is reported to have presented tho Stanford Unfverslty, in California, with a complete collection of , Russian and Siberian minerals. commanded tbe ordinary roada Hence Santiago was praot cally in a state of siege. Affairs had come to such a pass that it was necessary lor President Bal­ maceda to make some move, and a little after daylight the word was given to at­ tack the position held by the revolution­ ists. and, led by General Barbosa and Alcerreca, the Government troops left their breastworks and advanced on the enemy under cover of a heavy fire from their batteries. The insurgents were generally armed with Mannlicher itfles and used smokeless powder. Tho Government troops were also well armed. As soon as the approach­ ing column got within rr.nge of the Mannlichere, a destructive lire from the intrenched revolutionists, shot and shell, grape and canister and rife bullets, tore through the ranks of the advanc­ ing troops until it became too hot, and deepite tbe efforts of tho officers they broke and retired almost in a panic. Officers worked like beavers to re-form their eolnmna as soon as they got within range of the deadly Mannlichers aud at last succeeded. Then came another at­ tack. In steady ranks tho government troops started on a double-quick up into the torrent of lire and lead which Waited fro-n the ranks of the insurgent army Early In the second charge General Barbo*a was shot down and killed. The line wavered but kept on. Then General Aleern ca fell from his horse, wounded onto death. He was ronfbved fron the field and died within an hour. Another break and then General Canto gave the order to charge. With a wild yell the congrest-ionalist army loft their defenses and charged on the retreat ug enemy. Their artil-ery poured a deadly fire Into the ranks of Balmaceda's army. Tbe loss of their genera s loft them with­ out a head, and ail the efforts of the subordinate ollioers to rally them to meet the onset of Canto's regiments and squadrons were of no avaiL Tbe retreat became a rout, the rout a panic, and then < a me utter demoralization. The Government cavalry made a stand, An Artlat's Costume. Rosa Bonheur's practical but transnalt " stylo of dress sometimes serves the, '< gre**t artist as an unintentional dis-> 'K guise,, and leads to odd mistakes ae to< ' her identity. Her costume is perfectly! '4 suited to the work which is the absorb^; ; ing interest of her life, and now and! ' " then she forgets that it is not appro- * priate ut all times. She once returned, af.er paintitrg all n day in the country, to a rew itouse, {'ust as the movefs were putting in the' ' ast pieces of furniture. Hex hair was! ;; cut short, and she wore h#r usual ooe-j ( tume for painting out of «'/ors, a blouse, gi trousers, and stout sjrxs. The men: • ; were carrying something up-stairs,! and she sat down to wait until the way • was clear. , ' ' One of the m an looked up and saw, as they thougLt, a young man in work-! man's drees ooolly watching their ef-i forts, and cried: J C;1 "Only look at that lazy gentleman! j Give him an easy-chair! Here, move ssru^a of Toi~7' Boea laughed and hastened to belp^j them carry a heavy dressing-case. But) -j her strength was not £> vr,al t*> "What an absurd boy! He hasn't j tbe strength of a flea! Get out of the (jj way, young man !w cried the movers in; ^ 1 ^hen, a little later, they saw Mile.; Bonheur, her working clothes ex- changed for a gown, giving orders in tbe rooms where they were at "work, • i thev realized the situation and hast- ^ ened to beg her pardon. The artist « convinced them that she was not oi- «| fended by giving them an extra fee. j;| One evening, in a tit of absent-mind- | edness, having painted until the oar- riage which lier friends sent for her : 1*sj was at the door, Mile. Bonheur went t to a public entertainment in a paint. . and oil-stained gown aud old slippers. | An elegantlv dressed man who sat. next her went 'to the n anager to oom- plain because such a common person , : was admitted to that part of the ^ house. , ,, -i "Your name, if you please? said the -.p manager. ' "'M "Why?" . "I will go to the lady, Mile. Rosa, < Bonhour, and ask her in your name to. , leave the theater or change her seal." The exquisite waited long enough to1 ; beseech the manager to do nothing ofv^ the kind, and beat a mortified reteeak, ; Aueeitort anil Title*. In regard to aristocracy DanidWelv; ,| ster once wrote: "There may be, #nd.:i}J there often is, a regard for aneestry>i| which nourishes only a weak pride j ,1 aad there is also a care for postorityf/j which only disguises an habitual avar-£$ ice or hides the working of a low and^f groveling vanity. But there is also si, * moral and philosophical regard for ouif-> ancestors which elevates the character^ ' and improves the beast." Aristocrat!®, titles are of ea obtained by dishonors able means. Many a man beoomeaf ignoble to become noble. The ocmfPj dence of nobility of birth has rendered^ men ignoble, just as the opinion ofj wealth makes some men pcor. Lord; Bacon has compared those who lived.' . in higher spheres to those heavenly; bodies in the firmament which have} : much admiration but little rest. Titles! are properly thfe insiguia of wise and1 | honest men. The fool or knave that; | wears one is a falsifier. They who; , dilate upon their glorious ancestry are; buiTit was short They were literally cut j foolishly vain of a debt which probably( to pieces. Volk*v after volley was poured . they will never be able to pay. It has< into the demoralised mob of Balms- &l*to been remarked that a river gener-j cedists. Whole regiments which had jjij becomes narrower and more insig-j not lost their regimental formation went 1 niftcarit as we ascend to its source.} over to the (^cwrious troops of Canto The 8tream of ance8try, on the oon-l and joined in the attack on their late J teftry gajg Texas SjflingSt often lasted » Uttta leas than 1 * if* SE? five hours, and Its desperate character t*111. usually may be c»ooo judged by the wete killed fact that fully aad wounded. *,i:f * fe * f L .1 tain head, usually becomes more feeble, shallow and corrupt as it fiowi) dovmrwik m v.-*' - '-1- ^ " / . V , ; i