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:> : i »»• »K »1 i<»%Kf>« <«< ..W*>«fi »T:" 45W#* |jfcprnrj» flaindraln J. VAN lim, Editor Mi ftkdstor. SIcHBNRY, 1 -r----- I|jIjINOia TRADE IS VERY GOOD. EASY AT JLVJU, CENTERS: GREAT , ,, ,, "iJBr. Bnlrh»rd, the Alliterative Orator, I* 1^.' , K« More--Turbulent Guatemala--A Sjmn- lsh Wreck--Jailed a Frmulnppt l'oll- tlelM Iter CoBtcmyt <rf Co«ltk u >, \ Or. Burchard Is Dead. REV. & D. BURCHA::I> died IN Sara- .'toga, N. Y. His sons and Rev. Dr. Car- L\ lisle were with him when dearth came. kA'. fiamuol Dickinson Burchard was foorn in jc. jSteubon on Sept. 6, 1813. He was > ;.#raduated from Center College, in Ken­ tucky, in 1836. Daring the succeeding .three years he won reputation in that r( -State as a temperance and religions " i s .jlecturcr and for his services as a volun- yy * ;teer nurse in the cholera epidemic in • He was also famous in the cam- *r -'jijaign of 1884 as the author of the f^Etim. Romanism and Rebellion" speech. &*» of R. G. Dun &. Co 's Rev ew of Trade. ' ' -R. ft DON & Co.'s Weekly Review Trade says: Reports as to money markets are gener­ ally favorable. Collections are fairly good (almost everywhere. The jrreat industries (are doing well. The business failures oc­ curring throughout the country during the past seven flays number for the United Btates 210, and for Canada 34, or a total of £44, as compared with -'31) last week and 214 the week previous For the corresponding !%eek of last year the figures werj 21#, rep­ resenting 192 failures tn the United States ~ &nd 27 in the Dominion of Canada. Diamond Dust » ' FOIXOWING Is a showing of the stand­ ing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATION AX. LUODE W. IJ. f>c. w. L. »c. ChScagoi 81 4--) .028 Cleveland!. .00 T2 .455 s. L. Bostons W 5J .Oia BrooWlyns . .33 73 .430 New Yprks. .09 54 .557; Pittuburgs. .55 74 .4S6 \T ; V nU'dlphiatf? 03 .519j Jlncinnatls.48 81 .377 . ^ V -- - - AXERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. IJ. |»C. i W. L »C. *®o«ton8 88 St .003 Columbus . .01 TO - fit. Louis... .63 43 .(>34 Milwaukee*.r>8 71 .45*1 1 ; Baltimores..6-< 5M .53"> IxmiavilleB. .5 I 79 .388 P ' Fhiladelp'B..t>8 63 .519; Washine'ns.41 66 .923 ^ In Central America. PWBWDEST BAKIHLAS, of Guatemala, P * Is afraid of assassination, but he is de- 'J* termined to declare himself Dictator <t>efore surrendering the Presidency, and v' „ he even may provoke a war with Salva- • *l$r in order to realize his dream Eicta, Ending his influence waning, thinks that . & war with Guatemala might bring back his popularity, but he dare not declare •war, as the people want peace. Costa ^/•"^Rica is now the only Central American jwwer which is not for war. San Francisco Politician Sfent to Jail. JUDGE WALLACE, in the Superior iy'. •' j&r\ .-»r Court at San Franoisco. sentenced Rioh- r ,.ard Chute, a well-known politician, to |A < ^ pay a fine of S500 and spend five days in . ' coanl'y 3»il f°r contempt of court |L( - V Chute was subprnaed ' by tljp Grand SjV.' pr ' -Jnry Investigating certain scandals |f, ' * ^affe.-ting members of the late Californ'a % ,' j^v'jLegisiatare. Chute disregarded the 1 \ '"k«ubp tna. • Disastrous Wreck in Spain. express train running between San Sabastian, Spain, came ith a combined goods and Fifteen persons were unded. Among the ian ' the de , among thef r of Madrid. The rest ot .they include \ notabilities with dynamite In the TfcaTla-n qtrarter. A lot of fireworks were wt Oiff tn honor of St Rocas' dav, and the .dynamite can­ non was to havo been one of t.he feat­ ures. The cause of the premature ex­ plosion Is Unknown. POXTB immigrants arrived in New York on the steamer Normandle are found to be under contract to work in the Thomas coal mines in West Vlr- flnia. "they will bo sent back. An talian immigrant who arrived on the steamer La Champagne, when ques­ tioned, said he had lived li^re five years and showed naturalization papers. When cross-questioned, however, he could not explain how it was he could Apt speak .-a word of English, and finally admitted that he had never been in this counttry'before, aud that he had bought ;theuiarturati?ation papers in Havre. AN* exciting hunt for a wild man occu­ pied the people of the western part of Connecticut for several days. Frank Kelly, of Fast Canaan, a raving mauiac, was the object of the hunt He was at large for some time, and as he is a man of tremendous strength the greatest fear had been felt in ihe locality. Children were not allowed to go to school alone, and when the men went to work they always left the womec folks somo weapon of defence. Kelly Was crazed by hard cider. &:V" I?l4v ^ „ Smuggled Cnf \ AT Grand Forks, ' ̂Marshal Hogson an with the help of the^^^^^^HHTS'raid «n all Chinese laundnHBne city and captured three Celesfrtwwwho had been smuggled across the line from Manitoba i If./ within the last three days, als? securing ,*4^.., considerable smuggled opium , Renounced the'Faith W -- THE Rev. Howard McQneary, formerly of Canton, 6hio, who was tried andcon- victedof heresy, renounced the ministry |4„. of the Protestant Episcopal Church of « the United States. He has accepted a call as pastor of the First Universalist :*/'v•••*•' Church at Saginaw, Mich- ^7' Scared ths Burglar but Lost His House. ^ F • R AT Jeffersonville, Ind., while Phillip ^ * Specht was chasing a burglar out of his house his lamp caught in the curtains &!!:J • and the house canght fire, burning com- ff pletely. Loss, «5,000; insured. |t< -» l- Three Trainmen Killed. / , , Two FREIGHT-TRAINS on the New En- t-,j Bland road collided near New Milford, Conn. Engineer William Day, Fireman I, James Larner, and Brakeman G. A. .'0.' Sprague, of the east-bound train, were *||L' ; ' l l f S a v e d b y H i s T i c k e r . F..:; *' JOH* J. WKLLS, of Omaha, Nek, sh >t at Dr. R H. Birney, the bullet striking his watch and flattening out. Beyond »slight contusion of the skin Birney v' naa uninjured. -yVl-n", J: , 'Mi Had a Poor Cook. WHILE in a nightmare, S. D. Plerson, of Indianapolis, Ind., jumped from a window and was fatally injured. " • Great Political Event. W-M'^JOWT debate between Major Mc- Kinley and Governor Campbell has been arrangod for Oct. 8, at Ada, Ohio. lo- fe. ' •* ' :'W® Fire at. Indianapolis. « THE Dug dale Tin Can Factory at Indianapolis, Ind, burned. The loss is $40,000 and the insurance $46,0(Kk A New Process. DR. RICHARD J. GATLIJJG, the In­ ventor of the Gatling gun, has patented a process for the manufacture of heavy ordnance, which, it is be ieved, will be cheaper, quicker, and better than ex­ isting methods. Tragedy in a Negro Church. ^ AT a negro church in Sheffield, Ala., a negro named Wilson, becoming en­ raged at another negro for paying at­ tention to his wife, shot and killed the man and then cut his wife's throat . . SA8TBRN OCCURRENCES. WWmt Columbia Chemical Works, it Brooklyn, were totally destroyed by fire. The loss Is over $100,000. THE assignees of the Winona Paper Company have attached the property of the Chemical Paper Company No. 2, at Holyoke, Mass , for $30,000. The Chem­ ical Company refuse? to pay $18,003 due the assignees until a $5,000 claim of theirs is settled. ... AT Newark N. J., four Italians were killed and fully twenty injured by the A i t 1 l o a d e d WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ANOTHER sensational development i.i the Western, railway world is the pro­ posed United States Grand Jury investi­ gation of the Transmissouri Association at Topeka, Kan. It is said that indict* ments will surely be returned against Charles Smith and the head trattic of* ficials of all the roads in the association. They are charged with maintaining a trust and pool. If a case is made against •dthe association it will probably cause a complete annihilation of the present system of conducting railway business in' America. MANY people who would have liked to get homesteads in the newly opened Oklahoma lands have been Droveuted from going there by the accounts of the tremendous rush of boomers. They need not give up hope yet of procuring farms on easy terms in the broad West Not only are there other reserves in the In­ dian Territory that will be opened to settlement after a time, but there are also broad tracts of territory farther west opened by pro.-lamation this year in which there is plenty of room for new settiers. TIIK long delayed news from Washing- tori%nnoui*:iHg the opening of the ceded Indian lands was received at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, and caused intense excitement Now will come a rush of homeseekers almost as great as that whieh fo! owed the opening of Oklahoma Territory, and many of the stirring scenes incident to that interesting event will be repeated. The ceded reserva­ tions comprise almost as much territory as Oklahoma proper. The land lies di­ rectly east of Oklahoma. The two regions are separated by the Indian meridian line. The North Fork of the Canadian Kiver runs directly througt the new country. WHEN the day of opening the ne lands in the strip arrived fully fo thousand people were on the line, ; there was a wild scramble for the 6, claims and 4,000 town lots. A crowd of nearly three thousand who were in camp at Topee started in a body for the new county ?eat of Chandler. At Perkins 5,000 people fought and struggrJed to get on the bridge crossing the Cimarron River, to be ready when *fte signal was given to go. At Cimarron City 500 Pres­ byterians, led by^h^lall, raw-boned preacher, waiMtaHHmKl into the land of promise messiah. At the Sac on the east side }ent, and sev­ eral di.-patch thus speaks festival: The harvest >n ideal fall day for its cele- ork went on ail night and 't avenue was beautifully decorat- he buildings were buried in bunt- an<! many of them are covered with sheaves of wheat bound in fantastic forms. Arches of wheat span many of the streets. Thousands of flour barrels form the base of the display. On the top of these stands a Blieaf of wheat, while sacks of grain are placed upon the supporting barrels There are sixty of these pillars along Tenth street From pillar to piliar is suspended a festoon of white cloth, while similar festoons inter­ sect the streets and others are strung from pillar to piliar across the street THK heat in North Dakota has been almost unprecedented for this time of the year. It is, however, doin? no damage to crops for the reason that they are all harvested and in process of thrashing. Rain is needed to assist in fall plowing, but for nothing else. The western part of the State, the stock-raising section, had a heavy fall of rain, and danger from the numerous prairie fires that have threatened de­ struction to the grass is avoided. Thrashing in the wheat section of the Stato show unprecedented averages of grain of the highest quality. Commis­ sioner of Agriculture Helgeson says the yield will bo 50,000,000 bushels of wheat sure, and no damage from the elements at present Help is badly needed to as­ sist in thrashing, but barring this trouble tli<#e is absolutely nothing to complain of. FOR the murder of James Meighan, a farmer, a mob of two hundred in­ furiated men lyr.chcd Anton Sie- bolt, in the court yard at Dar­ lington, Wis., fti broad daylight The murder was committed just north of Darlington. It appeared that the two men got into a fight, and continued it until Meighan was killed, his face being beaten into a jelly, the weapon fupposcd to havo been used being wagon hammer. Thero have been several murders in the county during the last few years, and no adequate punishment has been meted out, which fact served to enrage the peop e and to nerve them to the law­ less act of lynching. Public sentiment Is all with the lynchers. Siebolt was a desperate character, who is credited with having contributed to the death of one brother and made a desperate assault upon another brother. tlon, and get. everything possible out of Carolina lumber while it lasts. Mrs. MARY STUCKKNUKKO., of Louis­ ville, Ky., claims to be suffering from a peculiar visitation which she and her family believe to be the appearance on her person of the stigmata, or the wounds of the Savior. It is said that she goes Into trances every Friday afternoon, when the spots appear on her hands, feet and side, corresponding to the wounds of Christ, and that at Intervals blood oozes from the spots. The story Is believed by many of the superstitious, but Mrs. Stuckenberg and her friends refuse to talk about the matter, saying that her priest has enjoined silence on the subject • THE NATIONAL CAPITAU^F , MAJOR GENERAL SciroFiKLD has ap­ proved the new army tactics, and when they receive the approval of the Secre­ tary of War, steps will be taken, at once to put them in operation. Briefly described, the general scheme is a development of the skirmish drill to Its highest point Every man In line of battle belongs to a squad constituting a unitof force to be handled with many others as a whole. There is to be no such thing as "driving in the skirmish line," but on the contrary, with every increasing of the opposing force the skirmish line is to be strengthened, the line of battle is to grow by accretion and is to advance at all times until the whole army is engaged. The result is expec\«d to be short sharp, decisive en­ gagements, and battles are to be won and lost by the first onslaught Harrison Lincoln SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Charles MILLER, a clerk of a Baptist Book Company, at Louisville, Ky., is alleged to have embezzled $25,000 from the firm during the last thirteen years. Dr. R. G. BUUCK, one of the founders of Turf, Field and Farm, and an emi­ nent authority on live stock, died of apoplexy at Lexington, aged 64 years. AT Fort Worth, Texas, fire destroyed the Ellis House and Garlington & Mont­ gomery's wholesale produce house. The Ellis is the largest hotel in the city The hotel was crowded with guests, i^any among them being women. The fire burned so rapidly that very little of the effects of the guests were saved. There wejre many narrow escapes. OSE of the nyst imoortant meetings ever held in Norfolk, Va., was for the (rarposo of consolidating the individual manufacturers ,:df^ North Carolina pine luiubor into a stock company. The amount of capital involved represents several millions of dollars. It is boldly asserted that the company is organized I to advance priees, control the produc- J pow--k«w FOREIGN GOSSIP. V 9ftnt-3ftuation in Shanghai fi worse. Disorders are increasing at Ichang, and this is the prelude to other disorders. The valley of the Yang-tse- Kiang is in rebellion. Wu-Chang. the central seat of the Viceroy, is ready to revolt, and then those towns open to strangers--Hankow and Chun-King--are likely" to follow. The latter town Is difficult to defend by war ships, owing to the shallowness of the river, (treat excitement prevails. Strangers are flee­ ing from Shanghai, which is among the threatened towns, but measures of de­ fense are being taken. Three ships of war at Wu-Chang, and the fleets are concen trating at Shanghai. A SPECIAL from Bar Harbor says that the case of Mrs. Maybrick, accused of poisoning her husband in England and sentenced to penal servitude for life, was some time since brought to the at­ tention of Mrs. Blaine, and she, together with Secretary Blaine, has become deep­ ly interested in it. Mrs. Blaine has been for many months constantly In re­ ceipt of letters urging her to use her influence with the Secretary of State and induce him to communicate with Lord Salisbury in the matter. About two weeks ago a petition for Mrs May- brick s Dardon, sit and the wives of Cabinet, was sej for presentation, A MakskiXXKj^Hlpriys that a •hat city. The lit became dis- manner in which the conducted, broke Into 1 the toreadors and it. tore down the seats, piled heaps and threatened to tear n the building, after having set fire to thu piled furniture. A strong force of gendarmes arrived at this point. They were compelled to repeatedly charge the rioters before they were en­ abled to clear the circus building of the crowd and make way for the firemen to quench the flames,' which had got under considerable headway. Finally, how­ ever, the fire was extinguished. Many arrests were made. The proprietors of the circus declare they will pros$cp.to the rioters.. h:y> GENERAL NOTES; A SECOND libel has been filed against the Chilian steamer Itata at San Diego by United States Marshal Gard for $200,000 for damages sustained in bring­ ing the vessel back from ChilL THE revolution in northern Mexico is still in progress The reported hanging of Catrino Garza has aroused the malcontents In the northern part of the republic and they are joining the revolutionists in large numbers. The Mexican Government is becoming un­ easy at the aspect of affairs, and there is no better evidence of this than the fact that President Diaz has, through his Secretary of War, ordered a massing of troops in the northern part of the re­ public. Hundreds of thoroughly equipped soldiers are now pouring into the States of Nuevo Leon and Tamauilipas. EX-PRESIDENT BALMACEDA, of Chili, shot himself through the temple in his room at the Argentine Legation in San­ tiago. The story of his escape dis­ guised as a drunken United States sailor proved without foundation. His' attempted flight was frustrated at every turn, and, seeing no safety, he commit­ ted suicide. He left a letter to his mother in which he said he had always acted with the firm conviction that he was right Another letter was found addressed to Senor Urriburia. In it Balmaceda says: "When I saw the persecution directed against me by persons who had sup­ ported my administration, I cams to the conclusion that the only way to put an end to this persecution was to take my life, as I was the reponsible one. Adios, my good friend. Give my farewell to my wife and children. * MARKET BEFOBH, CHICAGO. CAWtE-Common to Prima,.... 93.50 HOGS--Shipping Grades 4.00 BBF.UP--Fair to Choice S.OO W BEAT--No. 2 Bed 95 COBS-NO. 2 .49 OATS--No. 8 88 KYE--No. 2 .87 BI'TTEK--Choice Creamer? CHKESE--Full Cream, flata...... East--Fresh POTATOES--New. per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping. HOGS--Cboloe Light SHEEP--Common to Prime WKKAT NO. -2 Red Coax--No. 1 White OAT*--No. S White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE...... S.S0 <§ 5.75 HOGS. 4.50 5.95 WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN-NO.11 .52 <s .63 OATS--No. 2 27 & .28 &XB-- No. 2. .80 0 .81 CINCINNATI. CATTXR. 8.50 <§ 5.00 Boos 4.00 0 5.25 BBKEP 8.(0 (0 6.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .98 @ COBN--No. 2 t» m .63 OATS-NO. 2 Mixed 81 Jj® .32^ DETROIT. CATTLE Hoas .V SHEEP.. WHKAT--NO. 2 Bed. CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS-NO. SI White TOLEDO. WHEAT--New .96 & .09 COBSV--No, 2 fellow .82 <& .04 OATS--NO. 2 White 29 • .81 RYE .91 0 .92 BUFFALO. BEEP CATTLE 5.00 LIVE Hoas 4.25 WHEiT-Na 1 Hard. 1.04 COBN--No. 2. MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring .92 CORN--No. 8 : ' .(2 OATS--No. 2 White. .22 RTE--No. L 87 BAKLEY--No. 2 62 POKE--Mess 12.00 NEW YORK. CATTLE...... 8J0 HOGS.. 4.00 SHEEP.. 4.25 WHEAT--No.2 Bed......... 1.04 COBN--No. 2 SO UNITED WITH CANADA DEDICATION OF THE 8T. CLAIR TUNNEL. tli* titan* fnuiVM BemarlcaMe BngtawMr- if Adhlavement -Many Obstacles Delay U»s #N|i but Arc Finally Overcome--Six Thousand Feet Long Between Port Huron uiSsnls. A Great Work Complete. The ceremonies by which the iSt, Clair Rlyer tunnel was formally dedi­ cated were the most elaborate of any ever held in that section. Extensive preparations had been made both at i'ort Huron, Mich., on the American side, and at the town ot Sarnia, at the Canadian entrance to the great tunnel which now connects the Dominion with Uncle Sam's domains. Sir Henry Tyler, President of the Grand Trunk Railway, with other officia's and prominent pub­ lic men of both the United States and Canada, made an official trip through the tunnel, stai ting from the American side. They were treated, upon their arrival In Canada, to a royal reception, after which they returned to Port Huron, where banquetirig and speech-making again awa'ted them. The St Clair tunnel, on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, extending under the St Clair River between Sar­ nia, Ont., and Port Huron, Mich., is one SKlAlft TUNNEL II 1 1591 [ lllffli ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL. of the most remarkable engineering feats of the present day. The Grand Trunk Railway extended Its lines to Chicago in' 1880. About £,000 miles of railway will use this tunnel. Previously steam ferries had been used Their service has not been altogether satf tory because the river's curr swift; in winter thei$, jams; the railwa; six miles; a to the natu; position of The St Clair JS,iv^9^^HpPRStCommerce of ani> Stream fflHPPirorld. Ia' 1884 preliminary surveys were made. Borings found the rock eigiity- ble. for some tlmo ft was thought the tunnel might have to be abandoned. Compressed air was found a sure reme­ dy. At the .river line on each side, brick and cement, air-tight, bulkhead? were built across the tunnel. Facti bulkhead had two air chambers, one on each side, 7 feet in diameter and 17 leet long, with air-tight doors at each end. Through each air chamber passed a car track. Inside the tunnel, beyond the bulkhead, work was begun under an air pressure of 10 pounds to the square inch. From time to timo the air pressure was gradually increased, until the men worked under an artificial pressure of 22 pounds per square inch, a total atmospheric pressure of 37 pounds per square inch, or about 2^ at­ mospheres. On the Canadian side the highest air pressure was used because of quicksand. On the American side com­ pressed air was used from April 7,; 18»o; on the Canadian, May 20, 1890. Because of water and quicksand the St. Clair tunnel could not havo been constructed without the aidof hydraulic mining shields. Such shields had been used successfully in London, Chicago, Buffalo, Broadway tunnel, Aew Yock Ci'.y, the Hudson River tunnel, and in other works. This shield is a cylinder, like a headless barreL Its front end has sharpened edges to cut into the earth. The thin rear end Is called the hood. The indde is braccd with iron, both vertical and horizontal. Around the main walls are sets of hydraulic jacks. Each jack has a valve whereby It may be cut off at any time from the pump that supplies the jack. The ma­ sonry, or iron plates, of the tunnel, be­ ing built up within the thin ho.id of the shield, air is supplied to the jacks and the shield is forced ahead, usually the length of the pistons of the jacks, or about two feet The shield having ad­ vanced the men remove the soil from the front of the shield. Everything be­ ing in readiness the shield is again pushed fotward, the tunnel walls built up, and the excavated soil removed. Each of the St. Clair tunnel shields weighed eighty tons. The American shield was started July |11, 1889, the Canadia Sept 21, 1889, and Ithey mot at 11:30 p. m., August 30,18U0. The shields' shells were left in the tun- tunnel and the tunnel walls laid up in them. The American had done the most work, and the easiest progress was to­ ward Canada, the average being ten feet each da; I approaches have the same arance of solidity as the On each side of the great ,i1gh and deep stone retain- Eacli portal is 36 feet high 148 feet wide, about 10 feet thick over the entrance of the tunnel, and about half that width at each end. Like the retaining walls the portals are made of rough, heavy limestone blocks. Over the entrance of each portal Is inscribed "St Clair, 1890." The diameter of the V/MW/i MEETING OF THB SHIELDS V//7*7? BE BIO Bona UBTDEH THE RIVER. six feet below the level of the water; the river's greatest depth 40.47 feet and its width nearly half a mile. The strata were yellow sand about two feet; with sand and blue clay mixed about twelve feet, thence to the rock about twenty- one feet of blue clay. Plans aud draw­ ings were made. The St Clair Tunnel Company was organized in 1886. At first the company thought of starting from Immense shafts on the shore, and then working outward to the land ap­ proaches. In 1886 test shafts were sunk on each side of the St Clair River; drifts at right angles were started under the river; water and gas stopped work. In 1887 these shafts were begun. The American one will be used as a ven­ tilator. The tunnel plants were erected back from the river; in Michigan about l,b00 feet, in Ontario about 1,900 feet. Each plant contained a boiler-house, hoisting or winding engines, a ventilating en- circle is 20 feet, and flush with the tunnel. The average number of men employed was 700. In the tunnel eight hours made a day's work. The tunnel was estimated to cost $2,500,000, including plants, materials and labor, and it re­ quired about that sum. It is likely that a second tunnel will be built near this. The present plants and experience will then be of additional value. The second tunnel will be of cast iron, as it is supe­ rior to brick and cement for similar tunnels. The St Clair tunnel is 6,000 feet long. To the river's edge on the American side it is 1,716 leet; on the Canadian, 1.994 feet; under the river, 2,200 feet. The outside diameter of the tunnel is 21 feet, the inside 19 feet 10 inches, tunnel nearest the river is 8.43 feet from the river. At its lowest point the top of th6 tunnel is 56.83 feet below the level of the river. From ea<;h portal to 1 M 0 & 6.50 & 5.50 & 5.00 .96 .51 .30 .88 .25 .10 .19 .40 '•'Je FIERCE PRAIRIE FIRES. SUFFERING AND LOSS ALMOST^ INCONCEIVABLE. C»t s Wide Swata--X.tvM I*st la the Minnesota Wooda--Bradley's Great Loss--Hard Fight to Have Flnlayson-- Heavy Losses In Timber. • SHIELD READY ROR THE GRADE. 8.50 8.60 © 5.75 @ 5.50 .60 <9 4.25 E % M » .93 Yt 62 83 8.C0 5$ .96 @ .68 0 * 2fcS @ 5.25 & 5.0) l&» 4.25 .97 X4 .88 7.01 ® 5.75 @ 1.05 & .68 .93 .63 .31 .89 t .16 & .64 112.50 0 5.73. t«f 6.00 4 5.00 # 1.07 W .61 5 3 012.50 gine, an afr-blower with a capacity of 10,000 cubic feet of air per minute,, a machine shop with machines for tunnel work, a water pump for the pit, and an electric light plant The tunnel will be lighted by electricity. The electric plant is ID Sarnia, where permanent brick boiler and engine rooms have been erected. The great cuttings for the approaches were commenced New Year's, 1889. Each cutting was made about sixty feet feet deep at the portal. The Canadian cutting at its broadest portion Is 260 feet wide, the American about 200 feet wide. InAo each pit inclined tracks-were laid for engines to haul out the dirt On the banks derricks were erected for hoisting the soil. In September, 1890, steam shovels began work on the cuttings. On each side of the river two shovels were used, each attended by an engine, and train of flat cars. Several hundred men were employed night and day, lime lights being used at night and the soil was removed in layers. The work of these shovels was greatly hindered by rains and numerous landslides occurred. The tunnel walls $re made of cast iron, suggested by Chief Engineer Hob- son. In the circle are thirteen seg­ ments and a key. Each segment is 4 feet 10 inches long. 18 inches wide, and 2 inches thick, with flaeges inside of 1% inches thick and 6 inches deep. In each segment were cast 32 holes, 4 in each end flange and 12 la each side flange. Through these holes passed steel bolts seven-eighths of an inch in diameter. In each section of the tunnel the cir­ cular joints required 157 bolts aud the longitudinal joints required 56 bolts. The flanges took in a circle of 20 feet and 5 inches in diameter. The edges of the plates were planed in the machine- shops near the tunnel entrances Each plate was then heated and dipped in cold tar. This had been found better than to dip the cold iron into hot tar. For­ merly the tar would not dry quick enough; later the tar was. dried by the time the segments ware cool. The seg­ ments were lifted to place by a circular crane revolving on a spindle in the cen­ ter of the shield. This spindle had a vipe at <>ne end and a counterbalance weight at f,he other. When tfevbed of the river was reached, 'inlclcsatd <.:,nd water made great troa> the river the grmJlflsf for every 50 feet; under the river, 1 foot down in every 1,000 feet toward tho Canad'iah side to that drainage shaft Over 2,000,000 cubic feet of soil was tak«n from the tnnnel itself. The cast- iron lining of the tunnel Weighed 54,000,000 pounds. To fasten th's lining 828,150 steel bolts seven-eighths of an Inch in diameter were used. The Cana­ dian open cutting is 3.193 feet long; the American, 2,532 feet long. The total length of the tunnel and its approaches is 11,725 feet In Port Huron Aug. 26, 1890, was re­ corded one of the largest mortgages ever given in Michigan. It was for $2,500,000. The St Clair Tunnel Company gave it to secure bonds running fifty years and bearing 5 per cent, annual interest, cov­ ering all the present property of the company. Rent and tolls can be col­ lected for allowing other railways- .than the Grand Trunk system to use the tunnel. It is believed that the Grand Trunk route, as thus improved, will offer facili­ ties for through communication between Chicago and all points in the East which will be appreciated by passengers and shippers. There will be no more trouble froip ice blocks or other obstructions in the river and the best time will be made for traffic of all kinds. Stifling' Heat and Roaring Flames. Away from the scene of devastation by fire in the Northwest the situation has been but little understood. Ninety- four in tho shade, 112 in the sun, was the torrid tale told by Twin City ther mometers. The public schools were closed for a week. It has been hard work to check the fires In forests and fields, and they are still burning, in many places furiously. The greatest damage so far reported Is at Bradleys, Dak., the business portion of the little town being speedily reduced to ashes. The total los-s is figured at $60,000, al­ most wholly uninsured. Not a single business house remains. The buildings burned were one bank, one church, one hotel, several general stores with all their stock, and two or three dwellings. The country adjacent to Bradley Is said to have been almost entirely devastated over an area twelve miles wide by twen­ ty-five long, the destruction being almost entire to crops and farm property. The fires in North Dakota are pretty well under control, except around Oakes, where several miles of wheat fields are reported burned over. Otto Fredericks, engaged in plowing a fire-break, was overtaken and burned to death, together with his team. Finlayson, Minn., had a night of ter­ ror. The village was thrown Into the wildest state of excitement by the re­ port that a windstorm was driving a forest fire directly toward the town, and complete destruction was threatened. The news had scarcely reached the citizens before the smoke and smell of burning pine trees came on the wings of the wind. Telegrams were at once despatched to ths officials of the St Paul and Duluih Road to stop the limited train going east at Finlayson and hold it until the women and chil­ dren of the town could be sent away. This was done and the train was held until the weaker ones of all the families were placed aboard and sent down the road. The flames had reached the outskirts of the vi lage, and the male members of the families commenced the work of saying the buildings. All night 16ng they battled with the flames, and* aided by the cessation of the wind, were finally successful. The fires around Pine City have been quenched. At Hinckley, Minn., also, the fire com­ pany and citizens did battle with the fierce fires. Scorched by tho liames and suffocated In the blinding smoke, they have fought an entire day for their homes. The wind subsided arid the fires died down, but again a stiff breeze, which soon blew into a gale, sprung up in the southeast and fanned the smoldering fire into fierce life. The inmates of the Lammers lumber camp escaped by get­ ting in the river and staying there all night A party of six men started from one of the Brennan Lumber Company camps to go to another about two miles away. Lan Sullivan, his brother, of Mora, and Tom Johnson, of Eau Claire, were of this party. After going a short ways they got in front of the firetand Dan Sullivan, missing his brother, went back with Johnson to look for him. That was the last seen of them till their remains were found by John Brodie and their campmates. The bodies were lying about twenty-four feet apart Sullivan was burnt to a crisp, but Johnson's body was only badly scorched. Fine ashes and burned leaves fell In a shower over Duluth, while the sky was so colored and the sun so obscured that the Government fog-whistle at the har­ bor mouth was forced to blow to guide in vessels. East, toward Ashland, fires are doing immense damage to settlers and crops, besides wiping out vast quan­ tities of standing pina The intensely hot weather has made the wooded re­ gions like tinder. The range of the fires is toward Ashland, and their progress is aided by the fact that a week ago a heavy wind blew down much timber, the foliage of which has now dried out suffi­ ciently to aid the flames. Passengers arriving in Duluth from the south say that all along the line of the St. Paul and Duluth Road fires are raging and great damage has been done the towns of Barnum, Mahtowa, Stur­ geon Lake and Kettle River. In the standing timber ne^r the railway on the line of the Eastern Minnesota, north ot Hinckley, considerable valuable timber lias been ruined and fires are still raging. ; On the Northern Pacific, east toward ^Ashland, fires are doing immense dam­ age to settlers and crops, besides wiping out vast quantities of standing pine. Near Iron River, thirty miles east of Duluth, where there are many settlers, stliey are losing valuable property while Working hard to save their houses. * The fire destroyed several hundred acres *of grain near Nicholson, N. Di fThe heavies losers are W. Crams and hJohn Swo\etman. A man and boy whose names are unknown were fatally turned while plowing a fire-break. The four horses they were using were also burned. The fire caught from a "Soo" freight train. A large area of South Dakota, after days of sweltering heat and fire fighting, was visited by a soaking rain which brought relief to people almost in the last stages of exhaustion. SEVEN HUNDRED DEATHS. Mi In digging out the colossal statue of Barneses II. nine feet and four Inches of consolidated Nile mud had to be removed before the platform was reached. This platform was laid 1,361 years before Christ, in the reign of Rameses. Hence, three and one- half inches of this consolidated mud represents ?a century, there having lapsed 3,21^jzears since then. Under the platform a depth of thirty feet of Nile mud had to be penetrated before sandy soil was reached, and, according to this, 10,000 more years must have elapsed. Pieces of pottery were found there that show the Egyptians to have possessed enough civilization to form and bake vessels of clay 13,000 years ago. Sjjt Vatscnoo has 4,500 saloon^. Terrible Remits of an Epidemic of Dytfen tery In Olta. A landslide near Togiro burled twenty workmen, of whom four perished. At Vancouver, B. C., the steamship Empress of China arrived from Hong­ kong and brings the following advices: In the Olta Prefecture of Japan 3,000 cases of dysentery are reported, with 700 deaths. During the celebration of the feast of lanterns at Jokotecho, Akita Prefecture, a bridge fell, owing to the pressure of the throng, and more than 100 persons were precipitated into the water. Over twenty were injured and several lives were lost J. A. Leonard, United States Consul General at Shanghai, telegraphed Ad­ miral Belknap, saying: "A Shanghai morning paper has a telegram received last night saying there was a riot at Ichang. The mission and all foreign property was burned. No lives were lost" Admiral Belknap sent immedi­ ately the Alliance and l'alos to Yangtse. A special telegram to the Japan Mail says: "A riot occurred at Ichang. All foreigners' property at the port was burned, but nQ lives were lost The for­ eign residents av« under arms." A few cases of cholera have appeared in Rlobe, Japan, and a geneial outbreak is feared. Twelve cases are reported at Gamagachi, with four deaths, THB Lewiston (Me.) Journal «ys that an Auburn business man, one who is seen upon the streets of that city every day in the week, cuts and makes his own clothes. And they are well made and fit like a good fltr ting glove. The man isn't a tailor, either. He has cut and made his own clothes for years, and no one can suit him as well as he can suit himself. He does his cutting and *ewJa« ajtte* business hours. . ; CURRENT COMMENT. , . ^ '"pp! "Danger Signals. : - ^ England seems determined that tha Behrintr Sea question shall remain un» settled as long as she can find any ob* stacles to throw In the way of a calnl > solution of a very simple problem.-- Baltimore American. i"* The latest news is that Great Britain ^ has serious designs of annexing For- * 0, mosa, in the South China Sea, which iiP ^Sv' the most important island belonging to China Japan has long been casting~ ; hungry eye4 on Formosa.--Detroit Frea -I Press. 1 Out of all the contradictions of recent "news," and the manifestations of jeafc^ ^ ousy between sovereign authorities, th$ fact is apparent that the harmony of tha European w.irld has not during recent:, years been in greater peril than it is at this hour.--New York Recorder. - ' That the Sultan is endeavoring to plait cate France is evident from his bestowal of decorations upon the French Foreign Minister at Constantinople: and thai there is a secret understanding between France and Russia is within the.possi­ bilities. But sympathy with Turkey simply means that France has still a longing eye upon Egypt, and that Ru* sia will cease no effort which might en» able her to reach Constantinonle, and thus secure the key to Asia--PhiladeK phi a Record. If the Porte wants to know what Eng­ land means, it Is proper to say she mearia to control the liar.ianelles and to pro* vent Russia from obtaining any foothold thereon. As long as Turkey can gua"<| the straits in safety Eng and will not interfere, but the instant the Turk fal» ters in that Imperative duty will take it from the weak hands of tha Osmanli and attend to It herseK. That is what England means, aud tpere need;, not be any mistake about Philadel* phia Telegraph. 1 i; Russia means, as she has alwayiji meant, to get possession of Constant!* nople by force of by dicker If she cai»* England's continuance in the list of first* , rate powers and her retention of her Indian po-session^ depend upon her sue* , cess in preventing the accomplish men! of this purpose. So long as the Turlr guards the pass faithfully, England it content to leave him on post as sea- try, but she gives notice alike to Russia and Turkey that if need shall arise sM will take that post herself.--New World. Tale* of Woe. ' ; 'V^ China seems to be unable to keep help promises regarding protection to fop» eigners. A few foreign gunboats might help her to do it.--Kansas City Journal. Should England take a single step to­ ward acquiring control of the Hawaiian , Islands the American eagle's piercing ' shriek would chase the British drum beat right around the footstool.--Omaha Bee. John Bull may picnic on Mltylene, but the information may as well be extended.; to him early that any such little al­ fresco affairs on Hawaii will meet with the disapproval of his Uncle Sam.--New York Advertiser. But for the woe and devastation to thu people of either country, which even li brief campaign would cause, it would be satisfaction to £ee Germany and France quit making faces at each other and fight it out---Albany Union. T; ; There is a great deal of italic empha* sis in the silence of the British Go«er&»' ment when Turkey demands an explana* tion of the Sigri incident. It is like unto an offensive snub from an offen­ sive snob.--St. Paul Pioner-Press. Young William of Germany hft* touched a sore spot In France's anatomy in poking fun at the great Napoleon as "the Corsican parvenu." Europe Is rap­ idly becoming a volcano which may belch forth at any moment--Kansaa City Times. While the Sultan of Turkey Is deco* rating the Frencfe Minister of Foreign Affairs and his wife with the grand cordon of some Turkish order, the En­ glish official organs are decorating tha Sultan with England's Intentions in a certain emergency, which intentions, of course, include a grand cordon of ships <* and guns and not of ribbons and jewel#. --.Washington Star. Balmaceda. He sought to be a dictator against tlii' l will of his Congress and his people. He was beaten. Too weak to succeed ha died a coward's death.--Cincinnati En­ quirer. He was the causrof the war, which has cost many thousand lives and tens of millions of dollars, and outside the members of his family there are few who will mourn his death.--St. Louis Olobe- Democrat. ; The manner of his death confirms all of the reports of his trea hery to tha republic. In his case suicide was a co||- , fession of dishonor more convincing thin his dying prostestations of good faith.--' Kansas City Star. The whole lesson teaches that the day of dictatorship is past His removal,, will be a blessing to Chili, and will no doubt ifkst n the time when complete harmony will be restored and prosperity will again reign.--Milwaukee News. ; i Balmacedft in death has none to mourn him as in life he had none to love hia. The life of the tyrant In this nineteenth century is not a pleasant one in any re­ spect His fate should be an awful warning to others with mad ambitioQ9> --Kansas City Times. By suicide he has ended his own mlt* ery, has taken upon himself the ven­ geance that might have l;een wreaked upon his friends and supporters, and has done more for the immediate pacification of the country than could have been ac­ complished in any other manner.--Phil­ adelphia Record. Palpable % ; 4 ' •» It is to be hoped since the American hog may be exported that traveling on steam and street cars will be attended by less crowdin?.--Washington Star. The American hog has scored another point. A justice of the peace has de­ cided that spitting in a street car is m* an offense calling for legal punishment --New Ycrk Advertiser. From the delay in the work of push­ ing the World's Fair enterprise it 1s possible that some member of the New York committee to erect a Grant monu­ ment has got into the directory.--4E& Louis Repub.lc. The Prince of Wales is go'ng to in­ dulge in another little baccarat party. If the royal gambler so disregards pub­ lic opinion and the slzns of the timiMk his next cards may be P. P. C. ones to> the thrones--Baltimore American. A New York paper promises to get the streets of that town in good walking condition when the Chi ago World's Fair committee < omes to make a house to house canvass for funds. Chicago will not feel encouraged to try that until the New-Yorkers raise a tincupful of nick­ els for the Grant monument among themselves.--St Paul Pioneer-Pre is. £ this Hot Corn. : • week's hot weathe# eaves gantic corn crop--Minneapolis Journal. Over-due summer is knocking fall out of its place In the procession of the sea­ sons--Washington Star. * This hot weather is not quite com­ fortable, but it makes the corn crop sure. --Philadelphia Record. at .'• m*. ko'&w. \ H ski M" ,dk ...vfiXiVyj ,4.. : sL. rL e & JwdU, .1 A! mm