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»§««! S iaiudcalcr McHKNRY, I. VAN 8LYKE, Editor and Publhler. i ' i I CLLINOIS. BIG VOLUME OF TRADE. COMMERCE REPORTED STRJ AND IMPROVMO. VfcMrcetl a Steel Vlate--Saved HI* fcrtintrert Master--Fighting Between the Factions Begun In Ireland--l'ertls of the Sea--Two <>JiMMte«Wr*Bk. t, » Dun's Review. B. G. Dux & Co.'8 weekly review of trade says: Business throughout the West and 8outli 1« strong and improving. At Eastern cen­ ters there Is les* satisfaction, and the ex­ pected results from the harvesting of large crops are more slowly realized. Yet the volume of all trade is as larjje as It ever has been, and for October may even surpass the unprecedented record of last year. The prevailing confi­ dence In the future of business con­ tinues unabated, and is seen even In some branches which complain most of doll trade at present. The iron industry Illustrates these contradictory conditions. The output of furnaces iu blast Oct. 1 was 181,615 tons weekly, yet this enor­ mous production is marvelously ab­ sorbed. The demand for US3 in producing all kivds of farm machinery and imple­ ments is far greater than it has been in any previous year, and the quantity of iron thus used is enormous. On the other hand* tk* wool manufacture Is short of ordett ¥: r#.1 P" - Saved Its Master. ° ENGINEER WM. ARNOR, of the night express train, bound for Shamokln, Pa , liw an object ou the track ahead. He Immediately reversed his engine, and succeeded in stopping his train a dis­ tance away. The fireman got off to re­ move the obstacle. When he approached he found that it was a ferocious bull­ dog lying by his drunken master, who lay across the track asleep. The dog was very vicious, and made a spring for the fireman, but he escaped and ran back for assistance. It was proposed to shoot ihe dog, but that action was dis­ regarded. fearing fatal results to the man. After the train was delayed haif an hour a friend of the drunken man coaxed the dog off and removed the man. Pierced a Steel Piate. tHE forged steel shot from the twelve- Inch mortar at New York, weighing 628% pounds, was fired with thirty-six and one-half pounds of hexagonal pow­ der, giving a velocity of about 730 feet a second. The shot struck at the po'nt selected and passed through the plate and the oak brace of tho backing. Then, hav ng passed through the heap of sand behind, scooping out a large mass, it fell just beyond The plate, three and a half inches thick, wa* com­ pletely demol'shed, while the shot, when recovered, showed that It had sus­ tained no injury whatever. ,0% % • Trouble at the Antipodes. A DisPATcn from Sydney, N. S. W., •ays: In Parliament the government opposed a motion to the effect that a bill introduced by it regulating the min­ ing laws should be returned to the com­ mittee which had considered it, in order that an eight-hour clause which it con­ tained mirht be stricken out. Not­ withstanding t e utmost efforts of the governments supporters the motion was carried by a vote of 49 to 41, and an im­ mediate adjournment was had In con­ sequence of ths defeat the Cabinet will probably resign. - Two Killed, Four Hurt. fw limited express and a freight train on the Panhandle Railroad came together head foremost at Mingo J unc­ tion, near Steubenville, Ohio Two men were killed and four injured. Both en­ gines and severai freight cars were de­ molished The combination 'baggaze and express car caugiit fire and was consumed. Brakeman Marshall and Express Messenger Joseph Vestner, of Colnmbus, Ohio, who were in this car, were caught in the wreck and burned to death No passengers were in ured. • " > Perils of tne Sea. , THE three-masted schooner B. R. "Woodside, of Bath, Me., trailed in to Now York behind the screw- steamer Finance, of the New York and Brazilian Mail Steamship Company, with a prize crew from the Finance on board- The schooner met with disaster in th1? great storm that swept over the Atlantic. The sea! swept over the vessel, deluged the pro­ visions stored there and rendered them useless. Without fool or drink the men labored to save their vessel, until they Cropped down exhausted. ' Is 1 •• :£• Trouble Already. ; |P' . FXGHTIKG between the factions has *e*3y begun in Ireland. In Newrjiffhe *nd l two McCarthys were victorious^n the municipal election. Their sjfpi orters marched through the streetsyfth a band ^' at their hea l. The Faraf^ wtes attacked 0;. i-/ the procession and smajjWed the instru- f| V, 1 ments of the band. general fight fol- |?. lowed, in which ejfibs were us-d, and §J several combatants were seriously hurt K~J - 1: ®ght police w®re injured in the melee. j-f- • Z f -- Y* ' >^Two Miners Killed. R%T ' AT 9 Lodge, Mont., Patrick Adams V". * ami xhomas Stewart, two of the oldest fL ,, , * joiners in the employ of the coal com- V" pany, were instantly killed by an 1m- mense fall of rock while they were as- cending a slope. ^ The Deadly Fiy-Wheel. , * \ The fly-wheel of No. 7 mill, Amoskeag ^ '* 'Corporation, Manchester, N. H., burst, ;Y tearing through the floors of the first ^ - and second stories. Two persons were > i / . k i l l e d o u t r i g h t a n d a d o z e n b a d l y , p r _ i - t r o n n d e d . . , ". " Tennessee Shaken. PFL', /}' "A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt in gj$/ East Nashville, Tenn. It lasted about V seven seconds and moved in a southerly $ «»ctlon. No damage resulted. §¥ Reduced Its Capital. AT New York the stockholders of the , * United States Mortgage Company re- \ jftuced the capital stock from $2,000,000 <fo $1,001).000. The reason is not di- Julged. The ma.ority of the stock is •eld in Europe. The Channel Open. TOP, Sault Stc. Marie blockade caused |>y the sinking of the Susan Feck in the Channel at Lake George was raised, the propeller Monarch being t'.ic first boat to : Some through. March. There Is only one small window in the room, and that is neany covered w.th thick b< ards. Miss Goodreau's parents say that she Is cra?y, her mind having been affecled by the death of her lover in Canada Local physicians admit that the giri's mind is somewhat affected, but they asrro that it is great crue ty to keep her locked up without an opportunity to take exercise, see day­ light, or get a breath of pure air. THKKK Burgettstown, Pa., hostlers found a bottle of liquor and almost drainel it Alex. Chaople took convul­ sions ind died in two hours, and the others arc lying at the pointo" death. An analysis of the liquid remaining In the bottle showed equal parts of strych­ nine and whisky. AT Canoga, N. Y., on the shore of Seneca Lake, on the spot where Red Jacket, chief of the Six Nations of. the Iroquois, was lorn, was unveiled tho granite monument to his memory erect­ ed by the Waterloo Library and His­ torical Socicty. A delegation of Indians from tho 3.700Canadian survivors of the Six Nations was present Red Jacket's title came from his dress. His eminence as the successor of Chief Brant in tho Six Nations, his services tv the crown In the revolution, and to the United States in 1312 are all recorded in history. Ked Jackets remains lie in Forest lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, and within a few weeks a monument will be erected over his grave there. AT Bordentown, X. J., Mrs. Tarnell has been prostrated ever since her son's death. Her friends fear that the shoi-k has been too great for her an 1 that she may lose her mental balance She has been confined to her bed. her old servi­ tor, Edward Sle.in, and her friend. Mrs. W. J. Knoud. of New York, being in constant attendance. At one time Mrs Parnell efl her bed and burst in'o the dining-room, her eyes ablaze and her features haggard. She was greatly ex­ cited, and declared she would go at once to New York, and thence sail for Ire­ land to see her beloved son. Sobs and hysteri aj laught r shook her frame and the attendants were greatly frightened. SHOKTIA" after the curtain rose at Palmer's Theater, New York, the other night, a carriage drove up to the sido door, and four people alighted The last to leave the carriage was a man whose head was bowed upon his Moul­ ders, and who r.?a -hed out feeb v. as if for support. Leaning on the arm of a companion, he walk d, almost tottered, through th^ door. He was Edwin Booth. At the close of the play the party waited until the house was emptied, and the great tragedian walked s'owly to the wa ting carriage, which was driven to the PI aye s' Club It cannot be de­ nied that the tragedian looked very weak and ill. He walked with a halting, al­ most tottering step, and his features were pa'e and drawn. WESTERM HAPPENINGS. composed of the best citizens, and while the affair is deprecated there is a deter­ mination to prevent tho leaders suffering from the affair. .. • -M?lf • • FOREIGN G08SIP. > TH ^ daughters of the late Gen. Bou- langer have rotained counsel and will contest four clauses of their father's will. THE: Austrian police believe that they have captured In the man Steinart, of Cracow, Austrian Poland, a dynamite fiend who works destruction mainly for the pleasure of it Steinart Is supposed to be tho man who placed the bombs under the Rosenthal bridge before the arrival of Emperor Francis Joseph s train. The exp osion at Rosenthal is not now supposed to have had for its object any injury to the Emperor, but to be, like the other deeds, a sense'ess effort to create excitement and destroy property. AT London, a storm prevailed for thirty-six hours, and much damage has been done. In some street? it was dan­ gerous to walk on account of the over­ turning oF chimheys and the failing of signs and blinds. Roofs have been blown off several houses and many persons have been Injured by the flying frag­ ments Wherever tho wires are work­ ing to the coast reports come of wrecks in increasing number. The damage in the provinces has been very heavy, but as nearly all the wires are down scarcely any details have been received. A ST. PJBTKKSBUKG dispatch says that Russia Is pushing with vigor the in­ crease of her navy. An ironclad, the Navasin--rather u significant name for the \essel--and a half armored gunboat, the Otia oy, were launched on the same d»y. A gunboat now about completed, will soon follow and a feet of torpedo cruisers Is under way. The last men­ tioned order was given since the Chilian war, and their construction was un­ doubtedly due to the proved efficiency of torpedo cruisers in that conflict. Great activity in naval shipbuilding also prevails in the Black Sea, where Russia has a formidable fleet. A CALCUTTA dispatch says that the news of an encounter between the Af­ ghans and the Russians is awaited with much anxiety, as it is believed that a fight of a serious character cannot long be put off. The VLcroy has received pi of use assurances of loyalty from a number of the Indian princes including the Nazim, who is prepared to put a strong force into the field. While a Rus­ sian attack on India is not expected, the Viceregal Government anticipates a Russian struggle for a foothold in Af­ ghanistan. Owing to Russia's increased armameut on its western boundaries Austria has strongly re-enforced the frontier between Lomberg and Przenysl. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. %J >. NEW YOBK has ao far contributed only 4(30,480 to the World's Fair, being the ? } ^smallest subscription made by any of [- V flhe large cities of tli3 country. The fct;. business men of the city have subscribed ffio.ooo, but only $30,460 has been paid to V- Treasurer Seeberger. - - AT Biddeford, Me., a peculiar case of fruelty due tp e'.ther willfulness or 3 ' Ignorance was discovered by the police. Mary Goodreau, a French girl, 24 years I 1 ^jP'd, was found locked in a small tene­ ment attic bed-roo JI, where she had been confine^ by her , .parents since la.s$ WELI.S, FARGO & Co.'S stage was robbed near Linkville, Oregon. It is not known how much money the rob­ bers secured. THE Kane County, 111., Grand Jury has indicted Billy McMillan, of Minne­ apolis, and Tom Ryan, of Chicago, for prize fighting at Elburn, last July. THREE newspaper men and an engi­ neer of the Chicago and Eastern Illi­ nois Railway were in a flash sent into Jternity. They looked upon death but an instant--scarcely time to realize its approach--and it came. Not ten seconds had elapsed between their first intimation that they were in peril and the culmination of the calamity. It was another railway horror. Crete, a small town thirty miles south of Chi- ;ago, was the scene A switch was left 9pen. A passenger train running be­ hind time came. There was a crash, a roar of escaping steam, the crunching af timbers and of iron. Four lives lost tnd 100 jeopardized. This was the cost of some one's criminal heedlessness. THE Presbyterian Synod of Kansas, tn session in Kansas City, Kau , passed strong resolutions concerning Catholi­ cism and immigration. The resolutions declare that the synod views "with ap­ prehension tho concerted efforts of the Koman Catholic hierarchy to denational­ ize our institutions by substituting the nationalisms and cu tomsof Continental Europe in their p'ace; and we Insist apon the teaching of the English lan- guago In all the public schools as the language of this country; and we are >pposed to the formation of little Ger- manys and little Italys and any other clannish tendencies which keep immi­ grants from becoming a homogeneous part of our population. " The Govern­ ment. is denounced for appropriating no: ey to the-tatholic Indian schco's ind is urged to establish nnsectarlan public Ijkdfan schools Jojpfrii L. WILSON*, of Chicago, until iJHfw days ago the trusted minute clerk .4f Judge Murray F. Tuley and the re- \ ;eiver of several concerns, is a defaulter a fugitive upon the face of the iarth. How much in dollars ani cents he is "short" is not known. It may not be more than #5,000 It may be SL00,- >00. Another fact is that the missing man led a dual existence. On Wabash avenue his wife and two grown children live. On Burling street lives a young nroman who has generally been regard­ ed as Mrs Wi.son. There is no excuse tor Wilson. Ho has brought disgrace apon the woman who for twenty-five fears has borne with him the cares of a busy life, and that at a time when the hectic flush of the fever of consumption Is upon her cheek and when she is much less able to fight the battle with the world. A TERRIFIC explosion occurred at South Park, a manufacturing suburb of St. Paul, and Bhop headquarters of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Road, by which thirteen persons were burned ind sca'.ded and pro1 ably four of them fatally injured. A large engine had been taken from the shops and fixed up [or use as a switch engine. With 120 pounds of steam on, it wa-s standing on i side track preparatory to start'ng and was surrounded by a group of workmen, when suddenly, with a terrific roar, the rown sheet of the boiler gave way. The huge piece of machinery was hurled from the track, and the immediate scene was fil;ed with dense volumes of scald­ ing steam. Two men standing near by were thrown over a bot car fifty feet distant and both fatally injured. No body witi in a radius of thirty feet es­ caped uninjured. The sound of the explosion was distinctly heard five miles *way. SHORTLY after Joe Coe, the Omaha negro, had been lynched, it developed that the child Lizzie Yates, whom he assaulted, was not dead as reported. The matter became serious, and arrangements were made to arrest leading members of the mob. Seven members of the mob were ar­ rested charged with murder in the first degree. County Attorney Mahoney refused to allow the prisoners bail, and a large crowd surrounded the county jail and threatei&d that If the prisoners were not giveiii their liberty the jail woultl be attacked:)and the men liberated. The men undl^r arrest are Joseph Neushoffer, Patrick O'Herne," John Fritz, R^G. Bloom, H. H Bran­ dies, Ed Fitzgerald, and John O'Donog- hue. Under ihe law of the State \of Nebraska any man who took /part in the lynching is gulityot murder in the first degree and (M&ishable by hanging; The mob was GENERAL NOTES. Tux Chief of Police at Montreal, Que., recoiyc d a telegram from Premier Mer- cier to send a detective and a Sergeant to Toureveur, the Premier's country res­ idence. The reason for the call is un­ known, but it is stated that an attempt was made upon the life of the Premier. AMONG recommendations made in the report of the Governor of New Mexico are the admission of N-w Mexico as a State, the survey and marking of the boundary line on the Texas side, tbe re- occupation of Fort Marcy, the amend­ ment of land courts so as to protect small owners. The report also deals at length with public schools, irrigation, climate, rainfall, agriculture, and stock- raising. AT the City of Mexico, Wee Peck and Kim Wing, representing a wealthy Chinese company of Hong Kong, which furnished 2,000 Chinese laborers to Sal­ vador Malo, the railroad contractor, publish a card stating that Malo owei them hundreds of thousands of dol ars. Malo left for Europe a few days ago without let ing any one know. Many Chinamen who were engaged by Malo are now legging on the streets. ACTING S CUE TART RAM AV, of the Navy Department, received a dispatch from Lieut * Cowles, of the wrecked steamer Dispatch, sayinz that the weath­ er is clearing. Lieut Cowles has sent most of h's crew to Philadelphia, retain­ ing a few to look after the clothing of the sailors, most of which was saved, and to search the beach for what wreck­ age may come ashore. No news has been received at the Navy Department from the Atlanta, and It is thought that the first informat'on concerning her will come when she puts into some adjacent port. REPORTS are revived in Washington that American wheat and flour will soon be admitted to Germany free of duty. That the convention Is completed to all intents apd purposes, lacking only the little final touches, is generally believed. The negotiations have been In progress for some weeks, and have been occupy­ ing a great deal of the President's time. The German Government desired that the present conditions governing the importation of beet sugar from that country into the United States be con­ tinued. In return, the President re­ quested that Germany reduce its tariff on American breadstuffs. Germany, according to the report, has not only accedcd to this request, but has gone farther and removed the duty on wheat and flour altogether. President Harri­ son desired to Include canned meats in the articles to be freed from duty, and it is possib'e that he has succeeded, but the only authority obtainable confines the articles to breadstutia. MARKET KKFOBTS. CHICAGO. . CATIX<a--Common to Prime... I HOUH--Shipping Grades. BHBEP--Fair to Choice WuKAT--No. 2 Bed. COKN--No. 2 OATS- NO. 2 BYE---No. 2 «... BCTTKB--Cholo* Creamery CHEESE--Full cream, fiat*.... Eoos--Fresh. POTATOES--New, per bn INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Hooa Choice lJxnt. SUXKP--I oinmon to Prime...... WHEAT--No. 2 Bed ..- CORN--No. 1 White... OATS--No. % White. ST. LOUAB. C ATI LI HOB...... WHEAT--No. t Bed CORK--No. i OA in--No.i BYC--No. A CINCINNATI. CATTLE HOGS..... S H k K P WHK«*-- No. 8 Bed CORN--Mo. S ... OATB-NO. ST Mixed DJE riiOIT. CATTIJK noes bUKKP W HEAT--No. 2 Bed. COBN--No. I Yellow. OATB--NO. 8 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--New COBN--No. 2 Yellow OAT»--No. 2 White BYE BUFFALO. BEET CATTIX LIVE HOGS WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No.2 Spring CORN--No.3 OATS--No. 2 White .....i.LS. KSE-NO. I BAELM- No.2 NEW YOBK. CATTLE. HUGS.. 8HEEP * WHEVT-- NO. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 " ' OAT8--Mixed Western *3.90 •«.» 4.00 & 4.7ft S.U0 @ 6.25 .96^® .9T>i .84 <S> "" .27 9 £8 • K H i .18 M .96 .SI .10* .19 .K 8.83 8.80 8.80 .94 .87 8.83 8.80 ll-S I .95 a S i >.75 21 4.00 .so .S9 « Jl 0 6/0 0 4.78 .08 .88 0 .84 8.60 4.00 8.00 M ) M . 411 8.00 8.(0 8.00 .99 •U •81 a .28 .87 8.00 4.26 I.05 .60 .92 ,.80 ,88 .ttl II.00 @ 6.26 & 5.00 4.76 1.01 .60 .82 0 6 25 & 4.76 & 4.60 & 1.00 & .56 « .88 0 1.00 .67 @ .so & M & 7.00 <& 6.80 <8 1.07 & .68 touTTEK--Cre*mery, PoBK--Mew Hee« 8.50 4.00 8.C0 1.07 .62 .93 .19 IMS * .92 .80 {$11.75 a 6.oo f s.ji 6.25 # 1.09 <® .64 u ARKESTED FOR ARSON. RBVBLATIONS IN A BASK IN­ CENDIARY PLOT. According to the ConfeMlona, County Au­ ditor Laviltoi of WiMhtngton, Hire* Men to Burn the Court Houae--TIM CjflmlnaU In Jail. Destroyed the Records. • , " > . The Court House at Washington, Ind., was recout y set on fir©. The Kecord- er's and sheriff's offices were totally de­ stroyed and a portion of the Auditor's ollice was ruined. An investigation proved that tho interior of t!>e Auditor's office, including all the important reo ords, had been saturated with kerosene oil, a;id they were only saved by the prompt act on of the lire department. The bcokS had teen taken from their sh 'lv.'s, placed In pile*, and saturated with the o;l The city soon filled with furious peo­ ple from all part* of tho county, and the wildest excitement prevailed until it Locarno certain that the perpetrators of the deed were safely inclosed by the stone walls of the Daviess County jail. The conspirators who are in the toils for the crime, say3 a dispatch from that plavo, are County Auditor James C. La- veile. Aaron J(. Hawes, a prominent Steele Township farmer, and Basil Led- gerwood and Samuel Harbin, two day laborers of this city. A warrant is out for Michael Lavolle, the Auditor's broth­ er, but he cannot be found by the offi­ cers, and it is believed that he has fled the country. County Auditor Lavelle has been Au­ ditor for eight years, and for the eight years immediately preceding he was Deputy Audi or for h s brother. His term expires Aov. 1 and a few weeks ago the commissioners ordered an investiga- ti >11 of h.s books and accounts, appoint­ ing ex-National Bank Examiner c-amuel ii. Taylor and Ldward F. Meredith, a prominent attorney, to do the work. To this 1 avelie made strenuous objection, and used every means in his power to defeat or postpone the proposed investi­ gation This opposition was continued, and the time was set to begin the work, when but a few days before it was to have begun an alarm of lire was sounded and the Court-House was found to be in flames. S gpicion pointed to Auditor Lavelle as concerne 1 in the incendiarism, and the o.ticers began work at once under the direction of County Attorney John C. Biliheimer and Sheriff Charles Col­ bert Five new jugs that had c ontained kerosene were fonnd in an outhouse, where they had baen thrown by the in­ cendiaries. With this valuable clue the man who bought the jugs was easily found, and was arrestid and lodged in jail. His name is Samuel Harb:n. At first he denied all knowledge of the fire, but under a vigorous pumping he weak­ ened and agreed to tell the whole sto.y of the plot. He stated that he was hired to do the work of destroying tie court house records by Auditor Lavelle and A'aron B. liawes. He and Basil Ledgerwood were to be paid $50J each for the work. Lavelle gave Harbin money to get coal oil and Ledgerwood money to '»uy a re­ volver. Lavelle took HarbiD and Led­ gerwood to tho to irt hou*e and toid them where to set the fires and gave them keys to the courthouse and offices. That night they carried in the coal oil, flooded the offices, applied the torches and fled The arrangement was to a certain extent abortive, as the Auditor's records, which make the investigation possible, were pavod, although all the va uable records in tho Recorder's office, fixiug the title to all tho landed property in Daviess County, were destroyed. The loss to tho county by this is incalcula­ ble. As soon as Harbin had completed his testimony, warrants wera issued for the others concerned Ledgerwood, when arrested, knocked under at once, tell­ ing the same story Harbin told. Every statement corroborates the evidence se­ cured. Auditor Lavelle was immediate- ly« arrested. A B. liawes soon joined him, but Michael Lavelle could not be found, and has no* been arrested. Led­ gerwood and Harbin were arraigned in court, and pleaded guilty to the charge of arson. Naturally the excitement Is terrib'e in its intensity. No one can say that he has a good title to his real property, .and indignation is at a white heat Auditor ^ivelle's bondsmen, becom­ ing frightened at the turn affairs were taking, required him to turn over all his property ti them, and this was done, Hawes lives on a farm of 500 acres, owned by his wife, and is in good cir­ cumstances financially. He is a des­ perate character, however, and he was brought in at the muzzle of a Winches* ter. A DEADLY WRECK. Two Men Killed and Many Other Persona Badly Injured. A portion of the Baltimore and Ohio fast mail No 8, from Chicago to New York, jumped the track near Hlcksville, Ohio, killing two passengers, wounding five others fatally and twenty others less seriously. The train consisted of • baggage car, smoker, day coach, sleeper and private ear of Vice President King. Tho smoker and baggage car remained attached to the locomotive, but the private car and the ladies' <oach went over the embank­ ment and were wrecked. The day coach, which was well filled, turned over oi.ee and bounded right side up. In its aerial maneuver it straddled two of the telograph lines, and the cross timbers were wrench.d from several poles. The sleeper fared better, and after sliding off its trucks it lay right side up on the ground. Those in the smoker escaped with a severe shaking up and many bruises. Neither the smoker nor the baggage car left the track, but the former must nave escaped very narrowly, the coach being tilted to one side in a threatening attitude The most serious injuries were received by the occupants of the day coach. Nearly all the seats were wrenched from their places, as were the lamps, racks, and other furniture of the car, and the win­ dows were a 1 shattered. The train was running fully sixty miles an hour at the time, and as near as can be ascerta ned the accident was caused by one of the drive wheels of the engino leaving the track at the switch near the water tank. This wheel spread the rails and all the cars excepting the baggage and smoker left the track. For a space of 800 feet the rails were abso­ lutely swept off the ties The locomo­ tive. baggjge and smoking cars re­ mained on the grade, which, all along this place, is about eight feet high- After the coaches left the grade and went into the ditch the locomotive, bag­ gage car and smoker went on several hundred feet, but did not leave the grade, »It hough off the track. IN addition to thre? steel batt'E ships of 4,278 tons each and one torpedo ves­ sel, nearly finished in France for Japan, the Japanese Marine Ministry will soon submit to Parliament a plan for build­ ing eleven heavy ironclads, at a cost of $45,000,000. THE ells of the human lung? are 75,- 000,000 in number, covering a surface from tVta and a half to three and a half times greater than the whole body sur­ face of tea full grown men. TIPS FOR THE FARMERS, 8CHEMETO QIVE THEM WEATH­ ER FORECASTS. MM A Responsible Person to Be Km ployed In Kvery Town and Village to Wliom the In- <Uc»Uon* Will Be Sent--Full Jtiplswtten Of the System. To Foretell the Weather. One of the first discoveries made bjr Secretary Rusk after he took charge of the weather of this country was dls- irimination against ihe farmers He found that, while city people vere getting government forecasts regularly In their morning «*?v?|M#wspapers and by flags in the big rail­ road stations, th$ir country cousins ob­ tained no information until the weather had amo and gone The Secretary sent for Prof, Harrington, Chief of the Weather Bureau, and told him to figure out a scheme to give the country as much and as va'uable Information as the city receives Prof. Harrington tcjran work at on^e, and thinks he has snlved the problem. So, apparently, does' Secretary Husk, for! an official circular! has jtist been issued announcing that the bureau wishes to find in every town and village a responsible, person who will un dertake to dlcplayl.. . weather flags When1 ' .v' « these persons are employe! the forecasts will be telegraphed to them, and the people will know what kind of weather to expect., EXPI-AJJATTOXS OP THE FF.AG SIGNALS. The flagb are to be made of tin, and their size, shape, and color, will Le as follows: No. 1--White flag, six feet square, will indie ite clear or fair weather. No. 2--B:ue fag, six feet square, will Indicate rain and snow. No. 3--WhitT and blue flag, six feet square, will indicate that local rains or showers will occur and that the rainfall will not be ((eneral. No. 4--Black tri­ angular flag, four feet at the base and six feet long, always Meters to tempera­ ture. When p aced Above flags Nos. 1, 2, and 3 it will in­ dicate warmer weather. When placed below the numbers it will Indicate colder weather. When it Is not displayed the indica­ tions are that the temperature will re­ main stationary, or that the changn In temperature will not vary more than 4 degrees from the temperature of. the same hour of the preceding day from March to October, inclusive, and not more than fi degrees for the, remaining months of the year. No. 5--White flag, six feet square, with black square in center, will indi­ cate the approach of a sudden and do cided fall in the tem­ perature. This signal will not be dlsp ayed un­ less it is expected that the "tempera­ ture will fa 1 to 42 degrees, or lower, and will be ordered displayed at least twenty-four hours In advance ot the cold wave. When Na 5 is displayed. No. 4 is always omitted. When displayed on poles the signals will be arranged to read downward; when displayed on horizontal supports a small streamer will bo attached to In­ dicate the point from which the signals are to be read. INTKHPBETATION OF DISPLAYS. No. 1, alone - Fair weather, station­ ary temperature. ; " No 2, alone Bain or «now, station­ ary temperature. Na 3, a'one. Local rain, stationary temperature. No. 1 with No. 4 above It Fair weather, warmer. Na 1 with No. 4 below It Fair weath­ er. colder. No 2 with Na 4 above it Warmer w e a t h e r , r a i n o r Snow. No 2 with No. 4 below-/it Colder W e a t h e r , f a i n o r jBnow. Warmer ia m I: Colder A RICHLAKD (Mo.) girl hiccoughed fourteen hours a day for nearly a months ;.,|a 1 •; Wo. r with 'Oik I' above K. weather, local rains. No. 3 with No. 4 below It. weather, local rains. No 1 with Na 5 above it Fair weather, cold wave. No. 2 with Na 5 above it Wet weather, cold wave. Prof. Harrington will also make ar­ rangements to have the flag displayed on railroad cars. The starting points of the trains on all the rai roads will be sup­ plied every mornina with the forecast, and one man on each tra'n will be as­ signed to the duty ot displaying the flair 8. When the public has mad*} itself fa­ miliar with the code every person can ascertain the forecast by looking at any passing train. THK WHISTI.K BIONAT.8. The professor has also invented a plan to have locomotives and factories whistle the forecasts for the information of farmers who live too far away to see the flags. Notification will be given in every town and village where there is a steam whistle th*t at a certain hour every day tho whistle will sound the signal to Indi­ cate the probable weather for the ensu­ ing twenty four hours Factori es will receive the forecast by telegraph, and locomotive engineers will receive it at their startiug points. The warning signal to attract atten­ tion will be what I* cal ed the long blast, la ting twenty seconds. After this signal has been sounded blasts of from four to six seconds' duration will refer to the weather; short blasts of three seconds each will refer to the tempera­ ture; those for the weather to be sounded first, like this: Blasts. Indications. One long Fair ws ather Two long............; ̂ ...̂ .. Rein or snow Three long Local rains One short ,.Lr>wer temperature Two short.. Higher temperature Three short Cold wave COMBINATION PI. A NTS. One long, alon"--fair w ather, station- ary temperature. Two long, alon---rain or snow; sta­ tionary temperature. One long and one short--f%ir weather; lower t -mperaturo. Two long and two short--rain or snow; hlgh 'rt mp 'rature. Cne long and thr e short--fair weath cr; cold wave. Three long and two short--local rains; higher temperature. Bach combination will be repeated a few tino', with an interval of ten sec­ onds between. This will avoid the pos­ sibility of any error in ascertaining the forecast Some difficulty may arise with regard to the locomotive whistles. • Engineers have to give rallioad signals, and the public mind may becomo confused by the two, but the professor thinks this j difficulty can be over.oma , r * •' ... B T R A l k A S P S N O W . WHEAT SAID TO BE RUINED IN NORTH DAKOTA. Gmta la Stacks and Shocks Sprouting-- *he Reports PubUahed In the Papers De Not Half Cover the Devastation--Impoa- ble to Get Teams and Machines Into the fields. XrftMes Reach Minions. The jweather of the past few weeks has undone much of the good that was done by the fine weather eafly in the season in North Dakota, and/the farm­ ers in the Northwest wilt buffer losses aggregating in the millions. The dam­ age can as yet only be estimated, but that the loss will be very great there seems no doubt The railroads had made special arrangements to handle a great crop, and the farmers considered their own plans amply sufficient But so great was the wheat crop that, first, it was almost impossible to hire enough help to secure the crop, and a very large part of it had to be left standing in tho shock. Then it was found that the sup­ ply of thrashing machines was insuf­ ficient, and that caused a delay which left fully half the crop still in the fields untbrashed when the rain came. Bain has been genera! and abundant, and it is this whica has caused the great­ est loss. At Jamestown, in the North Dakota Jim River \ahey, rain and snow fell continually for a day and a night and last week there was but one full day's wheat thra hlng. Reports are received' of grain sprouting In the stasks. At Devil's Lake, in the northern part of the State, a heavy rain fell, which will stop thrashing for several days. No grain has been stacked owing to the scarcity of laborers. Lakota (N. D.) reports snow, with thrashing stopped entirely, and fears that un'ess the weather clears soon much of the grain will be untit to be thrashed. In the northern part of North Dakota there will, however, be more loss from lack of laborers than from bad weather- Northwestern Minnesota g.ves about the same report as North Dakota. It commenced raining again about Crooks, ton and continued all of one day. There have been only a very few days of dry weather in four weeks, and farmers are getting discouraged. In Traverse Coun­ ty and Central Western Minn sota the larger portion of the wheat has not yet been thrashed and men and machines ars. greatly needed. Colonel P. P. Wa'ker, of Minneapolis, says of the situation: "I have .iu.-t ret rbed from a trip through that section. It made my heart a he to witness the ruin. In order to appreciate it ouo must actually see it. There are thousands of acres of sl*nply wonderful wheatfie'ds almost utterly destroyed by the rains. And the mud--it is perfectly execrable. Day after day we tramped in tho slush across fields--slush ha f knee-deep. I went out with a Government surveying party to estabMsh town lines, and the rain and mud broke up our party, and we were forced to abandon the work entirely. "The reports published in the papers do not cover half the devastation. As far as tho eye can rea h in every direction are great big shocks of wheat, and it ail would have graded No. 1 hard had it been thrashed out before the rains fell. Now nothing can be done. It is too late to save even a modicum. Were the shocks in a condition to be thrashed, it would be a physical impossibility to do anything with the crop, for the reason that teams cannot haul the wheat to the thrashers nor haul fuel to the engines. •The difficulty in the first place aro^e ovef getting help to do the thrashing, but the rai.way companies succeeded in getting both men and machine Into the fields. When they arrived they were powerless • The mud was so deep that the hordes mired to their bellies and nothing can be done now until the sun dries out both the soil and the shocks of wheat "It is painful to stand on a prominence and survey tho situation. Everywhere thrashing machines are visible--all abandoned--and the wheat for hundreds of miles ruined." His Part Wae Too Heavy. W. B. Arnold, an a :tor in the "Blue Jeans" Com pan v, severed his connection with that organization at Zanesville, Ohio, upon rather extraordinary grounds Mr. Arnold is 60 years of age. In his part as Col Henry Clay Risenor he is obliged to seize and carry bodily off the stage Miss Jennie Endsly, who tips the beam at 177 pounds This task was too much for the veteran, who was willing, however, as a comp omise to drag tho fair one off. To this she objected, and a younger and stronger actor will be secured. Making Huge Guns. Secretary Tracy and Commodore Fol- ger, of the Bureau of Ordnance, made an official visit to the ordnance depart­ ment of the Bethlehem (Pa ) Iron Com­ pany. They witnessed the pouring of a 180-ton casting, which is the largest ever made in tnis country. They also wit­ nessed the forging of the first 13-injh gun made by the Bethlehem Iron Com­ pany. Armor plates were also forged. The visitors expressed themselves as highly gratified with the progress made on the 84,000,000 contract. Half a Hundred Mangled. At Tipton, Ind , one of the 75-horse power boilers in A. R. Dolman's barrel- heading factory exploded. Fifty hands were employed there, all of whom wore injured to some extent two fatally- The factory was va ued at about #15,00& Afterward fire or ginated in the ruins of the Dolman factory and the surrounding butldings were destroyed, together with a large amount of heading. A BERLIN dispatch says that the Kaiser has expre.-sed himself as deeply offended by the anti-Jewish agitation which the bestowal of an order on a Jew living in Bielefeld has aroused. In re­ ply to the representations sent through Chancellor Caprlvi that the man had a bad character, the Kaiser has replied briefly and pointedly, rebuking the anti-Jewish prejud ce that prompted the action. IT was reported In Wall street that Russell Sage and the Goulds are out The story did not come in exactly that shape, but was that stockholders of the Missouri Pacific w bo had seen dividend day RO by without the receipt of a divi­ dend check were getting together and pledging each other to gather proxies to be ready to oust the Gould regime at the first opportunity. THE London Times was graciously pleased recently to devote several col­ umns to Chicago and the World's Fair. It thinks that Chicago is a good-sized town, and that the Expo­ sition will be an affair worth seeing'. And now if Mr. Rudyard Kipling and the New York Herald can be concili­ ated the only formidable obstacles in the way of a successful World's Fair will have been removed. THE Poston pape s are so astounded at the succe sof their baseball team in Its recent contest with the New-Yorkers that they hint a suspicion that the lat­ ter were paid to "drjp" the games This is quite as compiimentary to the skill of the local artists as it is to the honesty of the visi on.--Detroit Free C U R R E N T C O M M E S T . the ab'est of Irish politicians OTonnell. ---Washington Daniel B Parnell. He since Star. Among the eons of Ireland there has :y; be3n no truer patriot --Cleveland Plain- dealer y Parnell raised up the Irish nation and i - then stood a block to its progress.--Mln- neapolis Tribune. f Ire and cannot sufficiently hono- hi® ' memory Jo the nob e work he did for * her.--Ind ana^olis bentinel. Impartial history will rank Parnell in the ' ront rank of political organizers -- and leaders.--Indianapolis Journal. I t w i l l b e 6 a i d o f C h a r l e s S t e w a r t P a r - i ; nell in times to come that he died a < broken-hearted man.--PhiladelphlaTele- graph. '. arnell failed only because he so willed it His ife, a-ide from the last sad n;vath«, was a chining succe.s.--Buffalo L | re-ss 1 arn-'ll being d-*ad, perhaps w'se coun­ sels may prevail, ana v ladstone, if h« j eha'l be scared, may become the great* Irish leader --Cincinnati Ca ette It would doubt ess have been ad van- | tageous to the cause which 'he repre- sen ed, and better lor his <•u fame, had ho diod a year or two sooner.--Pittsburg ; < a ette. That the d ath of this man at this time should be, as it is, or momentous • bene t to his country is a striking illus-; tration of the irony of fate--St Louis Globe-r e nti ocrat. None wi 1 deny the services he has rende. ed, and the futuro will doubtless lorget his frailties in summing up his cl ims to remembrance as a benefactor. ---Cincinnati Enquirer. As simple as a child, as honest as the day. as intrepid as Richard of the Lion- Heart, mankind - ou'd not refuse him the homage of its admiration and pity.--~ Louisville Courier .journal. In spite of all the great things he did or strove to do for Irish freedom, this1 man never had one demefcrati^ impulse. He was in every impure of his mind an • "J: aristocrat--St Louis Republic. To succeed as he did required genius. No man of whom we read in profane " ^ history ever si owed in his work higher •* qualifications for leadership than did 1.3$ Parnell.--Ottawa (Can.) Free Pres3. When the labors of the successors of ,j Charles Stewart Parnell are finally S crownei by success and a Parliament meets on Dublin Green, no name will ; rank higher among all the patriots who made the way for Irisl^ libcrtythan that ; of Parnell.--Detroit Free JPress. ^ In th'< same grav,a wflh the frailties and mistakes wTFi'fte buried the internal ? ^ animosities that separated the Nation­ alist factions, and a united party, ready to co-operate with its great British ally, '•% will remember only what Is glorious In the lifework and memory of the great- ! est of Ireland's sons, Charles St£war£, ParaelL--St Paul Honeer-Press. ' 4 - Methodism. It has been given mo few men to exert the influence John Wesloy did, and it Is doubtful if the world will see his career :• duplicated.--Philadelphia Press. This conference of Methodists Is * notable gathering, one of influence and ' power in the religious world, and a sign and proof of the increasing strength of Christianity.--Memphis Commercial. The day of the old circuit' Elder, track- , ing his way through the "forest prime- • „ val," and pausing wherever the curling , smoke told that some sturdy pioneer had "r '-.'i settled down to e'ear the way for coming thousands, is past and gone. The term Methodist is no longer one of reproach. --Philadelphia Record. As a consequence of such a meeting the horizon must necessarily widen and enlarge, opinions will be liberalized, new practical adaptations will be dis­ covered, and more than ever Methodism will become an active and potent influ- ence in the moral social, and religious world.--Washington Post. S;, The fault of the religion of to-day is that it tends to exclusiveness; that there is too much Pharisaism about it; too ••••£ many fine and expensive churches and cushioned pews, and too little recogni- 3 tion of the truth that the rich and poor " | should meet together for th.i reason that ^ ; the "Lord is the maker Of them all."-- 'it Philadelphia Times. ^ Methodism is about to confront new conditions and to face new problems that will test to the uttermost its capa- city as a system of prorogating Chrlsti- pS anlty. Thus far it has not bean disturb- ; • ed by the spirit of questioning unrest that has ?o profoundly aft'ecte 1 some of ' | the other religious bodies. But it can-, not always hope for such immunity.-- N, New York Tribune. The second Ecumenical Conference li^ in Itself a striking illustration of the power of Methodism to-day, numeric- : ally and otherwise The assembly for the time will attract the interest and at­ tention of all Christbndom, and its de­ liberations «re <,uite certain to have far- reachinsr effe t. in the way of renewed inspiration to those engaged in the great work of e.angeli/ation-- Telegraph , ' • '-f Cheap Enough. Rainmaker Melbourne proposes to ; water 2,000,000 acr«4 of Kansas land for 10 cents an acre. If the proposition is accepted Mr. Melbourne will be in the way of receiving a handsome reward for his faith In providence.--St Louis Post- Dispatch. It takes a great deal to shake the faith of some people. Melbourne seems to have secured a firm grip on tho credulity of the farmers of Western Kansas, and, though he has done noth- ing to confirm their faith, they still stick to it--Kansas City .Journal. The citizens of Western Kansas are - about c'osing a contract with Prof Mel­ bourne to wat r some 2,000,000 acres of farms at 10 cents an acre for the season. This'ls cheap enough, surely, and at the same time it is very remunerative to Mr. Melbourne; but how are they going to decide whethei It is the Professor or Jupiter Pluvius that does the watering? •--Philadelphia Press. Rainmaker Melbourne ?ays that the weather is conspiring against him, and has given up his temDorary control of Jupiter Pluvius for the Dresent Kan­ sas people seem to have every confidence In him, and have Invited him to submit propositions for watering the forty western counties in the State. Mel­ bourne says he will do it forlO cents per cultivated acre, and if he succeeds will make a very comfortable fortune out of it--Boston Record * Our III-Fated Navy. Tho United States ship Dlspatofc Is no great loss from any point of view. She would have beeu out of place In the new nsvy --Rochester Post-Expresa The loss of the United States ship Dispatch is a seriom ore. The Dispatch was the most accomplished junketing craft in tho navy. She could easily be^ floated in the liquors that have been consumed In her cabin.--St Louis Re­ public. The United States ship Dispatch was only a Government pleasure boat and was never intended for fighting, but there may be some inquiry to find out whether the naval officers are capable of , j J .X. . ".. .j, I