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HOHSNRY, irwff^laladcalci H VAti & '.YKE» Editor M4 Pufcflrtw. • , ILLIJfOTr Sot a soul on board. iMtftGBROUS DERELlCll LAKE MICHIGAN, i; f I'"- ' h- W- tN t*fimliln| CkM|« from the Usual Order of w--ir Mlurf»-Bnn»rk»Mf Feat of m Orl«*M Man-Twla Ctttaa ftaow- I--Villard Wins. Biff Schooner Adrift. ~ IBE big schooner, Rutherforil fe. jpayes, with the peak of$ts foresail set, failed down Lake Michigan towards the Straits of Mackinac all Friday. PasS-ig steamers, themselves buffeted by "the big seas, sighted the dereiict, but «8 no signal of distress was flying they ^prent their way, passengers and cr<vir glike wondering what the strange sight eant. The Hayes, with the schooner L. -Danforth, in tow of the steamer P. Wright, was abandoned to its fate when thirty miles northeast of Chicago harbor,' when the big storm be­ gan. The sea, rolled up by the furious gale, prevented the steamer rounding fo and bringing the schooners back into ghe harbor. All there was to do was to keep head into the wind and lide out the gale, but both tows went adrift. The steamer was rounded to ilnd came alongside the schooner, when f < the crew was taken off one by one by *L, : means of lines. The woman cook did " not dare trust herself to crawling over fj > line, and so she was directed to tie a LV'- * * ttope around her body. One end of the E-£. > , fope was held by strong hands on the • I •: *t€amer. Then the woman jumped into * the boiling sea, to be pulled Out in safe­ ty. iy by those on the Wright. K , Walked Through a Plate Glass Door. *W r Guests of the Great Northern Hotel > '<• mt Chicago witnessed a remarkable feat y-" ' , Unintentionally accomplished by a fel- tow guest Friday. The name of the •• guest was Edward G. Siemens, of New iv>; 7- Orleans, and the feat accomplished con- fV ' fisted of walking through a quarter- Inch thick plate glass door. The guest was hastily proceeding to a I'i;.., «igar stand adjoining the lobby ' of the hotel, preparatory to starting ' fcr cue of the railroad depsts. The 'Kate glass was brilliantly clear, and .. Jlr. Siemens passed through without a r thought of danger. The broken glaaa oame tumbling to tjie ground with a Crash that attracted the attention of •very man in the rotunda, and brought inany from the streets. Mr. Siemens' bat was (pushed down over his ears, a fact which protected him from serious Injury. / . Depositors to Be Paid in Fall. AT Lansing, Mich., Bank Commis­ sioner Sherwood says the Central Uichigan Savings Bank is entirely •olvent and that there is no possibility *>f the depositors losing a dollar. The public confidence ill Cashier Bradley is so great that a move­ ment is well under way to increase the bank's capital from $65,000 to $200,- •00 and either reorganize the present bank or organize a new one, continuing llim as cashier. There is but little doubt that this scheme will carry. If Hot at this time it is at least practically fissured that the present bank will re­ sume business. their paper hits -gone to protest and both Yates and Warner Monday tiled BH»ma<ee awewgatfg' WHA? threatens to be a gcner*l«trtka of hotel vattars In New York Was inau­ gurated last Saturday afternoon at the dinner hour in two high-class hotels. • WITHIN a month five persons have been asphyxiated in different hotels in Boston, It is believed death has been caused by leaving the gas in the rooms turned down and burning, and during the night the removal of gas pressure at the reservoir has caused the lights to go out, and when the pressure has been resumed the gas escaped into the rooms, with the. result that deatb hs-a frasn caused. ;- * - ^ ^ v« - - - r • !?%fi BSTERN. AN incendiary fire at Milwaukee dam­ aged the Stadt Theater about $25,000. THE paper mills at Enor Station, eight miles west of Springfield, Ohio, were burned. Loss, 100,000. THE steamer Philip D. Armour pass­ ed through Mackinaw Straits Monday, the first boat of tbe season. THE total resources of the twenty- four State banks located in Chicago on April 10 were $92,857,560; deposits, $71,435,570. ;w_ . At tbe farm of Elias Reiter, near Broken Sword, O., a dwarf calf has been born. It is but twenty-one pounds in weight, measures only twenty inches around the body, and Is but nineteen inches high. THE St. Louis beer war has ended. The brewers have settled their differ­ ences and advanced the price to $8 a barrel, and now the retailers will profc ably increase the amount of froth ID the glasses. THE t'nion Elevator and Transporta­ tion Company brought action at Toledo, Ohio, against leading firms belonging to the Toledo Produce Exchange ask­ ing for an injunction restraining an alleged boycott JUDGE KELTJY, at St. Paul, Minn., has decided that a dentist does not have a lien on a set of false teeth on a gold plate after ihey have been attached to the mouth and the dentist has parted with the possession thereof. / POLITICAL. -- TAMWANX HAX,L has re-elected ali Ks old officers.- Peter P. Meyer, -MR Crokcr's business partner, was elcctcd OPENED TO THE ? JS*v PAIR DEDICATION WILL THE OPEN AIR. BANANA FIEND 8ERVBD OUT. fmUnt Palmer,- OiNctw General Davis •nd Secretary Dickinson Rearrange the Plana of the Directory--President Cleve­ land Will Start the Machinery. All Can Hee the Chicago correspondence: President Palmer, Director Gene&l Davis, and Secretary Dickinson, by a few strokes of the pen, have upset the plans of the Exposition Ceremonies Committee. Opening-day exercises will be held in the open air, and not in a small hall with closed doors for the edi­ fication of a few select guests. While the local board was by no means unani­ mous on the question, a few of the lead­ ing spirits got together in a back room and formulated a programme that would have Insured the officials and their friends the pleasure of listening to the Its neighbor cars have not ii , ;ug their Content*, audpassers tverarely attempted to force thet* Into the building. The vaulted the church-like nave and tran septs, and the noiseless progress of the work frith in have combined to invest the Eieotricity Building with an air of profound secrecy and mystery. This mystery has been sustained by the at­ titude of the exhibitors, who are one and all possessed of the idea that If the .barest hint of tt^eir intentions goes abroad, jealous rivals will steal their cherished plans and out-do them on their awn ground. A time has come, nevertheless, when further concealment Is impossible. A chance visitor may now look around the building and dis­ cover abundant signs of that which Is to be. , The Women'* Department. The one department at the Fair In speeches and music in music hall, while several hundred thousand people tyould be kept waiting on the outside for the programme to conclude and for Presi­ dent Cleveland to set in motion the machinery of the Exposition. The plan of building a platform on the plaza in front, of the Government building, where 50,000 people could see the exercises even it they could not Jreasurer to the place of the lat^ Arthur hear the speeches, was opposed by Di-,eary. * • rector of "NVgrks Buri^ham, who said the Carter Henry Garrison took dinner lawn would spoiled, -and" the crowd FOUNTAINS. NEWS NUGGETS. Li; damage to the King Iwewer^ |>laat Detroit by fire Is placed at i . £ • $75,000. ** ^ T". B. CiiiFTON, an escaped inmate ' ^. from the Indiana Insane Asylum at ^ . ix)gansport, was captured near Hunt- ; ; %Sngton, Ind. WM. PAYNE was killed, George T. , 3Leach fatally injured, and E. 8. Smith • elightly injured in a boiler explosion at 'V iGas City, Ind. THE Oregon Pacific Bailroad paid Its employes 46 per cent of the back pay ^ due them. They had not been paid for ftearly eight months. GOVERNOR BICH announced his ap- -^jjroval of the bill prohibiting tbe incar- ^ ceration of Federal prisoners from |,;*^ ,, pther States in Michigan prisons. , ^THE largest oil well ever drilled la r,, Indiana has t een completed In the Cam- »den field near Portland. It has at jpresent a Bow of 1,000 barrels a day. ' " UPOK preliminary examination at West Superior, Wis.. Katherine Haefer, Herman Schultz and Jacob Steinheilb were held to the District Court on the charge of arson. IN Minnesota the snowfall of April 90 ranged from eight inches to three feet, and in the cities of St. Paul and ? Minneapolis the storm caused an al­ most complete suspension of business. AN agreement was had between the United Garment Cutters of America and the Clothing Manufacturers' Asso- , ciation at New York, whereby all strikes, lockouts and other existing difficulties t-.. „ will be declared off. took Monday evening with the Mayor of Chicago. All his meals for the next two years will be eaten in the company of the same distineuished official-- though hereafter be may dine alone. The ceremony which transfered the ex from his name to that of Hempstead Washburne took* place Monday evening in the Council Chamber. Eight hundred men and half as many women paid a dear price for the privilege of seeing it. Their clothes were torn and their bodies bruised and battered in the struggle at the doors. Once within they looked down upon a marshaled army of floral designs be­ tween which the smiling Jfaces of City Councilmen shone with a reflected luster. Bed roses set the keynote of color in the room. They spelled "Our Carter" on flowery wheels standing on either side the Mayor's desk. They rigged the white spars of half a dozen ships of state, and they looked down over all in the shape of high-perched floral roosters crowing for Aldermanic victories. The induction of the new mayor and coun- cilmen into office was accompanied by most imposing ceremony. FOREIGN, RECEITT disorders in Belgium culmi­ nated in .an attack on the Mayor of ; Brussels by a mob. The Mayor Wa& seriously hurt. MRS. FLORENCE MATBRICK is report-, ed to have attempted to kill herself' with a table knife in Woking prison. She is said to have inflicted severely wounds upon herself before she was disarmed. should be kept outside until after the machinery was started, anyway. His recommendations were finally' adopted by the executive committee of the local board, much to the disgust of the mem­ bers of the board of control. That body referred the matter to a special committoe of President Palmer, the Director (Jeneral, and Secretary Dick­ inson, and this reference was taken as an.equivalent to a change of programme. When this special committee assem­ bled the other afternoon the members fot to business without much discussion, iefore Col. Davis or Secretary Dickin­ son made any reference to the subject which they had met to discuss Presi­ dent Palmer stopped whistling long enough to remark: "Well, gentlemen, I guess we are plenty unanimous about this question; are we not? This show is for the people* and the people must have some return for their money." Coi. Davis and Mr. Dickinson as­ sented, and Pr^ident Palmer, after calling for his stenographer, glanced down his nose and through his glasses which women have full sway is their own building--the house planned by a woman architect, hurried to completion by a woman, and then decorated by woman artists. This is the building that was almost done before many oth- •p:„ Sffc'-'S PAVITLOS !H TTTB ENGLISH QUART1B. ers were fairly commenced. It is now filled with exhibits. Two large rooms are jammed with cases packed with dis­ plays. Some of them are from Ger­ many, others from France, and a num­ ber of the biggest boxes came from En­ gland. J apan contributes a large num* •hr/s**' l'»l? V AFTEB a lingering illness of many months, Mrs. Almina Hancock, widow of Major General Winfield Scott Han­ cock, died at the residence of the Gen- f eral's niece, Mrs. Eugene Griffin, 1 * Gnimercy Park, Now York. ' A PROPOSITION is under consider­ ation by the President looking to the . removal of his office from the Executive Mansion to more commodious apart- . «nents In the north wing of the War, State, and Navy Department Building. ViitiiABD remains at tbe head of the northern Pacific management The di­ rectors at their meeting at New York practically adopted the plan of refund­ ing the floating debt presented by the finance committee and issued a state- ;j ment practically indorsing Villard's management. THE National Seamen's Union con­ vention at New Orleans has Indorsed the application of T. J. Elderkln for tbe position of immigrant inspector at Chicago. Charles Hagan, of New Or­ leans, was elected president, and T. J. Elder kin, of Chicago, secretary and k treasurer. SIB JX IIIAN AND LADY PATTNCEFOTE entertained between 400 and 500 guests •, at the British Embassy in Washington Thursday evening, the reception being given to celebrate Sir Julian's recent ^ ftroxn$£U>n to the rank of an Ambassa- I dor- V •' EASTERN. 4S$OBOE HUTCHINSON, aged 50, son <Vf Oile of the famous Hutchinson family of singers, committed suicide near Ciaremont, N. H.. by lying down on the railroad track before an approaching train. He was somewhat demented, and had been an object of charity. BOCHESTEB, N. Y., business circles are stirred by the report that H. H. Warner and Arthur G. Yates are unable to meet their obligations. The affairs of the two men are said to be inextri­ cably involved, they having Indorsed for IN GENERAL THE Earl of Aberdeen has. been ap­ pointed Governor General of Canada; Although he will arrive in America in a few days he will enly reach Ottawa to replace Lord Stanley in September, owing to his desire to allow Lady Aber­ deen to prosecute her work for the Irish exhibit at the World's Fair. A PARTY of immigrants were confined in a car for two days with a case of small-pox among them at Port Arthur, Que. The people would not let them come into the town and the railway company would not take the car back to Fort William, whence it started. Be­ lief was finally brought to them and they were liberated. B. G. DON A Co.'s weekly revie^t of trade says: The rating fact Is the business situation la the outgo of gold, 93,500.000 Tuesday. •1,000,000 and possibly more Friday, with. the prospect of si large amount next week. Tteasury gold Is again reduced below S2.- 900,000 in excess of the bullion fund, and there la more talk of bond issues, with tbe old doubt whether tbese would meet the real difficulty, which Is the enormous ex* cesu. of Imports over excess of good* A WORLD'S JAPANESE HOUSE GROUNDS. at a copy of a paper, and whistled oome more; Ten minutes later a report was drawn up and signed by the committee­ men, in which they regret the necessity of going counter to the decision of the directory, and recommending that the exercises bo held out of doors, at the east front of the Administration Build­ ing, a small platform to be erected for the accommodation of President Cleveland and his escort. The people who the gatea will see the show. Special Fete Deju ' ' Special fete days will be a prominent and Interesting feature of the World' Fair. The different States, foreign cou&tries and many civic organizations will each have a. day upon which to conduct special exercises or celebra­ tions, and programmes for them are now being arranged. Following are MARKET REPORTS MU&Ai £orae of CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime t A.2 Hoos--Shipping Grades.... 8J SHEEP--FBX to Choice 4.C WHEAT--No. 2 Spring........ 1 COBN--No. 2 A OATS--No. 2 .3 RITE--No. 2 A BUTTER--Choice Creamery EGGS--Fresh .] POTATOES--New, per bu. A INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping... 3.: HOGS--Choice Light 8.1 SHEEP--Common to Prime 8J WHEAT--NO. '* K«<L I COBK--No. 2 White OATS--No. a White R ST. LOUIS. CATTLE A HOGS s. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 BTE--Na 2 C1NCINNATL CATTLE % Hoas..... s BHEEP S WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS-NO. 2 Mixed BYE--NO. DETROIT. CATTLB 3 HOGS... A SHEEP I WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COKN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 COBK--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White. BKE BUFFALO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... I H OOB--Best Orade < WHEAT--No. 1 hard No 2 Red „ MILWAUKEE. WHSAT--No. 2 Spring CORK--NO. » OHT8--No. 2 White. RTE--No. 1 UAKLEI--NO. 2 PORK--Me<ss NEW YOBK. 'CATTUS.. HOGS...... SHEEP „ "WHEAT-NO. 2Bed L.I.W COBN--No. 2 OATH--Mixed West-rn... BUTTER--Best ber of big cases. For more than a month women who paint roses that seem to be sprinkled with dew have stood on a scaffold in the upper gallery, painting a frieze around the parlor of the building, the room where all the grand receptions will be held. This is known as the Cincinnati room, because artists from that city decorate it and will contribute most of the furniture to It. Miss Pitman and two assistants will soon finish their work. The broad frieze is in copper and red tones, ex­ tending entirely around the room. The rose designs will also appear on the ceiling. On either side of the parlor are the rooms furnished by California and Kentucky women. These are with­ out decorations as yet, but the women 6f those States are ready to begin work. Much preparation has been made at home and they can finish the room in a few days. Mrs. Candace Wheeler, of New York, is known as the most suc­ cessful woman designer in the country. She has been highly praised for her work In the Woman's Building. Critics say she has nothing to fear by a com­ parison with the finest work at the Fair. BOOTH IS THE VITICULTURE EXHIBIT. the days already assigned for such cele­ brations: Washington .....May 17 Wisconsin.,.....J. .May 2a Maine ....May 24 Denmark .7.;...June S Germany ...V..;.... .June 15 Nebraska. ............Tune 15 Massachusetts.. .June 17 New HaoiRshlre.. ..v.....,j.vi<^. .June 21 France July 11 Utah ....July 24 Liberia .....i......Jnly 26 Commercial traveler* July 26 Independent Order of Foresters Aug. 12 Haytl ..Aug. 16 Colored people Aug. 25 LOST OFF MILWAUKEE Ifi Tt+B " . ; ilARPyi. 8TOR«t* £ vv1 *"' V "ll"1 • „ . „ Working tTpon the Waterworks Crib, Their Companions Unable to Reach Them Irotn Shore, They Take Retuge ;; im ii** Air to*»tt Only V' j ^ «9 6.00 <§ 7.75 & .80 North Carolina Austria The Netherlands Nicaragua New York '. Brazil..;.' California Maryland Michigan........ Kansas., Colorado Montana -A, ' Au*. is is .................. , AU(f. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. '.I Sept. 12 iSf. 13 and 14 Aug. 1» Sept. It) Sept. *3 Patriotic Order Sons ef America Sept. 20 Iowa 1............ Sept. "21 Rhode Island... ,.,..Oct. 5 Spain.. -- .........Oct. li Italian societies ..'.'.........Is.. .Oct. 12 Fair Notes. THE North German Lloyd Steamship Company Is preparing an elaborate ex­ hibit. MINNESOTA women hsVe the honor of presenting an especially handsome and unique flag for the decoration of the I Woman's Building. THE statue Germania, which is to adorn the imperial portal of a new Ger­ man Parliament Building In Berlin, will be shown at the Fair. ITALY, which for a long time declined to participate in the World's Fair, has made an appropriation of 277,500 lire, or about $65,500, for its representation. : MORE than $16,000,000 has been paid out thus far by the Exposition Company alone in preparation of the Fair. An expenditure of six or seven millions more will be made. BBETROS EFFENDI HELWEB, the famous oriental decorator, has arrived in Chicago from Paris with forty large boxes, contatrrnz the 1 arts of a wonder­ ful work which is to be displayed at the Fair. 1 FOBTY-FIVE precious historical docu­ ments relating to the voyages and dis­ covery of America are to be exhibited. The Duke of Veragua, the living de­ scendant of Co'.umbus, has agroed to lend them. The forty-live papers form almost a history of Columbus' career as discoverer. In the list is the-origi­ nal commission given to Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella upon his de­ parture for the first voyage. It is dated Granada, April 30, 14U2. In It he is ap­ pointed grand admiral of the ocean seas, vice king and governor general of all the lands he should discover. Every document in the collection is either written by Columbus or sign*! by r AP TonKAlla Vi&\ 1. Tale of a Fearful Xleht. In the fearful gale wh!ch swept over Lake Michigan Wednesday night four­ teen men who were at work on the crib en the outer end of the intake tunnel at Milwaukee, 5,000 feet from tbe shore, met their death. One of them escaped in a manner alaost miraculous and lives to tell the tale of terror and! Suffering. The dead are: Jack McBrlde. dhsrlneer. K- Michael I)wyer, fireman. *2 A" ? 1/ George GrejrK, miner. ' J " - Dharles Johnson, miner, Chicago. > •- Qua Lerkowitz, miner. _'t William Preuesner. miner, John Vlacau. miner. Jack McConnell. miner. Eben Allen (colored) to alt *.4, ^ Jim Murphy, miner. "'v « Tom Healey, miner. , '• •' Jim (last name unknown), miner. Joe McCarty, miner. ' » " FHo Spenner, miner. Tha dreadful storm raging through­ out the night had lashed the lake into a seething mass of foam. Immense! waves wera rolled toward the shore by a furi­ ous east wind and carried away the house built on top of the crib at the mouth of the tunnel about three-quar­ ters of a mile from the pumping works at the foot of North street. The house on the crib contained two stationary en­ gines and the tools used by the men. It was built of heavy timbers fast­ ened with iron bands, yet it was swept into the roaring waters like an eggshell and Washed ashore. For a mile or two the shore of the lake was strewn with limbers, boards, tools and artioles of clothing Worn by the men in the ill-fated crib. Atdaybreak the men at the pumping station noticed that the house on the crib had disappeared, and the tug Welcome took a lifeboat with a crew of five in tow and headed for the tunnel. The progress of the Welcome was watched by thousands of people. When Capt. Petersen succeeded in reaching the crib he was met by a horrible sight. One man, James Miller, was still alive and clinging to a post. About him were the bodies of two or three of his comrades. Miller was safely brought ashore, and told a story of peril and suffering which has rarely been equaled on the lakes. Fifteen men were on the crib. The lake had been very rough, the men on, land had not been able to get out to them, the provisions gave out, and the doocsed men ate their last meal think­ ing that certainly before nightfall the boat would be able to reach them. In the evening the storm increased and the men became alarmed. They had confidence in the strength of their house, however, and contined their work. It was not until about 8 o'clock that the men fully appreciated their po­ sition. Work was slopped and the men, one and all, determined to seek safety in the air shaft. . The big cast-Iron cover was raised and the fifteen men de;cenaed Into the tub, clinging as best they could to the ladder. There out in the lake in the midst of the furious gale they listened to the storm outirt&e a&d.ht ard the waves beat against their Refuge and literally tear their shelter apart. But they knew they were safe. The water could not get into vhe shaft, and under the circum­ stances they could live there for many hours. The steady click of the auto­ matic pump forcing air and life into their subteranean prison cheered them to further efforts to save their lives. So the hours sped on. All through v that fearful night the men hung to the ladder and heard the waves which every second were smashing and pounding and tearing at the little house on top. Piece by piece and part by part the cribhouse was washed away, and at six o'clock the air pump, the mainstay of the imprisoned men, was washed away. They did not hear it go, but He loss was plainly made known to them by the slow but steady rise of the water in the tube and the increasing foulness of the atmosphere. Slowly but surely the wator climbed up oh the men, and they knew that the time had come for action. A consultation was held and for over two hours the men hesitated. Some were in favor of wait­ ing in the shaft until the last moment, others thought a break for the top of the crib at once their best ohance. It was at best a choice of two evils and almost certain death In either case. It was decided to leave. Only five succeeded In reaching the outside. The nine men who were not strong enough to get out were drowned by the water comfng into the shaft, and four out of the five who got out were mangled or drowned by the tremendous floods which were lashed over the crib. The first known of the disaster was Thursday morning when those living on the shore missed the familiar build­ ing out in the lake. The shanty was gone and the beach was strewn with its broken remnants. The beach was filled with weeping women whose cries for lost husbands and fathers arose even above the sullen roar of the waves. The shore was lined with a large crowd gazing helplessly across the water. Finally some forms were seen on the deck of the crib. With the aid of telescopes it was made out that there were six men there who were waving their arms to the people on shore. Every huge wave swept over them and it seemed as if they would be washed away at any instant. For hours the crowd watched the men, and not un'il 11:45 had the weather moderated sufficiently to allow the lifeboat to go out. As none of the boiies have been washed ashore the supposition is that they are in the airshaft where the men were drowned. Miller, the man rescued, went from Chicago not long ago. His family now lives in Milwaukee. f ^ 1 Thursday evening at 6 o'clock the revenue cutter Andy Johnson, with the life-saving crew and boat aboard, made two attempts to rt ach the crib, but the sea was so heavy that nothing could be ^ccotnplished. Of the blame of this fearful loss, of life little can be said. There Is a feel­ ing that the Chicago contractors wer*e at lault in leaving such a number of men In an unprotected position. Others lay the blame at the door of the life- saving crew, whom they accuse of dilatory and half-hearted attempts tp save the men. Capt. Peterson of the life-saving station was notified of the disaster shortly after 5 o'clock, and had prompt action been taken then it is possible that the six men alive then could have been saved. A pier was within about ),000 fett of the crib, and a howitzer could easily have thrown a life-line to the men. As It was, Petersen did not arrive at the scene until 7 o'clock, and then drove there in a carriage with a member of the crew. He walke I up and down the beach for a time and decided then that nothing conld be done and that he could not get his boat out. This, however, was housed some five miles away from the scene of the disaster. It is not im obeble that popular sentiment will nw Inifactitr;! t.Snn fif hjfl •4'#.: . its; r';!fev -if SsSvJsS; 'm : , - • - s - • r - • • ^ ' v f tte Went Wroug on the 4mall feait with the White Choker. Justice of the poetic variety over­ took B> banana-peel fiend on lower Broadway yesterday afternoon, says the ]^ew York Sun. He was a puffy, rcd^faced, bloated-looking man with bleary eyes, a pink necktie, and other evidences of total depravity. The bananas which furnished him with ammunition he had purchased of a perambulating pedaler at the corner of Park place and Broadway at about 4 o'clock. Muching them one by one he walked along by City Hall Park and scattered destruction as he went. Just behind him walked a nervous- looking little man whose black hat and white choker indicated that he was a clemyman-- an indication which was borne out by subsequent events. Presently the little man stepped on one of the fiends banana peels. Hls- feet soared heavenward, and he landed with a force that fairly shook the ground. With an air of Chris­ tian resignation he arose and made a feeble endeavor to remove some of the mud which he bad collected in his. fall. Then he proceeded,* with* the ex­ pression of one who would rub him­ self if there weren't a crowd around. He had walked but a few rods when another banana peel loomed before him. The little man picked it up gingerly and looked about him. Just then the fiend in front dropped a third peel. Without a moment's hesitation the minister hurried for­ ward until he caught up with him. Holding up the deadly skin before him he said in a carefully modulated tone: . "I believe yon dropped something, sir."' '•Humptir replied the fiend. "From the way you look you dfcpped something too" The little man's face fairly bristled with violently repressed profanity. •'Look you, sir," he cried. "I am a minister of the gospel, sir--a clergyman, sir--and I do not want to say anything unbefitting one of my cloth, sir; but I want to ask you. sir, what tarnation you mean by throw­ ing your confounded banana peels under my feet, sir?" He waved the tbe aforesaid peel violently about his, head as he spoke. The red-faced man glanced con­ temptuously over the minister's slight figura "W'ot you goin' to do about it?" he snoered. ^Fr'apS you'd take a contract to do me up?" By this time a few people had gathered about, and the little man, noting this, lowered his voice, but there was an ominously set expression about his face as he said: "1 want you to make an apology here, and now. " "Apology be d d, » was the re­ ply. "Well, sir, I will not strike you," said the clergyman, his voice unsteady with anger, "because I do " '•Because, you an't man enough," sneered the bigger man. "Because you don't -- Spt-t-t! Phe-e-e-w! Pr-r-t-r-t! Pht!" With a rapid movement the little man had jammed the banana peel into the big man's mouth and rubbed it vigorously in. "How do you like that?" he in­ quired with evident and unmin- isterial satisfaction in the perform­ ance. The only answer was a vicious lunge, which the little man dodged. Then and there his conscientious scruples vanished, and he struck out with the vigor and accuracy of a champion. The blow took the banana- peel fiend under the chin and over he went, as the minister had gone over a few moments before. There was no more fight left in him and whe n be arose it was only to slink around a corner. The crowd, which was not large, foi the whote affair had taken less than a minute, expressed emphatic approval of the clergyman's performance. He looked rather shamefaced, however, as he proceeded up Broadway. "Really," said he in a meditative tone, "really, I'm afraid I lost my temper.'* • the C'ocoannt Crab. The cocoanut crab inhabits the islands of the Indian Ocean and seems to be in his element when sit­ ting astride a limb high up in a co- ooanut tree. An averaged sized speci­ men of the species fills a four-gallon jar to overflowing, the "overflow" be­ ing the alcohol necessary to the pres­ ervation of such things. He is a powerful crustacean and seems well adapted to his trade, whiclj chiefly consists of plucking cocoanuts, husk- ins them with his enormous claws, and digging tbe meat out through the "eyes," which you have often noticed situated near the small end of the nut* Cocoanuts are originally inclosed in a three-cornered covering or husk, which consists of a woody fiber of coarse texture and a brown­ ish yellow color. This fiber sur­ rounds each nut in a layer from one to two and one-half inches in thick­ ness. The cocoanut crab collects large quantities of this fiber and constructs a large dome-shaped "house" or nest, in which he can always be found when not out in quest of juicy nuts. The natives-of most of the islands which this crab inhabits call it by a name which signifies "the bird of (jod," and they will not eat its fiesb, even thovsh suffering the pangs of extreme hunger. On certain days of each; year they kill cocoanut crabs for toe fat which accumulates in the re­ gion rtf the tail. This fat is used in sacriflcia} and other ceremonial rites. 1 About the Chryaophrate. Th6 chrysophrase, which has been spoken of as a fashionable gem, i»a species of agate which is semi-trans­ parent. It is found in a natural state chiefly in Silesia. It is not a new stone, but has been known for centuries. There is a chapel in Prague where the entire walls are in­ laid with it. The color of chryso­ phrase is a pale, yellow green. It- has been successfully imitated in ordinary agate, so that the price of the stone is comparatively low. It is the apostolic stone of St* Paul, and according to suj erstition it confers upon the wearer the gifts of eloquence," arguuiept, f»ud logic. If the stone becomes a fad of the hour, it will hardly to because of its symbolic meaning, for the gifts of argument have never been a popular attraction ikf \mte\m a n trln/1. asiioKj MORE TROUBLE FOR PRB8ID , •: ,F TO FSAGR. VJ XelteM Towne S»cke4 »>y I««l«« Dee- pcndocf -- Government Troops Route* and Captured--Cold Weather ud Ss*1 ceMlve ltalM Ganne Damage to Crop#. Rebellious Mexicans. ^ A 4fopatdh from Chihuahua, says; A fugitive from justice In NiW* "• Mexico named Amalla recently returned to his native mountains and stirred up> a large force of ignorant malcontents, outlaws and religious fanatics, and, ^ arming them, captured the town of" Temaxachic, near Guerrero, an im- portant mining town beyond the sum­ mit of the Sierra Madre. Little re- iv% sistance was oTered, but three men " werl# wounded and the town was sacked. Alalia then went southward towards Tomtfchica and had a skirmish with ^ • General Santa Anna and 300 men, who surrendered and afterward joined him. r|j! The combined forces under the lead- f t ership of Amalla then marched on th* town of Santa Tomas and captured it - ' without resistance. The rebels then took the town of Guerrero, which was garrisoned by vol­ unteer troops, who surrendered without fighting. At this point the Federal troops cam* up, and the rebels fled to Santa Tomas, pursued by the troops. The Federal troops were surprised at the latter place, -- and in the battle that ensued 130 of them were killed or wounded. The rebels suffered little loss, but the troops were completely routed. Several offi­ cers were among the number killed. Re-enforcements of the Government troops arrived after the battle and will attempt to defend Guerrero. Great excitement prevails, as further • fighting is soon expected; Business lis at a standstill. RAIN DID SOME DAMAQE. Btt-Showing Made by the Weather Crop letlu for the L«<*t Week. According to the weather crop bul­ letin issued at Washington, the past week has been cooler than usual, ex­ cept in the South Atlantic States and in the vicinity of the lower lakes, wheie a slight excess in temperature was re­ ported. The greater portion of the Wheat belt, which was deficient in mois­ ture at the last report> re<eived during the wefck from one to two inches more than the usual amr>nnt"of rainfall. The spring wheat region also received about one inch more than the n% rmal lainfall, but in this section the moisture was al­ ready in excess. Generally the week was cold and not favorable for farm work throughout the principal agricul­ tural States, except in the east portion of the cotton region, where the weather was generally favorable for farm wovk, but where ra n is needed. Special tele* graphic reports ore: Aikansas--Weather not so favorable: severe local storms of wind, rain and hail did con­ siderable damage, chiefly in eastern portion; corn doing well; cotton planting general; small' grains fine. Tennessee--AU crops looking well: low lands badly washed by floods on 13th and 14th; some damage to corn by out worm; tobacco plants Improving since rain. Kentucky--Excessive rains retarded farm work: grasses and meadows improved. Mfseouri--Fields generally look falr, but work retarded and ground too wet and cold for (terminating. Illinois--Oat seeding complete, some up and looking fine; fruit Injured by frosts, especially In southern counties; wheat improving: mead­ ows and pastures good in southern portions. Indiana--Rainfall excessive: temperature and sunshine deficient, favorable to ciops but not to plowing and seeding; wheat Improved. Ohio--Wheat, oats, cloven and grass made eplendid growth; farm work, plowing, and needing stopped by heavy rains. Michigan--Crops have advanced slowly ow­ ing to high winds and cool nights; plowing for oats general; some potatoes and early vegeta­ bles planted; meadows and pastures In fine condition; fruit prospects excellent. Wisconsin--Bnt little farm work done dar­ ing the last week, owing to freezing weathers- the season is, however, ten days early; all crops and conditions are very favorable; cran­ berry vines wintered well. Minnesota--Snow on gronnd in northwest; nothing done and little progress made else­ where; soil too wet and cold; potatoes being planted in southern counties; weather durinjr the week very unfavorable for seeding. Iowa--In southwest district ^-y. cold wlnda have injured winter wheat; seeing practically completed; plowing in progress; corn planting beeun in southeast district. North Dakota--Excessive precipitation and low temperature has stopped all work since Tuesday: seeding of which but little has been alone, will be resumed this week should weath­ er be favorable. South Dakota--Seeding and other farm work retarded by wet, stoimy, and freezing weather; bottom land wet. Nebraska--Small grain mostly sown, bnt ger­ minating slowly and unevenly when at all; much seed blown out of the ground by high winds; full-sown grain killed in southeast por­ tion, and below average elsewhere. Kansas--Cold, rainless week except In south­ east counties, where from two to four inches of rain fell; wheat, oats, and pastures making no progress; corn growing well. To Change Bank Examining System. A Washington correspondent tele* graphs that at soon as Mr. Eckels, ' Controller of the Currency, assumes his duties. Secretary Carlisle Intends to reorganize the system of examining national banks. The Secretary has ex­ pressed the belief that there are too many banks for the examiners to look into, and it is said he has de­ cided to reduce their number. Banka are supposed to be examined an* nually, but under the present circumstances it is sometimes more than a year before an examination of t^e books is made. It is probable the St»M0 will be redistrlcted and the banks even­ ly divided among the examiners, it lis thought that the Secretary wjll not ap­ point any examiners before June, and then the appointees will be practical bankers. He desires to prevent such dishonesty as shown in the affairs*of the banns which recently failed in Bos­ ton, Philadelphia, and Nashville, and for that purpose, after making the re- districting, will ask Congress to enact a law giving the examiners more power in looking out for the perpetrators of frauds. . ' Terrible Disaster on Take St. Clair. A disaster, resulting ih the death of two men, the probably fatal injury of a third, and the severe scalding of a fourth, occurred on Lake 8t. Clair Wednesday morning. The steamer Choctaw. Capt. W. W. Smith, coal- laden from Cleveland to Milwaukee, was entering the lake when the cylinder head blew out. Nelson Chambers, the cook, who was standing nearest the en­ gine at the time, was eo badly scalded that he died within ten minutes. C. Jones, fireman, died after being taken to the hospital. F. P. Thompson, oiler, was badly burned about the Hands and. head and in the mouth and throat from inhaling steam. His recovery is doubt­ ful. The engineer, F. Smith, was bad­ ly but not dangerously scalded about * the hands. Many Hurt by a^yclone la Arkansas. At noon Wednesday a terrific cyclone passed through the valley just south of Fayetteville, Ark. Its path was about 300 yards wide, and it left a barren waste. Many houses were utterly de­ molished. Out of one family, whose name is Wright, consistingof eight per­ sons, not one escaped serious injury; but it is probable that all except cne child will recover. Parts of their house were carried miles away. A number of others were reported injured, but how man v and to what extent cannot be de­ termined. The citizens are doing every­ thing possible for the distressed. » «, 8tanford'H Vineyard. . ' " The largest vineyard in the world, lift* ' cording to a correspondent, belongs to Senator Stanford, of California. It coo* slats of 3,SOU ac.rfiS «>f b^ 5 * <., • m j.J' If mi C . . . . < f > J.I *V-k 'V-e. »V '.<?•£ s.s*i ' a - < '