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^ * * frightful Loss of life on the l ~ V Wind-Swept Gulf Coast. Swept Away and Half « „ xne Population Peris|§ 51: 25 aoo .. 20 .......... 26 5 10 40 4 • 6 8 312 8 . . . . . . . . . .109 « .10 8 1 A 3 9 S 3 . 6 1 a 1 . . . . i 2 a ......i.i .......... so 45 .....110 40 .......... 10 so .......... 4 Cforrowlng Reports of tho Dlnuter Be- " * ctind from gnrrbon. Who Are Forced .to Bury the Dead In Trenches Without • Ceremony--Dreadful. Foree of the Wind and WtTM that Took Everything Op- .V padBR Them--Whole Families of I'D. fortunate* MMt Owih ; lafiachOtlWs • . Arms. 1 ! A C h a p t e r o f H o r r o r s . k Over 2,000 killed anl nearly 85,000,- $00 of property annihilated is the rec­ ord Of the groat Gulf storm in Louis* - iana. There has never been anything . approximating it since the country was fettled. More than half the popula­ tion in the region over which the hurri­ cane swept is dead. Everything is Wrecked and not a house in ten is left itanding, while the surviving inhab­ itants ace left in the mc-st desti­ tute condition without food or even , Clothing, for most of them were in their tbeds when their houses were crushed by the wind or the waves. There have oeen several similar disasters on the Coast. At Lost Island, where 286 peo­ ple lost their lives, and at Johnston's Bayou the lost numbered 220 six years ago, but Monday's disaster far sur­ passed these in horror. The weak and ill were all killed, and in " the settlements where the storm was : Jlrorst not a child survived and very lew women. The survivors are the young men in the vigor of manhood. Not one o{ them but has a terrible •tory to tell; not one but is badly bruised and injured. They escaped fpainly on rafts or logs, floating for ; twenty to ninety hours in the water, ^With the wind at 115 mile* an hour. ; The deaths, so far tas reported, and which are confirmed, aggregate more than 2,000, as follows: Jheniere Caminada ......................820 fishermen at sea 840 layon Clealton.... ... 40 Jyster Bayou 28 layou Cook 87 Pishing settlements at Bayou»Cook......... 43 lira Maud 47 Simon Island.... 16 losario Island ............ 20 tazor Island .............. 6 Bt. Malo ' Adams Bay ... Fishing camps at Daisy Postoffloe ; Grand Bayou Grand Prairie Tropical Bend Pass R 1'Outre «...., Point a laHaclie Barthely Tort St. Phillip Hospital bay..... Shell b ach Grand bank , Grand isle Buras point Pleasant point . Sixty-Mile point Devil's Hat Bolivar point Happy Jack Nichol's postoffloe faitulinffs ort Crosse* Stock Fleths Quarantine Bads Point Pearl Elver Near Point Pleasant...... Bay St. Louis Back Bay Lost on Weber.. Lost on the boss Bayou La Fond Bayou Andre......... Bayou Duton ,... ©abinagize . On Lugger Gen. Vixie Mississippi's Swollen Torrent. The Mississippi rose nine feet, being treed up by the wind, while the water om the Gulf was driven over the land to a depth of from two to five feet. In this water the people stocd for hours, their houses being destroyed, until boats or skiffs could come to their re­ lief. For a distance of forty miles be­ low Pointe a la Hache, on both sides of the Mississippi, there is not a single bouse which does not show signs of the storm, and most of them are wholly destroyed or rendered unin­ habitable. The crops are a complete - loss. The country is devoted mainly to the raising of rice, oranges, and early vegetables. The rice had been harvested and packed in stacks ready to be milled. These were swept away by the storm and the ilodd, and the loss is complete. The oranges are stripped from the trees and have rolled in the Water, in which they have laid for two days. The garden truck is almost com­ pletely destroyed. The damage by the* storm in New Orleans will amount to $376,003, divid­ ed as follows: West End, $30,000: other lakeside resorts, $20,000; vesselmens' le vee, $20,000; clubhouses and yachts, $25,000; coal barges sunk on river, $18,- 000; damage to shipping, $75,000; dam­ age to fences, trees, yards, etc., $54,- , 000; market and other buildings and i railroads, $100,600; miscellaneous, $30,- r . 000. The storm left Mobile, Ala., almost a perfect wreck. At this time the dam­ age can only be conjectured, but it is Safe to estimate it at nearly $1,000,000. Several deaths are reported. In the district across the river dwelt twenty- three families.* Only one of these homes can be seen standing. In the game region it is certain that 300 or 400 head of cattle have been lost, iTerrible Fatality la the Marshes, fe 1 ' The damage to the Louisville and fT -, Hashville Railroad is beyond computa­ tion at this time. There are 400 trees across the track between Bay Minette and Dyas Creek, a distance of about i ten miles. No trains can got any farther south than Bay Minette. A rowboat trip of the marshes made by an Associated Press reporter reveals a state of desolation and death that will almost equal that of a month ago at Savannah and the Sea Islands. !>;' At every point touched houses were |, completely gone, while the upper east- j et*n shore was swept as if by a western cyclone. From Blakely as far south­ east as reports could be had the na- I lives report only death and destruc- !>• . tion. I Burled the Dead In Trenches. F When the water receded at Cheniere there were scores of bodies lying about and alreadjr beginning to show signs of decomposition. Under the circum­ stances, for the safety of the rest of the ,, colony, it b came neces­ sary to take prompt steps to bury those who had lost their lives. There were still many people who were alive and able-beciied, and they were immediately organized for a week of duty and charity. There was no time to build coffins. If there had been, there were no tools with which to construct them, no boards that could be nailed together as receptacles for the b; dies lying everywhere: so the ' living merely hunted up spades and commenced the tqsfc of digging ditches » ,-fnto which to deposit tJae remains. *•_. Vast Territory Stflrmswept. ^ -These towns ausL *. .'.". : iL.. ijL 'V ft: leans-to the OuUao andtne oyster reefs between there and the mouth of the Mississippi, on the islands stretching from the Missis­ sippi to the main land at Cheniere Caminada, Bay St. Louis and Pearl River, are _ in Mississippi. The great majority of the peaple are whites, and not over 100 are col­ ored. At Cheniere Caminada was a larj?e Chinese colony in lire- paring and exporting shrimp to China. St. Malo was settled by the Malays, all fishermen. A majority of the popula­ tion in the fishing towns were Creoles, Italians, Spaniards, and sc-called Aus- trians or Dalmatians. A large propor­ tion of them were engaged in fishing and owned boats. At the time the storm visited Cheniere Caminada, 120 Ashing vessels were in the Gulf fish­ ing. . Not a word has since been heard fr< m them or their occupants. The news has come in slowly. The first day following the calamity it was known that the storm had been very destructive in Plaquemine Parish and the loss of life was estimated as high as thirty-five. The next day the news came of* the destruction of Bayou Cook settlement and the deaths were thought to be as many as 250. Afterwards came in quick succession the news of the disasters at Cheniere Caminada, the largest fishing settlement on the Gulf coast, at Grand Isle and other points. These returns swelled the mortality estimate to between 1,890 and 2,u00. The facta will probably exceed the latter figure when the full record is made up. The deaths are confined to two parishes, Plaquemine and Jefferson, and are more than one-fourth the total white population. Awful to Behold- When the wind died out the waves began to decrease in size and the water that had swept over the land rolled back again into the Gulf. When day­ light broke the picture of desolation was awful to behold. Only here and there stood a house. Everywhere there were only brick foundations to mark where homes had been. Trees lay prostrate upon the ground. Timber was lodged in piles in indiscrim­ inate profusion, where it had been thrust by the mighty rush of the wa­ ters. Ruined chimneys suggested stories of stricken hearths. Furniture, bedding, clothes, stoves, kitchen uten­ sils and other household goods were scattered in promiscuous confusion Wherever the vision was able to reach. Here, there and everywhere were the ghastly faces of corpses turned upward to the peaceful skies, now bright and beautiful with the mild autumn sun, and bearing no traces of the fury cf the night. On many of the countenances there were still evidences of the terrible agony suffered before death came to relieve the hor­ ror. Some had lost their lives in the wreck of their homos: some had been drowned after escaping from the shells which could not shelter them from the blasts of that frightful gale; some had probably given up their lives in a vain effort to save those whom they loved and were dependent upon them for pro­ tection. MID-WINTER FAIR. Contracts for the Two Principal Buildings Awarded. The contract has been awarded for the construction of jbhe two principal buildings for the California mid-winter fair, manufactures and liberal arts and MAXU*ACTUKE8 BUILDING Or PROJKCTBD CALIFORNIA BXP08ITIOH mechanical arts buildings. The con­ tract price of the two structures is $172,000. The cash contributions to the fair now amount to $112,000, with subscriptions of almost $300,000 more. An illustration of the projected manu­ factures building is here presented. Notes of Current Events. MRS. MARY PIETRED was beheaded by a train at Dayton, Ohio. ILLINOIS coal miners demand an in­ crease in pay of 5 cents a ton. GLADSTONE arrived at Edinburgh and was greeted by an immense throng. THREE Chinamen were riddled with bullets by robbers at Butte City, Mont. MANY houses were demolished and several persons killed by a storm at Jalapa, Mexico. THE Starr gang, headed a mutiny in the Fort Smith, Ark., prison. One con­ vict was fatally wounded. JOHN TOWNS, supposed to have been murdered near Kingston, Ont., has been heard from in Oregon. EMPEROR WILLIAM has been taking a little recreation in Sweden by going deer stalking with the king. NOT a freight train on the Ohio Val­ ley Road is moving, the brakemen and switchmen being on a strike. LEANDER BURDICK, of Toledo, Ohio, has commenced suit against Mayor Guy E. Major for $100,000 slander. HERMAN BANNERS, a wealthy resi­ dent of Denver, was murdered on the Cherokee Strip by claim jumpers. BROOKLYN is shocked over a butter­ fly dance as given before that staid or­ ganization, the Union League Club. DR. FOGLESONG has been sentenced to solitary confinement for life, at Hills­ dale, Mien., for poisoning his wife. Si AM and France have settled their difficulty and the French Minister will leave after the agreement is signed. ANARCHIST PALLAS, who threw the bombs at Barcelona, Spain, has been sentenced to death by the court-mar­ tial. RAILWAY lines in the Indian Terri­ tory and Northern Texas are suffering greatly from the badly swollen water­ courses. CANADA decides it can take no ac­ tion on Chinese immigration, as it might be regarded as infringing on treaty rights. JQE CLINSMAN and wife, an aged couple of Cincinnati, were robbed of $3,000 in cash which wa3 concealed in their dwelling. OSCAR WALGREN, of Des Moines, Iowa, while trying to steel a ride, was run down and killed T was 10 years old. MRS. ROBINSON swam the Embarrass River, near Oakland, 111., to get help for her wounded husband and died frcm the exposure. DEPOSITORS of the defunct Capital Bank at Lincoln, Neb., think affairs are being mismanaged and will appeal to the comptroller. MRS. MCCAFFERTY, a relative at Washington, Ind., has offered $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the * - ' • • T "* y**" - j< * * v* by the cars. He NATIONALISM THE CORNER- STONE OF REPUBLICANISM. We Aram Nation and Not a Mere Agglom­ eration of States--The Situation in Ohio --Trouble fat Store for Democrats--A . - Wmmtt Pimm, - *V* 9 V Justifies the Tariff. Republicanism stands for National­ ism; just as the Democratic party, with the State rights theory as the corner stone of its structure, stands for sec­ tionalism. From the first the Repub­ lican party has held firmly to the theory that this is a nation and not a mere . agglomeration of States. This was the idea that sustained and in­ spired it through the deadly strife of the rebellion. This was the idea that T , « impelled it to full and free forgiveness j bad a^ good of the conquered South and to corfl- ~ ' plete restoration of the rebels to their civil rights. This principle underlies the national bank system. This grand theory sustains and justifies the pro­ tective tariff. The Republican party has always considered protection in its relation to national industrial independence. It has devised its tariffs, therefore, upon ! uppers. weakness, will not remove the public impressions.--Burlington Hawkeye. The Ohio Situation. If Gov. McKinley does not carry Ohio at the coming election by over twenty thousand votes, writes a Cincinnati correspondent, it will be due wholly and solely to the fact that Neal's over­ whelming defeat is so assured that thousands of Republicans apd disaffect­ ed Democrats may think it unnecessary to go to the polls. If a full vote could be gotten out, I think McKinley would have a plurality of between thirty and forty thousand. I met an old Democratic friend of mine in Cincinnati, and aftfer we had exchanged greetings I asked him what he was doing. "Nothing but pressing brick for Walker, Dolittle & Nopay, was his response. "How is that ?" I queried. "Simply because I was one of the fools who thought the country needed a change," he replied. job that paia me $21 a week, but I believed that the McKinley tariff was robbing us work- ingmen. I took an active part in poli­ tics last fall and didjmissionary work among my fellow workingmen for Cleveland and Reform. I know that I got two votes for Grover that would have been for Harrison but for me. Well, Grover'sin clover, and I'm on my I never stopped to think that lines which ignored sectional prefer- j my boss would be affected by the tariff, ences. It has considered the American | He says that he can't afford to run his who produces wool, while protecting | 8hop. He has no orders, and even if he the man who makes woolens. It has ! could borrow the money to keep his given to the Southern cotton mill, the ! shoP .£oing> he says that it wouldn't Southern iron furnace and the South- j pay him to do so, as he would eventu- ern sugar plantation the same protec- IL POWERS tion that it has given to Northern in­ dustry, in disregard of the fact that Southern political influence has always been cast against protection of any kind. It has resisted the argument that the manufacturer might prosper mora with free raw material, and has stood bravely by the miner of iron ore, the miner of coal and the miner of silverj while giving protection to the American who owns the mill. The benefit of Americans of all classes has been the persistent and consistent pur­ pose of the system and of the party that represents the system. It has had no favorites. The man who is an American engaged in productive in­ dustry has had no other argument to make to secure protection but to pro­ claim the fact. To travel along thia^Sncient road, or not to travel it at all, is probably the destiny of the Republican party. If. in any case, or under the pressure 01 any temptation, it surrenders the plain principle of protection it may intro­ duce to its polity a force which will tend to disintegration. The New Eng­ land Republican, who desire* protec­ tion for his cloth, while he demands free wool, takes the first step toward removal of the protection from both cloth and wooL The Pennsylvania iron master who asks for free ore abandons his right to oppose free iron. Either protection is good for all or it is good for none, and there can be no shorter road to the overthrow of the entire system than persistence in the selfishness which would sacrifice the interests of industry in one part of the country to supposed interests of indus­ try in another part. Americans of all classes need to broaden their views. Nothing is more clear than that the interests of the people of the West are directly and positively the interests of the people of the East. The man in the East, tnere- fore, who rejoices when the price of wheat tumbles below the cost of pro­ duction, is prlad at a calamity which will be felt in our own millj and ware­ houses. To regard with exultation the shutting down of American silver taines is to exult that a source of na­ tional wealth has been dried up, that we are less able to pay our debts to Europe and that men who buy the products of our mills have been de­ prived of their purchasing power. Tho Republican party cannot consent to any public policy that produces such consequences. The cause of the farm­ er, the cotton planter, the silver miner is its cause as much as is that of the manufacturer or the shopkeeper. Fi­ delity to its own principles requires that this shall be. But considerations of self-preservation also demand it. The Solid South remains to the Demo­ cratic party and Tammany makes New York at least doubtful. Now, if the Republican party shall, by refuting to stand fast by important home indus­ tries, alienate the great Republican States of the West what hope will ap­ pear that it will carry another nation­ al election? What call is there to such sacrifice? If the party is positive in opposition to British free trade in the East, why should it remain torpid and indifferent when British gold mon­ ometallism threatens to crush the •\Vest? When did it not urge war .up­ on the economic ideas, M in the rebel­ lion it contended against the le&3 grave political aggression, of the robber na­ tion across the seas? Protection and bimetallism were put into our political system by the same hand, by tele hand of Alexander Hamilton. The Republi­ can party has represented both; it has been the champion of both; and its day of grace may not endure much be­ yond the moment when it shall aban­ don either. Always Under Boss Bole. Now, as in the days of Jackson, Dem­ ocracy is in theory opposed to bossism. It is supposed to be the ideal of popu­ lar rule in all things. Its professions have nothing in common with class privilege or personal tyranny. The widest possible individual and general freedom is the aim avowed bv its apos­ tles. Now as in the days of Jackson, the country is given daily illustrations by a Demcratic President of the most extreme lengths to which one-man power can be carried in American poli­ tics. Again, as in the fourth decade of the century, a great party is being driv­ en, bent, and altogether dominated by its chief representative in public of­ fice. Its policies are changed and its methods revised to meet his pit a-mre and avoid his wrath. The parallel is very complete, and the old monstrous inconsistency between professions and Eractice reappears in all its contempti-le ugliness. If better influences are to be supreme in American politics there must be better parties than the Democracy. Principles cannot be swayed by patronage. Greed of office always can be, as it has been in the past and as it is to-day. Truth In the Charges. The Democrats may deny them ever so vehementlv, but there is enough truth in the cliarges of Senator S;ew- art against President Cleveland to make them very disagreeable and un- Eleasant. That the present executive as made an extraordinary use of his 1)ower to secure the repeal of the silver aw is patent to everyone, and Demo­ cratic papers have joined in making the charge. It is well understood in Washington, no matter what Demo­ cratic Senators may say on the floor of the Senate chamber, that the Senators who are opposed to the repeal are not in favor with MI*. Cleveland and cannot secure favors from him. Possibly he has not said in , so many words: "Vote for repeal, or you need expect no favors," but he has made it very clearly understood that that is what he means. The virtuous indignation of some Dem­ ocratic Senators, real or feigned, at in ally have to sell his goods for less than it cost to manufacture them. He has slacked up and I was one of the men who was let go. Am I going to vote for Neal this fall? Not on your tintype. I'm a Democrat and I never voted against my party yet, but this time I'm not going to vote at all." ~:.r* Let Them Die In Peac«. There is little need of tho Dettt©6ratS to attempt to cut off pensioners by un­ lawful practices. The pension question will soon adjust itself. While Demo­ cratic orators are clamoring against pensions the old soldier is rapidly tak­ ing his place side by side with his com­ rades in the nation's cemeteries. In 1890 1,199,357 men and 160,166 widows were surviving, making a total of 1,262,705. This number had decreased in 1893 to 1,034,968, a decline of 67,569. And the rate of decrease will grow larger in proportion for some years to come, as the average age of the veter­ ans advance. Lost It's Cunning. - President Cleveland has appointbd an ambassador to Italy a denational­ ized, monocle-dangling, Newport, dawd­ ling Anglomaniac, who never did any­ thing of a public or private nature in this country, except to make a contri­ bution of $50,000 to the Democratic campaign fund last fall. Mr. Cleve­ land's hand teems to have lost its cun­ ning since he had those two teeth pulled a couple of months ago. It is quite safe to say that the Senate will refuse to confirm the appointment of Mr. J. J. VanAlon.--Manchester Demo­ crat (Dem.). Carry Their Nerve with Them. Oh, no, the gentlemen of the South do not think of putting up any unjust war claims, since the possession of the Democrats by the Government gives them hopes of being able to realize on their "great expectations." One Ken­ tucky Congressman wants the Govern­ ment to pay rent for tho school-houses and churches used for hospitals by the armies during the war. The next thing demanded by the South will be reim­ bursement for its expenditures for arms and ammunition with which they shot down Union soldiers. It's a Weak Plea. The plea of Hoke Smith that he was away from Washington when the sus­ pension of pensions was ordered is de­ cidedly weak. Two months intervened between the time of the order and Hoke's explanation. No honest person will question the desirability and ne­ cessity of avoiding fraud in the issuing of pensions, or of weeding it out when it has crept in, but the country will be slow to believe that Secretary Smith is in any wife in sympathy with the old soldiers until his official acts show it. Trouble In Store for the Democrat*. If the Democrats persist in pushing through the bill repealing the Federal election laws they will probably be treated to a dose of tho inconvenience resulting from a lack of a quorum, and then perhaps we shall see some of Czar Reed's methods adapted by the House. If it fails to do so there will not be much legislation for some time towme. --San Francisco Chronicle. The FUltng Is Lacking. ' Some of our exchanges want .to know what has become of the howl about the tax on the workingman's tin din­ ner pail. That's easy. It has been changed te a howl for something to put into the dinner pail.--Star Farmer. Neal Not In It. Governor McKinley is making a mag* nificent canvass in Ohio, speaking daily, while "Larry" Neal is bobbing up at weekly intervals, merely to let the, public know that he is still too contrary to move to make McKinley'* election unanimous. A Timely Warning. People who want to economize should moderate their liking for sugar and coffee before the Democrats reform tho tariff.--Kansas City Journal. Want Another Change, Hundreds of thousands of men who voted for a change a year ago would go twice as far now to get a ohance to vote to change back. Looking Backward. Voorhees' methods of passing the repeal bill bears a close resemblance to McClellan's manner of taking Rich­ mond.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. •***.««- the HMOWIM of And That Is AIL Indiana farmers voted "for Grover and $1.25 wheat." They got Grover. --Indianapolis Jourual. * - n ***» _ _ . ». * 5-^:1.:,,,ki«Avtki. Uncle Sam's Auction House. An interesting portion of the dead- letter office is the room in which an ac­ cumulation is made of those articles on which an insufficient amount of post­ age is paid, or which have been incom­ pletely or wrongly addressed. It is a mcst heterogeneous collection, ranging in kind from skulls to confectionery, and in value from 1 cent to $1,000 Sales of these articles are held annu­ ally, after they have been held for claim for over two years, and after every effort has been exhausted to find the owners, the parcels become matters of public investment. Mist of the packages contain articles of too small value to be sold separately, so parcels containing the contents of several packages are made up and sold at an average price of 60 cents each. The attempt is made to have the articles in each package worth that amount. The sale is held in December, before the holiday season, and continues for about a week. The proceeds, like the money found in unclaimed letters, is delivered to the third assistant postmaster gen­ eral for deposit in the United States »! % «... ; Marvelous Modern Selene*. Our familiar ideas and beliefs are continually changed by fresh scien­ tific discoveries. Who would have supposed, for instance, that a gas COQUI polish a rock, not by rubbing or brushing against it, but simply by moving very rapidly over it under Digti pressure? Ye»> it has recently been proved not only that gas can polish rock in that way, but that it can striate or scratch in, can bore holes through it, and can pulverize it and then press it again Into a solid mass. The experiments by means of which these surprising results have been ob­ tained were made in France by M. Daubree. He used exceedingly strong and thick-walled cylinders of steel, capable of resisting pressures amount­ ing to as much as twenty-four hun­ dred atmospheres, or thirty-six thousand pounds to the square Inch. Specimens of rock to be experimented in were placed in the cylinders, and runcotton and dynamite were ex­ ploded in them. It was found that blocks of granite and limestone were crushed into fine fragments by the sudden shock, and i,hen freconsolidated by the tremen­ dous pressure, being molded In their >ut6r form by the walls of the cylin- ier. Not only did the gas pulverize Ac rocks, but under certain circum­ stances, it^pejorated them with pol­ ished holes and seamed them with itriations. A hole being left at one end of the jylinder through which the gas, after traversing the rock, could escape, it was found that a fine dust, formed from the breakine upof the rock, was blown out of the hole, and that some )f the disintegrated material cf the rock was forced outside the apparatus, forming protuberances that resembled miniature volcanic cones. Some of the conclusions drawn from these experiments are that many of the great natural pits and channels in the earth's crust, through which matter from beneath has been thrust lip, may be due to the action of gases iccumulated at high pressure under the surface rocks, and that such phe­ nomena as the diamond "pipes" of South Africa may have had a similar origin. Other experiments have shown that an essertial condition of the Formation of diamonds is that carbon shall be subjected to Immense press­ ure while undergoing the process of doling and solidifying from a gaseous Dr liquid state. Most amateur geolosrists have seen the phenomena known as "nlickea- sides"--smooth, polished surfacei, itriped with grooves, occurlng at places wbere large masses of rock have slipped down in such a war as to form what is known as a fault M. Daubree thinks that "slicken- sides'- are not the result of the fric­ tion of rock upon rock, as has gen­ erally been assumed, but that they have been created by the action of high-pressure gas. There is something very impressive In the thought that a gas, &6 invisi­ ble perhaps as the air, is able, when sufficiently compressed and moved with sufficient rapidity, to crush and mold the rocks composing the solid globe. Prises Iter Good Enfliih# James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald has founded six prizes In as many American colleges-Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, College of the City of New York and the Uni­ versity of New York--in each case medals or money equal to the annual interest of $1,000. Any undergrad­ uate member of the senior class or special student of satisfactory stand­ ing who has taken the prescribed course of his college or university In political science and English litera­ ture may compete for the priza The competition is to be in the form of essays in Ensrlish prose on subjects of contemporaneous Interest in the foreign or domestic policy of the Government of the United States. Every detail of the administration of the prizes is left to the several facul­ ties from the investment of the endowment funds to the selection of the topics and announcement of the awards. The conditions are Imposed by the donor of the funds other than those already mentioned. It is not the purpose of this undertaking to secure for journalism young men equipped merely to write correctly. Good English and an attractive style will be important elements in deter­ mining the merits of an essayist They are not to be, however, the su­ preme tests. A Short Htory Writer* Mrs. F. A. Steel, author of the volume of short stories entitled "From the Five Rivers," is at pres­ ent one of the fashionable current interests in London. She is the wife of an Indian civil servant and has now left India to live In Scotland. She is said to have written her stories for her own amusement first and then olTe ed them to Macmillan's maga­ zine, by which they were accepted and published anonymously and were supposed by many to be some of the stories Kipling had left behind. But she soon published a serial over tier own name and now she is in great demand with the publishers, a fact which has caused herself, it is said, a u'reat deal of surprise. Her first book was a little manual of cooking and housekeeping for Anglo-Indians, which is invaluable to young wives on their first introduction ta Indian life. "Doing" the Company. ,j ( An old farmer was in the habit of traveling from his village to the ad­ jacent town on market-days by the railway. He never purchased a ticket, but paid, cr was supposed to pay, at the end or the journey each way. One day the ticket collector took him to task and said in the hearing DFALL the other passengers in the compartment; "IIoo is it Mr. Tam- son, that ye ne'er have a ticket?" With a knowing look, Tamson re plied; "Dae ye min' the time the company kilt a coo o' mine, an' gien me na compensation?'* "Fine," said the collector. "An" dae ye min' I said they wa» ne'er see anither bawbee o' mine?" "Brawly," said the collector. "Aweel, then, Sammie. I ken as .ong as you are here an' yer brither rock is at the ither end they neve; wulL" - "SgS 'm An Kxpert's Idea as to the Boat Wax to fin a Ptstoi Shooting a pistol quickly' ana ac­ curately is a difficult feat to the in­ experienced, but the following method recommended by an old-timer seems to divest the operation of some of the mystery which has heretofore en­ veloped it, says the Kansas City Times. According to this gentleman, the trigger should always be pulled by the second finger, the first finger being extended along the barrel, so that it points at the object one is shooting at. No matter whether the gun is on a level with the hip or sighted with the eye, the index finger will point exactly at the target Of course the finger and the barrel must be kept parallel and the shooter must not carelessly allow the end of his finger to curl around the end of the muzzle of the weapon, if tbe finger should happen to be longer than the pistol barrel, otherwise unenjoyable happenings might ensue. That this method is theoretically correct may be proved by an eisy experiment. Point your finger at an object at the same time keeping your hand on a level with your breast and the direc­ tion of the fineer not in line with the eye and the object aimed at Then lower your head until you can sight along your finger and you will find that the digit points exactly at the ob ect From unconscious practice in conversation persons acquire the trick of pointing accurately with tho index finger, and it is that instinct­ ive habit which is taken advantage of. The beauty of this method lies in the fact that no time need be lost iu getting the pistol from the hip pocket up to the level of the eye. The maxim "He gives twice who gives quickly" is as applicable to get­ ting a gun into action sometimes as it is for use in a President's message. The shooting of birds on the|wing is done more by instinct of long prac­ tice than bv the direct use of tbe eve. Jtiut a baseball pitcher nevei employs a theodolite to locate the plate, and a quarterback frequently passes the ball to a runner when both are running at full speed in different directions, without the use of a speed counter. These gentry do not even have tbe advantage of a finger to di rect their shots. It would seem that by the employment of the index finger method the general standard ' Of ac­ curacy in pistol shooting might considerably raised. Cats In Church Spire. Church mice and church rats are common enough, but church cats are a little out of the ordinary run. The trio of felines which B. E. Wood* brey, a carpenter of Brighton, found in the spire of the First Parisb church of Brighton recently are of a species entirely unknown. About a year ago the property of the First Parisb was sold to Fred Williams, manager of the Sunbeam Opera Com pany. Recently Mr. Woodbrey be­ gan to tear down the old spire of the church. He first tore off a heavy wire screen that Inclosed the belfry. This screening has been in place for a number of years. When it was re­ moved three most peculiar cats were seen to Jump from rafter to rafter and ascend io thb peak of tbe spire. They are exceedingly wild and their appearance is extremely peculiar. They are covered with a coa^jt of long shaggy fur, their teeth are long and are almost like tusks. On the nose of each is a large tuft of hair resem bling a tusk. They are very agile, and spring from rafter to rafter with the ease of a squirrel. It is not known how they got into the spire or liow long they have been there, but they must have been confincd in their aerial abode for many years, About a year ago a strange singing noise was heard coming from the spire at frequent intervals, and it was thought that it was caused bjf the swinging of the vane. It is now believed that it was made by these animals. How they haye managed to live is unaccountable, unless they catch the sparrows and swallows that abound in the spire. It is not known how their supply of water was ob­ tained. Mr. Woodbrey will endeavor to capture them.--Boston Transcript Why He Hated Children. "I hate children,'1 he said "Why?" "1 think they ought to be locked up in asylums till they're old enough to take care of themselves. If it hadn't been for a child--well, it might have been--" "What?" v V - "1 loved the child's motier. She was a rich and beautiful widow, and I was madly in love with her. I was actually contemplating--in fact 1 had lust got to the point of putting the delicate question. We were in the drawing-room. The child was playing in the corner. Forgetting all about that I put my arm fervently round the widow's waist and im­ planted a passionate kiss upon her lips, when tbe child started up and rushed at me, saying, "Don't you kill my mamma!" and ran screaming into the kitchen, calling for the servants." "But what difference did th&tmake to you?" "What marry a widow with a child like that! But tbe worst came a few nights after. I called at the house. There were several ladies there, and the child was being petted all around. Of course the widow was all right, but that confounded child deliber. ately turned her back upon me. I didn't mind that but the mother, to be nice, said: " 'My darling child, don't you know Mr. X?' '"Oh, yes,' said the imp very pertly, «Oh, yes. I know you! You are the man that bited my mamma!' " '•I need not--could not--describe the effect"--Yankee Blade. Two Carnations and a Potato* "I can tell you how to cross the Atlantic with a fresh carnation in your buttonhole," said an experi­ enced traveler the other day. His recipe was to start the voyage with two carnations and a raw potato. The carnations are to be worn on alternate days, and each, when not ornamenting the buttonhole is to be flrmly thru t into a hole in* the potato. At the end of a week at least one of them will be fresh enough t>> excite the surprise of fellow pas­ sengers. ATX jHUUli Wlm XJELlS I ILLINOIS N£WS CONCISELY COM* DENSEO. 1 VMM* Beveatod the Treasure Tihi» Sobbed Hardin n%nnals** -- IsmiMBM Agent In TronMe--Vandalla Hi--HIIM Exploded. : Tas height of a church spire From Ffcr and Sear. , _FAIUNG to lriU Emma Pdbrt anff $ Henry Miller, tof whom he was jealous, William Schmidt, of Chicago, cut his throat with a razor. THREE of the four prisoners escaped from the jail at Schuyler County bf. digging through the wuL No trace o£ • them has been found. , ROBERT BAIRD, who had resided in Cairo longer than any one now living, died of Bright's disease, aged 68 years. " Mr. Baird went to Cairo in 1839. AT Salem, Train Robber Hardin was taken before a justice and sent to jail in default of $15,000 bail. He made a full confession, in which he implies* ted O'Dwyer and Jones, who are also prisoners in the Salem jaiL _ MRS. WM. CARTWRIGHT, wife of a Ridgely miner, claims she dreamed that in the cellar of the old homesteOT, now owned by other parties, there was buried a box of money. Not only that, but she searched for it and found it And now the believers in "signs, omens and predictions" look wise. 16 IRWIN B. RANDLE, one erf tbe pio­ neers of the State, died in Alton la his 83d year. In his younger days h© was * a circuit rider, but afterward prac­ ticed law and was a personal friend of and contemporaneous with Abraham Lincoln. He had held many positions of honor and trust in the States in which he had always been highly re­ spected and honored. THE State Board of Live Stock Com­ missioners have asked the Governor to issue a proclamation raising the quar- antirio agminst cattle in certain East­ ern States on account of pleuropneu­ monia, the disease having disappeared from hitherto infected points. Tho board will also ask to have Texas fever quarantine raised against certain counties in Arkansas. ADJUTANT GENERAL ORENDORFV la- sued an order dishonorably discharging Edward V. Bell, of Company M, Fifth Infantry, from the service of the State militia. The cause of Bell's discharge was disobedience of orders, using inae- ! cent language toward his superior offi­ cer, and violating an order of arrest The department states that the above is one of the worst cases had in the service in years. JOHN A. GARLAND, of Springfield, State agent for the New York life In- surance Company, was arrested at Ed- wardsville on the charge of embezzle­ ment at Lincoln. The charge is pre­ ferred by H. C. Maltby, who gave Gar­ land a check for 9157 to pay a note h« 1 owed the above company, but wbich was not turned in to the company. Garland has furnished bail, and olaims to be able to refute the charge. MRS. EDWARD ALSOP, near Van- dalia. announced that her 5-weeks-old baby had been tt »len from its crib. As the woman showed no particular concern, and as she had not lived hap- ; pily with her husband, neighbors came to the conclusion that there was foul ' play. But later the youngster waa found in the possession of a Mrs. Barthlow, who said that the child had : been given to her, that she liked it, , and intended to keep it ; Two notable weddings were solemn­ ized in Springfield Tuesday. Luther W. Irwin, of the United States sub- treasurer's office at Chicago, and Miss • Olive L. Capps, daughter of John P. Capps, proprietor of the Springfield ' woolen mill*, were united in marrlag< by Rev. W. N. McElroy in the presence of a very large and fashionable audi­ ence. Fred A. Fox, of Peoria, and Miss Rosalind McClernand were united in marriage by Rev. T. D. Logan at the home of the bride's parents, Gen­ eral and Mrs. John A. McClernand. THE semi-annual report of Secretary of State Hinrichsen shows the following receipts'for the past six months: From corporations fU,MLW From notary commissions 1,861.06 From justices and police majrlatratea' commissions. 1.601.00 From miscellaneous eonrcea. 1^601.18 Total % $20,666.96 This amount was paid into the State treasury according to law. The receipts of the Secretary's office are more than $7,000 greater than for any previous half year in its history. Secretary Hin­ richsen estimates that the receipts will in future be three times as great aa formerly, for the three months during which the new act has been in opera­ tion have been months of great finan­ cial depression. During this period the number of new commercial enter* prises undertaken has naturally been small, with a consequent lessening of receipts. , THE celebrated Knox case waa re­ vived at Quincy by the calling up of the case of James Cobb in the Circuit Court. Louis Stormer and James Aneals were found guilty and sentenc­ ed to terms of two years each in the penitentary for the assault on James Knox's life, but petitions were pre­ sented to Governor Fifer and both were pardoned. Joe Hunter, through whose efforts Stormer and Aneals were oon- victed, claimed the $1,000 reward offer­ ed by Knox, but the money was no# aid over because no one believed that itormer and Aneals were guilty, but 5 that their conviction had been secured I through conspiracy. James Cobb Is now on trial for the crime. Two wit-! • s nesses, Joliet convicts, where Cobb had served a term recently, testified that Cobb told them that ne shot Jamas Knox. \ CREDITORS of Banker Lasarus 8il4 verman, of Chicago, have accepted promise to pay his debts in eighteen: months, and he will resume. AT Jerseyville in the Circuit Court the case of Levy Brothers & Co., of New York City, was rearraigned. P. Butterfield «fc Co., of Chicago, asked for a continuance, which was granted at cost of attaching creditors. Eighty thousand dollars are involved in the case, now two years in court LILLIAN LEWIS, the actress, at­ tempted suicide in Chatter ton's Opera- house at Springfield, after complaining at rehearsal that she was always given such gloomy lines. Her aim with the pistol was poor. She appeared on the stage at night somewhat nervous but none the worse for her experience. AT Centralia the Southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' reunion was for­ mally opened by an eloquent address of welcome by Hon. S. L. Dwight. which was responded to by Gen. A?. W. Pavey and General Martin. Theusual camp-' fit e was held. . . THE following orcers have beenis* sued by the Adjutant General: The 1 engnation of Milo S. Behleman as Captain of Company F. Second Infant* ry, has bton accepted. An election w ordered in Comjwny E, Second InfantrTt Oct. 1.6, for a Captain. Upon the appllf cation of the Regimental ( oraroanosp and the approval of tho Command!®* General of the First Brigade, Company 1. J; J 's i - :,:k. lk , M 'i ... - r & v 4* a?. Twfantrv. was S.ifbagded. 1 , « . .r / • 11?**