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Ig^cttrn flaiudcalw I. VAN SLYKE, Editor Publish*. McHENRT, ILLINOIS. A NEWSY MELANGE. (OS A* ont NKIC.HTIOM - sJlkKD ABROAJj&f AT HOMK /* •its 1 o^HNfterest »n«t E?ery Quarter of the Globe, Religious Intelligence, Crime* an<l C»»n»ltle«i ln- dmtriat KolMh Ptnowl MBBUOB. CONDITION OF BUSINESS. - •I; ft ten Reports a Steady Improvement in All Branches of Trade. <"'•*-'i.'. It Ot. PTTV -k Co.'s weekly review of K4m» condition of tnde says: Throughout the country the state of business is encouraging, and the only disheartening • feature aro in connection with spfcnlaiiye op­ erations. Speculation in breadstuff* ami cotton has been at a slightly lower ran;.e of prices, with but moderate transactions, and slackness «f the consumptive aemaud causes a weaker tone in coffee and sugar markets, without t material change in prices. The rep >rt h from Other cities correspond fairly with the clearings outside New York, which show Mi increase OTer last year of about 4 per oer.l. in the aggregate, but an increase at two- thirds of the cities. At Boston a conservative' . feeling s-. ill rules the money market. At Phila­ delphia money is activc. and the jobbing dry goods trade continues good, the groceiy trade- Improves, exceeding last year's; trade in dry JJtsods and other merchandise is quiet, after the exceptional ac ivitv of August. For the year thus tar trade exoeids last year's. Mil- Waukee reports constantly improving busi­ ness with active money. Kansas City jeeports business and collections a fair . average for the seas in. fin J Cleveland in­ creasing activity. • At.Omaha great crops give • (pod business and collections, and at l\t! s- fetargb further improvenit mis seen in bess ant r Iron and steel, in ci k • and in coal. Fou:h rn reports also are all encouraging as to crop pros- Beet and pies lit trade. These specimens illus- %ate the gen eral tei o: of reports, and it may ho added that, there is nowhere any stringency In money, the sup) 1being ample for legiti­ mate nrOiis. The g.vat in ust.i s appear to l>e gradually improving in condition. Partial milure of tie potato and fruit, crops, and the injury to butter by recent storms, cause *n advance in prices, and the general average Itor commodities is now about one per cent, higher than Sept. 1. The bu sines failures throughout the country during the week num­ ber for the United States 177. and for Canada 11, or a total of l'.tti failures, as compared with • total of 193 the week previous. 1-ortliecor- < *espouding week of last year the figures were JB8, representing 200 failures in the United i and '28 in the Dominion of Can a la. AROUND THE DIAMOND. £tfn-Balllsts Competing for the League Cham* ptonship. " THE official standing of the ball clubs that are in the race for the championship Of the associations named is given below: ^National. W. lew \ork...75 ileston 75 JPhilada 60 Chicago 60 > ^Cleveland.. .56 Xndiauap.. .51 .^Pittsburg.. ..52 ,.Wash'gt'n..,39 "West era. W. • Omaha 80 ". 4kt. Paul 72 '. . Minneapolis 59 fSoux tity.,58 Uilwaukee. .51 enver 49 Joseph..42 tMoines.,39 autw Pern it. J Ite#: American. W. .652 Brooklyn 83 .646 St. Louis 76 .5171 Athletic 65 .495 Baltimore.. .64 ,466|Cincinnatt..63 .442 K'ns's City. .49 .433j Columbus.. .52 •348| Louisville.. .25 f»c.[ Interstate. W. L. .714 Monmouth..60 48 .t2|J|Quincy 58 51 .522i Springfield .59 52 5041 Peoria 54 59 455 Burlington. .53 60 .433 Evansrille. .50 64 .396! .348 Snow at Johnstown. ALIGHT fall of snow at Johnstown, Pa., has given the people living in the Oklahomas a foretaste of what winter j ?irill be like in their shells. The local j finance committee has appropriated of jlhe relief ffinds in its hands a sufficient i •mount to purchase four new steamer : toe engines and also to erect anew bridge > ecxgss the Stony Creek fpid one across AT San Francisco, in the Nagle habeas corpus case, Judge Sawyer 'has decided that the Federal Court had jurisdiction in the matter, that the killing of Terry was justifiable; and ordered Nagle released from custody. As soon as the reading of the decision was concluded Attornoy Langhorne, on behalf of the State, gave notice of an appeal, and asked that the prisoner be placed under bail. Judge Sawyer allowed the de fondant to be re­ leased on his own recognizance with a $5,000 bail. Nagle was congratulated by a large number of people after his re­ lease. GOVERNOR THATEB of Nebraska has issued a proclamation quarantining Ne­ braska against the importation, of cattle from Logan and Weld Counties, Colora­ do, because there is said to be Texas.fever in that region. A THIRTY-FIVE foot deposit of first- class yellow ochre has been found at Hastings, Neb., 235 feet below the sur­ face. VETERANS from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska attended the inter­ state renn'on of soldiers and sailors at Sabetha, Kan. Thousands of citizens were present. MRS. ANNIE GABA and her baby were burned to death at San Frmcisco Mon- | day svening, and her two other children ' burned fatally, it is feared, by the ex­ plosion of a lamp which the baby had upset. THE stockholders of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie F>oad have elected directors, who chose Thomas Lowry, President; R. B. Langdon, Vice President, and M. P. Bawk ns, Secretary and Treasurer. IT is rumored that the Cincinnati Base- Ball Club will return next year to the National League, the cause of the change being the prohibition of Sunday games. President Stern expects to get the Indian­ apolis franchise and some of its players. FOUR jurors in the Cronin case at Chi­ cago have at last been secured. They are James Pierson of Glenwood, farmer; John Culver of Evanston, real estate dealer; James L. Hall of Fernwood, architectural draughtsman; and Charles C. Dix, 132 North Carpenter street, fire insurance agent. It is a curious coiifci- dence that each of these men was origin- ally tendered by the defense. BY the derailing of a train on the .091 .638 .565 .429 .422 .206 f»C. .555 .532 .531 .477 ! .469 .438 ntenees. ames Datis, and ere at Seattle, W. 'if., have been sentenced by Chief Justice Banford to terms in the penitentiary ag- i {;regating eighty-nine years. On Sept. 5 j Frisco line, near Leon, Kan., one man hey made an attempt to break jail, and ! was instantly killed. Over a dozen other Jiearly killed the jailer in doing so. For J|his they were each sentenced to fourteen years. The rest of the sentence was for • robbery. passengers were injured, four of whom it is thought were fatally hurt. ED AHEABN, the principal in a fatal prize fight at St. Louis, has been held $>> . Uncle Sam Will Build the 3,000-Ton Ships, i , , TUB navy department is already active- ! ™TH°*\BAILJ0 anBwer a char8e of mnr" i der. The referee, time-keepers, seconds, j etc., have been held as accessories. ly preparing to build the two 3,000-ton . |khips. Both the construction and engi­ neering bureaus are of the opinion that the vessels can be built within the limit • «#f cost fixed by Congress, and they are lonfident that such will be the case if al- THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE following will show the amoont lowanes is "made for" the" premiums * that i land patented or certified to parties by ^ould have to'be paid to contractors for ^ Excess of speed. ~ Proposed Union of British Workmen. JOHN BURNS and other English-labor leaders have signed a manifesto on behalf States and Territories for the year 1889: State. Acres.; State. Alabama 839,520 Mississippi... Arkansas...-i.»,»^lt>,'2tM Missouri Arizona 7,5i; Montana California 1bo,7»!o Nebraska .... , Colorado.. 309.709.Nevada ... .. v . . _ , , T , (Dakota 2,812.83-• NewMexioo;. jpz the JSatxonal Federation of Labor j Florida '302.t»3 0hio , jpnions inviting all workmen to join, in f " Order to protect themselves against the masters' combinations. ii,* Beef Exjp >rts to England. DUBINO the three months ending ;; f August 31 there were exported to England - «0,()00 head of cattle, 40,000,000 pounds of fresh beef, and 34,000,000 pounds %f banned beef. Destructive, Saw-Mill Fife. FntB at Snohomish, W. T., entirely; destroyed the extensive saw-mills of JBlackinan Bros. The loss is estimated %t fully $150,000, on which there is no insurance. • < , Burned to Death. MRS-. CHARLES LE PAGE, the wife of a prominent stockman at Choteau City, M. T., was burned to death though acci- dentally setting fire to the bed clothes. Hanged for Killing a Policeman. "T THOMAS BROWN, aged 24, was hanged in tile Moorhead (Minn.) jail for killing Policeman P6ull while resisting arrest. Foundered in the Irish Sea. steamer Florence foundered in the a while en route from Garston to Nine persons were drowned. 'b̂ Lste&n occurrences. Idaho. Illinois Indiana Iowa Kane Lot Mich if Minnesota 750,854, Total 11,791,119 »nm-- DtilMha . ichiHR.. 192,!M'J(J Oregon...- 320 Utah IT? 119 Washington T.. ... IS.lbl Wis cousin .. .l,87o,.Wt.\Vyo:iiing ... 171,725 Washington 455,8351 Acres. 309,119 257,9-20 2:19.040 830.251 1.92J 46,176 4,960 368,106 68,840 424,2S)7 448,425 671,581 1,120 ' to the depth of eight and ten feet. The break was caused by a heavy fall of rain. AT a convention of piano and organ manufacturers in New York, frfr the pur­ pose of forming a protective association, a committee, headed by George A. Stein- way, was appointed to consider plans, perfect the organization, and indue* manufacturers to join it. NEAR Shamokin, Pa., Alfred Crow and John Tocas were fatally, and John Mur­ phy and Willitm Calvin seriously, burned by an explosion of gas in the Neilson shaft. The explosion was caused by Tooafe'carelessness. THE will of the late Professor Elias Loo mis, of New Haven, Conn., bequeaths the bulk of the estate, valued at from $250,000 to $300,000, to Yale University, to be known as the Loomis Fund. This is the second largest gift ever made to Yale. * AT Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Elizabeth S. McClellan, mother of General George B. McClellan, died. She was 90 years of age. EVA, the alleged wife of Robert Ray Hamilton, was convicted at May's Land­ ing, N. J., of stabbing Nurse Donnelly, and sentenced to two years in State's prison. She fell to the floor in a swoon when the verdict was announced, creating a dramatic scene in court. WESTERNHAPPENTNQS. R. eighteen le village feet above the normal level and the village of lwahashi was washed away. About forty-eight other hamlets were cc-vered by the raging waters. The morning of Aug. 19 an enormous mass of earth fell from a mountain near the village of Tennokawa, stopped tho course of the river of the same name, which, being swollen, overflowed, submerging the village and drowning nearly all the inhabitants. THE newspapers of St. Petersburg hsve been ordered to cease championing Bou- langer and to adopt a moderate tone con­ cerning Bulgaria. This i| supposed to indicate a desire on the parf of Che Gov­ ernment for a peaceful policy. BY reason of a heavy fall or^tfaow throughout Austria, hundreds of peas­ ants' cottages are completely snowed% under. Much damage has been done to crops. GRAND DUKB CONSTANTINE, uncle of the Czar, who suffered a stroke of par­ alysis two months ago, is dying. " A UAirririri. FHI8U STRUCTURE IN J PRISING SIOUX CITY. DELLA WALKER, aged 19 years, drown­ ed herself at Langdon, N. H. The cause is a mystery. She was an intimate friend and classmate of two young ladies who committed suicide last winter. THE two Nicely brothers, who were con- lined in jail at Somerset, Pa., under sen- tenoe of death for the, murder of Farmei Hamburger, overpowered the Sheriff, and when the Deputy Sheriff went to his as­ sistance one of the brothers, who had ob- tained possession of the Sheriff's revol­ ver, shot the Deputy, inflicting a serious wound. The murderers then made their escape and have not fceen recaptured. THE breast of the large dam of the Kennebec Ice Company at Hibernia Pa. burst, and a tremendous amount of water rushed down the Biandywlne, overflow­ ing the banks and sweeping everything before it. The large bridge which crosses the Brandywine just below the dam was swept , -away, and -several frame buildings were car­ ried down to Coatesville. Several J of the streets of Coatesville are four feet tinder water. The people living along the stream -were warned by the sound of the rushing waters and escaped to the hills. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. MA/OR WILLIAM WARNER of Kansas City will not be the next Pension Com­ missioner. He was tendered the position, and after thinking it all over he told the President at Deer Park that he could not accept it for business reasons. He was strongly pressed by Mr. Harrison to take the place, and his declination is a disap­ pointment. Another selection will not probubly be made for two or three weeks. The rsce is an open one, and no candi­ date has any assurance that he will be chosen. It is the general opinion that Judge John P. Rea, of Minneapolis, is more to the President's liking than any one else, and the Minnesota people are coming to the front for him. Mr. Brown, of Cincinnati; Gen. Powell, of Illinois, and Maj. Poole, of New York, are known to be doing all they can for the place. THE New Jersoy Republican State Con­ vention nominated General E. B. Grubbfor J Governor. The resolutions constituting the platform reaffirm the Republican na­ tional platform of 1888 and express confi­ dence in President Harrison. The paper deals almost entirely with local interests. The Australian ballot system is indorsed and, without doing so directly, the con­ vention practically declared in favor of local option. _ FRESH AND NEWSY. WHILE twelve men were opening cans of powder with chisels ut the stone quar- ries near Vancouver, B. C., an explosion occurred, and one of the men, Pat Dela- ney, was instantly killed. Four others were thrown a considerable distance and fearfully burned. One of them, Pat Moran, died shortly after reaching the hospital at Vancouver, and another, Jim Murphy, can not live. AMONG the arrivals at San Francisco on the 6teamer Gaelic from Hong Kong and Yokohama was Tuey Gwok Ying, recently appointed Chinese ambassador to the United States, who is en route to Washington. He is accompanied by a large delegation of Chinese dignitaries. THE other day a morose-looking couple were seen wandering aimlessly about the streets of Windsor, Ont. Later in the day their dead bodies were dis­ covered lying side by side in what is known as the old nursery grounds. The woman had been shot through the heart, evidently by her companion, and an ugly wound in the man s forehead disclosed the cause of his death. Their appearance was that of country people in holiday attire, and it is probable they were visitors to the Detroit Exposition. From papers found upon the man his name is evidently Silas Densmore, of Rushville, Ind., and the woman is presumably his wife. TH3 following have been appointed military cadets: John C. McArthur, Da­ kota; Peter M. Ayres, Tennessee; Joseph Stringham (alternate), Michigan; Ralph R. Stogsdall, Indiana; P. Carroll (alter­ nate), Indiana. A FREIGHT train was derailed on the Central Railroad, near Lagos, Mexico. It is supposed that obstructions were placed on the track by banditti. A fight ensued, in which one man was killed and three badly wounded. LETTERS received by the Mayor of New York show that all Western Governors and Mayors favor Chicago for the World's Fair. Senator John Sherman comes ont in favor of New Y'ork. THE graving dock at Halifax, N. 8., the largest in America, has been formally opened. The dock cost $1,000,000 and has been in course of construction three years. A WATERSPOUT burst over the Mexican city of Cerro Gordo, drowning several persons and sweeping away horses and cattle. THE following Weather crop bulletin has been issued by the signal office: The last week was warmer than usual over the corn and cotton regions and generally on the Atlantic coast, the daily excess of tempera­ ture in the central valleys ranging from 3 to 9 degrees, while on the Ailantic coast about the normal temperature prevailed. It was colder than usual from Dakota westward to the Pacific coast. There has been less than the usual amount of rain during the week throughout the principal agricultural districts. There were excessive rains over limited area in the North- westi including Northern Missouri, Eastern Kansas. Eastern iJakota, Western Minnesota, and .Southeastern Io.va. In the remaining States of the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys well distributed showers aro reported, while no rain occurred in the lower lake re­ gion, the Ohio Valley, and lower Michigan. The weather during the week was especially favorably throughout tho corn belt. Cutting of corn is in progress and a large percentage of an excellent corn crop is now safe from frost. Re­ cent rains placed tho grounds in a favorable condition for plowing in the States of the Mississippi valley, but fall farm work ia de­ layed in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, owing to the absence of rain. The prospects of the cot­ ton crop have been improved by favorable weather. Reports from Kentucky indicate a fair crop of tobacco if not damaged by frost. The weather conditions were, favorable on the Pacific coast fcfr hop picking, prune drying, fall seeding. V VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS. "A Number of Changes in the Interior De- parim<»»t.. THE following appointments have been announced: L*wis A. Groff, of Omaha, Neb., Commission­ er of the General Land Office, vice Strother M. Stock slager, resigned; Miles Kehoe, of Chicago, a Special Inspector of Customs at that port; Charles F. Scott, of West Virgini* Pardon Clerk of the Department of Jus­ tice, vice Judge Boteler, resigned; R. V. Belt, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs' A. M. Tinker, an Indian Inspector, and G. W.' Parker, a special Indian \gent, Commission to negotiate with the SirfseCon and Wahpeton In­ dians, of Dakota, for the surrender of 789,000 acres of their lauds. Charles W. Coker, Storekeeper Thirteenth Il­ linois District; Maj. Theophilus Gaines, of West Virginia, Chief of the Pension Division of the Third Auditor's office; E. L. Jordan, As­ sistant (Superintendent of the Bureau of En­ graving and Printing. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime Good Common HOGS--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red !. CORN--No 2 . . . . ACROSS THE OCEAN. CHAKXB PASHA, the Governor of Crete, has issued a fresh proclamation to the Cretans, threatening with severe punish­ ment any one assisting the insurgents. REPORTS from Crete show that the ar­ rests of Christians by the Mussulman officials still continue, despite the as­ surances of Turkey that the abuse should be corrected. THE residence of a Jewish family of six persons, in Szathmar, Hungary, was entered by a band of robbers. The out­ laws attacked the inmates with hatchets, mutilating them in a fearful manner and killing the entire party. When their bloody work was finished they searched the house and carried off all the valua­ bles. JAPANESE papers received at San Francisco place the total number of per­ sons drowned in the floods of Aug. „ 20 in „ * , the city of Wakayamo and in the dis- bof&r as heard from no Uvea have been tricts of Minami-Muh). Hieashi-Murd. 4* places the meaddws are covered Nishi-Muro, and 10,000, OATS--No. 2.... RYE--No.2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Full Cream, flats Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice new, per bu.. PORK--Mess _ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 3.. OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BABLEY--No. 2 '. POKE--Mess DETROIT. CATTLB Hons SHEEP... WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATB-- No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHKAT-T-NO. 2 Red CORJJ--Cash OATS--No. 2 White NEW YORK. CATTLE Hoos SHEEP WUEAT-NO. 2 Refi CORN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western PORK--Mesa ST. LOUia CATTLE. Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS ; " BYE--No. 2 " BARLEY--Minnesota INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shi|»>ing Steers...r.... Hoos--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to I'rime LAMBS _ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed RYE--No. 2 ' "* PORE.--Mess KANSWCITY." CATXL*--Good Medium Ho«s.... BUST :... $ 4.50 . 8.50 . 2.50 . 4.00 . 8.50 . .77 & . .3-2^ . .19 & • -« & , .18 & , .08 -16^® .30 (3 11.00 «11.25 & 5.00 & 4.25 & 3.25 & 4.75 & 4.75 .78 .33 .20 .42 .22 .08fc .17*4 .73 & .33 & .22 & .42Vii.4 .57 "" 11.00 .74 .33)4 .23 .43 59 <311.50 8.00 8.50 8.25 .79 .34 .78 & .35 (Sl .22 @ & 4.00 & 4.25 <» 4.25 & .80 .35 .23 . 3.25 .. 4.50 . 3.50 . .83 . .41 .. .24 rl2.25 & .79 I» @ 4.75 & 5.25 m 5.25 & .85 .42 & .23 @12.75 3.50 3.50 .77 8.00 8.50 8.50 4.25 4.00 8.0k) 0 4.75 & 4.50 & 4.25 & 5.75 Mass In Every Aspect. [Sioux City Cor. Chicago Trftrane.] The Sioux City Corn I'alace of 1889 la aa great an improvement upon that of 1888 as the latter was upon the original palace of 1887. The fitness of tho original idea caused Ittobloom immediately into a creation of beauty as marvelous as it was novel. The first Co; n palace structure in 1887 was some­ what rude, although the greatness of the frame ijras to a considei able extent veiled by the illusions of its dressing in natural products. It waa only 100x100 feet The next year the plan was enlarged, the struct­ ure being nearly doubled in size, and the adornment being developed with more de­ liberation and with the beneiit of previous experience. The design of the corn palace building this year 5s entirely ^istinct in de­ tail Irom its predecessors, although of course the purpose is identically the same --viz., the display ot the agricultural prod­ ucts of the region of tlie upper Missouri valley about Kioux City, including North­ western Iowa, South Dakota, and Northern Nebraska. Tho design, however, has been altered and amended so as more perfectly to subserve the central j urpose. The general site or the building this year is the same as last yWr, being the corner of Sixth and Pierce streets. But the build­ ing this year is carried entirely across Tierce street to the curb lints there being a passage for the street railway and for ve­ hicles. The site is thus botli centrally lo­ cated and on tho verge of the business heart of the city, and also at the converg­ ing point of the motor, cable, and street railway lines, which radiate to all quarters of the city and are convenient to the rail­ way stations. The Corn Palace Building large cities. Qae > streets at all their in the business router of the city, and there are connecting frames along the streets. The thousands of jets in these pipes are inoloeed in xlass ttlobes of many colors, makinsr a brilliant illumination. The Palace itself is lighted inside and out by electric lights. Extreme precautions have been taken against Are. The building can be drencLed with water, almost at a moment's notice, and numerous exits are provided. The total cost of the Palace and the other public features of the festival will not be far from 188,000. which is met by subscriptions and the proceeds of the 25-cent admission foe to the Palace. The festival opens the 23d inst. and closes Oct. 6. rJ he Corn Palace, however, will be preserved intact two weeks lonzer for the entertainment of the South American countries in the International Congress at Washington, who will stop at Sioux City one day In the course of their excursion through tho West. Adventures of a Watch. Some years ago a handsome watch , for woman's wear traveled from Switz- # erland to a Providence jeweler's, where in a show window it attracted attention ' as a proper gift to bestow upon a friend. It was purchased, put in its pretty case with the chatelaine attach- j ed, and the whole later lost before the {mrchaser arrived home. Three days j ater it was adversised as found and I was again possession of its pur­ chaser. It was bestowed upon the • friend. Before many days, after the ! lady had Returned from a drive, the . watch was found to have dropped from i its chatelaine, No research could find it. Three weeks later it was carried i into a jeweler's for sale, recognized by ' tho owner and recovered. ' Sittihg tin thfi rocks at Narraganseti RAVAGE tOUISTIIXK'g & 4.50 & 4.50 & .na .toh® .80 .18 3 .19 .38*6® .89 .65 & .fid •76H .35)4 fronts south on Sixth st.eet. Last year there was also a front of 150 feet on Pierce street, which was of equal importance in its design to the Sixth street front. But tho Corn Palace this year, although it shows a decorated mass in whatever aspect it is viewed, concentnves its main exterior effects upon the south or Sixth street front. The frontage of ttye structure is 238 feftt arid its depth 150 fa&t. f The architectu e is unique and difficult to describe except at great length of detail. It is composite, the features ©i many distinct styles being selected and all together sub­ ordinated to the main purpose of the whole. The general result, perhaps, is more sug­ gestive as a castle thab of anything else. The roof is early English. The windows or numerous openings ure Moorish. The tow­ ers and pinnacles aro of various origin. The main wall of the l.tiilding is thirty-five feot hieh. It includes two ample stories, if the gallery junning around the interior can be counted as a story. Above this wall the roof rises to a peak in the center, which is sixty-eight feet above the lloor. The main feaUire of the structure is the grand tower, which rises over tbo center of the south side to a height of 186 feet below the flag-staff. The tower is forty- eight feet square at the base, through wiiich is the grand entrance. The tower is intended as well for a lookout, as for the other purposes which it serves. The original plan of equipping the tower with an elevator had to be abandoned on . ac­ count of the severe strain involved, but >t is provided with ample stairways. At dif­ ferent heights there are four balconies run­ ning around the tower, the uppermost be­ ing 16-t feet above the ground. fiom which an admirable view is to be had not only of the building but also of tho entire city. On either side of this tower there are flanking towers of lesser height,, but provided like­ wise with balconies which are connected with the main tower bv bridges. At each •fWrnfue of the south side, also, there are towers, just beyond the lateral cables. The entire face not only of t&e main building hut also of the towers is dressed with natural products in fanciful forms. 'Corti qt all colors and kinds, and in all paPfs" 'of the plant, is the predominating 'irfat^rihl, but all the grains, grasses and j?eed$ oi this region are used. The roof is tl)^tch< d with grain. The appearance- of the whole is gorgeous and interesting to contemplate. The interior of the building would present the general appearance of a vast rectangle if it were not broken in the middle by the projeciion of the framework ol th^'inain towers This makes apparently two op^n spaces to the east and to the west, but there is a connecting space be­ tween of more than one-half the depth of the building, und in this space is the raised platform for the musicinns. liunningaround tho interior of the building, at the height of seventeen feet above the floor, is a gallery guarded by a balustrade. The gallery Is eighteen feet deep. The space under the gallery is divided into booths, as is also the gallery. It is in tho interior of tho building that the lineBt artistic effects of decoration are wrought out. Every particle of the space is decorated. The work is freely done by the ladies of Sioux City, who are orgaulzed for the purpose. Something of the magnitude of this work may be inferred from the fact that the floor space on the ground is about 28,000 square feet, and in the gallery over 11.000 square feet. For over three weeks an average of 275 ladies have been daily engaged inldecorating the interior. The materials are supplied at the expense of the C!< rn Palace management. An army of 250 laborers, also employed by the management, is at the com­ mand of the la<lie<. The latter are divided into groups of from five to ten. each under a director, and each group is assigned to a booth. A plan of decoration is invented and approved, and when completed the group goes to another booth. The stimulus of rivalry among the groups is strong end fruitful of results. It is simply Impossible to describe the wonders of the effects wrought out in this way. 'Fhey are so va­ ried and complex, so surprising and so cu­ rious on account of tho materials used, that a volume would be required lor full details, and then the story could not be ap- Ereciated without a visit to tho scene. The ooths under the gallery in the west space aro occupied by the exhibits, one booth be­ ing assigned for each county. The counties which have exhibits represent Northwest­ ern Iowa. Northern Nebraska, and South Dakota as far as the Black Hills. Morning, afternoon, and ni«ht of each day of the fes­ tival the famous New York Seventh Regi­ ment band of seventy-two pieces will ren­ der programme concerts inside the palace. The corn palace, althousrh the main fea­ ture, is only one of the attractions of the festival. The parades--industrial, civic, military, etc.--are elaborately gotten up and will provide u public spectacle for each *2l2 ' day: especially Interesting feature will & 'm be the appearance on the streets of &30 In- (& 10.75 I dlans from tho Winnebago agency in lull ; feather and war paint. ! The publlo illumination will be an elabo , ration of the plan heretofore adopted, and j now familiar to the public by having be _ BMCat the St. Paul Ice Palace aud at other Pier one summer day, and wondering if it were yet late afternoon, the owner of the watch glanced down to see the time and the watch was missing. It had been securely fastened, but the chatelaine had broken and let go the time-keeper. Going back to the hotel the lady was spoken to by an elderly man. "Have you lost anything, miss?" was asked., "Yes, a watch." "Hereit is." And uninjured Ahe tramp piece of jewelry was returned to "the owner. The chatelaine being repaired stoutly, the watch was worn to Philadelphia. Of course it was lost there, and equally it was found by the chambermaid in the hotel and mailed to the owner in Rhode Island by the proprietor of the house. Expostulation from friends, proffered advice, which is said to pos­ sess an unpleasant odor, and eludings, failed to make the owner stop wearing the watch. Yesterday the watch hung, with nu­ merous other silver trinkets, suspended from the chatelaine worn from the girl's side. She stood on a wharf looking down into the water. "How- deep is it down there?" was asked. "About fifteen feet." "When the tide is out?" "Yes." Plunge went some­ thing into the green water below. "What was that, a fish?" asked a by­ stander. But the girl knew better^ and she innocently covered the chate­ laine with one hand and said: "I think it was a fish; I thought I saw him flop." But going home she said to her companion : "Say, you know that fish that flopped so?" "Upi-" "Well, it was my chatelaine watch; it dropped in there kerspang and went to the bot­ tom." And when the man got all through scolding, the girl said: "It'll come back; it's got to. I suppose a fish will swallow it and I shall buy lhat same fish of the peddler. Oh, it's got to come back 1"--Providence Journal. Telling George Wliat He Was Just Going to Do. George was a bashful lover. He scarcely dared to touch his lady's hand. He loved her well and she was worthy of his affection, for she was modest, intelligent, sweet, and lovable; but like all good women, she yearned for the respectful caresses that are the evidences of a pure affection. She, however, yearned in vain. George worshiped her. He might kiss the hem of her garment, but to kiss her lips or cheek--the very audacity of the thought made him tremble. They sat together by the sea looking out upon the track of the moon's light which white-winged yachts were cross­ ing now and then; It was a witching hour, a scene For love'and calm delight. Suddenly she moved slightly away from him. "Please, George, don't do that," she said. "What?" he asked in genuine sur­ prise. "Oh! you needn't tell me," she re­ plied. "You were just going to put your arm around my waist and--and were going to try and kiss me." "Dear Arabella " "Oh! you needn't, tell me different; you were going to do it. Well, after all, I suppose you are not to, blame. Iti is just what a lover would do to his sweetheart, and I suppose I must not be offended if you do do it." j And George grasped the situation and did exactly what Arabella pup- posed he would do, and the moon grinned and the stars winked and the w avelets laughed and a mosquito that was about to light on the maiden's cheek flew away and settled on the nose of 4 £iAss widow who was sitting near th& Dand stand. IT Is a miserable thing to live in sus­ pense ; it is the life ot a spider. " * (Ky.) lost and over $2,o00,0'>0 worth of property destroyed by a lire which reduced the large wholesale dry goods and notion house of Bamburger, Bloom & Co. to ashes. The biggest house of any character in the city is that of Bamburger, Bloom & Co., wholesale dry goods and notions. Their immense store atcod on the south side of Main street, between Sixth and Seventh, and was six stories high. Private Watchman CharleeMcGrath dis­ covered fire in the cellar ot the building. The watchman guvo the alarm Quickly, callinft.out the entire fire department. In the meantime the fire had gained great headway. Bar., burger, Bloom & Co. were stocked from basement to roof with dry goods ot every description and thus furnished ma­ terial for the flames. It was evident at once that the big building was doomed and no efforts of the firemen could save it. In an hour it waa a complete wreck, carrying with it a loss of $750,0 )0 in Btock and $200,00') in building and fixtures. Nfext door to Bamburger, Bloom & Co. was the wh<%ssale boot and shoe house of William Coye & C(X, with a stock of $50,000. This was burned out from cellar to roof, but the front walls stood. South of this, On tho corner of Main and Seventh, the St. Charles saloon and restaurant was gutted at a loss of $5,000. Immediately east of Bamburger, Bloom & Co. was the wholesale. hat house of L. Bretzfelder & Co. Their building was a four story brick. The flames made quick work of the hats and caps, and left nothing of the building but a skeleton. The saloon of Isaac Bier and the wholesale cigar store of Virgil Wright, immediately north of Bretzfelder & Co , were gutted. Their loss was eomppratively small and was covered by insurance. The sensational feature of the fire was the tragic death of- five firemen. They were: Capt. Ed Early, Samuel Stark- lighte-, John Onahan, Ed Wheeler, and Pat Foley. In the face of imminent peril they had ran a ladder up the Seventh street wall of Bamburger, Bloom & Co. 's build­ ing and had boldly scaled it for the pur­ pose of getting a stream on at the rear. The wall shook as they ascended, the long ladder trembled ominously, and the crowd in the street shouted a hoarse warning but it was too late. Just as the first ladderman was about to leap upon the roof with a line of hose the wall fell with a great crash and the three brave men went down with it to their death. An hour later their mangled and blackened corpses were gotten out of the debris and sent to the central police station for the inquest. Firemen Denny McGrath, Frank Best, and Edward Wheeler were caught by a falling wall in the rear and are believed to be fatally wounded. The scene of destruction was ghastly and appalling. Bamburger, Bloom & Go. did a'business of $5,0JO, 000 a year, and were in the midst of a big fall trade. Their loss of $1,000,000 is covered by insurance in local and foreign companies, and they will loss nothing except their fall business. The total loss is about $1,500,000, and the insurance companies will stand the biggist part of it. Chicago dispatch: A red flake of carbod sputtered from an electric light in the booth containing Gossage'sCo.'s exhibit in the exposition building. The spark lit on a napkin, and a feeble flicker soon ap­ peared. In a moment the blaze ignited other fabrics and in less than a minute $50,000 worth of the finest linens, silks, and embroideries was ablaze. The booths in this part rf the building contained th« exhibits of Marshall Field & Co., Gossaga & Co., James H. Walker <& Co., Schles- inger & Meyer, the leading dry goods houses of Chicago. Many pieces of costly fabrics imported, and having no dupli­ cates in this country, were on exhibition. Costumes from Worth's furniture of the most exquisite make, pianos and frail stained glass pieces, were near by. In the building was !j$00,0U0 worth of valuable goods asd machinery, and within 200 feet more than $500,000 worth of paintings and statuary. Rarely was so exquisite and costly a spread laid before a fire. Ten thousand paople were in the builds ing, and 5,000 lost their wits. The bi& doors in the center were wide open, and the people near them stopped to watch the fire. Those at either end of the build­ ing and farthest away want wild. They smashed windows, climbed over each other, and burst open doors. Several ladies fainted and were bruised in the crush, but no one was reported as seri­ ously hurt. The fire was qutciciy put out. The janitor of the art gallery closed its doors before the alarm was sounded, al^Jl not the Slightest damage was done the works on exhibition. Except the booths in the im­ mediate vicinity no damage was done either by water or smoke. The tarpaul­ ins and the care of the fireman prevented the usual destruction by water and the smoke drew out of the skylights like chimneys. *> St Joseph (Mo.) dispatch: The main building at the New Era exposition, con­ taining all the fine exhibits, burned Sun­ day night. About 10:30 o'clock in the evening, just as the entertain­ ment in the great" ampitheater had closed, a fire broke out in the main halL a magnificent building, 1,100 feet in length and filled with all manner of exhibits. The entire building and contents were con­ sumed in spite of the most heroic efforts on the part of the fire department, j It is understood that nothing was | saved but the carriage which was i built to convey Gen. Lafayette during his visit to this country in 184'?. The exposi- j tion grounds are located two miles from the city, and at this hour details of the fire , have uot been received. The origin of the | fire is said to have come from the electric lights. The exposition will continue but shorn of its vast exhibit in the main hall, j The loss will exceed a quarter of a million i dollar. Hundreds of people will be losers, as everything belongs to different individuals. There were 20,000 people on the grounds Sunday, all of whom visited the place. When the fire started there were 4,000 poople on the grounds, and at this time no one has any idea how the fire originated. TH2 AMERICAN CONGRESS. Prominence of the Delegates to tl»e Gath­ ering Next Month. The delegates to the international Ameri­ can congress, which is to eonvene in W*®^1" ington next month, are imong the ablest and foremost public men of the countries they represent. Honduras will send Geronimo Zeloya, a prominent lawyer. He was minister of foreign affairs for several years, ur. Fernando Cruz, the representative ot Guatemala, is also the new minister from that country to the United States, having succeeded Francisco Lienfesta. He ar­ rived in this country in July and has been spending the summer with his family on Long Island. Dr. Cruz is probably the foremost literary man in Guatemala, ̂ as well as a politician of high degree. Much public interest attaches to the forthcom­ ing tour of this country, which will be the first business of the congress The parl^ will leave Washington Oct 8. and will be gone forty days. ________ « What Would Mamma Say!" Little Clara (who is crying because her papa is going to marry again) Oh, what would my poor mamma say Sf she were aliTet--Chicago Ledger. Latest reports of the storm along the Atlantic coast bring additional news.of the destruction of life and property. At Sea Isle City, N. J., the- eea wall, of which so much was expected has been washed away except a small por­ tion in front of the Continental hotel. Th» cottages of Senator Crouse and Charles RIcker are gone. The latter was aban­ doned by Henry Burke and his family just two hours befor it felL The Shakspeare- house is demolished, Struther's hotel wrecked, the Excursion house undermined, and the New Line house broken in two! Kennan's Star of the Sea bath houses ar«v damaged; an unfiuished house situated back of the Continental hotel has been turned around; the Continental has been propped; H. L. Thomas' cottage is wrecked; is. W. Crullen's house is under­ mined, and the railroad to Ocean City broken. The lighthouse at the north of the island is tilted and has been abandoned by the keeper and his family, who were taken out of it from the upper floors by the life-saving corps. The old iife-saving station was blown over and crushed in the, side of the new station, which stood back of it Only one man is missing--George Bayers. Ifc is related of him that during the height of the storin he saw his yacht in danger of going to sea. He jumped ia to save it, and was carried ont into the ocean, and has not Deen heard of since. At Atlantic City, N. J., the German ship Geester.nunde, Capt. Lenthe, is aground on Absecon beach. She left Stettin July 14 for Philadelphia; loaded With cement and empty coal-oil barrels, • The great storm has played havoc on the eastern shore of Chesapeake bay flat Onancock, Va. Fridges have been swept away, telegraphic wires blown down, lowlands invaded, and crops ruined. The wind blew a hurricane and the tide rose to an enormous height, completely submerg- ing the wharves at Onancock. Reports from the Metompkin life-saving station are to the effect that the beach has been badly washed and that the station is in immediate danger of being carried into the ocan by the heavy breakers. Lum­ ber is now being hauled to save the Luild- f ing. Lanterns were dashed by the waves frem the hands of the patrolmen as they patrolled the beach. The United States cruiser Atlantic has arrived at Newport, L. I. She left New York last Monday morning and had since been standing off the shore, lying off and on, in order to weather the gale. She took some seas and was pretty wet, but behaved' admirably, surprising oven the officers themselves. The wind was so strong and the sea so high that sometimes for several hours not an inch of progress could be made with six boilers going. The New York and Savannah line steamer Chattahoochle, boun^ for New York, for whose safety there were fears, is at New Castle, Del., for coal and pro­ visions. She has thirty passengers aboard, many of whom started by train for New York. The Cromwell, line steamer Knicker­ bocker, due at New York city Tuesday, arrived Friday morning after a dangerous voyage. So heavy was the storm on Tues­ day that many on board feared the vessel would founder. Several of the crew and passengers were injured by the careening of the vessel, and everything movable on deck was carried away. The wind had a velocity of thirty-one, miles an hour in New Y ork. The velocity at Block Island was forty-two miles, ac PhiWielphia thirty miles, and at Boston twenry-two miles. The heaviest rain fall in the country has been experienced in New York. The down-pour for twenty- four hours was 2.41 inches. The damage suffered by the shipping interest of the city has been very severe. Ship news is very difficult to obtain, as all telegraphic communication with quarantine and Sandy Hook are cut off. The gale drove all in­ coming vessels off the coast, and several days may elapse before they return. The fog, which has» enveloped the lower bay for several days, is clearing away, and the long-delayed steamships are coming up to the city. All the overdue European steamers are crowded with seasick foreign­ ers. A Philadelphia dispatch says: Waterloo, a summer resort on the Delaware bay, is entirely submerged, and out of twenty cottages in the place one belonging to Dr. Hearn of Philadelphia, is the only one re­ maining. . HONORS TO GEN. GRANT. A Notable Celebration ac Fore Leaven­ worth, Kan.-- Imposing: Ceremonies. The statue of Gen. Grant was unveiled at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., last Saturday. Excursions had arrived from the adjoin­ ing States of Missouri and Nebraska, and the city was taxed to its utmost to en­ tertain the thousands of visitors. The occasion was made a holiday. The public buildings in the city were suitably decorated, and from each staff on the front floated the National colors. The special trains which were to carry the people to the fort, where the government troops were drawn up to receive them, entered, and the procession formed and marched to the grounds at the fort, where the monu­ ment stands. There the troops were massed around the veiled figure. Behind them were stationed the U. A. R. posts and uniformed societies. The Rev. E. F. Holland, chaplain of the department of the G. A. R. in Kansas, opened the ceremonies with prayer. Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritfc, U. S. A., ?ommanding. the department of the lissouri, reviewed the work of the Grant monument committee, of which he is. president, and explained how the cost of the tribute had been defrayed by public subscriptions taken in all parte of the country. Then, while the^STxth regiment band played the national air, the General step­ ped forward and, amid the applause of the multitude, unveiled the statue. As the veil fell to the ground there was revealed to the spectators a statue of im­ posing design, and ustic execution. It consists of a bronze military figure of hero­ ic size and nine feet high upon a polished granite pedestal of equal height. The left foot is slightly advanced, and the left hand holds a paper of oillcial appearance, toward which the right forefinger is point­ ing. A slouch hat covers the head. The figure is draped in a long military coat, the cape being thrown back over the shoulders. The pedestal of the statue is a monolith four feet square and five feet high, the top being encircled with a wreath of bay leaves in relief. On the iront is a tablet inscribed with the names of the battles in which Grant was engaged. The rear of the monolith bears equestrian figures of Grant and. his aids-de-camp in relief. • After the statue was unveiled orations Were delivered by Senator Ingall^ of Kan­ sas, Gen. C. W. Blair of Topeka, and the Rev. Henry Smith, chaplain of the post at Leavenworth. Maj. William Warner of Kansas City, ex-commander of the G. A. R., was on tho program, bnt private business in Washington prevented his being present Mussulmans and Hindoos at War. A Simla dispatch says: During the celebra­ tion of a religious festival at Rontak the Mussulmans and Hindoos became involved in religious disputes which led to rioting. The police were compelled to interfere to stop the fighting, but before they succeded many of the rioters were shot by the offi­ cers. The Mussulmans at Delhi, forty-two miles northwest of Rontak, are organizing to avenge the insults put upon them by the Hindoos.