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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 6 Sep 1893, p. 2

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'jjL | m a i • * % fpcpewrs flamdrakr RUPP, PxAbH«h0r. ILLINOIS. QUEER ACT. VERA!DCS HIS ASSOCIATES EN -BANC. tmrm «»* »? •wisRi mm. shortly after taldnight BuMA* morning In the little village of Berlin j near Cairary Cemetery, in the Town) of Newton. The Long Island Bail* road train that left Manhattan Beach at 11:15 o'cloek was overtakei» by the train that left .Rockaway Beach fifteen minutes earlier. In the frightful collision that ensued the two; rear cars of the five that made up the Manhattan Beach tfrain were demol­ ished and the middle car was over­ turned. Hardly one of the scores of paseenerers aboard these three escaped unhurt. $3/ \ as- Killed, Tw»nty-«lfM Injorad the Boston and Albany--Disciples of 0:|:Blackaton« In Convention--Receiver for tbe Klmncaa Canal. F*lr Cm* Nat CONTRARY to all expectations the Clingman injunation case against the World's Fair was not decided Thurs­ day. .The three Judges who heard the motion failed to agree. Judges Dunne and Brentano weoe for the dissolution of the injunction, while Judge Goggin decided that it should stand. Though the practice is that where three Judges ait together the majority shall rule, it was the contrary which prevailed in this case. After the three Judges had taken their places on the bench, Bays a Chicago dispatch, Judge gin attempted to enter an order to continue the case for sixty days alleged attempt to defeat the decision concurred in by his two associates to dissolve the injunc­ tion. Judge Dunne, to whom the read­ ing of the majority opinion had been Intrusted, insisted on his right to do jso. He read the ojunion dissolving the jinjunction, and Judge Goggin re­ newed his attempt to grant a continu­ ance. Ex-Judge Moran, re; |the Exposition Company, adi |Court, referring to the attempted continuance as " judicial anarchy." uudges Brentano and Dunne induced Judge Goggin to leave the bench, and jthen weal into conference with the [Judge tn Chambers. After the con- jfere nee Judges Brentano and Dunne Returned to the bench and announced that Judge Goggin no longer desired jthem in conference with him. Judge iGoggin then entered an order over­ ruling the motion to dissolve, and re- jfused ex-Jsd&e Moran'-s request to set ^ date for hearing a motion to vacate t order. at Milwaukee. -THE sixteenth annual convention of American Bar Association was balled to order in Plymouth Church, Milwaukee, by President John Ran­ dolph Tucker, of Lexington, Va. There were only abeut one hundred Delegate® present, but Secretary* ptis Hinckley, of Baltimore,' explained that the attendance the opening session is always light, and that 100 or 150 more delegates were expected that evening. Ab ut 250 had signified their intention to be present. Immediately after the opening Presi­ dent Tucker read his annual address, which conti ted mostly of a digest of the principal laws passed by Congress and the State Legislatures sinoe the association's last meeting. After hear­ ing Mr. Tucker's address, the conven­ tion proceeded to vote on thirty-one applicants for admission, whose names had been passed upon by the aaaoci- fttlon council. Many Go to , I BY the collapse of a railroad bridge, que and a half miles east of Chester, liass., Thursday afternoon, the Chi­ cago limited express on the Boston and Albany Road, bound east, was thrown into the bed of the stream. The loco­ motive did not go down, but a buffet and two Wagner sleeping-cars were cast into the narrow ravine that forma the bed of the Westfield River at this point. Two ordinary passenger coaches remained on the track, one being sus­ pended half-way over the bank. Of the 150 passengers on the train, 13 were killed outright, 1 died of her injuries early in the evening, and 28 are in­ jured. The three cars that went down w^cebroken almost into bits. « • ? } , • • , * ! * » , H E W S N U G G E T S . / THE Peshter Lloyd reports a change Iflaminent in the Bavarian Legislature Which will involve the proclaiming of Prince Luitpold as King of Bavaria. A ROBBER walked into the People's Bank at Wauseon, Ohio, broke down a door, secured $700 and escaped, while the batik officials and clerks were all at dinner. ! PENNSYLVANIA Republicaas*homin- «ted D. Newlin Fell, of Philadelphia, lor Supreme Judge, and Col. Samuel Jackson, of Armstrong, far State Treasurer. THE steamer City of Savannah, from Boston for Savannah, went ashore on fiie coast of South Carolina in the late Storm and is a total wreck, but not a lUfe was lost. J • THE statement df the receivers of the American Tube and Iron Company jfcows assets of $2,624,841.10 and lia­ bilities of $1,376,857.20, leaving a net •urplus of $1,247,983.90. The sum of $56,654.03 doubtful accounts is not in­ cluded in the assets. AT the funeral of Mrs. MacSills, near ! llontpelier, Blackford County, Ind., fhe coffin had to be taken through a 1 yindow, and required the strength of ^fourteen men to carry it. Mrs. MacSills Weighed 425 pounds, and Jiad tried p' t'<bvery remedy to reduce her flesh. JJJ^" ^ *' CUHE Nicaragua Canal Construction y' •' » c' Company has been placed in the hands i?--T a receiver, because it was not able -1 • t <• Jo raise money to pay its floating debt. President Warner Miller says the Maritime Canal Company, which holds g -i the concessions for the canal and is the t $>arent company, is unimpaired. £%. + - ® • < » ALL employes of the Government at / ; i : "Washington were pud their August Salaries in gold. > . ANDREW JENSEN, clothing, Great rJ>Y • palls, Mont., assigned, with Columbia '...^^ffational Bank of Minneapolis as a pre­ ferred creditor. A. SCHOLL, president of the Olympic ub, was shot and probably fatally ed at New Orleans by Bernard n>tz, the cracker manufacturer, iholl was formerly Kioto's manager, And the trouble is, the result of the fatter's war on the cracker trust. • • V EASTERN. p?' Mttslirt. SHEPHERD, known on the #tage as Miss Marie Prescott, died at I: Jhe Hospital of the Good Samaritan in jKew York, Monday. She had tinder­ s' ' jgone an operation during the afternoon ^"•'W^uid was not able to recover from the f'^ f%hock. she went to N^w York with . ; «er husband, whose stage name is R. McLean, about a week ago ^for the purpose of having the operation per- "...formed. LONG ISLAND CITY, I* I., dispatch: " / An accident that cost the lives of fif- •fe^teen people and injury to forty oo- i- iM; WESTERN. - f > A WB# well only twelvifr-fc&<'(l&fr, near Eau Claire, Wis., caused the death of a 10-year-old sen of James Brown, who fell into it and was over­ come by gas: and his mother, whe tried to rescue him, was nearly suffocated. FIVE men held up a Northern Pacific train near Livingston, Mont., and robbed the passengers of their cash and jewelry. They were unable to get into the express safe, as the messenger did not have the combination of the lock. THE National Association of Fire En- gireers concluded its session at Mil waukee, after selecting Montreal as the place for the next meeting. One of the features of tho last day's session was the presentation of a gold badge to Chief Purcell, of Dublin, Ireland, by Ex-Chief Taylor, of Ribhmond, Va., on behalf of the association. ROBERT ARTHUR, of Greenfield, O., one of the wealthiest farmers in the county, while attempting to stop a runaway horse at the New London Fair, was thrown against a fence, re­ ceiving fatal injuries. At the same time a guy pole fell against Artie Hoffstaller, son of Daniel Hoffstallerj striking him on the head and killing him. WASHINGTON. SENATOR SQUIRE has introduced a bill authorizing the extension to Alaska of the provisions of tbe law appropriat­ ing mon^f for the maintenance of agri­ cultural experiment stations* SuccfissBVE amendments of 16,17,18, 19, and 20 to 1 were defeated Monday in the House on the silver vote, and the Wilson bill for unconditional repeal passed by a vote of 240 to 110. THE Senate has settled for good that it will nol admit Senators appointed by 'Governors w"here the Legislature fails to elect. The understanding at Wash­ ington is that fecial sessions will be called in Montana, Wyoming, and the State of Washington to fill the vacan­ cies. THE Treasury Department at Wash­ ington began paying out gold Friday f$* all checks presented. The Treas­ ury, because of its small receipts and large expenditures, has exhausted its t>aper supply money. The Treasury books showed $97,000,000 gold reserve, and a net balance of $11,000,000, this balance being composed almost entire­ ly of subsidiary coin. FOREIGN. THERE was another anti-French riot at Naples. Three members of the mob were killed and ten wounded by the police before they were dispersed. REPORTS from Paris say that James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, has not recovered from his re­ cent accident, and that another opera­ tion will be necessary. FRANCE will not send military at­ taches to the German maneuvers this fall because the sham battlefield is to be around Metz. The news of the de­ cision has caused surprise in Berlin. THE Hungarian Minister of Agricul­ ture estimates the wheat crop of the World at 2,279,000,000 bushels, against the official average for the last ten years of 2,280,000,000 bushels. The product of the United States is esti­ mated at 397,250,000 bushels, a surplus of 69,513,060 bushels. "WILSON BILL PASSED; ALL AMENDMENTS REJEOTEOf BY DECIDED MAJORITIES. Yeas. .123 "i& .100 *48 ltf • 10» 139 1ST .10* S3T 132 .119 223 103 .136 213 77 .310 10» 131 IN GENERAL W- CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW will receive a million dollars by the will of a Cuban planter who is suffering from an incur­ able complaint. Eighteen years ago Mr. Depew loaned the Cuban $500 to develop an invention for crushing cane sugar. FOLLOWING is the standing of the elub3 of the National League: W. u *E.| w. ...73 n .699]olnetnn*tt«.60 .C$01 Baltlmores.48 677 St. Louis....47 •f49 Chickgos 43 .634- LoalsYllles..40 .510! WMhl'gt'naJf R. G. DUN & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Tbe improvement observed last vtiek has become much more distinct and general While actual transactions bav« Increased bat little, tbe change In public feeling la noteworthy. There are fewer fallutes, eltfae? of banks or of Important commercial or manufacturing concerns, than for some weeks pa9t. Many disasters have beea avoided by a more general pooling of re­ sources and a greater spirit of mutual helpfulness ana forbearance than seen some weeks ago. Bostons Plttsbwge,.,^ ti j?hiladelp'fatM> £4 Cleveland*. 40 Yorka.w, 4S> lysis..53 ci L. IS 87 68 61 m 68 *0. .488 •43? .m .410 Am Jtoi Vail AtteadMm aad Great lateral Marti Proceedings-Silver! tea Phcsor*|i)t Upon the First Hallot--B«ed In • Gandy Suit-- Near. Member. Bow It Was Don* WmfiAlRj£ton correspondence: The temper of tho Houee on the sil­ ver question was clearly rfhown Mon­ day when the voting began upon the amendments contemplating different ratios of ooinage, and the Sherman-, law-repealing^ Wilson bill itself. Following are the results: Ratio of 16 to l Ratio of IT to 1 Ratio of is to 1......... Ratio of 19 to 1 Ratio of 20 to 1 Bland-Allison act...... Wilson repeal bill Most of the members of the House were in their seats at 10 o'clock. The surrounding corridors and lobbies of the floor were also filled with a throng j of people curious to know the outcome j of the oratorical contest which has | been going on within the chamber for ; fourteen days. Eve a those fortunate enough to become possessed of seats in comparative quiet found it impossible to maintain any degree of comfort, for the atmosphere was hot and muggy; heavy clouds lowered over the city, and there was no breath of air stirring. The Leaders Appear. The leaders of the House attracted attention as they came op the floor, Mr. Reed being particularly noticea­ ble because of his suit of Kentucky jeans, enlivened by a red four-in-hand scarf. Gen. Tracey and Mr. Bland were busily engaged in conference with their lieutenants, preparing for the decisive count of votes. Lafe Pence, the enthusiastic populist from Colorado, earnestly assured Amos Cum- mings, of New York, that the end was not yet, despite the defeat of the advo­ cates of free coinage. Bourke Cock- ran did not appear until after the Speaker's gavel fell, but Messrs. Harter, Raynor, and Tv-m L. Johnson, anti- silverite*, buzzed and beamed with the anticipation of victory. After the reeding of the journal John M. Wever, of Now York\ who had not before taken his ̂ eit, appeared at the bar of t le House on the arm of a colleague and was sworn in by the Speaker. The resolution contained in the or­ der of procedure on the t liver ques­ tion was rep rtod by the Clerk, pro­ viding for a vote first upon free coinage of silver at the present ratio of lti to It tl e feeond for ratio of 17 to 1. the third at tho ratio of 18 to 1, th3 fourth at the ratio of 10 to Land ths other at the ratio of 20 to 1. The sixth question cn the order calls for the revival of the Bland-Alli- scn law cf 1878, which was repealed by the Sherman law of 1880, and the last is on the Wilson bill to repeal the Sherman law :'n terms as follows: So much of the act approved July 14,1890, as directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pur­ chase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,«K>,I*<» ounces, or PO much thereof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereon, not exceeding $1 for alibi grains of pure sliver, and to issue in i payment for such purchase treasuiy notes of | the United States, be and the same is hereby i repealed. But this repeal shall not impair nor 1 in anv manner affect the legal tender quality of the standard silver dollars heretofore ; coined, and the faith and credit of the United States arc hereby pledged to maintain the par­ ity of the gold afid silver coin of the United Btates at the present leeal ratio or such Other ratio as may be established by law. Voting on Amendments. The Wilson bill having been read, Mr. Bland offered his amendment-- that of free coinage at a ratio of 16 to 1 --and it was defeated by a vote of yeas 124, nays 226, amid applause from the anti-silver men, who had rallied one more majority than they expected. Not nearly as much interest was taken in the second vote, which was on the ratio of 17 to 1. The decisive vote on the 16 to 1 ratio seemed to dis­ hearten the silver men, and in place cf the attention which was paid to the first, was substituted a listleseness which spread throughout the hall. The ballot resulted in the defeat ef the amendment by a vote of yeas, 100? nays, 240. The Populist members did not i vote. The other standards were de­ feated and the Wilson bill passed in regular order. j The membars who stood by silver under, the Bland-Allison act, but who j finally voted for unconditional repeal were: Alderson (Dem.), Black (Dem., ' Ga.) Brats (Dem.), Brook shire (Dem.), Bunn (Dem.), Conn (Dem.), Donovan Dem.), Doolittle (Rep.), Edmunds Dem.), Hare (Dem.), Holman (Dem.), Hunter (Dem.), Laweon (Dem.), Lester (Dem.), Linton (Rep.), Marshall (Dem.), McCreary (Dem.), McMillin (Dem.), Meredith (Dem.), Montgomery iDem.L Oates (Dem.), 0'Ferrall(Dem.), Paschal (Dem.), Paynter (Dem.), Pendleton (Dem.), Post (Rep.), Price (Dem.j, Richardson (Dem.), Ritchie (Dem.), Russell (Dem.), Stone (Dem.), Swanson (Dem.), Taylor (Dem.), Tucker (Dem.), Turpin (Dem.), Tyler (Dem.), Weadock (Dem.), Whiting (Dem.). V SOUTH CHICAGO AFTER THE RECENT FIRE. ACRES ARE IN PROS Favor a ft*• TARIFF ':j RUIN WROUGHT 3Y THE. SOUTH rm«. xv.; Kaajr Families Destitute of Shelter, Food mud Clothing--Thieves Pillage the Terror* anteku) ••Boported. HAT CONGRES# ocrata in the Ffntise .te Attack on the MS* A Blackened TPaste. Late reports say that the loss from the terrible fire' which nearly swept the village of South Chicago off the .earth will be at leaet one-tourth less than was estimated during the progress •ot the conflagration. The official re­ port of the police is that 131 houses were burned in place of 200 or250 aa reported first. One who is familiar with the character and cost of the structures said that the average cost of the burned dwellings was $1,500, . and that they were mostly insured. A conservative estimate of the losses on ROUTED THE RIOTERS CHICAGO POLICEMEN DISPERSE „ , Y f - ' I m o i M ' A V f t . ? • Pwade of the Unemployed and Hongry Become* a UVIMI Babble--Dispersed by Police--Several Officers Badly Injured --Rioters Clabbed and Arrested* Clash with a Crowd. Chicago's unemployed, led by shift­ iest agitators, again brought on the in­ evitable riot which has lately followed their daily street parades. For a brief time the elements were at work which create destruction, both of life and property, and the results might have oeen lamentable had not the police been prompt and vig­ orous in suppress­ ing the outbreak. As it was, there w e r e b r u i s e d heads and lacer­ ated flesh, both of {>olicemen and aymen. It was a very short but bloody battle be­ tween the officers DISCUSSING THE SXTUA- and a riotous mob Tioff. of at least 1,000 men. live police officers were hurt, but by vigorous use of their clubs they put the rioters to flight. Fortunately, says a dispatch, the battle was fought in the shadow of the city hall directly in front of police , , ,, headquarters. Elsewhere it might free COIEa !FE at the have been more serious. Instantly there were enough of the officers of the law at hand to supress and disperse the crowds. But there were exciting movements afterward, for the police from the neighboring precirfcts had been summoned and they elme by tozens in patrol wagons with li>rses at ill gallop. For twenty minutftj these re-enforcements poured in from every direction. For a week unemployed men have been parading the streets in violation of the ordinances and to the obstruc­ tion of business traffic. Emboldened , by the reluctance of the police to pro- | voke trouble, the men became bolder I day by day, until several persons had been assaulted for attempting to pass ' through the line. Saturday, after lis­ tening to several incendiary speeches from loud-mouthed agitators, the crowd started on its daily parade, headed by a band furnished by some one who, it appears, has money to buy bands but cannot buy bread. There were fully 1,000 men in line. ancL a cabman going north on Clark street attempted to drive through the line. MARKET REPORTS. 13 35 @ 5 25 8 75 & 6 00 8 CO & 3 75 61H@ 62)4 87 & 36 28 ^ 24 48 & 45 34 & 25 13&9 14* 45 d 65 CHICAGO. CjP! A LS -Common to Prime. Ho«s--Bhlpplntf Grades SHEEP--Fair to Choice ....... WHEAT--No. 2 Spring..., Otws--No. 2. OASES--No. 2 RX*--No. Z BUTTKB--Choloe Creamery Eoos--Fresh. POTATOES--New, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping HOGS--Choice Light BHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Red COEN--No. 2 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoes WHEAT--No.*2 Bed COBIU--No. A OATS--No. 2 BYE--No. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos BHEEP "WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBS--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed BTE--No. 2 DETROIT. CATTLE. HOGS BHEEP.. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 0AT8--No. 2 White, old _ TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS-^-NO. 2 White BTE--No. 2. „ „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Bard. COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATB-NO. 2 White BYE--NO. 2. _ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring.... COBN-NO. 3., OATS--No. 2 White EYE--NO. 1 BABLEY--No. 2 POBK--Men NEW YOBK. CATTLE HOGS....'. SHEEP.. "" WHEAT--No. 2 Bed ! COBN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western..,.. BUTTEB--C r e a m e r y . , V t H i POBK--New Mesa it 00 t 50 12 75 Engineering. S THE first society of civil engineers was formed in Londo'n, 1793. CLEGG and Samuda, in 1838, patented the first pneumatic railroad. THERE are many stone bridges in China dating from 1000 B. C. IN 1847 all London houses were com- pelled to connect with sewers. NEARLY 100 different machines have, been invented for boring rock. THE ideas of American bridge build­ ers have been copied all over the world. THERE are over seventy miles of tun­ nels cut in the solid rock of Gibraltar. THE first large iron bridge in the world was built over the Severn in 1777. PNEUMATIC tubes are now in use in most telegraphic and newspaper offices. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE was taken from Egypt to England in a vessel built round ft. THE central span of the St. Louis bridge is 520 feet, the side 0pans 515 feet each. LEVEES were erected by the Baby­ lonians and Egyptians, described by Herodotus. THE famous bridge constructed by Queosn Nitocris, at Babylon, and de* scribed.by Diodorus, was five furlongs long. THE embankment of the Thames was encouraged by James L THE Brooklyn suspension bridge ie 5,8(52 feet long, 1,595 feet central span and 135 feet high. "ENGINEERING is the wrt of direct­ ing the great sources of power in na­ ture for the use and convenience of man." THE accuracy of the surveying in ancient engineering is marvelous con­ sidering the rudeness of the instm merits. THE first tunnel for commercial pur­ poses was executed by M. Riguet, in the reigc. cf Louis XTv.« at Bezieres, France. i \ m THE BEGINNING OF THE BIOT In less time than it takes to tell it driver and horse were sur­ rounded by 100 howling menj many of whom flourished ugly clubs in the sir and threatened to brain the victim of their wrath. The terrified cabman applied the whip to his horse and suc­ ceeded in breaking away. In a few minutes a Unit 3d States mail wagon attempted to pass through the line and again the mob surged around the vehicle, threatening to upset it, when some one cried: "Hold on/boys. That's Uncle Sam's wagon." "D----n Uncle Sam," cried a black-browed tough who had hold of a wheel. "Let's spill the mail." His less brutal comrades urged him to desist, and the parade was re­ sumed, but it was evident that the men meant mischief. Numbers of them bore clubs. Others stooped as they walked and were observed to pick up paving stones and carry them m their hands. All this time there had been no interference on ihe part of the police. Bunt Fwth Like a Volcano. As the turbulent portion of the pro­ cession, which had just been cheated of a victim at the intersection of Clark street, reached the Washington street entrance of the City Hall the brooding storm broke loose. The object of the mob's wrath was H. H. Martindale, who was seated in a buggy and was driving east on Washington street. Martindale asked for passageway, and this was the signal for an outburst of a volcano. Two dozen fierce-looking men sprang from the line and surround­ ed Martindale. Two biff fellows seized his horse by the bridle and others grasped the wheels of the vehicle, white they poured horrible curses upon the trembling occupant of the vehicle, who was too much frightened to utter a word. Those in front and those in the rear saw the crowd of excited men and ran toward the buggy. In a moment the street was jammed with hundreds of howling, cursing, frenzied men, who seemed wild with rage. With a howl of anger the mob made a united lurch at the buggy and threw it completely over, Martindale being thrown under the feet of the mob^ It was then that the police in­ terfered, taking vigorous and effec­ tive means of quelling tho disturbance. A number of arrests were made. May­ or Harrison has issued orders that no more parades will be permitted under any pretext, and meetings of idle men will De closely watched for signs of dis­ order. DEATH CLAIMS A DOZEN. Terrible iarilint Occam oa the Lent 1*1- •Ml Boid Twelve persons are dead and others will die as the result of * a terrible rail- xclusive of the larger ones, y- thing like an accurate statement as to the amount and value of property de­ stroyed. By the time the cooler esti­ mates of tne fire were complete the total losses wer3 figured like the sums given below: LOWEST ESTIMATE. / 1S1 buildings at Louts Frey'a ettlmitfi; of average eoet. of $196,800 German Lutheran Church, »ist street and Superior avenue... Zlon'e Lutheran School, 91 et street and Superior avenue First U. E. Church, Superior avenue. between 90th ani ox«t streets Sunday Creek Coal Company, George K. Edwards' estimate A. T. Thatcher estate, coal plant, Har­ bor avenue and river 11,000 3.600 6,000 60,000 98,000 buildfcsg; way collision just outside of Long Isl- 1 ®lu^hfB and.^e £ke' is $1+^'50?- and City. The accident happened near "^impossible, however, to get any- the bridge across Newton creek, on the Long Island railroad. A Rockaway train had just emptied its passengers at the Hunters'Point depot. It start­ ed to return to the bridge at the yards , at Biissville. Just across the bridge it collided with a passenger train from Manhattan Beach. The Manhattan Beach train had been standing in the block to permit a train ahead getting at a safe distance. The floekaway Beach train came dashing along be­ hind, ran into the same block, «.TM* crashed into the rear end of the Man­ hattan Beach train. Both were crowd­ ed with excursionists, and both were the last trains from their respective resorts. There were five cars in the Manhat­ tan beach train, all of them open. The Rockaway train plunged in and plowed its way completely through the two rear cars and partly wrecked the third. Passengers in each of these three were maimed and mangled horribly and their shrieks of terror and pain were awful. Everybody in those cars was either killed or injured. The third car was oompletely thrown from traok. The Rockaway engine was wrecked. Its smokestack was carried away and its huge boiler resembled a pincushion from the timbers of the wrecked cars sticking into it. Upon these timbers human beings were impaled, some dead and others gasping their last. List of the Dead. Total. .$391,000 HIGHEST ESTIMATE. SSI tjmfMInjrs at George K. Edwards' esti­ mate of average cost of $2,100. $386,000 German Lutheran Church at 91st street Superior avenue. &lon'e LMtheran fcchool at til at street and* Superior avenue. FIrpt. M. li Church, on Superior avenue, between Mth and Olat streets Sunday Creek Coal Company, Superin­ tendent L. H. Hullock's estimate A. T. Thatcher estate, coal plant, Har­ bor avenue and river 28,000 11,000 8,600 8,000 178,000 Total $606,600 Various rumors were current as to the origin of the fire, which those best informed declared was caused by a small bonfire built by the children of Conrad Papp, who lived at 142 Ninety- first street. In some manner a spark from this bonfire fell upon some hay Which was stored in a barn in the rear of "those killed outright Is | the^northwost^had^ blowifs^eadilyiSl day, and everything was like tinder. When the flames were seen bursting through the roof of the barn, the com­ bustible material with which the Papp residence was surrounded proved to be Cot. E. A. BUCK, editor of the Spirit of the Times. OSCAB DIETZEL; died at St. John's hospitaL MRS. MAOQIE DIETZEL, wife, 29 years; died at morgue. Mas. BERTHA WEINSTEXN. SIDNEY "WEINBTEIN, her son. THOMAS FINN, brakeman. UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN, blonde; twe cards In pockets: upon one "Laura Duffy," on the other "Misa Young." UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, <0 years; two cards in pocket, upon one "Mrs. John Conrad," on the other "Mrs. Dyckoff." UNIDENTIFIED MAN with letter In pocket ad­ dressed to Alexander Grlllette, New York. UNIDENTIFIED MAN with letter In pooked ad­ dressed to Mr. Ditman, New York, also cheok for $125, slimed D. J. Needburg. UNIDENTIFIED MAN with bunch of keys marked "J. J. Hyland, "Westerly, R. I," and small prayer book with 41 J. J. Clancy" on fly leaf. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, shirt marked "B. P.:" card in pocket with George Fielding upon It, and a valise tug marked with the same name. UNIDENTIFED MAN, with letter addressed to Miss McKenna, Clifton Terrace,, Sosobank, 8. I., in pocket. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, with letter In pocket addressed to Mr. Stein, New York. The scene was indescribable. The dead and wounded were scattered through the wreckage both upon and beyond the tracks. Everything was spattered with the blood of the dead and wounded, and the cries of the lat­ ter rose above the hissing of steam and the calls of the frantic trainmen. As fast as the injured could be taken from the wreck they were carried to the relief train and cared for. The doctors on board worked swiftly and well, while the other medical men were out in the wreck applying restoratives and making hurried dressings of wounds to sustain the sufferers until they could be put on the ••relief train for more careful treatment. The dead were taken by special train to Newtown, which is nearest the scene of the acci­ dent, and placed in a morgue by the order of the Coroner. CROPS OF THE WORLOB Careful Estimates Prepared by the Aus­ trian Government Officials. The estimates of the harvests of the world, which are prepared annually by Austrian Government officials have been made public. The estimated yield for North America is 382,000,000 bushels of wheat, 24,333,000 bushels of rve, and 1,809,000,000 bushels of corn. The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture estimates the world's production of wheat this year at 2,279,000,000 bushels, against the official average of 2,280,- 000,000 annually for tho last ten years. He also gives the following figures: The deficits to be filled by the import- irg countries will require 379,000,000 bushels. The surplus available in ex­ porting countries to satisfy this de­ mand is 378,666,000 bushels. The pro­ duction of wheat and the deficit (amount needed ' above the domestic supply) in each importing country is given. Product in bushels. Great Britain France Germany ready fuel for their progress, and it was evident from the start that a seri­ ous blaze was inevitable. The flamSs were spread rapidly by the flying sparks in every direction, and seeing that the surrounding: property was in imminent danger, Captain Wilson at cnce turned in a 4-11 alarm. Another theory is that 9-year-old Birdie May, daughter of John May, who lived at 43048 Superior avenue, started the conflagration while at play in the yard of Patrick Tulley's house in the rear of William Giles' residence at 159 Ninety-first street. It is said that the child threw away a burning {>iece of paper she had lighted and it odged under the porch of the Tulley house, setting the rubbish on fire, the flames from which caught the house. Mrs. Tulley barely escaped from the house with her two children. From there the fire spread to the Giles' house and soon through the entire burned district. Nearly ore hundred and forty build­ ings went down before the flames like straw in a furnace, and an immense district, twenty acres in extent, is all that remains in blackened ana dis­ torted u^liuees of what was the site of a multitude of happy and contented homes. Immense lumber yards and huge coal sheds vanished Dafore the fierce onslaught of the fire, and hun­ dreds of South Chicago's population stood panic stricken and appalled around the charred fragments of their for­ mer homes. Utter desolation pre­ vailed among the homeless. Women and children roamed the streets until 8 o'clock in the morning. Some of them were given shelter by kind neighbors. Others slept on tne bare ground in back yards and vacant lots. Children were crying for food and their parents had none to give them. The community seemed paralyzed by the misfortune that had overtaken it. If tbe stories of the homeless ones around those rftins are to be believed the excitement attending the fire was made the occasion of wholesale rob­ bery. Men with wagons drove up to the houses nearest the fire, coolly load­ ed on their vehicles everything port­ able in the places and drove away in spite of the protests of the rightful owners. SINGLE TAX CONGRESS. . 66,780,000 .283,704,000 . 90,795,000 .122.012,000 . 6,384,000 . «,639,000 . 16,605,01)0 . 4,250,000 . 4,823,000 . 76,612,000 . 6.675,000 . 4,265.000 49,400,000 Deficit. 184,427,000 46,818,000 25,637,000 22,700,000 8,512,000 12,768,000 24.118,000 8,688,000 2,270,000 9,612,000 6,676,000 T,877,000 89,736,000 ItalT Netherlands Switzerland Belgium Denmark Norway and Sweden. Spain Portugal Greece Austria The produotion and surplus in each exporting country are given thus: Product in bu. Surplus. Russia 432,9(15.000 U7.893.000 Huncrafy 141,87n,ooo 45,400.000 Roumaaia 4M18,<hk) 84,050,000 Turkey 23,375,000 0,875,000 Bulgaria 81.977,000 10,182,000 Servia 8,512,000 8,406,006 United States 897.250,ooo ®9;618,000 j Canada 48,980,000 9,931,000 ! I"di; 274,«as"«0 42,662,000 i Rest ef Asia. 65,2{>i>» 7,093,000 Africa : 86,716,000 8.688.000 Australia 8»,7i»,000 19,295.000 Argentina 66,7£o.ooo 26,105,000 Chill, etc 19.W52.000 6,636,000 Telegraphic CUcbs. DURING July 120 deaths from yellow fever occurred in Havana. THE Fourth National Bank at Louis­ ville has resumed business. COUP & Co., tanners, assigned at North Attleboro, Mass., owing $70,000. THE Columbian liberty bell has been shipped from Troy, N. Y., for Chicago. TRAINMEN on the Louisville & Nash­ ville decide to strike e gainst a cut in wages. THE St. Louis lumber firm of Stern & Mohlman has failed. The debts are $50,000. FOUR pontoons and a schooner were wrecked two miles north of Narragan- sett, R. I. IL.SL.EY, DOUBLEDAY & Co., paints, failed at New York. ^Liabilities, $150,- 000; assets, $210,000. * . J. H. HANAN'S new steam yaeht made 20} .miles an hour on her trial cruise on Long Island Sound. Advocates of That Doctrine Meet at the , Art Palaee, Chicago. A congress in which much interest is centered met at the Art Palace in Chi­ cago. It was the single tax congress. Advocates of the doctrine of equal tax on all land and that nothing should be taxed but land were there and listened to speeches by the most noted advocates of that belief. Henry George, the Rev. Edward McGlynn, Jerry Simpson, and others nearly as wcll known were in attendance. Henry George spoke on "The Single Tax. The Rev. Mr. McGlynn followed him. His subject was "The Sintrle Tax and the Church." The relation of single j tax to the temperance question, the 1 commercial crisis, education, the press, sanitary reform, and many otheir meas­ ures were diecussed. The women ad­ vocates of single tax met in hall 3 and several female speakers were heard. Notes of Current Events. THE graduating class at Chautauqua numbers 225. A NEW case of yellow fever is report­ ed at Brunswick, Ga. RAILROAD property in Indiana is as­ sessed at $160,000,000. THE George H. Lain Furniture Com­ pany, St. Paul, assigned. Liabilities, 1100,000. Mis 3 OPIE KINRISCH, passenger on the steamer Majestic, dlea on the voy- t age between New York and Queens- ! town. BUT 1,000 men are now employed in the Santa Fe shops at Topeka, Kas. Last year at this time 2,000 men were at work. G. A. REYNOLDS, a Utica (N. Y.) shoe manufacturer, has failed. His as­ sets are $500,000 and the liabilities are $260,000. BECAUSE Missouri River lines refuse to accept its basing rates, the Union Pacific declares the Western Associa­ tion agreement void. A RAINFALL of over two inches in three quarters of an hour at Sioux City did unprecedented damage. It was ac­ companied by fearful electrical die* turbances. Dolnfcs at the Capital. Washington correspondence: - • rjij: IT is the plan of Bland* : Springer and Crisp to go right on with Con- gre.-*sknal business and avoid an ad­ journment. T h & sentiment of nearly all the Democrats and a strong con­ tingent among the* Republicans is in favor of continuing jin session and go at the tariff, the ap­ propriations and all other qu e s t i o n s which press for set­ tlement. This is par ticularly true Of the Southern and Western Democrats who dislike to go home and face tbe resentment of silver constituents over the House outcome on the Wilson bill. A^ide from that, as 6tated by Fithian, Dockerv of Mis­ souri, Savers of Texas, ana others, they believe that prompt, radi­ cal steps ill tariff revision wilt allay the indignation of their people. They are getting letters every day which show their districts to be anre over the silver question* They think a strong tariff bill might be used in the natrre of a wet blanket to smother these silvor flam JS. It can be safely said that th- eo out of every five Congressmen here d > not want to ad­ journ, but are eageto push on with the work and get through. However^ this wants to bo remenffaered: Con- gress proposes but Cle1 e and disposes. Congress will adjourn o.* not just as President Cleveland wishe ?, and no one has heard whether Mr. Cleveland wants it t) adjourn or not. Routine Proceedings. Saturday, in tho House. ex-SpoaftBr'Ttoed, and Bourke Cochr.tn spoke In fuvor of the repeftl of «he Sherman law. Mr. Blundl followed Mr. Cochran, advocating froo Bllver. and WHS followed bv Mr. McMlllliL ;- ot Tennesseo; Mr. Gear, of Iowa; and Mfc Wilson, author of tho Wilson retenr bitt, who all oppise ihe Sherman law. Tho dc*. bate In the IIou e was ended. Tho Senate will probably go rlnht along talking silver* as It has beon dolnjr for several 'days. "It will do this for t« o weeks, and probab% " longer before the final vota will be taken, 'i he House was oeeu led Monday a!t#is Retber with the silver question. The Peti» ate, by a voto of to 29. decided ths>t M%. Mantle, of Montana, and Mr. Alien. ef: W«shlnKton, nre not entitled to seats Jn that body, and that the Govornor of a* State has no right to appoint a Senator to- fill a vacancy caused by tho expiration of a regular term not happening by resigm),!*- tlon or otherwise. Th<> House bill t.orepea% the Sherman net was laid before ihe Senate- , and referred to the committee on financfe. The bill allowing tbe banks to increase their circulation up to the par value of the bonds deposited by them was taken up, the • question belrrz on the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell for the redemption of sucb two t ©* cent, bonds as may be mude and the payment therefor In a new issue ef treasury notes. The amendment wts r«>» Jected--yeas 2U, nays 2ft Mr. Cock reft then offered nn amendment authoris­ ing the holders of any United State* b mdS to deposit and receive in exchange legal lender notes equal to tho face value of the bonds, the bonds to bo held In the treasury eulilect to redemption in the same amount of legal-tender notes. which are then to be destroyed, and no intereslh to be paid on the b>nds while so held the treasury. Vut whe'i again withdrawn the Interest Is to be paid, less l^per cent, per annum; but without notion the Senate- proceeded to executive business and soon adjourned. Tuesday In the House was marked by a lively tilt between ex-Speaker Reed and Speaker Cris|\ The latter left tho chair to reply to criticisms by Mr. Reed and ti sustain his own position. In the Senate ft resolution offered by Mr. Stewart, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate whether ihere is danger of si • deficiency in the revenues of the govern"! mont during the current year, and, If se> what is the probable amount of such d&^ flclency and whether the legislation necessary to supply such deficiency, was adopted. Mr. Doli h introduced a bill (which was referred to the Committee cn Foreign Relations) appropriating $900,004 to enable the f ecretary of the Treasury tq enforce the Chinese exclusion act Ellvei discussion is not yet ended. Senator Sherman. In his speech Wednes­ day, submitted no plan, but made a fee suggestions. lie thinks that tho ellvei bullion now in tho Trotsury should all bf coined, and he is also in favor of author^ . Islng the Secretary of the Treasury or th# President to lssne bonds whenever it It necessary. Mr. Sherman was followed by Mr. Teller, and at the conclusion of Mr. Teller's speech the Senate went into ex­ ecutive session. The House is still dis­ cussing rules. Mr. Wolcott, ot Colosado. addressed the Senate Thursday, deprecating the repeat of the Sherman act; he was opposed by Mr. Gaffery, of Louisiana. The resolu­ tions of tbe House on the death of Repre­ sentative Mutchler. of Pennsylvania, wers laid before the Senate and resolutions ex­ pressive of the sorrow of the Senate were offered by Mr. Cameron and sitrreed to, and the Senate, as a further evidence of re­ spect to tbe memory of the deceased, ad­ journed. The He use was occupied all the day with its rules. How the World Wag*. THE Fourth National Bank of Louis* ville, Ky., has resumed. IT is denied that Miss Florence Pull* man is to marry Prince Isenberg. IT is said that Miss Annie Howard, of New Orleans, will marry Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago. A MOB of unemployed laborers at Denver drove away seventy-five men who were working on a sewer at $1.2G a day. BARON VON SAURMA-TELSTCH, the new German ambassador, has arrived in New York. EASTERN lines will follow the leadol Western, and will adopt half rates for State days at the Fail*. THE Harvest Home picnic for South* ern Michigan at Devil's Lake was at* tended by 20,000 farmers IN an address at Kissingen Prince Bismarck declared himself opposed to the centralization of the imperial power. A. V. BLYTHE, Sheriff of Miller Coun­ ty, Ark., Is $16,000 short in his ac- oounts. EXPERT HAYES, from Comptroller Eckles' office, has gone to'Indianapolis to unravel the affairs of the Hauirhey Bank. GEORGIANS express an opinion that^ - Minister Blount will receive the Dem»" - ocratic nomination for Governor oil Qeorgia. MOLLIE BIGFORD, a pretty 18-year* old member of the Wilbur Opera Com­ pany, died at St. Paul from a criminal o operation. SPEAKERS at a meeting of unen^i^ ployed in New York made anarchistic speeches and the police broke up thf .; gathering. ;• ', SEVERAL encounters occurred AT ; Vienna between strikers and police. A large number ^ff per were pounded. - -V: i wmi AM.M -A Jr, i J

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