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W§: • • • •• ipppgp ,v-. I THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. ' MoBfiNEY. ILLTNOK WORK OF HELEN KELLER, THE FAMOUS BLIND GiRL. . She Astonishes Cambridge Educa­ tional Critics-Corner-Stone Laid for " • Monument to 6,000 Dead Union Veterans--Rockford Bank Failnrer ||| Bi-f: fe' life Famous Blind Girl at College. Helen Keller, the one ,blind and deaf (lrl in the world who known to have mastered the extremely difficult" accom­ plishment of lip reading by touch, has as­ tonished her teachers by passing the entrance examination^ v.en at Radclifle In English, German. Eroneh and history. This famous blind girl, after she left tlje "Wright Humason School for the Deaf, NewjYork, in June last, went to Cape Cod for*the summer,, and a few weeks ago entered the Oilman Preparatory School for Girls in Cambridge.'Mass. She is now 1(5 years old. When she enters the college she will be much younger than the average matriculant And her teachers have no doubt that her standing will be itigh from the first. She submitted type-- written answers' in the mi official examina­ tion, which she passed some days ago as * test, and, although deaf and blind, the time she consumed was ho greater^than that usually allowed .for the work when the usuaitappiicants are examined. Tennessee's Loyal Soldiers. In the presence of 10,000 old soldiers mnd their'descendants the corner-stone of a. monument to the G,000 Union soldiers of Tennessee who perished in the war was laid at Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday by Grand Army Posts, Women's Relief Corps, and Sons of Veterans. 'A histori­ cal paper was read by William Rule, of 3£noxville, past department commander, *nd the oration was delivered by Gen. G. P. Thurston, of Nashville, who served en Gen. Thomas' staff. In the historical paper.it was shown that 20 per cent, of Tennessee's " enlisted men died from wounds, disease, and in rebel prisons, a larger fercentage than of any other State. Ov«sr 1,200 died in prison. The monu­ ment will be erected in the National Cem­ etery. It will be constructed of Tennes­ see marble; will be over fifty feet high and crowned by the figure of an infantry­ man in bronze. It will cost completed *15,000, - . . „//' ^ BREVITIES. Jose M. Carbo Aguirre, governor.^f the province, asking whether* assistant was required, the' firm receVved the follow ̂ Lng response: "In the name of the gov- , «*rnment and the people of" Ecuador I thank you for your offer, and if any as­ sistance can be given by the New York "Stock Exchange or others it will be gratefully received "on behalf of the suf­ ferer 6. The fire destroyed more than one-half of the city, including the rich­ est and finest part. The 1 losses aggre­ gate more than 100,009.000 pesos and more than thirty thousand, persons are homeless and without bread." 3 < At daybreak Sunday morning the Amer­ ican schooner Luther A. Roby, from Scfitverie, Nova Scotia, for Philadelphia, with a cargo of plaster, struck near the point of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, while a terrible northeast gale was prevailing. The force of the sea was so great that the vessed pounded to pieces on the sands before the life-saving men could get a line to it. Three of 'the crew lost their lives, and five were rescued after an awful experience with the elements. The dead are Harry Milley, Thomas Simes, and an unknown Norwegian sailor. One of the killed lost his life by being struck by the mainmast when it fell. When the schooner went to pieces the five rescue^ men managed to get hold -*f the deck house. On this /rail raft they were buf­ feted about, at the mercy of the enor­ mously high seas until they were seen by the life-savers. A rope was thrown to them and the five men, now nearly ex­ hausted, were hauled through the roaring, eurf to a place of safety. A severe north­ easterly gale raged all "along;the Atlantic coast Sunday night, .accompanied by rain. hitherto practically forbidden capital port of Turkeyv At Smyrna Minister Terrell will board the Bancroft, which will be- ;come the dispatch boat .of our legation by this simple action. No formal request is to he preferred foe th«j privilege of en­ tering the Sea of Marmora and no oppor­ tunity will be given the Porte to exercise the powers of denial. It Is not anticl pated the Turkish authorities on learning of the purposo of Minister Terrell, will resist forcibly the approach of the Ban­ croft to their capital. That action is fraught with too many disastrous results, itesides, tho United States Government has the tacit support cf Russia and other foreign powers in its movement to com< mand the. Sultan's attention. /I FOREIGN. J ' WESTERN. Merchant RosenWsom, of Omaha, was refused his citizenship papers in the Dis­ trict Court because he could not name the number of6 Representatives each State has in Congress. Ex- Gov. Silas J. Woodson died at the St. Joseph Hospital in St. Joseph. Mo.. Thursday evening after an illness of more than a year. It was a prradual wasting away from the effects of old-age. He was unconscious for twenty-four hours pre­ vious to his death. The nominees in Illinois of the gold standard Democrats for Electors, Con­ gress, and the Legislature will appear on the official ticket under the heading of "Independent Gold Standard Democ­ racy." This is the result of an agree­ ment entered into at Springfiefild Mon­ day by parties representing both sides. After being out several hours at Mexico, Mo., the jury in the Janrary murder case returned a verdict of ^i.'ty and assessed the boy's punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The prisoner, Will Janu­ ary, killed his father, Alexander January, in a liorr:51e manner, first shooting him from ambush and then beating his brains out with a plank. He claims his father had threatened the lives of the entire January family. Mrs. John Meyers and her 13-year-old son are in jail at Atchison, Kan., the lat­ ter charged with murdering Lester Dyke, the 12-year-old son of a neighbor, and the former with" being an accessory to the crime. The trouble arose over a kitten belonging to the Meyerses, and the most reliable version of the affair indicates that the mother encouraged tier son to commit the crime. The boys quafreled over the possession of the kitten, and Mrs. Mey­ ers, it is said, incensed by seeing her Obituary: At Bourbon, Ind., Asa St. 3ohn, 81.--At Elkhart, Ind., Lucian M. Hopkins, 25.--At Saginaw, Mich., Frank 8. Erd. . \ ' Rear Admiral Gherardi, U. S. N., has t>een elected commander-in-chief of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Obituary: At Alto, Ind., William Har­ rison Finch, 74.--At Warrington, Ind., Dr. R. D. Hanna.--At Bay City, Mich., James Shearer, 73. It is rumored that a new Roman Cath- I boxful gpr^hi^wTVr*t<-if tire-grnfrfflty fuld l diers who--were lounginy in front--of--a m: lilt elic province is to be created in New Xork State and that the new archbishop will be Right Reverend John J. Keane. The Marine National Bank at Dnluth, 'Minn., has suspended and the bank exam­ iner is in charge. Inability to make col­ lections rapidly enough fo meet withdraw­ als is assigned as the cause. The bank has a capital of $250,000. No statement has been issued. The National Live Stock Exchange, in cession at Fort Worth, Texas, has elect­ ed these officef^: Fresident, W. H. Thompson; Secretary, C. A. Baker; Terasurer, Mr. Doud; Vice Presidents, I. Ingerson, Sioux City; E. McCall, Pi'tts- burg; Joseph Adams, Chicago; A. D. Evans, East St. Louis; W. E. Skinner, Fort Worth; J^ R. flatter, Kansas City; T. D. Perrine, ?)maha. ^"Secretary Francis received a telegram aaying that forest fires were devastating the San Gabriel reserve in Southern Cal­ ifornia and asking if the Government • could render any assistance. The reserve is under .control of the Interior Depart­ ment, but no money has been appropriated to protect it. Secretary Francis has ask­ ed the War Department if any assistance can be given by the troops. James H. Wyatt, confined in the jail at Clinton, 111., for* larceny,. confessed the murder of Daniel H. G^'lham, in Alton, six years ago, and then cheated the law of its prey by hanging himself to the bars of his cell. George «Starkey and John Brown were convicted tff Gillham's mur­ der, mainly on Wyatt's evidence, and sen­ tenced to thirty years' imprisonment. Starkey died in prison three weeks ago. The resignation of Surgeon Hamilton, ef the Marine Hospital service at Chi­ cago, was accepted by the president Fri­ day afternoon. In the controversy which has existed between Surgeon Hamilton and Surgeon General Wyman ever, since the latter succeeded Dr.. Hamilton as the head of the bureau the treasury officials have a'.ways sided with Dr. Wyman and have given him their full support, and the statement is made o:i high authority that no exception will be made in the present instance. The Comptroller of the Currency an­ nounces the failure ef the Second Na­ tional Bank of Rockford, 111. Bank Ex­ aminer D. A. Cook has been placed in charge. The bank has a capital stock of $200,000, and at the date rof its last re­ port nad deposits to the amount of $320,- 000 and undivided profits aggregating $70,000. Inability to realize on its as­ sets is given as the cauae of the failure. The officecs of the bank are: E. L. Wood- raff, President; W. B. Barbour, Vice Presidant; George.L. Woodruff, cashier; Willis M. Kimball, Assistant Cashier. Many of the wealthy men of the city are interested as stockholders. In the United States Court of Appeals at St. Louis Judge Caldwell rendered a decision in the case of W. F. Werner, col­ lector of taxes for Crittenden County, Arkansas, reversing the decree of the lower court, and in effect holding that a United States marshal cannot interfere with a constable in the possession of prop­ erty which the latter has levied on. Dr. Herman Rakenius, of Chicago, who has been trying ever since last April to secure the possession of his two children, Elsa, n. girl of 15, and Carl, a boy of 12, has been awarded their custody by Court Commissioner Harper at Milwaukee. EASTERN. The Morgan Lumber Company's big •team mill jit Glens Falls, N. Y., was com- pelled'to, Shut down,,owing to a scarcity of logs. There are about a hundredJthou- sand logs stranded on the shores of Big Bay, but heavy rains- and a fresheteiare needed to float them down-stream. Zimmerman & Forshay, New York bankers, ask aid for the sufferers from the fire that wiped out half the City of Guayaquil, Ecuador, whichtheydes<5rib& as the only artery of comriiunication be­ tween that county and the United States. Having peat a cable message to him to get a«knife and stab his adversary. He obeyed what is alleged to have been her command, by stabbing young Dyke over theteart. The latter cahnot live? ' The following figures tell the story of Chicago's observance of the twenty-fiftti anniversary of the big fire: Number of men in-line.......... 100 Mounted Carriages.... Political clubs Bands Tallyhos Floats 01)00 2|B74 178 9(3 125 10 111 Passing given point.......5 hrs. 10 min. Passengers airri^ to parade: South Side surface line? .. S0.000 North gide surface lines SO,000 West Side surface lines 80,000 Lake street elevated 40,000 Metropolitan elevated i......... 20,000 Alley elevated 30,000 Chicago & Northwestern 80,000 Union depot roads 40,000 Illinois Central 35,000 Dearborn station roads 18,000 Grand Central station roads 12,000 Lake Shore and Rock Island .... 13,000 Nickel Plate 6,000 V. : Total 534.000 After murdering Marshal Will Galvin, of Bancroft, Iowa, one of the men who brought him to bay Friday, escaping from a house surrounded b.v a sheriff's posse and riding four miles on his bicycle, one of the bandits who robbed the Sherburne, Minn., bank and killed the assistant cash­ ier and a traveling salesman, seeing that he was doomed, sent a bullet crashing through his own brain and fell dead at the feet of his pursuers. A punctured bicycle tire was responsible for his falling into the hands of the men who were hungry for his blood, and he cheated in the hour of their victory. Nearly all of the $1,000 stolen from the bank was found in the possession of the bandit who killed himself. The other is under arrest. Two hours and a half more of life would have cost the friends of W. H. Goble, of Sioux City, Iowa, just $2,500. For the past twenty- seven years he had carried a policy for that amount in the Covenant Mutual Lifa Association of Gaiesburg, 111. Under the terms <$f the policy and the laws of the State the an­ nual payments on the policy are- due thirty days before the poiicy itself expires. Goble was a poor man and frequently was compelled to take advantage of this period of grace. His pnyment for 1800 was due Sept. 1, but Goble was unable to raise the money at that time and at midnight on the night of Sept. 30 the policy would have expired. At 9 p. m. he was stricken with apoplexy and thirty minutes later he expired. r~ The Paris correspondent of the Lon­ don Chronicle says he has good authority for saying tbatPrince Bismarck's health is causing serious anxiety. The Italian government has addressed a peremptory note to the porte in refer­ ence to a young Italian subject who was murdered in the recent massacres in Con­ stantinople. "The note says the young mau was beaten on the head and felled to the ground by a man in Turkish uni­ form. The note conduces by demanding the punishment of the g-.nlty persons and the payment of indemnity for thO mur­ der of an Italian Subject. Berlin dispatch to Now York Journal: Grnmkow Pasha .tells me that Turkey's only hope lies in being financially admin­ istered like Egypt. Europe must grant an enormous loan, place the Porte at her feet, and then assume entire charge of the finances* develop the 'natural re­ sources. and slop corruption. The Pasha refused to say whether his plan would be submitted to the Kaiser at the forth­ coming interview. The Foreign Office assumes that Russia intends to become the custodian of Turkish finances, relying on France and Germany to furnish the money. Archduke Ileinrich was horsewhipped on the Koenigstetten road at Vienna by a female bicyclist Sunday. A bicycle meet had been arranged and by per­ mission of the authorities a judges' stand was erected by the roadside. Guards were in attendance and kept the space in front of the judges' stand clear in order that the riders who competed for prizes might not be interfered with. There was an immense gathering of wheelmen, and great was their indigna­ tion when the Archduke's horses dashed upon the throng. The crowd fell back, and, miraculously, all those in front of the horses escaped injury. The driver checked the horses in front of the judges' stand, and the bicyclists, not recognizing the noble occupant of the carriage, swarmed upon him. A woman snatched the driver's whip and belabored both the driver and the Archduke until she was thrust aside by the guards and the car­ riage driven out of the crowd. Key West, Fla., dispatch: Advices from Remedies tell oJ the gallant deeds of a band of amazons headed by Senorita Martini Hernandez Perez, in the vicinity of Vueltas. Martini wau informed that a careless watch was being kept by the Spanish garrison. At i>he head of her band she dashed Upon the town. A picket of twelve Spanish soldiers at the gate were put to the machete almost before they knew an ebemy was upon them. The amawms then rode thpoagh'the streets of! the place, cutting down other Spanish sol MAMMOTH PARADES. GOLD AND SILVER HOSTS CHICAGO MARCH. . 1 „ * A HOLE A MILE DEEP. CE0PS. / ,• •; - The Mightiest Demonstrations Eves- Seen Upon This Continent--Tens 'of Thousands in Line, Viewed by Half a Million--City Suspends Business, cafe. , In the plaza 200 Spaniards were charged. The Spaniards fired a volley, which killed three amazens, and then fled to the barracks. The amazons pursued the fleeing soldiers, slashing them with the machete until they found refuge in the barracks. Eight of these were killed. The amazons then looted several stores and rode away singing the Cuban battle hymn. Since the amazons were organized they have been operating in the Remedios district and have inflicted great loss on Spanish residents, but fhe raid on Vuel­ tas was the first attack on Spanish sol­ diers. IN GENERAL. WASHINGTON. At Washington, D. C., the Supreme Conncil of the American Women's Pro­ tective Association re-ei^cted Carrie C. Oostdyke President, M. Belle Kempster Secretary, a.nd Mary Davidson Treas­ urer. , 0 Co}. Christy, of counsel of the Ameri-, can Railway Union and the Knight? of Labor, called at the Department of Jus­ tice in Washington, D. C., and filed a pe­ tition io the President end the Attorney General for the pardon of W. II. Clune, Philip Stanwood find Isaac Ross, con­ victed in Southern California of conspira­ cy to obstruct and retard the United States mails during the lailroad strike of 1S94 and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. The pei.tion shows that these men were in favoi of moving the trains and that their arrest was a mis­ take. y • Washington, D. C. dispatch! The Uni­ ted States Government will try to scare the Sublime Porte vfath i's little toy cruis­ er, the Bancroft. The B-mcfoft is to force its .way into tbe forbidden waters of the Ottoman Empire and settle .-grave diplo­ matic questions of three years. The plan is an important move toyyard the settle- ment of numberless controversies with the Ottoman Government. Commander Charles Belknap has or-Jers to proceed without delay to Coastftafcrvr^ile, the Obituary: At Boston, Rev. Crosby H. Wheeler, D. D.--At Atlantic, Iowa, Franklin H. Whitney.--At Rockford, 111., Mrs. S. C. Witherell, 58.. The report that Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, has been nominated to succeed Bishop Keane,/of the Roman Catholic University of America at Washington, is pronounced by, the Vat'can authorities to be premature. Netr Pipestone, Manitoba, a prairie fire swept everything in its path, burn­ ing acre after acre of grain in stacks, buildings, cattle, horses and farm imple­ ments. The. fire has been burning. for several days. Many people are left home­ less. , Reports from other parts of the province, also tell of extensive destruc­ tion by prairie fires. The City of Paris, the crack racer of the American Line, which left New^York on Wednesday bound for Southampton, was sighted 350 miles frcn. Sandy Hook by the crew of the steamship Fuerst Bis­ marck Thursday afternoon, and found to be disabled. One of its engines had brok­ en down. The accident had no other result than to delay the vessel's arrival in Eu­ rope for several days. The Paris did not ask for assistance, and its officers stated they would be able to proceed without danger. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.25; hops, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 08c to 09c; corn, No. 2, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 10c; potatoes, per bushel, 18c to 30c; broom corn,'common short to choice dwarf, $25 to $00 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, G7c to'09c; corn, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. % 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 15c to 17c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 30c. Cincinnati-r-Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00-to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 17c to 19c; rye, Ne. 2, 40c to 42c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye, 37c'to 39c. Toledo--Wheat, No..2 red, 73c to 75c; corn,ANo. 2 yellow, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, NO. 39c to 41c; clover seed, $5.25' to $5.30. '• ;ri. " ' Milwaukee--Wheat; No. 2 spring, G7c to 08c; corn, No. 3, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, }9c. to 20c; barley. No. 2, 30c to 30c; rye, No. 1, 37c to 38c; pork, mesk, $7.00 to $7.50. * iPBuffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; h(5gs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3,00 to -$4.25;sheep, $2JK). to $4.00;, wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 19c; egg:'* West­ ern, 15c to 19c. A Memorable Day. Friday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the burning of Chicago and the day was commemorated in that city by two of the greatest political demonstrations ever witnessed in this country. The day was" given to a mamnioth' proeession of gold men, and at night an army 20,000 strong of those favoripg silver marched the streets with flaming torches and lusty shouts fOr their,CJ\nd$ates. v Over 60,000 men qn.jyd'^t, on horseback, on floats, in carriages, all of them directly identified with the industrial and com­ mercial activity of Chicago, occupied the down town streets from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4:15 o'clock in the after­ noon. /Some of them were millionaires, some orthem day laborers, many of them employers and thousands' of them wage- earners. This was the composition of what was admittedly the largest, best- managed and the most successful parade ever witnessed in the city, it was Chi­ cago's own day, the- twenty-fifth adver­ sary of the fire of 1871 and the quarter- centennial ofthe upbuilding of the city>. The arrangements were .complete. From the moment the column started at the corner of Michigan boulevard and Van Buren street Until the last section dis­ persed at Jackson and Market streets, six hours later, there was not a hiteh. The police kept the streets clear for'the march­ ers. They prevented th.* spectators from breaking through the lines, and they did it All with firmness and good nature. Gen. Joseph Stockton, the chief marshal, com­ manded the Enormous army. Ten o'clock was the hour designated by the Chief Marshal as the time for the movement to begin. The hands on the watch of the artillery officer represented an acute angle. He nodded to the gunner in charge of the battery section. The twelve-pound Napoleon spoke. Chief of Police Badenach spurred his horse. The great procession was in motion. The step was in quick time, and 15,000, men were continually in the line As fast as they reached the point of dismissal they were hurried away. The slightest delay was prevented. The distance cov­ ered by each man in the actual line of march was three and one-half miles; his marching time was one hour and twenty minutes, while five hours was the time required for the procession to pass a given point. Sixty Thousand in Line. By actual count these were 57,733 per­ sons tn the procession. Of these, 52,231 were on foot; 2,274 were on horsebavk, and the others were distributed on floats, in carriages.: and on bicycles. On the floats were 9S0 men; in carriages, 370; the bands numbered 1,430 men all told, and 240 rode in tally-lyi coaches. From the stock yards came <60 mounted men. One hundred and eight cyclists, acting as couriers, were in line, while the police numbered 150. Eighty-five brass bands and forty fife and drum co|jps furnished "the musiE Business firms represented by banners numbered 120, while ninety- six political clubs marched in the col­ umn. Among the wheeled vehicles were, 178 carriages, 111 floats, thirty-seven tally-ho coaches and one electric motoey- cle. Seven buglers of the Chicago Hussars announced the coming of the escort oi the ehief%marshal, at the head of. which rode Capt. T. S, Quincey, mounted on ta^black horse ridden by Major Mclvin- Icy when the presidential candidate was in Chicago at the dedication of the World's Columbian Exposition. The marine band came next, and then thei chief marshail, attended by his adds, passed. One of the principal features was the living flag, formed by veterans carrying colored umbrellas in such position as to represent the stars and stripes. These men were heartily cheered all along the route, and when they reached the stand occupied by John R. Tanner in front erf the Great Northern Hotel, the enthusi­ asm was immense and the cheering loud, and continuous. The,old Tippecanoe boys were too infirm, to .march, but they made a brave display in their thirteen car­ riages. jjjoruvf', SILVEK'S GREAT SHOWING. Twenty Thousand Bryan Enthusiasts Celebrate Chicago Day. The silver men owned Chicago Friday night. Twenty thousand of them tramp­ ed through the businegs^center with torches aflame, red fire,burning and cheer­ ing wildly for Bryan and Altgeld. They filled TattersaJls' building to hear; free silver speeches and crowded around the score of stands which were built at street corners to take care of the overflow. They formed groups ranging from fifty to 200 persons in all parts of the district, and discussed the financial issue until mid­ night, and long after the ^able cars had stopped running shouts for Bryan and Altgeld woke up sleepers in aJl parts of the city. So far as numerical strength was con­ cerned, the silver parade was outclassed by the gold parade of the afternoon, but in enthusiasm and noise the Bryan men led the McKinley men by a large majority. From the moment Grhnd Marshal Tol- man gave the order to march until the procession broke up south of Tattersalls, the cheering, yelling and hurrahing was continuous, and every cheer for Bryan was echoed by another from the throng which bordered the line of march. The sympathetic enthusiasm of the spectators was one of the principal features of the demonstration, and women joined with the men in cheering for the free silver champuon. By actual count there were 21,548 men and women in the procession on foot, horseback, on floats and in wagons and carriages. Over 500 women and girls took part in the parade, and there were Beveral hundred boys, who carried ban­ ners and were members of fife and drum corps. It was an old-fashioned torch­ light procession, with some lime lights and hundreds pf transparencies and ban­ ners. The silver men, were short of bands* for almost all union bands in the city had been engaged for the afternoon procession, and they were compelled to make UP the deficiency with fife and drum corps, but . they were strong on horses, and the men from the stock yards made a good showing in their saddles. '•J The silver men were determined that their opponents should know their senti- me®fts on the money question and their opinions of their political , antagonists. They shouted their opinions with full lungs, and displayed their financial creed on transparencies. A favorite «ry was "We aire riot paid to march, we march because we want to." Another was "Bryan, Bryan, B'illie Bryan, we'll tako* him to the white house flying." A West Side silver club caught the ctowd by shouting, "We love Mark Han­ na,"nit?* "No Y'aJe diides iu these ranks," was painted in bold black letters on a transparency, and others were, "Bryan, Brain and Brawn, against Bonds, Boodle and Bluster." Deepest Excavation on Earth Ie at Calumet, Mich. A hole in-the ground a mile deep! This, the deepest hole that has ever been dug in the earth, Is In the shaft of the Red Jacket copper mine at Calu­ met, Michi This hole, now nearing completion after seven years' work, has great scientific interest, because It tells us some things subterranean which we didn't know. The Red Jacket shaft deserves , to rank as one of the wonders of the mod­ ern world. It is a brilliant bit of en­ gineering. The Eiffel tower created a sensation because of its prodigious height, and yet this Calumet hole'in the ground could hold five Eiffel towers dropped in one after another. It had. all along been thought that (such a depth as the bottom of the Red Jacket shaft would have had a tempera­ ture that Would boil an egg. This has been found not to be the case, how­ ever. Careful tests at the bottom have proved that the normal temperature at a mile below the earth's surf Ace is only 87.6 degrees Fahrenheit, about a fair August average in New York. At a depth of 105 feet the temperature was but 59 degrees. It is believed that ex­ periments now under way will prove what depth the earth could be pene­ trated before the heat would be unbear­ able .to a human being. Another remarkable fact is that the water found at the bottom of the shaft is most corrosive to the human body. .The workmen have been compelled to wear heavy rubber boots, rubber coats, and masks to protect themselves. Besides being the deepest hole that has ever been dug, the Red Jacket shaft is a most interesting underground city. The opening is 15V6x25 feet inside the timbers and is cut through an ada­ mantine formation of rock that will en­ dure for ages. Giant timbers secure the transit ways for men and minerals, for water, and for the electric 4vires which Illuminate the shaft from surface to bottom. Inside the timbers are six compartments, equal to the working ca­ pacity of a dozen mining shafts of or­ dinary size. In four of the compartments will slip up and down the ponderous cages, car­ rying ten-ton loads of rock, and moving at the speed of express trains. Up and down in these cages will also ride the hundreds of men who will work in the mine. In one of the compartments will be the great iron pump pipes. Into the last will be forced the steady current of compressed air which runs the drills a mile below the engine house. The elecetric light plant is large enough to supply light to a dozen small cities. A telephone system connects every point of the shaft writh a great central exchange above ground. A network of wires stretches into the headquarters of the fire department near the opening of the big hole. Thou­ sands of dollars have been spent to bring every part of.the shaft within easy communication of the surface in AGRICULTURAI SENDS OUt DEPARTMENT STATEMENT. case of a lire^ ~ 7 r The buildings above the shaft loom up as big as those of some small cities, while- the machinery would be suffic­ ient to run half the street i-ailway sys­ tems of New York.--New York Journal. Lost Through Carelessness. Most of us lose friends through our carelessness. You receive an invitation to the wedding of one whom you knew well eight or ten years ago. He has quite passed out of your life; though, if you were living near each other so that you would meet occasionally, he is the kind of man in whose society you would find real pleasure. When the in­ vitation conies you express your pleas­ ure that Dick or John is to be married, and hope that he may be happy. And that isj.be end of it. You do not send a present, or, what is more, a friendly note conveying your congratulations ami good wishes. You do not identify yourself with your friend's happiness, and he secretly resents your silence. It Is the same wkon you neglect to take note of a friend's afflictions. It Is a real effort to write a letter of sympathy. But such a note may mean a vast deal to one in trouble, and by it you can bind a heart to your own with a hook of steel. The people who complain that they have so few friends have them­ selves to blame for It. They on their part have been unfriendly, and merely reap as they have sown. He Walked Behind. A Japanese diplomat once said to an American, "When I marry. I take a head servant; when you marry you be­ come one." A man who r ecently vis­ ited Japan quotes a remark in a some­ what similar vein made by a Japanese interpreter. "I sat one day," he said, at the door of a dining-room ir. a ho­ tel in Tokio where all kind£ of foreign­ ers were staying, and I watche-i them as they came in. The Frenchman came in with madame on his arm. Then the Englishman came in so imi­ tating a pompous, self-important per­ sonage). And his wife? Oil, she came after him like this (dramatizing a meek and timid woman following). AM the American husband? The American husband?. Oh, he's not in it, Madam sails in ahead of him, Jind he just walks behind wherever she goes." Railroad Speed in Germany. Germany has made some bpld experi­ ments at railroad speed on the line be­ tween Berlin and Gorlitz. The best performance was sixty-five and three- fourtiis miles, which was twelve miles better than the highest speed of the fastest German train, the Berlin-Ham­ burg lightning express, which does 177% miles in three and one-half hours. Ordinarily German express trains maka forty-eight and one-half miles an hour. Paid in'Her Own Coin. There is a little girl in Columbus, O., whose mother Is in the habit of using the phrase, "Oh, don't mention it!" when any one apologizes to her. This little girl was naughty one day and her mother said to her; "ElSie, what will God think when you tell him to­ night how bad you have been to-day?" "My mamma," said Elsie, "he will say: 'Elsie, don't mention it!' " When a man has a little time in which to improve his mind, he spendg •it in thinking what the^ women ought to do. Everybody goes to church the "first Sunday after a new piece of gossip has been started, to ste if "they" will be there Wheat Is Short in Quantity and Poor in Quality -- General Conditions of Corn Is 00.5 Per Cent, Against 91 in September. Crop Statistics. The returns to the statistical division of the Department of Agriculture for Octo­ ber show that the wheat crop will be generally short-fn quantity and poor in quaUty, owing to unfavorable weather, drouth at seeding time, deficiency of snow protection and excessive rains after har­ vest, producing scanty growth, shriveled grains and rust. The worst is in the great region of Ohio and Kansas and ad­ joining States. Crops are fairly good in New Jersey and Maryland and adjoining parts of Pennsylvania and New York, also in the Rock Mountain valleys. The returns of yield per acre of all wl^eat indicate ni production of 11.9 bush­ els,'which is .0 of a bushel less than\the preliminary estimate for 1895. The rate of yield of the most important States is as follows: Newx Yoric, 15; Pennsylvania, 14; Ohio, 9; Michigan, 12; Indiana, 9; Illinois, 13.6; Wisconsin, 14.5; Minneso­ ta, 14; Iowa, 15; Missouri, 10.7; Kansas, 11; Nebraska, 14; South Dakota, 10.5; North Dakota, 10; Washington, 16; Oi'e'; gon, 15.5; California, 14.5,. The indicated quality for the country at large is 84.4 per cent, against S5.7^ast year. The averages of ,a few selected States are: ? New York, 93; Pennsylvania, 84; Kentucky, 74; Ohio, 07; Michigan, 89; Indiana, 71; Illinois, 80; Wisconsin, 80; Minnesota, 89; Iowa, 83; Missouri, SO; Kansas, 81; Nebraska, S4; South Dako­ ta, 90; North Dakota, 87; Washington, 85; Oregon, 87; California, 94. The returns make the general condition of corn 90.5 per cent., against 91 for the month of September. The averages of condition in the large <ind surplus corn States arenas follows: Tennessee, 80; Kentucky,/®?; Ohio, 106; Michigan, 102; IndianariOO; Illinois, 102; Wisconsin, 98; Minnesota, 97; Iowa, 102; Missouri, 85; Kansas, 81; Nebraska, 101. The preliminary estimate of the yield of oats is 24.3 bushels per acre, against 29.6 a year ago; quality, 74.9, ranging fr<^n 55 in Kansas to 104 in Montana. The average yield per acre of rye is 13.3; of barley, 25.6. Conditions, of buckwheat is 86 per cent.; Irish potatoes, S1.7; tobac­ co, 76.9. Cotton shows a decline of 3.5 points from the September condition, which was 64.2 per cent., against 60.7 for the present month. The percent­ ages by States are as follows: Virginia, 5S; North Carolina, 64; South Carolina, 67; Georgia, 67; Florida, 66; Alabama, 61; Mississippi, 60; Louisiana, 61; Texas, 57; Arkansas, 53; Tennessee, 69; Missouri, 79. The department's report as "to the con­ dition of cotton Mast moivth is fully sus­ tained by the returnc for the present month. In all the States east of the Mis­ sissippi River little or no top crop will be made and the crop will ail be gathered by the middle of the month. Damage is re­ ported from Mississippi by frosts on the 28th and 29th of last month. Caterpillars and rust are complained of in the Sea Island (listrict Of^FloriTia. A~~slightnm provement has been uu'.do in some few Louisiana and Arkansas counties, but the crop will be gathered before the close of the month. There has been a general deterioration also in Texas. In some sec­ tions the crop has been injured by worms, rust, frost and heavy rains the last ol September. There will be a very small yield from the top crop, and the reports sav the crop will all tfe gathered by Nov. I. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEMPLE. Prettiest of Its Kind Recently Erected in New York City. The religion of Christian Science has a new temple in New York City, and it is one of the prettiest of its kind in the country. It is the edifice at 137 West 48th street, and was formerly the house in which the congregation of All Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church worshiped. The building has been completely remod­ eled. Nothing remains of the original building but the four walls and the gal­ leries. The brick front has been trans- NEW TEMrLE FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS. formed into an ivory color, and a brown stone stoop has been added to each of the three entrances. Each stoop has a wrought iron railing and fence. The windows a^ now of stained glass, and a heavy cornice ornaments the roof front. In New YorkoState are forty-six Chris­ tian Science churches; The preaching consists of reading selections from the Bible and from the book written by the founder of the religion, Mrs. Eddy. Dur­ ing the past ten years the growth of Christian Science has been, truly, remarka-: ble. A decade ago the cult was limit­ ed to a few pupfls of the Boston, lady, who taught that Christ's mission was as nluch to heal as to teach. The philosophy of Mrs. Eddy claims more than 250,000 believers scattered over the whole coun­ try. Mrs. Eddy published her gospel of religion and health, "Science and Health," in 1870. It passed throiigh 110 editions, and is still in great demand. Ue. US«i Jtuiv... • - . Telegraphic Brevities. Justin McCarthy has arranged to write another volume, bringing his "History of Our Own Times" down to date. Rudyard Kipling's greatest ambition is said to be to. serve as a war correspond­ ent. The next big war will take him into the field. Reginald de Ivoven, who has set to music a number of Eugene Field's poems, is writing new music for some of the poet's later lullabies. The>new Shah of Persia is anxious to open the country to, international com­ merce, and favors the introduction of electricity and steam. A receiver has been appointed for the B. L. Price Clothing Manufacturing Com­ pany of New York. The liabilities are ^125,000 and actual assets $25,000. The Dowager Czarina with her chil­ dren, who has been visiting he?*parents, ttio King and Queen of Denmark, has staited for Libau on boaird the imperial yacht Polar Star. The State_D£pariment-4ias received-o{E-- cial information from Consul General Lee at Havana that Samuel T, Tolon, who was taken into custody by the Spanish authorities in' Cuba Sept. 4, had been re­ leased. • MANNED BY AMERICAN SAILORS.! Secretary Herbert's Efforts to Bring; e Natives Into the Navy. A vigorous and generally successful; effort has been madd by Secretary o£ the Navy Herbert to restore to' the American navy its former national) character by the employment of Amer-i lean seamen in place of mariners re-, crulted from various European coun­ tries and from Canada. These foreign sailors have been attracted to the American navy by the promise of largen pay thati is offered by other govern-i ments. Under a law passed by Con­ gress, upon • the recommendation of Secretary Herbert, the naturalization of sailors without the formality of re-; siding on shore was authorized under; certain conditions. Since this law went into operation the secretary has begun the policy of enlisting as many; (Americans as possible, ana the foreign1 element Is gradually disappearing from our navy. Sailors on American ships are better paid than any others; Italian sailors' have the poorest pay. Yet Italy stands, fourth among nations In respect of the; number of seamen employed in com­ merce, England being first, the United* States second, and Norway and Swe-: den third. Originally, and for many years before the introduction of steadi-; ships, the Yankee sailors from New;' England towns and the Southern sail­ ors from North and South Carolina; and other seaboard States made the navy of the, United States famous and' feared. The early history of our navyj was a long succession of brilliant tri­ umphs. Big guns, armor plates and machinery have combined to reduce* the importance of the individual sail-: or. The standard of compensation inj the navy continuing to ba low, Ameri-1 can seamen were not attracted to it; foreign-born seamen took their places.' The force became denationalized, so to speak; and It is this condition which Secretary Herbert is trying to change. Rear Admiral Beardslee, command­ ing the Pacific station, is reported as declaring that the course adopted for recruiting for the ships only young American citizens as far as possible has accumulated a large body of ex­ cellent men, natives of the Pacific coast. When their terms of service have expired, he says, and they return to their homes, "there will be mingled with the people a very strong element of well-trained men who will undoubt­ edly join the naval militia." In this way, by the extension of naturaliza­ tion, and by the establishment of re­ strictions upon the employing of sub­ jects of alien governments who Jbave their homes in other lands, it is de­ signed to restore a national character to the American navy. Another aid to this is the naval militia now organized, in fifteen of the forty-five States, a: force of 2,800 men, upoE whom, in case of war, the protection of the coasts and harbors, in default of ade-, quate fortification, will in part de­ volve.--New York Sun. Very Polite. The Saxons are a very polite people, so over-polite that they not infrequent-! ly bring down ridicule upon themselvesj It used to be told in Dresden that a stranger in the city was one day cross­ ing the great bridge that spans the Elbe, and asketl a native to be direct­ ed to a certain church which he wish­ ed to find. "Really, my dear sir," said the Dres- dener, bowing low, "I grieve greatly to say it, but I cannot tell you." The stranger passed on, a little sur­ prised at this voluble answer to a sim­ ple question. He had proceeded but a few rods, when he heard hurried foot­ steps behind him, and, turning, saw the same man running to catch up With him. In a moment his -ursuer was by his side, his breath nearly gone, but enough left to say: "My dear sir, you asked jne how you could find the cnurch, and it pained me to have to say that I did not know, Just now I met my brother and asked; him, but I grieve to say that he did not know, either." Typhoid Fever and Bananas. William C. Ussery, M. D., of St. Louis, says that the best food for those suf­ fering from typhoid fever is the ba-| nana. In this disease, he explains, the lining membrane of the small intes­ tines becomes intensely intlamed and; engorged. Eeventually it begins^ sloughing away in spots, leaving well: defined ulcers. At these places the in­ testinal walls become dangerously thin. a solid food, if taken inte the stom­ ach, is likely to produce perforation of the intestines and dire results will follow. Therefore solid foods, or foods containing a large amount of innutri- tious substances, as compared with nu­ tritious substances, are dangerous and are to be avoided. The banaua, al­ though it may be classed as a solid food, containing as,it does 95 per cent, nutrition, does not possess sufficient waste to irritate these sore spots. Near­ ly the whole amount taken into the1 stomach is absorbed and gives the na- tient more strength than can be obtain­ ed from other food.-r-New York Trib­ une. , Mistress .of the Xlobes, -- r ... . Of all the official banquets in London that are organized each year on the occasion of the birthday of Queeu Vic­ toria, there is none more curious thau that given by the mistress of the robed to her majesty. The mistress of the robes is the feminine head of the royal household, and has under her orders all the ladies in waiting, the maids of honor, the bedchamber women and the readers. She receives a large sal­ ary and perquisites, and is regarded as possessing such an amount of influ­ ence tliat^since the days of Sir Robert Peel, fifty years ago, her tenure of office has invariably been co-existent; with that'of the cabinet. Care of the Clothes at the Seaside.' The woman who really succeeds inj always lepking trim and spruce and] stylish at the shore is she who thinks, it all carefully out beforehand. In- her trunt will be tucked away an Iron and fi small oil stove ready for use. Whenever .die damp sea winds choose to; ravage among her pretty things sh( is a match for them. The arrangement of even the best of sum­ mer hotel* is adverse to the keeping, nice of th3 summer wardrobe. You will- run across a man ofteneu whose bonding house suits him, than «ne who U suited with his home.