CHICAGO.
t Jt. Q. Dan k Co., In their weekly re
flew of trade la the Chicago district,
y:
' "The relume of production in tlte
tending Industries is seen to compare
favorably with that at thli time Inst
,yenr, and an Increasing supply of ban it
deposits affords more encouragement
to mercantile borrowers to enter upon
financial commitments Satisfactory
headway Is mnde In reducing retail
stocks brrc and throughout the lntcri
r, although some heavy winter linen
drag from lack of seasonable tempera
tures. 1 "New demands for pig Iron are the
most conspicuous fenture In manufac
turing this week, spot supplies eom
nanding a stiff premium and henvy
(tonnage being entered for the cloning
r tnontbs of this year. Contracts f'jr
rails linrc been light, but this Is rather
a relief to the mills, the capacity of
which. Is engaged further aheud thru
ever licforo.
H "Heavy factory construction Involvos
consumption of an enormous quantity
of structural steei and further dcinuud
jls noted for plates and wire. The car
chops, forges and shipyards are less
ijfressed with additional orders, but
these lines now run to the limit of ca
pacity and have forward business tor
imost of this year.
"Dealings In the breadstuffs exhibit n
mlSgbt gain In activity, prices mnklug
irecovery from their lute low levol,
rwblle the market for provisions and
illve stock remain exceptionally Arm.
"Snowstorms In the Northwest have
Wdded to difficulties In transporting
(freight, making deliveries more compl
icated, and there Is smaller marketings
Of crops, but rolling stock is constantly
1elng augmented and making railroad
Ifaclllttes more ample In the West
' "Receipts of hides, 2,779,010 pounds,
Scompare with 2,755,538 pounds Just
week and 3,50-1,007 pounds In 1000.
ilAimber receipts were 32,000,000 feet,
'against 41,680,000 feet InHt week and
28,331.000 feet a year ago.
j "Railroad earnings still exceed those
yf a year ago. The total movement of
'grata at this port declined to 6,(U5,:i3.'l
bushels, against 0,000,207 bushels lust
week and 7,008,045 bushels a year ngo.
"Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict numbered 22, against 20 last week
uud 9 a year ago."
NEW YORK.
Retail and wholesale trade, Industry
nud transportation alike feel the effect
of varying adverse weather conditions.
which retard or check activity and
make the congestion visible some time
ago in railroad matters even more
acute.
The comparative quiet now witness
ed in many lines U not unwelcome to
many, who have been kept pushed
steadily to fill orders. Relatively the
most Active line at present is that of
dry goods, particularly cottons, which
are strong and tending upward, with
the mills heavily sold ahead. Collec
tions are Irregularly slow, feeling the
weather conditions even more than now
demand.
Wheat, Including flour, exports from
the Uuited States and Canada for the
week ending Jan. 17 aggregated 2,030,
400 bushels, against 4,073,110 last
week, . 3,448,802 this week last year,
1.138.074 in 1005 und 4,000,200 In 1002.
For the past twenty-nine weeks of the
fiscal year the exports are 104,033,071
bushels, against 77,237,054 In 1905-OC,
38,015,108 in 1004-05 pnd 150,207,084 In
1001-02.
ru exports for the week are l.OuU,
873 bushels, against 1,200,187 last week.
5,044,571 a year ago and 3,180,520 In
1 1005. For the fiscal year to dnto the
(exports are 29,007,148 bushels, against
04,505,421 In 1905-00 and 24,705,400 In
1004-05. Bradstreet's Commercial Re
port. Chlcn.ro Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $7.20; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to $0.fi."i; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
U $5.75; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 73c; coin,
(No. 2, i)c to 41c; oats, standard, 33c to
35c; rye, No. 2, lc to 00c; hay, tlrao
thy, $13.00 to $17.50; prairie, $0.00 to
,$15.00; butter, choice creamery, 25c to
2Hc; eggs, fresh, 25c to 28c; potatoes,
-32c to 4i)c.
St. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $0.75 f
.S. $1.00 to $0.00; sheep, $3.50 to
$5.50; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 77c ; corn,
No. 2, :i8c to 40c; oats, No. 2, 85c to
37c; rye, No. 2, 01c to 03c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.05;
hogs, $1.00 to $0.72; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.75; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 70c; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; outs, No. 2
mixed, :iilc to 38c; rye, No. 2, 70c to
71c.
Buffalo-'-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4-00 to 0.00; Lobs, fair to choice, $1.00
M $tl.8(: sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $5.50; Iambs, fair to choice.
,.$5.00 to $8.00.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $0.25;
bogs, $4.00 to $7.00; aheep, $3.00 to
'$5.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 78c to 80c;
corn, "o. 2, 40c to 50c; oats, standard,
white, 42e to 43c; butter, creamery, 25c
to 20c ; eggs, western, 25c to 20c
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74c to
70c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; rye. No.
OUc to 08c; clover seed, prime, $8.55.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.10; hoga,
$4.00 to $0.45; sliHep, $2.50 to $5.25;
wheat. No. 2, 74c to 75c; corn, No.
yellow, 43c to 44c; oats. No. S white,
.'.V- to 37c ; rye. No. 2, 08c to 00c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
70c to 78c; corn. No. 3, 38o to 40c;
uatx. standard, 34c to 30c; rye, No. 1,
iitic to tiSc ; barley, standard, 54c to 50c ;
pork, mem, $10.13.
ladisnapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.50; bogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to
,$0.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to
'$4.75; wtwat. No. 2, 72c to 74s; corn,
iNo. 2 while, 41c to 43c; oats. No. 2
jwliite, 85c to 87c
I.
OHIO RIVEIi FLOOD.
HIGH WATER CAUXE8 HAVOC
THROUGHOUT VALLEY.
Create Del oar 1SS4 Report
Claelaaatl Other CMlae foe 4
HUM AUnjr Rives Saataln Heavy
Daaaas.
The Ohle River has everflowed Ita
banks for more than four hundred
miles, thousands of people are suffer
ing for the necessities of life, and thou
sands more are homeless. All indica
tions point to the greatest flood since
that of February, 18S4. In Cincinnati
all school buildings and churches In the
Knst End were opened as temporary
homes for the persons who own homes
and whose homes were Invaded by tbe
river. The street car lines in both the
East and West Ends and In the sub
urbs on Irnth sides of tbe river were
crippled. Aliout two thousand people
on a hill known as Turkey Ridge, In
the East End, wore laolnted by the
flood, which cut them off from the
mainland.
The regular packet service between
Lonlsvlllo and Cincinnati, wblrli bns
riot been Interrupted for yenrs, was
given up, the stealers being unable
to pass under the bridges. The Fed
eral government withdrew several
boats running south, owing to the dif
ficulty of making landings. It Is esti
mated that 10,XK) people were forced
to move from their homes. In many
places furniture was packed In the
streets, with no protection from the
heavy rain.
Tlie greatest flood known In twenty
years Is devastating the towns and
country. It is Impossible to place an
accurate estimate on the dnmage that
has been done already. Every town
along the river is suffering from crip
pled communications, limited fuel sup
ply and a shortage of food, and thou
sands of men are Idle because the
flood has. closed factories and stopped
practically all Industries.
Repetition the disastrous flood of
April, 1808, In which twenty-nine peo
ple were drowned, was feared at Shuw
neetown, 111. As a result of the flood
In the Ohio River, the dike which pro
tects tho city broke and the water rose
SCENE ON THE RIVER
o high above the level of the city that
serious consequences were considered
unavoidable.
Shnwneetnwn lies In nn elbow of the
Ohio River and protected by a dike on
the east and south from the water.
When the river Is In flood the surface
of tho water Is frocn six to eight feet
above tho street level in the lower part
of the town.
During tbo previous flood the fewer
part of the town was under water for
several days and a heavy property loss
was the result The dikes were repair
ed after, this calamity, aud It was be
lieved that they could withstand any
stage of water which might prevail In
the river.
Flood conditions were reported nil
over eastern Kentucky.
lirlet tsw Items.
Ralxuli's stronghold, Zinat, was de
stroyed by fire by Morocco troops and tho
bandit chief fled to the iiioiiutninR.
Fitman I'ulsifer in tho navy year book
locords the fact that armor plate has
been reduced from $004 a tou in 18S7 to
$343 In 1905.
President Harris of the Terry Feck, 8.
D.. Miners' Union, dititributed the first
tehef money to members who are out for
an eight-hour day.
The Stateu Inland Anti-Nuisance
League had four Iiultlmore and Ohio en
gineers arrested for blowing whiMtles on
switching engines.
Advices received at Victoria, It. C,
State that forty Japanese vessels end 400
poachers are minxing on the Kamchatkan
peninsula since 10O4.
The London Mail says the Rritlnh navy
will be reduced after the February ma
neuvers. Three battleships will be taken
from the channel fleet.
Officers of several vessels entering the
port of Seattle have resigned because the
companies have refused to grant them
overtime at 00 cents an hour.
J. Ogdcn Armour is said to be consid
ering plans lor a model city for the
workmen wlw will be employed in the
new Armour plant at Minneapolis.
John Uun.s died at the St. Paul, Minn.,
hoi-pltal from lujuriea received by falling
down the stairs leading to the Solvation
Army hall on East Seventh street. Lieut.
Swanson and Traveling Manager Hall are
held by the police awaiting the outcome
of the coroner's investigation.
Tbe first suit growing out of the Haiti
more and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta
was filed at Washington by Mrs. Fannie
Austin, who asks for $30,000 for injuries
received.
A report which has gained currency
throughout Cyrenalca, Africa, that tbe
Mahdl is still alive has caused great ex
citement, lie was reported to have died
four years ago.
Franklin K. Ine of the Interstate
commerce commiwiion, has reported to tbe
freaident that the car shortage in North
Dakota appears to have resulted from tbe
fact that tbe railways found traffic other
tli a coal most profitable.
MADE PRISONER BY WEALTH.
Mrs. It Has t n Oiirtrl aaralaet;
lb Meadlcaats.
Mrs. Russell Sage lias been obliged te
abandon temporarily her New York (' ty
bourn and remain in atrlrt seclusion at
her tang Inland home driven to shelter
by the army of mendicant besetting her,
as well as the throngs of the merely
curiens, anxious to gate upon one of the
richest women In the world, Personally
the is Inaccessible to acquaintance and
stranger alike ; only a few ef her most
Intimate friends break through the hu
man cordon with which she has surround
ed herself. Nearly all her mall goes te
her town house In New York, where it
la ipoked after by a corps of secretaries.
Not even personal communications reaoh
X v.-
.ft
life;
MSB. RUSSELL SAOE.
her. Cablegrams, telegrams, special de
livery letters, all are Intercepted.
At her country home any oue seeking
an audience with her must run a long
gauntlet of guards, and in the end, nine
times out of ten, will never see her. Sec
retaries form the outer bulwark of the
wall of defense. Getting past them, one
encounters her lawyers, her physicians,
and even her clergyman, all of whom
unite in shielding her from visitors who
might prove Importnnate. Personal free
dom she enjoys but little. It is said
that she has come to suspect even a num-
FRONT CINCINNATI.
ber of old friends of mercenary motives,
and that not a few have proved tl.em
selves mere fortune seekers.
In the seclusion of ber country home
she lives the life of a recluse, virtually
seldom going beyond the gates. Great
wealth has brought its disadvantages ax
well as its opportunities.
JOHN R. WALSH INDICTED.
Tru. Bill with 182 Cossti Returned
Aval nut tblrnsro Banker.
John R. Walnh was the subject of a
sweeping indictment returned in the fed
eral court at Chicago charging mlxappro-
priatlon of funds of the Chicago Na
tional bank, of which he was president up
to the time of its failure iu December,
1005. The indictment was voted by the
special gruud jury which was cnlled to
consider the Chicago National failure.
It contains 182 counts, covering ninety-
two transactions iuvolving $2,034,877.77
or the bank's funds. The true bill was
received in court by United States Dis
trict Jude A. II. Anderson of Indianapo
lis, who fixed the amount of Mr. Walsh's
bond at $50,000.
Imprisonment is 'the penalty provided
for the crimes charged in the indictment,
there being 110 provision for a discretion
ary fine. The penitentiary term provided
is hve to ten years on each of the 182
counts, a possible sentence that would run
l iindreds of yesrs beyond tbe end of Mr.
Walsh's natural life.
The indictment, which is drawn under
section 5200 of tho Revised Statutes of
the United States, charges Mr. Wnlsh
with being responsible for startling con
ditions in the Chicago National bauk, and
the unusual number of counts is tho re
sult of the government's intention to frtis-
tinte, it possible, any technical objections
by meeting the eventualities of variations
in proof when the case comes to trial.
Author la the Navy.
James R. Connolly, tbe well known au
thor of sea stories, has enlisted in the
nnvy for two years, on the suggestion of
President Roosevelt. Mr, Connolly was
drafted for duty as a clerk on the battle
ship Alabama. It is expected that he
will do for the American uavy what Kip
liug has done for the British army.
Saves Treaanrr ft 0,000,000.
That duties must be nald on lmrwrul
goods by weight at date of entry is the
rule established by a division of the high
est court, instead of at the time of with
drawal from bonded warehouse. Io tho
case of such goods as tobacco, hides, wool,
sugar, etc., that absorb moisture, a con
siderable difference in weight often oc
curs between the datea of arrival and
withdrawal, and it la estimated that du
ties already collected amouutlng to $10,
000,0IH) are saved to the treasury by this
decision.
Decision fur Thrra-Caat Fares.
The street railway monopoly of Cleve
land, Ohio, waa virtually put out of busi
ness by the decision of tbe United States
Supreme Court that the Cleveland Elec
tric Company doea not hold perpetual
franchises. Although the franchise of the
Forest City corporation, or municipal
line, Is also rendered Invalid, Ita rival
is to have no rights except those that may
be granted, and it goes without saying
that the municipality headed by Mayor
Johnson will grant the necessary fran
chises exclusively to the city owned cor
poration, tMleaa tbe opposition oompan
1 accent bis ultimatum of a S cent fart.
sVri
jf4
1
BJUTA1N IN APOLOGY.
EXPRE83E8 REGRET OVER 8WET
TENHAM'8 ACTION.
ISngland Aroaard lr 1 adlplomatle
Letter to Admiral llavU War Of
fice Cables llegrrte and Bsteads
Thanka to Anrrlran Kovrrameat.
'
The threatened breach of the friend
ly relations betweeu tbe United States
and Great Britain caused by tho letter
of Sir Alexander Rwettenhani, gover
nor of Jamaica, requesting Rear Ad
miral Davis to withdraw bis murines
and warships from tbe harbor at the
stricken city of Kingston has been
amicably sottled by the British govern
ment's apology for his act. Great Brit
ain practically apologized In n cable
gram to Secretary Root, which curried
Indirectly censuro for the offending
Jiimitlriui (illl.-lnl. It wus said in Lon
don that lie would be recalled.
No intention will be paid by tlie ad
ministration t'i the affront given this
ccuntry in the net ion of the Governor
of Jamaica. It s realized that the
British goveru.netit Is in no way re
sponsible for the discourteous treat
ment of Admiral Davis and therefore
no feeling is entertained by the ud
mlulstratloti respecting the govern
ment. Swettenhaiu's action is attributed by
tlie members of the udiiilnlstrutton to
his well-known dislike of the United
States. He has shown Ills Ill-feeling
upon a number of occasion, but espe
cially In his efforts to thwart the gov
ernment's plans for building the Pana
ma cnniil. Governor Swettenhtim had
u great deal more on his mind than the
suffering of the earthquake victims at
Kingston when lie practically ordered
Rear Admiral Davis to take his officer
mid men and get oil the Island. This
ungracious uctlon was 110 cnere ebulli
tion of nervous excitement or momen
tary spleen. The ruling forces In Ja
maica nro Jealous of the growing Amer
ican Influence In that beauty spot In
the Caribbean.
Jamaica lies only a little way from
Culm, where American Influence Is pre
dominant. It Is on the route to the
Piinnmn canal. Jamaica negroes, who
get 25 cents n day for working on the
plantations at home, nre in demand ns
laborers nt $1.50 day on the American
canal strip in Panama. They have gone
thither iu large numbers, though scarc
ity of labor 011 the island induces the
Jamaican planters to import hundreds
of coolies from India nt henvy ex
pense. The profitable enterprises In
Jamaica nro largely in tho hands of
Americans. In short, the moral inflM
ei'ee of tho United States In Jamaica
Is largo and is rapidly growing.
When, therefore, Sir James Alexan
der Swettenha:n, governor of Jamaica,
saw American battleships In the ofllng
anil later beheld American marines and
bluejackets pntrolling tlte streets of
Kingston be thought wruthfully of the
effect of this display upon the natives
of the Island, who already are much
Impressed with tho weulth and general
ubiquity of Uncle Sam. lie felt that
the absence of Rear Admiral Davis
and the American outfit generally
would be very precious to bhii.
The indignation of the residents of
Jamaica, both officials and private cltl
eens, nt the action of Governor Swet
ter.baiu In demanding tho withdrawn!
by Admiral Davis of the relief forces.
Is great. The governor's response to
Admiral Davis' letter is bitterly de
nounced, and it Is generally declared
that the only possible reparation would
be for the government to apologize and
retail Governor Swettenhain. Jamul
cons say that the Indignation in the
United States und England Is fully
shared by the residents of tho island.
CITY PRACTICALLY DESTROYED.
Klnvstoii Dlaaatrr an Had us that at
San l'raiieluo. -
The disaster nt Kingston. Jamaica,
seems to have been as great as the
calamities nt Sail Francisco and Val
paraiso. Tho number of dead will
never bo definitely known, and tlie
projHrty loss is likely to reach $25,00,
000. Tho whole town was left In ru
ins and hundreds of dead isidles were
taken from tho debris. Many bodies
In a state of decomposition or charred
beyond recognition had to be burned.
Realizing the posslbilty of famine,
tbe MHiplu mado utteuqils to loot. The
military, however, nt once took lsis
sesslon of the foodstuffs. Ictnchiuoiit8
of troops with fixed bayonets were
placed on guard. They were concen
trated in a central iKisltimi. No one
was allowed to puss through the ruin
ed sections of tho city.
Famine und pestilence threatened to
add their horrors to the situation at
Kingston. The provision stores w?re
destroyed and tlie only finid within
reach of tbe thousands of homeless
KINGSTON AND
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MAP SUOWINQ PLACES TUAT FIGURE IN STORY OF EARTHQUAKE.
IN JAMAICA.
The reason for
Is that the ass
Chicago Inter Ocean.
poor wos fruit. The stench from de
caying bodies scuttered through the de
bris threatened nn epidemic, and tiie
few doctors In Kingston, nltho'.ti
working night and day, were unable to
cope with the threatened plague. The
ships in tlie harbor were crowded with
Injured people, and corpses lay In the
streets until thrown Into trenches ,or
burned.
Kingston was overwhelmed by the
earthquake. AI! the bouses within a
radius of ten miles were damaged and
nearly every house In the city was de
stroyed. Fire broke out after the earth
qtuike and completed the ruin. The
business section of Kingston Is a heap
of smoldering ashes. The killed num
ber about 1,000 n'nd thousands were In
jured. Fresh details of the disaster came
from various sources. According' to
one report the whole city of Kingston
seemed to shrivel up, buildings crash
ed together and fell In n crushed mass
under the first shock. Tlie business
street nt the time were well filled
with tourists and no doubt many of
them were cnugbt In the falling brick
work uud buried In the debris. Fire
broke out Immediately nfter the crash
at three separate points. The Ore de
partment station was wrecked, render
ing resistance to the flames Impossible.
The conflagration continued unchecked
until Tuesday morning, by which time
the whole business quarter of Kings
ton had been wiped out, the damaged
area comprising nlnuit a square mile.
Alt' the large warehouses In the low
er part of the city were consumed nnd
not a single bouse anywhere remained
undamaged, the majority bring unfit
for habitation. A conservative esti
mate of tlie casualties made by the po
lice of Kingston places the number of
killed ot 1.200.
The treasury In Harbor street was
standing, but the postoflice and court
houses were in ruins.' The government
offices were unsafe for occupation, gov
ernment house was badly damaged, the
Colonial Bank was burned out, the
Nova Scotia Bank was a heap of ruins.
Tlie Roman Catholic cathedral, the
Paris church and the Scotch, Wesley
an und Baptist chapels had disappear
ed nnd the theater was destroyed.
At Port Royal', at tbe entrance of
Kingston lmrlior, one of the batteries
sank and n gunner was killed. The
ships In the harbor were transformed
into hospitals. The cnblns of the
steamer Tort Kingston were full of
dead and dying.
Xotrs of the Dlnattrr.
The whole town Is in ruins.
The cable line from Kingston was
broken.
The body of Sir James Fergusson was
fojud and buried.
A tidal wave inundated Anotta bay.
washing out many houses.
Appeals have been sent to all sections
if the island asking for assistance.
Thirty-five out of a total of fifty-five
employes iu a tourist bureau were killed.
The shock was severe at Richmond,
otid this town also was destroyed by fire.
Tho topojjrapliy of the country bns
been changed nnd the navigation into the
1'itrbor materially altered.
The Plum Point and Port Royal liht
he uses are both at the bottom of the har
lor. One hundred looters have been shot
aud killed by tho soldiers in Kingston,
according to semi-official reports received
by the British colonial office. In spite
of 2(H) arrests at first, robberies contin
ued in the ruins and injured persons were
held up; Orders were then given the
troops to execute summarily any person
found looting.
ENVIRONS.
the ass' bray
la built that way.
CITY SINKING INTO THE SEA.
Bottom Fall Oat of Harbor and New
Peril la t'auaed.
The city of Kingston, rocked by nn
earthquake and almost destroyed by
lire, next seemed In imminent danger
of sinking into the sea altogether and
disapiieuriiig utterly rroin the face of
the earth.
With the number of dead still ubt
definitely known and estimates . run
ning from 1.000 to 1.5C0 nnd a property
loss reaching into millions, fresh niacin
was caused by dispatches from Port nu
Prince, Haiti, which said that the bed
of the harbor was sinking and that It
was dangerous for ships to approach.
There are thousands of tourists in the
vicinity of Kingston nnd this news
from there caused widespread unrest.
Tho water along the front portion of
Kingston Is sold to be 100 feet deep in
many places find that other portions
of the shore nre rapidly sinking. The
Plum point nnd Port Royal lighthouses
nre both at the Istttoni of the harbor.
The navigation channel has materlaily
changed nnd In some places the depth
of the harbor lias been altered from
forty to 100 feet. A circumstance that
tends to uphold tlie new danger is n
dispatch from Holland Bay, saying
that the )srtion of the town of Port
Itoyal which sank ''(!0 years ngo Is
again under water.
The news from Havana regarding
Hho huge tidal wave that Inundated the
entire coast near Jamaica's capital and
changed the Jamaican coast line, fol
lowing closely upon the heels of the
cumulative details of the earthquake
nnd (ire. caused tho most profound In
terest In Washington official circles.
Naval oCicials were stirred. Secretary
Metealf expressed himself ns greatly
shocked at the advices from Jamaica.
Olllclals of the government have been
Inquiring into the minute details of
the topography of the stricken city and
the adjacent const. Dotted with sugar
estates and country residences, the
plain on which Kingston lies rises
gradually from the shore to the foot of
the- Llgiianea mountains. The coast
line rciKirted to lie sinking into the sen
presents some of the outlines of n
turtle, the mountain ridges represent
ing the turtle's hack.
From the sea level on nil sides ridges
In series rise toward the central range
of mountains. On the plantations in
some portions of the coast there are
extensive irrigation works. The hurri
cane of November. 1800. wrought grent
havoc with the plantations, but these
have since been replanted and ex
tended. The trend of trade ull along
the coast for some yenrs has been to
ward the United States.
American Emotionalism Analysed.
Prof. Franklin II. Giddings of the Co
lumbia chair of sociology and history of
civilization traces the rise o'f emotional
ism in his article on "The History of
American Morals" for the Times Maga
zine, lie says a population drawn large
ly from the. agricultural nnd nrtisnn life,
as that of the United States has been,
exhibits primitive passions nnd limita
lions. as well ns primitive virtues. Super
b-til ion, eerdulity and easygoing belief in
1 lie occult anil acceptance of the wonder
ful furnish the material through which
epidemic emotion "may sweep like the
Haines of a forest fire." Usually these
clusses are unmoved by scientific ideas or
philosophical speculation, nnd a certain
opposition to learning nnd culture was
early manifested. The first great out
break of emotionalism was the witchcraft
delusion, nn experience which paved tlie
way for that later and far more extensive
emotional tumult, the great religious
revival, started by tbo preaching of Jon
athan Edwards and George Whitfield and
their disciples. He thinks it not surpris
ing to discover that tlie Kentucky coun
ties where the revival frensies raged
fiercest iu lhOl u.v l lie counties where
lynch ings occurred from 1.S82 to 1003.
A curious variation from the normal evo
lution was the failure of the invading
whites to reduce the native Indians to
servitude. For tho first time in history
there seemed a chance to create a civil
ization untouched by race antagonism,
when there happened the importation of a
slave problem, a clear instance "of uncon
Miuiis stiinl determination." By "follow
ing the dictates of a brutally obvious
M-lf-interest in material things" tbis mis
chief was begun.
Tlie fourteenth annual report of Presi
dent Schuriuan of Cornell shows that the
number of students now is 3401, which
is jnst double what it was when Schur
man took charge. Schuruian agrees that
the Butler college professors are not
paid enough, owing to the increased cost
of living. The proportion of women stu
dents remains nt about 10 per cent, the
number being 871 this year. The medi
cal examiner finds that most of the en
trants are in poor physical condition, as
the result ot overwork in preparing.
Again tbe head masters of the English
schools have voted S to 1 In favor of the
continental pronunciation of Latin, not
withstanding that Oxford and Cambridge
universities still adhere to tbe Englia
tjle.
COLLISION ON THE
BIG FOUR RAILWAY.
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Twenty-five Persons Are Killed
in Disastrous Wreck.
MANY K0ASTED ALIVE
Queen City Special Smashes Into
Freight at Fowler, Ind.
Combination far of Passenger Train.
Is Onahed to Splinters aad Take
Fire Those Who Did ot Die tr
Shock Are Slowly Iturned to Death
t'og Obscured a Mlnnal.
Twenty-five persons were killed l'
the wreck of Hlg Four passenger tr.tiir
No riS near Fowler, Ind., Saturday
tweuty of whom were burned nlive
and forty others were Injured. Tlmse
kilied were nearly nil in tlie combina
tion car, which took fire und burn
The sleeping curs were not wrecked.
The wrecked train was Queen City
Special, east-bouud, from Chicago, uul
was going fifty miles nn hour. Owlnjr
to n dense fog the engineer of the llyer
was unable to see tbe light on tbe sema
phore, which directed him to stop, as a
west-bound freight hud the right otr
way.
The trajn dispatcher, knowing that
the dense fog would prevent the train
men from seeing the block signal, went
outside and waved his lantern frantic
ally and fired at least half a dozen
shots from his revolver, but the train
went crashing by and a moment later
the crash came, the passenger running,
into the freight, head on.
The tender of No. 38 telescoped the
baggage car, the rear end of the tender
cut through to within ten feet of the
rear of the smoker. The firemen of
both trains were killed instantly, hut
the engineers escaped by jumping. Tli
report of the 'collision was heard ull
over the town. Fire bells and whis
tles called the people to tho aid of the
injured. Immediately following the crash ihe
wrcckoge caught Are nnd the people
were burned before they could bo 2s
tricated from the ruins. The heat of
the burning cars was so intense that
the rescuers could not gof near enough,
to help.
Crashed Like an EKsrahell.
The trains met three-quurtere of a
mile east of Fowler. Both were at top
speed. When they struck the engines
were welded together. Tho combina
tion car, first in the passenger train,
was crushed like an eggshell under the
impact of the sleepers behind. Before
the grinding, splintering mass had
time to settle bright flames sprang up
iu half a dozen places. The combina
tion car was smashed to kindling and
much of its wreckage, tossed up on the
hisslng locomotive wreckage, burned
fiercely. In n few minutes the wind
had driven the fire back into the first
sleeping car. Its occupants knew the
car would burn nnd before the Are at
tacked It had fled, some of them Irr
night attire. All the coaches, except
the sleepers and the private car or
Vice President Schuff, were destroyed,
Oi the pasengers known to have
been In the combination coach at the
head of the train only five were res
cued. Host of the others died horri
ble deaths by fire and steam, pinned:
In the wreckage of the car.
Lessons In Sex Ph jmloloffr.
Referring to the recent movement start
ed by the Society of Sanitary and Morat:
American Prophylaxis, the New York
School Journal now declares that t he
necessity of recognizing sex in the prac
tical teaching of pupils in the public
schools is before us in a greater force
than ever before. Dr. Mary Putnam, who
had investigated the schools of twenty
cities, found no attention given to sex in
struction, except in three girls' hi,;l.
schools, where women physicians gave
brief talks on topics relating to child
birth. The result was that shame, mys
tery and actual evil were "associated with
rex in the minds of children, especially
those over 10 years old." She opposes
tbe doctrine of leaving the matter alone
on the ground that disease will punish the
guilty, as many innocent ones are infect
ed for oue guilty one. Dean Baliiet of
the New York school of pedagogy say
the subject lias passed the stage of in
quiry as to whether these subjects shall
be taught, for the present question is bow
the subject is to be presented. John It.
Elliott of the New York ethical culture
schools opposes the plan of having a phy
tlciun brought in to teach sex knowl
edge, as it increases the wrong notion
that the subject is unusual,. and he makes
the practical suggestion of using the boy
and girl leaders to influence their mates
in the right direction.
Interesting News Items,
A report that France bad ceded TabltK
to Great Britain is officially denied Iu.
Paris.
The equestrian ctatue of Gen. George
P. McClellan in Washington will be uu
veilcd on May 13.
Gov. Magoon signed a treaty of ex
tradition betweeu the republics of Cub
end Santo Domingo.
Tlie Paris Journal says that Jacques
Ibaudy, the self-styled "emperor of the
Sahara," is making a tour of the United
States.
A lockout of 13,000 carpenters aad.
joinera has taken place in Berlin because
of tbe non-compliance of the onlonist
with the demands of the Master Carpen
ters' Association.
The committee on railroads and pubMc
service corporations of the Oklahoma con-:
titutional convention recommended a 2
cent railway fare and the enactment of
fellow servant law.
Prof. Albert William Berg, for forty
years organist at the Church ot the
Transfiguration, commonly known as
"Tbe Little Church Around the Ooraer "
In New York, died in that city, aed &i
years.