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Current
Kl?JwCj?f? 'T5;?KX,K A?W7'f
.Pa.y Die in Prison.
When Mark Shlnburno, who got ovor
a million dollars by robbing tho Ocean
Dank of Now York city, 1b (Un
charged from Danncmora Prison
on October 10 next ho will find
Robert Plnkerton, tho dctcctlvo,
waiting nt tho prison gato. Ho
will bo taken to prison In Concord,
N. H., to servo a terra of 10 years.
8hInburno la now 67 years old, and ho
will dlo doubtless In Jail; It Is scarco
ly posslblo that he will live to bo 86.
Mark Shlnburno, or Maximilian
Schonbcln, Is tho most successful bank
robber In this country. Ho Is of flno
physical proportions, flvo feet eight or
MARK SHINDURNE.
nlno Inches In height, built like an
athlote, welghB 170 pounds, and might
pass for a collcgo professor.
Fattoh Singh Iloa, Bon of tho Gook
war of Daroda. who baa already boon
through a course at the University of
Bombay, will go to Oxford presently.
Tho young prince Is going In for tho
military profession, and ho la already
colonel of a smart cavalry regiment In
tho Daroda army.
Was a Great Thllosopher.
Dr. Henry Sldgwlck, tho eminent
British phllosophor and political econo
mist, who has Just passod away, was
only G2 years old, but accomplished
much during tho
twenty years la
which his numo has
been familiar to tho
public. Until 1870
Dr. Sldgwlck was
follow of Trinity
Collego, Oambrldgo
'University, and
lectured until 18715.
In 1883 ho was ap
pointed Knights-
Dr. BIdgwick.
brldgo professor of
moral philosophy.
That a teochor of
moral philosophy should concern hlm-
Bolf with tho sclenco of political
economy Is a now ldoa. Therotoro
Professor Sldgwlck's economic works
hear rocont dates his "Principles of
Political Economy," 1883; hla "Elo-
ments of Politics," 1891, and hla
"Practical Ethics," 1898. HIb othor
works, In which his theory of hedon
ism la developed, are "Tho Methods
of Ethics" and "Outlines of tho His
tory of Ethics." Ho has contributed
freely to current literature.
1 This year'B applo crop in North
Amorlca Is oxpoctcd to bo tho largest
ever known. Tho horticultural sta
tisticians predict from 80,000,000 to
100,000,000 barrels, which. will bo a
supply of more than ono barrel for
every inhabitant of tho Unltod States.
Slotu Growth of Southern Cities
Tho census roturna which aro com
ing in from southeastern cities do not
glvo promlBo of n largo lncrcaso in
population In that part of tho Unltod
States. It la true that urban growth
has always been much moro marked
In tho north thnn In tho south, but It
has been understood that tho ncgroo3
of that region wuro drifting Into tho
cities.
Viceroy Chang Cfilh Tang.
Of Hankow, who la denounced by the
Chlncso for being too favorable to
foreigners.
So successful has been Inoculation
against cholera among coolies em
ployed by tea planters In India that
the native are now eager for the sim
ple operation. The planters havo
1eusm la their .contract uUlsK for
iBfletilatii cooUml
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Lorenzo 2. LcUclling.
Lorenzo D. Lewelllng, governor of
Kansas from 1893 to 1805, who died
Inst week at Arkansas City, was a son
of tho soli, who rose from the stato
of n poor orphan to tfint of tho hoad
of ft great commonwealth. Ho wns
born In 184C at Saloni, Iowa. Hla par
ents, who belonged to tho Society of
Friends, which had ft largo settlement
nt Snlom, died whon ho wns n moro
child, and then began n (lerco struggle
with clrcumstancoj
In which the fu
tur governor was
trlumphnnt at tho
last. Young Lew
oiling earned a liv
ing by working for
farmors in tho vi
cinity of his home
Durlnir tho win-
tor ho attended
school until hn
was sixteen. m-""- u'"u
. . rl . T lint
18C3 ho was employed as a la
borer on tho Burlington nnd Mis
souri river railroad, and later was cat
tlo drover for tho n,unrtcrmaBtor of
tho Army of tho Tonncsaco. After tho
war ho taught a negro school at Mexi
co, Mo., and was often threatened with
vlolonco by his prejudiced neighbors.
With the monoy ho thus earned ho
went to Poughkeopalo, N. Y., nnd took
a. course In ft commercial college. Af
ter his graduation he could And no em
ployment as n bookkeopor and took to
labor again, driving a canal boat,
shoveling dirt on railroads and build
ing bridges. Ho returned to Salem with
his savings and entered Whlttlcr
collego, working his way through. In
1870 ho taught school and bougnt a
farm and a newspapor. This ho aban
doned to devote his whole tlmo to
teaching. In 1800 ho commenced the
publication of tho. Des Moines Capital,
and sovon years later ho left there for
Kansas, Bottling In Wichita, ho cngag
ed In commerco and soon earned n wldo
reputation In politics. In 1892 the
Fuslonlsta supported him for govcr
nor and ho was elected bj a hand
somo plurullty.
Tho University of California an
nounces course of Instruction In Jap
anese and Chinese, two of tho most
Important of tho languages which It
has recently become dcslrablo for
muiy Americans to learn.
"Bishop "Da-Old H. Moors
Now on his way to China to tako
charge of tho Methodist Mission.
Tho Now Hnmpshlro Federation of
Woman's Clubs has adopted tho fol
lowing apt motto: "In principles llko
our granite, In nsplrutlons llko our
mountains, in sympathy swift and far-
reaching llko our rivers." ... ,i .
Uhe Colonial "Dames,
Mrs. Sarah Whlto Ioo, ono of tho
orgaulzors of tho Colonial Dames and
Daughtero of tho American Revolu
tion, attributes tho provalcnco of
thomos from American history In cur
rent fiction to tho w6rk of her socio-
tlos and similar organizations. Mtb.
Loo, who is working on a publication
to bo patterned after Burko's Pocrago,
Bays that tho Americans aro Just bo
ginning to rcallzo how much they havo
to bo proud of In their history aud an
cestry.
Benjamin 33. Odelt.
Benjamin B. Odoll, nominated for
governor by tho Now York Republican
ntato convention, In his early days,
had a way of
going about Now
burg as an Icomnn
with his apron and
tongs, talking poli
tics whllo ho de
livered Ico to his
customers, His
leadership was soon
recognized and ho
became a powor lo
cully. At tho samo
tlmo. ho began to D. Odoll.
grow rich. His lco business was very
profltablo and ho enlarged his for
tuno by Investing his savings In elec
tric light plants and taking city con
tracts in othor lines. Mr. Odoll is a
native of Nowburg. Ho was educated
at Bethany Collego, West Virginia, and
completed his classics ut Columbia
Collcgo.
Ex-Empress Eugonlo has been stay
lng in Paris in tho strictest incognito
but is oxpocted to return shortly to
her country placo at Farnborough
Hill, guuex, after an absence of nearly
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Panorama.
"Reducing Prices of Steel.
Pittsburg Is only a few miles from
tho great coko producing region of
Pennsylvania. It Is n thousand miles
from tho Lako Superior Iron rang03
whoro it gots most of tho oro It uses.
Fifty years ngo tho cost of nsscmbllng
the ore, coko, nnd llniestono for a ton
of pig Iron mndo up hnlf the totnl cost
of production. At that tlmo It would
havo been out of tho attention to use
Lnko Superior ores at Pittsburg, so
heavy would havo boon tho transpor
tation expenses. Since then tho cost
of carrying oro by water and by rail
lins been so much cheapened nnd tho
tlmo required r.o much lo3BPned that
It Is said It la possible to convert luto
steel pinto nt Pittsburg oro mined only
ton days beforo near Lnku Superior.
Furthermore that steel can bo Hold at
n profit for a price lower than forolgn
manufacturers can afford to accept.
Chaplain and Canteen.
Tho Rev. Charles C. Pierce, D. D
Chaplain United States Army and
First Rector of tho Protestant Epis
copal Church In the Philippines, has
REV. PIERCE.
created a sensation In religious cir
cles by coming out in favor of tho
army canteen.
The Bhah, who Is at Ostond,, Is al
ways accompanied by an attendant
with a silver teapot containing, how-
over, not tea, but tho Persian sover
eign's favorite Iced mineral wator.
Very frequently is the pot callod Into
requisition, and the shnh takes his re
freshment in dettghtfully unortho
dox war y !:lnklng out of tho spout.
QurKjsh Minuter' Wife.
Mutchioba All Gorrouh Is tho name
that All Forrouh Boy, tho Turkish
Minister, has given tho youngster that
was born recently at tho Turkish le
gatlon at Washington, Mmc. Ferrouh
Boy, who enmo to this country with
her husband last 'winter. Is tho first
Turkish woman of her rank over per
mitted to como to tho United States,
it being a special favor of tho Sultan
to allow her to accompany her hua
band in his last return to Washing
ton, whero ho has roprcBontcd his gov
ernment since 1898.
Heir to Sir Francis "Dratc.
John H. DanlelB. a lawyer of La
Crosse, Wis., Is about to start for Eng
land to press his claim to an estate ot
9160,000,000, tho
unclaimed accumu
lations from tho
wealth left years
ngo by Sir Fran
cis Drake, discover
er nnd prlvateors-
inan, of whom Mr.
Daniels avers he is
an hoir. Tho mil
lions of tho Drako
estate, according to
tho claimant, havo
John A. Daniels.
boon lying in tho
English court of
chancery until they reached tholr pres
ent onormous proportions. Tho riches
loft by tho noted English sailor wore
the results of a trip to tho West In
dies durlnc tho wnr with Spain. At
tho head of n small squadron ho cap
tured nnd sackod tho town of Nombro
do DIos.
Mr. Daniels has been busily engaged
for many months In gathering the ovl-
donce ho will carry to England. Hie
mother was n Drako, who lived In
Orange county, Now York. Tho exact
lino of descent by which tho lawyor
expects to prove his claim Is a secret
which Mr. Dnn ola Is guarding lest
publicity defoat his plane.
Tho school bonrd at Trenton, Mo.
held ten meotlngs and took 700 ballots
beforo a superintendent could bo se
lected. The county papers ropoatodly
and In all seriousness suggested that
tho contest bo settlod by a gamo of
sovon-up. but tho board regardod such
ft procedure as lacking In dignity.
Endowing an Iotva College.
Tho nows that ?300,000 ot tho pro
posed f&OO.OOO ondowmont for Cornell
i-nllniro nt Mount Vernon. In., has
been subBr.rlbcd will giro great sat
isfaction to Iowa Methodists, many ot
whom rocolvcd tholr higher education
at tho Institution, Tho $300,000 has
beon subscribed within tho last three
ycai-B in amall sums, tho largest con-
trlbiit inn being JUU.ouo, ami mo trus
tees now announco that tho remaining
200,000 ta uBBured.
Tho inscription on a wreath of Ar
dennes heathor on tho coffin of King
Humbert revoaled tho fact that he had
n. Fronch foster brothor, ono Leon
Pnrtnnot. Thia norson is mayor of
Maubort Fontaine in the Ardennes,
Coast Ciftes o f Tejcas Visited
by West
Advices regarding the awful effects !
of tho storm which raged along tho ( Colorado nnd Santa Fo south of Tcm
gulf const of Texas began to arrive pic, and every town on tho Houston
Sunday and tho story thoy told was
fraught with horror. First In Import
ance wns tho news that Galveston was
struck by a tidal wave and that tho
loss of llfo thcro was between 2,500
and 3,000. Tho water was flftoon feet
deep over Virginia point. Every ef
fort was mado to get telegraphic or
cable communication with tho wrecked
city, but to little avull.
From tho Red river on tho north to
tho gulf on tho south and throughout
the contral part of the state, Texas wa3
SECTION OF TEXAS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE.
Jy-- t
stormBwopt for thirty hours by a Wost
Indian hurricane, which laid wasto
property, caused great loss of life, and
offoctually stopped all telegraphic aud
tolephono communication south of
Austin, while the operation of trains
was seriously handicapped. Starting
with tho hurricane which visited Gal
voston and the coast Saturday noon,
and which provalled thoro to such an
oxtent that no communication was had
with tho Island to ascertain what tho
loss to llfo and property were, the hur
ricane made rapid lnrotl3 Into the
confer of tho state, stopping long
enough Saturday night at Houston to
got tho buildings of tho city and to
causo much loss to property interests
there. Advancing inland tho storm
swopt Into tho towns of Hcmpstod, 50
mil 03 above Houston, thenco to Chap-
pell Hill, 20 miles further; thenco to
Bronham, 30 miles further, wrecking
all three towns and terrorizing tho
people beyond expression. Tho storm
was so destructive at thoso points as
to blow over qulto a number of houses
and sovoral persons were killed.
!l,000 loplo Drowned.
Tho city of Galveston, flooded many
feet deep with water, with half its
buildings wrecked and perhaps 3,000
ma
mm m i vwi - ' i ' ! 1 1 mm
GALVESTON JETTIE.
of Its Inhabitants drowned, is the chief
sufforor in tho hurricane horror of
Bouthorn Toxaa.
Port Arthur, its rival further to the
east, has escaped with a drenching
from n foot of wator In tho streets and
with tho loss ot a. few piers.
But many othor towns and villages
and cltlos havo sufforod as well as Gal-
voston, and, in proportion to their
slzo, suffered almost as severely.
Tho situation for all of southern
Toxaa Is a terrlblp ono, but for Galves
ton it is one of horror.
The bridge across tho bay from tho
mainland to the Island on which Gal
voaton is built aro cither wrecked or
too badly damaged to use. The only
ono that may by any chnnco bo stand
ing is that ot the Galveston, Houston
nnd Northern railroad, and It cannot
bo usod because the drawbridges over
creoks to the north aro gone.
As to the country north ot Galveston
it Is thought that every town on tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
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Historic Hurricanes in fhe Southern States.
1840 Adams county, Mississippi; 317
klllod, 100 Injured; loss, $1,2CO,000.
1842 Adams county, Mississippi; 500
klllod; great property loss. 1880 Bar
ry, Stono, Webster and Christian coun
ties, Missouri; 100 killed; 600 Injured;
200 buildings destroyed; loss, $1,000,
000. 1880 Noxubee county, Mississip
pi; 22 killed. 72 injured; 55 buildings
destroyed; loss, $100,000. 1880 Fan
nin county, Texas; 40 killed, 83 In
jured; i8 Millfllngs destroyed. 1882
FLOOD A.JWD WljVD.
Indian Hurricane.
south of Wnco, every town on tho Gulf,
and Texas Contral south of Homo has
been bndy Injured.
Karly telegrams were received nt
Houston from most of theso places ex
copt those still further south than
Houston, nnd hardly one failed to re
port some deaths, nlong with a story
of many buildings wrecked, In somo
cases oven to tho destruction of all tho
buildings in tho town.
Tho only serious railroad nccldcnt
reported na duo to tho Btorm occurred
south of Houston Saturday night A
BATON ROUOt
Santa Fo train was lifted bodily and
blown off the tracks about two miles
north of Alvln. Mrs. Prathor of Ros
enborg, Texas, was killed nnd half a
dozen people were Injured.
The train was running Blowly at tho
tlmo of the wreck, which accounts for
tho comparatively small -loss of life.
Tho car In which Mrs. Prather was rid
ing was thrown into tho water nnd
sho was pinned down with her head
out of n window In such a manner
that sho drowned beforo help came.
Not a IIouso Blfimllng.
Among other towns south of Hous
ton, Hitchcock is reported to have
suffered severely, whllo Alta Loma, a
little village, Is said to be without a
single house still standing. Pcarland
met tho samo fate.
At Seabrooko four persons aro
BRIDGE OVER GALVESTON BAY.
known to have been killed, but as only
two houses are still standing thoro It
Is supposed that tho loss of llfo was
greater than this. Sovonteon persons
aro missing. A Laporto relief train
that got as far as Seabrooko picked up
threo bodies on tho way.
Suffer Verr Heavily.
At Brook8hlro nlso four deaths aro
reported, and there four houses aro
still standing.
Towns further north add to tho sto
ries of horror. Cypress, Hockley, Wal
lor and Hempstead aro thought to have
lost about 20 per cent of their build
ings.
At Taylor tho Missouri, Kansas and
Texas depot was destroyed nnd several
lives nre reported lost.
Bastrop, Smlthvlllo and Templo also
suffered very heavily, both in lives
nnd proporty.
(lalveaton n lteautiful City.
Galveston, tho second largest city In
Texas and tho commercial motropolls
ot thnt state, Is situated at tho north
east extremity of Galveston Island, ut
mouth of the bay ot tho same name
It Is n beautiful city, laid out with wide
nnd straight streets, bordered with
numerous flower gardens, magnolias
flowering shrubs and trees. Tim streets
arc only a few feet nbovo tho sea and
have been frequently swept by surging
waves stirred up by cyclones and tor
nadoes.
Tho city Is the third cotton shipping
port In tho United States. Its foreign
nnd domestic trade Is large. Its total
THE COTTON DOCKS
Houry nnd Saline counties, Missouri;
8 klllod, 53 Injurod; 247 buildings de
stroyed; loss, $300,000. 1883 Kemper,
Coplnh, Simpson, Newton and Lauder
dale counties, Mississippi; 51 klllod, 200
Injured; 100 buildings destroyed; loss,
$300,000. 1883 Izard. Sharp and Clay
counties, Arkansns; 5 klllod, 162 In
jured; CO buildings destroyed; loss,
$300,000. 1884 North nd South Caro
lina, Mississippi, Georgia, TenneHf.ce,
Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois; 800
f -
trade In .1892 exceeded $70,000,000. and
slnco then has largely Increased. It
shlppod to domestic nnd foreign ports
moro thnn 1.000,000 bales of cotton In
1893, nnd tho3o figures hnvo since been
greatly exceeded. According to tho
consus cf 1890 It had n population of
nlmost 30,000 r.nd contained 187 man
ufacturing cstnbllshments, represent
ing n cnpltnl of almost $5,000,000, nnd
nn nnnunl product ot nbout the samo
nmount. Tho population In 1900 is 37,
789. W. S. Wall of Houston, who has n.
summer homo at Morgan's Point, re
lates tho c3capo of Mrs. Wall during
Saturday night's tidal wave:
"My wlfo hnd not beon long nt tho
hotel, whero she wns taking suppor,"
said he. "James Black, a merchant.
rushed into tho dining room and call
ed upon nil to fleo for tholr Uvea. Tho
tidal wavo wus on them In an Instant,
and almost boforo thoy could lcavo tho
hotel to go to n higher point, tho rush
ing waters were all about them moro
than threo feet deep. Mr. Black.stnig-
gllng against tho elements, boro my
wlfo In safety to tho Vincent homo.
"Returning Immediately to tho hotel,
Mr. Black In a llko manner brought
safely to tho Vincent homo his aged
father nnd mother. His next act of
heroism was to rescue Mrs. Ruahmore,
BIT OF WHARF AT HOUSTON,
hcr two daughters, two grandchildren.
and a woman whoso namo I cannot re
call.
"Louis Braquet, manager of the
Black hotel, was engulfed In the waves
and gave his llfo up In tho successful
rescue of his wlfo and a colored serv
ant girl."
Among tho refugees which the Gal
veston, Houston & Henderson train
plckod up nt Lamarque, four and one
half miles south of Virginia Point, was
Pat Joyce, who lived In tho wost end
of Galveston.
"It began raining in Galveston Sat
urday morning early," said ho. "Abont
9 o'clock work was discontinued by the
company nnd I left for home. I got
there nbout 11 o'clock nnd found nbout
threo Inches of water In tho yard. The
water rose and tho wind grow stronger
until it was almost as bad as the gulf
Itself. Finally tho houso was taken oft
its foundation and entirely demolished.
People all around mo were scurrying
to and fro, endeavoring to find places
STRAND STREET, GALVESTON.
of safety and making tho nlr hideous
with their cries. There were r.lno fam
ilies In tho house, which was a large
two-story frame, nnd of tho fifty peo
plo residing there myself nnd nleco
wero tho only ones who could get
away."
AT GALVESTON.
killed, 2,500 Injured; 10,000 buildings
destroyed. Theso storms constituted
an unparalleled series of tornadoes,
there being over sixty of thorn scat
tered over tho territory after 10 o'clock
tho morning of Fob. 9. 1890 Louis,
vlllo, Kv 76 killed, 200 Injured; 900
bnilolngh destroyed; loss, $2,150,000.
Storm cm. a path 1,000 feet wide
thitwgh tno conter of tho city. 1891.
Louisiana and Mississippi; lo killed.
50 UJured. . -
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