New Cae for X-Ruys.
It 1 s.iid that the X-ray have been
successfully applied in France to tin'
detection of adulteration of fooii. whe.e
tllf IKllllllTJlltl COIIHlst of Sollie kind
of mineral matter. The food to be ex
a mi ni Is r'l u.--l to powder and
M'read thinly up .11 glass. A11 X-ray
photograph of the glass reveal the
presence of the mineral particles by the
failure of the ray to penetrate them
iliey pene:ra;e the oilier eonstltu
:, ts of the idered food.
Frit Ihrou-rh the 1 arth.
1'rof. John Milne, who studied earth
quake for many year in .In pa 11. where
they are f repieii;. imw has nil "earth
quake (ilwrmt'ii y" on the Isle of
Wight. In describing his observations
there during the past J'ear. he recently
remarked that his Instruments en
abled him to feel heavy earthquakes
at treat distances, even right through
the earth. For example, on August 31
last a ilisltirliHiK'e of the instruments
led him to conclude that a violent earth
quake had occurred about U.IKMi miles
Bway. Afterward It was learned that
there had liocii an earthquake in Japan
at that time, and the distance through
the earth between the Isle of Wla'i;
and Japan Is about ii.imi miles.
Trains Without Knil
liTperimeiits which are diwcrihcd as
satisfactory have recently been made
lu the suburbs of Tails with a train,
drawn by a steam locomotive, running;
not on rails but on an ordinary road.
Tin- train used at present consists of
only two cars, one of which contains
tlie locomotive machinery, together
with scats for fourteen passengers,
while the oilier has twenty-four seats.
The engine is of t'S-hursc power and
the average speed Is aliout seven miles
nu hour. The train Is able to turn In a
circle only twenty-three feet In diame
ter. Another train has been construct
ed for the conveyance of feright. It Is
hoped by the Inventors that trains of
this kind will In- extensively employed
1n and near cities.
The 1 honours ph for the ll af.
An apparatus which may enable tlx
n-cord of 11 phonograph to be under
stood independently of the sense of
hearing has been contrived by Profes
sor MeKcndrlck In England. By this
Apparatus the revolving phonographic
cylinder Is caused to produce varia
tions of intensity In a weak current,
and these variations, when conducted
through the hands, which have been
molsiened for the puriiose, are easily
perceived. Since they correspond with
the sound variations. It Is thought, by
their aid. a person totally deaf could
nppreclate the rhythm and character
of a succession of sounds thus trans
formed Into a series of sensations of a
different kind.
The Colli of the Hea.
I'.o!h gold and silver exist In about
equal qualities In the water of the
ocean. Various estimates have liccn
made of the total amount of these pre
cious metals held ill solution m all the
seas of the globe. The lay-st experi
ments bearing on this question are
those of Professor I.lversldge of the
I'nlverslty of Sydney, w ho finds in the
waters surrounding Australia the
quantity of gold per ton of sea-water
varies between half a grain and one
grain. Calling the average three-quarters
of a grain to the ton, and putting
the number of tons of sea water to the
cubic mile. In round numbers, at 4,1Shi,
tni.(tl we see that there are :I.1,V),(MI0,
xki grains, or about two hundred tons
of gold In every cubic mile of sca
w liter. It has been estimated that
nil the oceans combined contain about
:ki,h),im) cubic n.dles of water, so that
if the same proportion exists every
where, the total quantity of gold held
In solution by the h-.i would be CI,
(ioO.IiOii.iioii tons. Tills would be worth,
at S2H per Troy once, :t!l.l!U.OIO.oon..
ooo.oon, or translated Into words, more
than thirty-nine thousand millions of
millions of Hollars!
Turning IMhiimiiki Into Craiihitr.
Elementary chemistry tenches us
that, as far as the nature of the hiiIj-
lance composing them Is concerned,
there Is almost no ill (Terence between a
brilliant white diamond and the black
graphite forming the core of a lead
pencil. Both are dimply forms of car
bon, and If we could readily turn one
Into the other, the diamond would
cense to rank as the kind of gems. In
fact, very minute diamonds have re
cently been made hi this way by Mon
sieur Molssau, the French chemist.
Cr.iphlte can be dissolved In molten
Iron, and when the Iron cools the
graphite crystallizes. My performing
thl operation In a particular manner,
which ha heretofore been described In
this column, Monleiir Molssati gets
microscopic crystals, not of graphite,
but of diamond. Curiously enough,
now that we know how graphite may
lie turned Into diamond, It has also been
discovered that diamond can be
changed Into graphite. Thin la effect
ed by pla--lng a diamond In an ex
hausted Crooke tube. In audi a tube
It is bt-lleved that Invisible molecules
of matter are continually darting about,
and these molecule produce a ceaae-
leM bombardment on Ibe surface of the
diamond. Aftor a lime Ibo effect b-
I comes visible in a Mack sta'n. or crust,
covering the diamond. '11 examination
this is, touiid to be composed ul raili
lie. Vulgari'y.
A loud-voiced American lady was ex
plaining at a London reception why It
was that she had come to Europe. "1
have a house in New York." she re
marked, with an obvious sense of self
linM.rlance, "Iti which I have twenty
bed rooms." "It must Iw a imlace," re
marked the hostess, graciously. "Ot
else a hotel," 'added a more cynical
commentator.
"It is inv own house." the lady nm
on. "mid It costs a pile of money to
keep It up! Why, I have ten or twelvt
servants, even when 1 am not enter
taining!" There was a pause, during which tht
company either looked 1 sired or ex
changed is-cullar glances, and thei:
awaited in silence her explanation of
her Journey across the Atlantic.
"I nnnot endure having the sauif
furniture." added the lady, after a
critical examination of the rings on hei
fingers, "longer than four years. I bay
refurnished my lmuse three times In
twelve years, and it Is now time foi
another revolution. I have come abroad
to look at furniture and to get somt
new diamonds. Hut, tlo you know, 1
cannot find anything that I want K
buy? Everything seems cheap and second-hand
In the furniture line."
By this time the hostess was blush
ing from mortification nt having been
caught by her friends In the act of en
tertaining so vulgar a woman. Whcthci
the visitor was exaggerating or not the
rewoiirci-s of her establishment and th
(jipriclousness of her taste. she wn
making an indecent display of her
wealth.
Another American of the same type
undertook to entertain an English j
company with a detailed account of hi j
expenditures for dress ami wine.
"I order nlHiut thirty sulta of clothe t
n year," he remarked, w ith a ttmlle of i
self-approval, "and seven or eight
overcoats. My wines seldom cost m
less than three thousand dollars a year
but they are the choicest brand whlcl
I can import. I seldom find anythliiR
lu England which I consider fit t-
drink. As for cigars, mine come direct
ly from the licst Havana factory. L
have to pay well for thein, but I must!
have the best." '
This, too, was highly seasoned talk j
for guests who were not accustomed tn :
hear any one bragging nlsmt fine j
cloibes, wines and cigars. I
There are vulgar people In Englnm! j
who like to make a show of their new
ly acquired wealth mid lmHrtance. !
There Is nothing distinctively Ameri
can In vulgarity, but the tnilt nrtrnct
more attention In Americans because
they travel extensively In Europe, and
some of them flaunt their diamond
and their bad manners In the fashion
able hotels of the great capital. Amer
ican reputation abroad suffers more
from iK'casionnl dlsplnys of this kind
than from any other cause.
Trnppioic Turkeys.
One of the method by which wild
turkeys are taken by native hunters, ni ,
deserilM'd In "Hunting; and Fishing Itij
Florida," by Mr. C. H. Cory, Curator ot i
the Itepartment of Ornithology In the'
Field Columbian Museum. Chicago. !
certainly does little credit to the intelli- j
gence of the turkeys. i
A place is found where turkeys arc
numerous. Corn Is scattered about.;
and If that is eaten more corn Is piai-ed
there the next day. The birds are fiM
In this manner for a week or two, null!
they become accustomed to going then
for food. Then small logs are laid
forming a square box alsuit six or eight
Inches. In height; possibly two logs ot
each side, one alxive the other. Insldi
Is placed the corn, tuid the turkeys en ;
tor It readily,' iin the obstruction Is not
sufficient to excite tlielr fears. '
The next night another log is added
raisitiM the box a little, perhnjw a foot
or so, and this iwci k'h on until
the small logs form a cone-shaped Ik. ,
narrowing at the top, leaving an open
lug perhus 11 fst or eighteen Indie
wide, by which they can enter at tin !
top. i
Corn Is placed In the liox. find a few
kernels leading to It, as usual, and tin
turkeys, mounting the Inst log, drop In
and eat up the corn. And now they
are caught. The opening Is so narrow j
that, although a turkey enn easily Jump j
down through it with close 1 wings. It
cannot Jump out again with Its wlng
spread
I nhuppT French yneens.
Of sixty-seven Queens of France only
thirteen have died without leaving t licit
hlstorlia a record of misery. F.leven
were divorced, two executed, nine died
young, seven were soon widowed, thre.
cruelly treated, three exiled; the ihiIsoii '
ed and broken-hearted moke up t be
rest.
lonilon's I ii vane.
The London County (Vmui'11 has do- i
ehb-d to sM'iid il.lKKMtOO on the provls
Ion of new asylums for the Insane. The 1
expenditure Is to spread over five years. !
and at the dime nf that XTlod It la be j
llevt d that the provision of asylum nc- I
couiiiiodatlon will lie fully adequate to'
the wants of the inetropoliH. !
I
roaa as a Mlgnatnrc. j
The cross mark, still used occasion i
ally Instead of a signature, did riot orlg j
lnnte In Ignorance. It was always ap- j
pended to signnturiT In medieval times '
ns nn attestation of good faith.
Cut flowers will lecp very fresh If n
small pinch of common aiiltpw'.er Is put
In the water In which they tanrt. The
ends of lhe stem should bo cut on a
llttU- every day to keep open the al
aorblng pore.
There are three ex-Mnyons of lhe
town In the newljr elected City Council
of Bath, Me.
A PICTURE.
Meionier's Favorite I'uintinst
He-
curd Ironl a (iermrin.
William A. Collin, in u paper entitled
'Souvenirs of a Veteran Collector" in
the Century, deserilies the unique art
treasures of Mr. Samuel I'. Avery, of
New York. Mr. Collin relates the fol
lowing story of one of Meissionier's
most famous paintings:
The picture shown Marshal Saxe,
with a Isxly of troops, interrogating a
peasant at a crossroads in the forest,
and taking notes. In isso Mr. Will
lam II. Vauderbilt was sitting to Mels-
, sonier for his portrait, and Mr. Avery
and Mr. Luciis were Invited by the
artist to come to his studio during the
sittings, ns Mr. Yamlerbilt did not
I speak French. One day Mr. Vauder
bilt asked, "What picture does M.
; Melssouier think Is the best he ever
! painted''' Meissonier, replying through
' Mr. Lucas, sjsike of two, the celebrated
j"18H" and "Le Itensetgn it." The
: latter picture, he said, with a sigh anil
1 a deeply felt 'iielns!" was In tierinany,
! In the hand of the enemies of France.
It had been painted for the Exposi
tion of Ht!7, and was txiught by M.
Petit, who asked fifty thousand francs
for It. Mr. Walters had offered foriy
tlve thousand francs, but a (iermati
banker In Paris, M. Mayer, paid the
price and got the picture. He was a
well-known collector, and his family
home was in Presden. When the war
of 1870 broke out, M. Mayer left Paris,
and took the picture with him. Mr.
Avery had seen his gallery every time
he went to Dresden, and knew the
picture. The conversation in the stu
dio continued, and Avery and Lucas
agreed that "Le Kenselgiiement" was.
Indeed, a wonderful canvas. Petit had
tried to buy It back, but could not get
it It was thought It would lie impossi
ble to get Mayer to sell It, but Avery,
authorized by Mr. Vauderbilt. resolved
to try. He did not wish to make a trip
to Dresden nt the time, so he wrote to
Mayer that a friend of his wanted the
picture, but not 11 a matter of business.
It was not to buy to sell again. The
banker replied that he had 1 n often
Importuned to sell the picture, but had
Invariably refused; yet, now that lie
felt himself growing old (he had then
reached the age of Ko), and that ns after
his death his family might not care to
keep It, he would take 11 certain price
for It. He added that be might change
his mind over night, for he found it
hard to decide to sell. Avery lost no
time In telegraphing, and the next day
received the ennvna by parcels post;
the marvelous nlcture was actually In
his room In the hotel! A draft on Lon
don was sent to Dresden at once, and
the deed was done.
Mr. Vauderbilt and his two fellow
conspirators now set about arranging
a surprise for Meissonier. The next
day was to tie the last sitting for the
portrait, and when they arrived nt the
studio one of them cnrrled a pan-el,
which was placed In a safe corner. The
sitting proceeded, and at Inst Meisson
ier said the portrait was finished; there
was not another touch to be added.
"Now you may see me sign," he an
nounced, and the act was accomplish
ed wllh a due observance on the part
of the company of the Importance of
the moment. The artist then went into
another room to put the little portrait
In a frame he had ready for It. "Le
Uenselgnement'' was quickly taken
from the corner, set in a frame on tin
ease!, and the three men stood by to
see what Meissonier would do. "When
he same in and suddenly saw the pic
ture," says Mr. Avery, "he almost went
crazy In his Joy. He got down on his
knees before It so that he could Iook
nt It closely, and cried out, 'Oh, mou
Ikiii tableau! Oil, tnon lion tableau!'
and with dUIIciilty found words to ex
press his delight. He loved his pie
ture that he never expected to seu
again, and hi heart was full."
Itoad to Knowledge.
"livery ne who tins tne rending nan-
It and evcr.viMiu.v reiius-nns one 01
two objects In view: to acquire iufoiv
million or to experience a mental pleas- I
lire," ff writes "Htis h" in his "Literary j
Talks" In the Ladies' Home Journal, i
"No matter how Inferior the book read. ,
when you sat down to rend you Intend
ed to htmi something new, od "to kill
time.' which is a ciJloiiiial way of say
THE ROMANCE OF
ing that you warned to turn your mind the murder of William Ellia at the pree- j
Into pleasant channels., There Is a ci-r- I ,-rit term of the Circuit court in Livings
tain type of mind that only gets pleas- ! ton county, was found dead in the road I
lire out of rending when at the same1
time it Is getting knowledge. That1
kind Is lhe exception, ami It reaches
full satisfaction only by becoming what 1
we cull a scholar.' I'or the mind seek
ing knowledge by reading the si.u'll-
boards are many In these days, and, '
instead of the way being mirro'A ,-it.d
arduous, there Is no other highwaj in '
life quite so carefully lniiarkeil out as ,
the road to knowledge. In ninny linlej
towns and crossroads I lie Sta'e hat
marked the entrance in It w ith a s Imol-1
house which Is free to evervbodv. And ,
from there Up through the high school
and Hie normal sclusil to the inlleve,
the State lavishes money, and rich men
find hurdles give millions to inahe the
way plain and easy, lu no oilier line
of effort can so much be had for noth
ing as In the acquisition of knowledge.
Kvetl for those hose tl wine Is limited by
the nieessltes of brend-ea ruing, I hero
are Chautauqua circles and I'nlverslty
Lxtenslon societies. The world was
never so kind to the Inquiring mind in
It Is to-day."
Ink Htslna.
It Is said that when ink is spllW
upon A enna't or anything made of
woollen the spot should Immediately be
covered with common sail. When I his
has absorbed nil the Ink II will, care
fully tko It off with nn old kulfe or
hmiii and apply more sail. Keep do
ing this until the Ink Is all token up.
It Is easier to loe a vote than to win
sue.
(.K A I Kl'1 I'llK OIKK K
lie Uiil l.e MrKiiilry' Serreiary
of th
j T uury.
I Canton, Jan. 29 Lyman J. Gage will
be the next secre;ary of the treasury.
He arrived ut M jor McKinley'a house
; a lew minute before 'A o'clock yefter
; day afternoon, and was warmly wel
I coined by the president-elect, who
I Ptraightway withdrew with him for a
j private conference which lasted till 6
i o'clock. The preeident-elect and his
! recretary of the treasury had a full and
j very satisfactory talk, in which they
I discussed at length the financial and
tariff policies ot the next administra
tion and considered the problems that
would call for immediate solution by
means of legislation. The president
elect and Mr. Gage are in thorough ac
cord upon all financial, political and
economic politics. The demand for
Mr. Gage's appointment comes from
nearly every commercial center of the
country anil from men of lioth parties.
He is indorsed not only hy the business
world, but by many labor organizations
as well.
The direct claim is made in nearly all
of the mass of letters and telegrams
which have readied Major McKmley
respecting Mr. Gage that the direct ef
fect of his appointir.-mt will lie to hasten
and render certam the restoration of
confidence. Major McKinley has been
thinking about Mr. Gage for several
weeks in connection with the treasury
portfolio, but had been led to believe
that he could not accept it. It has also
been Major McK oley 's intention from
the day he was elt.ted to choose a west
ern man for see.reta-y of the treasury it
he could find an avmlable man
Mon-jr Aiming the l'ln.
Kxktkr, N. H Januu'-y 2!). Daniel
O'Callaban, a well-to-"io farmer of this
town, is SO years old, and has a rooted
distrust of eavings banks. When bis
promii-ing eon, John tired of the poor
fare and hard work on a rocky New
Hampshire farm and started west to
seek his fortune, he left a roll of foOO in
his lather's custody. The old man hid
the money in the hog pen. The hogs
scented the greenbacks, and cue day
succeeded in rooting them o-'t, and
finding them palatable, devoured the
whole $"U0. This was a year ago.
John did not make his fortune. He
roamed around the mining camps, con
tracted a disease of the eyes, and then
came home. He asked his father lor
t ,e $5'J0, and w hen it was not forth
coming, took a drink. The old man
callen in a doctor, who prescribed a
''j.-eenback" plaster The old man made
his son a "gift" of f 100, which worked
wonders. He asked for more, and did
not gft it, so he sued the senior O'Cal
laban. The jury gave a verdict in favor
of the old man. This makes the hogs
guilty of grand larceny, but they ar
dead and gone.
Chargfd With F'nrg-ry.
Anmhton, Ala., Jan. 2!l. Rev. A. R.
Fowler, who is minus both hands, has
been arrested here ,eing wanted in
Klelierton, Ga., on a charge of forging
three rent notes and a mortgage on a
fa in. Fowler was pastor of the Elber
tJti f'resbytcrian church for three
months last year, hut it is said that
minors of crooked dealings caused the
church to have him resign.
Foler lost his hands within a few
weeks of each other about three years
ago. He took out an scnident policy of
),000, and seven days afterward one of
bis hands waa shot off while hunting.
When this woand healed, and before
the first policy was taken out. Fowler
wnt out gunning again in a few days
ani came bck with the other hand
hi wn to pieces. The insurance coni
nuiv is fighting the payment of the
p-.lie.ieB, on the g'ound that the Iobs of
trie hands was not due to accident.
The case is now oeiore u.e supreme
j t.olirl u Georgia,
and Fowler claims
tat I he trouble he is now in was in
stigited'by the insurance company to
prej i lice his suit. His not explained
how the alleged forgeries were com
muted May lie a feud.
Cmi.i.icoTue, Mo., January 29
Charles Stevens, who was acquitted of 1
a few miles from his home, having been
shot through the bead some time last
night. It is feared that this is the be-
ginnii g of a f. ud which may end in the
further lo-s of life, as there are men
in
ei'her fiction who will not hesitate
to
shoot if they think they are in aanger. j mauers, ami tin. ouei nas ueen go
K,even. it will l e remembered, was 1 inS on for a ''" time' but ln. i,lk and
iudic.tel aid tried for what is known
the haystack murder on the nigbt
October 12, lH9fi. William Ellis,
young man, of this city, waB called from
his home hv some one in a buggy and
thai was the last Been of him alive. His
charred body was found the next morn
ing in tome burning haystacks on the
farm of 8. H. Patterson, ten miles south
of Chillicothe, and the crime was
brought home to Stevens, and he was
Indicted- It came out in the trial that
8tevens served a term in the Nebraska
penitentiary for murder un"er almost
similar circumstances i a that state, he
having concealed the body of his vict im
in soma haystacks.
Tns county coroner and a jniy went
to the scans of the killing to investigate
Murder In lhe Air
San Fhascibco, Cal., Jan. 29. Peace
rsigned in Chinatown yesterday, but
hatchet-men from all sections of the Pa-
SQc coast are hurrying to San Francisco
aveage tte death of Little Pete. Sam
Tup merchants vanture outside their
bes only whan abaci "Uly necessary
and o Hilar protection. Any white man
yba caa prodaoe svidsooa of his skill
with a pistol, has no dtttealtjr in secur
ing a fat berth a body guard to some
wealthy Mongolian.
U.UJJ-.1.ST1IKMAX
McHiiiley May Appoint Ljnun Gage
Hia Treasurer.
THE FINANCIER CALLED TO CANTON
ile H a lil !'.. Wing and it Keriu Cer
tolii Ihut the hec-retarjr urjtlie Trrooary
is at Last hi-tll. d I'pou
Cantos, 0 Jan. 28. The complex po
litical problems surrounding the selec
tion of McKinley 'a cabinet are now !
lieved to be practically solved, ami Ly
man J. Gage of Chicago, as secretary of
the treasury, is regarded a-- the key to I
the situation and the almost certain
choice of the p esideut elect. This
moral certainty is strengthened by the
tact that the president of the First Na
tional bank of Chicago is now on In
way to Canton, in response to the tele
graphed request of the major to vifil
him. Chairman Hanna CHine here ami
w as engaged for several hours yesterday
in secret conference with Mr. McKinle' .
It is the understanding that Mr. Hanna
appro ed of Mr. Gage s chief of the
treasury department. It is kn wn that
uver since the election of Mr. McKinley
a powerful personal political influence
has been exerted on him, especial. y
from friends and republican leaders :n
Chicago and the middle western state
to procure the appointment of Mr.
Sage for the treasury portfolio. The
work has been done in such a quiet and
dignified manner that public attention
baa not been directed toward the influ
ence until recently. It is now believed
that Mr. Gage's appointment to tin
treasury will be determined this week.
When that position is filled the other
portfolios can easily be disposed of, ex
cepting that to be given to New York.
That problem remains as intricate ns
ever, but the impression prevails that
General Woodford has the be.kt chance
of appointment. The president-elect doet
not seem to have been influenced against
General Woodford by the mild protest
which was entered against him Tuesday
from eastern visitors. Col. John Hay
is heie in the interest of a friend an 1
now does not expect a cabinet, apooirt
ment for himself. Gen. W. M. Osborne,
who has been the guest of Cornelius N.
liliss at Teykil Island on the Georgia
coast, will remain here until Friday and
then return east.
hre Is Gomez?
New York, Jan. 28. A dispatch
to
the Sun from Havana says:
It is reported in this city that General
Gomez is in the province of Matanzag,
In the press censor's bureau nothing is
fraid about it. In other official circles
the same secrecy is maintained. Igno
rance, real or pretended, is painfully
apparent here.
The whole attention of the island il
now centered on Gomez, although it is
always difficult to tell with certainty
the whereabouts of the Cuba leader,
Gomez never permits hie position to be
exactly known until he strikes one ol
his unexpected blows. But that he bad
passed the boundary of Santa Clara
province appears quite certain.
Forty persons more were arrested
Monday and sent to the common jail on
political charges. Weyler's persecution
is producing the natural effect of aug
menting emigration to the United Statei
ind at the same time stimulating the
aniversal disaffection and the purpose I
to, resist Spain to the very end.
It is said that Major Fondevilla will
soon be promoted to the rank of colonel.
The truth is that Weyler has offered j
bim a reward for his recent maasacres.
VWyler is an intimate friend of Fonde- j
villa and brought him to the island as.
, one of the men in whom he had great -
est confidence. He served alao under
weyier in tne rniuippine am canary
IsLnds.
lhe news Ot ins promotion
ior the
savageries which have m
him infamous is therefore not at all
extraordinary.
There is no truth in the report, origin
ith'g in Key West, and which has cauBed
cuiinuciauK ..i.u:iu "'"
blowing up of the gunboat Oometa will
result in a duel between General Weyler
in fact, as the general had left the capital
before the news of the gunboat affair
r ached this city.
Nevertheless, as hat already been re
ported, there is bitter feeling and much
F'flr" anu jealousy ooiw-en me navy
have exchanged angry notes about sev-
paper are the only weapons used
Bd Weather ai Sea.
York, Jan. 27.- Two anchor
Nkw
j liners, each a week overdue, crawlad
into port Tuesday. Both were Horn the
Mediterranean. One was the Kara-
mania, which leit Gibraltar, December
31, and the other was the Elysia, which
came out January 5. Both met arctic
weather and thundering waves. The
Karamania's bows were bulging with
ice and her decks covered with e now,
while her derricks and ventilators were
white with frost. The Elysia. which
had 273 steerage passengers, met a weft
and north hurricane January 2:1.
Idaho' MeDntoighip
Boiss, Idaho, Jan. 28. The pbpulists
in the legislature yesterday trotted out.
a new candidate for senatorial honors in
Henry Heitfeld, a farmer, but he tailed 'Bueit e( Captain and Mrs. McWUllams,
to draw the democratic vote and failed of 391 ifce avenue. She was accoom
election. The ballot resulted : Heitfeld, I by ber cousins, Mr. Mc Barber
populist, 25; Dubois, silver republican, ' an(j QnpUin Heisland of Canton. Mfai
VI; Nelson, populist, 15; scattering. McKinley comes to personally look afUr
rhe deraocrata and populists were in 4he preparation of bar inauguration
consultation last night, and it is hoped gowns and will remain in the city far
that something will happen to bring the several days. Major McKlnlay will
10 an end . oi Ho bis wife Un for th WmmU
bat may pay. another visit to lb eitf
later on. ----. -
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arUJiua go up lu the nme Wnaaa
hcurch4.
Piiii-AnKi ciitA, Jan. 27. The mostdui
astrous conflagration that baa visited
this City in recent years broke out short
ly before 7 o'clock yesterday morning in
the basement of the big grocery of Hans
com Brothers on Market street, and be
fore the flames were gotten under con
trol property amounting in value to
12,500,000 or more had been destroyed.
The flames were first discovered by
John Wagner, a reserve policeman, who
was passing the building at 6 o'clock.
He immediately turned in an alarm.
Bc-fore the engines reached the s.:ene
the entire rear portion of Hanscom &
Bennett's big restaurant was ablaze. A
second alarm was then sent in and a
few momenta later a general alarm was
sounded.
'm mediately adjoining Hanscom
Bi 'tliers on the west was the five-story
building occupied by Blum Brothers,
manufacturers of women's cloaks The
flames spread with almost lightning
rapidity and the Blum building was
ko'in a mass of flames.
I While the flames we'e sweeping west
on Market, the umbrella manufactory
of Hirsch Brothers, the largest in the
world, which adjoined the restaurant,
Caught fire. The inflammable nature of
the immense sto.'k of light silks added
fuel to the flames and in half an hour
the building, extending from 1309 to
1316, eight stories, on Market street, wag
a mass of flames.
' CATCHES IOHN WANAMAKKR.
! On the north side o Hirsch Brothers,
immediately across Silver street, stood
tt new seven-Btory building of Dunlap
Bothers. The first floors were occn
pii l by the Collins Carriage company.
Th 1 flames swept through this structure
and destroyed it completely. The ihop
of Contractor Lewis Havens caught fire
from the rear of Blum Brothers and
three firemen were caught by a falling
wall. Frank Piper of Engine Com
pany No. 30 was the only man seriously
injured.
' At 6 :15 a. m., fire was discovered in
the tower of JohnWanamaker'sdry goods
tore. A stream of water from one cl
the water towers was run up to vL
burning tower, but the supply waa
either too small rr the apparatus de
fective, as the stream would not reach.
The tower contained a handsome clock
:nd chimes At 9 o'clock the entire
toer collapseI, the clock falling through
to the firet floor. Two lines of hose
were then gotten on top of the gigantic
structure and the flames, which had
threatened to destroy Philadelphia's
most famous store, were soon under
cjntrol.
Suffering in New York
CniCAGo, III., Jan. 2T. A special to a
morning paper from New York says:
There ii famine and suffering in New
vork. Tens of thousands of men are
out of work, and thousands of them,
doubtless, are puffering the pangs of
hunger. Isolated cases are reported
daily in the local u-reBS, but no attempt
has been made hy the newspapers or by
any organized charity to 8-cure statis
tics and no one knows even approxi
mately the extent of the unfortunate
brigade. ,
These are the conditions which have
been discovered in one cane : A woman
on the floor of a big house, wanted to
the last degree, penmlese, which means
iie can , nejther the food nor medi-,
cine Bhe a(.k8; 0n the floor below, in
the game ,l0utPi ig ,he headquarters of
a gouiety organjzed to give quick relief
to lhoge in ttm extremity of need, but
dying from jnaniti0n for lack of funds,
bcauee people have not. subscribed to
alj j,g p1rp0ee. '
At the ton of' the house. No. 154 West
. Houston street, live Thomas Edwards,
U, wjf6j jarV) an,i jnre Edwards'
1,5,., Edwards is 28 years old and
ki. ,: a VBa. ).; ininr. Thev hud
two children, who died, and so escaaed
their parents' fate. A year ago Mrs.
Edwards was attacked by consumption.'
She was a handsome woman then, with
wonderfully fine eyes. The disease has
run a hasty course, and Bhe is now so
i ,maciated her thin wrist would almost
througn the ci-cle of her wedding
nng.
III at h Kroui a Ited-l'ost.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 27. I. T. Benham,
a traveling salesmen for the Hoffman
Publishing company of Minneapolis,
aommitted suicide in his room at the
Grace hotel by hanging himself to the
bedpost W'ith a neck scarf. The body
was found at 3 o'clock Monday after
noon. His wife and family are living
in Spokane Falls, Wash., and it is said
that Benham had recentlv been served
: g hi(t wif(J
j Hiwrn on th around of nnn minnort. '
, ne suicide left a letter addressed to
MrB Charle8 M. Fassett of Spokane, but
the ieal Wag not broken and the coo-
nt are not known. He was about 65
1 yearl 0 a(e
Fire Water Star Hnrn.
New Vork, Jan. 27. Fire which
Started in the basement of the six-story
building, 29 Pearl stieet, yesterday
brought the whole fire-figbting forca In
the lower cectiott of the city to the
scene. The basement was occupied by
Walden & Co., wholesale liquor dealers.
Mm. McKlolry Frr.prt.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Mr. McKinley ar
rivad in Ohicaso vesterdav morninff. the
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