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NOTES ON EDUCATION.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER.
A Kingston, N. Y.,fchool that Teachee
Pnpila the Art or Science of Money
8if-'tmin Superintendent for
Jollet, III., Fchoola-Kd nesting Boje.
Leaaona in Savins.
The school authorities" of Kingston.
N. Y., have permitted one of the acbooW
to make a peculiar addition to the cur
riculum, which lnut been tried &ine
189 with the greatest sum ami is
to be extended to other public Institu
tion In the city. This Innovation, eon
1U la instructing the children In fru
gality and economy.
The mrthod employed Is the practi
cal teaching of the pupils the art or
vieueeof money making or saving, and
Important as this branch of instruction
may be It Is isaid that the plan adopted
at Kingston l the first to Inculcate hi
the puplk of any whool the primary
principli of saving money. So guceiwa
ful ban the exerluient been in that
place that It U urgtMl upon the attenilou
of instructor elsewhere. The plan pin
vidua for a saving bank for the chil
dren wlierehi tliey may deposit their
lMiuilM and get Interest on the accumu
lations. Since the exHrhneut was un
dertaken the deposits have aggregated
. In one school more than $2,5H), and
tliiis district Is one that Ls populated
almost exclusively by people In very
moderate circumstances, and Is, In fact,
the poorest In the city.
In this school there are 213 children,
many of whom have saved suniw
amounting to from $".() to $10. On
each Monday morning the teachers re
ceive from the children their cnnies
and an arrangement In made with one
of the ttavlngs banks of the city for
taking these small deposit and allow
ing interest on an account when it has
reached the sum of $.". It is the univer
sal testimony of the Instructors that
the system 1ms resulted In inculcating
liabita of economy that have been use
ful not only to the child but to the par
ent as well. The teaching has had a
lasting effect and it has not mattered
much whether the child has saved $10
or 10 cents; the Idea and habit of fru
gality has lecn permanently Inculcated
and will be of great value In after life.
If a child Is taught to save at all it
can be made to take a real pride In sav
ing and the main object of the practi
cal instruction is accomplished. If we
are to have manual training schools to
teach a pupil a trade, by which he can
earn a livelihood, why is it not equally
1mwrtaiit to teach him to husband his
resources by the practice of frugality
and economy? So long us It Is the first
$100 or $2oo of ft fortune that Is the
moat difficult to get it -would seem that
the public schools could hardly do any
thing chat would be of more practical
value to the pupil than to teach him
how to acquire the nucleus of a com
petewy. Wnman Superintendent.
Mm. Kate Henderson, who was re
cently appointed sujNTlntendent of the
Jollet, 111., schools, is the first woman
to occupy that linNrtant position in
Jolict She is a thorough educator, ex-
Icrle.ueed afid modern, and lias won her
way to eminence by natural ability and
band work. Her sclwtlnu for the post
of superintendent gives general satis
faction. The new superintendent was
Mws Kate Alpine. She came to Jollet
from Wisconsin in 1S.M), and lier edu
cation was ac(ulred chiefly In the pub
lic schools of the city. She begat) to
teach In lsiw and continued in that
work until 1N71I, when she was married
to James K. Henderson. In lfwi she re-tunh-d
to her profession, and since tluit
time site has taught In almost every
department of the school. Mrs. Hen
derson stud'u-d while she taught. In
1805 lm was eh'ctcd a incinlier of the
Bclmol Iioarvl at. iarge, and her work
In tliat body has ls'en mot gratifying.
Her good Judgment In ttcleetlng and as
signing teacheix, In the Instmctlou of
young teachers, and In oilier matters
regarding t In advancement of the pub
lic schimls and their operation has now
leeu rewarded by placing her at the
liead of the educational machinery of
the city. The jiosltlou Is an hnportiint
one. Mrs. Henderson will receive $2,
200 per yenr, and will have complete
(barge f the schools. The board has
Ifiveii her (lie place ns a promotion. Slie
will lie supplied with all the assistants
he require, and education In Jollet,
It to believed, will tic given n new Im
petus by her effort. Mrs. Henderson
haa leen In the service thirty-one yearn.
Bchonl HlatOrica.
A crloiui qu-tlou aceiiuH to confront
th writer of school hlstorh. Tlio
who write sjsvlally In the Lnlerest of
tlie North find their hooka rejected by
the South, Indeed to audi an extent that
weyeral fitotorle written from the
Bootbern atand point ao far m concerns
th late war luive been ndopted largely
through Hut ectWn of tb I'Mou In
praferance to those written nod pub
llajMd ta tit Nortb. Bat now comet an-
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MRS. KATK IIK.MIKP.HOX.
other lU.lli'iilty. Theflrand Army aeema
to object to even mt of the Northera
histories Nvanse of their Ijeing too gen
erous to the South.
After all Is the war h1tory of our
country or ought It to Ik- the main Tea,
ture of our history to be taught? Are
not the great inventions of the jtfist cen
tury, t lie Industrial en terprlses, the set
tlement of the various States, the con
version of the territories Into States,
the building of railroads and canals, the
development of mines and minerals, the
Improvements in manufactures, the
growth and Improvement of our schools
ajMl school systems of quite as great
Imjiortance as the wars and politics of
the country? However we may differ
In politics and the outcome of sectional
difference of opinion, on the real pro
gress of the country we can all agree,
and the importance of these victories
of is-ace should, we think, be magnified,
Educational News.
KdncntinK the Boy.
The Educational Journal of Toronto
says: "We are firm believers In col
leges and universities, but we neverthe
less agree heartily with the Kev. Ir.
1'arkhurst, who in a late number of the
Ladies' Home Journal, in answer to the
query, 'Shall we send our lsy to col
lege? says, That depends n great deal
(vn Uie boy himself.' He declares him
self to lie a thorough believer in the
college, but holds tlut 'It might not Im
beat for his (our lioy) to go to college;
It might not be lx-st for the community
that he should. College can fit a man
for life, and, also, Lt can unlit him.
There are styles of education tluit dis
qualify the student for doing what he is
competent to do, without qualifying
him to do that which he might like to
do, but for which he lacks, and always
will lack, the prerequisites.' There is
sound wisdom in this, but it may lie
questioned, when analyzed, if it means
anything more than that we have not
yet a sufficient variety of colleges to
meet the wants of all classes of boys
and girls. The question certainly
should not be taken as synonymous
with 'Shall we give our boy the best
education we are able to provide?' That
demands an unqualified affirmative."
On Capital l etter.
The Chicago Society f Proofreaders
has adopted the following rules for cap
itals: Capitalize Lord's Day, New Year'f
Day, Fourth of July; lnit, the glorious
Fourth.
State, when referring to one of the
I'nited States; New York City, I'rovince
of Quebec; Cook County, but county of
Cook; Lyons Township, but township
of Lyons.
Words distinguishing certain regions,
as the Orient, the lsmndless Vt, the
Eastern States; Iower-ca.se eastern New
York, northwestern Minnesota, etc. Ex
ceptions: East Tennessee, West Ten
nessee. Names of Important events or tilings,
as the Reformation, the Middle Ages,
the Union, tlie Government.
In co'.nisnind words such as Attorney
General, Vice-President, Hy-Iaws, etc.,
each word should Is; caiitallzed If It
would lie capitalized when standing1
alone.
Names of political parties, as Demo
cratic, Republican, etc.
Titles of nobility, etc., when referring
to specific iiensons, such us the Earl of
Surrey, the Prince of Wales, the Queen
of England, etc.. should -be capitalized.
AH flLles when preceding the name,
as President McKinley, Doctor I'.rown;
but president of the Snilthtown Bank.
All tipeelnc UUcs, as: thank you,
Judge; the Colonel will lie here to-morrow.
Names of associations, as Civic Fed
eration, T'nkiu Iyeague Club; but lower
case when speaking of "the club "
CapitaH.e ljoard of trade, city hall,
etc., only when preceded by name of
town.
President when referring to the Pres.
Ident of the I'nited States. Words used
to Indicate the Plble.
Church, when used as opiiosed to the
world, and also when a particular
church noddy Is mentioned, as First
Methodist Church.
Nouns csed as the name of the Deity,
but not pronouns and adjectives used
In connection with the noun.
Congress, Ijeglslature, Assembly,
Senate, House, but lower case when
speaking of lower house, both houses,
etc. Western Teacher. '
Marrying the Dead.
Among uie many curious practice
that Mami 1'oio came across in hla 1
travels In tho far F.ust, the Tartar en !
torn of marrying the dead dcHerves no.'
tlce. lie siijh: "If nny man have a !
daughter who dies lief ore marriage, !
and anouicr man have had a son also '
die before; marriage, the parents of th j
two arrange a grand wedding between !
the dead lad and lass, and marry them j
theydo nmlUng a regular contractl ,
And when the contract papers an i
made out they put them In the lire, fa I
order that the parties In the othei
world may know the fact, and so look
on each other is man and wife. And
tho parents thenceforward conaldei
themselves related to each other Jusl
as if their children had lived and mar
ride. Whatever may lie agreed op be
tween the jwirtJesas dowry, those who
have to pay it cause It to be painted on
pieces of paper, and then put these in
the fire, saying Hint In that way tn
dead person will get all the real ar.
tides In the other world." This custom
Is also noted by other writiin, even aj
late us the ls-glnnlng of the eighteenth
century.
Tho iKibolink builds her uest lu a lit.
tie depression In n meado v, and an
bird, eggs and house are nil of tb
sanm mottled brown, and well hidden
by the grass, she la not often molested
Some birds excavate a cup-ahnped bob
and line It. The nlghtliawk and th
whlppoorw'lll deposit tbelr oggi an
the bnre ground, where they are only
protected by their Incotwplcuoua col
oriog.
II'OI.I tmk n.so
merteaa Color rrm Itowa by Canty
dim l.audiord.
Ottawa, Ont., Juna 28. An epiaoda
his jnat leaked out which might not
only be coneidered an insult to tht
American flag at St. John, New Brunt
wick, but also to United State Conau
Derby, who resides in that city. Th
consul and Mrs. D'rby have during tht
past year, occupied a suit of rooms in tht
Victoria hotel on King street, and theii
rooms were situated at the froot of thi
building, the windows and surrounding!
came in for a share of the decorations ii
honor of celebrating the diamond Jubi
lee.
Mrs. Derby noticed the English fla
decorating her windows and quirtlj
removing the flag herself, replaced il
with the stars and stripes. On admir
ing the decorations of his hotel, Mana
ner McCormack noticed the change, and
at once ordered some of his employes U
tear down the American flag and put
back the Union jack, which was done in
the most unceremonious fashion. The
consul and Mrs. Derby thereupon va
cated their looms at the Victoria and
took quarters at ano hrr hotel.
In connection with this regretable in
cident happening upon the Name jubi
lee day, a wanton otur we was peiputiat
ed upon the American II ig fit Sackville,
a few miles distant t'rjin St. Jorm. A
gang of vsndaU deliberately tore a
United States flag from a stiing of other
flags which were displayed from the res
idence of Thomas Loundas. The flag
was a large one, and only the band of ic
was left on the rope. Much regr-t and
indignation was expressed here upon
the receipt of tho new yesterday morn
ing. An attempt was made to keep both
incidents quiet.
Fire t Svh. '
New Youk, June U8. The anchor line
stottmer City of Koine arrived yetsterday
from Cilasgow und Moville, a tera thrill
ing experience with lire on board ship.
The Bteamer sailed on June 10 with 296
passengers and a cargo of general mer
chandise. ,
On Saturday at " :'60 p. in. cinoke was
discovered issuing from the hold imme
diately forward of the bridge. Dense
volumes of smoke soon begn to aacend.
The fire alarm wa9 quickly sounded and
the crew beat to quarters. Meanwhile
aaollicer was detailed to notify the pas
songers, who were calmly sitting or
promenading the decks.
titeam and water were turned into the
burning compartment and at 5 p. m.,
the Ore waj under control. The cargo
will probably be a total loss.
The cause of the tire is supposed to
have been spontaneous combustion.
At one tim5 the passengers were re
ijuested to g-.it their band baggage and
be prepared to leave the sfcip, hut there
was no panic among tfcv;m. Many of
the state rooms were flooded.
lu llouliiy With Tullorft.
New Yokk, Juno 28. A large number
of contractors who had entered into set
tlement with ttie biotherhood of tailors
last week have according to members
prominent in the clothing contractors'
association, ignored the new agreement,
closed their shupi and turned their em
ployes adrift.
The number of contractors , who are
said to have thus acted is eet down at
400, employing between 1,000 and 1,500
operatives.
! Leader Schoenfeld characterized the
statement as a lie made out of whole
Cloth.
In the face of this denial a huge force
of idle tailors was f iuiid congregated
at the tailors' quarters. Many of them
s.i id they had been locked out and made
no concealment of the fear entertained
by them tl at they were face to face with
another period of idleness.
If the threat of the contractors is car
ried out 1,000 tailors will be locked out
before the middle ot the present week.
After Sunken Treanure.
San Antonio, Tex., June 28. An
other effort is to be made to recover the
treasuro which, according to tradition,
lies at the bottom of a deep spring in
Edwards county. This tradition says
that the treasure amounts to from $75,
000 to 1100,000 in old coin, and that it
was thrown into the spring by wagon
train guards, in the e.irly part of this
century, to prevent it falling into the
panua oi a uanu ai ungands who made
an attack on the wag.jii traiu camp and
killed all but one man in the party,
Several attempts have been mads to
reach the bottom of the spring with
grappling hooks, but without success,
several months ago a party of three left
here determined to get the treasure,
The wlre ropeg H li(., they Ul)e(, ,
rf liefore th hllll down a
, h ln,0 tm, Wltter amJ )a
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dart an I 'estis Capro, young men,
.eavelierc with an out lit olt-everal hun
dred yards of the strongest wire rope,
lic.'ivy grappling hooks, windlass and
wcigfiis.aiid will try to reach tbe bot
tom of the sprint: und briug up the
money,
A inf. II lu lure.
Ann Ahiiok, Mich., June 28. Presi
dent Ang'dl last night delivered his last
public address before departing for his
ew poet at Constantinople. It was the
Imccalaureate seimon to the graduating
c!aa of the university of Michigan.
Attack the ClirlatUn .
Camu, Crete, June 9$. An armed,
force of 1,200 Mussulmans made a Runic
of Canea Saturday night, crossed the
military cordon and surprised the ln
urg2nta at Kan'ikasetelli, three hour
distant. A desperate combat ensued,
in which thirteen Musaulmana were
killed and twelve wounded.
Later advicea show that aa many
chriitiana were killed and aa many
! Turks in the engagements tbat preced4
(the principal fighting a KanalikaaatelU
iThe whole district ia greatly eiclted.
PEACE Oli WAR
Wejler Announce! Hii loteitUu il
Santiago De Cuba.
BRING
BATTALIONS TO
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MAKE WAR
Some Hot riKbtlnc ' taoiiago Prorlncf
During Laat Few Wceka Fiti-bsd.
Battle at Hanea aud Uibara.
Havana Jane 29. Captain-General
Weyler, after a stormy passage on a
coasting steamer from Manzanillo, ar
rived at Santiago de Cuba Sunday af
ternoon. The port and shipping were
profusely decorated in honor of the captain-general
and lie was cheered by a
large number of people.
Addressing the local authorities Sun
day evening in the pal ice of Santiago
de Cuba, Captain-General Weyler ex
plained that he was corning to pacify
that part of the island and that though
he was strongly desirous of peace, hia
system of making war was to be rigor
ouely maintained toward the rebels who
refused to accept the clemency which
Spain, through him, offered them. The
goneral added :
"Notwithstanding the examples in
rigor aet by other colonial nations, I at
tend to the reconstruction of the
wealth of the island. This was the pur
pose which inspired my last decrees,
and I propose to continue this policy,
although I have been compelled in some
instances to countenance destruction
owing to the fact that circumstances
have made it necessary in some cases to
destroy the resources of the rebels."
The captain-general then referred to
the sincerity of the Spanish government
in its desire to introduce reforms in
Cuba, concluding with the remark:
"I come to briug peace or war. If the
former is accepted we will then return
to the law. But if the latter is desired,
behind me come forty battalions of
troops."
A dispatch to the Heral 1 from Key
West says :
Private advices from Santiago pro-
viuce gives further details of the fight-
ing during the week around Gibara and
Banes, between insurgents under Gen
eral Garcia and Colonel Torres, number
ing between 5,000 and 6,000 men, who at
tacked both seaports simultaneously,
but met with subborn resistance. The
demonstration against Banes, which is
less than ten leagues distant from
Gibara, on the north, was only a ruse,
and was partly successful and Garcia,
with his forces entered Gibara. His
success, however, was only of short dur
ation, as he was subeequenly driven
out after a hot fight, during which
many were killed and wounded on both
sides.
Colonel Machado, a veteran of the ten
years' war, says General Gomez has
planned the campaign and put it in
operation. He has distributed columus
of men throughout Matanzas, Havana
and other provinces.
Shot lu Public Square,
La ncaster, Ky. , June 29. Yesterday
afternoon ou tbe public square Marion
Sebastian was shot dead, five bullets
having penetrated his body.
A coroner's jury heard the testimony
immediately and its verdict was that S
D. and Jack Turner and an unknown
party fired the murderous shots; also
that S. D. Turner, who is a brother-in-law
of Sebastian, was the principal in
the killing, and fired the first shot- A
A suit by Turner against his father in
law for $10,000 damages for alienating
his wife's affections, in which Sebastian
was a witness is the cause of the
shooting. All were well-to-do farmers
and this tragedy is likely to start a
bad family feud.
Tried to Wreck n Tialn.
Annapolis, Md., June 29. James
Smith, a colored lad of fourteen, is in
jail here, charged with an attempt to
wreck the Bay Ridge excursion train
from Washington. Smith was seen to '
place a ra.iroau tie on tne track about
a mile and a half fron this city. An
employe of the road, Isaac Luker, also
colored, saw tbe occurrence,
'iraln I)lei Meet.
Deb Moines, Ia., June29.--The delb
ates to the national grain dealer's con
vention which meets here today, have
be'uti to arrive and about forty reached
Ilea Moines yesterday. The morning
session today includes the usual op ning
exeicists, together with speeches of
welcome by the mayor of DesMoines for
for the local grain dealers. Prepara
tons have been made on an extensive
cale. Governor Drake will speak to
the delegates some time today or
Wednesday. The badge consists .f an
imitation of an ear of corn.
Ill Health Citusrs HulciiU.
Ciucauo, June 29. Guy 0. Ledyard,
jr., manager of the American Starch
company and son of Guy C. Idyard sr,
a pioneer sugar broker of Chicago, shot
himself through the heart yesterday
with a fowling piece, He died instant
ly. Ill health had caused him to be
despondent.
No fttrlk mt Tresent
PiTTBiiuao, June 29. There will be
Bo general strike of miners in the neat
future,
, District President Patrick Dolan of
the minora' organization returned yea
terdny from Columbua, where he at
tended a three days' secret session oi
the national executive board of the
tailed mine worker at which the ques
tion of demanding the 79-cent rate waa
Cider ducuwion. No
agreement was
ffl win Sana
reached and work will continue.
MkTlo with (!(;; as
Wlin Fraace
London, June 30. The next iaaae ol
National Review will contain an ar
ticle announcing an important bimetal
lic development at the hands of the
United State monetary commission,
(insisting of Messrs. Wolcott, 8teven
on and Paine, which will arrive here
In a few days. The commission, ac
cording to the National Review, will
present to the British government a
joint statement from France and the
United States declaring that their in
tention is to determine the disastrous
experiments inaugurated in 1873 and
claiming our good will and active con
curence. The National Review adds: "We are
able to announce that England's reply
will be that the government is willing
to reopen the Indian mints, to make a
larther subs'antial contribution to the
rehabilitation of silver by extending itt
use in England and by increasing the
legal tender power of silver, making sil
ver the basis of note?, empowering the
Bank of England to use its silver reserve
and that material assistance and strong
moral support will be given to tbe ob
ject the United States and France have
in view."
Washington, D. 0., June 30. The
cablegram from London yesterday
giving the substance of an article to ap
pear in the National Review to the ef
fect that the United States monetary
committee, of which Senator Wolcott of
Colorado ia the head, had met with
gratifying success in France and stating
positively that England will reopen its
Indian mints and otherwise contribute
to an extended use of silver wn dealt in
by government officials. They had
known that the commission was cji
dially received in France and that the
commissioners wire greatly encouraged
by the strong tone of the apparently in
cieasing silver sentiment in that
coiintry, as tne president not long since
received from Senator Wolcott a let'er
to this effect. The statement that Eng
land is ready to join in the movement
to the extent of reopening her Indian
mints is received with many doubts. A
copy of the cablegram was shown to tbe
p-esident and to Secretary Gage, .but
i
i neither of them caru to express any
opinion on it beyond the statement that
they feared the Review article was over
drawn. Sullivan Fills Up
New Yohk, June 30. The Journal
and Advertiser announces that John L.
Sullivan has broken away from all train
ing rules Says the Journal and Adver
tiser: "Sullivan got away from Billy Mul
doon while they were taking a walk
through the streetr of White Plains
Sunday night, and when his trainer had
found him again he had consumed so
much liquor that he had been put to
bed. Muldoon had him later on driven
to the training quarters. Neither of
thera will speak of the matter, but
Muldoon appears to be very much dis
gusted and put out over it. Sullivan is
now contrite, but insists that he feels
much better. Notwithstanding the fact
that be pulled down his weight, very
little, and that his training has amount,
ed almost to nothing. Sullivan con
tends that be will be in good shape by
next Monday night and will be fully
able to take care of himself in the ring."
Spanlih Xew.ipaperi Comment.
Madrid, June 30. The Correspon
dencia of this city published an inter
view which its New York correspondent
claims to have had with "Secretary Sher
man. The latter i reported as abso
lutely denying that the United States
government has proposed to purchase
Cuba and is said to have added :
"The American feeling generally doea
not favor annexation of Cuba. The par
tisans of such a policy form an impor
tant minority. The strong party, how
ever, supports annexation of Hawaii
:nd the only queetion with Spain is the
Ruiz indemnity, upon wh'cb this gor
ernment insists."
Nkw Yo:ik, June 30. -A dispatch
from Madrid says
On account of Senor Silva's recent
bellicose speech, and the constant news
of gpiniPh defeats from Bavana pro-
vince, a feeling is reviving here in favor
of war witli the Utiitjd States.
Several newspapers publish exciting
editorials against the United States.
Indi n DuihIiir,
Boibr City, June 30. Governor Stun
enberg is advised that 300 Indians,
Bannocks, are ghost-dancing near Hai
ley", Idaho. The settlers' are greatly
alarmed over their action and have ap
pealed to have them removed. The
governor hai wired tbat the Indians be
readied,
Ml .rlit .l4!iiniiie Injured.
Naw YonK, June 30. Shortstop Jen
nings of Baltimore was hit on the
lii-ad by a ball thrown by
Pitcher Kurie in the baseball gamo
yesterdav and is aid to be suffeiing
from contusion of the brain,
Chirac" l (irnw m,
Chicago, June 30. The estimate ol
Ohicago's population by tho publishers
of the city directory, juft printed, ia 1,
828,000 an increase of 76,000 over last
year.
Drank eprinl nt Ktsitnre
Wabiiisoton, June 30 The Indian
agent atthe La Pointe agency in Wis
consin has reported two singular canes
of blindness on tho Vermilion Lake res
ervation. The victims were John Sky
and Bed Otter. They got intoxicated
by drinking essence ol peppermint aa a
substitute for whisky, one taking almost
ten ounces clear, and in each case blind
aaa followed within a f hours. An-
thorHy h n Mked uke the Indi-
tne to St. Paul for treatment.
WITH A CKASH
A Pmenger Train Loaded With E
deavori Eaa a Bad Colliiioa.
THREE KILLED ANO MANY INJURED
Scrnei of 4 of alih Ensue Shock of Colli.
iun tVii Terrific Two Rrar Coaches
of First Train Smashed Into
Bniiibereens.
Chicago, Julyl. Thiee peraona were
killed outright and about twenty or
thirty persons injured in a rear-end
:ollifion ou the Chicago & Northwestern
road at 12:45 Wednesday morning at
West Chicago, thirty miles out of Chi
cago, on the Galena division.
The victims of the collisions were
Christian endeavor delegates who left
Chicago last night enroute for the great
convention in San Francisco.
The colliding trains were sections No.
4 and 5 of Christian Endeavor special
sent out in nine sections, beginning at
10:30 p. in. Section No 5 ran into sec
tion No. 4 which left Chicago fifteen
minutes ahead of it. Section 4 carried
the Wisconsin delegates, nearly 500
strong and in tbe rear sleeper were peo
ple from Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Ap
pleton, and other Wisconsin cities.
Section No. 4 bud come to a stop uat
)utside of West Chicago where the Free
port line diverges from the main line.
Section 5 came up behind at great speed
and tne shock of the collision was ter
rific. The passengers in the two rear
sleepers of section No. 4 were all in their
berths and most of them were asleep.
They received no warning and those not
killed outright awoke to kind them
selves jammed in the wreckage. Pas
sengers on both trai-.is hastened to the
spot and began the, work of rescue. One
of the first of the injured taken out was
Engineer Charles Courtney of section
No. 5. He stuck to his post and iB so
3eriously injured tbat he cBnnot live.
The body of an unidentified man,
supposed to be a tramp, was found be
tween the baggage cai and the engine.
The man had been crushed to death.
An immediate call was made for help.
Chicago was notified and asked to send
phydicians at once, and medical help
was requested from Geneva, Wheaton
and Aurora.
The engine of section No. 5 struck the
rear sleeper of (section No. 4 with terri'
tic force. The engine was ' totally
wrecked. Strange to say, the rear
sleeper of section No. 4 was not the one
to suffer most. It was driven with ter
rific force upon the second sleeper, and
such was its impetus that it crsshed
through it as if it had been of card
board, and reduced it to a mass of
wreckage. The passengers in the sec
ond sleeper were therefore the ones to
suffer most, and it was in it that most
of the victims were hurt. Mrs. Ship
man and Mrs John Gooding were both
in the sleeper. Men and women could
be seen strugiing to extricate them'
selvss from the wreckage. Others, pin
ned down by some crushing weight,
crying for help. Here and there was
an arm or a leg protruding from the
debris.
Hot at Chicago.
Chicago, Suly 1. -Th.3 hot weather
continued Wednesday, the mercury
reaching its highest point, 86, at 10 p.
m. During tbe afternoon the highest
was 85 at 5 p. rn , but the humidity was,
so great tbat the suffering was intense.
There were two deaths. There were
other catastrophies. The weather man
promises the same amount of suffering
for Thursday.
rum r'al of "Old Hoss" Hoey
New York, July 1. Actors and ac
cesses, playwrights and theatrical man
igers attended the funeral services over
the body of William E. Hoey, 'Old
Hobs," which were held last nigut at
his late residence. The casket was al
most buried from view by floral tributes.
Change Nutii n il Headquarters
Cleveland, O., July 1. The bead
quarters of the national republican
committee are to be located in Cleve
land. They will be transfered from
Washington to the famous Perry
Payne building in Cleveland, where
Hanna conducted the national republi
can campaign. The Washington head
quarters will be kept open, but will be
in charge of an attache of the national
committee. Chairman Hanna and Sec
retary I'ick expect to be at the Cleve
land headquarters all summer.
Killed in a Wreck
Bkdkobd, Ind., July 1. In the wreck
Tuesday evening at Horseshoe Bend,
north of here, two men deadheading
their way north in a box car, were kill
ed. One of them was George Buhner,
of this place, and the other was a print
er named Reed of Nashville, Tenn.
Fourteen freight cars were demolished,
Kill, d In a Quarrel.
GiiKNwoon Si'Risaa. Colo., July 1.
William McAlvoy is dead, H. McFad
den dangerously wounded and William
Bradley badly injured as the result of a
drunken quarrel at Carbondale. After
shooting McFadden and wounding
Bradley, McAlvoy defied arrest. Citi
zens pursued him and George Patterson
finally shot and killed the desperado.
Starring Himself to Heath.
Dknvkr, July 1. Petei B. TherkeU
son. the "Highlands cobbler," founder
of "Free Christian Spiritual Redeemed
Liberty Church of Gcd," is dying of
self-imposed starvation. In tracts an
nouncing himself as "I, I, I, a spirit,"
Therkelson sets out the tenets of his pe
culiar creed. For the past week, with
tbe exception of a few mouthfnls oi
buckwheat cake and a - little milk, no
nourishments of acy kind has passed
his Una.
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