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iLdicatfl Trouble
TUHKEY MUST YILLD TO ITS DEMANDS
Cnleaait ! lijr Today a Warship Will
Bombard a Torl.i-li Tiinci nd There
Will be r,iue H(,'liliiK
Vienna, Nov. H The Turkish gov
ernment not iia . ing yielded to the de
mands of the government of Austria
for redrew, on ac. ount of the indigni
ties offered tOHn Austrian merchant of
Mersina, Herr Brnzzafelli, the Austrian
tmbassador at Coistantuiople. Baron
He Calice, will have tle lurkish c&pi
Ul, ami n Austrian warship will b m
bard th port of Mersina (sia Minor)
today, if the demands of AiiHtria are
aot complied with.
. Austria demands ' that the Turkic!)
eovernrnent order a salute of the Aus
trian flair, that the valief, in whose dis
trict Mersina is situated, be dim.issed
from his post, and that the mutosar.ff
or local governor uf Me.raina, be re
moved. It was annoumed Tuesday that the
porte had screed to the demands of
Austria, but this lurried out to be pre
mature, and thernUan, buoyed up by
the easy victory f the Turkish troops
over those of (Greece during ihe recent
war, will not, it is believed, yield until
the last m inent.
The newspapers of Vienna discuss the
incident at 1-rigtu, and express the hope
that the Turkish government, lecogniz
ing its mistake, will give Austria Uie
satisfaction she insists upon.
Austria, in addition to the demands
mentioned, will insist upon the pori
furnishing her with definite ssiirances
respecting other matters, notably, tv-e
complaints made by the officials of the
Austrian company operating the orien
tal railroads, which have frequently
been brought to the attention of the
Turkish government.
In this connection it is announced
here that, in addition to dispatching
the cruiser of Franz Joseph and the
coast defense ehip Wien nl ther
vessels of the Au-tmn foiadron in
Cretan wasrs to Meteiiia, itii inutruo
tions to obtain satisfaction for the con
duct complained ol upon the part of the
Turkish officials, 'tie Austrian t-hips
will at noon, unless the porte has grant
ed the demands of Aut-tna by that tiuif
stop all traffic on th- oriental railrouis,
and, it ii semi officially announced,
"have recourse to other important poli
tical reprisals."
The Austrian di-patch boat at Con
stantinople, with t i;e representatives of
the Austria embt-ay n board, will
accompany the Austrian squadron at
Meisini.
HuiMoerl Kalp Vletima.
Ni.w Yoiik, Nov 18 Three youn,
women, two of t em hem s-es of this
city and the other a famous Australian
artist, temporally ere, are said to be
the victims of an aLcgel swell swindler,
Arthur Blair Moody of New Haven.
Conn., who was arrested Tuesday at
that city. Moody is now out on bail
and is righting the attempt to extradite
him to New York. He U twenty-eiglr
years ol 1 and haif always been a favor
ite with women. Moody comes of a
good family. His lather is in the ii -surane
business in New Ha e i and hie
mother is a doctor. Moody stopped for
a long time at the Holland house, and
he cut a dash. When he left the city
he was $1,100 i.u debt fo his board.
Moody at various tin.es succeed in
getting $5,000 and a gold bond worth
1,174 from M ss kosamoiid H. Owen
and a $1,000 United States gold bond
from Mies Mary ll. Vanderpool bygain
ine their confidence and unfolding a
great mining scheme out of which they
were to make a great deal of money.
Miss Kllis, also from Australia, ia a loser
of 1450 and 121) fine water color paint
ings upon wl i :h Moody was to raise
money to buy stock in bis alleged niin
ing company.
The police heard of the alleged swindle
nd Moody has been indicted in the
se of Misa Vanderpool's (1,000 bond
oiiil suk'iu iu tbe Smiim t'aalljr.
Hprinopiklm, III., Nov. 18. John
Kloppenbuig, aged thirty-seven years,
on of Auguit Kloppenburg, a web
known and weal toy German citizen of
this city waa found hanging to the ratt
ers of hie barn by bis brother Henry.
He had committed suicide by using a
ropO halter. He bad a wife and chil
dren. Ill health had rendered his mind
feeble. He had been engaged with his
brother Henry in tbe manufacture ot
brick, and waa also engaged in farming.
His sister, Miss Marie Kloppenburg, a
beautiful and popular young lady, com
mitted suicide kl her home lu this city
during Chriatmas week two yean ago
by hanging.
Hamad io li.ath
EuKaula, Ala., Nov. 18. Lewis
Hrown and wife, living a mile from
White Oak, Ala , went to i buret i Hun
day night, leaving their three children,
ages twelve, eight nod six ier, locked
in the home, aupposedly for their own
tafety, but tbe building caught fire aoun
alter the parents left and the children
were cremated.
Two Majors at i ar 0rr a I'ostiiBlro.
Ati.akta, Aa., Nov. 18 Ti e fight in
Ihe Atlanta poitotlhe LVtween M ij. J.
M, Co iper, the present assistant, and
Maj .W- II 8mit.i, the new pottmatler,
It growing very warm. When Major
Kmitli took uharne ol bia othev, be went
to Major Cooper and demanded that he
tnra over hie poeaeaaione to Mr. F. F.
- Blodgttt. Major C oper refuaed and
melted a tftrain ng order agalntt tbe
new noatmacter. Tbe civil aervlee com
mleeiou has been asked (or ite opinloo
in tb matter.
rAMiK im m tfifs.
II ay MunmiKl lurrnal Kip rl rroiu
Anieru; Wlirat I nip Delleleiit.
W'AhiiiNoroN, Nov. 17. The aurieul
ural department ba issued its month
y review ot the foreign crop situation.
Much at ention is devoted to the grain
'rop of Runeia, an I especially wheat, on
k count of its magnitude as a factor in
;he Europe m supply. The review says
hat all accounts agree in representing
he wheat crop as deficient, but as to
he extent of the deficiency, much dif-
renee of opinion exists. After quot
ng many dii-patcbe painiing the crop
lituation in various provinces in very
.aek colors and ihe statements -of our
wnsul at. Odefa that tiiis year's crop
ms proved a la, lure, tbe review calls
tttention to the fact that since harvest
Hiissia has exported grain "very freely."
The exports from Auunt to October,
'ays the review, amounted to 4,152,840
quarters atrainst 2 855,014 quarters and
J,08;;,7fiO during the correcponding re-rod
in lh'.W and 1895, respective! v.
''ocks in the ports are nut increasing rh
he manner usual for this tim of year,
md tlie opinion is free'y expressed tl;t.
uter this month, Liussra can be relief
'n for only very moderate shipment-'.
The teview says the estimates of the
Russian crop are f-o uncertain that their
production would be of doubtful utili y.
The preliminaiy official figure.-) for
France show a reduction of 26 percent
below 18!iti and 17 per cent below the
average for ten years, As for five years
France and Rusnia produced 20 ; er cent
of the world's crop-, the review says a
heavy shortage iu both countries would,
therefore, be sufficient in itself to pro
duce a very sensible effect on the world's
supply, independent of tbe short crops
in Austria-Hungaiy, the Danuhian and
Ialkau countries arid elsewhere, and
the shortness of the last crop in India,
Australia and Argentina.
Jn Germany rye, which is the princi
pal bread grain in that country, has
been officially estimated at 4 tier cent
less than laHt year's crop. There ie no
doubt as to them he'mu a Iwnvu
in th4$whfat crop in Austria-Hungary.
Trie wheat rrop of the United King
d. in is estimated at fifty and two-fifth
million bushels.
Tbe preliminary estimate of the Ital
ian wheat crop makes it 85,131,000
bushels against 144,722,700 bu-hela last
year. The Roumanian wheat crop is
estimated at 37,134 720 bushels. Tbe
Bulgarian Wheat crop is estimated at 40
per Cent, lye at 35 to 40 per cent and
barley at 25 per cent lees tt.an lut year.
Alnrined Over Kxjmrt.
Wakiiinhtos, Nov. 17. Consul Mon
ag.iitn, at Chemnitz, in a report to the
state depnrtment on Germany' exports
to the United States, ways:
"Gerirany is alarmed. K-xpo:ts to
the United States are dropping off.
Nothing so alarming l as appeared in
twenty years. America was always the
be st customer in many lines of manu
facture. In the September quarter of
185 seventeen consular districts sent to
the United States goods amounting to
$14,181,414. In the same quarter in
1897 the same districts' sent 57,180,112,
The average. loss all over the empire is
nearly 50 per cent. In many cases this
indicates much more than mere money
lot-sea to our revenue". It indicates a
diminuation in export? from this em
pire due to the Dinuley bill. The public
is told io put little confidence in news
paper :eports, even it accurate. Each
inxue urges intelligent ffort to reta n
the United States market,"
Couaul Monazhan quotes from a paper
which says that some of the falling off
is due to the ru-h of goods to get ahead
of the Dingley bill, but adds that Ger
many must suffer severe los on account
of the tariff bill. Some papers suggest
raining import duties to retaliate, espe
cially in the matter of suar.
Consul Monaghan says tttat every
effort ie being made to make up for the
loss of markets In the United States by
increasing trade in every other part of
the world.
Kettle Ourrant' Cats.
Washington, Nov. 17. On motion ot
Assistant Att'-rney-General Anderson
the supreme court decided to issue im
mediately its mandate in the Durrant
murder case. No representative of Dur
rant waa in court when the motion was
made, and the court, after a hurried
consultation of the bench, announced
through Chief Justice Fuller that the
mandate should issue forthwith.
Mr. Anderson thinks this will aettle
the matter and hasten Durrant'a execu
tion. He said lie would have made the
motion oooner, but for the necessity of
giving notice to Durrani's counsel.
I.nukluR up Thorn's Itrcoril.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 17. Several
ol the Queena county (New York) offi
ciola are herelookingupthecrimm.il
records to learn something about the
earlier life ot Martin Thorn, the alleged
murderer of William Guldensuppe. In
consequence of the statement that Thorn
iad served a aentenci in Moyamesing
pr son for rtealing a diamond pin, the
officials went through tlie official rec
ords without result.
Low Again Cilla l'r tldnnt,
NawYoKK, Nov. 17. When Beth Low
decided to become the candidate of the
citizens' union fo" nnvo- of New York,
be tent hie resignation aa president o
Columbia college to the board of true
teee. The latter at their laat meetini
decided to lay the matter over until yea
tarday. The committee, of wbieh Kev.
Or. Morgan Dix was chairman, decided
Bottosccept the lesignation and re
queued Mr. Low to wlthd-.iw IU To
til P-e. Mm'.i Low con" ned.
A. MINE ON FlliE
imnggler Mine at Aeen, Cult) ,
Causing Trouble.
iURROUNDING MINES ARE AFFLCTtD
rtork Han Been Slopped In th .Ulniug
m.til t rff.r t, Kxlii.suit.li le
rlaiue areas Vet Unavailing.
Dknvkb, Colo., Nov. 16. A special to
:he Republican from A-pen, Colo., says.-
A fire that bids fair promise of closing
luwu every flip-mine in the camp is
Mging in the eighth level of the Smug
;,er m.ne. The caue of the catastrophe
e supposed to he spontaneua combus
tion, although there are a few who a
inclined to the theory that a careless
inner and a candle are responsible. So
mr the lire is confined to a large crib
uid is burning at a point 800 feet below
(he surface. The crib contains many
thousands of cords of dry timber. All
efforts to reach tlie fire proved unsuc
cessful and an attempt to place bulk
heads in the connection came near los
ing the lives of some fifty even. Over
forty of these were so overcome by tbe
Jeadly gas that for a time their lives
were dispaired of.
The burning crib is located about
thirty feet from the Mollie Gibson and
die Smuggler-Moliie connection fur
nished a draught for the fire. Tbe
Mollie Gioson attempted to bulkhead
their connections, but came near losing
a number cf men. At one time twelve
unconscious miners were hoisted from
the mine and stretched out on the shaft
hoiiHe floor. Shortly thereafter six
more were hoiBted out In an only slight
ly less serious condition. They all re
covered within an hour. A miner,
while in a dazed condition, fell down an
ore chute and sustained serious injuries.
About 150 men were forced to quit
work yesterday morning in the Delia S.
and Old Johuton workings, and the
deadly fumes are st 11 working north to
wards the Park 11,-gent, Bushwhacker
and Alta Argent, with promising indi
citiona that all the mines on Smuggler
tuuoiitain will have to shut down.
The putting in of r.ulkheads between
the Moliie Gibson and Smuggler has
had the e fleet, ol" hanging the draught
to the north. In th Clark tunnel, lo
cu ted Rome IJO0 feet .hove the Smuggler
sha't house, the gas is becoming quite
atrong and it is mote than probable
that these workings will have to be
abandoned soon.
The Collins Havens tnnntd has al'O
begun to feel ihe ei; ct of tlie gas, Al
though it in hoped is can be kept clear
hy c.ouipreH-e 1 air. A force of 8mug
g'er men wo: ked ai -light in an attempt
to get a steam line to the burning crib.
Thip morning thev siiccee. ed in get
ting within fifty f-'-t of the burning
crib and steam w turned on shortly
before noon. It in thought that by
lining comprersed nir for driving the
steam forward, the fire can be r ached.
This work was corned on through the
Free Silver shait.
Unless the fire is e ion subdued, it is
feared that every rxineon Smuggler and
Aspen moumairis wi 1 beccrne so foul as
to compel a euHpen-''on. In this event
the entire district will flood. It is be
lieved thirty-six hours more will settle
this phase of the situation.
A Dinie In Trouble.
New Vuhk, Nov. Hi. During a quar
rel at 12 o'clock Sunday morning at the
Girard house on West Forty-fourth
etreet, R chard M uidelhaum, thirty
years old, a guent of the house, was
shot in the groin by James Kirk, thiity
one years ld. Kirk was arrested and
locked up. It is not known what l-'u
up to the shooting, but it was rumo' ed
about 'he hotel that a woman believed
to be Mendelbaum's wife was the cause
of the affair. Kirk is said to hail from
Denver and has gained a great deal of
notoriety that he greatly enjoyed on
account of hie showy dree J.
A llorrlbln lenlh.
Mandan, N. D., Nov. 10. Joseph
Williams, fireman of the Northern Pa
cific transcontinental train, has com
mitted suicide by juaining into the fire
box ol his engine.
Before the engineer could pull him
out his head and shoulders were con
sumed. Nyndlrat Ituy 1hi.
New Yokk, Nov. 16. It was reported
in financial circles Saturday that the
purchase of the three Detroit gas com
panies by a syndicate headed by Emer
aon McMillin will propably be con
summated before the expiration of tbe
year. Under the terms of agreement
the syndicate ie given six months io
which to make ite payments.
Turre Kouml Murilered Io a I'otato I'aleti,
Atlanta, Ua., Nov. 16. The dead
bodies of Henry Turner and those of bia
wife and a eieter were found in a potato
patch in Campbell county. They bad
been shot to death and brained. Blood
bounds have been called for. There is
no clue whatever ae to the perpetrator,
A.Suedar fire.
Chicago, Nov. 16. Kite in 'he factory
of the Nutriment company of Philadel
phia, manufacturing, cheinietr, at For
tieth, Court and llalete id atreeie, Sun
day night deetroyed two buildings,
causing a loss of $76,000 to $100,000 with
insurance of $50,000. During the blase
there were explosions ot gasoline which
waa stored in the basetuant. Windows
vera broken and firebrand i scattered
ellrw-r the neighborhood. Tbe oom
nauy' i s nc of the Wyeth oom
en -i I'o'i i oir- .
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liair-iipeed Indian Alurdrrer are llangK
by a Mob.
Minneapolis, Nov. 15. A special tt
the Tribune from Bismarck, N. D.
says:
Alex Coudot, Indian balfbreed, Paul
H Iv track and Phillip Ireland, full
oloo.!. (l Indians, the first of whom wai
entenced to death for the murder o!
six members of the Spicer family last
Fel 'ruary, and had just been granted
a new Ha! by the supreme court, and
tiie latter two self-confessed accessories
In the murder, were taken from the
county j-ij in Emmons county Saturday
night and lynched tiy a mob.
(SUKCKIBK THK DEPUTY.
Atabiut2 o'clo-k in the morning
there wa a rap at the door of the j iil
and Ke.ly aroee quickly and turned the
kev in -the lock, thinking that tfie per
sons he expected had arrived. Nosooner
h.id he o ened the, door than the mob
crowded into the corridors. All of them
were masked and the If" ie.?s carried
ropes purchased for t he occasion. The
leaders presented revolver-? ;it the head
of tlie deputy eherifl an I remanded that
he open the cells ;n which the prisoners
were condi ed. Kelley demurred, but
"aw that re-istance was useless and nn
loeked the cells. The prisoners had
be en an u-ed from sleep by the entrance
of the men aod sat up half awake and
t rem tiling with terror.
Holytrack and Irelnnd were dragged
from their beds, ropes fastened about
their necks and they were dragged out
on the grounds after being told to pre
oare for death.
COUDOT CONFKKSEB.
Coudot was the first man to be banged.
It is reported that he was asked Itefore
he was hanged whether BUck Hak
and Defender had also been concerned
in the murder for which he was about
to be hanged. He answered that they
had been.
Holytrack and Ireland were so nearly
tini.onFcious from th effects of the drag
ging that they did not realize what was
about to happen when the ropes about
their necks were tossed over the cross
beam. They were unable to stand and
we e slowly raised from the ground on
which they lay until their bodies nwung
into the air aril dangled from the wind
la ' with that, oj Coudot.
The mob then dispersed, mounted
their horses and rode away.
To Aid ttie Starving.
Havana, Nov. 15. The Gazette today
publishes an edict of the governor-gen-
ra! with respect to the supply of food
to reconcentrados and tlie treatment of
those discharged as cured from the hos
pitals. This will state that it is impos
sible to annul at once the edict of con
centration, as moat of those affected by
it are homeles-i arid destitute of all
means of livelihood, so that their condi
tion would he made worse by an imme
liate annulment. It is therefore neces
sary, the edict ill declare, to proceed
with great care. Those having property
will bn at liberty to return to the coun
try districts after obtaining permits
from the local authorities.
Property owners will be at liberty to
provide themselves with the means of
lefeiise and to use the revolver and the
machete t protect theraselves, provided
they have, previously obtained a license.
Such recontr.idoe8 as are absolutely
the care of local bureaus of charity,
assisted by a ntate fund. A junta of
Assistance will he formed at once with
branches in the principal towns under
the direction of prominent people and
full protection will be extended to in
ugents who surrender.
Grover la l lrm.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 15. The Times
Herald prints the following:
"Princeton, X. J, To the F3ditor: I
Io not care if all tlie synodB and pres
byteries in th country were to offer an
idveree decision, it would be no good
reason why I should alter my opinion.
I am very sorry that Dr. Shields has
been bothered over this matter, as he is
in old and very dear friend of mine.
Otherwise, ihe action of the presbytery
loes not affect mo in tbe least. When
I signed the petition for the liquor
license for the Prineeton inn, I, in no
sen e, committed a wrong, and, if the
lame proposition came up for my con
sideration again, I would do the same
thing. Grovkr Clevkla.ni."
Arr. Kt Hank Ofltcara.
Si'okank, Wash., Nov. 15. Postmas
ter Mallon caused the arrest of Mayor
01 instead, A. A. Newberry, E. B. Hyde
and D. F. Wetzel, officers anal directors
of the defunct Citize is' National bank,
which failed with a deposit of $8, 110
of postoliice money. Mallon charged
the defendants with knowing that the
bank waa insolvent when his deposit
was taken.
- string up a Ni;ro.
ObCkola, Ark., Nov. 15. Henry Phil
dps, alias "D.hj" Jones, a negro, a self
confessed murderer and moonshiner,
was lynched iu the court yard here at
midnight Saturday night by a mob com
posed of prominent citizens of this town
ind aurrounding country. The direct
jause of the lynching was the murder of
1 merchant near heie by Phillips a few
days ago,
Itie ToR-ether.
Ltrri.K Ruck, Ark., Nov. 15. S. M,
Bronaon and Florence Williams, his be
trothed, were overtaken by a atorin on
"Black Point" mountain Friday and
both periahcd. After an all night
search they were found dead, locked in
each otber'a arms under a tree where
they had taken refuge from the storm.
They had been at rack by lightning.
The bodies were interred in the same
grave on tbe mountain aide on their
wedding day.
GAIN IS HEAVY
Baak Clearances of the Fast Week
Show a Htavy Increase.
WOOD, IRON AND STEEL REMAIN FIRM
Colder Weather St miiiai a the Demaoc
fur Winter Goo'Ih. 1-J-pecially in Clothing-
Liuea Big- Kx ports of Wheat
for 'J bis Week
New Yoiik, Nov. 13. Bradstreet'a to
day says.
One of the most significant feature!
of the business situation is found in the
continued heavy w-eekly gains of bai.i
clearings made for six days, ending No
vember 11, amounting to $1,347,000,000
and increase of lo per cent over the
preceeding week and 13 per cent com
pared uith the t-econd week of Noveen
ber, IftOfi, v i en !'UiiieB. began to re
vive sharply in t-peculative lines.
Railroad gross earnings show smaller
gains as comparisons begin to be made
with mcr nearly normal conditions ene
year ago. Total 0.:'ot'ei earnings of 127
companies operating 100,000 miles ol
road aggregate $55,404,339, against a
gain of $5,000,000 over September and 9
por cent over October a year ago, this
gain compared with gains of 14 per cent
in Septembr and 12.5 per cent in August
over corresponding periods in 1896. The
Pacific, southwestern and central west
ern roads make the best showing.
Other favorable features are the con
tinued firmness of and activity in wool,
ir m and steel. The heavy output of
iron and moderate reduction of stocks
last week suggests the improbability of
the advance in prices of iron andatael
next year, which so many have hoped
ior. The slight reaction in the price of
c tton, in view of the extreme depres
sion to which that staple has been sub
jected, attracted attention as the pos
sible beginning of the end ol the
prolonged decline. Already th8re is an
improvement in prices of and demand
for cotton yarns.
The unfavorable influences in price
movements ttiis week are declines for
cottons and print cloths, the latter
touching the lowest, price on record.
Wheat, lard and lead are also lower and
wire nails have been shaded. There is
a long list ot staples for which prices are
practically unchanged. The more im
portant advances are confined to Indinn
corn, oats, hops and turpentine.
Colder weather in the central west
and northwest has stimulated demand
for winter goods, particularly clothing.
Exports of wheat (flour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and from Montreal this week
amount to 5,445,542 bushels, compared
with 4 004,000 bushels in the week a
year ago. Exports of Indian corn this
week amou-it to 2,601,546 bushels,
in the week a year ago.
Lowering Clouflgof Kevolatidn.
Managua, Nicaragua, Nov. 13.
President Zelaya of Nicaragua is send
ing a commission to the United States
and to Europe who will try to sell Nica
ragua's rational railroad and steam
boats. In government circles and in the semi
official organ El Corr.mercio, the propo
sition is discussed if attempting to re
lieve the present iow condition of Nica
ragua's paper moiey, and the financial
condition generalh by issuing other
large minis of paper money piomisea to
pay based on mortgages on improve
ments of real estate in Nicaragua.
There are many indications that there
will lie another revolution soon in Nica
ragua, the third in about three years.
The people are restless and do not want
President Zelaya to sell the national
railroad and the steamboats, it being
claimed that some of the most promi
nent Nicaraguan officials have been
placing large amounts to their credit in
Europe.
I.olH and Lotft of Gold.
Toronto, Nov. 13. A correspondent
of tbe Globe sends to his .paper an ex
tended interview with William Ogilvie,
eurveyor of the department of interior,
who left for t.bo Yukon country October
19, 1895, and is now returning. Mr.
Ogilvie reports there are 100 claims on
Bonanza creek capable of yielding from
$2a0,000 to $500,000 and.thirty claims on
Eldora creek that will no doubt yield an
average of $1,000,000. These two cr.ekp
he says, form but a small percentage of
the placers already discovered. The
other stream a in the vicinity, though
ot quite so rich, will rate very high
compared with anything lound in the
country before. The gold bearing dis
trict extends at least 400 miles from the
American boundary and ie at some
places 100 miles ide,
Destroyed ujr r'lra.
Louisvu.Lii, Ky., Nov. 13. A paasen
ger tiain on tiie l-ouisille, Henderson
& St. Louis road, which left t. Loui
Thursday morning, was derailed and
entirely ' consumed by lire at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning near Lees port ninety
miles from Louisville. No lives wen;
loft, and, so far as known, no one wai
injured, High wind had overturned a
bos car on tbe track at a sharp curve.
The train ciaehed through it, but was In
part overturned and a stove set it afire
For nn K,illne.r' Home,
Mattoon, III., Nov. 13, The Meadow
Liwn farm, consisting of 2.50 acre,
which ti aa been in litigation for the past
five years, has been sold under the ham
met to uriind Chief P. M. Arthur in
trust for the benefit of tbe brotherhood
of locomotive engineers (ot $17,450, It
is the intention of the brotherhood t
eatablish on this farm a home for de
pendent engineers, their widows and
orphans, and for this reason there waa
no competition in the sale.
PAVEMENTS AND PROGRESS.
A r'.iire AVajr of Tent Inn tlie iK-velop-jut-nt
of an American Cit.
Tliei e I no surer way of determining
tlie growth of nn American municipal
ity iu respect of material development
than by comparing the relation which
its pared hi reefs bear to its unpaved.
Tlie civil engineer is ,-in important
functionary in the fotnidatidu of mu
nicipal corporations in the United
Stales, and especially In such of them
as are iu the region west of the Alle
ghanies. Hut street pavements are ex
pensive, and it is not until a city is opu
lent enough to enjoy the luxury of a
big municipal debt aud a large credit
that the question of modern and Im
proved pavements secures adequate at
tention. In liostou, for instance, one of the old
cities, there are 312 miles of paved and
Mi) miles of unpaved streets. In Balti
more there are oK) miles of yaved aud
only 47 miles of unpaved streets. In
Philadelphia there are 042 miles of
pared and 4:i,'t miles of unpaved streets,
l'.ut in the newer cities of the country
this country is reversed, and Chicago,
which has l.noo miles of paved, has
1,51)0 miles of unpaved streets. In St.
Louis the number of miles of paved
streets is .'!7i and of unpaved 500. In
Omaha there are .2 miles of paved
streets and 450 miles of unpaved. In
Minneapolis, a city which is growinj?
rapidly in population, there are 08 miles
of pared and 5tmj miles of unpaved
streets. In Brooklyn there are 515 miles
of pared and !t!!).r miles of unpaved
streets. The pavement of Brooklyn
streets, which is now a subject of local
grierance and complaint, shows a cer
tain laickwanlness, whfeh. it is expect
ed, the Greater New YorU project will
do away with by making available the
municipal credit necessary for Jie issu
ance of bonds for new pavements. At
the present time more than 200 miles of
Brooklyn streets more than one-half
of the whole length of paved streets
have the primitive, unsatisfactory and
unpopular cobblestones. There are 110
miles of streets pared with granite, 60
miles, especially in the neighborhood of
the parks and parkways, macadam
ized; 44 miles paved with Belgium
blocks, 40 miles with asphalt; and 1
mile with a still more primitive meth
od, practically unknown to New York,
though quite familiar in Philadelphia
brick pavements. A meeting was held
in the annexed district of Brooklyn re
cently for the purpose of agita.ting the
question of the improvement of the
pavements of that city, btit in this re
spect, as iu some others, Brooklyn, for
obvious reasons, is much behind New
York.
In this city there are uo streets paved
with brick, and there is less than one
quarter of a mile of cobblestone pave
ment in all. This is to be found in one
of the streets of the Ninth Ward. There
is a small section of towu a portion of
one street paved with wood, but
wooden pavements hare long ago been
voted a failure iu practical operation
in New York. The city has 185 miles
of granite, 142 miles of macadamized
roads and streets. !)4 miles of asphalt,
and 00 miles of Belgium pavement. The
city of Philadelphia, much larger terri
torially than New York, has 331 miles
of Belgium block pavement, 172 of as
phalt, 152 macadam, 70 of vitrified
brick, 11 of granolithic, 3 of slag, and
nearly 200 of cobblestone. The growth
of an American city is shown clearly
by the number of miles of improved
paremeiit in streets, and it is believed
by public works officials that after Jan.
1, 1808, there will be a risible improve
ment in all the pavements of the city
outside of its present boundaries. New
York Sun.
Utilizing Railway Vibrations.
A unique utilization of railway car
vibrations is reported from a packing
house center la Kansas. The roadbed
of the local trolley line is not of the
lest, ami it occurred to a milkman who
had beflai pretty well banged about by
thelivelyoscillat.iou of the car on which
he was riding, that there was enough
power going to waste to work a set of
capacious churns. He tried the experi
ment, and found It worked to a charm.
Now the owners of cows In the vicinity
of the packing houses in the city set
their churns on the front end of a car.
due round trip Is almost more than
enough to do the work, and the motor
man takes buttermilk in payment for
tlie mechanical agitation Imparted to
the cream. This Is probably the first
time that the motions of railway cars
have lecn turned to any useful pur
pose. Their ill-effects are well known
to physicians. A serious case of pnraly
sis of the lower limbs was recently de
veloped lu a brakeman, as the result of
the constant jolting and the Incessant
swaying and jarring motion of the cars
on whieih his duties lay. He had to go
to a hos-irttal, where he remained for
some months. Finally his physician re
snrtcd to electricity In sundry forms
from a baittery, an induction coil and
an electrostatic machine. The electri
cal massage toned up the limbs and
proved an actual specific for the ail
ment produced by the iiiochanicnl vl
bniilous on tlie train, and the man has
gone back to work. St. Louis Olobe
Iomocrat, Crioknl Ilia Own (ionae.
Husband -I 'hi you give anything te
thai tramp who Just left here?
Wife Trump? Why, that wan mj
Uncle Henry, who Is so very rich nud
has no children of his own.
Husband ihorrllleili (Ircnt. heavens!
And 1 told him that unless he got out
of his neighborhood inside of five min
utes I'd telephone for n policeman!
Cleveland Leader.
UlUluus of men in India live, marry
tnd rear apparently happy children up
on nn Income which, even when tbe
wife works, Ie rarely above SO cents a
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