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ANIC IN WALL STREET.
ting Scenes WMcli Recall the Black
Friday of ’12.
j Failnrcs Among the Stock Oper
ators—The Worst is OTcn
New York special of Friday says:
was the worst day Wall street has
in this week of woe. Hopes in-
red in Thursday evening that the
ic had rnn its course were prema-
The stock market opened amid
at excitement and with prices about
same ns Thursday’s closing. It
very soon apparent that many
eks must be sold out regardless of
The discrimination of the
against certain stocks, espec-
y Industrials as collaterals in loans,
compelled their holders to throw
m overbourd.
.’he slaughter of industries was nw-
and it was very quickly seen that
.re must be more failures. No house
gely interested in these stocks could
expected to remain solvent.
A PANIC IN THE AIR.
>y 9 :30 o’clock the galleries of the
:k exchange began to fill. Thurs-
’s exciting events had attracted
eryono’s attention, and the public
d awakened to the fact that a panic
i in the air. On the floor at 9 :50
block, a broker yelled: “What will
: Je price of cordage be?” and the cry
•hoed back and forth through the
alleries. Everybody was aroused and
Sme were in danger of tumbling over
lo railing to the floor beneath in their
Jideavor to get a view of the cordage
’ owd, which was swelling in numbers
cry second. Pandemonium was im
minent, when, at 10 o’clock a wooden
allot fell and with it three sharp blows
ion the chairman’s desk, the market
jencd.
EVERYBODY GONE CRAZY.
“Nineteen for cordage,” came on
no instant, nndthe sale of 5,000 shares
that figure was, in a moment, re-
orded on the tickers. The sugar crowd,
Paul crowd and Chicago gas crowd
a high old time. For
thejrf interests lay with the
which was most con-
int • of numbers, and on
-eater demonstrations with
waved aloft.
many, more ladies pres-
s than on the day
jefore, and wild pushing and yelling
)f the brokers below stirred them up
o such a high state of excitement that
many of them cried out in very sym
pathy.
THE PANIC COMES.
Tho panic already foreshadowed at
last last dropped out full-fledged, The.
sight became indescribable. The crowd
1 swayed backward and forward and it
looked for a moment lis though the
rush below was to be reproduced
above. »"
“DEACON” white’s FAII/CRE. '
Tho excitement on the stock ex
change was most intense, and prices
fell so rapidly that it was a difficult
matter to keep track of them. Tho
announcement of tho suspension of S.
V. White added to tho general demon
stations which seemed to have set in.
DIG DROPS IN PRICES.
American sugar which opened at 85
had dropped to 03 at 11 o’clock. Chi
cago gas fell from 7-1 to 05, general
electric from 80 to 00. National Cor
dage 19 to IS 1-1. Whiskey trust from
22 1-4 to 21 1-1; load from 33 to 28.
United States rubber from 45 to 40.
Western Union from 83 to 81 1-1 and
Manhattan from 120 to 120.
The appointment of receivers for
National Cordage at a late hour
Thursday night was the occasion for
further break 'in the preferred stock
Friday morning at 45. The common
opened at 9 to 21, five thousand shares
changing hands at this price.
General electric was another weak
spot, and in the first few minutes of
business tho stock broke fivo points to
seventy-five. The fact that certain
people have thought it necessary to
issue a statement that the company is
all right is viewed with suspicion in
some quarters. At 10:15 a. m. stock
was Belliug at 09. Sugar was also at
tacked and broke to 76, while Chicago
gas dropped to 60. Manhattan sold
down 5 1-2 to 1.21. Considering
the panic in the industrial group, the
general list held fairly well.
DEACON WHITE FAILS AGAIN.
S. V. White & Co. announced their
suspension at 10:15 o’clock on account
of the terrific drop in Cordage and
Chicago gas.
were actually above Thursday night’s IWHITECAPISM PARALYZED
The failure of Ferris & Kimball was
announced on stock exchange shortly
after 12 o'clock. At that hour the
nervous tension in financial circles
showed no signs of relaxing. The
failure of S. Y. White caused a fresh
outbreak of the selling fever. Barely,
if ever, in the history of the stock ex
change were there such wild fluctua
tions witnessed.
At the office of Ferris & Kimbill,
whoso failure was announced at 12 :45
o’clock, it was stated that no statement
of the' condition of the firm would be
given out until later inrihe-afternoon.
The shrinkage in Industrials carried
down the concern.
A feature of the market for railway
and miscellaneous bonds was a break
in security corporation 6’s to 82. The
last previously reported sale was 96.
This is the collateral company that was
organized to finance for the National
Cordage. The failure of B. L. Smith
& Co. Thursday brought out these
bonds, :
The following stocks were sold out
under the rule at the New York ex
change Friday presumably for S. V.
White: 2,100 American sugar, 700 At
chison, 300 Cordage, 100. Lead, 100
Erie, 200 New York and New England
and fifty Western Union.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
After the gavel had fallen and the
battle was over for the day the men
went away into quieter spots and
looked the situation over from a dis
tance. In well-informed financial
quarters, the feeling grew that. th#
worst has been seen in Wall street, and
from this time on matters will im
prove. On this theory, which had, to
some extent, obtained before the close,
and on the fact that certain houses
whose names had been named as being
in, the storm of the early part of the
day, pulled through all right, it was
seen that there had been a revolution
in sentiment and prices bounded up
almqpt as rapidly as they had dropped
early in the day.
WHITE EXPECTS TO RESUME.
Mr. White says that he expects to
resume joayments at once. It is stated
that *the Havemeyers, the wealthy
sugar men, have but up money enough
—$1,000,000—to place Mr. White on
his feet again. . His losses, it is said
are in sugar and Manhattan Elevated
stocks. He has a large amount of
sugar privileges out on which the losses
are heavy." • •
Tenninatiofl oftlie Famous Mississippi
White Cap Trials.
Governor Stone Upholds Judge Chris
man in Enforcing the law.
THE WEEK’S BUSINESS.
LONDON BUYING HEAVILY.
Seen at a distance of 3,000 miles, the
disposition had a different aspect.
While our own brokers were in a dazed
condition and throwing over their
stocks regardless of prices, foreign
houses were quietly at work picking
up tie dividend payers. Their pur
chases were heavy enough to demoral
ize the foreign exchanges. It was es
timated that up to noon London’?
purchases of securities in the local
market aggregated fnlly sixty thousand
shares, consisting of tit. Paul, Lorn
ville and Nashville, Wabash preferred
and other interior national favorites.
Money at this time was ejose and stock
exchange borrowers were paying 11 and
12 per cent. At 1 o’clock the battle
had been on three hours and many of
those in the early engagement had gone
outside to the sutler's camp for food;
They heard how London and other
ccmtere were lying back in comparative
eaiety and absorbing the fruits of their
sacrifices.
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
The result was a change for tihe bet
ter in thc.^toek market and a steadied
ton* characterized the next • dealings:-’
Tho foreign buying was felt inside to
have been on a heavy scale and the
New; Yorkers saw that European pur
chasers had certainly picked up some
very cheap stocks. The example ‘ set
by the foreigners and the confidence-
they displayed/in our .securities- re"-
vivea the drooping courage, of-home,
operators and a great rally resulted.
At i :30 o’clock p. m. money sold off
According to RepoK of Dnn & Co’s.
Agency.
B. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade
for the past week says: Had business
in Wall street been unsound the - col
lapse of prices during the past wdbk
might have caused a panic. Nearly gll
stocks fell, but the Industrials were
more seriously depressed and while
the average decline in all stocks was
about $6 per shnre for the week, Cord
age fell 43 ptfints, Sugar 40 and Man
hattnh 2G.'"- Several failures occurred
without general disturbance and tbe
appointment of receivers for the Cord
age Coinpnny was in some sense a re
lief. Other speculative markets are,
on the whole, rather stronger than
week ago. At nearly all points the
backward season and bad weather with
slow collections give cause of com
plaints.
At Pittsburg the iron trade is still
more 'depressed, but business in glass
is fairly good. Trade at Cincinnati is
quiet,''Collections are very slow and
money in active demaud. At Cleve
land business is fair to quiet and at
Detroit the backward season causes a
shrinkage of 10 to 15 pence in orders.
At Fort Wayne slow collections are
reported and at Indianapolis money is
close. Chicago reports a shrinking
trade, slow collections, money compar
atively tight, a decrease of 15 per cent
on eastward shipments, but an increase
in real estate and building. Trade
improves at Milwaukee. At Miuneap
nil’s and St. Paul trade is dull anil col
lections are 6low. At St. Louis busi
ness is active und collections heavy.
Grain receipts are large and the river
export'trade unusually heavy. Money
is in healthy demand and country ad
vices are good. Kansas City reports
better trade and at Omaha groceries
are in active demand and dry goods
are in fair demand. At St. Joseph
better trade is reported, but at Halt
Lake collections are slow and in obey
close.
At most southern points trade is im
proving, though at Louisville money is
lose. At Nashville the financial situ
ation is quiet. At Little Bock collec
tions are slow. At Macon trade is
good and at Knoxville and Columbus
somewhat improved. At Augusta bus
iness is dull, but cojjgqtjyng fair, and
at Savanuah trade improves, especially
in naval stores. Bjisiness is gaining at
^few Orleans, though crop prospects
are less favorable on account of th»
storms.
Pile iron trade shows no improve
ment. There is pressure to -sell from
the west. Southern No. 2 is sold at
$8.50. Birmingham and Bessemer has
fallen to $13.40 at Pittsburg. Bar is
eut again and structural iron is slow.
Sales of 15,000,000 pounds of lake
copper to American consumers at 11
cents are reported. Tin and lead are
weak aud coal dull. Iu tbe boot and
shoo trade there has rarely been
such dullness. Beceipts of cattle
at the west are slightly lower
than a yein; flgo. Wool sales at
Boston, Philadelphia and New York for
the year are 2,500,000 pouuds less than
last year to date. Trade iu woolens is
narrow and disappointing and in cot
tons waiting" and uncertain.
Speculative markets have been
rather strong; wheat has advanced 1
cent; corn 1 3-8 cents and pork 75
.cents per barrel,’ with scarcely any
discoverable reason, though" .western
.'reports regsrding the eqming , crops
run satisfactorily. Oil lias.dropped
nearly 9 cents per barrel, but cotton
is unchanged. Prices of /commod
ities average 4-10 of 1 per cent, lower
than a wt*ek ago, and tha. ^-aideney is
downward as monetary difficulties in-
eYease. a
sport
small last weekend for tho.«y»st four
weqksJinve been about 84,00(j,000 ■ be.-
lojv those' pf last year. So’ifatt imports
for ,the : past month were probably $10,-
000,000 or more greater than exports.
, Among tlu"*failnres of the week only
one is reported of rating abo.ve $200,-
p09j onlj^one Between’ $125,000 and
£2,00,000: tyrq'lyfi^Sn $40,000 aud
$75,000; and "eight’ betweet $.10,000
andcJ4fMffi0i.andiH^aJl.o|f^ fifteen of
rating exceeding $10,000 out of 24?
in all .tl}£ United States and Canada.
to 18 to 20 per cent and the pressure- - ’ A'’Chicagp-\fi'spatch ofaFriday says:
against the market wa^ lifted and just”
previous to 2 o’clock money on call;
fell to 6 per cent-, owing to the heavy
offerings of funds. by commission
houses. As a result, the market for’
stocks "became comparatively caliri and*
brokers enjoyed the only real resting
spell they have had during the week.
Indication pointed then to the fact
that considerable amounts of stock
had'4«*twtaW:n up and paid fo.r. '.if Si
Up to 2. o’clock Friday evening tin*
sales,-of -Kst6d‘..:gtoel:s were 444,970
shares and of huh-sted stocks 201,'851
shares. At ’that VouV tlie markafcyvas
somewhat feverish, although some stocks;
K
PAY-AND MARC&
The President of World’s Fair Decides
a -Knotty Problem,’
Those fvho were afraid that Chief Burn
ham's Guards would raise a row if at
tempts were made to parade through
i lie fair grounds, were relieved yester-
fl*}| when President Higginbotham
"Ijave it out that any body of men, no
matter how large, would be permitted
to march inside the big fence, provided
they had paid their entrance fee.
’’onset} iteotlv the commercial iravel-
reiwj'Avho" intend .to .bring one hundred
thousand men to th'edair, .and the Cath
olic .Knights of America, together
with the foreign countries and vari
ous states can proceed with’ their cele
brations,
r
A special from Brookhaven, Miss.,
says: Whiteeapism reeieved its death
blow in south Mississippi Monday.
Since the mob came to town last Thurs
day for the purpose of liberating the
indicted white caps in jail, and an at
tempt to assaissnate the judge of the
court when he threw himself in the
breach, the community has been in
fever of excitement and a fresh assault
was expected at any moment. The sheriff
deemed it best to reinforce the citizen
soldiery by telegraphing Governor
Stone, for two companies of state
troops. As Monday was the day for
which the white caps trials had been
set, it was expected on all sides that
things would reach a crisis. Numer
ous reports had been received that the
attack would be renewed just before
daylight or during the day. Governor
Stone who hurried to the scene of the
trouble when the first outbreak occur
red, had promised to return and ad
dress the people in support of law and
order.
Contrary to general expectation, no
outbreak occurred during the night
and at ah early hour people began to
arrive from the country in large num
bers. The urban population were al
ready up and on the alert, and by 9
o’clock one of the largest crowds ever
seen in town was assembled. The
courthouse and jail were heavily guard-
ed^until the hour of opening court and
no-one was allowed to pass pickets ex
cept persons connected with the court
and the military.
At 10:30 o’clock the order was given
to allow the crowd to enter the court
house, aud in a little while, all availa
ble sitting room was completely filled,
while hundreds had to remain on the
outside. A picked guard of half a
dozen men with "Winchesters and big
revolvers stood at the right of the
judge’s bench facing*"the audience.
Judge Chrisman, who has been the
central fignre of the occasion all the
way through, stood near the entrance
to the courtroom and with easy grace
and calm demeanor helped the sheriff
to direct the. crowd to the seats. At
length, Judge .Chnsmau announced
that before the regular business of tbe
court Was proceeded with, Governor
Stone' who had come during the
night,’ would deliver his address.
GOVERNOR STONT? TALKS.
The governor said he had come as
the chief executive officer of the com
monwealth, to render whatever assist
ance he could by his presence and
counsel in vindicating and upholding
,tl\e majesty of the law. This he was
determined to do at cost. He wanted
the lawless element of Lincoln county
to understand that he, the governor,
and the whole law abiding element of
Mississippi, stood at Judge Chrisman’s
back and would render him all needed
assistance in bringing the guilty to
justice. Ho expressed the utmost con
fidence in Judge Chrisman’s integrity,
judgment and mercy, and would give
him all needed support in the discharge
of his official duties.
At the conclusion of Governor stone’s
speech Judge Chrisman ascended the
bench and called the white cop eases.
About two hundred witnesses hau been
summoned, principally for the defense
and most of them were found to be pre
sent. Tho counsel for the defense
were loth to go to trial and first made
a motion for a change of venue on the
ground of undue prejudice against tho
accused, but this was also a motion for
a continuance of the cases until next
term.
FLEAS OF GUILTY AND SENTENCES.
But few realized the sensation that
was about to follow. The attorney for
the defense came forward and announc
ed to the judge that six of the nine
prisoners who had been placed on trial
wished to plead guilty. The state’s
attorneys stepped forward aud said’that
he was willing to accept the pleas
and would enter nol pros as to
the remaining three, as the testimony
did not justify their further prosecu
tion. Judge Chrisman called the men
before him who had plead guilty and
■Raid that he would not accept their
plea unless it was made in entire good
faith and not under the idea that they
could not get justice if the trial pro
ceeded. ’ Ench one declared that he
was acting in nerfeet sincerity and
good faith, and begged for the mercy
of the court.
Judge Chrisman then pronounced
the sentence of two years on ench in
the penitentiary, but promised that if
their friends would desist from other
awlessness and conducted themselves
properly he would use his influence
with the governor to have the sentence
shortened after they had served one
year. The Tull limit of the law would
have been ten years. All tbe convicted
ineA have families except one and are
poor. Their wives anti children were
iu court and the sobs and scenes which
followed were heartrending and moved
many stern men to tears.
This breaks the back of whiteeapism
in Lincoln county. Many members of
the mob have already signified their
intention of coming-in next Friday
and pleading guilty and throwing
themselves on the mercy of the court.
All trAoJis were withdrawn Monday
evening and things have assumed their
normal condition.
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.
SUNDAY AT THE FAIR.
The Gates Were Closed Except to Those
Haring Passes.
A Chicago dispatch says: The rule
to close the gates of the world’s fair on
the seventh day was rigidly enforced
Sunday, so far as the ticket-pur-
chasing public was concerned. The
fortunate hands who held passes, were
admitted; - however, and allowed to
wander about the grounds at their will.
It was a beautiful day and hundreds of
workingmen, some of them with fami
lies, went to the fair grounds under the
pprehension that the gates were to be
open, and when " those toilers were
turned away, they were left in any
thing but a good humor. . It was high
ly aggravating to them to see the fa
vored-hands, even thousands enter the
grounds on passes, while they who
worked all the week were excluded.
The validity of the law of congress
closing the gates is to be tested in the
courts.
Joint Meeling.-at Yashnlle of Baptist
Societies.
A Nashville, Tenn.. special of Thurs
day says: A thousand delegates are
here ready for the Southern Baptist
convention. The session bids fair to
be the greatest as well as the largest in
the history of the body.
THE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Thursday morning the American Bap
tist Educational Society and the South
ern Baptist Educational conference met
ih joint session at the First Baptist
church,and were called to order by Dr,
AY. B. Bothwell, of William Jewell col
lege, Missouri, president of the South
ern Baptist Educational conference.
After prayer by Dr. George Cooper,,
Kev. C. S. Gardner, of the Edgefield
Baptist church, of Nashville, welcom
ed the visitors. Dr. Bothwell respond
ed to their address, felicitating him
self and his brethren that they had
met in Nashville. The delegates were
then enrolled.
Dr. A. J. Emerson, president of
Howard Payne college, Texas, read an
able paper on “Higher Education in
Texas,” and officers were elected for
the ensuing year. The Southern Bap
tist re-eleeted Dr. Bothweil president
unanimously. Dr. Thomas Hume,
of the University of North Carolina
was selected secretary.
Dr. H. H. Harris, of Bichmond col
lege, Bichmond, A a., read a paper on
college examinations and degrees which
was heard with great interest.
In the afternoon the American Bap
tist Educational Society met, Dr. Ed
ward Johnson presiding. After
hymn and a prayer by Dr. M. M. Bi
ley, of Kentucky, the delegates were
read and Treasurer Joshua Leverin:
made his report.
The report of Corresponding Seere
tary Kev. F. T. Gates, of Brooklyn
proved a paper of special interest. The
objects and policy of the society were
outlined. Only eleven colleges out of
sixty-seven white colleges in the south
were endowed and only seven had en
dowments over $100,000. The
ciety raised last year $331,000, below
the average of the first three years.
He spoke of the university of Chicago,
which had an endowment of $7,000,000
and was constantly adding to this vast
sum.
Kesolutions in-memory of Dr. B. L
Dudley, of Georgetown, Ky., president
of the American Baptist Educational
Society were adopt ed by a rising vote.
Officers were elected as follows
President, Dr. Edward Judson,of New
York; vice presidents, W. B. Both-
well, •’ of Missouri, and W. J.
Northen, of Georgia ; recording secre
tary, H. M. AVharton, of Maryland;
acting corresponding secretary, H
L. Moorehouse, of New York; treasu
rer, Joshua Levering, of Baltimore;
auditor, William. AI. Isaac, of New
York. To'fill vacancies in the execu
tive board: G.W. Murry, New York
Eugene Levering, Maryland; J. Poll
ard, Maryland; E. L. Hedstrom, New
York; H. M. Porter, Pennsylvania;
Joshua Levering, Alary land; L. B.
Ely, Alissouri; J. A. Hoyle, South
Carolina; F. T. Gates, New York; H.
AI. AIcDonald, Georgia; 4Y. C. Belt
ing, New York; J. B. Gambell, Missis
sippi.
Papers were read by Professor A.
F. Williams, of Bethel college, Ky.,
on “Loyal Kelationof Baptist Schools
to the Denomination,” by Secretary
Hume, for Dr. Noah K. Daves, of the
University of Virginia, on “Interme
diate Education iu Baptist Colleges.”
THE NIGHT SESSION.
At the night session President Will-
iam B. Harper, of the University of
Chicago, read a paper on “The Be-
quirements of Collegiate Education
and College Professors.” He referred
to the necessity of specialists which
had grown up in the past fifty years,
and said its only danger was in the
outgrowth of narrow-minded men.
Dr. J. L. AI. Curry, ex-minister to
Spain and agent of the Peabody edu
cational fund, made a speech that
might be taken to be political, but said
it was not done in a political way. Ho
only wanted to defend the south. The
finger of scorn was pointed at the
south for its poorly endowed schools.
He would point to the fact that
more money went back to the north
ern states than they paid for taxes.
Illinois, for example paid $3,885,000
received $9,445,000; Aliehigan paid
$2,000,000 and got back $7,400,000.
Colleges, he said, would never reach
their highest developments until there
is co-education.
BIG BLAZE IN PITTSBURG.
Six People Rescued From a Burning
Building—Firemen Injured.
Thursday morning fire started in the
basement of B. F. Glockler’s six story
stone building at Pittsburg, Pa., aud
in a short time the entire structure
was in flames, and the adjoining build
ing belonging to the Glocklers, and
occupied by Abram Arnfeld, cloth
ing dealer, was burning fiercely.
Glockler’s stoek of hardware, valued
at $50,000, was a total loss, on which
there was $0,000 insurance. His loss
on the buildings is $70,000, insurance
$20,000. Arufold’s loss on stock,
$50,000, fully insured. Two firemen
were seriously injured by the falling
walls. Six members of Glockler’s
family, Frederick Greyer, the janitor
of the building, with bis wife and two
children, were all rescued by the fire
men. Their means of exit were cut
off by the flames. . They had a narrow
escape. »
GERMAN ARMY BILL
A Xevr Counterfeit Five.
The chief of the secret service of
the treasury department has issued a
circular describing a new counterfeit
$5 silver certificate said to be in cir
culation, It is of the series of" 1886,
heck letter 13 B, bearing the signa
ture of AV. S. Rosecrans, register, and
E. H. Nebeker, treasurer, and has a
small, scalloped seal. The portrait of
Graut is poorly engraved, having a
scratched appearance, and some of the
lettering is irregular.
Defeated aud the Reichstag Dissolved.
Great Excitement.
A special cable dispatch from Berlin
says: The army bill was rejected in
the Reichstag Saturday by a vote of
210 against 162 in favor of the bill.
The rescript signed by the Kaiser dis
solving the Reichstag was immediately
promulgated and the Reichstag was
dissolved. Immediately upon the re
sult of the vote being announced,
CEancellor Caprivi read the imperial
mes.agi decreeing the dissclu.ion of-
Keiehstag. The social democratic
members of the Reichstag displayed
wildest enthusiasm over the result.
They hurrahed -repeatedly, following
cheer with cheer. Great confusion
and uproar prevailed in the house, and
public excitement is at the highest
pitch in Berlin.
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK
On tbs Bif Four Road Caused by Defect
iye Air Erases.
Ten Sen Crushed to Death and Manj
Others Badly Injured.
One of the most horrible wrecks in
the history of railroading occurred on
the Big Four road in Lafayette, Ind.,
at 1:15 o’clock Sunday morning, as n
result of which ten men are now dead
and many more injured. The tram
was the east-bound passenger, leavin;
Chicago at 9 o’clock p. m. The acci
dent- was caused by the failure of The
nirbreakes to work. The engineer un
doubtedly discovered this before
reaching the cut beyond tho AVabash
river, as vigorous whistling for brakes
could be heard when the train was
still a mile west of the city. The en
gineer’s desperate effort to stop the
train was shown by the large amount
of sand thrown by him on the
bridge through which the train came
just before the fatal crash. The en
gine dashed out of the bridge over tbe
AVabash river at a speed not less than
sixty iniles an hour, crashing into the
depot building, carrying off a portion
of the depot and train sheds several
hundred feet, the engine when it left
the track being followed by the bag
gage car, two postal cars and express
car apd piled in one promiscouns mass,
a total and complete wreck, burying a
score or more of victims in tbe awful
pile of debris. The trucks of the first
day coach were dragged out and the
side of the car knocked into fragments,
but no passengers in this ear were in
jured. The chair ear aud two Pull
man sleepers remained on the track.
The wreck was a most complete one,
the engine and cars being torn to
pieces and piled up together with
their contents.
A large crowd of citizens fa hered
very quickly at the scene of the dis
aster and assisted iu rescuing the vic
tims, and a large force of local physic
ians gave the necessary attention to
the wounded. Several victims of the
wreck were persons standing in the
depot .waiting for the train. A hack-
man, a mail cart driver and passengers
were struck.
LIST OF DEAD.
Michael AVelch, eugineer, Indian
apolis, frightfully mangled, head
crushed, limb torn from body, found
under the engine; fireman Alclnnis,
of Indianapolis; -E. D. Alyres, of Lo-
gansport, mall clerk; Mr. McAIahon,
of Cincinnati, express messenger; A.
B. Chadwick, of Cincinnati, mail
clerk ; Charles Meyers, of LaFayette,
hackman ; John Lennon, of LaFayette,
mail cart driver; Jesse H. Long of
Lebannon, Ind., mail clerk; Charles
S. Cahill, passenger, had just bought
a ticket to 'Indianapolis.; Otto Gessel-
sou, Alhambra hotel, Chicago.
Passengers going to the train were
frightfully crushed and mangled, limbs
being severed iu several instances and
heads and bodies terribly injured. The
list of injured is a large one and sev
eral more people may die.
The wreck was caused by the failure
of the airbrakes to work properly.
High bluffs rise on the west banks of
the AVabash, just opposite the city, and
there is a long and steep grade at that
point. The ill-fated train must have
been a mile up grade from the river
when the engineer made the discovery
that there was something wrong with
the airbrakes, for he began to shrilly
blow the whistle for handbrakes. The
speed had by that time increased so
terrifically,however, that its control was
beyond human agency. AVith almost
lightning like speed tho engine
dashed around the curves and
across tho long bridge, although
the man at the throttle had
reversed the machinery and immense
streams of fire were being dashed off
from the driving wheels running in an
opposite direction to that of the
swiftly flying cars that followed. Just
after leaving the east end of the Ion
bridge over the AVabash, the tracks
describe a semi-circle at the midway
point of which the union station is lo
cated. AVhen ihe engine struck that
sharp curve, it left the track, followed
by the cars in an awful swirl, and they
piled upon each other 100 feet away,
after crashing through the train sheds
and bringing down tons of structural
iron to add to the terror of the situa
tion.
The Testimonials
Life in Hawaii.
We publish are not purchased, nor are they
written up in ouruffice, nor are they from
our employes. They axe facts, proving that
Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses absolute
31 EitiT, and that Hood's Cures
Jfr«. E. 3f. Burt
West Kendall, X. Y.
Three Great Enemies
WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY.
A Cirenlation Law.
Gov. Flower, of New York, has
signed the bill introduced at the re
quest of the World which makes it a
misdemeanor for the proprietor or
publisher of a newspaper to misrepre-
.sent his paper's circulation for the
purpose of securing advertising pat
ronage.
Snowstorms in the Orient.
A heavy snow storm began at noon
Saturday in Vienna, Austria. There
was a creat suowfall throughput Hun
gary Friday, and railway traffic is
blocked bv the snowdrift.
Always keep posted on all puM : c nut
ters, to be able to do this subscribe new.
The AVorld’s Fair Gates Will Not Close
on That Day.
A Chicago special of Friday says:
Jackson park will be open on next
Sunday, and the payment of 50 cents
will entitle any member of the great
public to enter just as it hns for the
past six months. There will be no
formal action taken and there will be
no official announcement made, but
the gates will be open.
Superintendent Tucker, of the bu
reau of admissions, understands that
his force is expected to work Sunday
and has made arrangements according-
ingly. It has been the rule in the past
to have the gates open on Sunday, and
as there has been no order to make a
change, Tucker will continue as usual.
THE SAME AS ANY OTHER DAY.
One gentleman, intimately con
nected with the government of the
fair, said:
“Yes, the grounds will be opened
next Sunday. I just had a talk with
Superintendent Tucker, and I know
that he expects to have his ticket sell
ers and gate-keepers on duty that day.
“He has had no instruction to close
the gates on Sunday, and. his last or
ders given, several weeks ago, were to
admit the public on Sunday the same
as any other day.”
I- ALL EXCEPT MACHINERY HALL.
He holds, and of course he will be
upheld in his opinion, that he has no
authority to close the gates until he is
officially instructed to do so.
The entire force of guards will be
on duty and the public will not be al
lowed. to enter any of the buildings but
the horticultural hall and green houses,
and will then wait for developments.
vThe parks will be open every Sun-
May during, the period of the exist
ence of the fair, and in a few weeks
exhibit buildings will be open, but
the machinery will never be turned on
Sunday.
Neuralgia, Rheumatism
and Dyspepsia
Another Victory for Hood’s.
“ For over 20 years I have suffered with neu
ralgia, rheumatism and dyspepsia. Many times
I could not turn in bed. Several physicians
have treated me and I have tried different
remedies, but all failed to give me permanent
relief. Five years ago I began to take Hood's
Of the people of the Hawaiian Islands
it can be truly said that they are the
most amiable, careless, irresponsible
people in the world. The neurest ap
proach to work of any of them is in
their employment as cowboys on the
stock ranches. They are wonderfully
expert horsemen anti also become adept
in the use of the lasso. A native man,
or a native woman for that matter, is
never so happy as when on a spirited
horse, going at a hard gallop, decked
out with flowery leis and streamers of
bright colored cloth, in screaming con
versation with a whole troop of com
panions. They ride their horses to
death, they kill their babies with neg
lect and improper food, and yet it can
not be said that thereisa grain of con
scions cruelty in their nature.
There is no record of any violence
ever done by them to a woman,
white woman is absolutely safe among
! them without any protection and
j exempt from insult or even disrespect
beyond what may come from an uncon-
j seious usage of etiquette. Many
I them pass the greater part of their
: lives squatted on woven grass mats be
| fore the doors of their huts chatting
inconsequentially and eating their meal
i of fox when the inclination comes to
j them.—Washington Star.
parilla Vy U T 6 S
Sarsaparilla and it has done me a vast amount
of good. Since beginning to take it I have not
had a sick day. I am 72 years old and enjoy
good health,which I attribute to Hood's Sarsa
parilla." Mrs. E. M. Bckt, W. Kendall, X'. Y.
Presidents Who Married Widows.
Hood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills, Biliousness,
Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache. 25 cents.
A furious Fiddle.
One of the queerest musical instru
ments ever known, and perhaps the
only one of its kind, has reached here
from Greenville, East Tennessee. The
queer instrument is a violin made from
a gourd, aud it is thirtv-nine vears
old.
The strangest, weirdest music that
ever was heard comes from it. The
tones are fine and soft and float on the
air as from the land of spirits. James
Anderson Taylor, governor of Tennes
see, and uncle of the famous Taylor
boys who fiddled their way through
Tennessee during a recent gubernato
rial campaign, used to play on it. He
made music from the gourd fiddle at
the reception to Andrew Johnson by
the people of Greenviile, his native
town, just after he was made president
of the United States. He played the
“Old A’irginia Reel,” the “Fishers’
Hornpipe” and many other things, and
tho president “hoed it down” with
everybody present and enjoyed it more
than he could tell.
The gourd grew at Johnsville in the
Three of the first four presidents of
the United States married widowi
The wife of John Quincy Adams, who
received her education in England
created a great sensation in the na
tion’s capital. The wife of Martin
A’an Buren, Hannah Hoes, lived but
short time after her marriuge, dyin;
about seventeen years before her hus
band’s election to the presidency,
President Tyler’s second wife was an
ardent Roman Catholic, and Mrs,
Polk was a calm mannered Presbyte
rian. Mrs. Millard Fillmore had been
a school teacher, and the courtship was
carried on under difficultses, as the
lover could rarely afford the expense
of a journey to see his fiance. Airs.
Franklin Pierce was the devout dan;
ter of a clergyman and made the AA'hite
House a center for charitable and
religious enterprises.—Detroit Free
Frees.
Odors and Tastes in Milk.
Odors and tastes in milk may be pro
duced directly by the food eaten by
the cow. If a cow eats garlic or tur
nips the milk flavor is directly affected,
These odors and tastes are greatest as
soon as the milk is drawn and can then
be readily distinguished from those
due to bacteria growth. If a dairyman
lias trouble in the milk and it appears
directly after milking, he may look
for the cause iu what the cow has
eaten. If, however, the trouble ap
pears later, and continues to grow
worse, the cause is some form of fer-
said state, and it, with the neck, uhich mentation needing greater enre in the
is of poplar, is sixteen inches long, management of the dairy or the barn
AVortli a Dollar
Airs. Hayseed—“Did ye send a dol
lar to that man that advertised a sure
The keys are common violin keys, the
strings catcut and the sounding board
of leather from a stitch down shoe,
while the bridge is of poplar. The
bow is of a dark wood, aud the hairs an q eaS y wa y to make money?”
black, being plucked from a horse’s ; ^[ T H — “I did ”
tail. The older the fiddle grows the . “Wot does he sav' 1 ”
better it is, so H. C. Atkinson says, i “He writes, ‘Bent a lot of rooms iu
who owns it. fenn Francisco Exam- a new World’s Fair hotel, cash in ad
vance, and don’t build the hotel. ’ ”
Wliat- an Inch of Rain Means.
AVe often hear people declare that
during a certain heavy shower “at least
foot of water fell.” That such a
phenomenal shower would be impossi
ble I shall now attempt to prove. An
acre is equal to 6,272,640 square
inches. An inch of water over the
surface of an inch would mean 6,272,-
640 cubic inches, which, at the usually
estimated rate of 227 inches to the
alion. means 22,000. This immense
quantity of water would weigh 220,000
pounds or exactly 100 tons! Just
think of it, and this calculation is on
the basis of only an ineh of rainfall,
not a foot. Yet many reliable(?) men
will tell you that they have seen wooden
buckets of 10 and 12 inches in height
rained full iu less than an hour. Such
declarations arc simply nonsense of
the most nonsensical kind.—St. Louis
Republic.
Little Girl—“A\ T ’enyour feet is cold
you mus’ put zem in cold, awful
cold water—mamma saysso.”
Little Boy—“AVot good does that
do?”
Little Girl—“I don’t know, hut I
’spects it makes us think our feets
wasn’t so cold as we thought they
was.”
Tliu Opening of the (/’nmpnign.
To open the campaign with any hopes of
speedy success, attack the enemy, malaria,
before it has a chance to intrench. An ob
stinate foe ’twill prove if you don’t go right at
it. If you are prudent, too, you will have
fi rtilied, upon the first intimation of it3 pres
enoe in your neighborhood. Hostetter’s .Stom
acli Bitters is the medicinal ammunition that
you require. Every form of malarial fever
yields to this fine preventive and remedy.
As
niling face is like a ray of sunshine, and
ondt rful the amount of eloud-dispelling
power it'll as.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enriches
the blood, tones the nerve- 5 , aid» dige'tion.
Act* like a charm on persons in gcnerall ill
health, giving uew energy and strength.
If you can’t make money honrstly in your
occupation, ch inge your occupation.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., Props, of
Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for any
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Bad wr ting steals va’uable time from the
one who is compelled to read it.
Mala
ria, Biliousness and General Debifit*'. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tone* the ni’ves-
creates appetite. The best tonic for cursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
If you have lost a great opportunity, don’t
cry over it, but hunt up another.
Beecham’s Pills correct bad effects of over
eating. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes u^e Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
U. S. Government
Baking Powder Tests.
The report of the analyses of Baking Powders, made
by the U. S. Government (Chemical Division, Ag’l
Dep’t), shows the Royal superior to all other powders,
and gives its leavening strength and the strength of each
of the other cream of tartar powders tested as follows:
LEAVENING &AS.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, wliSiiVeToeU - '
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
the world’s best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
heaitr
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant tc the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a jierfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevera
id perms
permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Unlike the Dutch Pieces
No Alkalies
— OR —
Other Clieiniea
are used in tho
preparation of
which is absolutely^
pure and soluble.
It has more, than three tin
\ the strength of Cocoa miii
i with Starch, Arrowroot
'Sugar, and is far more eco
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED.
Sold by Grocers eYerynhere.
W. RAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
Flower
“What is August Flower for?”
As easily answered as asked. It is
for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver.—
Nothing more thau this. We 1
August Flower cures Dyspej
We kuow it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. It does one thing,
and does i t ri glit. 11 cures dyspepsia®
A remedy which,
If used by Wives
about to experience
the painful ordeal
attendant upon
Child-birth, prl
an infallible £pef
fic for,andobviaw
tho tortures ofc<fn-
tho dangers then
to both mother ahfl j
child. Sold by nil J
druggists. Sent by I
express on receipt ]
of price, $1.50 perl
bottle, charges pro- J
paid.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga. I
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES and
SILVERWARE.
Nrnd for our Catalogue.
«T. r*. Stovons cla Bro.,
47 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
AN ASTONISHING
TONIC FOR WOMEN.
McELREE’S
OF
h Strengthens the Weak, Quiets 1
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DiSEAl
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABO’,
81.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA HED. CO., Ct*t!anoog
ROYAL, Absolutely Pure,
Per cent Cubic in. per oz.
The OTHER POWDERS
TESTED are reported to con
tain both lime and sulphuric
acid, and to be of the following
strengths respectively, . . .
13.06
. 160.6
/12.58 .
. . 151.1
11.13 .
. . 133.6
\ 10.28 .
. . 123.2
J 9.53 .
. . 114.
9.29 .
. . 111.6
1 8.03 .
. . 98.5
f 7.28.
. . 87.4
\ 4.98.
. . 65.5
MEND YOUR OWN HARNE5
H THOMSON'S
SLOTTED
CL3NCH
RiVETS.
Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, and of
greater leavening power than any other powder.
No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drlv
md c ineh them easily and rjuickiy. leaving the cllnc
abso utely smooth. Requiring n-« lie e to be made
•he leather nor burr for the Rivets. They are •trong.|
touch and durable. Millions now in ua*
enrthv oniform assorted, put up In boxes.
Ash your dealer for them, or fcend 40c. In
stamps tor a oox ol 100. assorte 1 sizes. Man'fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
wn.Tirui. .hash.
Nemesis.
EIGHT PEOPLE CREMATED.
Be-
A Town in Poland Visited by
s’motive Fire.
A cable dispatch of'Friday from Vi
enna, Austria, says: The town of Ko-
woai, in Poland, about eighty miles
south of Warsaw, has been visited bv
a destructive conflagration, resulting
in the loss of many lives. The town
has a population of between three or
four thousand. Fire boke out, and
spread rapidly, consuming 116 houses,
including the infirmary aud asylum.
No less than “eighty persons perished
in the calamitous visitation and tfiree
hundred families mane honjelessas^well
is destitute. ^
Little Brother—“If yon mock any
body that stutters, you’ll become
stutterer yourself.
“Little Sister—“Will I?”
“Yes, you will; and if you mock
anybody that limps, you’ll get lame,
’cause that’s punishment. ”
“Then I guess that’s why ladies has
to begin wearin’ lioopskirts, They’s
been laughin’ at folks that used to
wear ’em.”—Street <fc Smith’s Good
News.
HOWES FOR THE POOR
AND RICH ALIKE
Do Not Be Deceived
with Enamels and Paints which stain the
baru!<?. Injure the Iron and hum red.
The RIsiut Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
rchase.
I-arse and ..mall farm- in Alabama, South
Curd'.: a and (Harris, for -a] j on lonr tinir.
Special advantOK s offered to tin o ■ more pnr-
cba.er. torini 'Ea co ony. Write for particu
lars to T. .1. FEI.DEH. Atlanta. Ga.
If nny one doubts that i
or glass package with every puree
Official Soap.
Official soap is an interesting out
come of modern life. A somewhat
conspicuous soapmaker of this city
now makes to order for clubs and
doubtless for private persons toilet
soap marked with the name of the
purchaser. Upon one side of the cake,
perhaps properly the obverse, appears
in large letters the name of the club,
upon the other side in less conspicu
ous letters you may read the name of
the coapmaker.—New York Sun.
BLOOD POISOii j
A SPECIALTY.
j pa:ticulam and iwre
t» our reliab lity. i
tnclal Lacking
i-idide potassium, sarsaparilla
guarantee & cure—and our Mai _
thlnj that will cure permanent;-. P. sitive proof seat
sealed, free, coox Kxxznr Co., Chicago, 111.
$'00,000. When mercury.
Hot Springs fall, wo
Mac-ic l vphileno is tho c
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat* Sold bv all Druggists on a Guarantee.
BSGYSLI
Complete line of hign.
an 1 ch^an prad* Bicyclei
dries of all kind.?.
Immense Bnrxainslii
oiid[ Baud Bicycles, Pneu.
.TrLiuN Caesar was ashamed of his
bald head, ami when it became shinny
he constantly wore a laurel wreath iu
the hope of concealing j/he deformity.
AN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE!
■ For Indigent lee, BUlonur.it,
= Headache, Constipation, Bud
|Complexion. Offennlvc Breath,
I and all disorders of the Stomach,
e Liver and Bowels,
I RIPANS TABULES
= act gently yet promptly. Ferfei
■ digestlull follows their nf»e. Boi
druggists or sent by maiL Be
rials‘,75c. Packoce<4 boxes), _
I For free samples-ccu.-». t _ . ■
JpIPAVS CHKMI^AI^Ce., KewjTork. J
o:» Tired. W
on v ex dus vely bi ycle houa* j n ..
■out*). Ad W, Bll YC’liK !>r.!”T, LOWRv
Ilinv. CO., t:. P. Cha : fanf, .Miinr-, *
No. S3 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,
Plso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Jest. Rosiest to Use, and Cheapest.
nan
Sold by druggists or sent by moil,
50c. K. T. Uazeltine, Warren. Pa.
Morphine ITablt Cure*! | n
to 20 days. No pay till cured
TEPHEN3. Lebanon .Ohio*
Nine r ga.
'93.