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J THE VIENNA PROGRESS TERMS, $1. Per Annum. “Hew if the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May." VOL. XT., NO 47. VIENNA. GA., TUESDAY. JUNE 20, 1893. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. HOW THEY ARE MADE TO PER FORM AT THE FAIR. A Day Spent With a Man Whose Rife Has Been Devoted to the Educa tion of Savage Animals—His Methods Described. “(T ' OME here, Prince, old boy; come here!” The great, tawny mass slowly, majestically strode nearer, and when close to the man that had called him he rubbed his enormous head against the hand that was stretched out in greeting. The long, muscular hand of the man buried itself in the mane of the king of animals and playfully stroked it, to the evident sat isfaction of the great beast. The man ner of the latter was a curious mixture of feline gruce and canine affection, and the great pupils of liiB eyes dilated and contracted with the pleasure of being fondled. Tho man who thus treated a lion, a full-grown, able-bodied one, with a complete set of enormous grinders, and claws that would cleave a one-inch board, a roar that would knock down a World’s Fair hotel and a stomach that would conceal a month’s provi sions for a small family, was Carl Hagenback, whose performances with trained wild beasts, says the Chicago Herald, are among Jig'dinefaTefactions of Midway Plaisance, at the Fair. A man who is on terms of the closest in timacy with lions, tigers, bears, snakes, panthers, and other ferocious horrors of the desert and forest is a rarity in itself. But when that man has spent his whole life among such brutes, and has taught thousands of them during that time how to obey, perform and play, when he has had a score of hair breadth escapes from the awful fate that has overtaken nearly every pre ceding trainer of wild beasts and when that same man is chockful of interest ing, often blood-curdling, anecdotes and incidents of a biographical nature, he becomes an acquaint ance doubly worth having. In the course of a day spent with this gentleman, who is by all odds the most successful trainer of savage beasts that the past or present knows of, a whole string of popular fallacies were reduced to deserved absurdity. First, as to the comparative intelligence, do cility and reliability of the principal wild animals. Who would believe that the lion and tiger are, once learn to step in fact with the strains of a waltz. All the bears, though, are never wholly to bo trusted, and they are of a combative nature, enjoying fights among themselvss as well as with other animals. More deaths, too, are due to bearish outbursts of anger than the public has any idea of. Alone at the zoological garden at Brussels three Kfflfl CHARMS I. attendants were killed bv tsgyg witEifi asnrtfifr timej and there is no large men agerie, no zoological garden and no performing circus of any magnitude that has not had fatal accidents due to the irrepressible ferocity of the bear. It will be a surprise to many to learn that there is a good deal of in telligence and a good deal of affection stowed away under the hide of a snake. Trainers know how to avail themselves of this fact and in that way get results out these reptiles that could not other wise be obtained. But snakes, too, are never thoroughly brought under subjection to the human will and their voracity and their ugly temper have been the cause of many a tragedy that the press never heard of. When am ply fed, however, and treated with uni form kindness a snake may be taught many things which one would hardly suspect. It is similar with alligators, with panthers, leopards, pumas, jaguars, the cinnamon and grizzly bears, and with many other animals that are hardly suspected of a fair amount of brains. Even the ostrich, though proroking- ly stupid and intractable, may be edu cated into something vastly different the sympathetic influence her master exercised over her. A young lion that had proved quite unmanageable, and that for four weeks had not learned a thng, was recently in the sole charge of Philadelphia, one of Mr. Hagen- beck’s best trainers. Philadelphia went into the lion’s cage, and when the lion disobeyed him, he went for him single handed with a pitchfork, reduc ing him into complete subjection in side of five minutes. The lion since fears, respects and loves his trainer who, on his part, has not been forced to resort to punishment once since that time. It may sound odd, but it is, never theless, a fact, that flattery, encour agement and commendation are among the most effective educational methods employed at the Hagenbeck establish ment. A lion that has learned his lesson is immediately rewarded by a bit of juicy steak, and the bear gets such dainties as fruit, sugar, candy and bread for a recompense. They are ap provingly stroked or slapped on the back—just as humans would be under the same circumstances—and the big felines, lions and tigers have enough of the cat nature in them to be fond of being scratched on the head and neck. After the animal has been thoroughly trained—for which purpose it needs not only the services of an ^expert trainer^buj-frrab tie" almost constant attendance of some particular assistant —it is punished with a rattan or with a tough rawhide whip only when the offense has been a flagrant one. The punishment is, in such cases, quickly and immediately administered, and soon after the same animal will be shown that it is forgiven by receiving some bit of dainty food or a caress. One of the greatest difficulties in the laborious process of training is to wean the wild beasts of their inherited an tipathies for other animals, especially those belonging to a radically different species. As in the whole business of training it is patience, lots of patience, that is needed to overcome these feel ings of aversion. For the recipe for training wild beasts is nine parts of patience and but one part of all the rest. The same thing, no matter how simple, must be impressed hundreds and hundreds of times on the brains of the animal in order to be thoroughly learned. Once acquired, however, it is hardly ever forgotten again. But to get them first to live together and to perform side by side in the same arena, to dwell peaceably in the' same cage, is a great difficulty. But since it is an indispensable prerequisite diseases, and consumption is carrying off a number of them at present, but some of them, too, were killed by his own panthers and leopards. Such mishaps, besides, are of frequent occurrence in the life of 3 large dealer in and trainer of wild beasts like Mr. Hagenbeck. It may be interesting t > know that this man has, up to a year ago, alone carried out of Africa 250 elephants, 375 giraffes, 200 antelopes, 180 panthers, 78 lions and 94 ostriches, besides 1856 snakes and crocodiles. That of this large number, now and then, there were some fugitives may easily be believed. Thus, twelve elephants that he brought with him from Africa as part of a large consign ment escaped, while in transit, in Vienna. Mr. Hagenbeck. however, got them all back and by using the following simple but original strata gem : He recaptured the youngest and smallest elephant of the herd, and then he pinched the ears of his baby elephant so persistently and vigorou.-iy as to make the animal yell and roar and trumpet with pain, thus inducing all the other fugitives to return to the spot, driven back by curiosity and sympathy. STEPPING TO THE STRAINS OF A WALTZ. DINNER TIME IN THE HAPPY FAMILV. brought under subjection, the most ffrom the wild bird of the desert, reliable and harmless pets? Yet such Once a consignment of twenty-six os- is the case, if forty years’ experience ] trichee that had been caught for Mr. enables Mr. Hagenback to be good judge. Of course, he says, no wild beasts are ever thoroughly trained if brought under human influ ence at too late a period in their lives. Such beasts, even if taught all that can be taught them, are liable at any time to have their innate savage instincts break out and overcome in a moment all the fruits of a tedious and painful training. But when caught young— in the days of babyhood—the lion and the tiger are easiest to deal with. They both learn their lessons well, and their memory is tenacious and retentive. They both appreciate kindness and feel a steady affection for those whom they have come to look upon as their friends. While in course of training they must be handled with great care, and pun ishment must be meted out to them only when absolutely required for the safety of the trainer or of the other animals. But even then this punish ment must be made up for by redoubled Hagenbeck in northern Africa, during one of his long expeditions in that continent for the purpose of collecting large numbers of w r ild beasts for his huge Hamburg menagerie, escaped in Suez, just before being loaded on board of a steamer that was to convey them to Trieste. The whole herd of huge birds escaped direct into the Nu bian desert and it looked as if they were a dead loss. The big collection of wild beasts of which these twenty^ six ostriches had formed part had been slowly gathered and then driven by native servants a distance of 600 miles. During that time these ani mals had become acquainted with each other and made friends to some extent. There were camels and ante lopes and lions, elephants and Abyssinian goats in the collection, and Mr. Hagenbeck relied on the friend- shij) and on the gregariousness of those escaped ostriches in his little scheme to recapture them. And he kindness soon after, so as to impress l had correctly sized them up. He had strongly on the minds of these animals j a band of Nubian servants drive the that it was punishment for the offense ; goats and antelopes some distance into committed, not cruelty, that caused : the desert, all in a heap, and sure them to suffer, and that they have not ■ enough, one by one, the fleet ostriches forfeited the good will of their friend because of it. The elephant is much more intelligent and cunning than both lion and tiger, and he easily learns all sorts of tricks and stage business which require judgment, tact and the exer cise of reasoning power. He, too, is very grateful for kindness shown and has a very affectionate disposition, but he is revengeful, crafty and never returned to the fold, every one of them. Panthers and leopards are the most treacherous and the most difficult to handle, they and the hyenas. Their hostility and natural antipathy to the dogs are never overcome, and they will seize every opportunity to attack dogs, even when sure to get the worst of it in a fight and knowing full well that wholly reliable, but liable to sudden | they will be whipped by the trainer outbursts of fury, spite or willfulness, i besides. They are always treacherous The bear is likewise very intellgent | and much more dangerous to handle and may be taught as many things use ful or ornamental as the elephant. THE MONKEYS ARE THE POLICE FORCE. than their larger and more powerful relations, the lions, Bengal tigers or jaguars. They are cowardly and greatly dread the whip, but that does not pre vent them from scratching or biting the hand that will lay the scourge on them the next instant. However, with all these differences and with the further great diversity and individual disposition and charac teristics, it is kindness and patience in the man that accomplishes the wonder ful results in training that the public see ocularly demonstrated in the Hagen beck arena every day. All these brutes, whether quite tamed or only partially so, are amenable to kindness, and gratitude forms the principal lever by which they are moved to do as required. Another element necessary for the suc cessful trainer of wild animal-* is ab- | sence of fear, an equable temperament | and instinctive liking for him on the i part of the aniinaL For these beasts | have their likes and dislikes, their , loves and their hatreds as well. Mr. Hagenbeck attributes his success with There are, however, a great many va rieties of the bear family, and thes- differ largely among themselves in in- ! all sorts of savage beasts and deadly tellectual and moral qualities. The reptiles largely to the fact that he loves least intelligent among them and the ! all creatures and in many cases feels a least tractable is the polar bear, and it : gennine affection for his wards and required years to teach the specimen j pupils. Some attendants can never now performing at the Hagenback win the confidence and good will of arena what little ha knows. The Amer- : certain wild beasts, and whenever that ican bears, even the grizzly, are more ■ fact has become apparent it is in- easilv managed and acquire certain ac- ! jnrions to the business to retain complishments without much trouble, their services. One particular lion- Tho black Russian bear, too, is amen- ess, for instance, could not be han- ajbie to civilizing influences, and so is died by anybody in the Hagenbeck es- the Alpine brown bear. But the cun- tablishment. She proved wholly in is ingest and most comical as well as the tractable, and it had been already in- for everything that is to follow the animals must be taught harmony and neighborly relations. Of course it is only possible to teach young animals to forego their inherited hatreds— adults are past redemption. Young beasts—the younger the better—are chained and placed in the same cage (of course out of harm’s way one from the other) with other young animals of different kinds. Thus they accustom themselves to the sight, the odor and the peculiarities of each other and begin to apprehend the fact that they belong together and must, therefore, get along with each other somehow. By and by the tamer animals are al lowed to circulate freely among the chained and half tamed ones, and at last the point is reached when they may be left to themselves, living peace ably together. During their hours of play and recreation this system of forming happy, though incogruous family groups, is seen at its greatest triumph. To watch a lion playing tag with a polar bear, and to see an ele phant and a tiger gamboling like merry boys at school makes one dream that the millennium cannot be far distant. Perhaps the most distinctively motley group that Mr. Hagenbeck ever gath ered under the roof of one cage is the one that may now he seen, composed of six Javanese and Sumatrese bears, diminutive but very comical fellows, one striped hyena (one of the most in tractable beasts), three codomonthys, one pig, one African hunting dog and several monkeys. And curiously enough, it is the monkeys that are the police force—the guardians of peace and order—in this motley throng. Like that superior animal, man, these beasts are also subject to all sorts of disease. In fact, the mortality among them is much higher than it is among the human race. For this fact, of course, the inclemencies of climate are largely responsible. The influenza Another time, just on the point of loading his wild animals on board steamer in Suez, Mr. Hagenbeck was leading a giraffe, having a rope slung tightly around his right wrist. Sud denly the animal took fright and ran off' with that haste and speed for which giraffes are so famous. More from necessity than from choice Mr. Hagen beck, unable to disengage himself from the rope, was obliged to share the flight of his giraffe. More dead than alive he was finally rescued some dis tance from town, after having been dragged along for several miles by the panicky animal at a six-mile-per-hour gait. Another time an enraged and entirely untamed elephant made thrust at him with his two immense tusks. As luck would have it they were so far apart as to just take his body in between them, his sides being but slightly grazed. Holystoning by Steam. There are not as many real sailors to-day as there were twenty years ago. In these days steam spreads canvas on sailing vessels, squares yards, handles cargo, steers and does away with brawn and muscle in a number of ways, and now some genius has contrived a de vice calculated to send some more of poor Jack’s occupation on the trail of Othello’s. A sailor learns to manipulate a holy stone almost before he knows the difference between the main sheet and the spanker brail. There is only one plan of operations that will give a ship’s deck a proper appearance, and that consists of dragging and shoving a heavy granite block back and forth end on and beamwise over a sprinkling of wet sand. One man usually shoves JOLLYING EP A TIGER. STEAM HOLYSTONE ON WHEELS. the stone one way with a stout staff fitted into a little hollow in the block while another hauls it in the opposite direction with a rope or iron handle. Another follows them up with a hose or water bucket, washing the sand after them, and two more are kept busy with broom and rubber-tipped squilje getting rid of the water and extracting the last drop of moisture from the wood. When the operation is prop erly performed the deck is as dry as a bone and white and clean enough to eat from. “Holy” stone is the word, because holystoning is a Sunday morning job, more likely to be ordered than prayers or plum duff. The steam yacht Oneida was the first vessel to put the device into practice, and that was less than eight months ago, but a working model has already reached Chicago. The steam holystone rages among them to the same extent j will do the work of the entire ship's that it did in the ranks of the human 1 crew in less than half the time. In bipeds. Pneumonia, consumption, j stead of one stone there are four, dysentery, fevers, stomach complaint, j mounted on three rubber-tired wheels, etc., are a frequent scourge among ; The motion of the stones is rotary,and them, and Mr. Hagenbeck feels still j two little tanks on the bed of the cart very sore over the fact that he has lost i feed them sand and water in the re- a large number of his most valuable j quisite proportions. A diminutive animals and among them some of his I oil-burning engine, also on the cart, best trained and rarest ones, such as a I either generates sufficient steam to ro- eouple of highly educated black pan- tate the stones in its own interior or thers, tome gorillas and mandrils several chimpanzees, half a dozen lions, tigers, etc.—since he expatriated his big quadruped colony from Ham burg; All told, some 120 of his most graceful bears are those from tended to sell the animal at a low price ! trained beasts hare succumbed to Thibet and from the East Indies, es- to a circus in Germany when Mr. Hag- j various diseases since lie began training peoially from the Malay Islands. Those ! enbeok himself took her iij hagd, Tbeg ! for the World’s Fair, ” ' ' ■ draws a supply through a small rubber hose connecting with the donkey en- . iue, or the galley, if it be applied to :- sailing craft, or with the boilers if a pi earner.—San Francisco Chronicle. Coal was first used as fuel in London Jlonkeysin this [ during the Twelfth Century. GEORGIA HEWS NOTES. Items ol Interest Gathered at Random from All Oier the State. The next meeting of the Georgia Bar Association will be held at Rome, Ga., Wednesday, July 5th, 1893. Social courtesies will be extended by the Borne Bar. • * * Lieutenant Satterlee, assistant ad jutant general of the state, has gone to attend the Alabama state encamp ment, having been detailed as inspec tor by the secretary of war. * * * Judge W. H. Fish, of Oglethorpe, Macon county, has been appointed a trustee oi the State university to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Hollis, of Americus. * * * The melon growers of Berrien coun ty are unanimously agreed that their crops will be short, the cold weather causing many of the young melons to drop off the vines, but they believe the quality of what does mature will be fine. » * * The cotton outlook for the fall is by L2. -Zffeajps disemiAging. "TEe 'drop, though not as large as the one last year, is in a good condition, and with fair rains and opportune weather, the yield for the fall will be satisfactory to the farmers. * * * The Macon city council has ordered an election for the issuance of §200,000 bonds to sewer the city. The resolu tions provide for an advisory commit tee of seven citizens to act with the mayor and council on the sewer mat ter and practically does away with the sinking fund. * * * Not a single one of the cases on the eleven indictments for forgery found against Harry Hill, the Atlanta forger, has been set for trial as yet, and it is hardly likely that he will be brought to trial before the next term of the court. Hill’s bond has been fixed at §11,000, which, so far, he has not given. * * * The situation following the suspen sion of Hobbs & Tucker’s bank at Al bany is most flattering. The deposit ors have accepted the situation calmly, feeling assured that they will get their money at an early date. In addition to the bank’s capital, Captain R. Hobbs has pledged his private fortune to the payment of every depositor. The farmers of the northern section are busy cleaning out the grass which accumulated in their crops during the rainy weather of the early part of the week. Most cotton shows some im provement, and is growing rapidly; but the stands are poor, and the intire crop is late. Corn, although small, is generally healthy, and gives promise of an abundant yield. Wheat is ripen ing rapidly, and in many places is be ing cut. The condition of this crop is excellent. Fruit has been badly in jured by the heavy rains, which have beaten it off of the trees, and caused rot in such portion of the crop as still remained. Reports from northeast Georgia are that the corn crop for this year is the finest on record. The abundant rains have started cotton off, and have great ly improved garden truck. Cotton, though small for the time of year, looks well. Wheat and fall oats have been harvested and fair yields are re ported. Apples are reported falling from the trees, and early peaches aro rotting. Grass seems to be a prevailing nui. sance in tho western counties. It grew very rapidly during the rainy weather, especially in the corn and cotton crops. Cotton chopping is about over. The plant has improved wonderfully in some places during the last week, while in other places too much rain has rather injured it. The stands Ifi ffiSSJEC3SS& are^ faulty. The plants are small and the crop IS gTffssy, and, from the present outlook, it win be impossible to make a full crop. Up land corn, though small and grassy, is looking healthy. The fruit crop in this section is poor, and in many places almost a failure. Peaches are still rotting, and the crop will be small. Apples and grapes seem to be in bet ter condition. In central Georgia, the past week has proved a favorable one to crops, and a decided improvement has taken place. Harvesting of wheat and fall oats is about completed, and the crop is more than an average one. The con dition of spring oats is much im proved, and a good crop is promised. Cotton has commenced to grow vigor ously, and, although the crop is some what grassy, its condition is greatly improved. The melon crop will not be a large one, as the stands are in many cases rather poor. Cantaloupes are in fair condition, and promise an average crop. With the exception of grapes, figs and apples, fruit trees are yielding a small crop, much having dropped off. Vegetable crops are do ing finely. Weather conditions have, on the whole, been favorable for the crops of the eastern section, although, during the early part of the week, showers were frequent, and in many localities quite heavy. These frequent rains have caused grass to grow in the crops rapidly, while the farmer has had little opportunity to work. Cotton is small, and on lowlands rather yellow. On high and sandy lands it has fired slightly. Oats have all been har vested, and are being housed. The The latest report of Revenue Agent Chapman shows that during the month of May there were thirty-nine distiller ies seized and destroyed in the north ern district of Georgia. This is a very heavy showing, as the number is con siderably in excess of previous months, and indicates that distilling is on the increase, especially in the mountain yield appears to be slightly below the districts. average in quantity, but of good qual- * * * I ity. Watermelons are in fine condi- The Georgia State Normal school will tion, and rapidly approaching matur- be held at Rock College, Athens, this ity. Shipping will soon begin. Fruit summer. The session begins on Wed- is fairly good. nesday, July 5th, and closes Wednes- | In the southwest section, there has day, August 30th, and the attendance generally been an excess of rainfall, bids fair to be very large. Tuition is This has caused grass and weeds to free and board only three dollars per grow rapidly, and, at the same time, week, which puts attendance within has delayed the farmer in his work of the reach of all teachers. A fine pro- 1 clearing them out of his crops. Re gram has been arranged and the facui- ports relative to corn indicate a very ty includes some of the best talent in favorable condition of that important the state. | crop. It has almost all been laid by. * * * | Cotton is blooming, and, as a rule, No complaints come from southern looks fine, except in a few districts counties, hut that there never was a where “black root” is affecting it. better season. All crops, even cotton, Oats have all been harvested, and are are in good condition. The crop is generally above the average. Fruit is very full of forms. Corn is mostly rotting, and the crop will no doubt be laid by, and is in tassle. The full short, benefit of the rains early in the wee k I Reports from all over southern was received, as farmers had their I Georgia indicate very plainly that all crops well cleaned. Potatoes and crops are in a flourishing condition, gardens are looking well. Peaches | The prospects for all crops are good, are beginning to ripen, and a good j No heavy rains fell to wash the lands crop of apples and pears are indicated. | or injure the crops, but it came Some reports predict the best fruit crop for many years. The ground and the crops in. this section are now in the best condition, and everything points to abundant harvests. * * * The Julia Force Case. The case of Miss Julia Force, against whom there are now two indictments for the murder of her two Bisters, Misses Minnie and Florence, at Atlan ta, has been set for June 26th, in order to allow the defense plenty of time to get ready by the date selected for the calling of the case. Solicitor Hill ■will prosecute Miss Force, and will have an associate counsel in the matter to aid him. Who the counsel will be the solicitor has not decided upon. Representing the defense will be Cap tain John Hardeman, of Macon, and Mr. Burton Smith, of Atlanta. A plea of insanity will probably be en tered by the counsel for the defense. The outcome of the case will be await ed with more than ordinary interest, and it is expected that it will be very difficult to secure a jury. The details of the murder of MisseB Minnie and Florence Force by their 6ister, the de fendant, are still fresh in the minds of the public. Miss Julia Force’s own story told most vividly how the cold blooded murder was executed; how she bought the pistol and to what ef fect she used it. To the press she gave a statement written by herself, which purported to be a story of her own life, and which was written in a re markably good style. She was put on trial in the ordinary’s court on a writ of insanity, and when the jury found her insane she declared vehemently that she was not crazy. * * * Weekly Weather Bulletin. In the northwest section of the state, farm work has been retarded by frequent rain. The latter part of the week, however, helped matters some what with its warm, sunshiny days. Cotton remains small, and is afflicted with lice in a few localities. Its growth is slow, as the nights have been cool. The wheat harvest has begun, and a fair yield is being realized. The crop is a little rusted. Fall oats are ripening, and the crop promises well. Corn is late on-the bottoms, which have been too wet. Fruit iB fairly plentiful, but peaches are rot ting badly, and there is considerable complaint of pear blight, Gardens are ip goo4 condition. warm, gentle showers, which caused all crops to grow rapidly, as, also, weeds and grass. An excellent crop of oats has been harvested throughout the whole section. Melons are ripen ing rapidly. Fruit is ripe and plen tiful, and, as a rule, is in excellent condition. Many fruit trees have blight, and the crop still continues to fall; yet, plenty remains for a good yield. A Missing Island. Expedition Island is no more. Your map shows it lying on the northwest coast of Australia, about twenty-two milts from the mainland. When it flourished in all its glory, as it has since time of memory, it was a beautiful tract of land, thirteen miles long and one and a half or two miles broad. A vessel was sailing in those parts quite recently when the officers remarked the absence of the island. The captain ordered that soundings be made. All around thousands of feet of water was found. Finally, upon observing that there were no signs of breakers on the former sits of the island, he ordered that they sail directly across where the island had formerly been. Soundings were ngaiD taken, which resulted in finding that the island had only sunk to a depth of forty- eight feet below the surface. It was one of the largest islands on the Australian coast and its sudden subsidence is s mystery.—[St. Louis Republican. Saved By a Bplder. One day a Union soldier was fleeing for his life from Confederate sharpshoot ers, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. At last he saw a hollow log, and needing rest crept into it, feet foremost. His face was but a few feet from the open end. Shortly after he got into the log a large spider came and spun his web over the open log as much as to say, “I will save you.” He spun his web round and round, backward and forward, until a network was made. Then the spider disappeared. A short time after the spider had left the log, along came the Confederates. They stopped close to the log where the poor soldier lay nearly frightened to death. He heart? them say there is no one in there, and they passed on. The soldier stayed in his log until next morn ing, when be made his escape back to his fellow soldiers, and told them of the good spider that saved him fronq the hands of the enemy. i Advertise coy, it will pay yog, TRADE MORE PROMISING. Dnn ft Co.’s Report of Business for the Past Week. R. G. Dnn k Co. ’s weekly review of trade says: The severe depression of a week ago, which culminated in very tight money and numerous failures has been followed by some recovery. Reports that final action by congress on the money question has been as sured have done much to cause the better feeling, but the stringency was realizing on the unprecedented stocks of wheat, so that the lowest prices ever known have been made at New York and at the west. This has helped exports and in other respects monetary conditions are distinctly more favora ble. At Philadelphia banks are holding money cautiously. At Cleveland trade is fairly good, but money close. At Cincinnati trade improves and money is active, but collections slow. At In dianapolis the grocery trade is better, and at Detroit trade is only fair and banks are calling money loans. Chi cago reports trade orders satisfactory. Banks are considered safe, but are pursuing a very conservative policy. Receipts increase, compared with last year, 4 per cent in cattle; 10 in hides; 24 in butter ; 55 in sheep; 80 in oats; 100 in wheat and 170 in corn, but decreased 18 per cent in flour, 20 in barley and dressed beef, 22 in rye, 45 in cheese, 60 in hogs and lard,. 70 Jn jjork and seeds and 90 in cured meats. The excitement is sub siding in Milwaukee. Trade at-Min neapolis and St. Paul is fairly active and the lumber trade strong, with crop poor. At St. Louis banks are calling loans, but the jobbing trade is satisfactory, with the south much im proved. At Omaha trade is good, at St. Joseph good, and at Kansas city fairly healthy, though receipts of grain and hogs are light. Trade at Denver is fair, but at Little Bock dull, and at Louisville restricted, with money very close. At Memphis trade is very quiet, at Nashville fair and at Knox ville slow with money close. At At lanta, Macon and Augusta similar conditions exist. At Galveston trade is fair, but collections slow and busi ness dull, excessive rains making crop prospects doubtful. Wheat has gone be low 71 cents at New York and 63 cents at Chicago, receipts being 400,000 bush els; exports 200,000 bushels. Corn has fallen 2 cents with large receipts; oats 1 cent, pork §1.75 per barrel; lard 65 cents and hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds. But oil is 3-4 of a cent stronger and coffee unchanged. Cot ton is 1-4 higher with better foreign buying. In wool, sales are small with a lower tendency. In low grade cot tons there has been some advance. The financial outlook is not helped as yet by foreign trade as imports con tinue heavy, while exports are still be low last year’s. But the depression in stocks brought in some foreign buying and prices have recovered on an aver age §1.50 per share since a week ago ago with railroad earnings continuing large. Foreign payments for securi ties have helped the exchange down ward and also bills against several millions of bushels of wheat taken for export, so that some bankers believe the rest of the summer may pass with out renewal of gold exports. The failures for the -week have been 322 in number in the United States, against 168 for the same week last year and 27 in Canada, against 24 last year. Last week the total number of failures was 259. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. CROP BULLETIN. The Past Week a Favorable One In Many of the States. The weather crop bulletin, issued Tuesday from the Agricultural Depart ment, says: The warm weather of the last week improved the crops greatly and they are growing rapidly. The general weather has been good and several states report it the most favor able week of the season. Farmers are more hopeful in the west and in the south Atlantic states. Following are some special telegraphic reports: Mississippi—Nights cool for cotton, general conditions very favorable,crops very grassy,but being cleaned rapidly; corn yellow in bottoms,season late and crops a little short. Louisiana—Week rather favorable to crops, frequent showers interfered with laying by of cane, but rice bene fited ; cotton shows improvement, some blooms; corn silking and tassell- ing, overflow of water falling slowly in the extreme northeast and lands will be placed in condition as early as practicable. Texas—Nights too cool for cotton, plant irregular in size and prospects, while good in some sections, do not average so for the state. Corn in good condition, about laid by. Arkansas—Most of the corn laid by, cotton much improved and crops be ing rapidly cleaned, wheat being har vested, yield good, oats heading and promise abundant crop, farmers more hopeful and encouraged. Tennessee—Warm, work pushed vigorously during the week, corn be ing worked and looks well, early Wheat about ready to cut, clover and grasses in splendid condition, barley being cut, cotton small, hut improv ing. Kentucky—Most favorable week of the season, wheat harvest about to commence, some complaint of rust, oats and grasses fine, tobacco nearly set and looks well. Missouri—Most favorable week of the season, work progressing finely and the crop outlook improving daily. The Industrial Development Daring the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows the organization, at Uniontown, Ala., of a cotton mill company, with $100,000 capital, by J. A. Wright and others; of machine shops and foundry at Me ridian, Miss-, by W. E. Evans and associates; of a cotton mill to cost $75,COO at Kings Mountain, N. 0., by P. 8. Baker and others, and of a lum ber manufacturing company at Tyrone, Ark., with $50,000 capital, by the J. I. Porter Lum ber Company; the organization, at Warren, Texas, of the Warren Land and Lumber Com pany, capital $50,000; of an oil mill with $50,- 000 capital, at Now Braunfels, Texas, by the Landa Cotton Oil Company; of an oil mill at Crockett, Texas, by the Houston County Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company, with $30,- 000 capital; of a mining and improvement company, with $20,000 capital, at Orianlo, Fla., by the East and South Florida Muck Mining and Improvement Company, and of a similar company, also with $20,000 capital, at Tampa, Fla., by the Peninsular Muck Mining and Development Company. Thirty-three new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with nine enlargements of manufactories and eleven important new building'. Among the new in dustries not above referred to are brick work* at Galveston, Texas; canning factories at Brew- toil, Ala., Augusta, Ga., E-itill, S. C., and New Birmingham, Texas; a distillery at Lewiston, Texas, and electric plants at Humboldt, Teun., and Manchester, Va. Flour and grist mills are to be built at Mt. Verd and Spring City, Tenn., an Edna, Texas; an iron foundry at Wheeling, W. YaVooal mining companies liavo been char tered at Knoxville, Tenn., and Moundsville, W. V., a milling company at Greenwood, Fla., a steam cotton gin at Caldwell, Texas, a cotton mill at Conpens, 8. C., and a knitting mill at Warrenton, N. C. The woodworking plants o‘l the week include a box factory at Inverness, Fla., a chair factory at Deoatnr, Ala, and saw and planing mills at Pima, Ga., Baton Bouge, La., and Milan, Tenn. The enlargements for the week include chem ical works at New Orleans. La.; a hardware company at Fort Smith, Ark.; an iron working plant at Galveston, Texas; an oil mill at Waxa- hachie, Texas; a phosphato plant at Luraviile, Fla.; cotton mills at New Orleans, Da., and _ Forest City, N. C., and woodworking plants at' Ediato and Bowesville, 8. C. The new buildings of the weok, as reported, include a bank building at Hempstead, Texas; business bonses at Madison, Fla., Knoxville,. Tenn., and Taylor, Tex; a courthouse at Clarks ville, Miss.; a church at Little Hock, Ark.; an office building at Yoakum, Tex.; a $50,000 op era house at Paragould, Ark., and a school building at Houston. Tex.—Tradesman (Ch atta- nooga, Tenn.) PANIC AT A FIRE. Three People Killed by Jumping From a Burning' Building. A six-story building filled with “sweater chops,” at Nos. 10 and 12 Montgomery street, New York city, caught fire Tuesday morning, and in the mad rush to the street of the 250 souls working there at the time, three were killed and several injured. At the near-by hospitals twelve people were treated for injuries received at tho fire. It is said that two of the injured will die. The blaze started on the first floor, and in a few min utes the flames shot up as far as the third and fourth floors. Thou a, pgnifi followed. Tho inmates, -all Polish Hebrews, excitable under any circum stances, were maddened. Two hun dred and fifty people rushed to the fire escapes on the front of the build ing, and fought like demons for good places on the fire escapes. Suddenly the flames burst like a rocket from the second and third floors and leaped out nearly across the street. The in mates fell on each other’s heads as they came down and were pilled three tier deep. The ladder from the first fire escape had not yet been severed by the flames and the p"np]c -‘iT'jj'ty - to jump from the balcony to the pave, ments with the result of three killed and many others more or less seriously injured. Several jumped into the po lice officers’ arms and were not hurt. EXPORTS DURING MAY. CURRENCY SHIPMENTS To the South and West to Relieve the Stringency. The shipment of currency to the west and south by the New York banks was continued Wednesday and excited much comment in financial circles. The amount sent out Monday was es timated at more than a million dollars and another §1,000,000 was ordered Wednesday. When asked the cause for this large shipment of currency, which is mainly to the west—the amounts in the last ten days is be lieved to exceed four millions of dol lars—bankers agreed in saying the de mand was largely duo to the distrust prevailing everywhere in this country, especially in the west, where there have been a great many failures, both of b»Qks and commercial house*. Some Statistics from the Treasury Department Showing Their Value. The bureau of statistics, in a com parative report to the treasury depart ment the value of exports of mineral oils were as follows: For the month ending May 31st, last, §3,758,149, an increase over the month of May, 1892, of more than §500,000. For the eleven months ended May 31st, §37,611,594, a decrease from the corresponding period of 1892 of more than §3,000,- 000. Tho total values of the exports of cotton are reported as follows: For the month ending May 31, last, §11,251,126, an increase of nearly §500,000 over May of last year, but for the nine months ended May 31st, last, §174,779,878, a decrease of nearly §68,000,000 from the corresponding period of 1892 is reported. The bu reau reports the total values of beef, hog and dairy products exports as fol lows : For the month ended May last, §10,- 400,410, a falling off of nearly $700,000 .as compared with the exports of a similar period of 1892; for five months ended May 31st, last, §45,245,992, a loss of a little more than ten millions of dollars as compared with the same months of 1892. Horrible Deed of an Insane Mother. Mrs. Kate Kersch, living ten miles from Parksbnrg, W. Va., having lost her reason, poisoned two of her young children, threw two others into a well and then killed herself. She tried to kill her eight children, but four were saved by the desperate struggles of her fourteen-year-old daughter. The fam ily is in good circumstances. No cause is assigned for the woman’s derange ment. All five are dead. The hnsband was away from home at the time. She killed the two small children and the boy by poisoning their milk. A Battle Ship Launched. The big battle ship, Massachusetts, was successfully launched from tho ship yard of the Cramps at Philadel phia, Saturday morning, in the pres ence of Secretary Herbert and Attorney General Olney, the latter representing the state of Massachusetts, and many distinguished naval and army officers. Miss Leita Herbert, daughter of the head of the navy department, chris tened the vessel with the customary and prettily decorated bottle of cham paign. __ The Cholera Record. A London cablegram of Thursday says: The latest advices from Mecca, where the cholera is raging, show that there have been 350 deaths from the disease during the last five days. On a single day recently the Scilly islands sent to English markets ten and a half tons of flowers. This strikiug fact shows the amazing progress of an industry which was unknown a dozen years ago in the little archipelago. Tho inhabited islands contain only between three and four thousand spree altogether*