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CURRENT TOPICSrI1 Australia has more than 1000 newpapersGrade

> crossings in Europe are nnluiown

Belfast is Irelands richest and mostp populous city

The feminine surplus in Massachu ¬

1 0 setts is 70J398

Europe will have to borrow heay4

ily from the American granaryThe amount of money in this coun ¬

try lust year was 3066 per capitaThe carat is used in estimating the

freight of gems is a grain of Indianwheat

Only about 200000 people in thiscountry buy novels as they run fromthe press

t ¬peltroleum occurs One of them is 123miles long-

Stokers in big steamships work Inen average temperature of from 160to ISO degree-

sIt is estimated that the cost of theBainpsonSchlcy court of inquiry willbe about 25000

Only 9 per cent of the soldiers ac ¬

tually engaged in war are killed onthejfiQldof battle

+ The graduating lists of the Amer4 Scan colleges this year show an in¬

crease of 25 per centAustrian shoemakers talk of via

i lence if American retail shoe storesare opened in that country

Eleven thousand people are enffnged in making lamp chimneysthroughout the United States

Owing the the scarcity of grainears in the west the Kansas farmersare experiencing difficulty in movingtheir wheat

Exports of horses and mules inMissqn i last year brought a returnof 6000pd and a

<great deal of mon ¬

ey name from foreign countriesAccording to the London Telegraph

t the first doctors degree ever bestowen upon a woman in Bohemia was ob¬

tained by Fraulcin Dr Cabot nt thePrague University

The worldfamed Prince Edward olYork diamond one of the most pre ¬

cious stones ever found in the Southbeibrought tbAmerica <

The famous eagles which used to-t haunt the lakes of Killarney makingf their home in the Eagles Nest Moun ¬

tains have been exterminated with-in

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the last three yearsThe statue of Frances E Willard to

be presented by the state of Illinoisto the national capitol nt Washing ¬

ton will be modelled by Helen FMear of Oshkosh Wis

King Edxvard VH has acceptedScott Mantague M P a number ofAmcrcian bronze turkeys taken toEngland in n wild state They willbe housed at Sandringhnm

The fortune of Krupp the Ger ¬

man ironmaster is estimated at Aso

i4000isteel works employ 80000 menThe Russian emperor does not be¬

lieve in the eighthour day so far ashe is concerned He works manymore hours and seldom retires be ¬

fore 1 or 2 oclock in the morningttChineseestated On the authority ora

ttea merchant that the glaze

oil the paper coverings of tea chestsIs due to a preparation composedprincipally of the refuse of sharksfins tails and skins

Rev John Spurgeon the father ofi the famous Charles Spurgeon now

dead recently celebrated his ninetjfirst birthday by laying the founds ¬

lion stone of the South NorwoodBaptist Church in England

The most marvelous instance onrecord of a man supposed to be deadwho was brought back to life Js the

I recCnt case of John Schaefer ofJlrooklyn who was resuscitated aft-er

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being under water 40 minutesThe British admiralty have just or¬

dered 54 sets of wireless telegraphygear to be made according to theirown speciicntions and system Thecircle which is perfectly round anddrawn with a compass exhibits thispeculiarity ns soon as the square isdrawn inside of it

One of the freaks of nature hasifcehtly been discovered close to theimmense tunnel that is nearing com ¬

t portion on the line of the Southern

boundnrJ1ineemployedti

company an im-mense

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rock that isa perfect imagoof a mans head-

YCurious markings are left upon the

victims of lightning Often treesand shrubs to the mioutcst twig are

bodyFormerlye was deto some natural photograph ¬

< ic process It is now known to bethe vivid outlining of veins under ¬

CinstautaCI The effect is indescribably weirdThe latest feat of the giantspeedr1 l or statute1miles an hour for 24 hours is ex¬

pected Jto set steamship designersapd builders to thinking as to steam ¬

ships of thee futureA brandnew state intended fo be

run as a republic is being formed ini the forest land that extends into Bra ¬mertti elected the first president by the 20

s DOO iBhabitaHtH most of whom oreN in h8 aploy The IMBM of ike new

jtif ci < republic ii Aret

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A GREAT TIDAL WAVE

Loss of Life and Property at PortEads La and Vicinity

Logging Camps find Mill Mnnnfnaturer Suffered Conniderabftr

Loss By Breaking of BoomsSchooner Deiuaated

New Orleans Aug 16The stormwhich has been sweeping tie gijilcoast from Pensacola and movingwestward during the past two dayshas prostrated telegraph and tele-phone wires to such an extent thatnews from the outlying sections iahard to get The greatest fears havebeen entertained for the safety ofthe people living at Port Eads at themouth of the Mississippi river andfor the ships that started for sea justbefore the storm began The wiresto Port Eads have been prostratedsince Tuesday night at 8 oclock butthe Picayune reached a man who leftthere at 2 oclock Wednesday He wasat Burns which Is 60 miles downthe river and the farthest point withwhich there Is wire communicationat the present time This man de-

scribes¬

the storm which swept thatsection as a regular tidal wave sitn ¬

flay to the one which resulted in suchawful loss of life in 1S93 He says nilthe people living on the east bankof the river have moved up to thejumpwhich is 15 miles from the

mouth of the riverXew Orleans La Aug 17The

storm has passed and seems to havedone no great damage anywhere ex¬

cept along the river below the citysix fatalities occurring near thetiers mouth In the city the onlyinjury was to lakeside resorts and tathe section flooded by the break ina canal bank which was closed before morning Rice and orangefarms on the lower coast were severe-ly

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injured The inhabitants therebelieve that they were struck bya tidal wave combined with a cy-

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The lives lost were half a mileabove quarantine A large housewas overturned with 15 in it andMrs Rosa Walker her 10yenrolddaughter Ida Walker Miss BirdieCobden and Miss Ella Cobden were

drownedMobileAla Aug 17The tropical

storm which came up out of thesouth Wednesday and increased inforce during the day following is bey

lievcd to have been the severest inthe vicinity of Mobile The highestwind blew at the rate of 70 miles tinhour for some time Various reportsof the drowning of men in the bayhave reached here but it is impossible to confirm them owing to thecomplete demolition of all means olcommunication

The pleasure yacht Ariel boundI

for Fish river with a party of Mobilepeople on board is reported to havepounded to pieces on the wharf atjTattles on the eastern shore of thebay Nothing has been heard of the

crewNothing has been heard from FortIMorgan Two companies of thcoast artillery are stationed thereThe barracks undoubtedly receivedj

the full force of the blow3O communication can be had with

any of the islands in Mississippiround just outside the bar 3

miles below here Any news concernfug the fate of the islanders mustcome by boat and this is anxiouslyawaited

The fruit steamer Herald frouPorto Cortez arrived late Fridaynight She reports speaking a twomasted schooner G5 miles southeastof this port totally dismantled Thecaptain of the schooner declined as¬

sistance Logging camps and milmanufacturers have suffered considerable loss by the break of boomsSaw logs and squared timber driftedInto Mobile all day much of it coiningup on Royal street three blocks fromthe water front-

Montgotpery Ala Aug 17Tlstorm from the gulf did considerabledamage in central Alabama

Specials from Selma and Troy saythat cotton and corn were prostratednround those towns and the loss ttcthe farmers will be heavy Treeswere uprooted and houses unroofedbut so far no loss of life has beerreportedAt

a raft anchored in theAlabama river and supporting a tagpile driver was sunk carrying the machinery valued at 2000 to the Bot ¬

tonsIn Augusta county the estimated

damage to the cotton crop vanesfrom 10 to 30 per cent Late corn isprostrated

Business Part Almost Wiped OutBurlington Ia Aug 17TIlc bindi ¬

ness portion of Seaton Jllwn nlnest wiped out by fire The loss isestimated nt about 50000 with in ¬

surance about half The fire wasstarted by the upsetting of a lamp-at a dance Among the burned build ¬

ings were Elricks opera souse thepost ofliee the Independent news ¬

paper otVcc Connors hotel and eightether business houses

To Aid the StrikersSt Louis Mo Aug IGThe nation-

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socialist party Thursday sent outan appeal calling upon their socialistbranches to do all in their power < rAid the Amalgamated strikers Thesocialist organization numbers nearly130000 throughout the country

Bugs Destroy WheatDallas Tex Aug 6lugss have

appeared in large numbers in lifeldcof volunteer wheat and threaten udestroy the second growth sit complr4ely as they did the first troearly in the s ribg

TRIEITWIAL CONCLAVE I

Grand Mnrnlial Leathers issues aCenernl Order Outlining the

Formation of the Iltrude

Louisville Ky Aug 19Maj JohnII Leathers who will be grand njjJishal of the parade which inniigyratesthe festivities of the triennial con-

clave¬

of the Knights Templars inLouisville Tuesday August 27 issuedSunday night his final general ordersto every grand uncl subordinate commandery of the United States out-lining the formation of the pageant

Twelve grand divisions exclusive ofthe special escort of honor to the off-

icers

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and members of the grand uucampment will form for the paradeThe line will be as follows >

First grand division templars frontthe grand and subordinate coininanderies of Massachusetts Ilhode Isnnd New York Virginia New Hamp-shire and Connecticut

Second grand division Ohio andnineJjv

Third grand division PennsylvaniaFourth grand division Indiana-Fifth grand division Texas Missis ¬JSixthSeventh grand division California

Tennessee Wisconsini New ersev andGeorgia jt

Eight grand division Missouri Ala ¬

bama and LouisianaNinth grand division Iowa Jfihne

sola Kansas Maryland XebraskandArkansas f

Tenth grand division West Virutiaj

Colorado North Carolina South Da ¬

kota Oregon Washington MontanaWyoming North Dakota ArizonaFlorida and Indian Territory

Eleventh grand division District ofColumbia The Louisville KqfphtsTemplars have assurances that ttrAdm Schley will come to Louisvillelong enough to participate thpnade reports from Washington to the

contrary notwithstanding and nipecial place of honor in this divisionhas been reserved for the Twmrofficer

Twelfth grand division will jincludeall the mounted commanderies

The men will march in doibl < sec ¬

tions 12 files front and the carriageswill be three abreast

MANY LIVES LOST

The Steamer Inlander Struck AnIceberg and Went non Oft

UuiiRlaKH Island

Victoria B C Aug 1rhc steam-er Islander of the Alaskan Ioufeorerated by the Canadian Pacific Navi ¬

gation Co of this city struck rill icebergoff Douglass island at 2 oclockon the morning of Thursday last andwent to the bottom carrying townfrom 65 to SO souls including passen-gers

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and members of the crew SeineIA the survivors arrived here rtuiiuiiyevening by the steamer Queen Theyreport that as the vessel went downher boilers exploded causing thedeath of many who might have esvcnped Cnpt Foote was on the bridgewhen the vessel struck and fstayodthere and went down with hissteamerahoardethe steamer 100000 of which wascarried by passengers If II Hartwho has spent 16 years in the Klonlike lost 35000 in dust Some saythat Capt Foolc reached a raft butwhen he saw the extent of the dir¬

lance jumped overboardGeorge McL lro rn executive

agent of the Canadian Pacific railload after interviewing the oflicorand passengers who returned said

The purser is remaining in thenorth attending to the forwarding I

of through passengers It is imjtosBible to give an exact list of thoselost but from the fact that 113 weresaved the number lost must be verymuch below the figures mentionedIn my opinion the loss of life will notexceed 20

THE RESISTENCIA STRIKERS

Spanish Vice Consul nt Tampa AnkeitFor the Names of Spaninli Sub-

jects Deported fTampa Fla Aug 10The Spanish

minister nt Washington has askedVicenta Guerra the Spanishtilti

consul here for the names of theSpanish subjects who were recentlydeported by the citizens vigilancecommittee as leaders of the resistancia cigar makers strike and for aninvestigation of the whole affair sofar as Spain iis concerned The vicei

consul has begun an investigation andhas called upon those who reportedthe matter to the Spanish ministerto appear before him and give testi-mony

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He says so far as he can as<

certain all of the deported Spaniardswere naturalized citizens of the Unit ¬

ed StatesWill Hcturn the VlHlt

Copenhagen Aug 70he Danishgovernment having determined to re-

turn tIlt visit of the United Statetraining ship Hartford the cruiserValkrien in command of PrinceWaldemar the kings youngest tonwill snit for Yew York in Januaryand afterwards visit other Americanports

Contests HumoutK Invention >i

St Louis Aug W1r FW Abken of this ellclaims to lw thecmploc4in11Dumonthen secured a patent on his inventioi

years ago

On a Gun CarriageChicago Aug 19aj R P David

son next Tuesday will make n secondWashingtou rj

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IN A LIVING TOMB

Two Victims of the ClevelandWater Crib Horror Rescued

From Horrible Death

IMPRISONED AT BOTTOM OF LAKE ERIE

After Days of Terrible Anguish TheirFaint Tapping on the Air Pipe

Was Heard Above

Stint Off From the Upper WorM theDies knew othiiic of the Ter

ribitt CataHtruplie That Im-

I > rioutied Them

Cleveland Aug 20 Adam Kest andJoseph Kuglnt two of a dozen ormore workmen who were trapped inthe water works tunnel 200 feet be¬

low the surface of Lake Erie by theburning of crib Xo 2 last Wednesdaymorningwere rescued from theirhorrible position late Monday after¬

noon and are now lying senli con-scious at Huron Street hospitalwherewith careful nursing the physicianssay they will soon recover theirformer strength and probably benone the worse for their experience

Shut off from the upper world themen knew nothing of the catastrophethat killed so many of their com ¬

rades and imprisoned themWhen their signal for help tap-

ped¬

on the air pipe was nt lastanswered from the crib Kest andEngine were preparing to eat rawmule meat

heisted Their ExperienceAt the hospital Monday night En¬

pine and Kest related some of theirexperiences theysaid that Itheydid not know that there had been afire und they could not account fortheir plight unless sonic accident Laidhappened which would soon be re¬

paired As the time passed by how-ever

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und hours lengthened into daysthe men were beginning to fear thatthey were doomed to death either lystarvation suffocation or drowningTheir tapping on the pipe to atirsiftpossible attention was done with little hope of its being heard butfortune favored them and their prvence was realized when a number ofmen who were at work repairingthe burned crib heard the faint noiseawny down underground and imme ¬

diately set out to rescue the un¬

fortunatesANDark UI n DtiitKon

We gave up more than once saidKest We lost track of time Idid not know whether it won six daysor three The gas must Iiave mad7it deepy We slept n lot I knoWWe did not know whether it was tinyor night down there

We tried to get out several timesEach time the gas drove us backAt last we decided that it was Vetout or die and we made a try tap¬

ping on the pipe as we went clanAccording to the story of those

men the first intimation Euarine andKest had of the fatal Wednesdaymorning which saw the crib burnedVas the shutting off of the lightsfihe two men were working far in ad ¬

vance of the gang and when the lat ¬

ter matte their rush for safety Kestand Engine were sitting down hey

hind the nir lock waiting for thelights to be turned on main Theylid not hear the shouts and cries oftheir fellow prisoners

A HEAVY LOSS1

The ImtiiciiNt Iiiiut of the AmericanCljyitr Co nt Richmond Va-

Ilextroyeil 11 y Fire

Richmond Va Aug °OFir fieptroyed what is locally known as theJ Wright Co plant of the AmericanCigar Co here Monday There wereabout 400000 pounds of leaf tobaccoin the building owned by the American Cigar Co and this with themachinery it is estimated was worthilir000

The building an immense structurecovering 19UOO square feet was own-ed

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by the Continental Tobacco CoIt was live stories high built entirelyof brick A conservative estimate olits value is haven an 00000 It way

completely destroyed The total dosis placed at about 200000 insurance

112000

JAPANESE SILKS

A New Invoice of IS Cnne Seized atNew York lly Collector George

II itisi well

New York Aug 20A new invoiceof 18 cases of silk imported from Ja ¬

pan was reported to George H Bidwell collector of the port by ilppraiser Wnkeman for seizure Monday

With the seizure Monday the got¬

ernment will have taken charge n1

10 cases of silk weighing more that10000 pounds and valued at morethan SG4000 The dutyon the silkswhich have already been seized willamount to more thm tOt00 whileunder the methods carried on in tindivision before the frauds were 1iscovered the importers would prob ¬

ably have paid only 9001 on the totOne Mail IvIIIeil anil Kt InjuredJunction Citj Kan ug200nEotherinjured some perhaps fatally while

nt target practice a half mile nortlof here Monday by the prematureexplosion of u projectile being load-ed into a seveninch gun The titerwere stationed at Fort Riley najhere The inca belonged to Siege Bat-tery 0amI were under command Of

Capt Vandeusen

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Arms anti the Leithat it marvelous said the young manas they stood looking at the armless wonderHe can feed himself without hands he

aneedletheThe girl drew a long sigh and saidastonishingSee the piano with

his toes Why that man doesnt needarms Of what use would theX be to himif he had them

Well she said rather low to that thecrowd couldnt hear they might come inhandy if he were out calling and it wasalong about nine or ten oclock and thelights were turned down andand

But the master of ceremonies called outNow ladies and gentlemen if you will

just step this way and there was a rush insweptdownskin was beginning his interesting and in¬

structive performance Chicago RecordHerald

Friendship TributeThe man at whose funeral they were as ¬

sembled hadnt drawn a sober breath during the last 15 years of his life and had beennoted for always being in trouble with hisneighbors Vellaid one of his old aCtquaintances turning sadly away after theservices were oerhhe was a man of mightyreglar habits Chicago Tribune

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night four men who never drank in all theirspreeSanI am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption

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