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Losses NV Fire.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, July 31.-Fire broke out
in the No. 2 mill of the Indian Orchard Mills
Company, at about $50 o'clock, this morning,
and the entire mill, which was 250 feet long and
four stories high, is in ruins. The walls are fiat
except at the east end. The flames were
confined to the mill building. Had there
been breeze, nothing could have saved the
buildings surrounding the mill. The cause
OF the fire is not definitely known, but 1t is sup
posed to have been an explosion of gas. The
Waterman had visited the spot where it broke
out only two minutes before, and when the
alarm was given the flames were we'll under
way. The mills furnished employment for about
300 hands. The loss is roughly estimated at
$500 000
SYRACUSE, N Y. July Clearly this. morn
ing fire totally destroyed the carriage works of
Orville III. Short, the most extensive manufact-
org in the city. The burning paints and oils
made a very hot and dangerous confaaration.
About one thousand wagons and much valuable
machinery were destroyed The loss is esti-
mated at $40, 900; insured for 100000.
DETROIT, July 31.-Last night, fire broke out
in four-story building Congress street,
owned by Frederick Bull and occupied by the
Murdoch Valve Company, Allen & Ruckerson's
picture frame factory and the Acme Lubricator
Company, and caused loss of $40, 900; insurance,
$12,0
BALTIMORE, July 31-The box factory of j.
Ell. Thiemyer & Co. was destroyed by are to-
night Loss $50, 600; fully insured.
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WAR AT MAXINKUCKEE.
A Free Fight in which One Man Is Killed
and Another Fatally Hurt.

CHICAGO. July 31.-The Inter Oceans Ply
mouth, Ind special, says: Lake Maxinkuckee,
ten miles south of this place, quite summer re-
sort was the scene of bloody row this after
noon. From meagre reports it seems that two
excursion trains, one from Mexico and one from
South Bend, were there. The railroad crews
and the Mexico band members became involved
in quarrel. It was finally agreed to adjourn,
with their friends, to field to fight it out One
Of the brakemen, named Mcclure, worsted Leslie,
leader Of the band, who cried enough, when he
was released He drew revolver, but, before
he could use it, Mcclure knocked him down. In
falling, he struck rail and broke his neck. A
general row then took place, and Mcclure was
fatally injured by being struck on the head
with club in the hands of conductor Tyler.
Several others whose names cannot be learned
were badly but not fatally injured The sheriff
and coroner left for the lake this evening Ty-
Ter gave himself up"
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A Brief Sentence In Bill Which Will Give
Employment to Seventy-Five Men.
gpscial to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-During the discussion
on the sundry-civil appropriation bill in the SEN
ate the other day well-known resident of this
District. who sat in the gallery watching the pro-
ceedings, yawTsngIy remarked
'sThat Is o measure of great importance to
Washington. Everybody is interested in it
here. and hope 1t win pass just IS it was re-
ported from the committee
When questioned about his reasons for desir-
Ing the passage of the bill without amendment
the gentleman replied
'The bill provides for the printing of silver
certificates Of the denominations of one, two and
five dollars and that contemplates a lot of work
for people in the District of Columbia. because
they must be printed at the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing Why. il will give seventy five
men work for year
The country Is interested in the clause in this
bill referred TO because 1t will afford the people
small bills in place of large silver certificates or
standard silver dollars. The comparison Of that
interest with the one entertained by people here
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Returning 90 the Ten-Hour Plan.

ST. Louis, July 31.-Seventy rollers in the
Drummond tobacco factory struck to-day, en-
forcing the idleness of about seven hundred men,
During the labor troubles last spring the Drum
mond company, with other tobacco manufact-
urers in this city, yielded to the eight-hour de-
mand, but after pretty thorough trial they
have concluded to return to the ten-hour sys-
tenn, commencing Aug l, and to-day notified
their men to that effect. The rollers, who work by
the piece were not notified, but hearing of the
action of the company, they made demand
that the eight hour.system should be continued
in the factory, and upon this being refused they
struck The company then, after.paying off the
for to-day, closed their factory. They will re-
open on Monday, however, and if their old men
do not return to work they will employ new
hands 1t is understood that all the tobacco
manufacturers in the city will return to the
ten-hour system at once, and general trouble is
not improbable.
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SENATORIAL LOCKERS.

SENATOR Vance Bites Into a Roll of Greasy Pa
ser, Thinking 1t Fine-Cut Tobacco.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WAsHINGroN, July 3L--Southerners enjoy
FRANKS and Jokes more than any other class OF
people The Southern United States Senator
can enjoy practical joke to an extreme equal
to any schoolboy; but one was played upon SEN
ator Vance, of North Carolina. a few days ago.
which taxed his patience. Senator Vance is a
lover of the weed, and chews from roll of to-
bacco leaves which looks like a wad Of manifold
paper. Usually, when he Is on the floor OF the
Senate he leaves his roll of tobacco lying on his
desk, and very often, when he is writing, picks
it up and bites of quid without looking at it.
He left his desk for few moments. day before
yesterday, and went over to another side of the
chamber to talk to o New Englander. A Sena-
tor who sat near the desk occupied by MIR. Vance
saw the roll of natural leaf, and substituted roll
of manifold paper. which. in color form and size,
greatly resembled it. Mr. Vance returned to
his seat IN few minutes and resumed writing
He Is a listle nervous and not very careful about
his person. Shortly ne was noticed to reach
over his left hand grasped the roll, and he
pushed 1t quickly into his mouth His massive
laws went down upon the roll of paper with Q
crash: but they stuck. The Senator grew red
in the face. took his eyes from his paper and let
them rest upon the carpet while suspicious
look overspread his countenance. Slowly he
drew the roll from his mouth looked at it. then
turning round to see if any one saw him, dropped
1t quietly into the cuspidore. A faint litter
arose from the seats about him, but the Senator
looked hard down upon his paper and continued
RI wrire
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sTREET-RAILwAY PROFITS.

Vast SUMS of Money Made in These Enter
prises In This and Other Countries.
WASHINGTON, July 81 tan immense amount
Of money has been made in the street-railroad
business in this and in other countries" said Rep
reseatative Negley of Pittsbure to your CORE
spondent this morning. in discussing the efforts
now being made to secure sight of way for q
traction, or cable, street-railroad in Washington
II knew New York man, few years ago, who
went to Rio Janeiro and built street-railroad
He borrowed $50, 900, and put it into the pool as
his share street railroad in Rio Janeiro was
q great novelty and the patronage was enor-
NOUS not only from the start, but has
continued So Some time ago the man
died. His widow has just sold one-half
Of the shares bought by her husband
for geo for 100000 The other half Of the
stock was sold for a million and half The road
is known TO this day as the Bond road, because
the money raised to build it was all secured by
the issuance of bonds. It not only paid up in
ten years, but as you see, made $4,000, O0O be-
side. am told by men interested, that the
streetrailroads in Bogota pay as high IS 30 and
80 per cont interest on Investments. see that
q recent statement of q company there shows
that they paid 40 per cent dividends during the
last year; but, of course, street-railroad in
Washington where there is so much extrava-
pance, and people so generally patronize convey
ances, Is very enviable piece OF property. do
not think that Washington ought TO be cut up
any further by these lines. and it does not occur
to me that charter will be granted
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An Office Seeker Gets Loan, but Loses Hi
Nomination.

An Office-Seeker Gets Loan, but Loses His
Nomination.
Washington Special.
curious Incident co,oss to light to day In
connection with an Ohio gentleman who came
to Washington several months ago as a eandi-
date for an important position under the
Interior Department. His social standing
at home was excellent, and his indorsers
some of the best known people in the Buckeye
State. A couple of weeks ago he received as
surances from the President that he would be
nominated for the place He had, meanwhile
exhausted his available funds and in this d
lemma, applied to General Rosecrans for a tenn
porary loan OF $3.50, giving in return draft on
the national bank of mis- native place. The draft
came back within q week protested. General
R0secrRns made inquiries into the matter,
when the Office seeker finally acknowledged that
he had no money on deposit at the time OF Civ
ing the draft, but that he had been in daily ex
pectation of receiving his appointment, when he
would be enabled to secure an advance, and thus
reimburse the General before be could be made
acquainted with the true situation But the ap-
pointment WAS delayed until the facts could no
longer be concealed. He begged General Rose
Grams not to expose him, and said that his
necessities had driven him to the
commission of the act. The General
was very indignant and refused to accept any
explanation. He went up to the White House
that afternoon and laid the matter before the
President. The latter listened attentively to
the Generals story. and then ne said quietly.
81 am glad you told me this to-day. The NOM
gone to the Senate to morrow. You may tell
him, for me- thatI do not wish to see him again."
The General did as requested, and the following
day the Ohio man departed for home.
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CONGRESSMAN TOM REED.

A Man Who Promises TO Rival Mr.. Blaine
in Popularity and Brfriancy.
Special to che Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON. July 3L-Residents Of the Pine
Tree State are talking about their Tom Reed,
who 10 the Republican leader of the House, for
the presidency, few years hence. when Mr..
Blaine has retired from the political arena. Reed
Is one of the most eloquent men America has
ever produced. He is statesman, too, and one
Of the most clumsy men in public iifs-clumsy
physically, but as agile as can be imagined men
tally An old resident of Maine was anticipat-
ing Tom Reeds future, to-day, when he recited
= little incident connected with this mans early
life
"When Tom was boy y said the Maine man,
sshe was the most awkward fellow you ever saw,
and he always took pains to stumble over pin
when the opportunity presented itself, or at
tempted to walk through q chair, as if it
were invisible. He dressed unbecomingly. and
his clothes never seemed to fit him. The back
of his coat was invariably four or five inches
shorter than the front, and his pantaloons were
generally at half.mast. He always presented a
very strange appearance; but Tom had many re-
desming traits. He was always fond of the
girls, and used TO never Do so happy as Wnen uc
was keeping company with them. remember
one evening, when he was good-sized hoy. he
called to see a couple Of girls in my neighbor-
hood He BOXED particularly awkward, but as
one Of his entertainers afterward remarked, his
tongue was not bit out of order Tom told
stories to those girls as he tells them to the
statesmen in the House, and kept them in a roar
Of laughter. Finally. he got up 30 90. de
looked like q regular Apollo The girls after
wards said that he appeared to be stuffed He
always had little speech TO make on his depart
ure which was more or less serious, and
always intended to be sincere The girls looked
very sedate and tried to be modest and respect
full, but the truth was they almost persisted in
suppressing their rhirth. One of them told me
about 1t the other day. After Tom had left, the
old grandmother of the household who sat
quietly In corner of the room knitting, re-
preached the girls by saying: ''You silly things,
ycu can make as much fun of Tom Reed as you
please. but can tell you that boy is going to
make great man some day." The girls became
serious, and after laughing out their loud mirth
were remorseful. Tom did not come back
again He saw that he had been made fool of.
But the prediction of the old grandmother proved
true. Beginning as a poor young lawyer Tom
Reed went up. He was city solicitor then At
torney-genera! of his State, and now the leading
Congressman of the country. The next things
we will learn of him he will not be occupying
mr Blaine's shoes, as Maine men soy, but will
be filling pair made by himself. which will be
fully as ilustrious as those Of the Plumed
Knipht-
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Racing at Washington Park.

CHICAGO, July 31.--The racing to-day at
Washington Park resulted:
First Race--Three-quarters of a mile. Oracle
D. led, followed by Florimore and Effie Hardy
On the lower turn Forimore took the lead. fol-
lowed by Littrell. The latter soon went to the
front, was not headed and won easily bv two
lengths; Florimore second Efie Hardy third
Time, 1:15s.
Second Race-One mile. Uncle Dan aud Dane
ing Kid were first away On the back stretch
Dancing Kid took lead ofsone length. On the
lower turn Sir Joseph moved up and took second
place In the stretch he went TO the front. fol-
lowed by Bob Swim. Sir Joseph won easily by
one ZENITH Bob Swim second, Dancing Kid third
Time, l:14a.
Third Race-The Maiden stakes: one aud an
eighth milo. Guenn made the running, followed
by Bob Fisher and Montana Regent. At the
end of fveeighths of a mile Montana Regent
went to the front, was not headed, and won
easily by three full lengths: Bob Fisher second
Wicklow third. Time, l:56a
Fourth Race-Mile heats. Lea led by length
for half mile; Fife al. then went TO the front,
followed by Billy Gilmore. In the stretch Billy
Gilmore went to the front and won by two
lengths Fife second, John Sullivan third
Time, 1:43i. In the second heat Effie led for
half mile; then Billy Gilmore went to the front
and won easily by four lengths; Fife H. second,
John Sullivan bad third. Time. LAB
Fifth Race-Hurdle race; one mile. Swipes
made the running to the last hurdle, where he
fell Then Guy went to the front and won by
three lengths; CLYDE Brannon second, Rushbrook
third. Time, 1524
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Am Acton Camp-Meetlng story.

Acton Letter in Cincinnati Commercial Gasette.
At the cottage of one of the leading NJ. b.
ministers two or three reverends, Hon. Will
Cumback and Colonel Sanford were having a
pleasant conversation, when Colonel Sanford re-
lated little joke at the expense of German
penitent, who was seeking salvation. The old
German was at the altar, when he was approached
by the pastor:
"Do you feel that you have been converted,
my dear friendg'
s'Y-as, mine sins vas all gone, been washed
clear away"
do you think you understand the plan of sal
vationr asked the pastor.
''Y-as, understand him. God died for poor
sinners just like / vas"
mo. it was not God that died, it was His Son,
Jesus Christ, that suffered that we night live"
'Ish dot 500 Vas it one of der poys vat diedi
I taught it vas der old man all der while"
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AN INTERESTING RELIC.
Autograph Letter from Washington to His
Sister.
Philadelphia Press.


Philadelphia Press.
Joseph P Smith, of the treasurers Office of
| the Pennsylvania Canal Company is having
| framed letter of the first President of the
| United States to his sister, Mrs. Betty Lewis.
The letter is of many lately in possession of
| Miss Lewis, of the Corcoran Home, in Washing
ton who is granddaughter OF the recipient OF
the epistle which is reprinted below. The en-
Washingtons title, President of the United
States, but not his name. The envelope has a
black wafer in sign OF mourning for the death of
the writer's mother. 1t runs
NEW YORK, Oct. IL, 1889.
"My Dear Sister--Your letter of the LIST of this
month came duly to hand. l believe Bushrod is
right with regard to the disri button OF the ne
groes.. When / gave my opinion that you were
entitled to child's part it did not occur to me
that my mother held them under the will of my
father, who made distribution of them after
her death; If this is the case and believe it is,
you do not come in. for any part or them. L
thought had desired in my former letter that
ali personal property not specifically disposed of
by the will had better be sold This is my opin-
ion. as it is from the crops and personal estate
that the debts must be paid. The surplus be it
more or less is divided among her children, and
this, presume, had better be done in money
than stock, old furniture, any other trouble
some articles which it might be inconvenient to
remove, but in one or the other of these ways
| thew must be DISPOSED of as they are not given
| by the will If there is anything belonging to
| the estate it ought to be collected. In q word,
all the property except lands and negroes is con
sidered as personal property, and after the debts
| are discharged is to be equally divided into five
| parts, one of which you are entitled to-
| "A sort of epidemic cold has seized upon as
| here, every one almost seems laborihg under it.
| Hitherto have escaped, and proposed in two or
| three days to set out for Boston by way of re
| Taxation from business and re-establishment OF
my health after the long and tedious complaint
| with which have been afflicted and from which
| it is not more than ten days / have been recov.
cred that is since the incision which was made
| by the doctors for the imposthume on my thigh
| had been cured.
/ MRS. Washington joins me in every good wish
for you and our other relations In Efredericks
burg, and am. my dear sister, your most affec
| tionate brother, G. WASHINGTON.
MRS. Betty Lewis Fredericksburg. Va"
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Scientific American.
This trick or vice is generally the effect OF
nervous timidity, resultin e@from an excitable
temperament 1t is aggravated by improper
handling. To punish horse for shyinp intro
duces new cause for fear The horse will be
more alarmed and show more tokens of fear at
the prospect of whipping than at the Imaginary
object of danger in the road. Hence one bad
habit is confirmed by the introduction of another.
It is impossible to whip terror out of horse or
pound courage into one. Kindness and gentle
persuasion are the best weapons to correct
the pernicious habit Of shying The less
fear exhibited by the driver. and the less notice
taken of the shying by using harsh methods
the sooner it will be given up A careful, expa-
rienced horseman can generally detect an object
likely to cause nervous horse to shy, and by
word or touch will encourage him to pass it I'M
noticed. When this fails, give him time to look
at the object of fear: pat him and coax him up to
it. then take him past it two or three times till
he takes no Eotice of it., When defective sight
is the cause of this bad habit. it is incurabe.
And if the eyesight is failing the horse, for or
binary driving and riding will be perfectly use
less. A marc we knew had gone quietly in har
ness for two or three years. suddenly took TO
jumping the white stone crossings of an ordinary
macadamized street, as if they were water
brooks. In three months she was stone blind.
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superintendent woods Successor.

eral superintendent of the New YORK. Pennsyl-
vania s. Ohio railway, to-day issued general
order appointing the successor of N. F. Wood,
late superintendent of the Mahoning division.
Colonel Shaler expresses his regret at losing the
services of Mr.. Wood. ]. F. OBrien. his sue
cessor, will arrive in Cleveland this evening.
For some months past he has been general man
ager and agent for the receiver of the Lacka-
wanna & Pittsburg, narrow-guage Pennsyiva-
mia railway. He was formerly chief engineer
and general superintendent of the East Tonnes
see. Virginia & Georgia road, aud has been in
active railroad service since 1869, when he be-
came assistant engineer of the Mobile & Mont
eomery railroad, in charge Of the roadway de-
partmeEt
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LABOR MATTERS.
Public Meeting of ID. A. 49-PoIisical Organ
ization strongly Urged.


ization strongly Urged.
NEW York, July 31.-The mass-meeting Of
District Assembly No 40, Knights of Labor, at
Union square, tonight was q tremendous sue
cess. Fully twenty thousand people were pres
emit Many persons estimated the crowd at
over thirty thousand. The park commits
sioners would not allow the erection of stands
for the speakers, so three trucks were
used as substitutes. and speaking was carried on
from them simultaneously. One truck was in
front of the reviewing stand, and the others
were at Broadway and Fourth avenue. respect
lively. The speaking began at 8 o'clock and
lasted Tor over two hours In one or two cases
the speaker held forth first at one stand and
then at one of the others. but in general the
different trucks were loaded with independent
bands of orators. The speakers were the local
leaders of the knights. No attempt was made
to have any particularly prominent
man who should occupy the greater
portion of the evening, but it was
rather experience meeting, in which short
addresses were in order and no elaborate adj
dresses were attempted. At the central stand
the meeting was called to order by John OBrien.
of Brooklyn, and he was followed by Messrs.
Archibald Mcguire, O'Reilly, Duncan and Duly.
Among those who spoke at the other stands were
Tom Ford, VIM. Wallace. James Carney and
Paul Meyer While these gentlemen used a
great diversity of illustration I'D even of
theme, yet one subject running thr vail the ad-
dresses was the idea of making az st against
the persecution of the workingmen using the
boycott and of protest against the denunciation
current in the public press; and also to cement
the Knights for political action at an early day.
All the speakers, without exception, re-
ferred in disparaging terms to the news
papers for the course generally pursued
with reference to the boycott, and
they all urge the perfecting of political organiza
ton byswhich their power might be made mani
fest The line was drawn sharply, however, be-
tween peaceful and violent organization, and al
cry they frequently gave utterance to rather ex
plosive sentiments, they never failed to correct
themselves If any of the more fiery of their aud
itors seemed inclined TO put an anarchical con-
struction upon their expressions.