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The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22

ing hook, now my only means of sig
milling the slsif, but had hardly put
my foot upon q gray rock outside
when the two writhing horns OF tho
detestable monster wero twining
about mo and again untwining.
Then he would touch me with these
and sweep them up and down as il
feeling what kind OF prey was.
"In my hand I held crowbar.
which ! used to loosen the cargo. In
my belt ! carried heavy sheath
Suddenly, and without any warning.
the monster threw out ono of its
arms and seized me below the
shoulder. felt as If my bones were
being crushed. The mere i resisted
tho more terrible was the pain. /
still had the crowbar in my right
hand, but 1t was of no use to me. So
| let it drop. Tho monsters arm
terminated in II claw, which opened
and shut convulsively. This horrible
mouth-shaped thing had two rows of
shining white teeth, US seen often on
the inside OF the two fingers of lob
>
piercing my arm almost to the bone.
Some distance above the mouth-like
hand 1 observed u joint, and then-I
drew my knife. But alas! the heavy
shell so overlapped the ileshy tissue
tnat could not iniure my captor
"For the first time saw those ter
rifying eyes move and turn upon me.
The whip-like arms again began to
move and curl about my body. His
head was now only about II foot dis
tart from my body. and drawing my
knife once more plunged it into the
eye near me, turning the blade round
and round. l saw that ! had de-
stroyed the eye, for an inky fluid is
sued out OF the socket, darkening the
water about his head. This checked
the aggressive movement OF the ami
NAL, hut IL did not seem to hurt it.
l waited until it's head was turned, 80
/ supposed that he might be able to
see his prey with the other eye.
This was what wanted, and
with swift thrust l sent my kpife
into his other eye down to the hilt.
The creature reeled and the grip on
my arm slightly relaxed, but, though
totally blind, my captor did not re-
lease me-
"1he agony of my arm soon grew
unbearablc Then the light went
out of my eyes, and l remembered
nothing more.
when recoYered my senses l was
iu the skill and learned how the
divers. alarmed at my long silence
below, had come down. They saw
my plight. and after time succeeded
in severing my arm from the body
of the fish, which they both declared
was the awful deep sea lobster"
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
Wyon,in

The county and city supcrlntendents of
schools met at Cheyenne to select series of
text books for use In the public schools Of the
state for period Of five years, in accordance
with the provisions Of the statute, the period
Of the last adoption having expired last De
cembcr. About onc-half the counties were
represented, After thorough discussion 1t
wa, decided that 1t would not be advisable to
burden the taxpayers with the expense at tiIi,
time. The schools will therefore continue TO
use the present series OF text books for the
next i've years.
\ scheme which will soon take practical
shape Is on foot TO harness the rapids In the
Big Laramie river and furnish the city of
Laramie with power for manufacturing pur-
poses The plan l. 10 put Ia duplicate
plant with turbine wheels with 2;0-horse
power each. The scheme IS OF the same
principle The electricity is generated from
Niagara Falls for the city of Buffalo, New
York. The undertaking is perfectly feasible
and its projectors are confident OF carrying it
TO A successful end,
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
a PANIC IN DENVER.
Three National. Three Savings and Three
Private Banks Close on the
11th and lAIh


The financial squall struck Denver hard
blow Monday and Tuesdly
The first sign OF wreck was seen when
the Peoples, Colorado aud Rocky Mountain
savings banks failed to open Monday morn.
Ing. This caused an increase in the distrust
Of other banks which has been growing for
some time, and during the day small runs
commenced on the Union bank The stale
ments published IN the evening payer by sew
eral national banks were not calculated to
restore confidence In them, and It was evil
dent that there would be more trouble for
them the next day. The directors of the
lnlon national and Commercial natl onal
were eyidently of that opiulon they did not
open their doors at all, and the National
Bank Of Commerce after sustaining run for
twehty minutes closed.
On the doors of the Union bank the follow
ing notice appeared:
The Union national bank is In the hands OF
the comptroller OF the currency. We have
paid TO our depositors, in round numbers,
million dollars in the past few months, and
have 81, 800 900 In assets TO meet our remain
Ing liabilities and which am cunt to about
s5OO, 600 We have realized on assets as rap
idly as possible, and enough loan payments
have been promised the last of the week To
enable to take care OF deposltors again.
II then paid and the comptroller assents, we
shall then reopen. In the meantime every
deposltor may be fully assured that he can
by no possibility lose dollar of his deposits.
X. W. WOODBURY.,
President.
The Union bank is one Of the oldest in
the city and has done large
business but apparently the depositors have
recently lost confidence in its soundness.
Large amounts of money have been with
drawn from this and other banks and placed
in safe deposit vaults in which all the boxes
are said TO be full at the present time.
The National Bank of Commerce has LA
billtles OF 100000 and assets Of 81 100000.
Ex-Governor Cooper is president.
The Commercial National reports liabilities
At s+35, 900 and assets at S750,0o0.
Three small banks, the Capital, the Mer-
camille and the North Denver, closed their
doors result of the large banks closing.
They have small liabilities.
To greater or lesser extent there was
run on every bank In town. In several in
stances it was hardly visible and over al
most before 1t began, 1t otherr # lasted until
the hour at which the banks closed
There was big run ON the German Ma
tional. First National, City National and
State National, but the run had about ceased
ou them at night, and it looked as though
they would pull through. The bank officers
claimed that the run was participated In by
check holders and small dcpositors and that
they could weather the storm all right.
The failure OF the banks carried down
number OF business houses The largest Of
these was the Mcnamara Dry Goods Com
pany, which was attached by the Union bank
for $4,000. Other claims against the firm
aggregate $3.50 900. The John Mouat Lumber
Company also assigned.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
ALLEGED wITTIcIsMs.

The "Aian in the Iron Mask did not
wear Il mask of iron. 1t was of black
velvet, secured by steel springs
Pocahontas did not save the life of
John Smith. IT has been ascertaincd
that this worthy man was the most
able bodied rrevnricator of his CEN
tury.
"What change one little woman
can make in mans life!" cxclaiIns
the noralist. "Ycs." sighed Dubkins:
and what a deal of change she re-
quircs while doing it,
Say. Bobbic," said Mr.. Saphead,
"what does yonr sister like best in tho
world? want to send her IL present
"Bcttcr send Mr.. Harlow up to her;
she's daft on him. said Bobby.
Brownson-That was Il queer in
scription Enpec put on his wife's tomb
stone. Longnccker-What vast?
"Tis better to have loved and los.
than never to have loved at ALL"
eyes, had all the fellows in town
for my rivals when l was courting."
And yet you carried OFF the price"
interrupted his enthusiastic friend.
"Wcll." corrected the other slowly, il
not severely, "i don't altogether know
about that, but married the girl"
Dora-lIow do you like my new slip
pcrs? Cora-Fine? / shall have to
get pair like them. Dora-lam afraid
you are too late. When got these
yesterday there were no larger sizes
left. Cora-Indccd! But weren't you
lucky though. to get the last large
pair!
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
SAID AT THE SILVER CoNvEN-
TON.

T Gorernor Waite:-'Legislation no.
positive, but negative, refusing FIRE e
coinage Of silver has increased the ra-
tio of its value as bullion compared
with gold from 16 to to 22l to l. it
has diminished the value of silver bull
lion, and has also diminished in al
most the same exact proportion, the
value OF wheat, corn, cotton and all
other staple products and the wages of
labor. And now it is proposed by the
false, treaeherous friends of silver and
the allies of Wall street to adopt this
new ratio of 22l or 2t to |, as the new
basis OF the free coinage of silver.
Such a compromise will simply crys-
tallize all the wrongs and injuries
which the money power has inflicted
upon the people for the past twenty
years. 1t will declare these robberies
condoned, and deprive ourselves of
any redress or remedy in the future.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
swARMING WITH MURDER.
Frishtfui Condition OF India Previous
to tic Sonny MnLinN,

Frightfui Condition OF India Previous
to the scpoy Mntiny.
.p to the breaking ont of the Sc
poy rebellion in India there were
no IS than Z26 different religious
creeds in that country. each having
n numerous following. The were
no less thun thirty-two grades of
caste, and the lines were 50 r'gidly
drawn that it was almost impossible
for one to travel o. do business.
Even in the ranks of the troops main
tanned by the East India company
everything went BY caste, says the
st. Louis StarSayings II sold 'er
of second caste walked near enough
to the campfire of soldier OF the
first caste to east his shadow across
it, the fire had to be put out and re-
built on another spot
Out of Il regiment numbering 500
men not more than 100 could use
the same vessels for carrying water
for cooking food. Up to the same
date it was estimated by English sta
tisticlans that there were in India
20).O profes sional thugs. l75, 900
professional strangers who used the
hands alone. 100, 900 professional
poisoners and at least 25OOJO men
who made theft. robbery and murder
by violence their daily aud only avo-
cation. All but the lattcl. class av.
eled about as religious devotees and
sheltered themselves bch nd the
mantle of "faith.n India was in
tensely religious and yet each and
every creed was declared By all
others to be a fraud and sham
Every ruler, even down to the head
man of the village had arbitrary
powers. but so long as murder and
robbery were perpetIatcd in the
name of religion the authorities
da ed not interfere. The Il it;sh
were in India for money. Plcvious
to the mutiny they were careful not
to interfere with caste or creed. II
Il British official IN town on the
Nerbudda, Gadavcry or Ganges ivers
counted forty corpses per day iloat-
ing down stream o. If he figured up
20 murders in IL month in his terri
tory not even an Official inquiry was
set on foot At Nag Roor, 51D miles
east Of Bombay. the nnmber of draths
at the hands Of thugs, stfanglcrs,
poisoners aad pr. fess onal r, hbers
during tha twelve month, preccd ny
the outbreak vas 1881, and yet not
Il single c. iminal was bought I,
Just CO.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
sot -
titan.

\ new comet has appeared which is inter
estlng the astronomers. IL was discovered by
an observer at Salt Lake City.
The iheater at Salt Lake was packed on the
evening OF the l2th on the occasion of a de
monstration in favor of the free coinage OF
silver Governor West was chosen chairman
Of the meeting and responded with brief
speech indorslng the silver movement when
was started in Colorado, continued In Mon
tana and which had reached Utah, carrying
everything before it. Congressional Delegate
Joseph l.. Raw lins followed with an eloquent
address In favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. He said, however, that II
silver Lave providing for a l6 10 ratio could
not be passed by the coming Congress, he
would favor ratio of 20 TO as compro-
mise. Judge c. {. Goodwin of the salt Lake
Tribune delivered an address fayoring the
enactment OF bill providing for the free
coinage OF silver at the ratio OF ID to /, and
depicting the scenes that would occur In the
West II such action We're not taken a; the
coming special session uf Congress. A petit
tlon to Congress, embodying resolutions
praying for the enactment Of silver law AT 4
ratio of l6 10 |, was presented and adopted.
The petition will be distributed in the towns
and mining camps throughout the territory.
The petition also requests all loyal Utahians
to 90 TO Washington and labor for the sue
cess OF silver and the West.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
pronth in wrstcrn knn.n..

The people of the western third OF Kansas,
where the worst drouth is prevailing In the
history of the state, have called convention
at Leoti, Wichita county, for July 20 to pro-
vide ways and means for securing seed wheat
for the farmers who are unable to purchase It
by reason of the total failure OF crops Dele
gates from thiriy-two counties will attend
this convention. In some OF these counties
local rains have fallen sufficiently 10 start the
grass, but in the majority nothing will be
raised, the ground being almost as bare as n
floor.
The situation is q serious one, and many
people Will be forced to abandon their homes
unless aid is had very soon. Just what can
be done to relieve them is unknown. The
convention will make strong demand for an
extra session OF the legislature to appropriate
n fund outright, but Governor Lewelllng has
declared in advance that he will not do this.
Lee Monroe, register of the Wakeeney land
office, says the situation in Western Kansas is
serious, and calls for speedy action and aid,
or many will suffer the pangs of hunger
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
BROKE UP a SETTING HEN.
A Bucoiic Myth Dissipatsd In Gene
nectIcut ThhnSier- ST or,Ss.

nectlcut Thunder-stOfm.
1t is q bucolic adage of immemoriai
antiquity in the land of steady habits
that nothing on earth can "break up
a setting hem" ordinarily resolutc.
except death; but the hoary maxim
has just been successful Y impugncd
in a hill-upholsteied town-in fuct
controverted and rcbutted. A thun-
der-bolt did the butting and rcbut-
ting, and it was ono of the long
dizzy, kinky, twisted. weirdly colored
bolts that have been extremely fash
ionable in Connecticut for the past
three months.
The term to break up setting
hen is understood in the nutmeg
state to mean: to impoverish her
animal economy of the dogged
hereditary, instructive predetcrmi-
nation inherent in every hen ito set"
and the lightning did Just that for
the Mansfield hen. The hen has no
further desire to sit or set.
1t all happened one night, and very
quickly. says the New York Sun.
Squire Seymour Durham owns tho
hen the lightning broke up, which
bling about on her two blistered and
game legs. with all the fluffy feathers
scorched from her starboard side
we'll aft,
The thunderbolt didn't exactly hit
the hen-shc was small game for
bolt of it's calibcr, loaded with twenty
or thirty thousand voltage, to BE-
aiming at--but it mashed her entire
environment, scoopcd her nest bodily
from under her. including one dozen
Cochin-China eggs which it stirred
up into hasty batter and cooked
into an omelet that was liberallv
plated with the timothy grass of the
nest Then 1t carried the compost
house and hung it up ON picket Of
the pating. 1t was in the electric
cooking process that the hen had hcr
feet blistcred, was touched up aft In
Il painful way and inoculated with n
pregnant lesson on the futility and
peril of trying to do any more set
ting in Connecticut until Il change
of lightning is ordered for thi; tcr-
ritory.
There was quite a lot of fowls in
Seymour Dunhams hen house on the
night of the phenomenon, and,
though the setting hen unqucstion-
ably caught the gist of the thunder
bolt fairly and squarely, ncverthc-
less, in getting at its principal game
the lightning knocked nearly two
dozen hens and the fa nily rooster off
their perch on the cent tsI-pole of the
cote. scorched the pole, portions of
which it charred. and plowed chan
mel in the ground, ilinging showers
of mud against the walls of the hem
merry. Mr.. Dunhums hcn-house is
not many feet distant from his dwell
ing, but the freak bolt did no dam
age to his other property.
The fact is. he is really glad now
that the bolt came, for he had tried
every reasonable method in vain to
inculcate the lesson that the light
ming instilled into the old hen so
thoroughly in about an eighth Of
second Moreover. the electrical
shot not only broke up the setting
hen. but exploded the old bucolc
myth. to the effect that lightning
won't touch feathers or anything
that wears tbpn
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
The Oanse of ,I,n Trol,,c.

This is strange lifo of ours,
Conditions sometimes arise in it that
render the continuation of friendship
impossible"
"You think SOP
"Ycs. There are Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Jones; they used to be the
closest friends; now they arc a. dag
gers drawn"
What beoke up their friend ship"
"Airs. Smith moved into house
that Mrs. Jones mad just moved out
Of. and. woman like, she could not
resist the temptation to say IL was
the dirtiest house she ever moved
into. This came to Mrs. Jones ears
and there was blood on the moon at
once. Funny creatures we are"
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22

j. b. BeJord:-'We haven't had
an honest ruler in the White House
in twenty years. We haven't had
president who has not violated his
oath of Office again and again, John
Sherman's demand for specie payment
led to the establishment Of the silver
commission. We passed law. under
leadership of John Sherman, to refund
our national debt. The act under
which the $1,000. 900 in bonds were
sold passed under his guidance and it
said the bonds should be paid in law
full money Nothing but gold has
been paid on that debt. Not a silver
dollar has been paid out 1t is idle to
say we are engaged in revolutionary
struggle when we simply demand that
the government obey the law. The
silver question is the pre- eminent
question before the people to-day be-
cause it comprises all the other ques-
tions. | am in favor of establishing
in this state silver party pure and
simple. Settle one question at time
and those that follow will be easier of
solution. We
had three departments of govern
ment, legislative, judicial and OK
ecutivc. We have two departments
now, executive and judiciary. Mr.
Cleveland has debauchcd the lcgislat-
i've and threatened it until he controls
it. ! wish to God | could be in con-
gross only long enough to prefer against
that usurper articles of impeachment. -
j. H. PioH;-''If you do not get
free silver what will you do? The
bankers at Chicago said the banks
would issue 10 per cent. more cur
rency. The people of the West do
not want that They demand free
silver. Colorado is not bankrupt and
can pay her just debts. We want the
people in the East to know that We
will fight for free coinage, but will act,
like men until we are victorious. We
wantia-pasy With eaiy one ism asil.
W pstts."
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
Three Moro on she 1ath.

Three more national banks closed on the
lgth-the German. state and Peoples. The
two first dld not open their doors at all, and
the last named only lasted half an hour All
of them have assets largely in excess OF their
liabilities and their officers express them
selves as confident of resuming business In 4
short time. The Eve banks still remaining
reported deposits during the day larger than
their Withdrawals, and it Is believed they will
all be able 10 weather the storm.
long list of mercantile failures is an
nounced. in consequence Of the bank sus-
pensions. Prominent in the list arc the Flan-
lcrs Dry Goods Co, the EIallcck- Sayrc-N New
ton Lumber Co., thc Mouat Lumber Co and
the Peoples Coal Company.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
I.Xport. and Imports.

The chief of the bureau OF statistics reports
that the total values of export merchandise
from the United States during the six months
ended June 80. 1898, compared with sim J.
lar exports during the corresponding period
Of the preceding year, were ms follows:
Six months ended june 30, 1893, s3ss, lj5.-
440; same period in 1902, s419, Ia, ,g1sI twelve
months ended June 30, 1893, sS47 500, JAY :;
same time in 1892, 81, ,030 2Ss 149
The values of the imports we're as follows:
Six months ended June 30, 1898, 1896, ,GO5, ,7Ol :
same period in 1859, s43l, ,7aT,5u Twelve
months ended June &c, 1893, S94i ,076 1875; ;
twelve months ended June 80, 1899, ss2T, ,402,-
4G2
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22

George W. Merriek,-''The ques-
ton which we have to consider is not
confined to the one industry. 1t is as
broad as the state, as broad as the na-
tion, broad as the history of the civil
izci world, because we know that
where money is plentiful civilization
fourisAes. Therefore | beseech of
you to demand nothing but justice,
nothing but equity, and accept moth
ing else, We can safely say that to
the country west of the Missouri river
there is nothing of so greaf importance
as the remedying of the crime of 1873.
We ask for nothing but the restora-
tion of the conditions that existed
when Colorado was founded. We were
assured that our silver as our gold
would be coined free of charge The
contract has been violated We have
waited patiently, but the right is un-
restored, the crime unpunished and
we are here to-day to demand that
there shall be no further DELAY
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
InreIKn Immigration.

The chief of the bureau Of statistics reports
that during the month of June there arrived
1T the ports OF the United States from the
principal foreign countries, except the Brit
ish North American possessions and Mexico,
CITES immigrants, and in June. 1892, I3, 100,
During the twelve months ended June 30,
1893, the number Of immigrants were 497, ,9aB
and during the corresponding period Of the
preceding years G19,320.
Of the number aarived during the twelve
months ended June 30 last, 9,313 came from
Germany, II decrease Of "a 500: from Italy 72,
i03, an increase Of II, 49,. from sweden and
Norway 53S72, decrease Of ~ 831. and from
ne United k!esaem los,tisl as~sase ps
e,8Sa,
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
Tho brazilian TRAITOR Captured.

Admiral Wandenkolk, who deserted to the
cause Of Rio Grspde do Sui with his vessel, 10
a prisoner and is now on his way to Rio Js-
metro, the Brazilian capital, under heavy
guard.
The cruiser Republica gave chase 10 the Ju-
at the bar north OF Santa CatharIna. Ad-
mIraI Wondenkolk tried 10 disenbark, but
was prevented by the fog. Shots wore fred
on the Jupiter, from which white flag was
soon hoisted. The captain OF the RepublicA
demanded the unconditIonAl Surrender of Ne
Jupiter, her ofaoers and dcrsw. Admiral VISA
dsnkolk NAs fosasA v Aubnit, and hscGBeeU
IN sss! = ~ dip, ~ lssolatiqaasy tfp1l
e ss::: ~ d: & = w "a u: ~. ;s {
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
WILL CLOSE SUNDAY.
The Worlds Fair Directors Finally sac
rumb to the IpovitAht~,

After July 10 Sunday opening at the
Worlds Fair will be thing Of the past. The
local directors by vote Of "a to 4 have
adopted II resolution ordering the gates of
the exposition closed on the first day OF the
week after the 10Th. The entire receipts that
day, Heroes day." are 10 be donated to the
families OF the firenen who lost their lives In
the cold storage warehouse IRE.
The directors were reluctant TO admit that
Sunday opening had proved failure, but the
dwindling attendance and the opposition of
many exhibitors, who were unwilling TO meet
the extra expense entailed by seven days
fair, have forced the conclusion upon the
local managers OF the exposition that nothing
was TO be gained bya Sunday fair and as
money WAS all they wanted they decided 10
close
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
Tic Enminn In China.

Files OF the North China Lierald received by
latest mail. contain accounts Of the great
famine In Shansi, from which 1t appears that
In Tknihana and snynan circuits alone 425, 600
people have been receiving relief from the
government The famine was caused by cx-
cesslve rain in some sections and n great
drouth In others, so that not a grain OF any
crop was harvested. and the people having no
savings awaited death with folded hands. The
strong have left their homes aud the weak
lay led