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SUSPENDED PENSIONERS.
Seventy-flve Per Cent. Of Them May
Be Retained on the Rolls.

BE Retained on INC hOilS.
The annual report of the Commissioner OF
Pensions states that the Board of Revision
Is now disposing of an average OF about, 1000
cases per week of those suspended under the
recent orders OF the bureau.
At this rate 1t was estimated that practi-
cally all of those heretofore suspended would
be disposed Of by October 10. 1t ls also estl.
mated that at least seventy-five per cent. OF
those suspended will be retained on the rolls.
though not all of them at their old rates OF
pensions.
The estimates for the year 1893 are given
as follows For pensions, $3.50. ZOO. 900: for
surgeons fees $2.O00.000 for salaries OF
pension agents, $72,O00;. for clerk hire at
pension agencies, $500, 600 for contingent
expenses, $59, ,57O Total, $162, 1881, SO.
The Commissioner enumerates the various
reforms entered upon, the abandonment OF
the completed files system. and the modih-
cation OF order 164 Of October Is, 1890. as to
disability pensions, etc. He says on this
latter point =.
sIt is perfectly clear that under this order
1854 In granting pensions under the Act OF
June 27, 1880, the act itself was set aside and
disregarded, with the result OF granting PEN
sion not authorized by any law
Precedence is no longer given to cases
underline Act of June 27, 1890, out claims for
pensions under the prior laws, for disabilities
of service origin, ara now adJudlcated IN
their order where the evidence is complete.
So far from holding back this class OF claims,
the Commissioner thinks they should have
precedence as being older AMI more mer-
itorious.
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AN EXHIBITION OF ToTEMs.

One of the rarest and best of the ethnolog-
ical displays at the Fair comes from Illth-
Cah-Geetla, q village on Queen Charlotte's
Island, north OF Alaska. The exhibit is sit
uated In Observation-Disclosures Building, west
Of the main aisle and near the north en-
trance The exhibit consists OF collection
oftotems made by the Indians OF the island.
They typtfy in grotesque carving and vivid
coloring many OF the most important events
in tribal history.
The display tells its own story to the
learned, but scarcely one visitor in 10000
knows the significance Of the oddly shaped
poles and miniature houses. A kindly faced
old man with small cap set loosely on the
back Of his head. wearing a snow-white. full
beard, his keen blue eyes twiukling with good
nature, is on hand, ready to translate for
curious visitors the signs OF the totems.
The totems on exhibition In the Anthropo-
logical Building ara reproductions In minta-
ture of the thirty-foot ornaments that stand
in front Of the Indian houses on Charlotte's
Island. An Indians rank is denoted by his
totem. Its carved figures indicate to de-
gree his wealth and social standing. The
Bear tribe or family is the highest in rank
in the village Of Illth- -Cah-Geetla. Bears ears
carved on a totem are the insignia OF this
mighty clan. Then in lower grades come the
wolf, eagle and raven.
Funerals in the village are conducted in an
original manner. Such a thing rs burial IS
unknown. Instead Of this some OF the rela-
tives oi the deceased soto the nearest forest
and cut down COOL sized tree. This ls
brought with infinite labor to the home o.
the departed and there followed out. 1t IS
then stood on end and sunk into the ground.
The body is inclosed in Il box and Slid into
the hollow trunk. To protect 1t from the
elements the top Of the shell Is covered win
boards nailed on securely. lhen 10 ware Oh
evil spirits a fantastic fgurehead is nailed to
| the tree.
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Foreign.

AN uprising has taken place In the Argen-
tine Republic, and thirty radical leaders have
been arrested for conspiring to overthrow
tho Government.
FURTHER rioting has occurred among the
striking miners in England.
GREAT volcanic eruptions and earthquake
shocks have visited Ecuador. Many casual
ties and deaths are reported in the interior.
THERE were nine new cases OF cholera in
Hamburg. with two deaths eight deaths
from the disease occurred at Brest and one
in England.
The British Parliament adjourned until
November 2.
WHILE the troops were being reviewed in
Barcelona, Spain, Anarchists threw two
bombs at Captain General Martinez de
Campos {; the latter was slightly Injured one
soldier was killed and the Chief OF Stuff and
five soldiers were wounded.
SIXTY lives were lost by the burning of the
Russian steamer. Alphonse Zeeyecke.
A FORMIDABLE Anarchist plot was dis
covered by the Austrian police, and many
arrests were made.
THE insurgents in the Argentine Republic
captured the city Of Rosario and forced the
National troops TO retreat.
ADMIRAL MELLos feet renewed the bonn
bardment OF Rio Janeiro, Brazil, doing serl-
Gus damage.
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Four prizes were offered to architects for the
best four plans, the first prize going to n.
Curtiss Hoffman and Frank Upman, OF Chi
cago.
Sunday-schools throughout the country
responded to the request sent out from
Chautauqua, Illinois, outside Of Chicago,
giving $500, Massachusetts $1,000. Pennsyl-
vania s1S64, New York 1886. New Jersey
S541, Ohio 1868, Michigan S267, Rhode Isl
and 1922 and otner States more or less
amounts. Quebec sent 800, Ontario 1922,
and % came from little Prince Edward ISL
and. The total amount required to build,
equip and carry the enterprise to success
full end was $50, 900. and of this 800, 900 was
raised, leaving S10, 900 to be gathered. This
deficiency is being gradually taken up.
The building combines an ornamental e1-
terror with remarkably well-arranged in
terror. Architecturally it is q handsome
structure, although there is little about 1t to
suggest Sundsy-school or church, for, in
reality, the building is u church which can
be thrown open for Sunday-school in
few minutes. On either side OF the main
auditorium are polygonal wings divided from
it by sliding partitions. Extending under
the rear gallery Is another section separated
from the main room by sliding partitions.
Thus, when all the partitions are down: the
auditorium Is of the conventional oblong
around three sides.
In use, the partitions are raised. They
slide up and under the gallery seats, giving
the main floor three times the seating capac-
! ity it had before the partitions were raised.
| For Sunday-school work the auditorium is
used for the intermediate department, the
junior and senior departments are in the
polygonal wings, and the primary depart
ment is under the rear gallery. All these
departments can be subdivided into class
| rooms by curtains hung on brass rods sus-
pended from the gallery. The gallery itself
can be used for class-rooms If desired. This
flexible arrangement throws the entire Sum
day-school into one body or divides it into
classes, each class having its own individual
room when desired, the changes being made
| in few minutes.
Every Sunday afternoon, beginning at 8
o'clock O Sunday-school is held in the
building g. The pupils are adults, Tor the
Sunday school is something Of normal
school order. 1t teaches teachers. The les
son for the day is taught by some noted
worker, and is printed on leaflets, upon
which are also printed something which is to
make people think.
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able were turned up along in the '70s. An
other Berlin treasure came in the famous
Johns paddock and was found October 8,
1870. It weighed 1121 ounces and brought
$17,45O. It looks like the rolls OF putty that
GLACIERS take when, they have a big job on
hand.
Kussia's gold mines are the property Of the
Car, and that monarch sees to 1t that the
big discoveries are preserved either in the
original form or in measurements and fac
similes that make valuable historic memen-
toss. One of the greatest Of the Russian dis
coyeries is shown in duplicate. It was found
tn the valley of Taschkee Targanka, Ural
mountains, Siberia, and the nugget itself Is
part Of the collection in the Royal School OF
Mines at St. Petersburg. Its weight Is put at
IN even hundred pounds. with cash value
Of $22, 900. 1t is very different in form from
The Australian nuggets. They all tako the
solid outline, while this is rather thin and
Fat, afterthe fashion of huge pancake, with
warty protuberances.
These are the bes. of the exhibits. Others
there are with values ranging from $500 up,
and varying in shape from the likeness to r
moiar tooth to fantastic copies OF toadst ools.
Just back of the array fgold is another col
lection Of considerable value, though 1t might
be hard to realize much from it in financial
emergency. That is because the value Is
scientific rather than coin current. 1t Is a
collection of neteorites and fac-slmlles OF
mCteorites from thefWar museum. After a
man has seen them he is inclined to think
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Washington.

THE Navy Department has practically ac-
knowledged that it made q mistake In de-
taching Captain F. j. Higginson from tho
command Of the Atlanta several months ago.
The Secretary Of the Navy thought that Cap
tain Higglnson was responsible for the de-
lays in getting her under way for Nicaragua
and accordingly detached him.
A HUGE bouquet OF flowers, accompanied
by an elegantly bound address, was received
by the President and Mrs. Cleveland from
the delegates OF France and Alglers to the
Worlds Fair, who sent it with respectful
homage to commemorate their arrival upon
American soil on September 10. The album
is bound in white seal skin and the address
is illuminated.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written letter
to Attorney-G General Olney, saying, In effect,
that the Treasury will pay all expenses in
Cured for deporting Chinese under the
Geary law rs far as its means will permit.
The execution of the law Is thrown on the
Department OF Justice.
G. d. Roor, United States Viee-Consul at
Guapamas. Mexico. has committed suicide.
THE report of the Utah Commission has
been received by the Secretary of the In
terror.
STATISTICS compiled from official data SHOW
that from January to September, this year,
$50 State and private banks in the United
States failed and that seventy-two have re-
sumed business. In the same time 155
National banks failed, seventy Of which have
resumed.
TIE President has nominated Charles N.
Caughey, OF Maryland, to be United States
Consul at Messina, Italy.
V1cE-PREsIDENT STEVENSON left Washing
ton for Allentown, Penn, to spend the week,
along with other persons, as the guest OF ex-
Governor Black.
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MODEL SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING.


The model Sunday School BuildinS
erected in connection with the Worlds Fair
is thus described by the Chicago Record.
High in the air floats a flag with an in.
scription strange to Stony Island avenue.
Beneath it on the dust-clad sidewalks drift
the restless crowd that ceaselessly moves
back and forth outside the Fair grounds.
From the south come the sharp cries of
fakirs and ''barkers" who stand before the
parasitical sideshows which have fastened
themselves 20 the great Exposition. It is q
common thing for some one in the endless
column that is ever marching on Stony
Island avraue to stop abruptly and look up
at the flag. Usually he reads the inscrip-
ton aloud, something OF astonishment and
something Of reverence in his voice: "Jesus
Christ, the Lord." The words stand out
prominently. They catch the eye first, and
hold the attention longest, so that second
glance is needed to grasp the significance
Of the strange flag. Another line Of words
over the first siyes its full meaning. This
line reads: s.Sunday School Building"
The parliament OF religions has given
greater prominence than usual to the build
ing which stands on Stony Island avenue
Just opposite the north end OF the California
Building. All last week y. L. Moody's
presence filed the building with thousands,
drawn from the big hotels which are
grouped around it. Every day Sunday
school workers and church people from all
over the world pass through the doors. for
the building is working exhibit OF Sun
day-school. although it is not inside the
fence. The ''model Sunday-school build
ing" as it is called, is the result OF a meeting
of the Executive Committee Of the Interna-
tional Sunday-school Con vention and con-
ference ofthe Sunday-school workers held at
Chautauqus, N. Y, in August, 1891. 1t was
there decided to request the Sunday-school
workers Of America to unite in erecting n
model Sundav-school building in connection
with the Worlds Fair, first, as an illustra-
tion of Sunday-school work and as speci-
men to be copied second, to show the pres
ent condition OF the Sunday-school work in
the different parts Of the world, and third,
to illustrate the growth and progress of Sun
When the proposition was made before the
workers OF Chicago they
greeted it enthusiastically, and voted to
raise $4,000 as Chicago's contribution.
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South and West.

THREE men held up an Illinois Central
train lust outside of Centralia, ILL.,, but OBJ
tanned no booty; one of the robbers and three
trainmen were shot ; the three bandits and
confederate are in custody.
THREE new cases of yellow fever wero re-
ported at Brunswick, GA.
SEVERAL. Worlds Fair buildings were dam
aged by O sudden storm Of wind and rain.
NINETEEN miles north of Birmingham,
Ala, limited express train No. l, Queen and
Crescent route, was wrecked by unknown
persons removing q rail from the track. Tho
engine, baggage car and mail cars were do
molished Engineer Frawley, Fireman
Waite, Postal Clerk Stockton, Flagman
Bailey and Porter Howell we're all hurt, but
none fatally. Two hundred passengers were
aboard. but few were injured.
AT Chicago, ILL.,, Frank Ives. the American
billiard champion, defeated John ROBERTS,
Jr., the English champion, in the 6OO0-point
match.
A MEETING was held at Waycross, Ga. by
representative colored citizens to organize an
association for the suppression OF outraSes
and lynchings.
F.A OFT, nominee for Lieutenant-G Cover
nor on the Populist ticket in Iowa, has re-
signed, his age, twenty-eight years, making
him ineligible for the office. The vacancy
Will be filed by the committee.
A FIRE In the business part Of st. Joseph,
No., did damage estimated at 81 600, 600.
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STUDENT THIEF KILLED.
Foited In an Attempt to Rob an In.
diana College.


Two men attempted to rob the safe In the
banking department Of the Northern Indiana
Normal College, at Valparaiso, = few after
moons ago. AS a result one Of them, G. F,
Robinson. is dead. and his companion, c. NJ
Moody, is behind the bars Of the county jail
wounded.
1t was about 81 clock p. m. when two
masked men, armed, came into the banking
office OF the college. The only occupants o
the room were the Secretary Miss Kate Cor.
boy, and her assistant. Miss Emma Jones.
The latter had entered the room only q
moment before, and was covered with re-
volver by one OF the men. By quick move.
ment she knocked the weapon from his
hand to the floor, and with scream both
young women started from the room.
Picking up the revolver the first man fired
at Miss Jones, the bullet missing her by only
few inches. As the girls came tumbling
down the big front stoop ofthe college build
ing class OF young men in 4 reading room
overhead were attracted by the noise. At
the same time Mail Carrier Arnold, who was
in front of the building, started toward the
steps.
Seeing that their plans were frustrated anu
that any effort to force the huge Safo would
now be useless. the robbers walked out Of the
office and down the steps, revolvers in each
hand.
They were confronted by Carrier Arnold,
whom they frightened with their weapons.
Arnold began to yell loudly. The students
poured out OF the college buildings and the
big boarding houses and dormitories.
At the first shout the robbers wheeled
without firing and ran 20 the fence. over
which they leaped. They ran through. the
campus and straight down the track OF the
Fort Wayne road toward the east, while be-
hind them followed yelling mob OF
students. This crowd ofpursuers must have
numbered 1000. The students were generally
uuarmed, but carried clubs and stones, which
they hao picked up on the way. The robbers
answered volley of stones with shots.
Nathan o. Howe, OF Michigan City, Ind.
who is son Of the famous old Frank Howe.
ex-detectiye, was driving along tie road
with wagon load OF peaches, and was fired
at by one of the robbers.
He aighted from his wagon, deliberately
sighted his rifle across the fence. and brought
Robinson to the ground with wound In his
breast. He died instantly.
His companion knelt over him and took his
revolver. throwing away his own empty
weapon, but before he could use it he was
shot by Howe from the roadside. He was
then captured and quickly put in jail.
Moody, the wounded man. Is about twenty
two years old, the son OF q furniture dealer
In Kalamazoo and student OF the Depart
ment OF Steno2raphy.
His dead companion was about the sans
age and graduate OF the same department
and now enrolled in the scientific class. He
registered last year as from Versailles, Ind.
but this year no gave his homeas Cincinnati
Howe was released on bail. and Is the herr
OF the hour at Valparaiso. That night tn"
4 n l.~n
of peaches on the streets, and over $1,000 was
realized.
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DEPARTMENT. OF MINES.
GOLD NUGGETS AND METEOR
TIES AT THE FAIR.

Fac-SimiIcs of Huge Chunks of the
Precious Metal Worth Many Thou
sands Of DolIars-A Collection of
Meteorites from Various Quar-
tcrs of the World.
For tho benefit OF the uninitiated Chief
Skif, of the Mining Department at the Worlds 8
Fair, has on exhibition a collection OF fac
SMILES Of great nuggets. The case contain
ing them is in the southest corner OF the gal
lery.
When the people come past and SEQ the
shining chunks of what seems to be pure gold
they stop to investigate, says the Chicago
Record. Most of them overlook the card
"Fac-Similes" that shows the nature OF the
display. When they see the small signs,
reading "Value 2O,000," they gasp at the
thought of such wealth concentrated in ono
spot. Then they get out notebooks and take
tho full description OF every rich piece in the
case. And the descriptions tell very inter-
esting stories of valuable discoveries.
Apparently the department was unable to
secure data from which to illustrate the his
tory of the American gold fields in this par
ticular line. Most OF the specimens shown
are from Victoria, Austria, Australia and
from the Siberian mines. One OF the largest
pieces is called the "Welcome" nugget, and
Ia from Ballarat, Victoria, one OF the great
oenters Of gold production in Australia. 1t
is huge, rugged mass. reminding one OF
the cypress trees in n Southern swamp. Look
ing at it and picturing the feelings OF the
man who found 1t one can imagine the name
given the find expressed the whole situation.
The miner had been working for months,
probably, and making little more than the
ordinary wages. Then came the wonderful
stroke that unveiled gold worth just Sal 1888.
and weighing 2166 ounces. 1t is not difficult
10 suppose that it was "welcome" nugget.
Close by this is another mass, weighin 6
TIT ounces. worth S31, SIT and called the
"Precious" It also came from Victoria, in
the Berlin district, where fortunes innumer-
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- I'D ir,rvc n HnS Srva
that snootins stars are sUuu sn frcna " cbmne
one OF tnese aer!a' w'nueLerS % ,.ou Mooion :,
deros, IN the etate OF Chlnuahuu, neAico, -
cs big as one OF the Java summer MONIES on
the Plaisanee. Al rousn k guess ltSna mtSne
weight two or tnree TONS; s Suier a ah suatsoe &C
Is scanned anu punctueeu VIII nos ;a,a. SUI a.
one sees IN breao Wnen Iises very rapiuiS
me holes oouotless owe thelr t;iS tAsteHSe " "
Just such an escape OF gas rom tue .lsiu1 as
marks the process oi preao.inasni oinhSn - "a a
timid man mad pesn IN tue nelguo0rnoou o,
that Mexican meteor ~hen IL o1IAe I aoIse anu anu
started for the earth ne %ouIo nave lno9sns
some heavenly farmer nao tlppeo over loau
OF hay that had caught nre on the way down.
San GreSorio, which IS also IN Cnlnuanua
senos constlcu.ou .nas oInoooo horraI A.,
and mineraleSlsts as noia's =. - oa.te ISt .uraS'
flies on hot summer cay. IL II an a,los.
perfect cone, anu eoulu eols 70 IN
for gigantic sugar-ioai pEntsh olacs, ~ LINZ Se
the other meteortes ie SHOWS "ue.e se tho Sas
has dubbed out OF the moiten mass, Natins
the irregular holes that took IKE mlniatute ire
volcano craters. weighs i ao1It .o9 or. Its ~
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A Lunatic Got the Drop on 1000
Spectators.

Cassius Belden, carriage painter, entered
the mems gallery OF the Chicago Board OF
Trade at 11.45 O'Clock q. m, took deliberate
survey OF the crowded scene below him,
drew revolver, and began shooting. Before
he was oyerpowered he had very seriously
wounded Ammi Bennett, Secretary OF the
Board of Trade Mutual Benefit Associa-
tion, and shattered the face OF G. w. Ros-
we'll, one of the chic: assistant operators OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company, who
happened to be crossing the floor at fhe time
the shots were fired. Mrs. W. W. Lewis, OF
Titusville, Penn, was seated beside her hus-
band in the north gallery when Belden began
to shoot, and one of the shots entered the
middle OF her back, innicting a severe flesh
wound. The bullet which struck Bennett
passed through the back OF his neck and re-
mained embedded In the tissues at the base
of the cerebellum. The shot which struck
Roswell hit him on the right side OF the jaw,
shattering it and knocking out several OF his
teeth. It was terrible wound. and ap-
parently from a weapon of large calibre.
The crank's weapon seemed to be directed
toward the gallery, which ever since the rush
of Worlds Fair visitors has been specially set
apart for the use OF women and children. At
the third shot the man lowered his weapon
toward the floor, which was crowded with
brokers and Bennett staggered and fell. The
fourth shot, BY miracle. found resting
place in the pine floor, but the fifth struck
Roswell full on the side Of the face.
When the brokers realized that they were
targets they threw themselves behind any
shelter they could find. Some flung them
selves headlong through the doorway into
the broad passages, which speedily became
checked with the struggling mass OF men.
~ k,,.I I4l ak of nryfh nn
the floor and sought thus to escape the bull
lets which were flying overhead. 4 multi
tude OF panic-stricken men jumped over the
telegraph counters and the tumult was In
tense.
Suddenly cool-headed man was seen to
leap from the startled throng and make his
way to the gallery where tho maniac stood
with his revolver dsfying the panic-stricken
crowd below him. 1t was young Tom Bar!
rett, OF tho firm OF Boyden Co., and noted
amateur boxer and athlete. He rushed into
the gallery and confronted the assassin. The
man raised the pistol. He had only one shot
left. twas case oflife and death with Bar
rett. but he did not hesitate. His big right
hand shot out, and the man fell half stunned
in corner. Before he could rise Barrett
flung himself upon him and wrested away
his pistol.
Then from the pandemonium below arose
cry from the throats Of 2000 excited men
thrsting for vengeance.
Lynch him Lynch him. Throw him
over" was the cry. Up the heavy iron stair
case men swarmed BY the hundred. If the
mob could get at him he was sure to be torn
to pieces, and 1t looked for five minutes az II
that would be his fate.
squad of police soon hurried the lunatic
of to the station house. There 1t was
learned that he was turned loose from an
insane asylum few months ago.