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BACTERIA IN WHEAT.
Found I'm Vast Numbers. but Not
Harmful to Consumers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-And now bac-
terra has been found In grain and in vast
numbers. too according TO a report TO the
State Department from United States Con-
sui Stephen, at Annaberg. The German
Agrarians, always on the lookout for any
plausible pretext to keep out foreign compe-
tition. hailed with delight the news that
Professor Heinrich, of Rostock. had found
numerous bacteria in Russian and Rouma-
Man grain. which were the more deadly as
they could not be rendered harmless even
by the heat Of the oven. They hoped that
hibited in the same manner American
cattle and meat were excluded not long ago
on account OF alleged Texas fever. The mat
ter was brought to the attention of the
Reichstag by an Agrarian member, when il
presently appeared that the German govern
ment had already been making inquiry
The Director of Public Health reported that
sixteen German and seventeen foreign sam
pies of grain had been examined for bac-
terra. The pureSt was the American; then
came Moravian, Bohemian and Hungarian
barley: the most impure was Turkish rye. In
one gramme of German wheat GOO TO go 600
bacteria were found: in Russian 5000 TO
3D9.o00: in La Plata wheat only 5000. A sam
pie which showed $50, 600 bacteria in Rostock,
showed fourteen days later in the Berlin only
10000. 50 rapidly does the germ disappear.
AS regards the character of these bacteria.
such as would endanger health were not
found in a single sample, so that the grain
is absolutely harmless. But even the worst
bacteria are destroyed by the heat of the
oven
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HIDDEN WEALTH IN UTAH.
Ii Is the Richest Tract Of Land In the
Wide World.
New York World.

Utahs delegates to the opening ceremonies
of the New York Mining Exchange have ar
rhey sat lake y
Commerce: f.. g. Rognon and H. n Warren,
all of Salt Lake City. They will put before
the exchange statement of the mineral
First of an said Judge Colborn last
night, utah wants it to be known that the
passed away. We feel that the enormous re-
sources of the State have been kept in the
background. On the other side of the Rock
we are quiet To-day few in the East know
of the enormous wealth in our State. Take
the old Ontario mine. for instance; Ii has
eating s13,19OOOO. which is 900 more than
the famous Granite mountain or any other
silver mine in the country has ever paid.
Take the Centennial-Eureka mine In the Tin
tic district.
I'm fourteen months it has paid s63O,OO0 in
dividends. In four and half years II has
paid s., $50, eco, which is s. more a share than
the amount for which the mine is capitalized
According to mining lists made up in Decem-
Der. there are thirty-eight dividend-payine
a aiet ten in Utah. Montana's mines. incIud-
ing the great Granite mountain, have paid
only 81 900. 0C0 more than the ten in Utah, and
between 100000 and 100000 more than our
'"Then, too. our mines give a large per-
centage Of gold, one reason why We are so
alone are the famous gold ores of Johannes
burg duplicated These exist in the Mercer
district. three miles from Salt Lake City.
and extend over a large portion of the State.
They are worked by the cyanide process,
and s12 to the ton. II costs 1910 ton TO
work them. Under the 16O acres held by one
concern II is estimated that there are $50, OO0,-
coo in deposits.
1.-The deposit is in the form OF sheet eight
miles by twelve miles in area, which dips to
the southeast at an angle of fourteen de-
grees. The sheet is anywhere from fifteen 10
seventy feet thick, and is near the surface.
1t is supposed that the gold was deposited
by Lake Bonneville. an ancient sea that
reached from Arizona to Idaho, and OF which
the Sink of the Humboldt ard the Salt Lake
are the remnants. The Rand ores are said
TO be the deposits of a similar sea.
by the perfected processes Ii is possible to
treat these low-grade ores with high proft-a
thing once impossible. There is wealth there
for the individual prospector, and no great
amount OF capital is required TO make them,
pay. To-day Utah is the richest tract OF
land in the world"
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THE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT IDEA.
How Miss Adams Has Developed Ii
at Chicago.
Chicago Post.


The social settlement IDEA has taken a
strong hold on the city. Hull House, the
oldest and best known OF these agencies,
was opened six years ago. A fine old resi-
dence stood alone in the heart OF a con-
gested ward. All the better world had
moved away, and Italians. Bohemians and
Russian Jews had come in to supply the
place. Two young women saw the oppor-
tunity. They rented this abandoned man
sion and opened in modest way a second
Toynbe Hall. They sought to adapt them
untamed youngsters of the neighborhood
broke their windows and despoied their
grounds. The priests and rabbis looked
askance and prepared to guard against
proselytes- The young women We're patient
and tactful, however, and slowly but surely
they won their way Miss Jane Adams,
ideas upon the subject. ut is an effort, -
she says. ito add the social junction to
democracy"
The good and the bad. the ignorant and
the cultured, are brought together. When
this is done. the leadership of the Hull
House management is very gentle. beauti-
boundless play of the sympathies. There
is careful avoidance OF the d1dactic. Self
governing clubs are formed, admission to
which can be gained only by ballot. One
of them includes forty factory girls. who
rent an outlying tenement from HUI House.
board themselves at a nominal rate, take
tend nightly classes in the lecture room.
There is a mems club OF similar char
acter Then there is the Mems Social Club.
which has billiard room; members may
and gambling are forbidden. The jolly
Boys Club. for reading; the Gymnasium
Club. the Woman's Club. for the study of
household economics. the German Woman
Social Club, the Italian Fencing Cub. the
Debating Club. the Mandolin Club and
twenty others all have their places in the
institution. The kindergarten ana DAY
nursery occupy an independent building.
Other departments are the free dispensary.
the visiting nurses. factory inspection. street
and alley inspection, food inspection, art
studio. penny savings bank, circulating IL
brary, labor bureau. music school and re-
lief bureau. IL is busy place.
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CHARLESTON, S. c.. Feb. 27.-The bust
ness portion of Florence was burned this
morning. George Williams, printer whose
home Is in Darlington. Ala. was asleep in
one Of the destroyed buildings. and persisted
The State liquor dispensary and the West
ern Union telegraph office were destroyed.
Loss 600, GO: insurance $4,000.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. Feb. 27.-H A
Poingestre's big barn two miles south of
here was burned to the ground to-day by
an incendiary fire and live stock and i'm
piements valued at $4,000 destroyed.
Among the horses that perished were two
valuable racers. Altitude and Director. In
sIrance light.
DETROIT. Feb. 21.-The Detroit white
lead works were partially destroyed by fire
this morning, causing a loss of between
&0.000 and 5000; insured for $4,000. The
fire was caused by the bursting of a pipe,
the oil from which was ignited by a gas
jet.
OMAHA. Neb., Feb. 27.-Tae Cady planning
mill and the plant OF the Santa Cara Manu-
featuring Company were destroyed by fire
tonight. The loss will hardly exceed $780,
co; partially insured.
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JOHN MACKIN'S CRIME.
Killed His Wife, Her Mother and
Wounded His Father-in-Law.

JERSEY CITY. n. J., Feb. 81 - John
Mackin. shiftless fellow, shot and killed
his wife, Lizzie Mackin, and his mother-in-
law. Bridget Connors, and fatally wounded
his father-in-law, Morris Connors, tonight.
Mackin was arrested soon afterwards, and
said that he did the shooting because they
refused to allow him to see his children.
He has been married several years, but re-
Gently his wife left him, and he spent most
of his time in drinking. This afternoon
Mackin went to his father-in-law's home,
where his wife was residing, and made an
effort to see his children, but, he says,
he was deridad. He went away and pur-
chased a revolver. He returned tonight
and entered the house. His father-in-law
was standing near the door. Without a
The bullet struck the old man in the throat.
C0nnors was in the act of handing an
GRANGE When TO ms Bullet Srock him he peed
forward. Mrs. Connors stopped to throw
her arms about him, and thus escaped the
second bullet Mrs Mackin, the murder
er's wife, who was behind the others. re-
ceived the bullet IN the breast. Mackin
then fired a shot at his wife, which struck
her on the chin. She died instantly. AS
the old woman bent over her husband
Mackin turned the revolver on her and
fired two more shots. Mrs. Ccnnors fell
dead beside her husband. The shot struck
her over the heart.
When his bloody work was done Mackin
walked slowly away. He went TO a neigh
boring saloon, and. calling for a drink,
laid the revolver on the bar and said:
Send for the police. I've just killed some
one" Two of Connors's daughters wit
messed the tragedy, which was brief as
1t was terrible. They rushed into the streets
and aroused the neighborhood with their
screams. "A great crowd collected and
Mackin was seized by the police as he was
coming out Of the saloon. There were
cries of lynching and a crowd of several
hundred followed the police and
their prisoner to the station. Mackin sat
down at the station and calmly told Chief
Murphy the details of the crime. He ac-
knowledged everything. and said that he
had been aroused TO the commission of the
deed by the desertion of his wife and by
the derision of his wife's family. Connors.
the father-in-law, was transferred to the
City Hospital. where the surgeons stated
tonight he could not live more than a few
hours.
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president of this city. : The guests looked
very queerly as this man declared that he
IL had been manifested in Boston. when An
thony Burns. the escaped slave, was dragged
in chains TO a ship and sent back TO his
to be done And IL was regarded as at
least an inopportune and inappropriate thing
TO say as he did, that they did not dare hang
jeff Davis. None regretted these comments
more than did those members of the South
ern Society who had fought upon the side of
the Confederacy. One guest who was pres
would havea been an anecdote the Southern
men had never heard. He thought that in
replying TO the speech he would say that
the United States marshal in Boston who
put Anthony Burns in chains upon the
steamer started himself Immediately by rail-
to be taken. and with his own money bought
Burns's freedom, and that that marshal was
afterward Union general and Attorney
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NrRR.y.s REPORT ON SEALS.
Result Of Observations Covering
Seven Seasons on the Islands.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Corresponding TO
Senator Morgan's resolution calling for re-
cent official reports on the seal Islands of
Alaska. the Secretary of tie Treasury sent
20 the Senate the special report for 1884,.
made by special agent Joseph Murray. en-
oodying the result of observations covering
seven seasons spent on the islands. In this
report 1t is found the first recommendation
made fer the determination of the seals in
case OF Englani's refusal TO consent to
modification OF the regulations under the
Paris award. Mr. Murray takes strong
ground for an amendment of these regula-
tons aad says II they are not so changed
20 AFFORD better protection 20 the seals tlan
az present. IL i a matter OF only a short
time when the entire herd will be exteT-
minated He says that in 1894. the first
year the Paris regulations were in force
IL, coo seals were killed. Of which number
90 per cent. were females. all OF which
left pups TO die on the island of starvation
He claims that there were at the close of
that season by the NEST liberal estimate
not TO exceed 100000 seals on the islands,
whereas. when ne first went there in 1883
there were fully 100000 Mr.. Murray OPP
poses all pelagic sealing and shows that the
decrease of the seal herd was kept pace
with by the Increase or the sealing fleet
The report is Endorsed by Assistant Score
tary Hdmlin. whom Mr.. Murray accom-
PANEL TO the islands in the summer of 1891
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Father Superior shot.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Feb. 27.-Very
Rev. Ferdinand Bergmeyer, father superior
of the Franciscan Mission, was fatally shot
to-day by Bernard Henry Gerhard Kruse
meyer, who has been employed at the mis-
sion for over a year. Three shots entered
the priests body, and one took effect in
the head Father Bergmeyer is still alive,
but his recovery is impossible. Krusemeyer
immediately gave himself up and is now in
Jail. He has given conflicting stories, and
1t is supposed he is mentally deranged.
The other priests say there has always
been a friendly feeling between the father
superior and Krusemeyer, and they can
give no reason for the murder. The shoot
ing occurred in the mission and intense
feeling he's been aroused Father Berg
meyer has been here ten years and was
held in high esteem by all classes.
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ne same may be said OF Kansas Young
0IT. Baker. its very new representative In
che uppef branch OF Congress. has dis
played q <dispcsition to make the coinage
Of the product of the American mines his
Ehibbolefh. but he Is by no means a sufh-
GENTLY powerful factor IN his own State TO
dispose OF its electoral vote. Neither Is
there grave reason for asserting that Ore
gon would desert the Republican party I'M
less at the price OF free silver This would
already cut down the forty-nine votes to
twensy-seven. Furthermore, there Is the
doubt that all the remaining States. free
silver as may be their natural tendency.
would bolt the party. Certainly the Sem
afors from North and South Dakota. from
Wyoming and from Washington have not
by their votes given any Indication that
they are in sympathy with Mr.. Carter and
his companions. The truth is that Mr.. Car
ter represents only the States OF Colorado.
with four votes. Montana. with three votes,
Utah. with three votes. and possibly Idaho.
with three votes, grand and aggregate
total Of thirteen votes. an ill-omened num-
Der. which Is dangerous 10 none but the
men who compose II.
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General Notes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I'D. s. AndersC

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I'D. S. Anderson,
of Greencastle, is here.
Mrs. Addie f. Kennedy, wife of Col. r.
A Kennedy. of New Albany is visiting her
brother, d. p. Rowell, in this city.
Warren w. Borders. of Winamac, and Ar
thur F. Funkhouser. of Evansville, have been
admitted to practice before the Interior De-
partment as attorneys. and Daniel C. Peters,
of Forest. Clinton county, has been admitted
as an agent.
To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows available cash balance
$50. 672,3H: gold reserve, S124, 631, 141.
The Senate committee on commerce to-
day authorized q favorable report on the
Detroit bridge bill
The government to-day nole pressed two
indictments against Col j. o. Z. Burnside
for the embezzement OF $4,000 while dis
bursting officer OF the Pcstoffice Department
The arrest OF Col. Burnside, in 1884, created
a sensation and since that time ne has been
in the government Asylum for Insane in
Washington, but has been permitted to
drive about the city and has much liberty
The treasury to-day lost $i57,300 in gold
coin and $4,000 in bars. which leaves the
reserve $12i.63l, al.
The News, a daily evening paper pub
liShed in this city, was not issued to-day.
and the employees were told that the paper
had suspended publication. 1t was started
in 1892
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OLD MAN MURDERED.
Timothy Parmlee, Aged Seventy-Six,
Found Dead I'm Home.

MIDDLETOW7N, Conn.,, Feb. 27.-In the
little town OF Cobalt. few miles distant.
Timothy Parmlee, seventy-six years OF age,
was found dead to-day on the floor of the
kitchen in his home. Mr. Parmlee lived
alone. his wife having left him several
years ago. For some time he had been in
feeble health and last evening he sent for
DR.. c. w. Lawson. The physician was
able to visit him until this morning. On ar
irving at the house the Doctors knock met
with no response and thinking that the
old man might be helpless he opened the
door, which was not fastened. In the kitchen
lay the old man, who had apparently been
dead for several hours. His head was hor-
rbly battered. The skull broken in
three places, the nose was broken and the
face, lead and body were covered with
bruises. cuts and COMMISSIONS Near by in
pool of blood found f1atiron. 1t is
thought that the deed was committed by
burglars No money was found on the old
mans body and his watch and chain were
gone. There were also evidences of a strug
gle. The dead man had never borne the
reputation Of being wealthy, but he always
carried good sum OF money on his per-
son. There is no clex to the murderers.
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UNFOUNDED REPORTS.
Rumors Circulated that Mr.. Voorhees,
and Mr.. ShankIin Were Dead.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-M. r. Shank
lin. who has been in the employ of the Sen
ate since 1861. died at his home in Virginia
last night. after lingering illness. He was
al the time of his death one of the execu-
tive clerks OF the Senate. His death was
the cause Of the circulation of unfounded
reports, first that Senator Voorhees,, OF In
Shanklin, the veteran Indiana politician and
newspaper man, had died al Senator Voor-
hees's house. Senator Voorhees, has been i'll
for some days past, but is reported at his
home TO be considerably >. improved this
morning.
The rumor of Senator Voorhees, death
was very painful in its effect on the Sena-
tors family. kilograms OF coincidence began
pouring in on the amazed family. who nat
urally could not understand the reason AS
a matter OF fact, Mr.. Voorhees, has not been
seriously ILL., as might have been inferred
from exaggerated newspaper accounts, and
he has taken long drive every afternoon
for several days past.
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Other Denths.

LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 27.-Mrs s. j.
Rushing. mother of II. w. Fuller. general
passenger agent of the Chesapeake q Ohio
railway, and widow of the Rev. s. J. Rus
ling, of New York, died this morning at
the residence of her daughter In this city,
aged seventy-three years. The body will
be taken to Norris. y. Y, for interment
PIERCE, Neb.. Feb 27.-The remains OF
the late Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe were
to-day shipped TO Urbana, o.. for burial
Brief but impressive services were conducted
by Rev. Davis f. Mech. and the caske;
was covered with floral offerings The
widow and son accompanied the remains
10 Crbana.
CHICAGO, Feb. N.-William j. Worden
OF the Worden frog and crossing works anC
one of the best-known inventors OF and
dealers in railway supplies in the country
died to-day.
VIENNA, Feb. 27-The Archduke Albrechi
Salvador nephew OF Grand Duke Ferdinand,
OF Tuscany. Is dead of consumption. at the
age of twenty-four years.
NORTHAMPTON. Mass, Feb. 27--Lewis
joel Dudley. president OF the Clark Insti-
tute for Deaf Mutes, died to-day. He was
eighty years old
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Mrs. Mckee Was Present.

WASHINGTON, Feb PA committee
composed of members OF the Daughters of
the American Revolution appeared before
the House committee military affairs
to-day 10 advocate a bill providing for the
purchase of certain forts, battlefie.ds and
graves CT American soldiers, sailors and
marines in the Maumee valley and for the
erection of monuments and commemorative
tablets. Mr.. Hull, chairman of the COM
mittee, presented a memorial and intro
duced Mrs. Lockwood, of New York, who
made the principal address. The other
ladies present were Mrs. Mckee, of Indi-
ana; Mrs. Hodges. of Ohio; Mrs. Washing
ton. OF Tennessee, and Mrs. Swanson, of
Virginia
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Brig. Gen. George w. Gle.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb N-Brigadier
General George w. Gle, distinguished off,
Ger Of the civil war. is dead, aged sixty-six
years.
During his war career, on which he start
ed az first lieutenant in the Twenty-second
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, General
Gle was successfully major of the Eight
ieth Pennsylvania Volunteers lieutenant
colonel and colonel, major I'm the Veteran
Reserve Corps, a brevet brigadier general
and commander of the garrison at WASH
ington. He commanded the military at
Linccln's second inauguration and at the
funeral of President Lincoln and was gen.
eral officer of the day at the final review
of the army at the close of the war.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Arrived: Fur
nesia. from Australia; Norwegian. from
Glasgow; WerkeadSm. from Rotterdam:
Neustria from Marseilles: Noordland from
Antwerp: Manitoba, from London; Lain,
from Bremen.
BREMEN, Feb. s7.-Arrived: Braun
schwerg. from New York
GLASGOW. Feb. 27.-Arrived: Pomeran-
ian from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. Feb. 27.-Arrived: Aller
from New York
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 27.-Arrived: Germanic,
from New York.
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Tbe LoxvelI Controversy.

BOSTON, Feb 27.-Another phase of the
Kenngott-First Congregational Church low
elD controversy was presented at the State
house to-day. when upwards of $50 friends
of Mr.. Kenngott were present in support OF
a bill introduced into the Legislature, giving
any member of the First Congregational
Church above the age of twenty-one years
who hires a pew or sitting in the church a
right to act as member of the society. The
hearing was held before the legislative COM
mittee on parishes and religious societies.
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Strike of Garment workers.

BALTIMORE, Feb. N.-Five thousand
garment workers of this city, who are men,
bers of the Federation of Labor, went out
on strike to-day. The strike is the result
of the refusal of the Clothiers' Board of
Trade to agree to employ none but members
of the Garment Workers Union. Those ope
ratives who are members Of the knights
of Labor are not involved in the strike.
The strike is under the guidance of District
President Charles Freychers, of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor.
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Mr.. Cleveland VIII Speak.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The World th.s
morning says: president Cleveland has ac-
cepted the invitation OF the Home Mission
Board of the Presbyterian Church 10 preside
at the mass meeting next Tuesday at Carne-
gic Hall. when a grand attempt will be made
10 clear of the debt of $1,000 DIR. Tai
mage, DIR. Seldom Jackson. Prof. Booker T.
Washington, the colored orator. and other
notabies will speak. special box will be
set apart for Mrs. Cleveland.
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Pr. Hatch Wants the Waters of Mich.
lynn and the Nnbarh Connected.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Reprcsentative
Hatch appeared before the committee on
railways and canals % the House to-day in
behalf OF his bill authorizing preliminary
survey for a canal TO connect Lake Michigan
with the head waters OF the Wabash river.
Mr.. Hatch said the subject was one in which
the entire State was Interested. Senator
Tlrpie had introduced the bill In the Senate.
Mr.. Cooper in the previous Congress. and the
Indiana Legislature had approved IL. II was
a practical plan and would shorten the dis
lance from the lakes to the Gulf OF Mex
Eco -four hundred miles. He merely asked
Ger . survey Al this time; the canal was GER