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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

A DESPATCH from Rome says the Ital
ian coast defence vessel Roma was set on
fire by lightning. The magazine being
in imminent danger, the ship was aband
.oned, and then sunk by means of tor
pedo. which was exploded close to her
hull.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The United States Treasury gold re-
serve at the close of business on Friday
stood at s110.07O.597. The days with
drawals were s323.1OO. The Treasury
deficit for July is in round numbers s12,-
100000. Receipts during the month ag-
gregate s29.4OO.OoO. and expenditures.
80. 100000.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

A STORM in Pittsburg, on Tuesday
July 49, was attended with destruction
of property to the amount of many
thousands of dollars in that city and
throughout Western Pennsylvania. The
storm was cyclonic in its fury, and the
rainfall extraordinary in volume. The
afternoon was the hottest of the season
and just prior to the first storm the hu-
midity was extremely oppressive. Dur
ing the brief period of the first rainfall
the temperature dropped twenty two
degrees. For three minutes the wind
reached a velocity of thirty miles an
hour, driving the rain in sheets and
drifts. 1t was this gust of wind that
wrecked so much property. The esti
mates of the total damage run anywhere
from 100000 to 100000 in Allegheny
county alone.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The Waterbury Watch Company,
VIII CHI employs several hundred opera
tives. closed down all departments of it's
plant, at Waterbury. Conn, last evening
until September. The shutdown is the
result of dull business.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

GREAT storms reported last week in
nearly all directions of the Central West.
Fifteen persons we're killed at Glouster,
a mining town in Ohio, on Wednesday
night, in the terrific wind and rain storm
that struck the place. Nearly every
building in town was damaged and many
we're demolished. A cloudburst occurred
in Berks County, Penn, on Wednesday
night and the Maiden Creek overfiowed
its banks, doing much damage to crops.
AS result of the heavy rains of the past
few days, no less than 100 dwellings at
Upton, Ind, are overfowed with water.
There has been great loss of property.
Two hundred persons OF Steubenville,
Ohio, are homeless as the result of
cloudburst that occurred there on
Thursday night. These are only few
places where the destruction Of property
was great.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

ALL business in exchange with Cost
RIGA has become paralyzed in conse-
quence of the going into effect of the
new law prohibiting the importation
into Columbia of foreign silver. The
political situation throughout the coun-
try is quiet.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN, such as will result
10 planting churches throughout the West and
South. even from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In word. the pre-eminent object of the Ma
TIoNAL SUMMER MEETING is the GENER-
ALTON OF MISSIONARY POWER.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08
THE WEEKS NEWS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST A.

THE speculative deal in Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit stock, in
this city which has ragged for some time
came to an end Monday with the failure
of the Moore brothers who engineered
the speculation from the first. The
failure and collapse of the deal will
cause excitement in stocks and as a
precautionary measure the Chicago
Stock Exchange closed on Tuesday
morning for an indefinite time. The
shock will be keenly felt in speculative
circles, but the banks are not in any de
gree troubled by the collapse as their
advances on Diamond Match and Bis
cult are carefully protected.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The semi-annual dividend on the stock
of the Central Ohio Railroad, one of the
divisions of the Baltimore and Ohio, was
"passed" yesterday by the receivers of
the latter corporation. The amount in
volved is $85,797.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The New York stock market NJ onday
opened dull and featureless. On the local
Stock Exchange stocks we're weak and
dull. Sterling rates were steady. New
York exchange sold at so and 60 cents
discount.-Leading speculative produce
markets we're irregular in tone. but
closed strong. AS compared with the
last prices of the previous day, Septem-
Der wheat closed 4 cent higher, corn
1s@5s cent higher, oats strong, cash rye
steady, barley steady. fiaxseed 4@H
cent lower, September pork 215 cents
higher, lard cents higher. and ribs 10
cents higher.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on Thursday,
July 30, issued a proclamation warning
citizens of the United States against
filibustering or otherwise violating neu-
trality laws in connection with the Gu.
ban revolution.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The Secretary of the Interior has COM
municated to Attorney General Harmon
the dismissal of a number of suits now
pending in the United States Courts of
Nebraska, Wyoming. Colorado and Utah
against the Union Pacific Railroad and
about 10000 settlers along the line of
the road, to recover title to lands said to
have been enormously patented by the
company.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

THE German gunboat Hits was lost in
a typhoon, on the 23d instant. off the
Shan Tung promontory, China, and
seventy five of her officers and crew per-
ished. Only ten or eleven of the crew
were saved.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

A DESPATCH from Rome says that the
Pope appointed, as Cardinal Satolli's
successor at Washington, the Rev. Sebas.
tien Martinelli Prior General of the Au-
gustine Chausses.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

THE Presidents Proclamation against
filibustering, remarks the Philadelphia
Ledger, doubtless means all that it says,
but it says no more than has been al
ready said by Congress and the courts.
In other words, it merely warns Amer
lean citizens of their duty and. what is
more important, of the Presidents in
tention to enforce the neutrality laws
with regard to foreign countries in gen.
eral and Spain in particular. 1t will
have more effect in Spain than in the
United States, and probably that was
the expectation in issuing it. At all
events, it should have so much effect in
Spain as to convince the Spanish author
tiles of the good faith Of our Govern
ment, and thus make them more dis
posed to grant its appeals on behalf of
the Americans incarcerated in Cuban
military prisons. Nothing is asked for
these unfortunates but justice, after
fair and impartial trial, and the assurance
that the United States is disposed to
deal justly with Spain should induce
Spain to deal justly with them.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

THE President has appointed John
Sheridan, of West Virginia. Govern
ment Director of the Union Pacific Rail-
way Company, vice Fitzhugh Lee, now
Consul General at Havana.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The Irish Land bill was passed by the
British House of Commons and sent to
the Lords.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

A POWDER magazine at Funkirchen.
in Hungary. exploded Thursday, July 30.
More than 100 persons were injured.
many fatally, and the town hall and a
number of other buildings were demol.
ished
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

A FIRE at Ilfracombe, in Devonshire,
England. destroyed property valued at
100000.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

ROBERT GARRETT, ex- President of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died at
Deer Park, Nd, last week. He had
been an invalid from brain trouble for
several years.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The United States Court sitting in
this city has confirmed the sale of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

into a chain of successive centers of ac-
tivity which follow the continental
watershed from the borders Of Wyoming
TO the boundary of New Mexico. In his
judgment the thirty years of past en-
deavor have been but a period Of incuba-
ton. giving the interval required TO
build a magnificent railway system, to
erect complete smelling establishments.
and TO afford training and experience to
those captains of industry who now d.
rect the operation of the furnace and the
exploration OF the mine. and 1t is no
empty rhetoric to say that no country
has az its call an industrial machinery
SO thoroughly organized as that which
impels the complicated workings Of Col
orado's mining activity" The conclud-
ing paragraph Of Mr.. Richards article
Is a glowing p~eroration:
The expansion OF the arts and manu-
ing degree the use OF the metals Modern
civilization advances on iron rails and Is
gihied with the gold torn from the darkness
OF the underworld. The art of mining be-
comes constantly more important TO cur ma
terial welfare. From the products OF the
mine the wheels of progress are made and
from them also Is built the elaborate edifice
of a complicated civilization. Neither the alb
surdities of speculation nor the vagaries OF
human nature can rob mining OF the dignity
and beneficence which have clothed Ii from
the misty dawn OF human endeavor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

perhaps. but along with his love for books
there is a wholesome devotion to athletic
sports that is highly satisfactory to his pa
rents. BY and by he will enter West Point,
following In the footsteps OF his father and
his grandfather In this regard As he grows
oder his face Is taking on a striking like
ness TO that of the General.
Ulysses s. Grant, jr., Is living in san
Diego with his wife and their i've children,
Miriam. Chaffee. Julia Dent. Fanny and
Ulysses s.. the last mentioned being the
fourth to bear that Industrious name. Next
summer Ulysses s.. jr., and his family viii
spend some time at the famous farm in
Westchester county. New York. and then
there Will undoubtedly be a partial reunion
or the Grant children and grandchildren
II should be said of the children OF Ulysses.
jr- that they are possessed OF more than
the usual talent for music. and that chelr
parents are INDUCING their taste 10 the 1ul
in that direction. Their mother Is an. ex-
pert amateur photographer and her pictures
of the Grant grandchildren are unusually
good examples of camera work. The en-
craving Of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant and three
Of a series of photographs taken at the last
reunion Of all the members of The family.
Jessie Grant. the youngest OF the Generals
sons, who was a boy in the White House,
spends most Of his time in Arizona, where
he Is interested in silver mining. and Is
not expected East this year, so that there
will probably be no complete reunion until
some time in 1897.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21
Disease. I'm Plant. and FIover,.

Work at the agricultural experiment sta
tons is not confined to a study and cultiva-
ton of grains. vegetables and other ordinary
products OF the farm. The botanists, chem
lists and other scientific investigators some
times turn their attention to the more orna-
mental class Of plants. with gratifying re-
suits. A case in point Is a study at the Pur-
due station Of the carnation with a view to
determining the character OF a parasitic dis
ease which has afhicted the giants for some
years and caused florists much trouble.
The history OF the Investigation is embodied
in a pamphlet or bulletin OF twenty-nine
pages. several of these being taken up with
Illustrations showing the disease in its vari-
Gus stages of progress. The details OF the
Investigation are technical and not of inter-
est TO the general reader. but as indicating
the labor and care bestowed upon a single
piece OF work the various steps i'm the expert
ment may be mentioned. They run in this
order: Separation OF the specific germ, in
lection experiments. description Of the germ.
isolation OF the germ. plate cultures of the
germ, test tube cultures with solid media,
test tube cultures with liquid media, drop
cultures under the microscope. action OF
gases with varying tension, effects of tenn
p~erature upon growth. staining the germs.
the germ as a parasite. mode OF penetrating
cell walls, entrance Of germs into the host.
varieties of carnations affected. distribution
OF the disease. economic aspect of the dis
ease, methods for controlling the disease.
The time and labor spent upon the plant are
well worth WHILE. for the carnation is a
plant which is a favorite with amateur
gardeners and with that very large portion
OF the pubic which does not cultivate
flowers. but buys them for its pleasure. The
culture OF carnations by professional florists
is an extensive industry. and important COM
mercial interests are involved in the dis
covery OF a means of preventing the ravages
OF disease among the plants. To do this the
disease itself must be first understood. and
this result Is now attained and suggestions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21
REBELLION In sUMATRA.
Savage Chief Makes SeriOu'
Trouble for the Dutch.


London Times.
Atieh. the scene of the rebellion, is a strip
of territory on the northeast coast OF SUI
matra. The points occupied by the Dutch
are the harbor of Oleh-leh and the garrison
town of Kotaraja, which are connected by
a railway several kilometers long.
The natives of this district. the Achinese:
are the most savage and rapacious or al
the inhabitants Of the Dutch colonies. AT
one time they ruled supreme throughout
Sumatra, and even to-day they are the inn
placable antagonists of the Dutch. while
peeiodicaIly transfer their allegiance from
one to the other of the two rivals. p
The instigator of the present rising. Toe
called, has on more than one occasion vol
unfairly surrendered to the Dutch. who. In
spite of, the horrible massacres and crafuly
p %hieS he m Was Practically CT shiys guilty.. acknowi-
edged his 'princely dignity and looked
upon him as a welcome tnstrument TO as
sist In quelling the revolts OF other tribes.
for which they paid him a substantial year.
Toekoe Diohan IS a tall, slim man be-
tween thirty and forty years OF age. Ldk
the majority of his followers. he processes
to belong to the Mohammedan faith, but in
reality he has no particular respect for the
tenets OF that religion. He Is a courageous
and clever leader, and these Qualities. to-
gether with rare cunning and the fact that
he has had frequent opportunities or becom-
ing acquainted with the Dutch methods of
campaigning, render him one of the most
Formidable chieftains OF the Achinese.
He is now once more on the warpath. and
for q change he Is collecting the different
tribes with whom he was recently at fsud
for the purpose of conducting hostilities
against the whites. Thus. what was gen.
orally foreseen now proves to be the case
namely, that II would have been better 10
have shot this cod -blooded murderer OF
women and children instead of acknowl-
edging his princely dignity. Il is to be
hoped that the Dutch will succeed in capt
urfnR this disreputable ruler. and that they
will once for all effectual.y put an end to
his warlike undertakings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

the past. the warfare is desultory and
without result. Now an insurgent force
brushes a Spanish column. and next the
Spaniards pick up a few prisoners and
o them. never having been able TO
capture an organized body or rebels.
Spain can. at this season of the year.
largely increase its armies. Thus 1t ap-
pears that. unless the S%paniards are able
to achieve a notable victory within a
short time, the climate. with Its yellow
fever. will force Spain TO act on the de-
fensive for months. 1t seems that some
means could be devised to stop a warfare
which involves barbarism and little else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21
TWO PICTURES.

The London Times. In a recent COM
ment or the prosperity OF the wooden In
dustry In the Bradford district. presents
a picture in the brightest colors. Under
the Mckinley law the sale OF Bradford
woolens and worsteds had been reduced
to a figure which caused gloomy times
in the wool manufacturing district: but
a change came. and thus the London
Times speaks OF IT.:
But II was no slight or grudging compen-
sation that was In store Full measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running
over, was the fnstallment of made
by the world to Bradford last year Tor ner
long-continued troubles and losses. :
operation in the LAST month Of 1884. reduced
the custom house charges upon the .princi-
pal products of the Bradford district inn
about that the value OF worsted coatings
imported from the Bradford district into the
United States in the first FIVE months Of 1895
was more than double that imported during
the whole year, December. 1898. to Novem-
Der, 1894, and the value In dollars Tor the
whole OF 1896 as compared with the whole
an increase Of ali but 800 per cent. And this
was only one item In the great development
received by the reviving industry of Brad
ford from across the Atlantic.
This prosperity would be very crafty
ing to the people OF this country II 1t
had extended to the wQolen industry In
the United States. The following
picture, taken from the Textile Manu-
facturers' Journal of April II, presents a
consolidated report made up Of reports
received from 432 factories engaged in
carpets, blankets and ~fiannels.. shawls.
yarns and knit goods. having a total ca
pacity of %, 439 looms and Of employment
for II, 500 persons. or the 1872 mills nine
ty-six have been closed within a recent
date, ninety-one are running about half
time and 245 full time: Where 1889 per-
sons would have been employed in 1892
$1,000 are now employed, some OF them
but part of the time. while the weekly
pay rolls average 1872 per cent. less than
In 1892. A loss of nearly one-ffth of the
earnings of the people employed In the
wooden industry means that one-fifth
less none is spent for the products Of
other industries.
There are no bright tints in the color
ing of this picture. The prosperity Of
the great wooden industry has In two
years been transferred to Great Britain.
Germany and France by the Democratic
tariff. and in return we have foreign
woolens which may be a little cheaper
because the market Is glutted and be-
cause of the depression which bore so
heavily upon Bradford.
The party responsible for this change,
from President Cleveland to the thirteen
Democrats who misrepresented Indiana
by voting for the Democratic law which
has been a purveyor of hard times, will
not be forgotten In the November cleo
ton. Shout as these people may, voters
will remember and punish them as the
destroyers OF national prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

Special in Philadelphia Telegraph.
The most devoted friend of this admins
tration has not made the heroic self-sacri-
flee for 1t that was displayed by Senator
Hill yesterday and to-day. The regret Mr..
Hill expressed yesterday that the resolu-
ton for the Investigation OF the bond issue
should be called up then, necessitating his
remaining in the Senate when he had an
other engagement, was not fully understood.
If Ii had been known what that broken en-
gagement was he would have had the SYM
patty of even Mr.. PETER and Mr.. Teller,
and certainly of Mr. Wolcott. who is
himself something OF a sport. 1t was an
engagement at the baseball grounds. He
not only missed the game that day to de-
vote himself to the defense of the admins
~tration. but to-day as the hour for the
gam approached and Senator after Sena-
tor quietly left the chamber he was still
talking In defense Of the bono issue, with
the prospects of his seeing the game grow
ing fainter as the hands OF the clock moved
on. His sense OF injury was increased yes
terday by the knowledge that Mr.. Allen, OF
Nebraska, who, equally with PETER, is re-
sponsible for the resolution being forced
upon the consideration Of the Senate at
this time, had Quilted the amb in the
midst of the debate and was enjoying the
game. and even Hoke Smith, the admins
tration's chief Southern champion, was for
getful of the wickedness Of the silver men
in the Senate as he apDlauded base hits
and home runs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

The st. Louis Republic Is very indig-
nant because the House. has not voted as
much money for the improvement Of the
1t calls upon the Democrats in the Sen
ate who represent States Interested in
the navigation of that river to see to 1t
that theamount is very largely increased.
Other Democratic papers are making
similar complaints about the economy of
the House. which has given ten millions
of dollars to internal improvements. And
yet, until the war, the Democratic party
opposed internal improvements. During
the times Of Jefferson, and even down to
Polk. hostility to internal improvements
was a prominent plank in Democratic
platforms. The entire school known as
strict constructionists were opposed to
appropriations for rivers and harbors.
Those who read the political history OF
the fathers Of the Republic will find that
every man who was prominent as a
Democrat was on record as an opponent
of Internal improvements.
One Of the great struggles between the
liberal and strict constructionists of the
Constitution was over the building of the
national road. Most Of the Democrats
of that time were bitterly opposed to the
proposition to have the federal govern
ment assume the responsibility of build
ing a highway from the national capital
to the Mississippi river. Monroe vetoed
the bill and argued that the federal gov
- npoan bod M otrfhnr;fxr ,,ndar tho Com
stitution to build highways in the States.
The same objection was raised against
appropriations for making rivers av-
igable. Tie Wing party was the cham
pion Of internal improvements. Wash
ington believed that the United States
mac by a ANAL
During recent years the broader con
struction of the Constitution has pre-
vailed. Under the power granted Con-
gress to regulate commerce between the
States, Democrats in recent times have
dropped the opposition to appropriations
for Internal improvements. Indeed, the
Representatives of no section of the coun.
try are SO eager for appropriations for
making rivers navigable as the sons OF
the Southern statesmen who all their
lives denied the power of Congress to
undertake internal improvements.
While millions of dollars have been
wasted upon works which are not Of a
national character and have no merit. it
has been fortunate for the country that
the broader craftsmanship of the ancient
Federalists, the Wings and the Repub-
licans has prevailed. But for it the ton
IA of the great lakes, larger, than that
Of any European port. would not exist,
n cheap transportation for the North
west would not be known. And it has
not only been accomplished in spite of
early Democratic hostility, but the wis
dom Of the policy has so won the coun-
try to 1t that the Democrats Of to-day
are the most clamorous for such appro-
priations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21

From week To week there seems to be
no marked change In the situation In
Cuba The insurgents are as successful
In the skirmishes as are the Spanish. and
yet Spain has 1000 disciplined troops
on the island. four times as many men
as the United States had when Mexico
was conquered. This large force holds
Otherwise, II may be said that the
Island Is rs much or more I'm the hands
OF the insurgents than OF the forces
which have been sent to suppress the In
surrection. An army which remains In
the fortified towns. except when II makes
occasional raide. IL a defensive rather
thaR > aggressive force. Now, ~ In