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like prolonged flashes of lightning in
the same orientatian.
In England the phenomenon was OBJ
, served at the Greenwich observatory.
where, between 8 O'Clock and midnight,
l93 shooting stars were counted: from
mldnight to l O'Clock, .2,032; from /
O'Clock to o'clock, 1860, and from 2
to O'Clock, 400. rs =
AT Oxford the maximum was COM
pared to the squibs of agdisplay Of fire
works. In Spain and at Malta the
shower Of stars was very much com
mented on. In the United States the
sky was Obscured.
The spectacle was. much less remark
able than in 1888, and it was hoped that
| the true return of the swarm would
take place in 1867. But nothing of the
KIND occurred. The display was ex-
tremely meager; besides, it took place
| at the period Of full moon, and the sl<v
was very misty at about o'clock in
the morning. Observations taken at
the observatory in Paris only result
ed in record of seventy-fiye stars.
While those made in italy bv SCR
Denza were not more fertile. At La
Polnte-a-Pitre the observation was
better. There was an arthquake shock
there on that day, as at Carmaux. in
| 1866. -
The point of emanation in the CON
Stellation Leo, whence these meteors
seem to come, has caused the name
LeonideS to be given it, as a spot on
Aug. Is was named Perseides, because
| the stars seemed to enanate from the
constellation Perseus
LIKE COSMIC DUST.
We may liken these swarms Of mete-
ors to gigantic assemblage of cosmic
| dust.
| This mass, in spite Of its immensjtv.
| is invisible. It has no light of its own
| and is not dense enough to reflect
| solar light. We only discern the shoot
| ing stars on their introduction into our
| atmosphere
| Did our atmosphere not exist we
| should not be awareiOf their existence.
These cosmic corpuseles are very small
| mere speckS Of dust set on fire while
| crossing the heights of Dur atmosphere
| (about hundred kiIometers above our
heads on an average}, because they
come to US with enormous speed 60
| 6uLoOO meters per Second). and their
4 motion, slackened by the resistance of
! the air, even though very rarefied,
transforms them - into luminous
| warmth. - J,
! Sometimes the shooting star Is en-
| t1rely consumed during it's passage.
sometimes it continues it's invisible
course after leaving our atmosphere.
The swarm which gives birth to the
| shooting stars Of Now IA cireulates
through space along a very elongated
| elliptical orbit, in an opposite direction
4 to the motion of itfe earth through
| space. and meets our planet in front
during the morning aof Nov. IA. the
| earth at the moment being in motion
| toward the constellation Leo.
1t is much wider in extent than our
| planet, which passes through it as a
| bullet passes through cloud of gnats
| coming quickly along. The corpuscles
meet us face to face. let us say, and
| their trajectories in our atmosphere are
| parallel.
Their apparent divergence from a
point of emanation is only the effect
| of perspective.
The speed of the earth on Nov. IA.
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ING UPON US ON THE NIGHT
OF NOV. Is.
SHOWER OF SHOOTING STARS.
IN ABUNDANCE FAR EXCEEDING
THE USUAL ANNUAL DIS
PLAY.
Which Occur With Regularity Every
Thirty Years-FOrmer Vista
tfons.

On the night between Nov. 13 and
Il next We may expect to see the Sky
furrowed with numerous shooting stars,
coming from space, and appearing to
emanate from the constellation Leo,
not far from the star Zeta. This show
er of stars will be repeated more abun-
dantly next year, and even more abun-
dainty in 1898, and will attain its maxi
mum IN 1899. Here is the explanat ton
of the phenomena:
A swarm of milliards of meteoric cor
ruscles circulates around the sun along
a very elongated orbit, which extends
az far as Uranus, and takes about thir-
ty-three years to travel This immense
celestial highway is strongly inclined
upon the track which the earth follows
in its yearly travel round the sun, but
cuts our terrestrial orbit at the spot
where our planet passes on Nov IA.
We only expect to encounter thia
swarm every thirty-thre years. But
it is disseminated along it's orbit over
a vast extent Of hundreds of millions of
kilometers, SO that the passage of these
migratory birds of the heavens lasts
many years, almost during the same
period, for every year more shooting
stars are observed coming from the
other regions of space. There appear
10 be also other centers of condensa-
ton
The main body of this celestial ARM
will reach us in 1899. Nevertheless
astronomers are preparing to study
with the greatest attention on Nov. il
next what passes through the sky, so
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TREASURY IS TAXED
TO SUPPLY PAPER NOTES IN En-
CHANGE FOR HOARDED YELL
LOW COIN.
RUSH OF GOLD OFFERINGS
so GREAT THAT IN NEW YORK
TENDERS ARE BEING RE-
FUSED.
RESERVE NOW ON THE INCREASE.
One Hundred and Twenty Million
Mark Passed and the Movement
Has Only Begun.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-The treas
ury today lost $4,000 in gold coin, anC
SCI, 200 in bars, which leaves the true
amount of reserve $121, ,526, 1854. The
net gain in gold today at New York
snd San Francisco was s., 1,037, 700.
The resources of the treasury are be
ing severely taxed to meet the de-
nland for paper notes of all denomina-
tons in exchange for gold. In many
cases the gold holders ask for United
States notes of large denominations i'll
exchange, for the latter are as
valuable for reserve as is the
gold, but they also express
a willingness to accept Sherman
notes or if necessary silver certificates,
il the government is unable to fur
Eish United States notes. The demand
for large denominations also is not
imperative. The principal thing being
to get money Reports from all parts
OF the country tend to show that near
" all the gold Withdrawn during the
last seven weeks was for the purpose
of boarding, and now that the sup
Iosed danger is passed, the gold is
being offered at the several subtreas-
and so is finding it's way into the gov
ernment Golfers.
The rush of gold offers is so great
that, in New York, at least, the as.
Sistant treasurer has been compelled TO
eff ; gold, until such time as he was
able to handle it, and in a number OF
instances currency has been shipped
from one subtreasury to another tc
meet the unusual demand. The reserve
t1day passed the $12O, ,000, 900 point and
the officials have no doubt that it will
reach much higher figure before the
close of the year. The increase in bust
Eess generally predicted, it is believed,
Will result in greatly increased re-
Ceipts from customs and from interna |
revenue, so that the present treasury
deficit is likely to be reduced to some
extent before the inaugura ton of Mr..
Mckinley.
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EFFECT IN INDIANA.
Numerous Plants Are Making Prepa-
ratiOns to Begin Business.

ELWOOD, Ind, Nov. 9.-The election
is having a good effect in Elwood,
FranktOn and other towns. Several
factories will resume on full time at
once. The McCloy chimney factory,
which has been shut down, started up
today and the plate glass factory which
has been idle since last August, will re-
sumo on the Goth instant with 700 en-
ployes. The Macbeth factory and the
Elwood window glass house will in
crease their working forces. The
Forge works, tin plate and iron foun-
dry are increasing their forces. The
big window glass plant in East Elwood
will start up about the middle of the
month. The Wetherall Rolling mill at
Franklin, has received orders which
will keep it running night and day.
The three window glass factories are
arranging terms with the employees and
will start about the Goth inst. Both
brick yards here are arranging to
start and the Elwood tile and brick
factory and the Elwood planning mill
will operate full time. The box factory
has increased its force and SO has the
Elwood furniture plant.
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IRON INDUSTRY REVIVAL.
Pennsylvania Plants Have Orders
for Several Months Ahead.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 9.-A gen.
eral revival Of business is reported
among the big iron and steel plants
around this vicinity. The Chesapeake
Nail works started this morning with
300 men after an idleness of three
months; and the Lochiel puddle plant,
and the plate mill at the Paxton
works, also resumed. The Central Iron
works will start tomorrow double turn
Enough orders, it is said. have been Sc
cured at these works to insure work
for the rest of the year and well into
1897. The LaLanch GroSjean tin mills,
which started two weeks ago, will put
to work an additional tin mill this week.
A brighter condition of affairs is re-
ported at the Pennsylvania Steel
works at Steelton. The rail and Besse-
mer mills have started. The winter
prospects in the open hearth depart
ment mills are more encouraging than
for many months. The bridge, frog and
switch department have plenty of work.
Work has been resumed at the Dauphin
Bridge works which have been closed
for some time. The Newport Furnace
will shortly be blown in.
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"sOLLY" WON EASILY.
Put "Wiilie" Smith Out at London
In Eight Rounds.

In Eight Rounds.
LONDON, Nov. 9.-There was bril-
liant array Of sportsmen present to-
night at the National Sporting club to
witness the fights between "Solly'
Smith, of Los Angeles, Cal, and "Wil-
lie' Smith, the featherweight champion
of England, for a 20-round contest at
11S pounds for purse of $1,000 and the
championship Of Great Britain, and be-
tween Muldoon's "Pickaninny," other
wise known as Billy Hill, and an
English unknown, who is Arthur Cal
Ian, Of Manchester. In the first event,
"Solly' Smith won easily in the eighth
round, and in the second event, Null
doon's "Pickaninny" was declared the
winner in the fourteenth round.
In the first event, "Solly'' led off very
low and on repeating the dose was
cautioned. Willie played waiting
game so that little was done until the
third round in which "Solly'' stood we'll,
thereafter having matters entirely his
own way. He punished his opponent
severely in the eighth round, when the
referee stopped the fight.
In the next bout Callan made a des-
perate fight against the "Pickaninny,
but the contest was spoiled by a lot Of
hugging by both contestants. The
American had the advantage of height
and reach. Callan had the best of the
fifth round, but the sixth ended in favor
of the American. The succeeding
rounds were mostly in favor of Callan,
but in the fourteenth round the Ameri-
can settled the business with a blow
on the jaw of his opponent.
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POSSIBLE DISASTER,
Schooner Wreck Reported and Also
Strongly Denied.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. "a report
reaches here from st. Thomas Ont,
that the schooner Sonora, was wrecked
and five lives lost in Thursdays storm,
off Point Abino, about ten miles from
Buffalo. on the Canadian shore Mate
w. Duquette, who claims to have been
the only survivor, carried the news to
St Thomas. Nothing can be learned
in local marine circles about the re-
ported wreck. The Sonora was lumber
laden, bound from Wharton, Ont, to
TonaWanda, N. Y. Those who are re-
ported lost are:
CAPT. JAMES BUCKLEY, of Sarnia.
DANIEL RUSSELL and
JAMES MORRISON, of Glasgow, Scotland
MALCOLM MCLEOD, of Toronto, and
THE COOK, real name unknown, but known
as Dutch"
Mate Duquette's story is that the
Sonora was struck by a gale at s
o'clock Thursday evening. Her rig
ging, sails and deck-load Of green oak
timber were swept away. After vain
ly endeavoring to regain control of the
vessel, the captain decided to abandon
her. The crew all left the vessel in the
yawl, except the mate, who preferred
to stick to the schooner. He saw his
companions washed overheard one by
one from the yawl boat and drowned.
DUquette clung to the vessel. until
about 4 o'clock Friday morning, when
he drifted ashore on a hatchway. The
vessel soon afterwards went to pieces
on a reef off Point Abino. Duquette
says he went to farm house and the
next day tried to find some trace Of the
crew, but gave them up for lost. Then
he drove here to take train for De-
troit and notify Mr. Chamberlain, the
owner of the vessel, Of the loss.
Detroit, Nov. &C. A. Chamberlain,
owner of the schooner Sonora, which
has been reported as wrecked in Lake
Erie, has repeatedly asserted that the
vessel has been lying at Tonawanda
unloading lumber. He stated today that
he sent a dispatch to the captain at
Tonawanda on Saturday, ordering the
vessel to proceed to Buffalo, and that
apparently the message was delivered,
as he has received no notice to the con-
trary.
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BOND ISSUE oyERBID.
New York Securities in Demand at
Good Prices.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The new bond
issue Of the city of New York, which
has been pending for some time but
which was postponed until after the
election, proves great success. Bids
We're opened in the controllers office
this afternoon for the issue which is to
be of s16,o46. $50 3rs per cent bonds pay
able in gold and to. mature in from
fifteen to twenty-five years. One hun
dred and eighty-five proposals were re-
ceived, the premiums ranging from 1
to per cent. and although to tabulate
the bids will take day or two, their
total aggregates about $70,00e,000.
All the large bond buying houses of
this city and Boston were represented,
besides many local banks, trust and in
surance companies. In addition to the
formal sealed bids, the comptroller had
two bids by telephone, one from AL
bany for 500, 900. and one from Balti-
more for 100000. but these will not be
received. Vermilye & Co., bankers of
this city, bid for the entire issue of
bends at 104.71, and Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
for the issue in blocks at rates from
103.6e to 105.10. J. Pierpont Morgan bid
at 104.597 for the entire lot. George T.
Pringle, Of Charleston, s. c., was a bid
der for $500, 900 of the issue. Mayor
Strong and Comptroller Fitch said the
proceeds Of the sale will be much high
er than could have been realized before
the election.
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as to complete their knowledge of one
Of the newest and most curious chap
ters Of contemporary astronomy--the
relations existing between comets and
shooting stars.
The first scientific observation Of the
phenomena was made by Humboldt
and Bonpland, at Cumana, America
curing the night between Nov. IL and
Y, 1899. A veritable shower of shoot
ing stars began to appear before mid
right and acquired increasing inten-
sity until 4 o'clock in the morning, and
then diminished by degrees till day
light. Bonpland asserted that there
was not a space in the sky equal to
three diameters of the moon that wa1
rot seen at every instant filled with
shooting stars.
FORETOLD EARTHQUAKES.
The inhabitants Of Cumana were
somewhat alarmed, and recalled tn
mind the fact that the great earth
Quakes Of 1866 were preceded by a
similar phenomenon. This shower OF
shooting stars in 1899 was observed
throughout America, in Brazil in Lab
1ddor and Guiana, Germany and even
Greenland.
During the night between Nov. 1.
and 13, 1888, the same phenomenon
was observed, especially in the United
States, by Prof. Olmsted of New Ha-
ven, who compared this extraordinary
shower of meteors to a display of fire
works. The meteors left in their track
phosphorescent trains, which some
times were sinuous, like serpents Many
among them appeared as brilliant as
Jupiter and Venus. Shortly before {
o'clock in the morning the point of ra-
diation or divergence was to the west
of the constellation Leo, not far from
Regulus
During the next hour the point in ques-
ton remained stationary in the same
part of Leo, although during that hour
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the constellation had travelled about
fifteen degrees westward.
These meteors were seen along the
east coast of America from the Gul,
G. Mexico to Halifax from O'Clock at
night till sunrise, and in some places
even at broad daylight at 8 O'Clock
in the morning. < Il
The stars were so numerous that
they appeared in every part of the
heavens at once, SO that it was hope
less to do more than arrive at a rude
approximation of their number b.
counting.
Olmsted compared them, at the mo-
ment- of their maximum. to about half
the number Of flakes seen in the air
during an ordinary fal1 Of snow When
the phenomenon had Considerably di-
minished he counted $50 stars in fifteen
minutes although he limited his obser-
vations to a zone which was less than
one-tenth of the visible horizon.
The number, according to him, was
only two-thirds of the, total which
should have been S66, and for the Wis
ible hemisphere S666. This estimate
means 34.640 shooting Istars per hour.
AS the phenomenon lasted seven hours,
the number which appeared above the
horizon exceeded 240, 900.
In the previous year, between Nov.
IL and 13, an immense number were
seen at Limoges, and some Worlxnen
went out of their minds with fright
and ran away On the road between
Bayeux and Caen the young LIE Yer
rier, then a pupil at the Polytechnic
school,. declared that shooting stars
followed each other without cessation.
and in such numbers that it would
have taken hours to count those which
appeared simultaneously, supposing
they had been fixed in the sky
ID
During succeeding years more shoot
Ing stars were noted at this time of
year than on ordinary nights, but in
relatively considerably less numbers.
The succession of years 1856, 1899 and
1888 led the Astronomer OILERS to con-
lecture that there might be periodical
recurrence OF meteors every thirty
three Or thirty-four years, and in 1887
he announced that there would probably
be similar display in 1857
The prediction was realized a year
earlier, in 1856. In that year, in Paris,
the night between the 18th and 14th
of November was tolerably fine. The
sky cleared at about 9 O'Clock. Before
midnight the meteors were not very
| numerous, but at about | o'clock in
the morning they were shooting from
northeast to southwest at the rate OF
several per second.
The point of emanation was near the
star Gamma in the constellation Leo.
which only rises aboveIthe horizon in
Paris about midnight. +. This explains
why the shower only appeared after
midnight. I observed it during about
half an hour, the sky being almost en-
tirely clouded over.
Nevertheless, through the light clouds
the passage of the most brilliant shoot
| ing stars could at times be observed
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-10
PARK CLUB BOUTS.
"Scaldy BiIP' Quinn Lasted Only
Thirteen Rounds

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Four thousand peo-
club tonight to see bouts between Mike
Sears, of Boston, and Charlie Kelly, of New
York ten rounds at 11S pounds; Kid Nc
Partland, Of New York, and Harry Peterson.
Of New York, twelve rounds at catch weights,
and 'go' between "ScaIdy BilI' Quinn. Of
Pottstown, Pa, and Dick O'Brien, of Boston,
at catch weights. The first bout was award
ed to Sears and the second was easily won
by Mcfarland, who aspires to world champ
ionship honors. In the third round of the
chief event, the Pottstown man dazed O'Brien
with right and left on the face, but in tho
fourth was reeling from O'Brien's rushes.
Quinn went down on his hands in the seventh.
He stood up until the thirteenth, when
O'Brien smashed right and left at will The
result was then a foregone conclusion, and
Scaldy's seconds threw up the sponge.
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SALTWATER NEWS.
Thieves Desecrate a Church-WyO-
ming Murderers on Trial Today.

A. R. Boners has been received at the prison
from Big Stone county to serve eight months
for forgery in the third degree.
Thieves broke into the German Catholic
church, Sunday night and executed remark
able piece of vandalism. They broke open
the poor box but found no money. and next
gratifed their desire for meanness by hack
ing up and defacing the altar. Several hun
dred dollars worth of silyerware was stored
in thre church. but it was locked up and was
not touched. The intruders entered the church
through the basement The outrage has
been reported but there is no clue to the per-
petrators.
The board selected to canvass the election
returns met yesterday, but it will be impos-
sible to secure the official count until today.
George Kelly and Arthur Johnson, the two
desperaGoes under Indictment for the murder
of Paul and Haynes at Wyoming some months
ago, were taken to Center City yesterday by
Sheriff Anderson, of Chisago county. Their
trial will begin today, and they will be de-
Tended by j. c. Nethaway, of this city.
Snow fell fast yesterday, and the ground
was covered by more than an inch of the
beautiful in the evening.
N A. Nelson received a telegram yeSter-
day announcing the death of his sister, Miss
Laura Nelson, at Chicago.
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ANsON STILL LOSES.
Old Man Went Sadly Wrong ON the
Elec ton.

Capt. Adrian C. Anson, William F. Biekel
and Jim Duryea returned yesterday from a
shooting trip to LIE Sueur and vicinity, hav-
ing bagged a number of the feathered Great
ures. They left again last night for the
northern part of the state in search of deer
but between trains Capt. Anson's ear was OBJ
tanned long enough to satisfy the curiosity
Of the Chicago papers. which have averred
that 4Anse' lost 81 800 this season betting
on base ball, and wondered how much he
would lose on the election.
How much did losef" queryingly replied
the captain of the Windy City fans. Give
bucks. You see it was this way: Some
time ago | bet $40 that Mckinley would not
be nominated and elected. l lost that Then
I bet S. that he would carry Chicago, and
that was easy. 1 would like to have had a
lot more of that but-well, I'm not such a.
piunger as some of these people try to make
out"
Walter Wilmot, who was a member of the
circle in which the veteran sat, leaves tonight
for Chicago to attend the meeting of the
Western league, which is held there tomor-
row. The coolness which certain papers
have insisted existed between Arson and his
former outfelder was not apparent in that
gathering
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fleets considerable number, and with
out doubt there exists a ring composed
Of numerous Independent bodies the
aphelion being in the neighborhood Of
the earth.
There are also, in addition to the
principal swarm, several separate con-
denSations because passages were OBJ
1S49 and 1888. The observation of the
passage every year must be interesting
for a thorough study Of the ring
The comet of 1866, discovered by
Hempel in December, 1866, follows, as
already stated, nearly the same orbit
with slightly different velocity. At
the time of the grand meteoric display
of 1886 the comet was two weeks be-
hind the swarm; in 1866 it was eight
months ahead
The study of falling stars, although
comparatively new to science, is one
OF the most curious. Is it not worthy
OF admiration that by the study of
such fugitive traces as these light
meteors in our atmosphere science
should have arrived at results so pre-
else regarding the invisible orbit of
this eosnic dust in the realms of space?
On the other hand, this dust perhaps
plays an important part in the uni
verse. 1t has been calculated that for
given spot the average number of
falling stars is about thirty per hour,
which gives per day seven millions and
a half for the whole world.
The number of telescope meteors
must surpass four hundred millions a
day. The quantity of these corpuscles
in space is quite inconceivable
Does it not account for the fact that
space is not absolutely transparent for
us in receiving the light of remote
stars?
In any case these corpuscles, falling
necessarily upon planets and suns, are
gradually increasing their volume. Do
they not, therefore, serve to produce
new worlds? 1t has been said that in
pursuing paradox one discovers truth.
In astronomy countless problems
arise before the student, like the larks
from a field, only to disappear into the
sky -FlammariOn