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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

coming down. too. and enough rabbits
around TO make a sheep owner wish he
were dead After / had been lying there
about two hours i went back TO the hut,
and that was all j saw OF IL. But In .
letter from Mcclellan that ! got Just be-
fore | sailed he tells me that when the
heat began he got frightened about the
supply and went over TO the hole. The day
aftershe got there was the first day that
there was any considerable number OF
deaths among the animals. He slept at
one OF the huts again that night. and after
he had eaten breakfast in the morning no
started 10 walk over a clearing about two
hundred yards from the hut. where we
were thinking OF planting some vegeta-
bles. The heat was too much for him. and
Tie big doors where We drive I'm sheep had
been left open. and he says that the sight
he saw when he went I'm there was such
that he would not dare 10 ask any man TO
believe the whole wonder OF IL. IL seems
after the sun had been mp awhile all the
different animals that had been hanging
around the edges OF the water hole. watt
ing longer than usual. started out TO feed.
The gum trees have not much foliage on
them. you know, and they throw a very
poor shade.
When the kangaroo and the rumble
and other things began TO be frightened
by the strange feeling OF the air they made
for the first shelter they saw. and Mac
Lellan forhd them IN that shearing shed
curled up. painting. He said he remem-
bered about Noah's ark. and the thought
made a child of him. He felt the end Of
the world closing down on his courage like
a nightfaii, he said He wrote IL all TO ma
because he thought II has business 10 re-
port the condition of things. but he says
he viii never speak of that sight, and
hopes he will never think about N.
Il cannot tell you any more about my
self, bat IL you can md anybody who was
up .n that country during the twenty-six
days you will hear stories that are far
beyond anything that man could invent.
liz is a very thinly settled country. and all
drought news carries credit down I'm sgd
ney. and makes the banks shut down on
the wool growers so there Is not much talk
about IL. But a good set of photographs Of
the thing that happened up there would be
worth space In a museum"
Mr.. Crawford said he was unable. as yet.
to form any idea OF what the loss I'm live
stock had been. but that IL WAS no doubt
one OF the MOST dreadful catastropheo
which had ever overtaken Australia.
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WHEAT MARKET WEAK
Dull TRADING IN THE CHICAGO PIT
AND TENDENCY DOWNWARD.
Corn and Followed Closely After
Wheat and scored Declines
Provisions m

CHICAGO. Aug. There was an uneasy
wheat market to-day. 1t sold up early on
rainy weather. then turned weak and
closed at 5s1zc for September. or sc below
Friday. Corn and oats each lost a trifie or
their previous values and provisions gained
a little.
Rather a dull day was noted in wheat.
the market exhibiting but little life, and
fluctuations kept within &c. The feeling
manifested was rather easy and final
figures showed a loss OF sc. The stesdi-
ness early was attributable largely TO the
wet weather in most of the winter States.
Exports for the week from both coasts
made a very fair showing. Country ac-
ceptances were again small and insignifi-
cant. and st. Louis strong and higher and
impaired some strength TO the situation
Argentine shipments were larger than last
week. but still small. The small trade and
the absence of foreign advices. owing to
the bank holidays in England. was rather
against the price. and then local arrivals
exceeded the estimates. Northwestern re-
ceipts. TOO, showed a moderate increase.
Crop reports were very favorable from the
Northwest. The local out inspection was
moderate and board clearings fair. The
closing Paris market was unchanged for
wheat. and -four ten centimes higher. Ber-
lin was unchanged; also Antwerp.
There was not much of a trade in corn,
the market keeping within hc, with
transactions principally between room
operators. The opening was a little irreg-
ular. and after selling up sc broke 12c,
changed some and closed with &c decline.
The late heavy lake engagements, small ac-
ceptance5 from the country and action. of
wheat we're productive of the early
strength.
Oats were stronger early. but weakened
later. The close, however. was at about
the same TO a shade over yesterday, May
being the strongest. The best selling was
100. 900 bushels by a commission house.
which was taken in scattered lots. There
was an advance OF Ln%c over Yesterdays
close at the start. but il reacted AG3sc on
predictions of receipts for Monday. 400 cars,
against 26S cars inspected to day.
Provisions were very firm. considering
The of the grain markets. Some
outside orders to buy were met by sales
from the packers. The whole OF the days
advance was not maintained, but Septem-
Der closed with a gain of nc, while lard
and ribs each left OFF at an Improvement Of
Csc A moderate days business was done
In the pit.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat.
$50 cars; corn. 1900 cars; oats. 400 cars:
hogs. 1900 head. This includes Sunday
work on the Santa Fe.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle scarce and Quiet-Hogs Active
and Hfgher-Sheep steady.

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. l-Cattle-Receipts
light. shipments light. There were but few on
sale. The market was quiet at unchanged prices.
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49,
Curiosity impelled me to ask Mrs. Bur-
nett a fortnight since while talking with
her in her London home how she hap
pened TO write a story which was so far
removed from her work which just pre-
coded il.
Why said Mrs. Burnett. 1.-The story
was first suggested to me by the fact that
/ found a curious remote cellar in the
basement of this house Cfrs. Burnetts
own home on Portland place. i'm LondonD
This house was. l am told. built about
a hundred years ago. and its cellarage is
enormous, and extends apparently al
most into the next street. The place must
have been planned for "A man whose chief
interests in life were his dinners and his
stock of wines. The cellar 1 refer to is
the most remote of all. and is a black,
small vault ar the end of an arched pass
age. One reaches ii finally by passing
through the doors OF three other cellars.
IL is merely "A remote wine cellar. but Ii
looked so black and gruesome when /
first opened the last door and peered into
the darkness that 1t suggested possible
ties. | said to the friends who were with
me: How convenient if one casually de-
stroyed an evening caller in the heat of
rgument One could bear him down the
back staircase. IL one were muscular
enough. stow him away here. and live a
peaceful, domestic life over his remains
without being found out 1t was a mere
obvious Joke at first. | did not think OF
IL as n story-or. at least. as a story j
could write. II was too far out OF my
line to attract me. At first Ii only sug-
gested plot. and IL Is not plot l care for
so much as charactar"
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UNCLAIMED FOR YEARS.
Large Bank Deposit Which Was APP
parently Forgotten.
San Francisco Chronicle.

Sdn FRANCISCO Cnf0nlcfh.
Another strange discovery has come TO
light in the Hibernia Bank deposits that
have been neglected for many years by
their owners. 1t appears that jeremiah
and prosperous in South Africa. where he
has made q fortune. 1t is learned that he
has apparently forgotten that $l2,0 900 await
him in the Hibernia Bank of San Fran
cisco.
The history of Pendergast's deposit is
one of the most interesting of all the old
estates that. have lain unclaimed for years
in the vaults of San Francisco. In the
first place, 1t now mounts to So, 900, be-
ing the largest sum of all the unclaimed
deposits. and in the next place il has per-
haps been more widely advertised and
more generally claimed than any other
sum in the list. Strangely, however. near
seem to have heard of the money and laid
claim TO IT. while the original depositor
has lived quitely in South Africa ali these
years. needless of the fact that his gold
lies in the bank awaiting it's owners or
ders. Attorney Oscar t. Shuck has just
located the original Jeremiah Pendergast
in the Congo Free State, where the old
man lives In great luxury. having amassed
a large fortune since he went there as one
of the pioneers Of nearly twenty years ago.
Pendergast went to South Africa in 1878.
being one of the leaders of a California
colony. He left a good sum In the bank
here. since which time no one has ever
heard from him or of him until word came
recently that he was we'll and rich. sThe
nearest trace OF him was that he was at
the ola Empire HOtel on PACING street
some time between 1858 and 1870. Hundreds
of alleged heirs have been after the estate,
but it will. no doubt. soon reach the origin
al deposition.
a strange fact about the case is that the
public administrator recently petitioned
for letters of administration. alleging in
a general way that Pendergast died some
years ago in Nevada. Judge Slack went so
far as to appoint attorney j. j.. Dwyer to
represent absent heirs. but attorney Shuck
suggested that Pendergast still lived,
whereupon the letters of administration
were withheld.
1t is quite probable that the claimants
were really induced to believe that their
ancestor died in Nevada. where an old
miner named Pendergast expired in a fire
that destroyed his cabin and himself at
midnight in a mountain fastness. They
will soon learn. however. hat the true
jeremiah P~endergast. who left a few thou
sand dollars in the H~ibernian Bank in 1868,
went to South Africa with only a little
money. and is now grizzled with age. but
guided with gold. also. The real heirs of
this strange pioneer live in Massachusetts.
The bankers and attorneys. as we'll as
the public administrator. are wondering
why the pioneer of 10 deserted his gold
here. even TO become a pioneer in the
African gold fields. At any rate, the
money is safe. The distribution of a liy-
ing mans funds has been prevented, and
S12. 900 now awaits the owners order.
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Wheat aud Oats show an Advance
While Com L. LoNer Again.

While Corn Ii Lower Again.
The volume of trade In the week closing Sat
urday. while not satisfactory by any means. can
not be said to be altogether Disappointing. from
tire fact that wholesalers were not expecting
rich. Business averaged well with the proceed
ing weeks of the month. and the entire month
with that OF the corresponding period Of last
year. The weather has been against dealers.
ara trade would have been limited under similar
circumstances even In an active year. During
the week there have been no fluctuations in
prices in any department OF trade of any con-
sequence.
On Change IL was dun as usual. but there was
some stinening in the quotations for wheat. while
corn declined &c on most grades. oats adj
vanced &d1c on all grades of old. with quota
tIcns for new unchanged. The closing bids for
track stuff were as follows:
Wheat-No. : red. SShc; No. ) red. ls954i
Nc Sc.p rsSs ~ ! White. Sc: s No. ) White. ssc: No.
Se. . nIsed. &c: No. ! mixed. Csc; ear corn. 24c.
mixed. ecc No. (: mixed. Zoe: new No. : white.
se Fe z niSs s,o, hS- ,,sa,, a. No = ,,0o,,v
G0 u: new timothy, A0s, new prairie. s..
Poultry and Other
prices paid by shippers)
Poaltry-Hens 7sc; springs. over 2 lbs. Sc:
eser Tor fun fssthered. Soc for piuskeif.
Fsss-shippers paying sss6sc for fresh stock.
unwashed. lie: fine merino. I'M
ssshed: loc; tub-washed. 2o01sc; bury and I'M
Feathers-Prime geese. soc per Id: prime duck.
peeswax-soc for yellow: CSC for dark.
HIDES. TALLow. ETC.
Green-sslted Hides-No. l. &C: No. :. SC; No.
!. Grease-white. Ssse yellow; &c: brown. exc.
Bones-Dry. si29i3 per ton.
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futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady.
No. 2 spring wheat. S7Ac; No. 3 spring wheat.
s1445sc: No. 2 red. Size: No. 2 corn. 24h924hc.
No. 2 oats. 1s.c; No. 2 white. &c; No. 5 white.
21k62ec. No. ? rye. s0i.c. No. 2 barley nominal;
No. 3. T. o. b.. SG3ec: No. 4. Z. o. b.. Csc. No. 1
naxseed. 72hd754e. Prime timothy seed, 50. l00
SIS. Mess pork. per brl. s6.e5. Lard. per Id.
22oc. Short-rib sides Ooose). 3.25Q3. 30c. Dry
sailed shoulders tboxed). 3ZT4c. Short-clear
sides tboxed). 3ixG3Sc. Whisky. d~istillers' fin
ished goods. per gal. S1.22- Sugars unchanged.
Receipts-F1our, 1000 brIs; wheat. 70. 900 bu;
corn. $50. 600 bu: oats. 1872. 600 bu: rye. 1000 bu
barley. 5000 bu. Shipments-Flour. 5000 brls:
wheat. s5.oao bu: oats. $4,000 bu; rye. none;
barley, 1000 bu.
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Mixers. good to cho.ce .2S. WG35.m
Mixers. common TO medium. 5-00G22 o.
Hogs-Reccipts. 1900: shipments. 300. The sup
ply was extremely light and the market opened
active and sc higher, and in a few cases Ice
higher. Packers and shippers bought and the
supply was soon sold at the advance. The clos
ing was steady.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-08
PUNLETs.

She ton the avenue; There goes a
bicycle all In a heap lie, We'll, I
guess you'll find there's a woman at
the bottom OF it."-Yonkers States
man.
THAT IL a very fine attitude" said
the dog to the indignant cat. but Il
doesn't deceive me for a minute. You
never rode a bicycle In your life
indianapolis Journal.
"rn BE- awful glad when I am old
enough TO do as please" said Willie.
oh. certainly" said his father And
about as soon as you get to that age
you'u get married. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
There's one thing" he said, jeer-
ingly. men never get together and
talk about one another the way the
women do" No" she answered; Il
don't think they do. There Is nothing
interesting to say about them, Wash
ington Star
lsaacstoin; 80 you want a Job, hey?
10 You drink. or lic or shtoal or
gamblc-heyg" Applicant: u have
been q drunkard. sir. and liar and
thief too. but ! wish TO reform" Isaac
stein slowly: wen, don'd need any
hellup like dot mlnesolluf shust now.
but vi glf you a fine recommend unit
send you oier to Rosenbaum's"-
Judge.
Hubby. dear. S.ht walt to tell
wha, am going to buy your "Darl-
ing wife. what Is IT," well. I'm go
ing to get you a silver card tray. a
bronze Hercules for the mantelpiece
and a new Partisan rug 10 put In front
OF my dressing table. What are You
going 20 DO for me. Toolsy," i've been
thinking, Jane. and have about con-
cludcd to get you a new shaving
brush. "-Tid-Bits -
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The proprietor Of large hotel al AZ
lanuc City. noted Tor the aigh standard
Of his hos,elry. had O passion Tor keep
Ing a solid silver cup az tho tee cooler
In the main Office A great many people
cannot resis, the temptation 90 steal a
handsome cup and for a long time the
hotel man was Obliged 20 buy a CIV cup
every two or hrea weeks san he
would not yield up bis fad but three
years ago made a comproml e. He
had made a cup OF solil sill
yer In the shape OF the ordi-
nary tin cup found attached 10 foun-
tains In the parks. The deception was
90 cleverly executed that no G ever
suspected the true value Of ihi com
mon-looking drinking vessel an it has
remained az the cooler now iui over
three years.-New York Journal
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Lovers OF literature win no doubt b,
sorry 20 hear that. following In the
footsteps OF a learned Frenchman. an
equally crudi;e Italian has nov prac;i.
cally proclaimed TO the world that
AlighIeri Dante was a lunaiic. DR.. Du.
rand Fardol Is the Frenchman response.
bic for this assertion. which was made
long time ago Il has been revived,
with variations and additions. by no
less a person than Prof Lombroso. who
has abandoned the study Of criminals
OF the present In order TO diagnose the
mental condition OF great men OF the
past. Il was said long since by father
OF the church that there IL 40 genius
untlnged with an admlxiure OF mad.
ness but. according TO Prof. Lombroso
Dante was subject TO epileptic hts: and
Dr.. Durand Fardel sees In the vision,
OF he'll, heaven and purgatory the result
Of a maniac's dreams. Prof. LombrosC
furthermore expatlates on the irascl.
billy. the inordlnate vanity and the
violent character Of the Florentine poet
and. according to a French writer VIII,
has preached the subject here. Il &
"henceiorward evident TO overybod,
that Dante was a. FOR The straight
WaisteoaL' All this, however will no
rob the genius who was supposed &,
have seen hell OF his immortality
Paris Letter 10 London Telegraph.
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The windward OF the jackson.
Harmsworth expedition will leave
again for the arctic seas early IN June.
The wlndward will carry a budget of
letters for DR. hansen. on the chance
o. falling IN with him north Of Franz
Josef land. More members viii be sent
cat TO recruit the Jackson Harmsworth
expedition. The Windwurd viii can az
Archangel The organizers OF the OK.
reo.tlon arc IN communication with
SIR Andrco. The protector OF the bal.
loon voyage toward the pole. who. In
view OF the possibility Of his balloon
drifting In southoasterly direction. q
receiving fun particulars OF the depots
which have been cs'ablished by Mr.
Jackson. London 7 .aes
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a PEEP AT pARLIAMEMr.
Quanasd women Ar. 20 Have the Munlei-
nj Vote.

psi Vote.
While Oxford Is rejecting the demand
Of women for admission 10 degrees. and
Cambridge hesitating to grant Il. the
house OF commons continues to make
progress In the direction OF recognizing
the political equality Of men and wo-
men. says the \ 7 York Recorder
The remarkable sur-ss Of the bill en-
abling women TO actas poor-law guard
iens IN ireland has already been re-
corded. Another Irish bill gave the
house OF commons the other day an
opportunity Of again expressing Us
opinion that women are entitled 10 the
fullest share In municipal government
The bill was a private bill, promoted
by the corporation Of Londonderry. for
the enlargement OF the borough bound
aries and various other local improve
ments. Il was opposed by the nation
alists on the ground that the catholics
OF the borough were. by reason Of the
high franchise. excluded from their fair
share OF representation on the town
council After some hesitation the pro-
motors o. the bill offered. as COM
promise. 10 accept Tor municipal pur-
poses, the ordinary parliamentary fran
chise. While accepting this offer. Mr..
/ Tim Healy pointed out that the parlia-
meniary franchise did not include wo-
men rate-payers. and II would be q
pity II the present opportunity Of ex.
tending the municipal franchise 10 the
women OF Londonderry we're lost Mr
Johnston Of Ballykilbeg. an ardent
protestant. agreed with Mr. Healy ar
guing that women had secured the yoi'
In Belfast and that there was no pos
sible reason against their having It II
Londonderry. No one dissenting 1
formal resolution vas passed. express
ing the opinion Of the house that th'
bill should b. 80 framed as TO enabl
qualified women 10 haze the municipo
vote
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-08
pAN,NA BELLS IN CINCINNATI.



Three nanirsd Years Have Vanished
since Thsy We're Cast
Two old and remarkable bells have
Just been received by the Cincinnati
Bell foundry company from Panama.
South America. says the Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The gentleman who shipped them
from Panama states In a letter that
these bells have an -ateresting history.
The letter readE
you might desire to know something
OF these two old bells sent you outside
OF a commercial value The small one
was east In the year 1900 and the large
one In 1920. They have been useless
az bells for years but have served TO
carry back the thoughts Of the Spanish
populace here to the old days when this
continent was not 30 great and so
thickly populated as at present.
Il am sorry that public spirit was not
OF sufficient character 10 keep them
as a relic OF the days when ouE fore
fathers fought with the natives aud the
Wild animals. which In that time were
plentiful In this region.
"The small bell was first placed In a
rudely constructed catholic church. II
served both as a call 10 worship and an
alarm when there was danger from
! the natives. For many years Il re-
mained IN this old church but was
eventually transferred to the sieeple OF
a new church at about the year 1900.
From this eiifce II was again moved
20 a newer one, always with great
pomp and ceremony and each time con
secrated by the bishop. But. like all
other things OF earth. Il became old
broken and was finally abandoned as
useless and thrown among a lot Of
church rubbish. though II had his
tory OF the country and Is probably the
Oldest bell In America.
The history Of the large bell, cast
In 1920. Is similar TO that Of the small
one excepting that Il was placed In IN,
steeplo Of the San Rafael church ant
remained there until II had becom,
useless
The bell cast In 1920 bears the fol
lowing inscription;
s. Rafael. Ammo Domini De. 1870"
These two Old bells are peculiar IL
shape as compared with those Of th'
present day. The top OF the bells Il
nearly as large as the base. They ar,
made Of the highest quality OF copper
with a mixture OF silver. Both OF tn
bells indicate that they havS receive,
rough usage From an appearances /
seems that after the clappers we're los
a sledge-hammer was used 10 strlk
them. The Cincinnati Art museum ha
made application for these bells an
they will be placed on exhibition thcr,
The small bell weighs 100 pounds an
the large one 200. The crown by whic
the bells we're hung seems to hav
rot,ed away In part from old age.