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MICHIGAN OnOODINQ OVER A BROTHER'S DEATH CAUSES SUICIDE, s Hie Current Events In and About the State. The Schooner Comrade and All On Board Lost. ; J1U Mind Gavo "Way. Gkind UiriDs, Sept. 21. Tho body of Ceorgo E. Gibson, Is years, was discov ered by tbo roadsido west of this cltv. It was cold and rigid, and a ghastly wound orcr the rUrht ear told the cause of death. Js'oar by, on tho ground, lay ' a bulldog re volver of thtrty-oight caliber. . Th-J young mian's homo was ia Otsego, where his mother resides, an 1 ho wan ouoo romarka Wy bright and happy. " About a year ago, tvhilo tho two wcro bathing, bis brother Was drowned, and tho evcut seemed to past a cloud upon his mind which timo only darkened. Ilo wis brought to this city to livo with Ills unclo, E. F. Swoet. cud after s( fow weoks upon tho lattor's farm in Da kota, which did him no good, was brought back and glvcu light work in tho office of tho Princess dressing cuso company. Ilo leu always broodod over his brother's death cad sx:iuod to blanio himself. A iettor left in his room says ho was tired of living and would not troublo his friends any more. Tbo body wa3 taken to Otsogo for burial. Cost a Life. FAiKriEi.o, Sept. 23. This village was eroatly excited Sunday afternoon over the report that Victor Grandy, 11 years old, tho youngest son of Francis Grandy, of this village, was dead an iuvoluntary euicido. Victor and a neighbor's boy had for some timo past boca hanging each other ia play in tho barn near the hou30. It is .supposod Victor tried it alono. Ho put a iooso around hU neck, let himself down end though the ropo cauia witnin two feet of Uio floor ho could not extricate himself. Work of An Incendiary. . MurfKEOOx. Sept. 20. An inccudiary fire at Whitehall yesterday morning des troyed whole blocks of valuablo buildings did other property. Tho total loss, as near as can bo ascertained by going over the ground carefully, is estimated at not less than $30,000, while it may go con siderably above that amount. Tho total insurance is estimated at not less than SwO.OOO. More Firo Uu Work. Kalamazoo, Sept. 20. Firo of na in ccudiary origin at South Haven, which has fio firo department, brought a call for aid fro in here, Hartford and Bangor. Tho latter place sent an engine across the county, but it fuilod to arrivo ia time to bo of service Eleven buildings were des troyed, cover i;r a loss of tti5,000, with but Uttlo insurance-. STATE NEWS CONDENSED. "Aifiticclona has 1,000 inhabitants. Ontonagon is to have a new box factory. Tho Waukeshina creamery has sus lcndod. A summer hotel is to bo built at Brooks' landing oa Paw Paw lake. Middlevlllo streets aro as dark as Egypt when tho moon goes down. A largo black bear promenades almost daily on tho road betwooa Long Kapids mid Hillmau. Kill Churchill, of Moutnorency county, whp killed James Lapham recently, goes to prison for 15 years. Tho river and harbor bill gives the Soo tho equivalent of t3,500,000 for tho new lock and Hay Lake channel. John Do Mann, of Grand IUplds, who Jellied Chris Hlckllng, has been sentenced to 15 years In tho Jackson prison. A Marshall firm is using the new iiickcn cars to ship livo poultry east. Each car accommodates 7,000 birds. Wolves infest tho vicinity of Wood lake, near West Branch, in such numbers that tnctbcrry crop has been left untouchod. Tho census bureau has Battle Creek down for 13.090 inhabitants, an incroaso of 6,027 over 1830 a gain of 83.33 per cent. Nearly 300 Indians hold a camp meeting t. Athens last weok and it was pronounced tho most orderly ever held iu tho couaty. Tho stoambarge Kalkaska has made 35 round trips between Oscoda and Cleveland this season, carrying in all 21,000,000 feet of lumber. Louis Wright, an old citizen of Newaygo, vas chopped to pieces by an express train Saturday. Ho was trying to cross a bridge .ahead of tho cars. Henry D. Wickett, a prominent farmer of. Decatur, has boon acquitted ou the charge of villainous assault preferred by Mm. Khoda Shaw. Tho Savings bank at Coldwater is a fixed iact, as the cntiro $50,000 capital has been eubscrlbod and still others aro asking to be received as stockholders. : Goorgo Shattuck left his borne -in Cor kuma to take ia the fair at Owosso. He was successful and so were tho pickpockets, who relieved him of $210. Dow Robertson of Keeler has a crippled eon who went squirrel shooting on Wod ncsday and shot a thumb and three fingers olT his left hand, but got the HqulrroU Charles Taylor, the coachman who made jui ineffectual attempt to get away with Judge Cooley at Ann Arbor last winter, lias boon transferred to tho asylum for criminal insane at Ionia. One of the men employed at John Uurw' thrashing, at Ilose Lake last week, tnlslaid his pipe. Six tons of hny and a lot of grain were burned and the machine ivras saved with difficulty. A. W. Wright, C II. Davis, C. W. & E. .S. Wells and other Mtrhisandcrs, who Already own 700,000,000 feet of pine on the upper Mississippi, are negotiating for JWO.pOO.OOO feet more, which will cost them $225,000. Mrs. F. P. Kit hardson of South Branch left a tub of boiling water standing on two chairs. She returned to Cud the tub overturned and her two-year-old sou scalded co terribly that ho died. r-r A large bear strolled Into a berry patch where Mrs. D. Y. Stewart of Flvo Iakes,, was filling up4Ucr' all. Mrs.' Stewart was too f rightou.xl to acre int. The bear xran also frightened, but ivtreiUed In good rJ..r. Some Graud llaplds boys were smoking ia a slab yard near Cupplea mill yesterday. Everything worked satisfactorily and wheu the fire was out it was found that ti,500 WJrth of property was burned. The boys escaped. """" - ""- The Grand Kapids furnlturo striker J hare removed the boycott. from Nelson & Matter's factory,' the 'men can work 10 hours a day if they want to, and the trouble which has continued since May is at an end.", J ' ' ' Little Minnlo Waterman, daughter of Henry Waterman of Calhoun county, was bitten by a Massasauga on her way to school. She said nothing about , it until S o'clock, when her leg began to' swell seri ously. She will recover. B rney Beehler, a Port Huron peddler, Wis uttiickod by two unknown men near Fort Gratiot the other evening, and bo frightfully, assaulted th.it ho will probably not recover, His assailants rabbed him. of all the money ou his person 'and throw him into somo bushes by tho roadsido, Andrew C. Beckwith, a Thetford farmer, was arrested Sunday on a charge of hold lug jmprcper iclat.ons with hl daughter, Cuarlotto, aged 17 years. Tho prisoner was arraigned beforo Justice Ilalsoy this afternoon, plead not guuty, and was re trrnod t- jail , to await a hearing to-morrow.'' ' ' " ' """ Saturday afternoon as soveral citizens of Wayland wcro out on a ploasuro hunt, Kev. E. Sias was severely wounded. He was standing upon a largo log, tho butt of the gua resting noar his feet and both hammers raisod. Tho slipping of tho gun discharged one barrel, the load catering his hand ut the wrist and blowing off all but tho thumb and first finger. Soveral stray shots entered his face. ANNEXATION. Canada's Prosperity Would Ke Es tablished by Joining the U. 8. An Ottawa dispatch says tho fact can no longer Lo disputed that tho annexation question is fast becoming ono of tho live issues of tho day, and will play un impor tant part in the political futuro of Canada. Tho sentimental loyalists endeavor to bo littlo tho movemont, but, nevertheless, are whistling to keep their courage. It mat ters not what pirt of tho dominion one looks to, thero aro to bo found e7ideuces of dissatisfaction at tho existing state of af fairs. Leading public incn have not hesitated tc call attention to tho increasing popularity of tho movement for closer trade and social relations with tho United States, iu fact in seme instances going so far us to espouse on the public platform political uuiou. One of tho government organs has como out squarely lor separation from England. Tho Quebec Telegraph says: "If wo are pcrmittxl to guago current events on Canada wo think that annexation to the United Statos is making groat head way among tho people. It is coming and that bofcro long. Sir John may preach all kinds of doctrines, ho may climb upon Johnny Bull's back and become tho last man on earth to accept tho platform, but dollars and cents will bring it about. "Tho McKinloy bill is passed by a large majority, and that deals a hard blow to the commerce of Canada. England, wo arc told, is as ready to give up Canada and Newfoundland us Heligoland. Now, what can wo do iu this part of Canada without tho United States? Wo aro positive that at least this part of Canada would be ia a thriving couditiou if wo had America merged into one general confederation. How would Bro. Jonathan meet us but with an expression of Joy and comfort, dol lars and cents and property would boom, und commerce with tho world would bo carried on with a ring which would bring comfort and glory to tho masses. "A fow days ago the stars and stripes were raisod over a custom house in Mon treal, and now they ere llying over tho grounds of tho Toronto exhibition. VThat is to prevent them from being raisod over tho nation at somo futuro period? Some thing must bo done bocauso we cannot stand this tariff tinkering at Ottawa any longer. "This country is, iu plain words, going to old Mck, and if at the next general elec tion tho roformcrs do not become aware of tho situation, wo will bo starved out of existence by tho United States tarifT. England is neither a mother uor a friend to us. Wo have flattered her too much, and now is the time, when one of her grandchildren is here, that wo should talk an plainly as possible of the situation. If tho capitalists of London can buy up the great stock companies of tho United States, if they can place millions of dollars in tho wild lands of that country, if ttey are scared to invest a single dollar in British securities, then let us annex so as to secure their aid and hand. Sir John ought to feel surprised at the enormous amount of money that Britishers are in vesting in tho Uniod 818108." The article has caused a decided sensa tion in Ottawa. Government officials state that such treasonable and seditious lan guage should not bo overlooked. The Carpenters (Jot Left. A remarkable spectacle was presented at tho new exposition building in Spoknuo Falls, Wash., Wednesday. Two hundred union carpenters struck work because the board of director found it absolutely nec essary to buy a small quantity of lumber from a boycotted milL. Public Indignation was at once aroused to a remarkablo degree. Prominent cltizous, bankers, merchants, lawyers and councilmen at once pulled off their coats and, hammer in hand, went to the building and engaged in the work of laying shingles on tho immense roof. The example has become contagious and soo res of ether leading citizens Joined in the work the day of tho strikn. A largo force of non union men were also plaood at work Thurs day morning, and the building will surely bo completed in time for tho opening on Oct. I. In tho province of Chlnll 4,000,000 peo ple are homeless, and the misery in Shan Tung is almost as great. Cholera is pre valent in Shanghai, and also in the north ern district. Several Europeans have suc cumbed to It. The snow fall in the upper Alps is phe nomenal this scanon. Several families havo frozen to death and in more than one instance physiclaus have perished while braving the storm in the effort to reach tho houses of their patients. i ' . . ' . Violent storms prevailed iu Paris and vicinity Sunday.' ' Wati'r-spoull aro re ported in some places, including Marseilles, which flooded . many houses, caused great damago to roadways, and destroyed an im mense amount of property in the environs. Three persons wero killed end, several were injured by the fall of a wall Heary rains and floods uro reported in other parts of the South of France. THE TARIFF BILL; THE HITCHES IN CONFERENCE :'" AND PROBABLE RESULTS. ' ti The Debate Expected In the House :V;'0 on Thursday. " 1 r The Metal Schedule Seems to be the ; , , ) ; Done of Contention, Washington', D. C., Sopt, 23, 1890. Although a mooting of the conference committee on tho tariff bill had been called Monday morning, when tho hour of meet ing urrived the democratic members were notified that thero' would ' bo no mooting. Tho reason for tho postponement was a do sire on tho part of tho republican confer rees to consult further among themselves upou the points remaining in dispute. It appears that no progress has been made smco Saturday inorniu;r in tho disposition of tho sugar, binding twino, bonded period and metal amendments, but that these tho most imjK)rtant matters still open aro in such shape that if an agreement caa be reached upon ono it will probably also re sult in agreement upon the others. According to tho republican members of tho conference it is possible that a report may be made within the next two days that will cover all points of difference that have been adjusted, leaving tho senate and house iroe to express their wishes respect bag tho matters still opn. It is intimated that tho metal schedule is the bone of con tention. A report was current Monday that the iron and steel men aro not satisfied with tho concessions made by tho senate conferroos and aro demanding the restora tion c! the rates fixed by the house. Thej aro threatening, it is said, if their demands aro not granted to defeat the bilL Tho northwest senators interested in free bind ing twine are using their influenco with tho conferrees to prevent an agreement to place a duty of a cent a pound on that ar ticle, Somo of the interviews bctwoan the .onferrces und tho senators have been quite animated. At a late hour lust night it was tho con fident expectation of t'ao republican con ferrees on tho tariiT bill that on Wednes day or Thursday at latest would bo wit nessed the opening debate cn tho adoption of tho conference rciort und tho final pas sago of tho bill by tbo house. Tho repub lican conferrees held a meeting list nijht lasting thivo hours, and whilo tho three lisputed questions of importance, viz.sugor, oindcrs' twino and tho stool duties, wcro act settled, the senate and houso wings .lapped near enough to warrant tho con 'errees in saying that they had no doubt mt that both wiups would bo founl work ng In unison Tuesday. J ust on what basis this result would bo brought about, ho re fused to state, saying that conclusions had aot yet been arrived at. Tho speaker has signed tho river cm1 harbor bill. Tho houso has beun tho hearing on the xmtestcd election ease of Langston vs. V'enabla of Virginia. Tho Judiciary committee has decldod to report to the hou3o a resolution directing the government printer to omit the speech of Mr. Kennedy criticising the senate from iho permanent record. Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, representa tive in congress from tho first Ohio dis trict, has written a letter to a number of his constituents who had asked hiai to be u candidate for re-election, in which he posi tively declines, giving as ono reason that ho is obliged to follow some pursuit which will enable him to place his family in cir cumstance of security against casuality or death. It has teen arranged that tho river and harbor appropriation bill shall bo for warded to the Ircsldent, who i3 at Cres son Springs, Pa., immediately on being signed by the speaker of the hou.se. The President is already familiar with its pro visions, having brought a copy of it with him, together with a report from tho chlel of engineers of the army in regard to th condition and necessity of tho various public improvements provided for. It i therefore not likely that the public will t kept in suspense for many more days iu regard to that measure. Speculation is about evenly divided as to its prospects, those who are euro of a voto being about as numerous as those who aro confident of its approval. Atrocious Treatment. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. SO. New? has reached this city of one of the most atrocious attempts at revenge and murder that has ever been recorded in eastern Washington. John Clinton, aged about 19 years, appeared beforo Justice Lambert and inado complaint against two brothers named Kennedy, whereupon war rants were issued for their arrest. The young man was fearfully bruised about the face and body. His statement of the cause of the ia'iiry was that tho two Kennody boys becaire incensed at him, while work ing at a thresher on Eureka Flat, near Walla Walla, because of his refusal to join lu a game of cards with them. After some words had passed between them, and his continued refusal to play, the brothers sud denly attacked and overpowered him. A long rope was produced and bis hands and feet bound, rendering him porfecUr power less. The brothers then led an unruly horse to within a short distance of the prostrate boy and securely tied one end of the rope to tbo animal's tail. The other end was fastened to the body of Clinton. As soon as all was secured the horso was started on a wild run across the flat. When found he was unconscious. The rope had slipped from the tall of the horse, thus saving the young man's life. Four Millions Homeless. Sax Fraxcisco, Sept. 18. The steam ship City of Itio Janeiro arrived yesterday from Hong Kong and Yokohama via Vic toria, B. C. She brings Chlneso advices to Aug. SI, and Japanese advices to Aug. 29. The Yellow river flood and o'dicr floods continue to absorb attention in China. Twenty-Five Killed. Berlin, Sept. 17. An explosion occur rod yesterday in tho. May bach pit at Sanet WcndcL Shenlsh Prussia, by which : 2. "miners were '.killed. : Tho other men in the pit,' to the number of C25, were rescued. . The land forfeiture bill, which passed the sensto Tuesday, will tpen cp over 1 1, 000,000 worth of land in tho vicinity of Wect Superior, Wis., most of which has been squattM upon. Ono St. Paul man has located 04 ceres, wcrth over 11,000 per acre. A Chicago Smasliup. A collision between a Burlington subur ban train and an Illinois excursloa train at Eighteenth street and Kedgio avenue, Chi cago, Suuday night, resulted in the death of five persons and tho serious Injury of a dozen others, thrco of whom will probably die. A number of others received cuts and bruises, but wero able to go homo without assistance. During the day the Illinois Central had run an excursion to the end of their line, the orphan asylum at Addison, HI, and it was this train which, while 'blocked" in the outskirts of tho city and waiting to bo released, was crashed into by the Chicago, Burlington Sc Qulncy suburban. Engineer Robert J. Dickson of the Burlington train clabas that the rear red lights of tho Illinois train were burning so dimly as to afford him no warning of their presence . Other reports have it that tho Burling ton train was behind timo and was running at a reckless rate. Engineer Dickson says that as quickly as possible ho roveraod his engine and applied the air breaks, but the momentum of the heivy train was too great, and it struck tho cxcursic.i train with groat violence. The roar car was lifted from tho track and forced through tho next car ahead which in turn was forced into the third car from the rear. Tuft Train Wreckers. In the matter of the confessions of three knights of labor implicating Master Work man Lee of district assambly 217, in tho wreck on the New York Control railroad, Mr. Wright of tho general executive board, epeakin for the gx-ncral oSleers of tho order, eay:. "Until these confessions were published wo believed that Hoed, Cordial. Cain, Buett and Kinnan wero in nocent of the charges preferred against them. We intended to defend them, but since they swear that they took part in the wrecking of trains, we will make a thor ough investigation and lend every assist ance to tho authorities to bring the guilty parties to justice. Tho order of the knights of labor does not recognize that sort of warfare, nor does it tolerate within ther ranks men who will resort to it. I cannot believe that Master Workman Leo had any knowledgo of the guilt of these men. Their claim that ho gave them money to leavo tho country with I do not credit I know that Lee had very littlo money, and tho money that was given tho exocutivo comraitteo of tho district did not pa33 through hi3 hands." Poison Pork. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 18. Ono hun dred Negroes wcro poisoned Sundav near Dollirns, Dallas county. Two of them died that day and six others died Monday. The last news from tho neighborhood is to the e fleet that many others are seriously ill and their death is hourly expected. A big revival meeting had been going on a week near the town of Collirns. The meeting was to a close last Sunday, and it was docided to give a grand dinner to all who attended. Elaborate preparations wero made and there was plenty of food, One' course of tho dinner consisted of har bocued pork, a liberal supply of which was provided.- There wera not enough tables to feed the entire crowd at once or tho fa talities would havo been much greater. Soon after those who ate at the first tablo finished they complained of feeling sick and in a few moments several of them wcro suffering soverely. They decided it was tho pork th&t had made them sick and no mora pork was eaten. And tho physicians in the neighborhood were sum moned and at once pronounced the sickness tho result of poison. The barbecued pork was examined and tho phy sicians found traces of arsenic in it. The symptoms of those taken ill were those of arsenical poisoning. Everything pos sible was done by tho physicians, but two children died in a short timo. Next day six grown persons, four women and two men, died in great agony. DKTllOIT MARKETS. Jcbblai Prleat. TALLOW 3 V lo 4 per S. tMA'HS-Dui; at i 7 S par ba. CO OS Steady at 17 eeuU por docM. SALf-Iu 10 bbl. ,ot Ilo Ual.vxrt L BKtJWAX-F.rmatsa to SSnpr . ONIONS Firm at I t0J 73 per bu. IVTATOE. Michigan dull at Wo per bu. IIOHKV New cainb qul.it at 14o par . BEANS Cltjr ba id pl kjJ aoiro at J 11 per bu. TOrfATOKS-Mrke iupp 11 at i as io por bu. PEARS Quiet auJ e.jr. Fane stock t INtolN pur bu. AtTLES DuU at W Ml per bbL for rood atoek took and S 6) tor fa no jr. I'EiCilISS Demand light. Btit yallow A3 M to 3 7 and the beet white at ItJ M per bo. ' OIurES good demand at SJXo for Concord and. a far Ielwarea. CilSK.SE aioh gaa full eream stead at M to lotfj per Mk BUTTER Etr'eUy 6nt-c!a da'.r atoad at lt?17o Mil Halle for creamer par a rot'LTKT-Al.To, la p.eiitiful at thaf jllowlng prlcati Spr.nf thickena, Mitoi duck, I total turkejra. UUu, It. feUcfor apring turkea,per ft. Pigeon aro oaa at pr pair. PROViBIONS 8teadr a folio wit Sew mee pork Ull Ki family. H iU ii abort ctrtr, 13 tva U Mi refined lard, t eroei, XlVot , 0- tuba. 7oi amuked ham. Ue ahouldar, K7Vi brkrat biwo.-t,! tolot dried, beef haw 10 to lOJiei extra mo boot, KH to t?i plato beef; 7 60 to 7 7k. HIDES JuotoJ lollowii Oroeaoll', In eountrr. tiHe ciired.No. L, WfeTei No. I.Xof, calf. No I IX to I); No. I. I to 7V) Teal kip. No. 1, to To aOaop. aklna, a0el, a to quant tr of wool. HAY-No. 1 t niothy, tl( 04, for No. I, i beat etower Ml No. t rlorer, 7 l per ton la ear lot. COKN No. I. 60oi No. I yellew. SJo- OATS-No. wh.ta, tOoi No. t mite J, 4. WHEAT No. I red, t7tfi No. S, iMoi Mo. I whltBv o.thlU. IJc No PromotrtofM.. The following has becrt posted! at every station on the New York. Central & Hud son Valley railroad by order of Acting First Vico-Presldont Webbc To all agents: On and after September 20 any promotions to bo nuade on tho road must bo mado from. men. now io the employ of the company.. It you sl new men you may hire them, but in no case aro you to employ any roan who. left the company August 8. Robert Tvkpis and Glen Duskia, prom inent young men of New Derno, Tenn., fought a duel on the street there the other afternoon and both are dead. From all parts of Europe comes the news of disastrous storms and of wild, wet weather. At Aiv-les-Balns the season Is mora like November than the ordinary lovely weather of September. In Switz erland streams have becomo great torrents, and sweep through the valley with a fury that makes it dangerous for tourists to venture far in their wanderings. The peo ple of many towns In Bohemia, Austria and Hungary have been mado homeless by floods snd tho government authorities aro doing all they can to assist them. . - The re cent storm hi the Jura has left multitudes destitute, for whom collections are being taken up throughout Europe. HORRIBLE FATE: RAVENOUS WILO, BEASTS ARE TURNED LOOSE. A Littlo Child Torn to Piece and 1 Devoured. A Scene of Horror That Dcsgar Description. Loxdot, September 20. Mail ad vices from Kimbcrly, South Africa, tell of uu awful occurrence there at miduight on Juno 1 last. Some vicious person or persons opened tho doors of tho cages in Fillis inenagurio containing-the wild animals and set them all free. The most terrible scenes followed. Four at tendants sleeping on the premises were mangled beyond recognition, being actually torn limb from limb, bitton and gashed in tho most sickening inanucr, whilo the cn tiro population within a radius of a mile was aroused by tho roar of the lions, tho trumpeting of tho elephants, tho growls and shrieks of the leopards, chctahs, jack als and frightened horses Four enormous male lions. Pasha, Ab dul, Caliph, and Muutapha, sprang from their cages and mado for the stables, where Pa3ha Jumped upon the back of Murat, the gi'jat jumping stallion, and buried his tjeth iu tho animals neck, Tho screams of the horses attracted the attention of a Scotchman named Patterson und three Kafllr boys, who, armed will stable forks, rushed to the rolief of Murat. From the dying words of ono Kaffir, who was tho only one ablo to speak when found, it was learued that they had rushed to uaspeaka ble torture and met a fearful death. Ho and his mates endoavorod to beat Pasha back, when they wcro attacked in the rear by throe lions and ono chetah. They wero th'owa to tho ground, their arms und legs bitten and torn off, their bodies mangled and torn open, their bones smashed into bits, and, with the exception of the single Kafllr, their heads crushed Into a pulp. Tho ono man who lived just long enough to tell the story was without arms or legs- and his body was a mass of lacerations. Having tasted blood, tho Hons, chctahs, wolves and leopard seemed to regain all their natural ferocity uud sprang at every thing that came ia their way. Four per forming Hungarian horses, of which the equine beauty, Black Less, was ono of tho number, wcro killed almost Instantly, and a number of pouios wcro devoured. An enormous elephant known as Blood burst through tho heavy iron gate in his fright and rushed into Curray street, followed by nearly every anlmul that was in tho me nagerie. A cabman named Nelson was sitting on his cab beforo the building, ap palled by tho uproar within, but not sup losing the beasts could escape beyond the walls. Suddenly, as ho describes it, ho saw tho animals tome forth in a perfect volume of ferocity, first tho elephant loud ly trumpeting, closely loilowcd by a writh ing, snarling mass of lions, hyenas, jackals, baboons and every other quality of brute. Nelson sprang for a post that supports ai awning around Glover's athletic bar and climbed Into safety, whilo his horse dashed down the Dustoit9pan road, snorting with fur, and closely pursued by two lions and four wolves. Tha remainder of the wild animals distributed themselves in every di rection. A l.ttle child of James Grindley, happea iag to bo in a rear room opening on the garden, was pounced upon by a chetah and dragged into tho open air, where the agon bed mother saw it torn to pieces und de voured without any power to help' it. Others and equally harrowing incident are reported, among which is the killing of flvo women, who wcro fearfully mangled. AVhen tho mails left thero wore at large four lions,, two lionesses, two tigers, three bears, four wolves,one hyena, two chotahs, one elephant, one camel, and 17 baboons. Tho police had been organized into hunting parties, and tho town was in condition of sicg. Mississippi Suffrage. Jackson, Miss., Sept. IS. Tho suffrago question may be regarded as settled as fat as Mississippi is concerned. Immediately upon tho conclusion of Mr. Edward's speech yesterday in favor of an alternative educational and property qualifleVAoa, voting was begun swtlou by soctlou by tho report of the committee on. elective franchise. The voting developed tho fact that the convention stood almost two to one In. favor f tho report, and it was adopted by a de cided majority. Tho Chrisman amend ment providing for an educational orr prop erty qualification was rejected by a voto of 77 to 30. A proposition to empower the legislature to confer restricted suJtrage upon women received a similar quietus. Tho sections adopted declare that all elections should be by ballot, provido for a two-years' residence in the state and sis nfonths' in the election district; make males over 21 years of age voters within certain restrictions; and impose a pell-tax of 92 on every male inhabitant of tho state be tween tho ages of 21 and 60, tho non payment of which disfranchises. tlie deila quent. When tho fifth seotlon. that relative W tho ability of tho voter to read or exptala when read the constitution, was-roaeoedv a discussion ensued, and tho meeting ad journed without taking furthca- definite action. A new bank i spoken of far Menom inee. The Prussian, finance minister proposes to levy a graduated business tax. Dut little sugar is being exported from the Philippine Islands, owing1 to the bevt sugar industry. Harvey Wikox of Flint, ared 17, ran in front of George Palmer, while tho latter was shootlmte squirrels, and was shot in tho head. Ho died instaatly.. Owixo to tho leaking condition of tho whaling burk Lagonda, the crew muti nied on. tho high seas, and compelled the captala to sail to Yokohama, where the American consul condemned the boat and sold her. The effect of tho McKinley bill upon Ca nadian export trade, says an Ottawa dis patch, will be serious. A conservative es timate is that the bill put an end to the export trade in eggs, amounting in value to t2, 000,000 a year, but tho greatest blow is aimed at meats, and live stock. Tho Dominion . government will shortly an nounce the abolition of export duty on pine lgs, In order to moot, tho alternative pro vision in the McKinley bill regarding Vmt nadian sawed lumber. .The McKinley kill, it i.1 calculated, will reduce Canadian ex ports to the United States by at loaet 110, 000,000 per annum and lmjov'., to a r" pfrtlonate extent. CULF STREAM MYSTERIES. Aa Old Bailor ClVoa the Itoeaff of Ills IU' perlenoo nl IitTfatlg-atlons. A correpondent of Iho Boston Jour tii.writin about the gulf stream. nay: From what 6ourco of cause i its origin? What are its peculiaritieRp What iloes it follow? What is its depth, wkl lb. temperature velocity, ctc.P Let ixio giro you an old seaman's experiences, investigations and opin ions; but first a very brief description of tho wonder and the generally ac cepted opinions Jn relation to ita origin. Its source was supposed.' be from tho pent up water which from several sources accumulated in tho Gulf of -Mexico and mado its exit into -the At lantie Oeeau between the Florida reefs und Uahania banks. This is undoubt edly true in a great measure, but in vestigators havo Jong believed that otlicr yet unexplained causes exist. It leaches the Atlantic Ocean, flowing iu a due north direction, at nbout 27 de grees latitude, thence following the general coast line to Cape Ilatterns, where it U deflected very much to tho cu.ut by tbo rocks undhouls which ex tend eomo teu or twelve miles east from the cape say in latitude 35 de- Kees. That tha stream has in the ng ages of its existence gradually worn away the outlying banks of Capo Ilatteras to their present limits, and that the attrition is still continuing, there can scarcely he a doubt; aud what will be the result oi thi gradual approach of the stream to-our immedi ate coast line we way conjecture, aud we may also quito reasonably attribute our milder growing winter to the change already c lice ted at Cape Ilat teras. At Cape Ilatteras the gulf stream meets the Arctic curreut which, strikes the western edgo and passes- beneath tho warm waters of tho gulfr ami pro bably miugles, aud is, in a great meas ure, lost in that great stream, which, here i about 160 miles wide-and about COO feet deep, flowing with a variably velocity from one to three miles er hour, with a' temperature averaging 76 degrees.- Here the gulf stream loses much of its strange blue color, whilo its peculiar electrical waters- produco wonderful developments in tho atmos phere, and the almost incessant storms continue in its courso up to' and be yond tho Hanks of Newfoundland. A bldp in striking tho current from tbo west cAuix plunges Iier bow into a thunderstorm, while her stern is in clear sunshine, and at tho same time a thermometer vuspcuded from tho ship' bow will register 70 degrees., whilo another hanging at the stern shows but 40 degrees. The gulf stream, ns it passes out be tween the Florida reefs and the Iiahama hanks, is some 3,000 feet in depth aud forty miles wide, with a velocity vary ing from two to livo miles an bour.aud a temperature from 77 to 8;l degrees. It has some peculiar attributes aud dif fers iu many respects, nsido from its temperature and electric elements, front the waters of the Atlantic, through which it plows its way for thousands of miles before its effect or identity is lost. These singular char MctetiHiics hnve led seumen to believe that from wme subterranean sources a vast stream of heated water, strang and peculiar in its clemetits,i8ued from qooie oribco near the Gulf of ilexioo, and. mingling with thuoutrushingw.it ers of the gulf, accelerated its rapid , course into tho Atlantic. The United States coast survey has devoted nuiclt study to this theory, and its investiga tions have added much weight to tho above explanation. The supposed ori lice may bo comparatively . email . may be overlapped in such a manner that the deep tea lead may never lind it ia C.000 perpendicular feet of. water; bat that it exists is becoming a very marked belief aud a very interesting phenomenon. Crucified Again. I I hato to make you nny- extra trouble." he said to the chief clerk at th t)ostoflice yesterday, according to tho l)etroit Free I'ress. "Well?" "Well. I wrote to my girl' two- day ago and have received no answer.. I'm awfully careless und perhaps I. neglect ed to stamp it." ' "Yes. Very important lottor?"" "Yerv. In fact, I popjd tho- ques tion." 1Ti look itmong the dead leUers A search was made, but. nothing was found of tho letter. It must have rcachedihor,''' said. tho clerk as ho returned. Then I don't understand its..' "I'm sure I can't. Have yout read the list of marriage licenses fon yester day?" N no!" gulped the young; man. Tll get a aer." In ten minutes ho was back., hi eyes hanging out and his fare like chalk, atidln a bourse whisper he said.: That's the reason." WhatP" "Married to another- tttUvr last night." Humph!" Thinks for your troull, When I am dead yon ' He broke away, overcome- with emo tion, but as lie was seen devonring a banana two hours later with great relish it is suspected that be still lives. How TVoi n STMMittI BU. Women who sit with their ler crossed, to. sew or to- read, or to hold the baby, are not aware that they aro Invfting serious physical ailments'; but it is true, nevertheless. When a man crosses his legs 1m- place the ankle of one limb across tbo- kneo of the other, nnd rests it lightly there. A woman, more modest and1 restricted in her movements, rests tho entire weight of ne limb on the uper part of tha ether, and this tvressnro upon the sen .ltive nerves and eords, if indulged in for continued , lengths of time, as i often done by ladies who sow or em broider, will produce disease. Sciatica. ucuiaigia, nun inner serious irouoifs frequently, result from this simple cause.' The muscles and nerves In the upper portion of a woman's legs are extremely sensitive, and much of hep whole physical structure can l-ecomo deranged" if they nre overtaxed in the manner referred to, laii'cj' Hum Journal.