Decatur News, Volume 3, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1901 — Page 2

The Decatur News. DECATUR, INDIANA. B. F. KIZER, 1(> - Editor and Publisher. 1901. JULY. 1901. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa ; vt~2 rt i r 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • • • • • . • e • • ' HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS OF THE WORLD. News of Crimes and Criminals) Accidents, Fires, Etc., from North, South, East and West, Sanwiched with Minor British Make a Big Catch. London special: The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria: “Broadwood’s brigade surprised Reitz, capturing Steyn’s brother >nd others. Steyn himself escaped in his shirt sleeves, with one other man only. The so-called *Orange River government’ and papers were captured.” Lord Kitchener also reports that Scheep•r’s commando burned the public buildings in Murraysburg, Cape Colony, and houses in the vicinity. According to further advices from Lord Kitchener, the columns under Colonel Featherstone and Colonel Dixon have reached Zerust, western Transvaal. They met with opposition and made some captures. The British casualties were three officers and twenty-four men wounded. To Check Postal Overcharge. Complaints have reached the Postoffice Department of many instances of overcharges by postmasters for stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers. A circular has been issued to postmasters calling attention to the frequent failure to adhere to the listed prices, and directing them to display in all offices a clear copy of the schedule of prices for stamped envelopes. Another general order directs postmasters to post conspicuously in the public corridors of their offices a notice of sale of stamp books and to maintain an adequate supply of these books to meet the public demand. Fatal Wreck. Two persons, engineer add fireman, were killed outright, another was fatally and several others seriously injured in a head end collision on the Ohio River railroad at Paden’s Valley, W. V. The Ohio Valley express on the way from Cincinnati to Pittsburg, was run into, at full speed, by a loose engine, south bound, and both engines were almost demolished, r The baggage car of the Ohio Valley exit/ 7 press was smashed up considerably but ■v. none of the coaches were damaged and none of. the train left the track except the engine. Wiped Ont by Fire. Four blocks of the business portion of Enid, O. T., on the public square were destroyed in less than three hours by fire. The water supply was inadequate and it was necessary to blow up buildings with dynamite to stop the flames. Owing to the continued drouth everything burned like tinder. A light wind blowing from the southeast saved the eastern part of the town. The total loss is estimated at slightly over SIOO,OOO. Moguls in Collision. A mogul engine of the “hog” type on the Delaware, Lackawana and Western railroad, while going into the tank switch at Goldsboro, Pa., ran into two connected “hogs” coming out. Fireman Howe, on the in-bound engine, was killed, and Engineer Harrington was seriously injured. Fireman Phillips, of one of the out-coming engines, was injured, as was also Brakemen Proper and Neal. Kg ■, , Hundreds Slain by Volcano. Oriental advices give details of a terrible destruction of human life which occurred in northern Java last month by a sudden end terrific outburst of the volcano Kloet. For fifty miles around all the coffee plantations and other estates were destroyed by showers of ashes and stones, together with great streams of lava and hot mud. Seven hundred natives and a number of Europeans perished. To Pray for Rain. Governor Dockery of Missouri, who has received many requests to issue a proclamation calling upon the people to observe a day of fasting and prayer that tbe drought might be broken, has set apart Sunday, July 21, on which “the people are requested to assemble at their places of worship to invoke the blessings of Almighty God.” Little rain has fallen in tbe state since April 27. v Railroad Slaughter Continues. A head end collision between two local freight trains on the Missouri, Kansas <fc Texas Railroad, near Wymark, 1. T., killed five men and.probably fatally injured three others. The collision occurred on a bridge over the Arkansas River, where there is a sharp curve. — Six Bathers Drowned. Six persons were drowned while surf bathing at a picnic of the Hebrew Gahami Hasad at Daufuskie Beach near Savannah, Ga. Big Forest Fires. Chatham (Ont.>special: Terrible forest fires are raging hereabouts. A large tract of timber is already destroyed. Officers Gain Promotion. Colonel Richard Comba, Fifth Infantry, has been retired. His retirement results in the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles L. Davis, Eleventh Infantry, to be colonel of the Fifth Infantry; Major 8. R. Withall, Sixteenth Infantry, to be lieuten-ant-colonel, Eleventh Infantry; Captain R. F. Ames, Eight Infantry to be major, Sixteenth Infantry. President of Chile is Dead. Senor Federio Errazuriz, president of Chile, who had been in feeble health for more than a year, is dead.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

BUMPER WHEAT CROP. Estimated at 682,000,000 Bushels of Spring and Winter. Figuring on the basis of the government report, there is a bumper wheat crop this year, 399,000,000 bushels winter and 283,000,000 bushels spring, a total of 682,000,000 bushels. Corn is estimated at 1,966,000,000 bushels, a decrease of 134,000,000 bushels from last year. The oat crop is short 117,000,000 bushels from last year, and is estimated at 692,000,000 bushels. Returns to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture on the acreage of corn planted indicate a reduction of about 400,000 acres, or .5 per cent from the area planted last year. Os the twenty-two States having 1,000,000 acres or upward in corn in 1900, twelve show a decrease of about 1,300,000 acres, while in the remaining ten an increase of about 900,000 acres is shown. Os the twentythree States and territories having less than 1,000,000 acres in corn in 1900, only six report smaller acreages than were planted last year. The average condition of the growing’crop is 81.3, as compared with 89.5 on July 1, 1900, 86.5 at the corresponding date in 1890, and a tenyear average of 90.3. The condition in Nebraska is 88. in Illinois and lowa 87, Ln Kansas 74, in Missouri 70, and in Texas 64. In each of the twenty-two States first above referred to, except in Mississippi, Virginia, and South Dakota, where the conditions represented by 88, 92 and 89, respectively, correspond with their ten-year averages, the condition is more or less below such averages. STUMBLE INTO BOILING MUD. Tourists in Yellowstone Park Parboiled in Famous “Paint Pots.” Mrs. W. W. Wylie, who has just arrived at Helena, Mont., from the Mammoth Hot Springs, tells of a frightful accident befalling two women, mother and daughter, who were traveling through Yellowstone Park. Mrs. Wylie did not learn the names of the women. They were inspecting the famous “paint pots” at the Thumb in the National Park, when they fell into the caldron of boiling mud. waist deep, and were parboiled before they could be dragged out. The tourists accompanying them wrapped the sufferers up and conveyed them by boat to the Lake Hotel, where a physician dressed their burns, but gave no hope of their recovery. FROG LOADED WITH DYNAMITE, klissouri Pet Explodes, Kills One Child and Wrecks a House. Three children of George McCurry, a contractor at Albany, Mo., discovered some dynamite in the cellar of their home and, mistaking it for putty, fed it to a pet frog, which ate a large quantity. Then the frog Waddled behind a tool chest to sleep, and the children, in trying to rout him out, upset the chest, which fell upon the frog and exploded the dynamite with which he was stuffed. The tool chest was blown to atoms. A chisel •was driven through the temple of the youngest child, producing instant death. A portion of the house was wrecked and Mrs. McCurry and another of the children were badly injured. Starts New “Boxer” Move. A hew “Boxer” movement is being started, according to Chinese intelligence from Sian-Fu. Pu Chun, the heir apparent, with other members of Prince Tuan’s family, has gone to join Tuan on the borders of Mongolia and there are strong indications that Prince Tuan is preparing to march against the foreigners with the tacit approval of the Empress Dowager. Crazy Man Confesses Crimes. Mrs. Ammenia A. Bullis, 60 years of age, was stabbed to death on a highway |n the outskirts of Denver, Colo. Jessie Kinport, 14 years old, was assaulted and terribly mutilated with a knife at her home, and may die of her wounds. Carl Jensen, alias Johnson, aged 25, who is in custody, has confessed both crimes. He is believed to be crazy. Cards Lead to Fatal Duel. Harry Daley of New York, a health seeker, and Julius Aria fought a duel with revolvers in J. E. Lacome’s saloon at Santa Fe, N. M. Aria was killed. Daley was fatally wounded and died a few hours later. They had quarreled over a game of cards. Family in New Jersey incorporated. The Hyde family of Plainfield, N. J., has incorporated itself. Hereafter the $3,000,000 estate left by Charles Hyde will be known as the Union County Investment Company, with his widow, his four sons and his daughter as the six stockholders. Judice Decides Aarainst Picketinc. At Hamilton, Ohio, Judge Fisher issued an order perpetually enjoining the striking machinists from maintaining pickets around the plant of the Niles tool works. He held that the obvious purpose of picketing was lawless intimidation. • Fire at El Paso, Texas. An explosion in the engine room of the El Paso, Texas, smelter started a fire. The fire was confined to the furnace department, and shippers having ore at the smelter will lose nothing. The damage cannot yet be estimated. Threaten to Burn the Mills. The mill operatives at Tupper Lake, N. Y.. 600 in number, are on strike for shorter hours. All the mills are closed and trouble is feared. Some of the strikers, it is said, threatened to burn the mills if their demands were not granted. Drought Damages Crops. Drought in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and lowa has damaged crops to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars. Storm Destroys Port Lavaca, Tex. Another calamity has befallen the Lone Star State. Port Lavaca, on Lavaca Bay, has been destroyed by a severe gulf storm. The loss of life is heavy-.

THE MARKETS Chicago—Cattle; common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $6.40; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2,50 cto 51c; oats, No. 2,33 c to 34c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, new, 85c to 95c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,61 cto 62c; corn, No. 2 white, 46c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.20 to $5.85; hogs, $3.00 to $6.05; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No 2,63 cto 64c; corn, No. 2, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2,33 cto 34c; rye, No. 2, 53e to 54c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $6.15; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. “2, 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 56c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $6.10; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2. 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 47c to 48c; oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; rye, 48c to 49c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 50c to 51c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2,49 c to 51c; clover seed, prime, $6.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 3,47 cto 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 34c to 35c; rye, No. 1,48 c to 50c; barley, No. 2,54 cto 55c; pork, mess, $14.47. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $5.90; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $6.35; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.25. New York —Cattle, $3.75 to $6.20; hogs, $3.00 to $6.60; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 50c to 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; butter, creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, western, 13c to 15c. RICH MAN FINDS LONG-LOST SON. Philadelphia Capitalist Claims a RodMill Worker in Indiaha. John J. Morath, a Philadelphia capitalist and hotel proprietor, found a longlost son in the person of Joseph Morath, a rod-mill worker at Anderson, Ind. Twenty-one years ago, when the Philadelphian was poor, his wife died, and their only son was taken by an aunt to rear. She moved to another city and died there, and since that time the father had been unable to obtain a trace of his son until he heard of a chance remark by the latter —that he was born in Philadelphia, but did not know what became of his parents. A peculiar coincidence is that the son is a widower has left an infant boy to the care of relatives in Indianapolis. WAITER SHOOTS TWO MEN. Serious Affray Follows an Excursion at St. Paul. The Waiters’ Union of St. Paul gave a steamboat excursion down the 'river, and some of those on board got into an altercation. When the boat landed on its return trip some one began throwing rocks at a waiter named Edward Healy,. Healy drew a revolver and fired, fatally wounding Ed Rooney, a drug clerk from Duluth. A crowd then took after Healy, who ran, pistol in hand, up the street. Being closely pursued, he turned and fired again, the bullet striking George Daly in the leg' and inflicting a painful wound. Healy was then overpowered and taken into custody. Insanity Law Is Useless. The grand jury at Indianapolis that has been investigating the insanity trust reported. It failed to return indictments against the parties involved because there had been no evidence of criminal intent. The report says: “There has been no violation of the laws of the State of Indiana, but we are also of the opinion that the law has been abused.” Fireman Dangerously Hurt. Thomas Langford, chief of the fifth battalion of the New York fire department, was thrown thirty feet by the breaking of a ladder at 88 Prince street. It is feared his spine is broken. The fire, which burned for an hour before it could be located, caused a damage of at least $40,000. ■* Vanderbilt Invents Boiler. „; Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., has achieved another success in his career as an inventor. The engineers of the New York Central Railroad thought so well of his boiler and fire-box inventions that upon their advice the company has just placed an order for 160 locomotives to be built with the Vanderbilt improvements. Chili's President Is Dead. Federio Errazuriz, president of Chili, who had been in feeble health for more than a year, is dead. Senor Erraruriz was elected president of Chili June 25, 1896, for a term of five years; which began Sept. 18, 1896. American Robbed in Paris. The residence of John Munroe, 1 Rue De Longchamps, Paris, has been robbed of jewelry valued at 80,000 francs. The robbers entered an open window on the ground floor in the absence of the family and while the servants were at dinner. Blame Mafia for Murder. Dominico Antonio Salamando, 35 years old, who kept a drug store at 1271 Prospect place, Brooklyn, was found dead lying in the street a short distance from his home and is said to have been a victim of the Mafia. Ten Loaded Cara Burn. At Delphos, Ohio, fire broke out in the yards of the St. Louis and Western Railroad early by s lamp being overturned inr a caboose, 'fen cars burned containing baled cotton and wood pulp.

TWO KILLED IN WRECK. Big Four Passenger Train Collides with Freight Cars. One of the worst wrecks on the Lake Shore road in years occurred in the center of Nottingham, Ohio. The southwestern limited on the Big Four from St. Louis, Cincinnati and other western cities, which goes on to the Lake Shore tracks at Cleveland, was ditched through collision with a portion of a freight train. Just what caused the wreck is not definitely known, but it is thought a part of a freight train that had broken in two had rolled on to the passenger tracks. No passengers were killed. The engineer of the passenger train and a postal clerk were killed, and three train men and two tramps were injured. When the front end of the engine plowed into the ground of the gully it became disconnected from the coaches that went over the embankment and turned sideways so that it pointed in -the other direction. The mail car crashed into the tender. CLOUDBURST IN MONTANA. Sudden Flood Inundates Corbin and Great Damage Results. A Helena, Mont., special says: “O deluge of rain amounting to a cloudburst washed away nearly the entire town of Corbin, twenty miles south of Helena, and the Big Peck concentrator there, according to messages received in Helena. So far as is known, there was no loss of life. The tracks and trestles on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern were washed out. Nearly all houses were washed away and practically all the concentrator was carried off, a mass of debris. A great mass of water poured from the hills upon the town and struck the buildings with terrific force. The concentrator alone is worth thousands of dollars, and to this loss is added the dwelling houses and other buildings of the town. , , SAVES MANY LIVES IN PERIL. Wife of a Nebraska Farmer Prevents Accident to Train. The lives of about fifty people were probably saved by Mrs. Frank Zurcher, a farmer’s wife, living near Osmond, Neb. She stopped the train leaving Sioux City over the Pacific Short Line bound for O’Neill, Neb., before a short bridge that had been on fire and was unsafe. After fighting the flames with her son until they were extinguished the woman ran down the track and flagged the passenger with her apron. On the east side of the bridge there is a deep cut and a curve and it would have been impossible for the engineer to see the danger ahead in time to stop his engine and avert an accident. ■ FIVE MEN BADLY INJURED. Flesh Scraped from Their Bones by Breaking Plate Glass. Breaking glass at the plate glass works in Kokomo, Ind., inflicted frightful injuries on five of the ten men who were carrying the sheet upright from the annealing oven to the grinding table. The plate, which measured 122 by 190 inches and weighed 2,200 pounds, broke and came showering down on the heads and shoulders of the workmen. The victims’ scalps were cut from side to side and the flesh was literally scraped from the bones of their shoulders and arms. All five will lose their arms if not their lives. Dowieites Invoke Force. A pitched battle in which 3,000 persons took part resulted from the invasion of Evanston, 111., by a band of Dowieites attended by one hundred Zion guards in uniform. Bad eggs, decayed fruit, stones and dead cats were thrown at the extorters. The guards undertook instantly to punish those who had done the throwing. A wild riot resulted, in which the Dowieites were defeated. Urban Population Figures. The census office has issued a bulletin concerning the urban population of the country. It shows that 28,411,698 people in the United States live in cities and towns of over 4,000 population. This is 37.3 per cent of the entire population, a gain of almost 5 per cent since the census of 1890, when the percentage was 32.9. Killed by a Falling Train. A west-bound local freight on the Nickel Plate Railroad, containing two cars of stone to be left at a bridge near Springfield, undergoing repairs, caused the bridge to collapse, and the entire train plunged through, carrying with it the crew and gang of workmen. Five men were killed and eight injured. Street Car Line Sold’. The directors and stockholders of the Hamilton and Lindefrald Electric Transit Company have transferred the street car property and Lindenwald Park over to the Ohio Southern Traction Company, which runs from Cincinnati to Dayton, Ohio. The purchase price is said to be $250,000. Missouri Midgets Are Wedded. Samuel Hulse, a wealthy farmer of Andrew County, Mo., 34 years old and weighing forty-seven pounds, was married to Miss Sarah Stephens, aged 29 and weighing fifty-fiv® pounds. The bride is the daughter of J. E. Stephens, a merchant of Barnard. Younger Brothers Freed. The Younger brothers have been released from prison by the Minnesota pardon board after twenty-five years’ imprisonment. They must not leave the State. ■ Huntsville, lIL, Destroyed. Fire during the night destroyed the business portion of Huntsville, 111. Four stores, a blacksmith shop and five residences were burned. Total loss, $20,000; partially insured. Escapes by Long Swim. David Stephen du Plooy, one of Cronje’s men, imprisoned by the British on Darrell’s Island, escaped<and swam three miles to reach a steamer. .

CROPS HURT BY HEAT. TEXAS AND THE MISSOURI VALLEY SUFFER DAMAGE. Injury Not General—Outlook for Spring Wheat in the Northwest Is GoodHarvest Is Finished in Kansas and the Lower Ohio Valley. According to the climate and crop division of the weather bureau the northern and central districts east of th* Rocky Mountains have experienced two consecutive weeks of intense heat, and while the average daily temperature excess for the past week was not so quite marked as in the previous week in the central valleys, it was more so in the middle Atlantic coast districts. No seriously injurious effects to crops from this period of intense heat is reported from the middle Atlantic States, but from Texas, northward to Nebraska, including Missouri, Arkansas, and portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, crops have suffered to a greater or less extent. The weather conditions on the Pacific coast and in the plateau regions have been favorable, although frosts caused some injury in Utah and Wyoming. In Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas com has been seriously damaged by intense heat and drying winds, although late corn in Kansas is in fair condition. The bulk of the crop in Nebraska and lowa has so far escaped injury, except in a few southwestern counties in Nebraska, where com has been slightly injured, while in southeastern lowa it is threatened. In the States of the Ohio valley com has suffered no injury from heat, and has generally made good growth, but continues in need of cultivation in portions of Ohio and West Virginia. Winter wheat harvest is finished in Kansas, Missouri and in the lower Ohio valley, and is in progress in the more northerly sections. Rains have interfered with the harvest in portions of Ohio and West Virginia and reports of injury by fly continue from the first named State, as well as from portions of Pennsylvania and New York. On the Pacific coast harvest has begun in Oregon and wheat is ripening in Washington. In the Dakotas, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington spring wheat continues generally in promising condition, although areas in northern Minnesota have been flooded, and the crop has suffered from drought in portions of South Dakota. In lowa the excessive heat has probably impaired the’quality of the crop by causing it to ripen too rapidly. The oat crop in the States of the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys has suffered further injury from intense heat, but in southern Minnesota and portions ' of South Dakota it is in promising condition. In the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic States the crop has ripened rapidly under the high temperatures, a fair to good yield being indicated for these districts. Reports by States. Missouri—Extremely high temperatures with desiccating winds; practically no rain except in few southeastern and northwestern counties; with good rains some corn In northern sections wifi make fair crop, but In central and southern many tassels killed, considerable tasseled without silking, and hardly half crop now expected; cotton progressing slowly except where rains fell; oats nearly all harvested; pastures bare; some stock being fed; potatoes, gardens and small fruits dried up; apples wilting and dropping; yield will be light. Illinois—Hot weather during week Injured most crops somewhat, but corn has been benefited; chinch bugs damaging com somewhat; weather generally dry, but good showers in some localities improved crops; wheat generally all harvested and much thrashed, good yield; hay and oats light; potatoes and gardens Injured by hot, dry weather; fruit injured somewhat by the hot weather; apples not promising. Indiana—Warm until near end of week; rain in few localities; corn growing rapidly, promises well; fields clean, some laid by; tobacco growing well; apples fair; oats ripening rapidly, heads well filled; good crops of rye and wheat In shock, and thrashing in progress; fair crop of hay assured In best condition; peaches abundant. Ohio—Heavy and damaging showers In northwest on 4th; haying progressing, crop fair; oats good, but some rust; wheat being harvested, some ripened too fast, much badly Injured by wind and. Hessian fly, some fields in north too wet for binder, many Chinch bugs. Cultivated and well-drained corn fields greatly benefited by high temperature, but many uncultivated fields have uneven stands and are In poor condition; tobacco In fair condition; potatoes and fruit unfavorably affected by high temperature: potatoes, some blight and decay; fruit decaying to some extent and falling increased. Michigan—Exceptionally heavy rains delayed haying and cultivation, flooded lowlands, and beat down some standing grain, but not much permanent damage has resulted; com, oats, beans and sugar beets made rapid growth; corn weedy; rye and barley in promising condition and nearly ripe; wheat harvest becoming general; . standing wheat continues to crinkle; haying well advanced, yields from new meadows fair, but poor from old. Wisconsin—High temperature early part of week; several local storms with excessive rains, and in few localities hall, did considerable damage to crops in central counties; rain badly needed In southern section; corn making rapid growth, outlook promising; oats generally good, but injured to some extent by heat; hay being secured In good condition in southern section, but In central counties large quantity of clover damaged by rain; tobacco badly In need of rain. lowa—Harvest hastened by excessive heat, and quality of oats, barley and spring wheat probably impaired: conditions favorable for making hay; corn mostly laid by and generally making rapid growth; bulk of crop not materially injured, though near danger line In southeast district; pastures, potatoes, berries, apples and garden trusk suffered badly from hot winds. Smith Dakota—Warm, fairly distributed rains, injurious drought In Upper Missouri Valley, elsewhere spring wheat and oats generally promising, heads generally full length, early filling nicely; com much Improved, some laid by; barley and spring rye promising, some ripening; haying general, quality excellent; flax and potatoes making thrifty progress. Nebraska—Hot week, with heavy showers In eastern counties; winter wheat harvest completed and thrashing commenced; oats and spring wheat damaged by chinch bugs and dry weather In central and southwestern counties; corn damaged slightly In few southwestern counties, but generally has grown well and has not been appreciably damaged by the hot weather; com small fox this time of year, and will need more rain soon. Notes of Current Events. Many full-blood Cherokee Indians are enrolling to emigrate to Mexico. Andrew Ingemanson, a farmer near Marquette, Kan., was dragged to death by a horse. Miss Lizzie Weaver was accidentally shot and killed by Peter Johnson at Herndon. Kv. Rev. Dr. Charles H. Eaton preached a sermon in the church of the Divine Paternity, New York, opposing attempts to regulate the observance of Sunday by means of laws.

KAISER THE GUEST OF MRS. ANDREW D. WHITE. - #© ■ of WIFE OF AMBABBADOB WHITE, Mrs. Andrew D. White, wife of ths United States ambassador at Berlin, entertained the German Emperor at a dinner the other evening. Mrs. White in one of the most popular of American women at legations in foreign countries; Her diplomacy along social lines is an great as her husband’s along political ones. Last summer Mrs. White closed the embassy at Berlin with a grand reception. RAISE PYTHIAN RATES. Will Make Good Loss Incurred b> John A. Hinsey. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, ended 1 its special convention at Chicago after adopting a resolution empowering Supreme Chancellor Feathers, theboard of control of the Endowment Rank and General Counsel Hardy to institute civil and criminal proceedings against former officers of the Endowment Rank,, who are charged with mismanaging affairs of the order. The resolution, it is said, will result in the prosecution of John A. Hinsey, expresident of the Endowment Rank; H. B. Stolte, ex-secretary; W. D. Kennedy, publisher of a Pythian journal and business associate of Hinsey, and a number ■ of others who will be charged with having participated in the scheme by which the order was depleted of its insurance funds. General Counsel Hardy, who has had charge of the legal investigation, announced that/the proceedings would beinstituted as soon as the case can bearranged and the board of control decides who are to be made the defendants in addition to Hinsey, Stolte and Kennedy. The shortage of $225,000 will be overcome by a raise in the insurance rates, which was decided upon. A new table of monthly payments wr.s drawn up and approved by the Supreme Lodge, to go into effect Sept. 1, 1901. The average increase in the rates for all ages is 44 per cent, and the officers of the Supreme Lodge hope to overcome the deficit before the next convention of the Grand Lodge, which will be held at San Francisco in October. 1902. J Few-Line Interviews. | F. A. Druehl of Salt Lake City—Americans will soon own Mexico. Not only are Americans and American money going in there freely, but an American suburb is being completed in the eastern part of theCity of Mexico near the Chapultepec castle. The residences are of American architecture, and the streets and everything else there is of the same national stamp, so the Yankee visitor feels quite at home. Senator Mark Hanna —Great man, J. P. Morgan. No telling where he’ll stop. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he •was getting up a syndicate to buy theBritish empire next. It isn’t safe as long as he’s over there. From what I hear, the British are on to that, too, and they are keeping pretty close watch on him. Must be scared to do that. I tell you. Morgan’s a great man. Charles S. DeHart of Carthage, 11l. — The building in which Joseph and Hyrum Smith met their fate at Carthage still exists. But it is no longer a jail. It isused as a private residence by an old couple who are very accommodating tovisitors who call to see the interesting relic. The bullet holes still remain in the door of the room where the two unfortunate men were confined, and it is claimed blood stains can yet be traced in theflooring. Henry H. Eliel of Minneapolis, after a trip to the South—l think this tea growing experiment in South Carolina will prove the opening wedge to a new and great industry in the South. The affair has gone beyond the experimental stage. The tea grown there is superior to any Japanese tea I ever drank, and as good as thq better qualities of China tea. Col. Shepperd employs colored people. He pays them fair wages for picking the tea. and also looks after their keeping and education. Rev. G. H. Tower of Milwaukee—The■time has come when it is no longer necessary for a woman to marry a man solely to obtain his support. When a woman, marries she can do so as an independent 'being, from the noblest and purest motives. I am glad that women are finding places in offices and are placing themselves in positions where they do not depend upon any man for bread aa& butter. When women are pleasure loving, foolish and frivolous it tends to make them man’s slave. Charles H. Allen, Governor of Porto Rico—Civil government is established in Porto Rico. Much has been accomplished and every day marks progress. If the people can be relieved of their agitators and allowed to work out their own salva-' tkm, and American capital, with the thrift and energy which fcHlow it, be directed toward Porto Rico with the assnrance that it will be welcome and given adequate protection, then indeed will, come prosperity and development which, every American citizen hopes for and every dweller under the American flag. o-