Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1894 — Page 2

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TO SELL ELEVATORS.

RED RIVER VALLEY COMPANY GIVES UP. Crave Situation at McKeesport, Pa.—Orphans at Tarrjrtown Die from Eatln* a Noxlooa Root -Italy Without a CabinetOne Thousand Medicos in Session. Of Interest to the Northwest. In all probability a sale of the fortyeight elevators In Minnesota and North Dakota belonging to the Ked River Valley Elevator Company will be virtually made A good deal of surprise followed the failure of the company last year and also the failure of the Northern Pacific Elevator Company, as they were the first large failures that ever came to grain Interests In the northwest The Indications are that the Red River creditors may be paid In full, without a demand on the stockholders The liabilities when the failure occurred were 1440,000. The prospects of the Northern Pacific creditors are less flattering. The liabilities at the time of the failure Werd $1;090,000. A sale of wheat in theeldvators realized $345,000, which bad. been paid to creditors, leaving liabilities due of $750,000, and where this amount is coming from is a mystery to the stockholders as well as creditors The elevators in Idaho and Washington belonging to the company were sold a short time ago for $63,500, leaving the elevators In Oregon, Minnesota, and North Dakota undisposed of. They will be sold this year, it Is expected, but there will remain a large deficit to be j arranged for or left unsettled as the cour* and creditors may determine

CITY HELD BY A MOIL Homestead's Horrors May Be Re-enacted at McKeesport. Pa. The immense plant of the National Tube Works at McKeesport, Pa, sixteen miles from Pittsburg, on the Monongahela River, was In the possession of a mob of 5,000 strikers Tuesday, woo declared their intention to battle with new workmen and officers. The city at night was in a state of insurrection and anarchy was rampant on every street. The bloody scenes of Homestead, on the other side of the river, were enacted, and in all probability they will be repeated The men are jast as determined as those who held the Carnegie mills against the Invasion of the Pinkertons and wiil fight against any and everything. All efforts on the part of tha Mayor and police officials to disperse the strikers resulted in failure. The company ba*. apparently, thrown all responsibility on the city officials and sheriff of Allegheny county* The trouble is the result of a strike that occurred at the mills. May 14. agaiDSt a 15 per cent, reduction in wages, DOCTORS IN CONVENTION. Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association at San Francisco, The forty-fifth annual convention of the American Medical Association opened in Odd Fellows’ Building in San Francisco Tuesday morning. Delegates had been arriving in the city for several days, and when Dr. James a Hibberd, of Indiana, President qf the association, mounted the platform to call the meeting to order he looked down uiou over one thousand faces. Every State and Territory of the Union was represented, and no small proportion of thorn in attendance were practitioners of International reputation and celebrity. President Hibberd responded to addresses of welcome from Dr. R. H. Plummer, Dr. R. L Rlgdon. and other representatives of the local committee. Iu the afternoon the delegates divided into sections and listened to the reading of papers relating to diseases, operations and other matters of interest to the profession.

FITE CHILDREN DIE. They Eat of a Poisonous Vegetable at Tarrytown, N. V. At Tarrytowu, N. Y., as a result of eating a poisonous vegetable, which they had mistaken for flagroot, five little Inmates of the Bisters of Mercy Horne died In great agony. The dead are; James Forrestal, aged 10 years; John Callahan, aged 10 years; Thomas Cassmore, aged 10 years; Augustus Powers, aged 12 years; John Donnelly, aged 12 years. Seven others of the Inmates are seriously 111 The homo Is situated In Wilson Park, on the hill back of Tarrytown. There are about 200 children in the home. The boys were out playing In the park In the afternoon when one of them discovered a pungent root which he declared, after tasting, was flagroot. About dusk one of the boys was taken with cramps, and within an hour all who had ■ eaten of the poisonous root were deathly sick. Physicians were culled from Tarrytown, but their efforts were of no * _____________ PREMIER CRISPI OUT. Italian Cabinet Ministers Tender Their Resignation. The Italian crisis has come to a head with the resignation of Big. Crlspl and his Cabinet, announced In the Chamber of Deputies at Rome.- King Humbert reserves his decision with respect to acceptance or refusal The action of the Premier D the result of a Cabinet meeting held after the debate on Crlspi’s proposal that the Chamber Intrust a committee of eighteen, to be made up of members of the several political sections, with the task of preparing and presenting on June 30 a measure for reforming the expenses of the public service, In order to Introduce the greatest possible economies, the House. In the meanwhile, abstaining from any discussion of financial mutters.

New Jewish Temple Dedicated, Berlth Kodesh congregation dedicated Its new synagogue In Rochester, N. Y. The temple will cost, completed, 9100,000. Visible Supply of Grain, Tb* visible supply of grain, as complied by the New York Produce Exchange, Is as follows: Wheat, 59,395.000 bushels; decrease, 1,935,000 bushels. Corn, 7,496,000 bushels; decrease, 152,000 bushels. Oats, 2.606,003 bushels; decrease, 241,000 bushela Rye, 252,000 bushels; decrease, 49,000 Tramp Steamship Wrecked. The steamship Texas, 3,000 tons burden, with a general cargo and a deckload of cattle, was wrecked eff Tre passey, I# F. She was Ipound from Montreal for BrlstoL Forced to Burn Corn, The effects of the strike are felt at Dubuque, lowa, amon#r manufacturing Institutions and railroads. Oae factory, barns corn, others are using wood, and several have closed down. The Illinois Central Railroad, to husband Its supply, has taken off one irain on each division. Dealers have Very little coal on hand. Fire Kurus a Missouri Town. Early Thursday morning fire destroyed * >ort * on °* t * l6 business part of ■'WaysTflle, Mo. Several grocery stores, a meat market, barber shop, furniture store and clothing store were burned. The origia Is unknown. Loss. $30,09a a ' \ w ■

THIEF AND ASSASSIN. Statement of a Dying Railroad Detective Shows Cp a Villainous Plot. George S. Newcomb, assistant special agent of the Western Indiana Railroad, who was shot In Ohic&go the other night On an incoming Grand Rrunk train, made an ante-mortem statement, and on the strength of It Special Agent J as. C Maxwell, of the Grand Trunk Road, was locked np at the Harrison Street Police Station. Before the police get through with the case they expect to prove that there was a huge conspiracy between detectives employed by the Grand Trunk Road and a gang of confidence men to divide the plunder got from the people robbed on the trains of the company. For some time confidence men have been boarding the trains of the Grand Trunk Road and robbing the passengers. So serious have these outrages been that Newcomb and Maxwell were detailed to board incoming passenger trains, catch the thieves at their work If possible and arrest them. Newcomb charges that while en route to Archer avenue to apprehend these thugs. Maxwell boldly admitted that he had entered into a conspiracy to “protect” these highwaymen in their operations and generously offered to divide his share of the proceeds with Newcomh. So convinced was the dying man of the perfidy and villainy of his brother officer that he firmly believed that the suspicious characters they found on the rear car of the Grand Trunk truin were Maxwell’s accomplices. He believes that they bad been informed by Maxwell that tne road would be clear for their operations. and tl.at when he seized the thug who a moment later shot him, it was by Maxwell's order that he shot was fired.

VACCINATING BY FORCE. Chicago Health Officers Ask Police Aid in the Pursuance of Their Work. Polish and Bohemian residents of the smallpox infested district in the southwestern portion of Chicago have lately seriously interfere! with the work cf health officials who had been sent out in that locality with orders to vacciuate the inmates of every bousa In some cases the officials have been refused admittance to honses .at other times they have been beaten and their lives have even been threatened. The Health Department decided that it would require a show of force iu order 1o go on with vaccination in a thorough way, and the Police Department was asked to aid in the work. Inspector Lewis, ot Desplaines District, detailed 130 officers to accompany the Health Deiartment representatives. When the procession of police officers in full uniform and the health officers proceeded to the places designated large crowds of men, women and children swarmed out and hooted them, but further than that did not attempt any interference. The health officers, under the leader-hlp of Dr. Garrott. were well supplied with vacclno points and with fumigating material. When they went into the houses to vacciuate the people police officers accompanied them, and no violence was offered. The police throughout the city have received orders to assist the health officers in carrying on their work.

OIL TAKES PLACE OF COAL. Hundreds of Manufactories in Chicago Are L’slng It. Since the beginning of the great coal strikes, Chicago fuel-oil merchants claim there has been a marked increase In the sale of ornde oil to manufactories for use In place of coaL Kven before the price of coal was boosted skyward by the contracted output, dealers say oil was substituted, with a goodly margin to the credit of economy. As coal went up, there has, of course, been a corresponding Increase saved in the use of fuel oiL The saving results not only from the difference in cost of the two fuels but also from the saving of labor. One man can easily manage six or eight boilers or furnaces, while if coal is used it would require the services of a-- least a dozen men to feed the Ires and watch the gauges. The first experiments with oil for boiler heating purposes were tried in Chicago about seven years ago. Now over a hundred factories in the city use it as their only source of heat. All of the brick yards in and about the city use oil sot burning brick. The North Chicago, West Chicago and South Chicago street-railway plants, the 47th, Washington and Harrison street Edison plants and nearly all tho'lce and cold-storage plants also use oil. All the power at the World’s Fair and pa the Midway was furnished from crude oil INJURED BY EXCESSIVE COLD. Frosts in Many Parts of the Country That Caused Great Damage. The Weather Bureau in its weather crop bulletin says: Over the greater portion of the country oast of the Rocky Mountains the night temperatures have been unusually low and injuriously affected or retarded the growth tit vegetation in the Btates of the central valleys and also in the eastern portions of the cotton regions and frosts occurred in the Btates of the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Lower Missouri Valleys The damage resulting from the frosts of the previous week is reported as being more serious than w&b first supposed in Rontucky, Missouri, and Bouth Carolina, but in the Btates of the Northwest crops are recovering from the effects of frost Drought conditions are reported from lowa. Nebraska aud Wyoming, and rain is needed in Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas. Missouri, and In portions of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

FLOODS IN COLORADO. Heavy Rains Swell the Rivers and Creeks AH Over the State. A Pueblo, Colo., dispatch says: It has rained Incessantly for thirty hours all over ihe eastern part of the State. Tho rainfall Is one of the heaviest ever known. In this city the Arkansas River broke tho levee in six places. From Union avenue viaduct to the postoffice, three-quarters of a mile, all cellars are flooded and water rises two feet above the first floors. Iho electric street cars have stopped running, the works being flooded. Hundreds of men are out In boats rescuing families and removing goods. The five railroads entering the city ate tied up, The damage amounts to at least $100,003. The flood Is now receding and It Is thought all danger in this city Is practically passed. NEGRO COLONIZATION PLAN. Mexican Company Buys 2,500,000 Acres of Land on the Rio Grande. An extensive land deal was closed at San Antonio, Texas, Involving 2,500,008 acres of land lying on the Rio Grande In the Mexican States of Ooahulla and Chihuahua. The land was sold by ex-Gov. Gonzales, of Chihuahua, to the Mexican Coffee, Cotton and Colonization Company, with headquarters at San Antonio, and represented by J. 8. McNamara. W. H. Ellis, who Is interested In Mexican colonization schemes, will colonize 10,000 negroes on part of tho land. The National Game. 1 The elubs of the Rational and Western Leagues stand as follows in the championship race I _ l)4 H'.Per _ Per , ... W. L, cent. W. L. cent. Baltimore.,2u » .699 St. Louis... 17 is .188 Pittsburg*. -3 II .6T6 New Yorks.lß W ,47t Clevelands. 2o u .f4l 01nclnnatl.li 19 .387 Phlladelo'a S) H .647 Loulsvilles hi 22 'll3 805t0n5....71 1J .61 ‘ Ohioaeos ~;0 28 . u O3 Brooxlyns. l < is ,t4s|Waehlnrt'n 9 23 .257 WESTERN LEAGUE GAMES. _ Per per W. L. cent. W. I*, cent. Bloux City.2o 8 .714 Grdßapidsl ß l» .44; Kansas 030, 10 < .6«7iMllwa , kees j 13 .703 Minue’p’ltslß 11 21 .334 Toledos.. ..17 is .M7|Detrolts... 7 24 .22# This Man Had a Record. Andy Johnson, «the Plnevllle (Ky.) terror," has killed his last man, having been

shot and Instantly killed Saturday night at Plnevlile, where he was a policeman. A dance waa given at Plnevlile and among those present was Jim Horn. Johnson waa on hand to preserve order. Horn started to leave the dance hall with a woman, and Johnson threatened him with arrest If he did so. Johnson followed Horn and the woman and an exchange of ehots ensued. Johnson fell dead and Horn died in thirty minutes. Johnson earned the title of Plnevlile terror while a deputy marshal and added to It while Sheriff of Bell County and later as a policeman at Pinevllle. He bad killed eight or nine men and one child, his greatest record In one fight being four men. COAL TO BE DUO AGAIN. President Mcßride Given Notice That Operators Will Employ New Men. War Is declared oa the striking coal miners. Operators in six Btates. who have been holding almost daily conferences wltn John-Mcßride. President of the Miners’ Union, ever since the big strike was or-, dered, notified him of their intention to Import new men and back them up with armed guards This means rioting and bloodshed, a repetition of the bloody scenes in the Hocking Valley and at Homestead. The Btates in which operators will attempt to resume coal are Illinois, lowa, Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The first mines will be opened in the Hocking Valley, where every attempt ever made to import miners has been resisted to the death by strikers. The Hocking Valley miners made their last stand against imported coal diggers in 1883-84, when they hid in the hills and fired on the Pinkerton guards, standing with Winchesters at the mouth of the mines The strikers were at last starved into submission.

STRIKE AN IMPEDIMENT. Traffic and Industries Interfered With by a Lack of Fuel. R. G. Dun &■ C<x’s Weekly Review of Trade says: It is a sign of cheering import that in finished business, represented by clearings and railway tonnage, there has been less decrease since the strike began than might have been expected. But in inchoate business, the orders which start the wheels, to result in tonnage and payment weeks or months later, there seems to be an actual decrease. Meanwhile the consequent Interruption of traffic and industry increases. The s’.oppage of iron furnaces between the Alleghany Mountains and the Mississippi Rivor has become complete, and a great number of concerns umnqfacturlng iron, and others requiring soft coal or coke for fuel, have been forced to stop. Business cannot increase in volume under such circumstances. and yet payments through all clearing houses for the week show a decrease of only 20. S per cent, compared with last- year. PUBLIC DEIST STATEMENT. May Saxv a Decrease of Over 8000,000 In the Country’s Obligations. The monthly debt statement shows n net cash balance in tbo Treasury of $117,854,335. of which $78,693,2674s gold reserve. It also shows that the interest-bearing debt May 31 was $635,041,840, an increase of only $4601 The debt on which interest has ceased since maturity was $i,555,390, a decrease of $3,640. The non-interest bearing debt was $380,016,329, a decrease of $37,239. The aggregate of Interest and non-inlerest bearing debt was $1,016,916,560, a decrease of $640,879. The statement of the cash in the Treasury is as follows: Gold, $148,067,816; silver, $512,194,054; paper, $106,081.172; bonds, minor coins, etc., $16,929,320, against which there are demand liabilities aggregating $665,423,928, making the decrease In the available caslt balance for the month $7,243,450.

AVAILABLE WHEAT SUPPLY.

Eighty-three Million Bushels Now in the United States. The available stocks of wheat In Ihe United Btates and Canada arc thus reported by Bradstreet's: “East of the Rocky Mountains, 74,113,000 bushels; west of the Rockies, 8,804,000 bushels. Tbo total quantity of wheat (flour Included) exported from sixteen United Stat« 3 and Canadian ports for six business days ending with Thursday of this week is reported by mail aud wlr® to Bradstreet’s at 2,400,830 bushels. ” Soldier Hoys Worsted. Company A, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio State troops, wont from New Lexington to Giouester on a Toledo,fund Ohio Central train Wednesday. Immediately on arrival they were surrounded, by the strikeis, who dared them to shoot. The Mayor of the village addressed the crowd and finally succeedeod in restoring order with the understanding that the soldiers would leave town at onca They were sent to a train in the south end of the Giouester Railroad yards for the purpose of taking them to Athens for safety. The miners surrounded the train and for some time refused to allow it to mova They not only held the militia captive in their train, but swarmed upon the cars and took away the arras and ammunition of the terrified soldier b iys. St. Lonls Assignment. The Central Trust Company of St Louis made an assignment to W. F. Leonard, its secretary and treasurer. Liabilities SIOO,000, assets about the same. Amateur Aeronaut Is Drowned. Isaac Adler lost his life Wednesday in a foolhardy attempt to become an aeronaut at Manhattan Beach, a resort five miles from Cincinnati. James D. Ford Found Dead. James D. Ford, a prominent attorney of Toledo. Ohio, was found dead in his room at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Cincinnati, from heart disease.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... Si 50 @4 75 Hoos—Shipping Giades 4 Of) @ 5 00 Sheep—rair to Choice.... 3 03 @ 4 60 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63)4® 64)4 Corn—No. 2 37 1 a 38 Oats—No. 2 34 @ 35 Rye—No. 2 47 ® 49 Butter—Choice Creamery.. .. 16 ® 17 Eggs—Fresh 10 @ 10)4 Potatoes—Per bn 70 <4 80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3to ® * 50 Hoos—Choice Light.. 4 oil & 600 Sheep—Common to Prime 2 00 ®4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 51 ® 51)4 Corn—No. 2 White 40 ® 41 Oats—No. 2 White 38 ® 39 ST. LOUIS. Cattle.... 300 @ 460 Hoos 3 00 @ 6 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red eo>4@ 51!4 Corn—No. 2 35 ® 86 Oats—No 2 30 ® 16)4 Butter—Creamery 17!£® 18hi CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 50 @ 4 so H00p"........... J, 4 00 (9 600 Sheep...., 200 ® 450 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 (4 5334 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 41 @ 42 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 39 & 49 Rye—No. 2 61 ® 63 DETROIT. Cattle 250 ®4 eo Hoop 400 & 500 Sheep 2 to & 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 ® 64 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 40 ® 41 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 40 & 40)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 @ 64 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 39 ® 40 Oats—No. 2 White 37 ® 38 Rrs—No. 2 49 ® 61 BUFFALO. B HEAT—No. 1 White 69 @ 09)4 No. 2Red.. 66 ® 67 Corn—No. 2 Yellow , 42 ® "43 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 1 ■ 39 ® 40 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 63 ® 63)4 Coen—No. 3 37 ® 38 Oats—No. 2 White 37 ® 38 Barley—No. 2 53 ® 56 Rye-No. 1 48 ® 49 Pore—Mess 11 75 ©l2 25 „ NEW YORK. Cattle 8 00 ® 4 75 HOGS » 1 3 75 ® 660 Sheep.. 300 <a>A so Wheat—No. 2 Red. 57 ® 68 Corn—No. 2 42 ® 43 Oats—Mixed Western 42 & 49 Butter—Best 15 & it Logs—State 11)60 18)4

RUIN BY THE FLOODS.

GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT IN THE FAR WEST. Torrent of Water Swoop* Everythin* Before It in the Vancouver Region -Thoutads An Homeleee end Property Dote Will Beach Millions. Fraser Valley a See. Terrible destruction hat bee,, wrought by the floods in thee Frazer Valley and throughout the entire Vancouver region. Thousands of families have been rendered homeless, many lives were lost, while the loss of property will reach into the millions. The known, nor will it be for several days.as full extent of the calamity is not yet the waters are still rising, threatening even greater havoc. Two thousand families homeless, and a property loss of $3,000,100 is the estimated result up t 6 the time this is Written. Tho river rose ten inches at Westminster Thursday. and from points farther up come reports that the rive • is nearly two feet higher than has ever before been known. The valley for 100 miles has been inundated. So great has been the destruction that o.uan steamers passing in through the straits of San Juan do Fuca are encountering floating roofs of houses and barns and innumerable carcasses of hogs, sheep and cattle that have passed out through tne Ura-er's mouth with other debris from the valley. Steamers from the rivers and Puget Sound are still being pressed into the work of rescue. Though no lives have been lost there have been many narrow escapes and thrilling experiences. Many families have been driven from their houses. One steamer brought 307 settlers from New Westminster late Thursday night. At many points there is great destitution among the luckless settlers who have fled from their homes. At the Salmon River settlement, where the water is ten feet deep on tho flat, many families are huddled together on the highlands and living on one scanty meal a day. The rescuing steamers have neglected them to care for others who are in greater danger. Every effort is being made to relieve the flood sufferers, but facilities and means are utterly inadequate to meet tho demand. The Canadian Pacific has 1,100 men at work repairing its tracks, but the flood is breaking it faster than they can possibly mend it. Press dispatches given below tell of the destruction by the flood throughout the Northwest, Spokane, Wash.—Further particulars ot the flood which destroyed the town of Conconnlly have been received. In addition to the flood in the creek, a cloud-burst occurred, incteasiug the volume of water itto a raging torrent. Everything was swept before the flood. Trees, houses, and rocks came down upon the town, where they lodged, forming a jam fifteen feet high at places. Nothing is left. When the flood was within half a mile of town every one fled to higner land. Outside aid is necessary. The loss is complete, as theie was no chance to save propo ty. Portland, Ore.—The Upper Columbia continues to rise. Union Pacific allairs are in a deplorable condition.

Colorado Towns Swept Away. Boulder, Colo.—The pipe factory, five houses', the railrtal tracks and all the city and railroad bridges have been washed away by the flood in Boulder Creek. Poverty Flats is submerged. The Sunset branch of the Ouli Road and the Mountain Road are entirely gone. The towns of Crisman and Salina. mining camps in Boulder Canyon, have been wiped out of existence. Each had a population of about 200, all of whom are now homeless. The total loss in and around Boulder is estimated at $510,00:). All tho crops in the St. Vrain Valley, one of the richest grain regions in tne State, have been destroyed by the flood. Fifty bridges between here and the mountains have been i arried away. The towns of Copper Rock and Sugar Loaf are gone, the Prussian and Corning mills are flooded, and six of their outbuildings swept down the canyon. Springdale and Jamestown suffered greatly. Several ether small towns along the canyon have been partly destroyed. Erie, Colo. —Coal Creek is on the rampage, and the main street of this city is two feet under water. A section of track on tho railwav is washed out and the telegraph Wins are down for half a mile. Boulder Creek and St. Vrain s River are each badly swollen. Tho railroad bed is rapidly washing away. Many families have been compelled to leave their home.-. Business houses aro flooded and stock has been drowned and growing crops carried away. Manitou. Colo. Business is practically suspended and hundreds of men . are working to save their property. The stream from Williams Canyon'is rushing over Mineral Water Park, leaving gravel in place of grass. Tons of earth has been torn from the pavilion grounds. Dynamite has been used frequently to demolish gorges. The water is still rising. Palmer Lake, Colo.—The water has undermine! the walls of the large reservoir situated at the mouth of Big Canyon, justabove the village, and it is momenta ily expected to collapse. The reservoir is 100 feet wide, 9,000 feet long, and 20 feet deep. Denver, Colo.- —Plat e River continues to rise, aud the people living on the low ground had to flee for their lives. The railway embankment was washed away in places, ar.d bridges were badly damaged. Pueblo, Colo.—Tho flood in Pueblo is receding, and no further damage has been done. The total property loss, aside from the damage to the railroads, is thought not to exceed SIOO,OOO. Golden, Colo.—The flood in Clear Crook caused damage to tho amount of $20,000 to.Cbor’s brewery and other property in this city. Many people had to leave their houses. Idaho Springs, Colo.-The damage by the flood in this county is estimated at SK)9,(K,O. On the mountain tops, instead of lain, eighteen inches of snow folL

Telegraphic Clicks.

Gen. Weaver was nominated for Congress by the Populists of the Ninth iowa district. Members of Williams Pott. G. A. R.. of Muncie, Ind., passed resolutions condemning" the playing of base-ball on Decoration Day. Striking miners at Lyford, Ind.. released the captured Pattern Illinois coal cars on the demand of United States Marshal Hawkins. M. Dcjpuy has completed the new French cabinet. Gen. Mercier is Minister of War and M. Hamotaux Minister of foreign affairs. Striking miners searched all the houses in Earry, Col., for firearms. Mine owners have left the district, fearing to be made captive. Illinois Populists, in conventi n at Springfield, nominated a State ticket head-.d by John Randolph, of Fulton County, for Treasurer.

CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

Beporta fr»n> Twelve States a> t« the Effect of the Recent Storm. Reports have been received by the Farmers’ Review from its correspondents in twelve states on the condition of wheat, oats and corn, and of the effects of the recent hard storm and cold spell. Mimcr Wheat —ld Illinois there does not appear to be much change over last report. The cold did not hnrtme wheat to any appreciable extent. Over a wide area the plant Is now heading out. In Indiana the outlook Is favorable. One or two correspondents report that the wheat was Injured by the freeze, but for the most part no permanent evil resulted. Ohio reports UtUe injury. Michigan entirely escaped loss In her wheat, the crop, however. In many case, having received serious setbacks. Kentucky wbeat suffered extensively, In softie counties the lots being set at 25 pt.- cent. This result was largely occasioned by the snow heating down the grain. Fortunately the damage 1 limited In area, and will not greatly affect the general condition of the Stale In Missouri there has been some damage by frosts, and dry weather. chinch bugs continue to get In their work. The crop is now rapidly Improving. Army worms are reported working In some of the fields, but no estimate can now be made of the damage they are doing. Few reports from Kansas indicate any great loss from the last heavy frost. Chinch bugs and drouth are proving more serious enemies. The latter has been holding back the crop for some time, and now that It Is beginning to head out the plant Is not full grown, and the yield must of necessity be light. Bain is badly needed, but Is even now too late to give full development to the crop Ford County reports 80 percent of the winter wheat crop killed by drouth and worms High winds also have been an important factor in keeping back the crop Nebraska wheat is in very bad shape. In some counties It has been so dry that there Is no longer any hope for apartial crop Large areas have been plowed up. and large fields that are left are beading cut so low that the grain will be of small consequence The frost of last week did some duniage, but In a number of the counties the crop Was too far gone for anything to hurt It. Here and there is found a good field of wheat and a few counties will have good crops, but for the State as a whole the crop will be a very light one What little winter wheat lp grown in lowa did not sustain any great Injury from frost The thermometer several times went down to 32 degrees, but the winds prevented serious freezing. In Wisconsin wheat Is generally good, and little Injury resulted to It from tbe recent cold.

Spring Wheat—Spring wheat In Wisconsin Is In generally fair condition. In lowa it will be nearly an average crop In Minnesota the crop was not extensively hurt by frost, though It was washed out a little ou rolling land. The general condition in the State Is good. In Dakota the crop Is la fair condition, except where injured by the high winds. Some complaints oi drouth are made. Bain is needed to carry the crop forward at its present rateof improvement Oats.—ln Illinois the general condition of oats is fair. The cold damaged the crop in April to such an extent In some counties that the crop had to be resown. Some of the earliest sown fields were also damaged by the March freeze, and where not resown are very thin on the ground. Only slight damage was done by the recent cold storm. Conditions In Indiana are very similar to those In Illinois A good was killed by the cold In March, and many fields have not been resown. Very little damage was done by the recent storm. The general outlook In the State Is for a fair crop In some counties in Ohio the firs;, sowing was all killed by freezing. Many of the resown fields have not done well. Some damage by cut worms Is also reported. 'Jho recent storm did not materially hurt the crop. Some counties report the stand very good, and the aggregate crop of the State will be large. Though tbo crop Is backward In Michigan, on account of the cold, the crop promises to ho a good one. Few counties In Kentucky report a favorable outlook for oati. in a number of counties the crop Is almost a failure from drouth and the cold in March. Where fields were sown after the cold spell the condition Is better. The average condition for tbo State is low, and the crop will be light. Missouri reports that In many counties the crop will be light, having been cut short by dry weather. It has also been heid back In its development by the cold. The general outlook Is bad. and in some sections there will not be half a crop In Kansas the outlook is still worse, an entire failure being reported io gome sections. Cold and drouth have bean the main factors In cutting down the condition. Tue crop In 'Nebraska will bo very Bmall. It Is rare 10 find a county whore the stand is good. A few correspondents report prospects for a fair crop, but reports of low condition are more common. Borne counties report a total failure, while In others the outlook H for one-fourth or one-half crop In lowa some of the early sown fields sprouted and froze out. lowa conditions are at present, favorable, and the crop for the State will be a fair one. Wisconsin reports conditions favorable for a large crop, and no severe set back to the crop has been sustained. In Minnesota the outlook Is good, and the crop will doubtless he large. In the Dakotas the outlook Is favorable at present, but moisture is needed in some counties. Corn.—Whether or not tho corn of Illinois has been permanently damaged by the recent cold storm is an open question stilL It was certainly set back by the frost In many counties, but hopes are expressed’ that the plant Is merely retarded In Its growth, and that warm weather will repair the Injury. The early sown was Injured the most, fho late sown, in many counties, not being abovo the gronud. Indiana reports slight damage by frost, but at present tt.e weather Is too cool for the development of iho crop. The acreage Is large, and with a period of warm weather the development of tho crop will be rapid, as there is a sufficiency of moisture On account of the almost constant wet weather for some time past, much of tho corn crop remains to be planted. Ohio reports damage by cold and cut worms. It is too cold and wet for development, but the stand is very good and promises a large crop In Michigan the cold and wet have hindered planting and the crop conditions are doubtful The outlook in Kentucky is for a fair crop The cold storm appears to have done considerable damage, but the loss may be recovered. Cut worms are working vigorously in seme of the fields. Corn in Missouri needs rain and sunshine It is in very fair condition, but was checked in growth by the recent frosts. The dry weather Is enabling the farmers to c ear the ground. The outlook for Kansas is favorable, though the froits have retarded development. In Nebraska the reports vary from good to bad, Some sections report the best ttaud ever known, while in serai-arid counties the lack of moisture makes the outlook gloomy. Corn In lowa was put back by frost, but is probably all right. Cut worms are working In some of tho fields on sod lands. In Wisconsin the crop had not progressed enough to suffer much loss from tho cold.

EIGHT PERISH IN THE FLOODS.

Fraser River, in British Columbia, a Racine Torrent—Houses Submersed. The Frazer River, in British Columbia, has become a raging torrent and is dealing destruction and death at every point. The surrounding valleys have been submerged, house-; and outbuildings of ranchers have b°on swept away, and where a few days ago waving fields of growing grain met the eye is now a waste of water. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep have been drowned and whole village j on the banks of the stream are flo iting. So far e’ght human lives are kn wn to have been lost. At Langlcv the ontira town is flooded. The whole of Langley prairie is now under water and the Island cn whi h : s the Indian reservation is entirely submerged. Four Indians who were trying to'tow some cattle from a ridge 6n the island behind their canoes to the mainland were capsized and three of them drowned. The dead b dies of three men and a little girl were found on Hatztic prairie entangled among floating trees. Many other bodies are reported as hayiiig been in the stream in other localities, but so rapid is the current that all attempts at rescue were iutile.

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. What Onr Neighbor* Are Doing- Matter* of General and Local Interest—Marriage* and Death* Accident* and Crimes— Pointers About Oar Own People. Indiana Fairs. -Si® following are the places and dates of extaries - I * ll * together with Dames ot aecreJniy 31 to Aug. 3-Bipley countv lair. Will C. Leslie, aecretary, Osgo d. " • July so to Aug. j—, utnam county fair H C Fosber, secretary, Bain bridge. > J , n !/ c 1 ,° «?. e ' ~ w “yne. Henry, and Randolph, F. A Wisehcart. secretary. Middletown. Aug. 7to it Wayne county fair, John Bowman secretary, Hagerstown. Aog. sto m hew Boss Speed Meeting, G. O. Bran, secretary, Now Boss Aug. 7to lu-.lenniDgs coiratv fair, Fred H. Bauer, secretary, North Vernoti. Aug. 1‘ to 17—Dr I,ware county fair, M. 6. CTaypool .ecretary, Muncie. Aug. 14 to 17—., ejeraon county fair, S. E. Hslgh, secretary, Madisun. Aug. 13 to 17- Hamilton county fair, Will J. Woods, secretary, she idan. Aug. la to 18—Vigo county fair, W. H. Duncan, secretary, Torre baute. Aug. 20 to —Hancock county fair, W P Bidgood; secretary, Greeufteld. Any. 2u to 24—Tipton county fair, 1.03 Nash, secretary, Tipton. Aug. 21 to 24—Newton county fair, A. E. Purkey, s.-cretary, Mo-occo. Aug. 21 to ii—fcptn er county fair. C. M. Partridge. secretary, Mockport. Aug zl to 21 -Wa ren county fair, Frank J Goodwino, secretary, West Lebanon, i Aug. 2J to 21 —Flo\d county fair, James M Gwrin, secretary. New' Albany. Aug. 2j to 24—Boone county fair, J. F. Martin secretary. Lebanon. Aug. zi to 24—Fairmoant Union fair, J. W Parrish, secretary, Fairmount. Aug. 2d to sept. I—Jot.nson county fair, W. S. Young, secretary, Franklin. Aug. 27 to dept. 1— Be atur county fair, Ed. Kessing. secretary, Groeusbu r g. Aug. 27 to 31—Clinton county fair, JO3. Hoavilon, secretary, Fmnkiort. Aug. 27 to3l—Harrison county fair, T. S. Getzendanner, secretary, Corydon. Aug. 28 to 31—Remington fair association Jasper Guy, aecretary. Remington. J Aug. 27 to September I—Warrick county fair, Rice Wilson, secretary, Boonville. I Aug. 27 to Sept. 1-Oakland city fair. W. C ] Miller, secretary, Oakland City, j Aug. 28 to 31—Scott county lair, Jos. H. Shea, secretary, Scottsburg. Aug. 27 to 31—Brideeton union fair, F. M. Miller, secretary, Bridgeton. Sept. 4to B—Graut count v fair, H. G. Harnaker, secretary, Marion. Sept . 3 to 7—Montgomery county fair, W. W. Morgan, secretory, Crawfordsville. Sept. 3 to 7 Renton and Warren county fair, W. H. McKnight. secretary, Boswell. Sept. 4 to B—Shelby county lair, K. E. Stroup, secretary, Shelbyville. Sept 4 to 7—Washington county fair, E. W. Manaugh. secretary, Salem. Sept. 3 to B—Sullivan county fair, C. H. Crow--1 der. secretary. Sullivan. ! Sept. 4to i— Fruncpsville fair, E. H. -Apple--1 gate, secretary, Francesville. Sept. 3 to 8--Spencer county agricultural and industrial, P. C. Jolly, secretary, t hrisuey. I Sept. 3to B—P.ke county fair, J. W. Brumi field, secretary, Petersburg. sept. 3 to 7—Tijipecauoe county fair, W. M. Blacks lock, aerr.-tary, Lafayeiie. Sept. 4 to C—Grange Jubilee fair, Thos. Watlington, aecretary, Wirt. sept. 4 to 7—Switzerland and Ohio county fair, W. H. Madison, secretary, East Enterprise. Sept. 11 to 15—Monroe county fair, c. It. Worrell, secretary, Bloomington. Sept. 11 to 14—Keutland fair, W. T. Drake secretory, Kentland. Sept. 11 to 14—Lake county fair, W. L, Allman, secretary, Ci'own Point. Sept. 10 to’ 15—Gil)3on county fair, 8. Vet Strain, secretary. Princeton. Sept. 11 to 15—Warren tri-county fair, Nathan Fisher, secretary, Warron. Sept. 10 to 14—dark county fair, L. C. Morrison. secretary, Cha lestou. Sept. 1 1 to 14—Fountain, Warren and Vermillion, V/. T. Ward, secretory, Covington. Sept. 10 to 36—Kush county fair, W. L. King, secretary. Bushville Sept. 10 to 14—Parke county fair, 3. Edgar Allen, secretary. Rockville. Sept. 11 to 14—Starke county fair, H. R. Coffell, secretary, Knok. Sept. 12 to I—Miami and Fulton county fa r, Ira B. Hurst, secretary, Macy. Sept. 18 to 21—Stcub » county fair, H. L. Huston, aecretary, Angola. Sept. 17 t<s 2i— Tri-state fair, K. L. Aiken, secretary, Evansville. , Sept. 17 to 22—Lawrence county fair, Frank O. Stonnnrd. secretary. Bedford. Sept. 18 to 21—Marshall county lair, C. Fisher, secretary, Plymouth. Sept. 18 to 21—Potter county fair, E. S. Beach, secretary, Valparaiso. Sept 17 to 2i— Vermillion county fair, L. 8. Grondvke, secretary, Cayuga. Sept." 17 to-22—Indiana Btate fair. C. F. Kennedy, Indianapolis. Sept. 18 to 2i— Wabash county fair, Georgeß. Fawley, Secretary, Wabash. SepL. 17 to 2x—Elkhart county fair, E. E. Drake, secretary, Goshen. .. j Sept. 19 to 21- Farmers’ Union fair, W. H. Deacon, secretary, Now Carlisle. Sept. 25 to 2»—i.nporte county fair, J. V. Dorlaud, secretary. Laporte. Sept. 25 to 28—North Manchester tri-county fair, B. F. Clemrns, secretary, North Manchester. Sept. 25 to 29—Vermillion county joint stock fair, John Richardson, secretary, Newport. Sept. 24 to 29—Huntington county fair, A. L. Beck, secretary, Huntington. 8ept.,24t0 28— Eastern Indiana agricultural fair, J. 8 Conulgue, secretory. Kendallville. Sept. 25 to 28- Jay county fair, Geo. W. Bergemau, secretary, Portland.’ Sept. 25 to 28—Green eountv central fair, J. B. Heaton, secretary, Bloomfield. Sept. 25 to 28-hremen agricultural fair, H. H. Miller, secretary Bremen. Sept. 24 to -B—Posey county fair, T. W. Wilson, secretary, New Harmony. Sept, 25 to ‘2B—Pulaski county fair. S. B. Agnew, aecretary. Winamae. Rept. 24 to 29—Jackson county fair, Henry Price, secretary, Seymour. Oct. 1 to s—Green county fair, D. J. Terhane. secretary, Linton. Oct, 3 to 6—Fulton county fair, Geo. V. Dawion, secretary, Kocbester. Oct. 1 to 5 Poplar Grove fair. A. D. Woods, secretary, Poplar Grove. Oct. 2to s—Randolph county fair. D. E. Hoffman, secretary, Winchester. Oct. Ito s—Noble county fair, Jas. E. McDonald, secretary, Ligonior. Oct. 3to 5 Maxinkuckee fair, E. S. Freese, secretary, Maxinkuckee. Oct. 1 to 6-Daviess county fair, W. F. Axtell, secretary, Washington. Oct. 1 to s—North Indiana and South Michigan fair, D. W. Place secretary, South end. Oct Bto 12—Northeastern Indiana fair, J. G. Johnson, seeietary, Waterloo. Oct. 13—Marion county exhibition. Ida F. Richardson, secretary, Indianapolis. Oct. 9 to 12-Bourbon fair, G. D. Ettinger, secretary, Bourbon. Oct. 8 to 13—Knox county fair, James W. Emison, secretary, Vincennes.

Minor State Items. Solomon Osborn, old soldier, killed in a runaway at Kokomo. Kokomo’s SIIO,OOO Citv Hali is completed and will be dedicated July 4. Richmond’s Commercial Club has ordered plans for a new $75,000 hotel. Fort Wayne saloons were closed Sunday for the first time in many years. There’s talk of establishing a bicycle factory at the Northern Prison. Jack Linte was found dead in the woods near Marion. Accidentally shot himself. The solid gold star presented by the French society of the Legion of Honor to Jennie Creek of Millgrove, who provented a wreck by flagging the train with her petticoat, now adorns her breast, having arrived from Paris last week. Editor J. H. McClung of the Muncie Times, and one of the pioneer newspaper men of Indiana, searched for a gas leak with a match recently. He found it and his residence was nearly shaken down. The space underneath the floor was filled with gas. and when it burned a terrible report followed and the floor was shattered. It looks as if the Supreme Court intended to make another ruling in the school funds case, Clerk Sweeney having been instructed to issue no more copies of the recent decision. It will be remembered that the Court followed its first finding by a modified opinion, but recalled the latter, since which time the matter has been in statu quo. Some of the School Trustees have paid in their unexpended balances, while many retain the money. It is difficult to determine the portion the State is entitled to. The apportionment of funds will be made as soon as the school enumerations are all in, which will be but a jhort time.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lair-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measure* Proposed. Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. In the Senate Thursday Senator Tnrple offered a joint resolution declaring that It was no longer to the interest of the Called States to continue-the treaty with Russia ratified April 21. and that notice be served upon the Emperor of Russia that the United states purposes to terminate that treaty at the expiration of six months, (he time required to be given by the treaty. reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs a resolution, with a unanimous recommendation that it pass, a substitute for the Hawaiian resolution reported some months ago, It made no reference to annexation and passed unanimously. The tariff hill was then-taken up. General Sickles Introduced apd the House pasrsed a resolution Instructthg The fiecretary-ysf War to do w hat Is necessary under the-itet of March 3, 1803, for the preservation of the Gettysburg battlefield. The bill for an additional Judge for the horthei'n district of Illinois passed, after which the bill to repeal the tax on State bank circulation was taken up. t ' ■ ■ ■ t The sugar schedule was Friday’s topic in the Senate’s tariff talk. The House passed the Senate resolution directing the Secretary of War to transmit to the Senate repoets of any surveys or estimates for the construction of locks or dams In the Mississippi River between tho Chicago. St Paul and Milwaukee Railway bridge and the falls of St Anthony which he might have in his possession. The Senate bill providing for tlie carrying out of the award of the Paris tribunal of arbitration for the protection of seals in Behring Sea was also passed. A resolution directing the President to give six* months’ notice to the,Russian Government of the abrogation of the last treaty between the two countries under the rules was sent to the Committee on Foreign' Affairs. ’J he House then went into committee of the wholi to consider the Brawley State bank bilL At an eveufng session , several private pension bills were passed. A resolution providing soy the payment of the expenses of the bribery and other Investigating committees out of the contingent fund was adopted by the Senate Monday. At 10:30 the tariff bill was taken up, the sugar schedule then pending. The galleries of the House were unusually well filled, , and on the floor was a goodly ,• array of occupied desks during the part of the day. As the afternoon wore on the attendance thinned out. and when the adjournment came there wete not A half-hun-dred members bn the floor. 7 Two Senate brldgo bills were passed, one to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River by the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Company, and the other extending the time for the construction of a bridgo across the Calumet River. The Brawley State bank tax bill was discussed by Representatives. Dalzell and Raynerforthe oi position and'by Representatives Cobb and Oates in favor of It, and then tho House agreed to a Senate joint resolution appropriating 810.000 to dofray the expenses of tho sugar investigating committee. Compromise amendments to the sugar schedule in the tariff bill were all adopted in the Senate Tuesday, insuring Its passage at an early data While In executive session the Renate, for the second time within three days, confirmed the nomination of Jerry Donahue to be postmaster at Decatur, 111. He was first confirmed on the 2d Inst., but at tho instance of Senator Cullom the matter was reopened, and, after some discussion of the merits of the case between Senators Cullom and Palmer, the Senate decided to stand by Its former action and reconfirmed Mr. Donohna In the House a resolution was adopted to vote on the Brawley bill after the call of the committees. Mr. Cox offered his amendment providing for tho total unconditional repeal of the tax on State banks. Mr. Bryan said he would propose a bill which would provide a larger circulation of paper money under the exclusive control of the Federal Government,

JOHN BURNS.

Pen Picture of England's Great Labor Leader by Justin McCarthy. The mest conspicuous man among the newer members of the Labor party in the British House of Commons is John Burns, writes Justin McCarthy, M. P. He has about him the charm of a strong, self-reliant manhood—he is above all things a man. You can see this in hi 9 dark, soft, gleaming eyes. They are eyes which invite confidence. John Burns is a working engineer who has led a toiler's life, afloat and ashore and under various conditions. He has worked along those mysterious African rivers which are associated in the minds of most of us with the explorings of Stanley and of Emin Pasha. He has worked in London sheds and yards. He is a fine and powerful speaker, and can control a vast meeting of workingmen with irresistible force. He is a great democratic influence, and political parties and social organizations can hardly reckon without him. He seldom &peaks in the House of Commons, but when he does speak he speaks well and goes straight to the point. He never speaks but on some subject which he thoroughly understands and about which he has something important and direct to say. He has a fine and even thrilling voice, and one always feels that some day when his time comes and his own question is uppermost he will make a great speech.

Why Diamonds Are Not Cheaper.

A traveler who has just returned from the gold and diamond fields of South Africa says that there are enough diamonds in that country to stock four or five worlds with buttons almost, but that the mines are in control of a great syndicate, of which Sir Cecil Rhodes is the head. He was shown through the company’s establishment and saw thousands' of buck-. ets filled with diamonds, but the combination controlling them keeps track of the market, and when prices are good a a uantity of the gems are taken to Londoil, care being always taken not to send enough to glut the market. Any man caught trying to smuggle a diamond but of the” country is given seven \ ears at hard labor, so it is a dangerous business

Scientific Drops.

In Corea umbrellas are of oiled paper, have no handles and are simply worn over the hat. The eyeball of an owl is immovably fixed in its socket, hence the look of wisdom that that bird always appears to have. In the horse an eye in which white predominates indicates a vicious nature. An important invention has been made in the adaptation of magnetic electricity to the prevention of the slipping of car wheels. The use of it is said to increase the hauling powe>* of an engine many per cent. The most recent calculations made by Michelson give the velocity of light as 136,3(0 miles per second. An efficient method of controlling the electric light current of hotbl rooms has been devised, the mechanism being attached to the bolt on the door, the opening or shutting of the door turning on or shutting off the currents. A recent application of electricity for power purposes is in the form of a machine for cutting ice. The apparatus travels across a Lozen surface Of a lake, and circular cotters, driven fiom the axle, make a clear, clean cut through the ice.