Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — Page 2

ShcJfmocraticScntincl JT. W. McEWEN, r > ul>ll«lier. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA

WANT THEIR MONEY.

ALLEGED COMMISSION SWINDLER IN TROUBLE. Purest Fires Start Up Anew—MammotTrades Convention In England—Spoiled Bls Shirt but Saved a Train—Chicago's Tremendous Downpour. Alleged Bogus Woo Deals. W. G Moloney, who, under the title of Moloney & C has been conducting an alleged commission business in South Water ■treet, Chicago, was arrested on warrants charging him with defrauding farmers of ■wool sent to him for sale. The complainants are G M. Haxton and Robert Duff, of Earlham. lowa, who are losers to the extent of 1,180 and 760 pounds of wool respectively, but it is thought by Attorney L H. Craig, who has had the case in charge, that further returns a ill show that farmers all over the country have been victimized. Moloney in April sent a circular letter to farmers all over the country asking for consignments of wool, and claiming to be able to get from 18 to 19 cents a pound f r it. As this was considerably over the market price, Mr. Haxton answered, addressing bls letter to Na 114 South Water street, the address on Moloney & Ca's letterheads. This brought ■ prompt reply. urglnj him to send In his wool at onee. and offering him a commission on any other business he could get i.i the neighborhood. Moloney & Co. also Bent Haxton ten wool sacks, the tags on which were addressed to “Moloney A Co., Na 80 South Water street ” Moloney had no office at either No. 114 or 80 South Water ■treet MOKE TOWNS BURNED. Bruce Is Totally Destroyed—Flames Surround Washburn, Spencer and Odanah. In spite of the showers of Monday the forest fl es in Northern Wisconsin burned Tuesday with renewed fury, destroying wholly or partially a number of towns Bruce was wiped out. and Port Wing aud Banborn reported burning. Washburn, Odanah and Spencer were threatened, and the flames were only checked by determined bands of fire fighters. Many farm buildings and logging camps were swept away, and some lines of railroads abandoned tbelr trains on account of the dense smoke. Kerrick, a small town la Minnesota, was also surrounded by flies and the women and children were sent to West Superior for safety. TRADE UNION CONGRESS. Strong Resolutions Proposed Against the House ot Eords and the Tory Party. For the next six or seven days over one thousand delegates, composing the trade union congress and representing nearly every trade organization in Great Britain, will be in session in Norwich, England. This Is the twenty-sevenih annual congress and the number of delegates is larger by 200 than at any previous gathering. All the leading labor leaders are present There are no less than one hundred and fifty resolutions on the program, and some of those will require hours, if not days, to dispose of.

FIRE IN TUB FACTORY. Union City Blaze Spreads and Causes a Loss of I8!85,OOO. A fire started in the dryhouse ot Hook's butter tub factory at Union City, Ind... and ended In destroying 585.0J0 worth of property. Among the buildings burned are: Carter's trunk factory, Brehman’s saloon, Cain’s grocery and residence. Hub’s saloon and house, Sullivan's saloon, Schmidt’s brewery warehouse. Smith's pump factory, Gimble’s blacksmith shop. Burguln’s feed •tore, and three dryhouses containing £20,030 worth of bucket staves. Insurance, 133,000. LIGHTNING KILLS TWO CHILDREN. Lives Lost and a Residence Destroyed During a Storm at Wichita. A terrific storm visited Wichita. Kan , Tuesday morning. The lower portion of the town was inundated by a cloudburst. Lightning at the home of Thomas Herman killed his 3-year-old boy. fatally burned a fi-wear-old girl and literally tore the house to pieces. SWEAT SHOP EMPLOYES STRIKE. Three Thousand Clothing Makers of New York Are Involved. Three thousand employes of five of the largest sweat shops in the New York clothing trade struck Tuesday. The strike of garment-makers In Brooklyn resulted In a ■mall riot. The police reserves were called out and subdued the disturbance by a free use of clubs. Xamed a Full Ticket. The lowa Populist State convention was hold at Des Moines Tuesday and a full State ticket nominated. The attendance was large, fully 730 delegates being present. Eor Secretary of StateSylvanus V. Crane Auditor ot StateJ. Bellangee State Treasurer Aaron Brown Supreme Court Judges! C c Cate™ 0 * 1 Railroad Commissioner.W. W. Pattee Attorney General A. W. C. Weeks Clerk of Supreme Court... .Charles V. Furber Supreme Court ReporterJ. j. Shea

An Inch an Hour. Three Inches of rain fell between 9 o'clock and midnight in Chicago Monday night—an inch an hour—the greatest precipitation* period of duration considered, •▼er pnt on record in Chicago weather office. There have been longer storms and storms that did far more damage, but this visitation was the most energetic seen In twenty-five years In the city. Labor's Own Day. Labor Day was observed pretty generally throughout the cities in the country. Ip Chicago, notwithstanding the downpouring rain, 8,000 men were-in the procession. Horseshoers secured the prize for fine appearance. Train Jlurled Into a River. A wild cut of ten loaded cars collided with the Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnati •nd Pittsburg ekpress, on the bridge over the Olentagy R ver, near Columbus, Ohio, •nd the passenger train was hurled into the river. Oie trainman lost his life and ••veral were injured. Many passengers were hurt, but only one seriously. Murder Suspects Set at Liberty. The six men who, two weeks ago, were arrested at Sedan, Kan., charged with complicity in the famous murder in 1890 of John & Frazer, a heavy stock dealer, have been set at liberty, for lack of evidence. Shot at Bls Own Door. At 1 o’clock Friday morning James Gregory, a wealthy bachelor, was called to bls door at Shanghai, Ind., and shot through the heart by an unknown person. The only other person in the house was a| nick aunt, whom he was attending. The woman arose from her bed and frightened the murderer away. Clothing Store Burns. In some unexplained manner fire started •bout 9:30 o'clock Thursday nirht in The Bell clothing house. 214-229 State street. Chicago, and before It was extinguished the stock and building were dama.ed to th« extent of K5,00a

SWEPT AWAY BY FLOODS Uvalde, a Texaa Town. Meets with a Terrible Disaster. An earthquake burst the earthen walls n f an artesian water baslu In the hills near Uvalde, a thriving town, the county seat of Uvalde County. Texas, at 2 o’clock Friday morning. The flood overwhelmed the town, submerging and wrecking bouses and drowning a number of people. It Is feared that 200 or 300 people may have been drowned in the lowlands south of Uvalda The east side of Uvalde Is built on low land and was directly In the path of the water. All the houses In the heart ot the town were submerged. There were a number of miraculous escapes, and the rescuers and the rescued performed many heroic acts A track walker of the Southern Pacific, after wading through water up to his neck with his lantern elevated above bls head, succeeded In feeling his way far enough east to Intercept a west-bound train and prevent its plunging Into the raging river where the railroad bridge had been destroyed. 3he loss to the Southern Pacific Company is enormous, forty miles ot track and many bridges having been washed away. A rough estimate ot the loss to property in general and the railroad c impar.y will, as far as known, reach 11.500,000. WHEAT FOR ANIMALS. Department Chief D. E. Salmon Says It Is Better than Corn for Feed. A bulletin ot wheat as animal food has been Issued by the Agricultural Department a* Washington. It was compiled by Dr. D. E Salmon, chief of the animal Industry bureau of the department, and is in re-ronse to inquiries as to the value of wheat for growing and fattening animals, suggested by the important change in the comparative price of wheat, corn and oats. The bulletin advocates the use of screenings and imperfect wheat as animal food and tbe placing ot only the best wheat on the market. A statistical table snows tbe near approach chemically of 20.6 pounds of wheat to the German standard ration for growing cattle from 6 to 12 months of age. and the fact that 31% pounds of wheat comes much nearer the feeding standard for fattening cattle than does the same quantity of corn. Equal parts of wheat and corn should, however, prove better for fattening animals than either ot those grains alone. For growing animals corn Is plainly not so suitable as Is wheat or oats. SUING FOR SUGAR BOUNTIES. Action to Be Begun in the Court of Claims by Southern Planters. Judge Morris Marks, ot New Orleans, representing a number of New Orleans sugar-planters, is in Washington for the purpose of entering suits in the United States Court ot Claims for the recovery of the sugar bounty for the year 1894-5. Tbe petition recites the provision of the McKinley law “that on and after July 1, 1891, until July 1, 1935,” certain bounties shall be paid to the growers of sugar, upon certain prescribed conditions as to the filing of bonds and taking out licenses it recites that for the present year all the<e formalities have been compiled witli and have been formally accepted by the United States; that under the provisions of tho section quoted the planters have gone on and enlarged the area of sugar planted, secured advances from their brokers, and have made their crops, and they demand that tho United States shall Carry out its part of the contract. The total amount of bounty expected to accrue on this year’s crop will be somewhero in the neighborhood of 511,000,030. IMMENSE FACTORY DEAL IS CLOSED. Salo of Wisconsin Paper and Pulp Mills for 614,000,000 Is Consummated. An Appleton, Wls., dispatch says: An English syndicate represented by Frank Butterworth, ot Chicago, has practically closed a deal for the purchase ot all the paper and pulp mills in Wisconsin. The mills Involved Im tho deal number thirty-four and the price agreed unon is £14.000.003. '1 he transfer will be made March 1, half the price to be paid in cash and halt in bonds secured by mortgage. Tho deal has been on foot for several weeks, but the Information only leaked out Thursday. Tho facts are admitted by interested parties Most of the property involved Is located on Fox River, and fifteen of the mill'} are at Appleton. Tho deal, if consummated, will be the largest transfer ot manufacturing property ever made in the Northwest.

CAMPANIA'S NEW RECORD. Made the Voyage to Daunts Rotk in 5 Days 10 Honrs 47 Minutes. The Cunard Line steamer Campanic, which sailed from New York Aug. 25, arrived at Queenstown Thursday, bringing with her another new tranxatlantic record ot speed. She passed Daunts Rock at 5:34 a. m„ bavin; made the passage to that lOlnt in 5 days 10 hours and 47 minutes. Heretofore the eastward record has been 5 days 12 hours and 7 minutes, made in November, 1893, by tbe Campania. The passage just ended, therefore, reduces the time by 1 hour and 20 minutes. Possible Only In the Orient. There has been a disastrous tire among the vessels anchored In the Canton River at Hong-Kong. Hundreds ot flower boats were consumed, and one thousand natives who were aboard the vessels perished, either through fire or being drowned. The flower boats were moore.l stem and stern, in rows, and large numbers of natives lived upon them. The spread ot the conflagration from one boat to another was so rapid that the unfortunate Chinese had no time to cut them from their moorings, a strong wind materially helping the Increake of the fire. Many hundreds of persons on board the flower boats leaped overboard and were drowned, while several hundred others remained on board the craft and perished in tho flames.

The National G true. The clubs cf the National and Western Leagues stand as follows In the championship race: national league. Per Per ... W. L. cent. IV. L. cent. Baltimore .72 sb .667 Pittsburg. .54 ts ,w> Boston7l 39 .64.5 Chicago... .flu 66 .415 New\ork..72 so .643 Cincmuatl 47 63 ,527 Pbil'd Ip’laßi 47 .669 St. Louis..sß’ 66 .405 Bjookbn.co 49 .661 \Vashlngt‘nHß '.3 .34! Cleveland. .53 5’ .614 Louisville .32 78 .291 WESTERN LEAGUE. _ - Per Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Sioux Citv.6s 42 .667 Gr’d R'pldsil M .472 Kansas C'y.62 45 .679 Indi'n’p'lis 50 57 .167 Mlnne’p’hs 69 47 .657 Detiolt ... .46 60 . 434 Toledo s 4 47 .f3s|Mllwaukee.3O 68 . 346 May Break the Treaty. A Washington dispatch says: There is a well-founded assertion that President Clevelanu said recently be would terminate the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii. His object is to make sugar from Hawaii dutiable The new tariff bill expressly continues the Hawaiian treaty, which, it is asserted, gives the sutar trust a great advantage Under its terms, the treaty may be terminated after twelve months’ notice. Wilson Again Chosen. Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means committee, the Democratic tariff leader in the House of Representatives, was renominated for Congress at Martinsburg, W. Va. Mr. Wilson made a notable address to the convention. Suicide of E. S. Detin. Edward S. Doan, of Cleveland, a wealthy retired business man. became weary of suffering b.odily pains and shot himself through the heart. Mr. Dean nad suffered intensely from dropsy for several years. Several Thousand Vases Involved. Several thousand pension claims are effected by four recent fullngs of Acting Secretary of the Interior Reynolds, con-

i strning the act of Jan. 5, 1893, which pr»i vides for Increase of pensions from J 8 to l 812 per month on account of service in tbe i Mexican war. The Acting Secretary holds i that tbe increase granted under that act does not commence at the date ot the act, I but from tbe da'e of approval ot the InI crease claim In the pension bureau; and that tbe increase does not apply to the case of widows. ", he act, says Judge l Reynolds, does not include those persons ( who composed Powell's battalion of Mls- ! sourl mounted Volunteors, who were dli rected to be placed upon the pension roll, I subject to tho provisions of the act of Jan. 23, 1887. pensioning tbe survivors ot ■ the war with Mexica The department I also bolds that the fee of 525 claimed by , attorneys, under articles of agreement, | cannot be allowed, and no fee in excess of | £2 can be paid, as provided in th? act of March 3, 1891. the increase being in the nature of an allowance on account of increase of th? disability for which the soldier is already pensioned. SATOLLI TO BE RECALLED. Will Return to Rome Because Ills Work It Completed. A dispatch from Rome says the report that Mgr. Satolll will return to Rome at the end of the year is confirmed. According to this dispatch, after the return of the Papal dele rate from the United States, tho Vatican will publish the result of bls mission, which will show, as already frequently stated, that the Pope Is entirely satisfied with the work of Mgr. Satolll and that bis Holineis considers that the church questions in tbe United States are almost settled. Edward Stolz, a supposed lunatic, was arrested on the Klug’s Bridge Road, New York, where he was shouting “Kill him. kill him.” and making lunges at some imaginary object. At the police station the prisoner, who wore no shoes, said that he formerly kept a saloon at Meadville, Pa. He sold out and came to New York, God having called upon him to kill SatollL DIE BY HUNDREDS. Six Minnesota Towns Wiped Out by Furl one Forest Fires. Six towns wiped out and more than 500 dead is the record made by the forest fires In Minnesota in twenty-four hours, Saturday and Sunday. In Hinckley, Sandstone, Pokegama. Sandstone Junction. Skunk Lake 'and Mission Creek there are 355 known dead. lu addition, several hundred are missing, while from 150 to 200 people are scattered on farms throughout tho district buttled over. The destruction was complete in most of thotowns named, but some of the forest laud escaped. The loss, however, will be In the millions.xind the loss of life will not be definitely knowp for several days. If ever. Tho relief trains carried supplies sent out from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and other towns and the sufferers wereTiandsomely cared for at Pine City and othor points TRADE STILL LOOKS UP. Removal of Tariff Uncertainty Increases Business Generally. R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekiy Review of Trade says: The activity which came with exhausted stocks aud tbe pressure of delayed fall demands, and was Increased by the removal ot uncertainty about the tariff, lias continued with heavy entries ot foreign goods since the bill became a law. The gain lx not yet what was expected, and business, if good in comparison with last year. Is still poor in comparison with years preceding. Presumably there has not been time to feel the full effects of tho change, and a gradual gain will be m ire healthy and encouraging than a spasmodic rise, but the expansion ot commercial loans has suddenly ceased, prices ot manufactured products show weakness rather than strength, and there has been a reaction In the stock market, trices ot railway stocks averaging 32 cents and of trust stock 2.11 a share lower thau a week ago.

D. E. CONANT DROWNED. Gymnasium Instructor In the Unlversit Meets Death Near Akron. Ohio. D. F. Conant, of t'hicago. Instructor In the gymnasium of Chicago University, was drowned at Silver Lake, seven miles north of Akron. Ohio. He was batbin: in company with Miss Viall, and when about thirty feet from shore ho turned on his back, placed his hands on bls breast and remarked. “lam tired.” “Can I help you?” tnoulred a lady in a boat a few feet away. “No,” said he, “I guess I don’t need help,” An Instant later he sank out ot sight and did not rise. An hour later his body wa recovered. HE MARRIED A MULATTO. Rev. Mr. Thompson's Congregation Protested and Shut Up the Church. Rev. Mr. Thcnipson, ot the Methodist Church ot Foxtorla, O.,was married to Miss Llbbie Hawk, who Is a mulatto. She Is an attractive young woman, well educated, refined und a great church worker. She was a member of Rev. Mr. Thompson's congregation, and for the last five months he has been paying her marked attention. His congregation remonstrated vigorously, and finally a few weeks ago gave hint an indefinite leave of absence and closed the church. Henley and Miss Bertram Un ted. Edward J. Henley, known familiarly to the theater goers as “ I eddy” Henley, and Lulu May, an actress, whose professional name Is Helen Bertram, who was divorced in New York, Tuesday. from Achille Tomasi, tbe musical director, were married at tlie Southern Hotel, St Louis, Thursday evening. Biscuit Works Burned. The Brooklyn Biscuit Works were destroyed by lire. The loss is 820J.000. Tbe works were owned by a company recortly formed. The building was a new one.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 60 @6 00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 0 > @ 6 25 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 60 (<s 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 @ r 4 Corn—No. .2 56 @ st Oats—No. 2 2'J'£«£ 303* P,YE—Nof 2..: 40 (O 1 4g Butter—Choice Creamery. ..1. 23 @ 24 Eggs—Fresh.... 1.5 @ jo Potatoes, New, per bu 65 ® 75 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 2 00 @ 5 09 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 & 6 w Sheep—common to Prime 2 00 3 no Wheat—No. ■> Red 49 @ 4934 Corn—No. 2 White 5.5 6536 Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ 33 „ ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 & 5 so H° GS ;. 300 & 6to Wheat—No. 2 Red; ,10 @ si CONN—No. 2 63 («> 63 Oats—No. 2 so «t st Rye-No. 2 62 @ 63 „ CINCINNATI. Cattle 250 <a 4 73 Hogs 4 00 @ 62; Sheep.. ; 2 oo ® 3 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 61 «e 52 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 5514® 6634 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 3036® :i> Rye—No. 2 46 47 * „ DETROIT. CATTLE 2 50 @4 50 HOGS 4 (10 (tl 600 bHEEP... 200 @3 10 Wheat—No. 1 White 56 iu. 57 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 55 @ 66 Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ 33 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 @ 54 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 5736 « 683* Oats—No. 2 White 32 ® 33 ’ Hye—No. 2 47 43 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 White 69 @ 59)4 No. 2 Redl f 6 @ 563« CbRN—No. 2 Yellow Co!6@ 6134 O Alts—No. 2 White 34’4@ 356, Wheat—No. 2 Spring 53 @ 54 COHN—No. 3 56 (ft 67 Oats-No. 2 White 82 @ 33 Pork—Mess 13 60 @l4 25 NEW YORK. ■! 3 00 @ 6 25 . 3 76 &e 60 COttfs—No. 2 , nJ iu Oats—Mixed Western 36 41 Bvtteb—Creamery 24 (dj 25 Kggs—State... 17 18

VICTORIES FOR CHINA

JAPANESE TROOPS DEFEATED IN SEVERAL BATTLES. Celestials in Overwhelming Force, Aided by Coreaxis, Put the Mikado's Troops to Hout—Such Are the Reports Published by the Native Papers of Shanghai. Slain by Thoasands.

y-p OHN CHINAMAN j seems to have been I wiping up the earth I with the dead bodI ies of Japane e I j warriors. At east that is John's story. ■mF The Shanghai pall S pens say that 5,0,0 L Chinese troops of ~ all arms attacked the Japanese forces which had been detailed to guard the

Ping-Nang passes in the northwest of Corea, and eventually succeeded in driving the Jaranese from their jositions. It is added that a large number of Coreans flocked to the Chinese standard, begging for arms and asking for permission to form the advarce guard of the Chinese fo:ces moving against the Javanese. The Chinese were re-enforced by 4,000 troops from Yi-Chow and on the day following they attacked the Japanese lines at ChungHo with the result that the Japanese retreated. The Chinese army was, the renorti-ays, further re-enforced by 13,0:0 frosh troop-, and attacked the

CHINESE CONSUL AT NEW YORK AND WIFE.

Japanese, who are said to have lost men and their heavy baggage. The Chinese advanced to HuangChow, and passing too near the Tatumr River, where thirteen Japanese warships lay, were attacked by the Japanese, who opened tire upon them, inflicting a loss of several hundred men upon the Chinese. At ebb tide on tbe same day. the native reports add, three of the Japanese warshi; s found themselves agr und, and were a ter-, ward severely damaged by the fire of the Chinese artillery. The bulk of the Japanese forces, it is further asserted, retreated southward, pursued by the ( hinese cavalry un it night, stopped the latter s advance. General Yeh, the Chinese commander, then made a detour and attacked tho Japanese in the rear, completely routing them and capturing Huang-Chow.

HOMES OF THE NATION.

Nearly One-Half the Familiei Own the Places Where They Live. The census office has given to the public the principal results oi the investigation of jarni a..d home proprietoiship in all of the states und territories. This is the first investigation of the kind ever conducted in any ct untry. Of tin 12,690,152 families in the whole country, almost so per cent, own their own farms and hoires and the rest hire. Of the families owning farms and homes, almost 28 per cent, have incumbrances and over .2 ier cent, have no incumbrance. The num Per of resident owners of land in the United States is 6,066,417, to which must be added any land owners who may be living in tenant families. The farm families number 4,670,179, of whom 66 per cent, own their farms and others hite Of the owning families over 28 per cent, have incumbiance on their ’arms. In 1880 25.56 per cent, of the farms were hired. In the cities that contain over 100.000 populati m there are 1,948,"34 home families, of whom almost 23 per cent, own and 17 ier cent, hire, while of the own : n’familiee3Bpcr cent. own subject to incumbrance. Among the cities having 100,00) population and over New York has the highest percenta e of home tenancy, nearly 93.67. The smallest percentage—s > — represents Rochester, N. Y. Bringing the urban population into contrast with the nonurban population, almost 44 per cent., or 4,224,560 home families living outside of cities and towns of 8,000 people, own their homes and 56 per cent. hire. Of the owning families, i 7 per cent, own without incumbiance. The value of the 1,696,890 incumbered farms and homes is $6,587,296,0k', and the incumbrances aggregate $2 132,949.5 3, or 37.50 per cent, of the value. Of the incumb ance on farms and home s, over 22 per cent, bears interest at rates less than 6 per cent.: 34 per cent, at the rate of 6 per cent.; 33 per cent, at rates greater than 6 per cent.: and 11 pier cent, at rates greater than 8 per cent. The average of value of each owned < nd incumbered farm in the United States is $3,444; of each inc mbered home, $3,250, and the average incumbrance on each of the farms is $1,224: on each incumbered home, $1,293. The 8c6,957 farms subject to incumbrance are worth $3,054,923,165, and the incumbrance is $1,085,995,960, or 35.55 per cent, of the value. The 80.’,933 homes sub ect to incumbrance aie valued at $22,632,3. ’ J ,904, and the incumbrance is $1,011,953,603, or 3 4.77 per cent, of the value. The cities of 6.000 to 109,00) population have 214,613 incumbered homes occupied by owners, worth $739,84. ,08i, with incumbrances amounting to $29’,611,974, which is 39.55 per cent, of the value. In the cities of 100,000 popula ion and over the value of the 168,159 incumbered homes occupied by owners is $93 J ,191,811. and these homes are incumbered for $J9.'’,029,833, or 42.07 per cent, of their valt e. In the country outside of cities and towns of 9,000 people and o.er, the value of the 427,161 incumbered homes occupied by owners is $958,337,006 and the incumbrance is $361.311,796, or 37.1 Q per cent, of the value. In the cities having at least 100,900 population, $5,555 represents the average value es each owned and incumbered home.

THE STRUGGLE IN THE ORIENT.

CQRKA I don t see whero I make anything out this scrap, no matter who win*.

Over 74 per cent, of the Incumbranoe on owned farms was incurred in buying real estate and making improvement-, and over 83 per cent, of the ineumbrance was for the purpose of buying and improving real estata. investing in business, etc.- Over 81 per cent, of the incumbrance on homes was incurred to secure purchase money and to make improvements.

PECK WILL NOT INTERFERE.

Refuse* to Call Troop* to Enforce Sanitary Laws In Milwaukee. Gov. Peck, of Wi consin, promptly ended the m vement to have the State troops cal ed out to enforce sanitary

regulations in Milwaukee. The Governor took the ground that the municipal authorties had not exhausted the’.r powers in trying to enforce the laws relative to small-pox. and that until the police and the Sheriff s forceshad been used to the extent of their powers he could not < a 1 t ut the militia to perform

guard duty or enforce a quarantine, 'rhe Governor came to this decision after a consultation with Chief of Police Janssen, who assured him that the police stood ready to enforce the laws whenever appealed to by the health orncers, and that in every ease where the police had made au effort to tea that patients were taken to the hospital they had been successful. The Governor also learned that the Sheriff had not been called upon at all, excepting in a general way. The Governor then appeared before the State Board of Health, in session at the tdister Hotel, and made known his decision. The entire police force will be us-e • if necessary, and the polio men will be orde ed to use their clubs and make numerous ar ests of rioters. In case this so ee is not suff c’ent the She iff will be c lied upon, and special deputies sworn in. It will be the policy to qua antine infec‘ed houses wherever possible, and not t ansport to the isolation hospital excepting where the quarantine would be impossible There a e now ov r 22 > ca es in the city.

THE NEW GRAY GABLES.

President Cleveland’s Pleasant Summer Resort. President C’eve’aad is once more with his family an t settled uowii for a short vacation at Gray Gables. This summer hme of the Clevelands on buzzard's Bay, though unpretentious, is a \e-y peasant place durirg the warn weather, and is one the President and his family visit every year with increa ed delight Here the Chief Executive with his wife and children can obtain rest

THE RECONSTRUCTED GRAY GABLES.

and q liet and a cessation of the many things which make official life so annoying in Washington. During the pa-t year additions have been made to Gray Gables which have much improved the place. As it now appears, the house has nine chambers, wh ch give the Cleveland family all the room they need and also allow them to entertain guests. The ro w are plainly furnished, and several of them have fine large fire-places where huge logs can be piled, affording not only heat but the home-like feeling that open fires only seem able to give. Perhaps the pleasantest room in the house is the sitting-room, a picture of whicn is here giien. This is the general meeting piaee for tr>e Clevelands, their children and their friends. It la a remarkably attractive room and has

THE SITTING-ROOM AT GRAY GABLES.

an atmosphere of comfort which it would be nard to find surpassed anywhere. A view is also pre-ented cf the exterior of Gray Gables from wnichsomo idea of the house may be formed. Th© grounds have been laid out lately with greater care than hitherto and they now prove a most attractive feature of the place. On the whole Gray Gables may be considered an almost ideal summer home.

NOW SEEKS INDEMNITY.

An American Citizen Who Claims He Was Unjustly Imprison'd in Russia. Nicholas N. Fredrikssan is an American citizen who claims that he was unjustly arreste i and imprisoned in Rus-

sia. He will endeavor to have the State Department atWashing ton demand indemnity from the Russian government Ftedrikssan is an architect and a mechanical engineer. He was born in Persia. but years ago took the < ath of al-: legiance to the Unit-! ed Slates, and received his education in Chicago and at :

California College. East Oakland. Last year he went to' Russia with his wi e to build a facto: y lor Gen. Rebainder, a noted Ru s an. At. Kursk he was arrested by a gendarma, who said he looked like a n ted criminal. His passp rts were all right, but he was thrown into prison, ana dragged from one to another for almost a year. Bv bribing a gendarme, he says, he finally escaped. He claims that he was halfstarved and treated with shocking brutality.

PULLMAN A WITNESS.

PALACE CAR MAGNATE GIVES HIS TESTIMONY. He Give* the Strike Commission Information Concerning the Pullman Work*— Wickes Declare* that the Company Loet •50,000 Rather than Close the Shope. Explains Hl* Position. George M. Pullman was called before the Labor Commission in Chicago, and testified for three hours. He spoke of the motives which had caused the camrany to build its o’ant in the way it had done and to provide homes for its workmen. He said that the ob ect in bui ding Pullman wai the establishment of a great manufacturing business on the most substantial basis possible. Because he recognized that the working peoole were the most important element which enters into the successful eperation of any enterprise he decided to

GOVERNOR PECK

build in close proximity to the shops homes for the workingmen of such character and surrouneungs as would prove so attractive that the best class □f mechanics would seek that place for employment in preference to others. Accordingly (Mr. Pullman continued), the present location of Pullman was selected. That region of the country was then very sparsely populated, a very few hundred people, mostly farmers, living within a ramus of perhaps a mile and a half of the she selected, where there are now living some 25.01)0 people. It was not the Intention to sell to workingmen homes In Pullman, but to so limit the are t of the town that they could buy homes at convenient distances from the works If they chose to do so. If auy lots had been sold In Pullman, it would have permitted the Introduction of the baleful elements which It was the chief purpose to exclude from the Immediate neighborhood of the shops and from the homes to be erected about them. The plan was to provide homes in the first place for all people who should desire to work In the shops, at reasonable rentals, with the expectation that, as they became able and should desire to do so, they could purchase lots and erect homes for themselves within convenient distances, or avail themselves of the opp triunity to rent homes from other people who should build In that vicinity. As a matter of fact, at the time of the strike 563 of the shop employes owned their homes, and 461 of that number are now employed in the shops; 560 others at the time of the strike lived outside, and in addition an estimated number of from 200 to 800 others employed at Pullman were owners of their homes. The relations of those employed in the shops are, as to tho shops, the relations of employes to employer, and as to those and others living in the homes, the relations are simply und only those of tenant to landlord, 'the company has not now. and never has had. anyinte. est whatever in the business of any of the stores or shops In the town. They are rented through and managed by outside parties, free from any control by the company. The people living in the town are entirely free to buy where they choose, anti, as a matter of fact. ’he large disbursement in wares at Pullman, amounting to an average of $2,360,000 a year, from September. 188). to July. 1894, has created a great competition for the trade of Pullman in the surrounding towns, as well as in Chicago, the natural result of which would be to bring the prices of all merchandise down to a minimum

The basis upon which rents were fixed originally in 1881. said Mr. Pullman, was 6 percent, but the actual operation! had never shown a net return of 6 per cent. For several years lhe investment returned a net revenue of iy* per cent, but during tho last two years had netted a revenue of only 3.82 per cent. In answer to questions by the Commissioners the witness told of the contracts for work undertaken by the company at a loss in order that the men might be kept at work. He said that up to the time of the strike the company had lost over $50,000 in pursuit of that policy. Mr. Pullman's further testimony reviewed h's utterances In pamphlet form and newspaper interviews which have been made public heretofore Wickes Testifies. Second Vice President Thomas H. Wicket, of tbe Pullman Company, on being called to the stand, said that tbe contracts taken

THOMAS H. WICKES.

company iu pi esent 2.600 cars. Includins>- sleeping. dinln? and chair cars. About 400 of these are lying idle, and are side-tracked most of the time. These cars wdre carried on thi books ot the company as an Hem of the surplus of $25.,000,010. For this reason that surplus was In part fictitious. Witness said the back rent now owing the company “amounted to about SIOO,OOO Almost no effort lias been made to collect any ot tills since the strike. No eviction list has been prepared and no evictions have been ordered. In Mr. Wickes’ opinion, the fact that rents in settlements adjacent to Pullman had dropped from 12 to 15 per cent, was no reason why the rents in-Pullman should be lowered.

N. N. FREDRIKSSAN.

Condition of Corn Has Improved—Fall Plowing in Progress. Reports for the week as to the condition of crops throughout the country and the ge eral infiuence of weather on growth, cultivation and harvest made by the di.ectors of thu di erent State weather services of the United States weather bureau, and reported received by telegraph at Chicago ai e as follows: Illinois Temperature and sunshine aboucnormal; rainfall generally below and badly distributed; drought in southern portion broken. Corn improving, but reports conflict as to extent of damage. Thrashing about completed. Fall plowing progressing and some seeding done. Indiana—Cool nights and rains were beneficial to growing crops in many localities. Corn Is maturing slowly, but earing better than was expected. Fall plowing progressing slowly. Wisconsin—Practically nc rain has fallen during the week. and sunshine above normal. Dense smoke covers naeth and east portlona Too dry for plo»-

GEO. M. PULLMAN.

at a loss to the company had aggregated $1,400,000. O.i tuese contracts the company lost 152,000. The wagepaid to workmen had deci eased 160,000. Mr. WiCoes admi ted that possibly it would have been better for the company to sustain the loss of $60,00) plus the $52,000 than allow the st: ike t.i occur, hut he did not think it would be a very good .policy. The Pullman

WILL BE A FAIR CROP.

Ing. Corn being ent and crop light TwJ' Lacco fam lowa—Warm and dry, with cold nights and heavy de wa Com doln: a* well as could be expected, and some field* are safe from frost if none occurs althin two week a. Pastures improving and feeding stock quite general Minnesota -Warmer than usual, with deficient rainfall. Small grain yields continue better than expected; com ripening fast. Few pota'oes in hills, but quality excellent Much stock regularly fed. South Dakota-—Temperature and sunshine considerably above normal and rainfall below; favorable for thrashing and baying. Wheat, oats and potatoes in tho Black Hills promise a very large yield. Late millet, flax, potatoes and grass need rails North Dakota- Harvesting completed and grain being thrashed. Showers during the week have improved corn, potatoes. pastures and gardens Corn will soon, be < ut of danger from frosts. Kansas—Warm and smoky, whit abundant rains in the southwestern and south—eastern counties; elsewhere dry. and late crops much Improved in rain districts; elsewhere drying up and stock, water low.. Laying finished; crop light Nebraska—Week very dry and with little change in crop conditions Pastures short and much stock being fed. Ground so dry that little progress has been made. In plowing. Missouri—lmproved late corn and pastures in southern portion, caused by showers and cloudy weather, and plowing facilitated. In northern sections drought, continues, and corn cutting is in progress, in many counties. Apples still falling badly. Michigan—Temperature and sunshinenormal, rainfall below; driest week of the season thus far; ground powdery and affords no nourishment to growing crops Late corn and potatoes an entire failure- . in many localities. Forest fires are doing much damage. Ohio—Local showers have revived vegetation somewhat in the central and southern portions; in tho ncrihern counties corn is beyond help, and lias been or will be cut for fodder. General frost did no serious damage. Potatoes small and not. over two-thirds crop On low lands corn promises one-half to three-fourths crop, while hill corn is a failure.

European Crops. The international grain and seed! market at Vienna gives estirnates’of European c- ops compared with those of 1593 as follows: Austria —Wheat, IOOp rye, 05; barley, 98; oats. 96. Hungary—Wheat, 99; rye, 96; barley--94; oats, 88. Germany—Wheat, 107; rye. 05; barley, 107; oats. 1 5. France—Wheat, 120; rye, 125; barley, 100; oats, 115. Great Britain—Wheat, 107; barley, 100; oats. 105. Russia—Wheat, 62; rye, 17; barley, 9?; oats, 86.

RUSH AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSES.

Wild Clamor of Merchants to Get Their Imports Out of Bond. The customs receipts at Chicago on. the day preceding the going into effect of the new tariff law lar exceeded, any sum heretofore collected. Tho cash received amounted to nearly $-09,000, while the largest receipts for any other one day weresto,ouo. In NewYork, before the openirg of the Cus-tom-house, a crowd of brokers nearly broke down the doors, and after these were unlocked they mobbad the rotunda and the third division. During the exciting crush in the rotunda an importer of dress goods was heard to shout in jubilation that he had save 1 $3,000 Dy keeping his goods in bond till that day. In importance and receipts the four great ports rank in this order: NewYork, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago. Chicago exceeds in collections the great seaboard cities of Baltimore, San Francisco and New Orleans. The following table shows the receipts, expenses, average number of employee and the cost per dollar for collections: Em- Cost Port. Collections Expenses, ploves.peril New York .$188,032,031 $2,702,306 1,733 .019 Phil’delpuia 11, 59.979 444,9’6 027 .is» Baltimore.. 4,629,119 272,669 167 .058 NewOileans 1.502.080 202 164 174 .134, Boston 15,793,611 191,440 477 .037 S’nFr’n’isco 7 616.133 377,992 2.13 .0411 Chicago 8,510.342 197,851 161 .023 From these big ports the customs revenue of the country is received. There are other ports at which customhouses are maintained at an actual loss to the government, buttheir presence at these places is rendered naces ary as a precaution against smuggling and for other reasons. For instance, the V icksburg custom-house last year collected $lB. of, and it cost $2 . 4 for every dollar received. At St. Marks, Cedar k eys, Fla., three employes are kept at tne custom-house at anexpenseof $2,378.72 The receipts were SiO.VJ, or $229.38 for each dollar collected. The Teche La. i custom-house supports three persons at a cost to the Go.ernmentof it.”, 5 o'. They collected $14.55, at a cost of $244.8, per dollar. At Annap lis two employes gathered, in $2.35 at an expenditure of $->93.53 per dollar. But the Government’s greatest luxury in maintaini .g a custom hou eis at Natenez, Miss. There two employes, reteiv.ng SSOO. .‘O. succeeded in garnering 50 cents, or at tbe rate of *l,O 1 per dollar. To sell a pack of playing cards new ivithout a 2-cent revenue stamp is an offense punishable by fine and imp -isonment. A new sysforn of gauging also went into effect which, it is thought, will materially increase th© revenues from the distilleries. Th© income tax is not collect! le until the first of the year. It is estimated that, from this source the Government will receive $20,003,000 annually.

THE PYTHIAN ENCAMPMENT.

Fifteen Thousand Knights Reviewed by the President in Washington. The biennial encampment of the Knights of rythias was held in Wash ington this year. Representatives c

ah the State juri - dictions asemb ed for the j urpose of legislating for and furthering the interests of the order, and hundreds of uniform divisions from all sections of the country competed for prize i in drilling and marching. The selection of Washington < ity as thepla e for holding. ♦Va ZA k-d 11 r*l ZAZA WA ZA T ZA/l ZA-.-.

the Supreme Lodge supreme < h»n< eiior. and encampment was a singularly appro; riatc action on the part of thela-t. tension, wh ch convened in Kansas City. Washington is the birthplace of the Knights of x-ythia-, ana it is fitting that the city in which the infant strugges of the order we e made should., now be the scene of the largest gathering of Knights ever brought together. The order wa- founded Feb. 19, ib(s4, by Mr. Justice H. Rathbone and ot ers, and from a beginning of live members has grown to over half a million.

The feature of the encampment was the grand parade of the uni o -tn ran <. Fifteen thousand knight were in line, marching by State brigades, and the. precession was more tnan two ho.un pa ging the presidential review i g stan I. Penn<ylvania avenue wa ■ crowded with more than oje hundred thousand ]:e0,13. alar e propo tion of them visitors from <ut of the city. The I resident reviewed the procession from a small stand erected on the eu -h----ing ju t in fr. nt of the White H< u-e. and as the knig us swept past he acknow edued b e saint ti me of tbe» . commanding-0.. axes uy. row aj

W. W. BLACKWELL.