Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — Page 2

ffregfatocrnticgnitinel J. W. McEWEX, l»\ibllnlier. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA.

ONE HUNDRED SLAIN.

EAST AFRICANS ATTACK THE GERMAN CONSULATE. Tf* % - U g ht Cpon the~<sutstTda of Tnborculosl* ! —Graduates of Keeley Meet in Annual ■ Con Tent ion Sympathy of the Sultan for Fire Sufferers. Attack the German Governor’s House. Mr. Beazley and Kev. Mr. Firminger, who reached Dar es Salaam, German East Africa, In adhovt from Ktlwa Island off that coast on Sept 9. have arrived at Zanzibar. and report that the Governor’s house at Kilwa was attacked by 2,000 natives, armed with flint-lock rifles, on the morning of the Sept 7, The fight lasted two hoars, and the natives were repulsed ■with a loss of 100 killed. Tne Germans lost one Soudanese soldier killed and one German soldier wounded. When Messrs. Beazley and Flrminger left the island a renewal of the attack ras expected. TO STOP CATTLE TUBERCULOSIS. Theobald Smith Makes an Important Report to the Agricultural Department. Results of investigations dealing with tuberculosis in cattle, both from economic an 1 sanitary standpoints, are embodied in an important report of the Agricultural Department prepared by Theobald Smith, chief of the animal pathology division. “To a(ta“k tuberculosis as it exists at present,” says the report, “is a most difficult problem, and no single measure, however sweeping, is likely to be successful The present widespread dissemination of the disease and Its prevalence among other domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, horses, and, above all, its prevalence among men, makes the complete extinction of the malady an unrealizable problem. Infection through the air is the most serious problem to be dealt with. That cattle may bo Infected more than once is self-evjdent The fewer the tuberole bacilli in the air the more reduced the danger. lt-ls highly probable that cattle may under conditions Inhale a few tubercle bacilli without permanent Injury. The Importance of reducing the amount of infection in a hord by all possible means and keeping it permanently reduced Is ono necessary condition for the successful eradication of tuberculosis.”

SAVED BV GOLD CURE. Annual Conventlou of the Keeley league at Colorado Springs, Colo. At Colorado Springs, Cola, tho Coliseum, a magnificent auditorium which has just received Its finishing touches, was crowded to suffocation Tuesday morning when the fourth annual convention of tho Keeley Deague or the United States was called to Order. On the stage and main floor sat over one thousand delegates, many of them men of national prominence or widely known In their respective sections of the country, and who represented 40,000 men who, through the gold cure, have been tnabled to renounce alcoholism. In the rear of the hall and the balcoules wore tome two thousand Iveeloyltes and representatives of other temperance organizations from this and other State'. Colonel Andrew J. Smith, governor of the national military home at Leavenworth, Kan., presided.

THE BIG FIGHT DECLARED OFF. Peter Jackson Refuses to Sign the Arti- j cles Sent On by Corbett. The meetin? between “Jim” Corbett, the j American champion, an<l Peter Jackson Is ! finally and officially declared off. Jackson refused to slKn the articles which already } bore the signature of Corbett, and which j had In view a fight to be held under the j auspices of the Sioux City Athletic Club, i time and place to be selected by them, j The main bone of contention was the time, j Mr. Edward Lloyd, representing the club, | Insisted on a sufficient allowance of time to Insure fair weather. Jackson insisted ! that the affair come off in two or threo months. SHOT DOWN IN HIS TRACKS. Killed by the Man Whose Hands Ho Had ■ Ordered Up. At 1 o’clock Tuesday morning two men •went Into the saloon of Benjamin Trace, 2001 State street, Chicago, and tried to rob the bartender. Tommy Morgan, the exprize fighter. One of the men had a revolver and he commanded Morgan to throw ■op his handa Morgan reached for his own revolver, which lay behind the bar, and before the other could shoot Morgan had sent a bullet into his head. The thief fell dead In his tracks. His companion escaped. The dead man Is supposed to he L. Cantwell, a West Side thief. Caught the Hangman. James Van Hise, the New Jersey hangman, was a very angry man when he went to the office of Sheriff Toffoy, in Jersey City, to collect his foe of $250 for hanging Altenberger, the murderer of Katie Rupp, He found an attachment in the Sheriff’s hands for $175, secured on an order of tho Supreme Court, to satisfy an old debt of 5125, which he owed Joseph Grover. To Force Moloney to Sue, The State Auditor has decided to bring madamus proceedings against the Attorney General of Illinois to compel him to bring suit against the Illinois Building and Loan Association, insolvent, of Bloomington, lib The Attorney General has refused to prosecuto the insolvent concern and a warm fight between the State officers Is anticipated. , Sultan of Turkey Sends Aid. The Sultan has again given practical evidence of his Interest in America. His majesty was deeply moved by tho tragic details which reached him of the forest fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and he has given 300 Turkish pounds for the benefit of the sufferera Both Duelists Dying. A frightful duel with knives was fought by two prominent farmers, Thomas Osbora and Marcus Murphy, near Polkville, Kjr. Murphy’s hogs broko into Osborn’s cornfield, and this caused the trouble. The two cut and slashed each other In a frightful manner, and were both found 4ying in pools of blood. Japs Will Fay. Japan is reported to have agreed to pay *750, 000 Indemnity for firing on the Kow Bhung, which was carrying Chinese troops and flying the British flag when sunk by the Mikado’s warships. Butte Policeman Drowned. Sergeant Whitehead, of the Butte (Mont) police force, was drowned In Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapolis, Sunday afternoon by the capsizing of a sailboat Whitehead was on a leave of absepco in charge of the Montana silver statue, which had been on exhibition the past week. A Marshal Charged with Murder. Rufus Brumfield, of Richmond, was shot •sod killed at Centrevllle, Ind., by Marshal Charles Rowan. *ho attempted to, settle a disturbance. The Coroner Investigated the case and filed his verdict charging ®»*aa with murder. He has been arrestm* H now la Jal>

LEFT THE FCLE THERE.

Arctic Explorers Lucky Enough to Get Hack to Habitable Climes. The fishing schooner RigeL of Gloucester, ' Mass., Captain George W. Dixon, has just arrived in North Sidney. N. B, with the passengers and crew of the steamship Miranda, which left New York July 7, carrying Dr. Cook’s party for arctic exploration. After making repairs at St. John's, consequent upon damage received by col-, lision with an Iceberg off Belle Isle July 17, the Miranda made a, second attempt to 1 reach Greenland.saillng July 27. Heavy fog [ and ice impeded their progress, and jh? ; jnacb tartar at JukkSf. Tffjtpan, Greenland, Aug. 7. She Started for llolstenberg Aug. 6 and struck a sunken rock outside the harbor. The Miranda was not considered fit to return to St. John’s wilb her passengers. A relief partg set out from Sukker Toppaa to Holstcnberg, 140 miles distant, with five Esquimaux in an open sailboat for assistance. The schooner Rigel was met by chance, and Capt. Dixon generously responded to the appeal of the explorers and returned to Sukker Toppan with the Miranda’s party. Capt. Farrell of the Miranda arranged with Capt. Dixon that his company should pay $4,000 for carrying the passengers homo, and the passengers and food were transferred to the Rigel, and the Miranda then started for Labrador with the Rigel In tow. Aug. 21, about midnight, while about 100 miles out, the Miranda sent up signals of distress. Enormous ocean swells from a distant storm caused her water tank to burst and the vessel began to OIL Capt Farrell was obliged to abandon his ship. The crew and officers were transferred at daylight Aug. 23, to the Rigel and tho Miranda was left to her fate. Ninety-one persons were crowded Into the Kigel’s cabin and bold. CZAR SAID TO BE VERY ILL. Ills Condition Excites Gravest Concern Throughout the Empire. A dispatch from Vienna states that a letter received In that city from Bt l’eterspurg says that the Czar’s present illness

excites public attention as much as did his illness seven months ago, whoa his death was not unexpected. That so much mystery Is made of the character of his complaint is considered extraordinary. Tho Czar went to Bialowurz when everything had been prepared for his reception at Spala. Ills majesty usually strongly objects to medical treatment,but he is now accompa-

CZAR OF RUSSIA.

nied by Dr. Zaecharin. Tho liturgy read In the churches on Sundays now contains a passage referring to toe Czar’s health, which was added last January when he was very 111, The C;ar Is the second son of Alexander IL, and was born March 111, 1845. Iu 1860 he was married to Marla Sophia Frederika Dagmar. daughter of Christian IX. of Denmark. Alexander participated In tho Turkish war of 1877-78, and ascended to the throne March 12, 1881, on tho assassination of hts father. He was not crowned until May, 1883, In consequence of the threats of the Nihilistic conspirators, and ho has moro than once come very near mooting his doom Since then. CRIME OF A CENTURY. Suspicion that the Recent Forest Fires Were Incendiary. There are intimations that the Minnesota State Senatorial -Committee, which has for months been investigating the frauds against the Stale in the cutting of pine from school lands, will be able to show astonishing evidence not only that the “timber pirates” have appropriated millions of,dollars' worth of lumber belonging to the State, but that in trying to cover up their stealings they have started

fires which havo resuliod In tho terrible loss of Hie and property In Pine, Kanabec, Carlton, and other counties In tho pine bolt. The charge is that tho lumbermen havo flrod tho lands which they havo improperly cleared to render measurement of stumpage Impossible and thereby shut off any suits which tho commission might attempt to bring against them. In ono of tho chief hotels In St. Cloud a scout, employed by the commission to ferret out cases of lumber thieving, declared ho had secured sworn ovldeneo that millions of feet of lumber had been stolen and that as soon as It had been cut the lumbermen had instructed their employes to burn the ground over and “to mako a good, clean job of it ”

HOT AFTER LYNCHERS. Gov. Turner Says tile Millington Mob Must He Punished. Gov. Turner Intends to make it warm for the members of the mob who lynched tho six alleged negro inCendlarle3 at Millington, Tenn.. “Tho Millington lynchers must be brought to justice,” he said, with ungry voice, “and I will begin with a thorough Investigation at once. I will assist tho Memphis authorities in every way possible, by offering large rewards and employing detectives to rundown the beasts who committed tho crime against clvlliza-, tlon. Such outrages as the Millington affair are a disgrace to any community, and an example must be made of the savages Who composed the moh” The National Game. The clubs of tho National and Western Leagues stand as follows la the championship race: NATIONAL LEAGUE. Peri Per W. L. cent, W. L cent. Baltimore .78 s 6 ,684| Pittsburg. .56 f 8 .487 New Y0rk..76 40 .665|Ch1caz0. ...60 J 66 .431 Boston 75 40 .(152|Cinotnnatl.60 67 .427 Phll’dclp'ia66 48 .579 St. Louis..*7 70 .402, 8r00k1yn..63 62 .648 Washingt'n4o 77 .342 Cleveland. .58 64 .BlsjLoulsvllle .33 83 .284 WESTERN LEAGUE. Per Fer W. L. cent-j W. L. cent. Sioux City .69 44 . 611 Gr'd R'pldss4 61 .470 Kansas 0'y.67 47 .sSS lndi'n’p’UsSl Cl .447 Mlnne’p’lls 62 60 .654 Detroit ... .48 64 .429 Toledo 66 52 .5191 Mil waukee.43 69 .384 Peck Leads Badger Democrats. In the Wisconsin Democratic State Con/entlon Thursday, at Milwaukee. Gov. Goo. W. Peck was renominated on the third ballot Following is the ticket completer Governor George W. Peck Lieutenant Governor A. J. Schmitz Beoretary of State T. J. Cunningham Btate Treasurer John Hunner Attorney General James O’Connor Superintendent of Public Instruction.... W. H. Schulz Railroad Commissioner George 0. Prescott Inzuranoe Commissioner O. It. Skaar Failure in Sedalia. M. S. Mackey’s wholesale boot and shoe house at Sedalia. Mo, has been closed on a deed of trust The preferred indebtedness Is $27,500. The assets will be largely *n excess of the amount named. Five Lynchers Are Indicted. The Investigation Into tho lynching of six negroes near Millington, Tenn., Is being pushed with vigor. The Grand Jury has returned five indictments and more will follow. Female Murderer in Jail, Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, fifty years old, has been lodged in jail at Jackson, Mol, for the murder of Henry Stiff, a blacksmith at Oriole and a neighbor of Mrs, Ellsworth. Noel Malsson Is Hanged. Noel Malsson was hanged at Pittsburg, P.a,,fortbe murder of August Raos and his wife, Sophia Raes, near the village of Calamity, the ntgbt of Sept 24, 1893. Subterranean Disaster. A fatal disaster occurred on the Fitchburg Road Saturday evening in the Hoosac tunnel, near North Adams, Mass. The ac-

rident was caused by a rear-end collision between east-bound freight trains. A freight train had stopped to repair an engine which bad broken down, and at abont the same time a west-hound express train passed through the tunnel, filling it wltl. smoke. A second east-hound freight train was allowed to enter the tunnel, contrary to the rules of the road, and the engineer being unable, on account of the dense smoke left by the passenger train, to distinguish the lights front the train from the lights on the walls of the tunnel, went into It with a crash. Both trains were badly wrecked. The tunnel ■was blockaded. Two men were killed outright and three were seriously Operator Hodkin who was In charge of the signal lights at the east portal is oonfined in the police station on the charge of criminal Carelessness. W. Hodgkins, the west portal operator, has also been placed under arrest ne claims he received the O K from the east end operator, and conquently changed his signal. The authorities will make a thorough Investigation.

WILL FEED WHEAT TO ANIMALS. More of the Grain to Be Used In This Manner than Ever Before. During the last few days C A. King & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, have received replies from 3,057 reliable dealers and millers covering almost every important wheat and clover seed county in Ohio, Michigan, Indians Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. These StaUs raise most of the clover seed crop and two-thirdsof the winwheat crop, or nearly one-half of the entire wheat crop of the United States: 2.311 of the reports are from 298 of the larger wheat producing counties. They show it Is mostly a guess to say now what amount of wheat will be ted to animals this crop year, tut there wlii be moro fed than ever before In sections where there is a fair corn crop little will be fed. But 15 per cent, of the wheat crop may be fed In tho seven States named; 210 reports from all say 3 per cent or less of the crop will be fed; 250 say 3 to 5 per cent; 428, 5 to 10 per cent ; 544, 10 to 15; 440, from 15 to 21; 190, from 20 to 25; 532, from % to %; 105, from a third to fifth; and from 340 a fifth to a bait Nearly all say farmers have sold more freoly than usual Indiuna and Illinois farmers are more disposed to sell, while Miclilgau farmers are firmly holding. The clover seed crop will bo smaller than the large one of last year. Mammoth clover will be very short. Medium clover will be a trlilo below an average. Michigan reports tho poorest prospect for both, while Indiana has the best, but not over an average.

LARGE DECREASE IN EXPORTS. A Falling Off in Trade Between America and Otner Countries. Replies have been received at the Stato Department at Washington, showing the amount of exports from various countries during tho quarter ending Juno 30, 1894, to the United States. The reports are by the different Consuls General, and are compared with the reports for the same quarter of last year. The figures show a falling off, owing, no doubt In part to expected tariff changes. The following are tho figures by countries: Austria-Hungary. $1,488,357; decrease, 3916,4491 Belgium, $1,472,808; decrease, $840,814. Canada, maritime provinces, 81,358,539; decrease, $418,423. Canada, Ontario, $4,013,150; decrease, $091,752. Canada. Quebec, $1,108,545; comparison not given. Germany, Frankfort district, $6,153,290; decrease, $4,314,620. Italy, $5,440,242; comparison not given. Netherlauds. $5,118,002; no comparison; Russia, $790,700; no comparisons. Sweden and Norway, $450,197; decrease, $075,235. Switzerland, $2,133,793; decrease, $1,256,155. England, $26,332,664; decroaso, $lO,050,318. Turkey, $784,142; no comparisons. West Indies, $28,299,075; no corn parlsons.

CANADIAN DUTY RAISED. Hereafter Pulp Logs Will Pay 40 Cents a Cord Unless Made In the Provinces. Consul General Reilly, of Quebec, Que., has telegraphed the State Department tho following extract from the Official Gazette, published at Quebec. The Consul General requested that the matter be transmitted to Secretary Carlisle: “Whereas, the present rate of dues chargeable on spruce logs Is 25 cents por cord of 128 cubic feet, and, whereas, It Is advisable to raiso it, while allowing a reduction when pulp wood Is to bo manufactured in this province, it is ordered that tho rate of duos on spruce logs for paper pulp bo fixed at 40 ceut3 per cord of 128 cubic feet, but that a reduction of 15 cents per cord he allowed when the pulp wood is to be manufactured in the province.” Will Fight Lewelllng. An address has been Issued to the people of Kansas, signed, by J. H. Lathrop, W. H. Bennington and others, calling for the organization of a new political party in the State, based on the initiatory and referendum system. Polling places are to be astablished all over that State and voters not in accord with any of the old parties will be asked to call and identify themselves with tho new organization, the name of which is to be determined by popular vota Link Waggoner It Killed. Link Waggoner, the noted outlaw and murderer, was killed in jail at Minden, La., Saturday night by a mob of armed men, who forced their way in. He showed pluck to tho last and faced the crowd, cursing them with his last breath. He was shot thirteen times. Waggoner was accused of half a dozen murders. General Stoncman Dead. Gen. George Stoncman, ex-Governor of California, died in Buffalo, at tho residence of his sister, Mrs. Benjamin H. Williams.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 (<l oon llogs—Shipping Grades 4 00 @6 75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 00 <$ 8 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 54 & 55 Corn—No. 2 eg @ 57 Oats—No. 2 29 & 31 Rye—No. 2 47!i@ 48^ But tey—Choice Creamery 23 ai 24 Eggs—Fresh 15 @ 17 Potatoes—New. per bu 70 eo 80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping r 2 00 @ 5 60 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 @ 6 50 Sheep—Common to Prime 200 @ 3 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 49 49:4 Corn—No. 2 White 66 <OS 56te Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ 33 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 @ 5 eo Hogs. 3 00 @ 6 60 Wheat—No. 2 Red eo <a) si Corn—No. 2 66 & &7 Oats—No. 2 31 ® 32 Bye—No. 2 63 @ 53 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 50 & 4 75 Hogs 4 00 us 6 eo Sheep 200 & 3 00 Wheat—No. ? Bed 51 <<s 62 Corn—No. 2 Mixed., 58 (a) 69 Oats —No. 2 Mixed at <<s 3> Rye-No. 2 47 <3 48 DETROIT., Cattle 2 60 tfis 4 50 Hogs 4 00 & 600 Sheep 2 00 @321 Wheat—No. 1 White 65 <a> eg Corn—No. 2 Yellow 67?n@ 68W: Oats—No. 2 White 32S® 33*2 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 @ 54 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 56 5314 'Oats—No. 2 White 32 33 Rye—No. 2 47 <g 43 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 White 60 @ 60& No. 2 Red 56 @ 67 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 63 @ cam OATS—No. 2 White 35 m 34 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 64 @ 65 Corn—No. 3 6~H Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ 34 Barley—No. 2 54 ert £6 Bye—No. 1 48 @ go Pork—Mess 14 00 @l4 50 „ new YORK. Cattle : 300 @550 Hogs 3 ts <§ 6 60 Wheat—-No. 2 Red w @ Corn—No. 2., ce & 67 Oats—Mixed Western 34 (dt 36 Butter—Creamery . 23k>« 24 u Boos—state r!*® «

ABE STILL IN DANGER

FLAMES THREATEN MANY TOWNS IN THE NORTH. Smoke In the Lake Superior Region Show* Fire* Unquenchcd-Losses Aggregate Incalculable Millions— Relief for the Suffering Subscribed Liberally. Fire Still at Work. Reports from the fire swept north pay that, while the worst is thought to be over, tho danger is not at an end. Fire smolders at countless points in northern Wisconsin and Michigan, and strong winds would fan the sparks into a blaze that wou'd sweep away many towns that have thus far fought successfully against destruction. Tnese rekindled tires were seen on all sides of Washburn and Ashland, and tho trainmen report the existence of Ironwood, Hurley, Odanah. Bayfield, Sanborn, Marengo, t’enoit and a dozen other sett'ements is threatened. Incendiaries, it is said, have tried to set fire to Ashland and Washburn. The authorities will not confirm the report for fear of lynching , bat it is known that the jails at botn places are well filled with non against whom no charges have been recorded. Fort Wing, forty m les east of Duluth cn the south shore (f Lake Superior, was totally destroyed Wednesday. The town hud 20d inhabitants. The town of Spencer, Wis., had aclo e call, Surrounded on all tides by growing fires, tho people sent a call for aid to Stevens Point. Ine hundred men responded, and, witn 300 able-bodied fire-fighteis of Spencer, succeeded in saving the place. The village of Thorpe, not far from Chippewa Falls, also had a nnrrow escape. Succor sent by neighboring towns prevented tho expected destruction, and the total loss was not more than $20,000. Still another town that caught fire, Rib Lake, in Taylor County, was saved by prompt and vigorous work, and the loss will not exceed $10,(00. The little town of Bruce, near Chippewa Falls, was not so fortunate. E ires enveloped it, and its 100 inhabitants waded into the Chippewa river and covered their hoads with wet blankets. Alter the fire had passed over them they saw an ash-heap where their homes had been. Tho loss is about $. 0.000. * Reports are to the effect that Carlton. Kerrick, and Larnum, Minn., are in clangor. The fires now surround these places, and are raging furiously. So dense is tho smoke at Carlton that the operator there said he could not see across the street. It is therefore impossible to know anything from any of these fire; except from the spot itself. Seven • people were burned to death in the fires at Marengo, a few miles south of Ashland, Wis. In Duluth the smoke is so dense that it is utterly impo sible to distinguish even faint outlines of buildings 41)0 feet away. Offers of aid to sufferers, both in "cash and goods, are coming in from distant States. The temporary relief fund subscribed in Duluth grows ajdl now reaches over SIO,OJO. There ifffe over one thousand destitute refugees from the Hinckley and Sandstone fires now in Duluth. Ono of the sal featuEes in the suffering cn the scene of the catastrophe is tho large number of cows, horses, sheep and hogs, as well as fowls that miraculously escape l the tiros and arc now suffering and slowly dying from hunger. The humane societies will at once take this part of the relief work in chai ge.

SHOWED THEMSELVES HEROES. Forett Fire Horror Brought Many jHrave Men to the Front. The heroes of the forest fires were many, and their deeds are just coming to light. Most of these men have been too busy to s.*v anything about themselves!', and their sto ies have only come out when some of those they have saved ate heard from. The stories of Engineer Root and crew, of the St. Paul and Duluth train, and that of the Eastern Minnesota crew, so noblyheaded by Engineer Eest, have been told, although the lull force of their heroic deeds cannot be understood by one who has never seen or realized the terrors of iorest fires, Ordinary' heroes become helpless under such an ordeal, and only the truest metal can stand the test of such a furnace. Engineer Ed Berry and Conductor Harry Powers, of the Kastern Minnesota freight, come to the front rank among the heroes who have stood the trial by fire. The 47* people whom they picked up and carried back to safety in the box cars were rushed through the midst of the furnace over burning ties, in the face of the knowledge that another train in the opposite direction had the right of way, and was liable to be met anywhere ir. the dense smoke and fierce llame. That wai a terrible ride ovor the if 0-foot bridge across the Kett e River, which was blazing and trembling under the wheels, apparently ready to fall. Fifteen minutes after the train pa sod tho ruilD of the bridge went down into the liver. It wai at this time that a crowd of alleged men crowded into the cab and begged Engineer Berry to uncouple the train and carry them to safety, leaving the people in the cars to perish. They were summarily fired The number of people saved by Gustave Wentz, a coolheaded German teamster, will never he known. Ho kept his horses on the jump and carried la ge numbers to plaeos of safety. Several entire families were‘saved bv him.

FIRE LOSSES TAX CREDULITY. Computed by Tens of Millions—Railroids the Chief Sufferers. The total loss causod to date by the forest fires in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota cannot yet be estimated with much accuracy, but it is known that computable losses almost tax credulity. In four counties in Michigan the loss on standing pine is known to bo at least $70,01)0,000, and in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota the loss is even greater. Logs ready for the mill have been burned in so many places that they cannot be estimated. Mi lions represent tho losses on saw'-mi:l plants and other millions the sawed lumber awaiting shipment. Ltill other millions were lost in the houses and personal effects of the victims. The railroads have suffered in the burning of bridges and damage to tracks, but their chief deprivation is of the future. Vast stretches of country, denuded of their forests, will have nothing so ship and no inhabitants to lay freight and passenger tariffs. Men driven out by lire will not return, even if there was business to entice them. Damage at Sandstone, Partridge and llinckl y foot up SUM), 7)00 for tho three towns, and is( more than half the loss in the towns, but does not include tho timber. Exports from Germany to the United States have more than doubled since the taking effect of the new tariff law. _____ One man was killed and two others injured in a crossing accident in Philadelphia. A freight train struck a coal wagon.

WAITE WINS EASILY.

The Colorado Populist Leader Hit LittU Opposition. Gov. Waite won a victory in the Populist State convention at Pueblo,

Co!., being renominated on the first ballot by a practica 11 y unanimous vote. The opposition failed to develop their promised strength. Thomas M. Fatter*son, leader of the opposition to Waite appeared on the stage and endeavored to speak. He

GOV. WAITE.

was allowed but five minutes. Nothing he could say in five minute 3, he said, wouli make any impression upon the delegates, and he would therefore simply enter the protest of the minority. Ed Holden, anti-Waite, attempted to speak, but was howled down. Thereupon the Patterson delegation from Denver left the hall, followed by about a dozen other delegates Gov. Waite was renominated on the first ballot, receiving all but half a dozen votes, which were given to Congressman Pence. The nomination was later made unanimous. When introduced to the convention he was greeted with tremendous cheers. Gov. Waite, after thanking the convention for the honor bestowed upon him, said: “I co not take this as an indorsement of all my official acts, as I know I have made many grievous mistakes; but I take it as an expression of confidence in me, and that I have acted honestly, if not always wisely.

MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS.

Nominate a Ticket at the State Convention in St. Paul. The Minnesota Democratic State Convention at St. Paul nominated a ticket almost by acclamation, only one position taking a full ballot. The full ticket chosen is as ,follows: Governor—General G. L. Becker, of St. Pa u 1. Lieutenant Governor—John Ludwig, of Winona. Secretary of State—John B. Haines, of Morrison County. Auditor—A. Bierman.of Goodhue County. Attorney General—Logan Breckinridge, of Olmstead County. Treasurer—G L. Lambert, of Carver County. Chief Justice—Seagrave Smith, of Minneapolis Clerk Superior Court—Thomas Kurtz, of Cliy County. The platform reaffirms Democratic doctrines: denounces the protective tariff; indorses President Cleveland’s administration; favors free coinage of silver whenever it can be accomplished consistently with the maintenance of a sound and stable currency; favors the popular election of United States Senators: demands rigid economy in public affairs; denounces the American Protective Association; commends the Democratic tariff bill: favors taxation of railway lands; and believes in arbitration.

JAPANESE IN A PANIC.

American Consul Surrenders Two Supposed Spies to the Chinese. Shanghai advices say the surrender to the Taotai outside the settlement limits, b.y the American Consul, of two

Japanese who were recently arrested accused of being spies, and ‘who had been under tho protection o: tho United States, has created a panic among the Japanese in this country. The latter believed themselves to be safe under the protection of the United States, and their alarm is increased in view of the report that their

two countrymen now in the hands of Taotai are t > be immediately executed. The Chinese authorities, when the prisoners were surrendered, pledged themselves not to torture the captives and to give them a fair trial. Ail the Japanese in this city, numbering about 1 00, are making preparations to leave China at the earliest moment possible. Many have already fled. The Yokohama Specie bank branch is transferring its business to the Comptoir d’Escompte during the war. The Japanese merchants are sel.ing out their business and preparing to leave the country.

TRIAL OF DEBS BEGUN.

Judge Woods Hears Evidence In Contempt .Cases Against A. K. U. Officers. With tho calling of Judge Woods’ court in Chicago Wednesday morning the work of rehearsing the events of the recent railroad strike and crystallizing them in numberless folios of dry legal documents was begun in earnest. Tne contest, while it lacks the dash and excitement which marked the days and nights when the attempt was made to enforce the Pullman boycott, promises to be a battle roya 1 between the opposing attorneys, and the questions to be decided, it is asserted, aro hardly less in importance than those involved in the strike and boycott. It is general y admitted that the case will be carried to the Supreme Court, no matter in whoso favor it is decided. The case is simply a continuance of the proceedings begun in July for contempt of court against Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, Sylvester Keliher and L. W. Rogers, officers of the American Railway Union. The defendants are also under indictments for offenses similar to those charged in the informations for contempt, but they have not yet been tried.

SUPPLY OF GRAIN.

Stocks in Chicago Elevators Greatly Exceed Those of a Year Ago. The stocks of grain in Chicago elevators last Saturday evening were 25,385,000 bushels of wneat, 1,-101,000 bushels of corn, 1,297,00) bushels of oats, 148,001 bushels of rye, and 1(1,000 bushels of barley. Total, 28,247,090 bushels of ail kinds of grain, against 21,3 if,ooo bushels a year ago. For the same date the Secretary of the Chicago Beard of Trade states the visible supply of grain in the l nited S ates and Canada as 66,949,000 bushels of wheat. 3,151.000 bushels of corn, 7,204,000 bushels of oats, 30’,00 i bushels of rye, and £69,000 bushels of barley. These figures are larger than the corresponding ones a week ago by 2,178,000 in wheat and 114.000 in t orn. The visible supply of wheat for the corresponding week a year ago decreased 059,000 bushels.

Brieflets.

Henry Loesch shot his wife four times at St. Louis, and then cut his own throat. Sarah Bernhardt is expected to make a tour through Scandinavia! during October. In a collision of trolley cars at Darby, Pa., fifteen persons were injured, •omei of them seriously. The funeral of Agnes Wabnitz, the socialistic Lader, was male the occasion for a great demonstration by Berlin socialists.

G. A. R. AT PITTSBURG.

ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF A NATION'S HEROES. Nearly 30,000 Old Soldiers Brought Together—A Fitting Place for Thli Meeting of Veterans—The Northwest Takes a Prominent Part. “Boys” In Bine.

tions of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army, the Daughters of Veterans, the National Asscciation of Naval Veterans, and the National Asscciation of Union ex-Prisoners of War were held at the same time. The reunion this year has been a notable one, the anniversary being held upon soil peculiarly sacred to the cause represented at this gathering. Pennsylvania gave more sons according to her c uota as a sacrifice to the god of battles than any other State in the Union. She stood on the border in 1861. She sent the first volunteer defender to the imper iled capital in the crisis following Sumter. Her genius ruled in the national camps and counsels, and within her limits, fair set among the charming hills of the Cumberland, lies the battlefield of Gettysburg. Thousands of tho “boys of "61” who have made their homes in the Northwest have reason to remember Pittsburg and to be grateful for the helping hand extended the so diers by the people of that city. Pittsburg was the gateway through which thousands of troops passed to the “front,” and again when mustered out of tho service and returning home. The necessities of the brave lads were realized at an early day and measures take to provide for their most pressing wants. Prom August. 1861, to January, 1866, Pittsburg fed and sheltered 409,745 soldiers, besides caring for 79,460 sick and wounded. Aug. 3, 186], the Pittsburg Subsistence Committee was formed for the work. Troops starting for the “front” carried rations for a given number of days, but delays often compelled them to go hungry. In this vicinity was an abundance of foodstuffs and the committee set about gathering all possible and providing the soldiers with meals. City Hall was the headquarters, but buildings and grounds near the railroad stations were secured and no boy in blue t assed through Pittsburg with an empty stomach. The Twentieth Indiana Regiment, Col. Brown, was the first one furnished with food by the regularly organised committee. Pittsburg bad made elaborate preparations for the event, $75,000 having been subscribed for the entertainment of the veterans. Triumphal arches were erected for ihe Grand Arjny to pass under, and the merchants ana citizens vied with each other to secure the most original and beautiful decorations. Hard times prevented the attendance of a great many of the veterans who live at a distance, but Pittsburg is the heart of a district in which old soldiers are numbered by the thousands and the contingents from Pennsylvania and Ohio were large, while the Northwest was well represented. At the National Encampment at Washington two years ago Pennsylvania had the largest number of comrades in the parade, beirg 9,000 strong. Ohio was second in strength, and there was a big rivalry between the Key stone and the Buckeye States this year. Northwest Well Keprrg anted. The departments of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, lowa. Michigan, and Ohio sent.. goodly delegations this year, though the numercial strength ot the various bodies was less than might have been expected had the industrial and financial conditions of the country been good during the last eighteen months. The Illinois delegation to the encampment numbered over 1,000 men. Michigan sent over 500 men, lowa was represented by 109, Indiana by 700, Wi ensin by 100, Ohio by 10,00 b, and Pennsylvania by about the same number The sessions of the encampment proper were preceded by immense parades of the surviving veterans of the army and navy. Tho parade on Monday, which the Pittsburgers saw marching down their sth avenue, was one that through the novelty of its cnaraeter, in an inland locality, was fully as intere-ting as the greater demonstration of the Grand Army “turn out,” which took place on the following day. The first was a procession composed of the National Association of Naval Veterans, commanded by' Rear Admiral Bradley' S. Osbon, of New York City, and the Naval Cadets and the Sons of Veterans. Rear Admiral Osbon was Admiral Farragut's signal master, possesses an honorable record and has had a variety of experiences. The characteristics of the naval veterans are original and vary considerably from their comrades, who fought on land while they fought on the sea, and occasioned the interest that attaches to all things nautical among people who dwell far from the sea. Tuesday saw the parade of the remnant of tne great armies that subdued, secession, saved the Union and made black men forever free. It is a glorious organization that Commander-in-chief John G. B. Adams led on that day-. Pennsylvania was a State of patriots from l or old wa" Governor. Curtin, down to her (almost) every humble son. The Department of Illinois had the right of line, followed by the Wisconsin and Ohio departments. Forty-five State and Territorial departments were represented. This day, also, the ladies of the G. A. R., the Woman’s Relief Corps, and the Daughters of Veterans held council meetings, and the Union ex-prisoners of war held their national contention. At night there were camp-fires at a dozen places. The twenty-eighth National Encampment of the Grand Army assembled Wednesday in the Grand Opera House. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Gov. Robert E. Pattison, Mayor B. McKenna of Pittsburg, and. Mayor William M. Kennedy of Allegheny. Gov. McKinley, of Ohio, made a speech. The Ladies of the G. A. R., Woman’s Relief 6orps, and Daughters of Veterans held their first meetings; there were entertainments at the Exposition Building and Westinghouse works, and a camp-fire of the Union exprisoners of war. Thursday was given up to business meetings and elections, a concert and reception, and a camp fire by the Sons of Veterans

EMPEROR OF JAPAN.

THE twenty - eighth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, hela in n Pittsburg this year, :lfr brought together nearly 30,000 old soldiers. The conven-

RAIN BADLY NEEDED.

rmU Plowing Retarded Owing to Baked Condition of the SolL Reports-as to the condition of crops throughout the country and the general influence of weather on growth, cu.tivation, and harvest were made by the directors of the different State weather services of the Lnited States eatber Bureau. Tee reports receive 1 by telegraph at Chicago are as follows: Illinois—lemperature above normal, sunshine normal; rainfall below and badly disturbed. IVbekeraln fell ihe previous week corn and pastures much Improved. Plowing being pushed in central and southern, but retarded In northern por-v tion. Some seeding already done. Indiana—No rain. Corn maturing slow—" ly; clover huillnt continues to show a good yield; plowing retarded, ground too dry and hard; stoex is being fed and water scares. Wisconsin—The driest, week of the season. Late reports Indicate general rains, in northern portion, retarding Torest fires, and the smoke has cleared. Corn ripening fast. Too dry for fail plowing. Potatoprospect improved sl.ghily. Minnesota—Warm and dry. In east central portion crops in many places have been destroyed by forest ores. Corn harvesting begun, yield light. Kot affecting potatoes In southwest sections. Thrashing in progress. Pall plowing retarded by drought Rain needed. lowa—Extreme drought conditions raitiga>ed by showers. Corn near safety linefrom damage by frost Cu-ting for fodder is general in nearly all parts of the Stale. South Dakota—Excesdve temperature with cool nights. No precipitation and high Winds, injurious io all crops in eastern section, t hrashlng progressing, yield showing lighter than expected. Everything suffering for want of rain. North Dakota —Thrashing going on as rapidly as possible. Corn maturing fast and will be a good crop, but only a small amount was planted. Kansas—Good rains from Barber to Doniphan counties, with heavy rains from Barber to Sedgwick counties, benefiting orchards and pastures; elsewhere stock water diminishing, orchards and pastures failing. Nebraska—Very little change in the crop conditions. Pastures very sfiort, and littleplowing done. Showers general ihe last days of the week. Oklahoma—Driest week of the season. Cotton picking progressing rapidly; yield very good. Pastures drying up. 801 l worms slightly damaging cotton in southwest portion. Plowing retarded. Ohio—Except local rains in southern portion, the conditions are practically unchanged since last week. Corn Is about ready to cut, but a great deal has been already cut for fodder. Tobacco has improved and is being cut and housed; early planting yields well. Missouri—Good showers in some localities, but week generally clear and dry. Corn-cutling becoming general, about t wothirds of average crop for State. Fall plowing progressing slowly; pastures dry, water scarce. Michigan—Temperature and sunshine normal, rainfall below; there has been no let up on drought during past week, and large percentage of corn now past redemption. Late potatoes and pastures can yet ho helped.

LABOR’S OWN DAY.

How It Was Observed This Year in Many of the Large Cities. In the summor of 1882, Matthew Maguire, Secretary of the Central Labor Union, of Paterson. N. J.. introduced a motion at one of the meetings of the union that the various bodies represented there should hold a joint demonstration and picnic instead of the separate assembly picnics that had heretofore been the vogue, and suggested that this combined labor outing occur on the first Monday in September. The resolution met with favor, and the first Monday in September of each year was set aside as ‘‘labor ho iday.” The second demonst at.ion —1883 —was a grand success. Thirty thousand people were in line, but the celebration up to this time was confined to New York City. In the following year the movement had extended to twenty prominent cities of the United States, and 1885 saw the observance of Labor Day advance with still more rapid strides, until now it reaches all the new centers of industrial development in the South as well as the North, and every prominent city in the United States has its Labor Lav. This year the day was generally observed. In Chicago labor marched through the streets with its trousers turned up, and with little rills of water running down the back of its neck. Over 7.100 union workmen splashed through the mud to celebrate Labor Day, undeterred by the heaviest down* ! pour in over two months In New York labor made an imposing demonstration. Not far trom 20,00 i men, representing all the tr.des unions, were in line. The holiday was celebrated throughout all New England. Business was generally suspended. In all the cities a wealth of entertainment was offered, and all day the streets were alive with bands of music and processions. In Boston over 15,000 were in line. A Toronto dispatch says that for the first time in the history of the Dominion Labor Day was celebrated by a general suspension of business in different cities and towns throughout Canada. At Omaha . 0,000 people participated in the celebration. Thirty thousand representatives of Nebraska labor unions were in the procession. There were 2,500 m:n in line in the Labor Day par ale at Milwaukee, and they marched through a drenching rain-torm. The celebration of the day by the organized workingmen of Indianapolis did not* attract s.> much attention as it had for several years past.

CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS

Encouraging Reports Brought Out by tho Call of the Comptroller. A summary of the reports of the 3,770 national banks in the United States, unoer the recent call of tho Comptroller of the Currency, shows on July 18, 1894, aggregates a 3 follows: Leans and discoun s, $1,933,589,352; gold coin in reserve, $125,051,677: gold, treasury certificates, $40,510,490; silver dollars, $7,016,489; total specie in re* serve, $-50,670,652. Sur lvs fund undivided profits, less ex enses and taxes paid, $84,569,294; dividends un.aid,. $ ’,581,504; individual de oats, $1,677,801,2C0.

Sparks from the Wires.

Constable John CratsleY was fatally shot by burglars at Warren, Ohio. The British bark Glencai<*n, which stranded near Portland, Ore., was towed off. Minneapolis lumbermen met/ and discussed a proposal to advance prices 50 cents a thousand. Three armed men held up the assistant postmaster at University Place, Neb., and looted the office of its valuables. JOHM M. Devine, Secretary of the Bimetallic League, has been nominated for Congress by Nebraska Populists. Claiming that the increase was illegal, whisky men will refuse to pay the new tax and appeal°to the fcupreme Court. Investigation shows that sugar trust mpm attempted to bribe inspectors sent to the New York custom kou e. Police investigation shows that Thomas Carroll, of Perth Amboy., N. J., caused hL three little children to ive in a dry goods box and beg for food.