Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — Page 2

Slit gkittotraiit Sentinel J. W. McEM'ES, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

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EXPRESS COMPANIES DRIVEN OUT BY ROBBERS. Xa More Money to Be Curried Into or Oat of Indian Territory Cntil Better Protection Is Granted by the Government. Guards Cost Too Much. Bankers and business men living in the towns In the Indian Territory, as well as those living outside the Territory but doing business with Territory firms, are greatly worked up over the condition of affairs which has made it necessary for the Pacific Express Company to refuse money shipments either into or out of the Territory. “The situation in the Indian Territory,” said Superintendent 0. W. Case of the Pacific Company, “is worse than it ever was There is absolutely no protection for life or property except as we furnish it ourselves. This continual carrying of such an armed force makes the business too expensive to be profitable. Wo have lost more by the expense than we ever did by the actual robberies. Now this Saturday robbery, by it we lost just $417. This consisted of return G Q. Di’s, which we are still handling, and our own and the railroad’s remittancea But you can see that to protect even a small amount, what it would cost when such a gang as that attacked the train. The other companies are still carrying money, but I am informed by Me Simpson, of the Wells-Fargo, that he has asked the General Superintendent to issue an order similar to ours.” BOLD TALK BV JAPAN. Will Tolerate No Interference to Deprive Her of War Spoils. The special session of the Japaneso diet closed on Monday. Every measure presented was unanimously passed. A memorial was adopted urging the government to execute the desires of the Mikado with a view to the restoration of poace In the East the increaso of the glory of Japan, the punishment of China, and the prevention of future disturbances of Eastern peace. The memorial concludes with the declaration that Japan will not tolerate interference by any nation to prevent her obtaining the ultimate objects of the war which she has been waging against China. The taotai has requested the foreign consuls to warn the subjects of their governments to avoid localities where largo bodies of Chinese troops are stationed. Ho has also requested that all Japanese residents of China, to whom he refers as “fawning pigmies,” shall register at the city of 'i lenTsln by Nov. 20. Reports have been received that two boats connected with the torpedo service have been blown up at Takua, and that eight persons were killed and two wounded in the disaster.

FARMING AND FISHING. New Norway to lio Started on the Shore of British Columbia. The Rev. Simon Saagstadt, pioneer minister of the'Lutheran Church in Minnesota and a little band of eighty Norwegian farmers have gotten as far as Victoria, B. G, on their way to Bella Coolu, where thoy, with about 3,000 of their countrymen, purpose establishing a now Norway among the British Columbia mountains and fiords so like to those of their native land. Tho Norwegians purpose engaging in mixed farming and development of the deep sea fisheries. They are the first to take advantage of the British Columbia Government’s new terms to settlers. No Water to Drink. A serious problem Is confronting the clti®eus of New Orleans and suburban towns. They do uot know where they are to get drinking water unless it ralus soon, of which at present there Is no prospect The drouth has lasted now about two months. The cisterns are nearly all empty uod the wells dry. The people depend almost, entirely upon tho supply of water taught off the roofs of the houses lu cisterns, as the Mississippi River wator Is unfit to drink unless filtered. Stevenson in Missouri. Vice President Stevenson was accorded a hearty welcome by the people of Joplin, Ma He addressed a large crowd from a platform erected at the Intersection of two of the principal streets. He attributed the ills from which the country has been ■uffering to tho legislation of the Reed Congress, declared that the Democratic party has kept faith with the people, and predicted that prosperity will come under the adoption of the new tariff act.

Satisfactory Trip of the Maine. Captain Bunce. commanding the Maine, has made a report to the Navy Department on the trial trip of that vessel The trial lasted four hours. The contractors expressed themselves satisfied. The average speed was 15.05 knots and the highest speed 17.82: The twenty-five miles of the measured course was run against a strong head wind and tide estimated at 1.3 knots. The machinery worked splendidly. Ohio Swamp In Flames. Akron, Ohio, is shrouded In a thick cloud of smoke from the burning Copley swamp, and It Is Impossible to see more than fifty feet In any direction. The fire has been burning for moro than a month and has covered a territory embracing 600 acres. Killed by Gasoline. Miss Anna Nicholson, 18 years old, of Kites, Ohio, died after suffering intensely from burns sustained when the fumes from a gasoline can wore ignited by a match which she lighted in the cellar at her home. Big Four Shops Destroyed. The Big Four railway shops at Wabash, Ind., caught fire just after midnight on Tuesday and were completely destroyed, The loss Is over SIOO,OOO. Spoke at the Stock Yards. Thomas B. Heed, of Maine, stood on a pine board platform in front of the Exchange* Building at the Chicago Stock Yards and spoke to 2,000 stockmen and cattle herders. One-third of his audience were men on horseback, but men and ponies maintained a respectful silence and listened to the words of the Yankee statesman. Kansas Mayor Shot. i F. Marsh, Mayor of Kinsley. Ivan., ■was held up by highwaymen and probably fatally shot Gov. Lewelling has offered a reward of S3OO for the arreot and conviction of the assailants: Defaulter Crazy in Mexico. It Is learned that J. G Thompson, the absconding eashler of the defunct First National Bank of Sedalla. Mo., left the City of Mexico several days ago. His friends claim to have iufomhatlon that he Is demented, and the next news they ex« s>oct to hear Is that he is dead. Is Locate the Apaches. Major General Miles, accompanied by his aide-de-camp. Captain Francis Micbler, has gone to Forts Sill and Supply, Oklahoma Territory, to personally supervise the locating of the Apache Indians, who hare been confined at Monnt Vernon barracks, Alabama.

PULLMAN ANNUAL REPORT. ! Earnings for the Tear Show a Decided Decrease. Stockholders of the Pullman Palace Car Company held their annual meeting at Chicago, over 82S.UJD.000 of the capital I stock being represented. Directors George | M. Pullman. Marshall Field, J. W. Doane, Norman Williams and Ot S. A. Sprague, of Chicago, and Henry G Hulbert, of New York, and Henry R. Reed, of Boston, were t-e-elected. The usual quarterly dividend cf S 2 per share, payable Nov. 15, was declared. The financial statement for the year ending July 31 Is as follows: 1094. 1893. Revenue $9,69>,067 $U,:<89.896 Disbursements 7.274.6,0 ',.(*3.447 Surplus 2,320,416 4,006.448 The total number of cars owned or controlled by tho Pullman Company is 2.588, being an Increase of fifteen over tha previous year. The total assets of the company are $02.042,606. In spite of World’s Fair travel, the total number ot passengercarried for the year was but 5,282.323. against 5,673,219 the previous year. The total manufactured product of the company amounted 50 $4,025,331. against sl3, 414.708 the previous year. Total employes number 10,858, against 14.635 the previous year. Total wages paid were $4,968,548 and $7,751,644 respectively. The Pullman Savings Bank showed deposits July 31 of $356,361. a decrease of $256,740 as compared with the previous year. RIOT IN AN OHIO TOWN. Two of a Lynching Mob Shot Dead by the Militia. Scenes similar to those of the famous Clncincatl riols were enacted in Washington G H., Ohio, Wednesday. With the aid of the State troops the law was preserved and a negro saved from lynching at the hands of a mob of excited citizens, hut it was at the cost of two men killed and ten seriously wounded. William Dolby, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Mary Boyd, was the man uiion whom the mob wished to wreak its vengeance He was taken to town Tuesday night and there were rumors at once that an effort would be made to lynch him. A crowd gathered at the jail and the force of deputies was ulded by the local militia Wednesday morning the crowd increased in numbers and the Columbus militia wassent for. Before they arrived Dolby had been tried and convicted in a hurry and sentenced to twenty years in prison. lie was (taken to tho jail, which was soon stormed by the mob. The infuriated men listened to no warning, broke down the door and received a volley of bullets with fatal resulls.

DYNAMITE ON THE TRACK. Attempt to Wreck a Baltimore and Ohio Train Near Pittsburg. What is believed to have been a desperate attempt at train robbery was made Wednesday night on the Baltimore and Ohio Road. At 8 o’clock an east-bound accommodation train ran over a dynamite cartridge near Bissell, at a very lonely spot about fifteen miles from Pittsburg. 'Jho flange of one wheel was blown off and one end of a coach wreckod. As tho train had nearly reached the end of tho trip there were few passengers aboard and no one was injured. An examlnation.of the track disclosed two more powerful dynamite cartridges on the rails. Had the train been running fast it would huve exploded ull three cartridges and been totally wrecked. It Is pretty well known that the intention was to wreck the mall and express, a through train from the East due a few minutes lutor, but the robbers made a mistake and placed the cartridges on the east-bound truck Instead of the west-lound. TRIPPED BY REBATES. Federal Grand Jury Returns Bills Against Former Santa Fe Officials. The Federal grund jury returnod four Indictments against violators of the Interstate Commerce law at Chicago Friday afternoon. Five persons are Implicated, the names of two of them being suppressed until after their arrest. The names of the others are: Joseph W. Reinhart, ex-Pres-ident of the Santa Fe Railroad: John A. Hanley, ex-Traffic Manager of the Santa Fe, and Nelson Morris, packer. Tho indictments are the result of the Investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the charge that the books of the Santa Fe Railroad Company show thut millions of dollars were paid In rebates to shippers during the last four years. JUDICIAL WAR AT OMAHA Judge Scott Settles the Rosewater Libel Case by Dismissing It. A thousand people crowded the criminal branch of the District Court .at Omaha to witness the second chapter in tho conflict of authority between Judge Scott, of thut department, and the other five judges of the district, respecting the transfer of the libel case against Editor Rosewater, of tho Bee, to some other judge owing to tho allegation of prejudice made against Scott. After criticising the other judges for Interfering la the affair Judge Scntt, on motion of the county attorney, dismissed tho case, declaring that if ho could not try tho case it should not be tried. Preparations have been made by the other judges to secure Supreme Court mandamus to compel Judge Ecott to transfer the case.

Kills His Sweetheart and Himself. At Sea Cliff. L. 1., the bodies of Elliott L. 'Jitus, aged 24, and Mary S. Duff, aged 23, were found la the private bathhouse belonging to the girl’s father. Titus had shot himself in the head after killing the girl with chloroform. They were engaged to be married shortly, and on Tuesday night went tor a short walk, from which they did not return. A searching party was organized to find them, hut no trace could be found until Wednesday night. Both belong to prominent families and no reason can be ascribed for the murder and suicida Bribery by Sodawater Men. Charles H. Light. Treasurer of the New York Soda Water Manufacturers’ Association, before the Lexow police investigating committee, positively asserted that the 53,500 paid to John Brodsky was to have an ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen. ‘■lt was a common thing,” said he, “to get up collections and presents for the captain. We charged the stand-own-ers $5 rent besides, and this money went for the captains” Burglars Get 8700 at Attica. The store of Silcox & Rln lugger, at Attica, Ohio, was entered, the safe door blown off with dynamite, and S7OO in cash secured. An unsuccessful attempt was made to open the postoffice safe. It is supposed that Pat Disy. who escaped from the jail, and was prosecuted for burglary in Tiffin a year ago, and has been seen recently in Attica, was the leader of the gang. ■; Threw Them Over the Stone Wail. As J. Pierpont Morgan and Jacob C. Rogers, of Boston, were driving past the cadet barracks at West Point Thursday night, their hor3e ran away." Mr! Morgan headed the frightened animal for a stone wall and stopped him. The sudden shock threw both Mr. Rogers and Mr. Morgan across the wall, but beyond a few bruises they escaped serious injury. Banker Kortgaard Is Convicted. In the district criminal court at Minneapolis, the jury in the case of Kristian Kortgaard. ex-president of the State Bank, indicted on a charge of grand larceny In the first degree for stealing $23,000, gave a verdict of guilty of the theft of $13,000. The punishment is not less than five years nor more than ten. Officers May Be Arrested. A dispatch from Washington Court House, Ohio, says the father of Smith Welsh, one of the men killed by the tnillila

when tbe mob was fired upon, has made an affidavit upon which It Is proposed to cause the arrest of CoL A R. Colt and Mat John C. Speaks, of the Fourteenth Regiment, on the charge of murder. CoL Colt said he did not give the order to fire, for he was In another part of tbe court-house at the time, and Lieut. Oyler was in command, but It was the only thing to da The mob had broken down the doors of the courthouse and a shot had been fired at the militia from the mob before the soldiers bred. CoL Colt says the coroner has found that the bullet that entered Welsh’s skull was a 32-callber revolver ball, so he must have teeu killed by some one In the mob and not by the militia at all A number of reputable people at Washington Court House have openly chargod that CoL Colt was drunk, but all the newspaper correspondents who were with the troops unite in exonerating him of this charge COTTON BUSINESS IMPROVING. Hester’s Report Shows an Increased Movement Over Last Tear. Secretary Hester’s New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement shows an increase In round figures of the movement of cotton into sight for the week of 129,000 bules over the seven days ending Oct. ID last year, and 143,000 over the same days year before last, but a decrease for the same time In 1891 (the year of the 9.000,000 crop) of 32.000. The amount brought Into sight during the past week has been 486.803 bales. The movement in September shows receipt! at all United States ports of 1,398,233,again5t 1,080.274 lastyear. Foreign exports for the week have been 207,533, against 194.301 last year, making the total thus far for tho season 698,634, against 508,942 last year, or an increaso of 189,693. The total takings of American mills north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 402,408, against 249,674 last year. Stocks at seaboard cities and tho twenty-nine leading southern interior centers havo increasel during the week 174,974 bales, against an increase during the period of last 49ason of 105,1J0, and are now 12,298 larger than at this date In 1893 Including stocks left over at ports and Interior towns from last crop and the number of bales brought Into sight thus far of tho raw crop, the supply to date Is 2,042.702 bales, against 1,686,977 for the same period last year.

ROBBERS ARE ROBBERS. Four or Five Persons Killed In a Hold-up ou the Missouri Pacific. The Missouri Pacific passengor train, Na 223, oa the Kansas and Arkansas Valley branch, was held up by four or five masked men at Coretta Siding, oast of Wagoner, I. at 1 o’clock Sunday morning. For days the gang has been represented as being at different points planning a robbery, and thorough preparations were made to meet the expected attack. ’1 he outlaws evidently anticipated a desperate resistance, and began their work with fierce fighting. All the cars excepting the sleeper were shot full of holes, and not a whoje window remains. The train struck an obstruction of curs across tho track after being shunted onto a siding, the outlaws having thrown a -Switch toy that purpose, The money secured was from the local safo, During tho fusillade Jack McHura, advance agent of the McHura Minstrel Eh >w, received a shot in the forehead, how serious it Is not known. He was in one of the passenger coaches at the time. Several others were shot, some fatally. PRICES STILL WEAKER. Not Yet Up to tho Murk to Sustain the Production. R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Cotton below 0 cents and wheat below 55 cents, ouch lower than ever since present classifications were known, export of gold Instead of products at such prices In October, are the salient features In business tho past wce.t. Distribution of goods to consumers goe3 on fairly, with gains at nearly all points in comparison with last year, hut uot yot at a rate to sustain the present volume of manufacturing production, ao that prices weaken a little. The domestic trado reported by railroad earnings in October is 3.4 per cent less than last year and 13 4 per cent less than In 1892. Tho payments through the principal eleariag-houses for the woek are 2.3 per cent, greater than last year, but 31.5 per cent, less than In 1892. 'ihe dally average for the month Is 5.0 per cent larger than lastyear, but 28.2 smaller than in 1892. With many foaturos of encouragement, business has not yet reached expectations, and it is evident that the loss ot part of the corn crop and the unnaturally low prices of other great staples affect the buying power of millions.

BURGLARS KILL A WATCHMAN. Charles Pearson Shot While Protecting a Wealthy Kansas City Man’s Home. At Kansas City, Mo., burglars forced the cellar door and were entering tbo home of A. A. Mosher, Vice President of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company w hen they were surprised by Charles l’earsou, a private watchman. The burglars shot and killed Pearson and escaped, leaving no clue. In Mosher’s house were valuable silver plate and the family jewels, but only a few hundred dollars Id cash. Collided During a Fog. Daring the heavy fog Friday morning a light ongine on tho Allegheny Valley Road ran into a hand-car at the West Pennsylvania junction. There were eight laborers o> the car. Seven of them jumped, all receiving serious Injuries, but the eighth, John O'Keefe, was struck by tho engine and picked up in a dying condition. Leveled 700 Houses. Advices from San Domingo say that a cyclone has leveled 700 houses there aud damaged the coffee crop In HaytL

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 75 @6 25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 to @ 5 25 SHEtp-Falr to Choice 2 00 @ 3 50 W heat—No. 2 Red 61 (a) 52 Corn—No. 2 49 @ so Oats—No. 2 Rye—No. 2. to “@ 46'9 Butter—Choice Creamery 23 @ 231 T Eggs—Fresh ie «u is ' Potatoes—Car-lots, per hu.... co @ 7o INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping a oo @ 6 75 Hogs—Choice Light 400 & 6 25 Sheep—Common to Prime a oo (<a 3 60 Wheat—No. 2 Red 48 & 4816 Corn—No. 2 White 52 @ 6212 Oats—No. 2 White 32 (3 33 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 @ 5 75 H 005.... 300 @8 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red is @ 49 Corn—No. 2., 49 @ 47 Oats—No. 2 2s @ 29 Rye—No. 2 to @ 51 CINCINNATI. Cattle 350 <a 5 61 Hogs 4"CO ® fl 25 Sheep... . 210 @3 25 W^at—No. 2 Red so <® 51 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 531 c Oats—No. 2 Mixed 30 @ 31 ' Rye—No. 2...,, 53 @ 54 * DETROIT. Cattle 250 m 4 50 Hogs 4on @ 6 ro Sheep... 210 @3OO Wheat—No. 2 White.... ...... 54 @ *4 „ Corn—No. 2 Yellow,, 60, @ . 80JO Oats—No. 2 White .: 32 @ 1 33 TOLEDO. W heat—No. 2 Red 51 @ 52 Corn—No. 2Yellow 50 @ 6019 Oats-No. 2 White 31 @ 82 Rye—No. 2 4# @ 50 _ BUFFALO. V heat-No. 1 White 67V,@ esv, Corn-No. 2 Yellow 55 k 6C S Oats-No. 2 White 34 @ 35 __ MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 64Hi@ 65J* Corn—No. 3 ■53 *m .Y Oats-NoJ 2 White 31 k 3” gSMY::::::::*::*;:;* 2 § S '°**““*“ NEW YORK.*' 12 ” ®" SJ g*™ 3 00 @5 25 w H H E EA P T-No:2Red::::::::;:;;;; 2 ! o ° westem.::::::::: s,*®

FIRE UPON THE MOB.

OHIO SOLDIERS SHOOT INTO WOULD-BE LYNCHERS. Scenes of Bloodshed About Washington Court House, Ohio —Citizen*, Eager to Wreak Vengeance on a Negro, Storm the Jail—Threaten to Use Dynamite. Three Kllle 1 and Many Hurt. At Washington Court House, Obio, three men were killed and about a dozen injured, some fatally, by the militia, in the endeavor to keep mobs from lynching William L'olby, coloied. Dolby assaulted Mrs. Mary C. Eoyd, aged 55, at Parrott's station a week ago, and was captured at Delaware, Ohio, and brought into court at Washington Court House. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty ysars in the penitentiary. An angry mob gathered about the jail after Dolby had been identified by his victim, and Sheriff Cook called to his assistance the local militia company. This action increased the fury against Dolby, and Coy. McKinley was appealed to for additional assistance, and troops from Columbus were sent, CoL Coit in command.

The mob surrounding the jail and court houso attempted to take Dolby from the officers when removed from the jail to the court house for trial, but were kept at bay by the free use, of bayonets and clubbed guns. When brought to the court house Dolby broke down. While bringing him fiom th i ,ail the mob charged and almost succeeded in getting him. Henry Kirk, the brother-in-law of the assaulted woman, was knocked down the steps and badly bruised. Another man was .bayoneted through the finger, while a bayonet was thrust through the clothes of another. Deputies, with revolvers drawn, guarded the prisoner in the court room. Dolby cried like a baby and kept looking around for help. Soldiers were marched in to keep the crowd quiet. After the sentence the prisoner wa. taken to the grand jury room. A mob gatliered about tho Court House, and it was impossible to get the p isoner through to take him to tho train. The officers woio powerless to get Dolby from the Court House to the jail or to the train, and Sheriff Cook wi.ed the Governor to 6ond more troops. The mob grew rapidly in numbers and desperation. Col. Coit. ma le a speech, asking the crowd to disperse, but It was received with jeers. The prisoner was prostrate from fear and. lay crying and moaning all the time. Guar.i* Fire Upon tho Mob. The mob kept Dolby and his guards prisoners in the courthouse until (i p. m. and then made an attack, The militia repelled them without firing at first, l.ut at 6:15 p. m. the south door wa( forced open, 'ihis door opens upon the street, which was filled with men, women, and children. The detachment of the guards finally fired on the attacking party. None of the latter was hurt, but a dozen or more persons in the street were struck,, two killed outright and five more were fatally wounded, one having since died. The wounded were all hurriedly removed from the scene bv friends. The people were frenzied and threatened to dynamite the court house. Additional troops were ordered from Cincinnati, Columbus, Chiliicothe, and other points.

BOMB AT AN IRISH MEETING. Dastardly Attempt to Blow Up the Blake Reception in New York. The reception given by the Irish National Federation t > Edward Blake, M. P., at the Lenox Lyceum, in New York, was productive of some results never dreamed of by its originators. In the heart of the meeting, and while all eyes were turned upon Mr. Blake as lie stood upon the platform delivering one of his most impressive speeches, a stoutly built, frowsily dressed man walked swiftly a-ound the hack of the front tier of boxes until he reached the last one nearest the platform and to tho left of the pr scenium arch, in his hand he carried an old. bulky, green gingham umbrella, which he teemed to hold with peculiar tenderness. Outside the box he stopped, hesitated a moment, and then entering, took a chair in a corner nearest the stage. Tho old man left in a minute It might have been a minute or two later when a sharp cry from the women in tho box, resounding through the house, startled everyone from their seats and stopped the speaker. At the same moment there learned out a gush of llame and smoke, and then followed tho shriek of “Fire” and the simultaneous movement of 1.00 panic-stricken creatures to the door, but even as they turned Patrolman Lilley rushed into tho box, violently dancing on something with his feet, while the voice of Mr. Blake rang through the big building calling on his' audience to keep their seats. “The fire's out. Como back,” cried those on the platform when tho flame had gone and the smoke disappeared. As Lilley stooped to pick up the burning frame he saw lying among the fragments of the umbrella a small, stout tube or bottle. The tube was eight inches long and tw > in circumference, and capped with a covering of gelatin. The tube was filled with a white liquid, which the police think is nitric acid. Attached to the gelatin had been a piece of fuse half burned away.

MUST IMPORT WHEAT. European Crop 116.000.000 Bushels Short —Estimates by Countries. The condition of the crops of Europe for 181)4 is given in the forthcoming report of the stati tician of the Agricultural Department for October. The estimated wheat harvest amounted to 1,435,410.000 Winchester bushels, against a regu'ar consumption of 1,553,500,000 bushels. The harvest by countries is as follows: Prodnc- Consumption. bu. tion, bu. United Kingdom 61,891,000 23.1,000,000 France 313,425,000 350,000,000 Germany .113,600,(00 12-, 000,000 Spain andPcrmgal 110,600,000 115.600,000 Italy 122.959,000 149.000,000 Austria-Hungary 217,000,000 190,0110,000 Roumania 41,000,000 15,000,000 Bulgaria 81,000,000 20,000,000 Russia 310,' 00,000 2,9,000,(00 Belgium 1G,600,000 25,000,000 Holland : 6,115,000 35,000,000 Denmark 6,100,000 5, 600,000 Other countries 64,500,000 43,000,000 This gives 116,000,000 bushels as the approximate requirement from abroad. Owing to unfavorable harvest weather, only a small part of the wheat in Great Britain is fit for milling purposes. The oat crop is considered excellent. There is about 2,475,648 bushel:) of last years whoat crop in first hands. The amount necessary to be imported to meet all demands will be about 189,705’,680 bushels, at about 3,646,000 bushels a week. Official estimates of the crop just gathered in France show the quantity of wheat in excess of the average. The harvest makes France practically independent of outside supplies, but some wheat will probably be imported. The wheat crop in Roumania is the smallest for <

fire years, the rye crop falls below that of last year, and the yield of barley and oats per acre is the lowest in five years. There was about half a crop oi corn. in Germany wheat shows a falling off in quantity and quality from last year and the potato crop is very disappointing'. The Austrian wheat crop is expected to measure 50,000,'09 bushels. Barley and oats have an average yield, but corn doss not promise so* welL Italian grain is reported excellent in Quality. The corn crop, damaged by drought, is looked upon as lost in many districts. Belgian wheat ha-vesteil under very unfavorable conditions is in ured in quality. Hungary’s wheat fields yielded 1t»7,ut0,000 bushels: rye, 01,000,000; and corn, 00,000,000. There is an average rye crop in Austria, except in quality, which is deemed poor. In Russia the approaching completion of the Siberian Railroad is expected to open up to commeics a new field, and “a new and vigorous competitor," says the statistician, "will before long be found in the markets of Europe,” as an enormous quantity of fertile land will be brought under cultivation by the railroad.

WANT TO BE GOVERNORS. Men Who Seek High Honors at the Hands of the People. Ernest Cady, whrm the Democrats ot Connecticut have chosen as their leader in the gubernatorial contest, is

the present Lieutenant Governor. He is a prominent Free Mason, a Grand Army man on the strength of service in the navy during the civil war, a wealthy manufacturer and leading citizen of Hartford. He was born Sept fi, 18h2, at Stafford. Tolland County, lost his fa-’ ther when but nine years old, and thereafter supported him-

self by his own labor. His education he received at the winter terms of the public schools. Since 18(52 he has been in the firm of Pnatt & Cady, manufacturers of steam-boiler appliances at Harts. rd. . Mr. Cady has twice been elected Lieutenant Governor on the ticket with In 'on B. Morris. The Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, E'rederick T. Greenhalge, was borti in England in

1842. Early in the ’sos his family came to the United States, and settled in Lowell, Mass., where the subject of this sketch entered the publio schools. In 1859 he . entered Harvard College, but three years : later was obliged to leave because of the death of his father, which left him the main support of his mother and six sis-

E. T. GREENHALGE.

ters, he being the only son. He was admitted to the bar in 1865; held several city offices, and in 1885 entered the State Hou-o of Representatives. He also served in the Fifty-first Congress He is a very popular man ip his State.

FEEDING WHEAT. Report l>y the Kansas Hoard of Agriculture Says It Is Decidedly Profitable. Fat-mers can not fail to bo interested in an elaborate and able report just published by the Kans is State Board of Agriculture on the advantages and disadvantages of wheat as a food for farm animals. The conclusion reached is that, at the present price of wheat, there is decided profit to be gained in feeding wheat instead of corn. In order to get at the truth in this late phase of the oheap-wheat problem, the Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture recently sent a carefully prepared list of questions to 1,000 wheat growers, stock growers, feeders and dairymen, and after editing the replies found himself in possession of -iOJ very useful contributions on the subject. From the answers and estimates of these observant and practical men he compiled the following interesting conclusions: Of the 1:4,827,52:5 bushels of winter and spring wheat raised in Kansas in 1893 there has been used as feed for farm animals 4,059,323 bushels, or 16.4 per cent. When fed whole, especially to hogs, 25 par cent, of the wheat grains are swallowed unmasticated and go through the animal undigested—a shameful waste. Yet three-fourths of the men reporting, representing fifty counties, state that, pound for pound, wheat is superior to shelled corn for fattening hogs—even with the one-fourth waste. This superiority is estimated va iously at from 7 to 35 per oent., the average pla ing the superiority of wheat over corn at lb per cent. As to how much live pork may be expected »6 a fair return per bushel of wheat fed to hogs, the average of all the answers is eleven pounds. It is also of interest to note that the ccst of raising a bushel of wheat in Kansas ranges from 561 cents, where an acre yields only 10 bushels, down to 26 cents where an acre yields 35 bushels. _ The Secretary sums up his conclusions thus: Under existing conditions wheat has become a very unusual and important factor in the grain feeding of all classes of farm stock. It is superior to corn in producing healthful, well-balanced growth in young animals. Mixed with corn, oats or bran, it is much superior to either alone for working horses. Fed to cows it is far and away ahead of corn as a milk producer. For swine it gives generous results, but is used at a disadvantage when fed whole, especially without soaking. For cattle the clear wheat is rather too carbonaceous unless mixed with corn or oil-cake.

AMATEUR OARS WOMAN. Miss Rose Rosentheim Easily Defeats Miss Ashley at St I.ouis. Before a throng which picked the levees and the great Eads Bridge, at St. Louis, Rose Rosentheim finished easily first in the mile and a half sculling match for the female championship of America, defeating Miss Tillie Ashley, of Hartford, Conn., who, seeing the race lost, stopped rowing before the contest was half over. Tne time was 12 minutes 23} seconds. Miss Rose Rosentheim, who is now the champion amateur oarswoman of America, received her training for

the recent female rowing race, at St. Louis, Mo., from Fred Koenig, champion amateur oarsman of America, and the Western Rowing Club. Miss Rosentheim is a decided brunette. She is five , feet five inches tall and weighs 131 pounds, but can row at L 5 pounds. She rows thirt\-four strokes to the min-

BOSE MOSENTHEIM.

ute, while her opponent. Miss Ashley, takes thirty-six strokes to the minute. This race was of special interest being the first of its kind to take place in this country, except those of purely local character, among boarders at seaside resorts. The stakes were the amateur oarswoman championship o’ America, and a suitable trophy.

THE WAR IN THE EAST

GREAT BRITAIN WOULD LIKE TO INTERFERE. Othe* T*rmn Will Xot Support Jrar Japan I» Meantime Thrashing China— Russian Activity—Combatants Will 15a Deft Alone for the Present. Strnv-rle In th- Orient. As the war bstwean China and Japan progre.-ses. the situation becomes more interesting acd more critiea'. A airs have now reached a pass who: e some of the European govern cents would like to interfere, but their mutual jealousies and conflicting interests and the po-sible remit of a general intercontinental struggle limit inte fereac e thus far to d pkmstic talks. It would be manifestly to Great Britain's commercial interest to have the truggle come to a s; eedy end, and with such object in view she ha ; sounded other governments' intentions Germany is averse to any interference: Russia is profos e ly pro - Japanese, and will brook co interfere, ce to the injury of Japan: trance, which secretly rejoices when:ver tue Bri ish lion gets a kink in its tail acd which is the ally of t.uss a, has no desire to med le in the matter, and Austria, followi g the example of Germany, does not seek to embroil herself in a matter that does not directly c mcern her. Italy alone of the 'great powers hearkens to England s wishes, for she is anxious to divert the attention of her enslaved millions fr. m malad ministrati n at home to some possibly brilliant exploits abroad. But Italy would be a frail reed for England to rely on in any interference in oriental affairs, and thus the combatants in the far east wilLbe left alone for the present to settle their difficulties. Ruftsian Activitv. In the expected final defeat of China and the possible dismemberment of her territory there doubtless will bo European interference. Tne nations most intimately affected outside .apan are Russia and Ergiand, and their interests are ai antagonist!; as they well can be. Russia will unc,ue tioriably endeavor, to secure an increase of Manchurian territory, with the object of establishing a new sea port on the Pacific. beveral years ago she asked such a grant from China, but was refused and now it seems as though the present war turned up most opportunely for her purpose. For some reason she is now busy mobilizing troops in eastern Siberia She has a powerful fleet of war vessels at her Pacific port of Vladivostock, and has there collected an army of . O.uoO men. At Irkutsk is another army of 30.100 and all along the line of the Amur River are the ( ossaek settlements, which are bound to contribute a large number of men on any demand made on them by the Czar. Thus without moving a ton of freight or a single man from her western (lepar.ment-, Russia has a strong available army and fleet in the east, and when the time comes that it suits Russia to decla e herself she will be ready to strike a strong blow in carrying out her traditional policy <f establishing the vast empire on a broader and grander basis on the shores of tho Pacific. How soon that time may arrive can only be conjectured. it probably will not l e before spring. One thing is certain, that the Muscovite will not allow the present opportunity to pass without availing of it to establ sh his power permanently in the Pacific. Such action by Russia England wculd resent. Long ago she threatened that if Russia would acquire any part in Corea she would seize Port Hamilton, which commands the entrance to the Japanese Sea. It is altogether probable that the two nations may begin their long threatened quarrel over India, notin Afghanistan after all, but in the seas that wash the coast of sluggish China. Japan's Successes. Meantime Japan is making strenuous efforts to force tho war to a finish. Since the beginning of hostilities she has maintained the upper hand by land and sea, ana is now concentrating her efforts to invade China and march upon Pekin, the capital of the empire. Her Corean army, alter having drivep t-he Chinese out of the peninsula, is marching rapidly on Moukdon, capital of the Chinese province of Manchuria, nnd after the capture of that citv of 200,000 souls, which should not be ve-y difficult, this army is to march on Pekin. Meantime another Japanese army is ready for the invasion of China ar.d if a successful landing can be mauo on the Gull of Pechili both armies will unite under the walls of Pekin.

ERNEST CADY.

This is believed to be the Japanese programme; but in war programmes cannot always he carried out a; drawn up and something may yet ocmr to mar Japanese plans and prot.act tho struggle beyond the present year. While Japan is thus prosecutinu the war with vigor, China is divided and distracted. The government itself is in disunion, one faction contending for war to a finish, the other for peace. Among the masses dissatisfaction exists and petty rebellions are cropping up. Tne navy, defeated by the Japanese at the mouth of the 'Yalu River, has lost its courage: the army is badly organ zed and equipped, and among high and low there is corruption and distrust. Belying on its boundless resources the government, however, hopes to he able to overcome the advantages hitherto gained by its adversary, but it will be many months before the work of organizing war material can be carried out. and meantime Japan has ample time to deal deadly blows at China and even capture Pekin itself. LIFE IS EBBING AWAY. Count Honor© Mercier a Leading Canadian Politician Dyinjj. Count Honore Mercier, for 15 or 20 years a leading Canadian politician, has been ill for some time, and his life

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attempted to make C uebeo an independent province for the French and for Rome. In 1872 he was elected to represent Rou veils in the Ron. e o: Conanous, where he made a deep impression. In 1888 he was chosen Premier of Quebec, and became famous as an extreme Nationalist. Be was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire* when Pope Leo invited him to Rome, but on his return to Canada, ho was confronted by charges of corruption in office, was deposed from the Premiership, and has since lived a retired }iie in Montreal, beloved by his iriends and adored by bis little family.

is now siowly ebbing away. Honore Mercier was born at St. Athana e, Que., in 1840; was educated at Hhe College of the 'Jesuit lathers in Montreal; studied for the bar and began to practice at St. Hya.cinthe in 1805. He 'edited the St. Hya,'cintho Courier for a time, but resigned to enter politics. He

MAY END CHRISTIAN SCIENCE; A Fatal Case in New Jersey to Be Brough* Into Court. There will soon be tried in Riverton, N. J„ a case which promises to be oneof the most important whi h have, eotae before the courts in many years. It invol es points which, if the prosoc tion is successful will practically end U e prac:i e of the doctrine known as Chr tt an S ence in the Lnited htates. Jt will at lea t be a l >ng step in that, directi n. I ealizing this the Scienti ti are going to make a great fight, an 1 on osf d io the > and e ually'dete.m:ned a e the doctor . Pack of it. all s the death b; ctns option of a vo ng woman named Sadie bell, of Riverton. Sadie tegan to cough about ten m> tins ago A ph rießn was con- .- uit dan declared the girl to be in. the ea iy -tag of consumption. He tuougbt ,t pojiib'o for her to be cured provided the close it attention was gi er. to her medicallv. one ot Sadie's rlends, heating of her ijlness, sentMrs. Bessie T. Glenn, a Christian s< ienti-t t.> h> r, and after one sitting with ihe girl the latter was so impies ed with a belief in the woman’s power that rhe to d her parents they" had better tell the physician not to '•all a.ain. Tnis they did and Sadie f und herself solel, in the hands of the woman. Sa lie s , ough grew worse. Put still she ha t fa th in Mrs. Glenn and that, woman intimate! th t she snould have h me recompense, although she had declared that she never took money. In a.l s.» was given her, radio all the tme ga ting worse. A f w weeks ago-fc-adie died. Mrs. ißcnn was not com--1 o ent to give a cert lieate of death, and when tho local physician was ap- ] ea’.ed to he refused, as'it was not his care an! re Sadie’s death had to be reported to the coin ner. In New Jersey there is a law which provides that a verson who practices faith cure orunder the guise of ChrLt an science attempts t > mako cures by religious means, commits a crime and must be puni-hed by not le s than thirty days in jail nor less than SIU) fine. So when the facts of the case came tothe knowledge of the jurymen, they were but a snort time coming to the conclusion that Sadio Fell would havelived longer had a regular physician bean employed and having proof that Mrs. Glenn was a pract c n ' Christian Scientist she was held in bail to await, the action of the grand jury. Whon her care comes up in court tho interest oi m ny | erssons throughout the country will center in the little New Jersey town, and i Mrs. Glenn ia convicted and sent to prison it will be the grea est blow Christian Science could receive. Other States, too, mav take counsel from New Jersey and lawsof a similar nature may go on the statute books all over the United States.

IN THE POLITICAL SWIM. Georjjo Denny, Jr., the Republican Lead* «*r l:i Breckinridge's District. Of interest is George Der.ny, Jr., Republican candidate for Congress in theAshland District of Kentucky, W. C.

P. Breck inridge's, old di s trict. For years Judge Denny has been one of the most prominent Republicans in the State. He has earned tho honor bestowed upon him by his hard work for his party. His political careerwas begun b y his e eetion as County Judge of Garrara

r.EonoK denny, .th county in 1879. The following year he was made Chairman of the Republican State Contra Committee. As a delegate from hie district he attended tho conventions of 18S4 and 188 s at Chicago. Judge Denny stumped the State for the Republican ticke in 1862. A orris B. Beardsley, recently nominated for Lieutenant Governor of Coinectic t by the Democratic State Con-

vention was one of the leading candid ites for Governor. Mr. Beard-ley resides a', Biiigeport, was a repre entative of that city in the Connecticut General Area nblv, and was coospicuoasly a -tivo in progressive legislation. Prior to his election to the Slato Legislature hoser ved for many years as

Judge of Pro ate at Bridge ort. He is weil-sc ooled in law, is piao icaland methodical, and a man of equable disposition. ENVOY TO MADAGASCAR. M. le My re de Tilers Bears France's Ultimatum to tho Island. No per onago has been more to the front since the attempt t f the Frencn to establish a protectorate over Mada-

gascar than M. le Myre de, Vilers, French envoy to the island. He has demanded that the entire notthea t coast, including the best harbor, be ceded to France: that she control the northern peninsula, and that concessions of any ;kind be invalid unless approved by her. .In short, France is to dominate in the

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island regardless of other people. The strained relations existing between France and England were caused by this action of the Fren h. M. leMyre de' Vilers is at present the bearer of an ultimatum to Madagascar.

MADE FROM MOLASSES. Pure Spirits Now Manufactured from the Syrup of Supar Beets. An experiment of grea 1 , commercial value has just been sue.e;sfully tried in Omaha, Neb., namely, the production of pure spirits from beet sugar molasses. The consejuences of this will be far reaching. It will cause the production of an entirely new industry and it will afford great additional profit to the sugar manufacturers, as hitherto the mol.iEses incidental to the making of beet rood sugar- has n.t been used for anythi g and has been a total 10-s. The process consists in the application of a secret chemical preparation, which transforms the mola ses into a sort of glucose, perfec.ly adapted ti distillery uses. Telegraphic Clicks. J. M. Derr, a wea'thy farmer, was run over and killed by a train at Vincennes, Ind, The Royal and Select Masters at I:. dianapolis elected T. B. Long grand master and T. R. Marshall deputy. In a Runaway at Columbus, Ind., James Seward was thrown against a barb-wire fence and fatally injured. Mrs. Mary Myers/ of Anderson, Ind.. was stricken with apoplexy while driving in a buggy, and fell to the road dead. The national convention of the nonpartisan Women's Christian Temperance Union will be hold in Washing* ton, November 13 to inclusive.

M. B. BEARDSLEY.