Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — Page 2

gljeJeniotroticSentinel «.L.r ■■■■-■. J. W • McEWEIf, Publisher. RENSSELAER; • - - INDIANA

SULTAN IS WAVERING

WAfiTS MORE TlM£ TO CONSIDER ’ EUROPE'S DEMANDS. Claims that the Terms of the Berlin Treaty Did Not Confer on the Great Powers the Right to Demand the Desired Guarantees. May Dead to War. -The Turkish Government has made a fresh reply to the note of the powers outlining the reforms insisted upon for Armenia. The Porte accepts the principle of the pro]>osed reforms, but requests that several of the points be discussed before any action is taken. The Turkish Government also denies that the terms of the treaty of Berlin confer the right of demanding the guarantees formulated by the powers, and expresses the hope that the Sultan's sovereign rights will not be prejudiced. The impression which prevails in Constantinople is that this last reply is tantamount to a refusal, and it is feared that the powers will adopt more urgent measures to enforce their demands. Re-enforeements of Russian troops, it has now been definitely ascertained, have been sent to the Turkish frontier in the vicinity of Armenia in order to prevent the passage of marauders and supplies of arms and ammunition.

IN GIVEL-SERVICE RANKS. Report of Commissioner Shows Number of Employes to Be 200,000. The annual report of the United States Civil Service Commission shows that the whole number of persons regularly employed in the civil service of this country is about 200.000. Of these approximately one-fourth are in the classified civil service subject to competitive examinations under the civil service rules. Of those in the unclassified service 22,000 are laborers, 5,000 are appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate, 1,500 are in the legisl itive branch of the Government, and 2.005 are in the judicial branch. The civil service act excludes these classes from -lassification. The total number of positions affected by the extension of civil service rules from March 4. 1803, to Jan. 3. 1805. was 8,184. Of these, 5,537 were added to the classified service by original classification. and 2,047 by transfer of places classified but excepted from examination to list of places subject to competitive examination. Since Jan. 3 all employes of the Agricultural Department have been brought into the classified service, except the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, a private secretary to each, the Chief of the Weather Bureau and his private secretary, the chief clerk of each department and his private secretary, and laborers und charwomen. A comparative statement shows tjmt aj \he end of President Arthur's administration, the approximate number of positions classified was 15,573; at the end of President Cleveland’s first term there were 27,330; und at the end of President Harrison’s administration there were 42,2118 places classified. Executive acts brought 20,873 of the latter number into the service, while the 13,055 others, principally in postofticcs, became classified by reason of growth from small offices.

I.;!*' *" WILL, DRAW THE LINE. United States Cannot Allow British Claims in Venezuela. The only matter of great consequence likely to engage the attention of the administration in its foreign relations is the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary question, says a Washington correspondent. The issues are all made up, and the adjustment will be arranged between the governments of Great Britain and the United States direct. The Government of Venezuela will have very little to say in the matter beyond the giving of testimony and the presentation of arguments. She will have to abide by the decision arrived at between the two great nations. The lute Secretary Gresham gave nearly a year of study to this question and every point in the case is covered in the papers now on file in the Department of State. Secretary Olney will be merely carrying out the policy agreed upon by President Cleveland and Secretary Gresham. This Government is prepared to resist the claims of Great Britain to the possession of the territory beyond the famous Schomberg line and will stand on that proposition. Responsible for Elbe Disaster. The London Board of Trade after examining thoroughly all -the reports regarding the sinking of the North German Lloyd steamship Elbe on the morning of Jan. 31, which resulted in the loss of about 370 lives, has ruled that the mate of the Crathie, the British steamer which ran into and sunk the German steamship, was responsible for the disaster. Consequently the mate’s certificate was suspended.

Fired on tkMjUarshals. Shufoldt’s distillery m Chicago, which is under the guard of United States deputy marshals, was the scene of a lively fusillade about 1 o’clock Monday morning, caused by an attempted attack by a boatload of unknown men who made a stealthy approach up the river. So far as known, no one was struck by the bullets, which for a few minutes flew thick and fast. Uncle and Nephew Hang. John Hendershot and W. B. Welter, convicted of the murder of William Hendershot, were hanged at St. Thomas, Ont. Paymaster Robbed of $6,000. E. W. Woqdruff, paymaster of the Na casari Coppe* Company, while traveling from Bishee, money to pay the employes, was attacked by masked men near Cachuta, 100 miles southeast of Nogales. The driver. Moreno, was killed and $6,000 taken. Several Meh Injured. At New Orleans Monday morning, a boiler exploded in the Union cotton press, corner Terpsichore and South Peters streets. A number of men were injured. Exhibits Crowd the Space. The management of t£e Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., announces that it has been found necessary to build an annex of 35,000 square feet to the transportation building Jn order to accommodate the exhibits of locomotives and trains. Germans Were Duped. In view of the unexpected achievements, of Russian diplomacy, especially in regard to the Chinese loan, it is thought at Berlin the German ambassador in St. Petersburg and the German minister at Pekin have been duped. It is probable that they,will both be recalled.

°'<¥stt)ED THE ALIEN LAW. Foreign Workmen Who Came to the World’s Fair Remained Here. The promulgation of a Treasury Department circular carrying into effect the joint resolution of Congress excepting from the operations of the alien contract labor law all foreigners brought to this country by foreign exhibitors or owners of concessions at the Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta has called attention to the results of a similar resolution passed on behalf of the Chicago World’s Fair. Both resolutions authorized such foreigners to remain in this country one year after the close of the exposition, but should they still remain in this country, they were made subject to all of the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien coutract labor law. In neither case, however, did Congress make any appropriation or provision for the arrest and deportation of such persons, and in the case of the Chicago fair none was ever apprehended or deported. The exact number who remained in this country in violation of the law is not known, but it is believed that not more than three-fourths of the whole number ever returned to the country whence they came.

WHISKY TRUST IS BURIED. Supreme Court of Illinois Declares It an Illegal Concern. The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday morning filed its opinion in case of the people vs. the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company. The judgment of ouster entered by the lower court is affirmed. The effect of this decision will be to break up the whisky trust. Attorney General Moloney, speaking of the decision, said the Supreme Court practically holds that the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company was a trust and that as such Judge Gibbons of Chicago did right in pronouncing a judgment of civil death against it. The Supreme Court also decided that the Attorney General was right in his views of the law regarding the matter and that the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company is no more than a continuation of the pld Distillers' Cattle Feeding trust, “The decision,” he continued, “is one of the ablest opinions ever delivered by the Supreme Court of this State. In no uncertain language it sounds the death-knell of trusts in this State forever. On every point on which I made a fight I was sustained.” _• WOMAN AND CHILD SLAIN;' They Arc Shot to Death by a Gang of Arkansas Toughs. Meager advices have been received concerning a tragedy which occurred the other night near the town of St. Charles, Ark. A fishing .party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, another man nna Ins wife and three children, had gone into camp on White river. A gang of lawless men, headed by John Kemp, assaulted the campers, and being repulsed, began firing at them. The result was that one woman and a child were instantly killed, while one man and a boy were injured. In addition to this Kemp, the leader of the rowdies, was killed by Thompson. Great indignation prevails in the vicinity of the outrage and n party has been organized to search for the perpetrators. ROCKEFELLER LOSES. Damages Against the Millionaire for Fraudulent Mining Deals. dOuti D. Rocke'feller, of New York, will be required to pay $9-10,000 to Alfred Merritt, of Duluth. This is the amount of damages determined by the jury. The suit was for $1,250,000 and resujteil from alleged misrepresentation in an exchange of mining property on the Mesaba and Gogebic ranges. The jury retired at about noon and remained out between six and seven hours.

Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Boston 41 26 15 .634 Baltimore ..39 24 15 .015 Pittsburg 46 28 18 .009 Cleveland 46 27 19 .587 Chicago .48 27 21 .503 Cincinnati 44 23 21 .523 New York 44 23 21 .523 Brooklyn 43 22 21 .512 Philadelphia 43 22 21 .512 Washington 42 19 23 .452 St. Louis 47 15 32 .319 Louisville 43 7 36 .163 WESTERN LEAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Indianapolis 39 25 14 .641 Minneapolis 39 22 17 .564 Grand Rapids,.. .40 22 18 .550 St. Paul 40 22 18 .550 Milwaukee 43 22 21 .512 Kansas City 42 20 22 .476 Detroit 38 17 21 .447 Toledo ~..39 15 24 .385

New Canadian Canal. The Canadian “Soo” cnnal was formally opened Thursday. It was expected that a large delegation of ministers and members of the Canadian parliament would be present to join in the celebration, but ns members on both sides of the house were opposed to breaking in or the time of parliament when ?o many were anxious to get home, the idea was abandoned and the proceedings were of mere formal character. This new Canadian Sault Ste. Marie canal runs through St. Mary's Island, on the north side of the rapids of the St. Mary’s river, and, with tho river, gives Canada communication between Lakes Huron and Superior. At ordinary stages of the river there is a difference of eighteen feet in the levels of the water above aud below this island. The length of the canal across the island is 3,500 feet. • A considerable amount of excavation was required to form channels of approach both at the upper enchand at the lower entrances. The total length pt, this canal and its approaches is about 18,100 feet. The canal proper has a width at low water level of 152 feet, and a bottom width of 145 feet. The depth has been made suitable to, navigation a^,extreme low water level by vessels drawing twenty feet.

Oppose Sunday Mails. :> \wi ; The synod of the Reformed Presbyi teriaus held at Denver adjourned Wednesday night. The committee on temperance reported very strong resolutions against the sale or use of liquors and tobacco. The report of the committee on Sabbath observation condemned Sunday mails, transportation, newspapers, street cars and.all kinds of work, also the tendency to turn the day into an occasion for merrymaking. The appropriations adopted footed tip about SOO,OOO. Proceedings of the Brewers. The National Brewers’ Association met in convention at Milwaukee. The entire morning was consumed by the delivery of the president’s address, and to the reading ofvToports. The report of the board of trustees pays particular attention to the proposed increase in the tax on beer, apd gives a history of the movement. Activity in All Trade. 8»-G* Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of : ,Tra(Jf says: “It is no longer a question qvfhether business improves. Not for a long time have our reports from all parts of the country been so uniformly favora-

ble. The daily average of bank clearings in Jane is 24.8 per cent larger than last year, thongb 11-4 per cent less than in 1802. Thb most potent influence has been receipt of m«f}e favorable advices regarding growing crops. Labor troubles are getting out of the way, wages in mauy establishments are rising, and with the iron industry just now leading there is general improvement in manufactures. The monetary condition also helps. The time draws near when, vffth good crops, exports will bring gold hither, and though foreign operations in stocks and bonds have been insignificant, the effect of the previous transactions has not been exhausted. Much diminished receipts of money from the interior indicate better employment in business, especially at the west, and the volume* of commercial loans steadily rises, and is now fair for this season, even in a good year.” W. W. TAILOR SURRENDERS. He Goes to South Dakota to Answei for His Crime. W. W. Taylor. ex-State Treasurer of South Dakota and fugitive from justice these many months on account of a shortage of $375,000, was in Chicago Saturday and Sunday, but kept so closely under ( cover that only his most intimate friends saw him. He left for Pierre Sunday night to surrender himself to the State authorities. One of the reasons ascribed for keeping Taylor concealed was that the State of South Dakota had offered a large reward for his arrest, and it was feared some officer or private detective might attempt to arrest him and lay claim to the reward. It is understood that the terms of the settlement are that Taylor return to the State SIOO,OOO, surrender his property to his bondsmen, who will pay the remainder of the deficit, and plead guilty to a charge of embezzlement. There is said to be an arrangement for a short sentence a tv! a pardon before its expiration. Taylor. who is a young man, has a wife, but no children.

GOLD INCREASES. Director of the Mint Issues an Esti* mate of the World’s Production. Director of the Mint R. E. Preston estimates the world’s production of gold for the calendar year 1894 to have approximated 870,518 fine ounces, of the value of $181,510,100, against $158,836,000 for 1803. showing an increase during the year of $22,074,000. The greatest increases in the production of gold during the year were: Africa, $11,400,000; Australia, $6,073,000; United States, $3,500,000; Mexico, $3,195,000. Mr. Preston estimates the world’s production of silver for 1894 at 165,918,338 fine ounces, of the coining value of $214,381,000. The increase in the production of silver in 1894 over 1893 was 722,000 ounces. The greatest increase in the production of silver was: Bolivia, $10,800,000; Mexico. $3,500,000; Peru, $2,000,000; Chili, $1,400,000; Greece. sl,400,000. Both the production of gold and silver in 1894 exceeded that of any prior year in the world’s history. WARNS AGAINST LIQUOR. New York to Have a Law Educating Children Against Intoxicants. Gov. Morton of New York has decided to sign the bill of Mr. Ainsworth to amend the consolidated school law providing for the study of nature and effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics in connection with physiology and hygiene in the public schools. This is the hill against which Superintendent of Public Instruction Skinner has worked very hard. It provides that the nature of alcoholic drinks {tntl fcarcoticSj ani} (hejr e§cc|s on the human system, snail be taught in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene for not less than four lessons a week for ten or more weeks in each year in all grades below the second year of the High School in all schools under State control.

Try to Kill a Postmaster. An attempt was made to murder the postmaster at Fisher’s Switch, Ind., by sending him a dynnmite infernal machine through the mails. The machine contained enough dynamite to have blown up a steamboat, but fortunately the postmaster failed to observe the caution on the box to open at a given end, and opening it at the other end the fuse was not ignited. The post office authorities think they know the persons who mailed the machine. It was sent from Cincinnati. St. Louis' Aspirations. The Business Men’s League of St. Louis has unanimously resolved to make an effort to obtain for St. Louis the national conventions of both the Democratic aud Republican parties in 1890. Communication will be opened with each member of both the national committees and the support of several members has already been secured. Ample funds will be available for taking care of both conventions. Pittsburg Wants a Convention. The mayors of Allegheny and Pittsburg were instructed to call a mass meeting to formulate an invitation to the national Republican convention to meet at Pittsburg next year. It is proposed to raise a fund of SIOO,OOO to defray the expenses of the convention. Turned Into Bone. Maud Pensera, of Denver,, Colo., who has for two years suffered from malignant multiple sarcoma that has turned her body into a mass of bone, is at the point of death.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2,40 eto 51c; oats, No. 2,29 e to 30c; rye, No. 2,68 cto 69c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c;; potatoes, new, per barrel. $1.50 to $2.20; broom corn, S6O to $l2O per ton for poor to choice. Indianapolis—-Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.25: wheat, No. 2,83 cto 85c; corn. No. 1 white, 51c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 3yc. St? LouJSi-Cfiittle,- $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82c; corn. No. 2,47 cto 48c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye. No. 2,67 cto 69c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs. ,$3.00 to $4.75; eheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,86 cto 87c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; rye, No. 2,64 cto 66c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 81c to 82c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 51c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 34c to 30c; rye, 07c to 69c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; rye, No. 2,68 c to 70c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; tyheat, No. 1 hard. 82c to 84c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 3,50 c -to 51e; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; bnrley, No. 2, 50c to 52c; rye, No. 1,68 cto 69c; pork, mess, $12.00 to $12.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82c; corn, No. 2, Gsc to 56c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 86e; butter, creamery, 14c to' 19c; eggs. Western, 12c to 14c.

WELCOME TO WOMEN.

LADY HENRY SOMERSET OPENS W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. Hundreds of Visitor** from America in Attendance and Their Presence lo Illustrate the Remarkable Advance of Woman. World'** Temperance Conic: A world's council of women! A convention whose delegates came from every English-siteaking community upon the face of the globe and from every land when* ‘civilization and Christianity have raised the people from the low levels of savagery. A congress of women who hare attained distinction as orators, authors. journalists, church workers, missionaries, tempera n(*e advocates, suffrage leaders, moralists, reformers and philanthropists. This is what has just been held

LADY SOMERSET AND MISS WILLARD.

in the modern Babylon, the capital of the great British Empire. It is an event which marks an epoch in the history of humanity; an event which shows that human society is beginning to flow in new and noblep.qhajmais. , It was in 1873 tha; a number of farmers’ wives rose up in revolt in Ohio against the village saloon system. Times were hard. Crops Vefo poor, and fhe'few dollars which the husband spent across the bar represented a pair of shoes for the wife and a new dress for the ragged daughter. It was no mere moral spasm; it was no sudden burst of prohibition principles; it was the dire necessity of daily bread. The women took counsel together, and then acted. Their action within niuc-t.v-six hours developed into and became known all over the United States as “The Crusaders.” There was no unanimity nt first in either pld# <,r performance. In some communities' they merely prayed and sang; in others they resorted to moral suasion; in some they held indignation meetings, and in others fell hack on brute force. As the war progressed it was soon noticed that prayer and praise, persuasion nud politeness, kindness and gentleness had gathered a rich harvest, where the ax and the club, the mob and the petard, the missile and the dynamite cartridge of speech had resulted in naught but harm. It was a victory for Christianity and true temperance. And the victors organized upon this basis, Christianity and temperance, and thus took their name. This is how the Woman’s Christian Temperance J.'pion, thy now famous W. C. T. U., came into being. The order spread more rapidly in the East at first than in the West. Headquarters were established in New York and a giant machinery was gradually created and set in operation. The work prospered and grew from day to day. The national campaign was instituted, in which Miss Willard and her lieutenants visited every State and territory. At the national convention in Detroit in October, 1883, the members had a hearty celebration over the report that the W. C. T. U. was thoroughly organized in every State and territory of, the Union. In the meantime the work has gone bravely on. The British Woman’s Temperance Association was formed in 1876. The many temperance societies of Great Britain, and there is quite a host of them in that land, were organized and conducted upon old-fashioned methods. The recent session of the World’s Temperance Union marks the culmination of the greatest demonstration of teetotalers that has ever taken place. The two hundred temperance mass meetings which were addressed by the members of the woman’s temperance associations of the United States, England and other countries were even more of a success than had been anticipated, and it is probable that the demonstration will have no little influence in the political world. The session of the British association was presided over by Lady Henry Somerset, who in an address extolled the work for the cause of morality in the large cities of the United States. Hundreds of visitors from America were present.

The Sweet Girl Graduate.

She tackles the problem of her life when she undertakes to make her graduating sleeves bigger than the whole dress.

Told in a Few Lines.

It has been decided to employ 500 laborers at the Pacific terminus of the proposed Panama canal. Joe Hayes was jjrrested at Huron, S. D., charged with having started the fire which destroyed $20,000 worth of property. Daniel Weishaft, a Tipton County, Ind., farmer, whose mind gave way brooding over ruined crops, was found hanging to a tree. Cigarmakers at Detroit objtk-t to “annex” shops, where boys and girls are taught the trade, and 250 of them have gone on strike. Curter & Co., of St. Louis, have been awarded the contract for rebuilding the union station at St. Joseph, recently destroyed by fire. The new building is to cost SIOO,OOO. Rhodes J. Taylor was taken from the custody 6f the sheriff of Burt County. Neb., tarred and feathered and ordered to leave the country. He had been arrested on the charge of assault. Mme. Lambert, the sister of the premier, M. Ribot, was accidentally killed at Calais. She was standing at a railroad crossing just as a, train was approaching, became frightened and fell upon the line.

NOTRE DAME'S BIG DAY.

Many Distinguished People Participate in the Golden Jubilee. The golden jubilee exercises of the University of Notre Dame were held recently. The college buildings and grounds were beautifully and tastefully decorated. The list of church dignitaries present in-

MAIN BUILDING NOTRE DAME.

cluded Archbishops Elder of Cincinnati, Ireland of St. Paul, Hennessey of Dubuque and Feehan of Chicago; Bishops Rademacher of Fort Wayne, Burke of St. Joseph, Mo., Keane of the Catholic University at Washington, Brondel of Helena, Mont., Maes of Covington, Ky., and Scnnian of Salt Lake. Bishop Spaulding of Peoria delivered the commencement address. At least 3,000 visitors were present. Gov. Claude Matthews and staff were given a grand reception. Salutes were' fired’ by the military and the bands and military companies escorted them to the university main building, where they were welcomed by President Morrissey. After eulogizing the work and progress of the university and referring to the labors of Father Sorin, the founder, the archbishop spoke at considerable length on Christian education, of what it consisted, the need of it and the means best calculated to obtain it. Referring to the question of education and religion, he said that education should be made up of both secular and religious knowledge, which should be inseparably connected. After pointing out the means best calculated to

FATHER SORIN'S ARRIVAL AT NOTRE DAME, NOV. 26, 1842.

make good, upright citizens he closed with an appeal for Christian education and morality.

EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OLD.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Birthday Quietly Remembered. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe completed the eighty-third year of her age Friday. While there was no formal celebration of the event it was observed by her relatives and many of her friends throughout the world. She received numberless congratulatory telegrams and cable messages. The famous old lady keeps her physical vigor in a remarkable degree, and is now in better health than she has enjoyed for

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

many months. The copyright on “Uncle Tom” expired two years ago, so that Mrs. Stowe now has no claim on the receipts of her famous work. Through the courtesy of her publishers, however, she still receives a bonus from the sales, although, of course, not an equivalent of the royalties that were hers lawfully before the expiration of the copyright.

SWEPT BY CYCLONES.

Three Distinct Storms Do Much Damage in the West. Monday evening a cyclone struck Hartford, Kan., coming from the southwest, and sweeping everything from its path, which was clean cut and about 100 feet in width. Several persons were injured so badly that they are not expected to live. No one, as far as known, was killed outright. The storm after passing through the town to the east seemed to jump the Neosho river and then rise and disappear in the air. A very heavy rainstorm prevailed throughout Nebraska the same day. In the southern portion it was accompanied by high winds, and in Richardson County a cyclone did great damage to property and crops. No loss of life has been reported yet. There were miraculous escapes and considerable loss of live stock. The storm was first seen when three funnel shaped clouds came together and merged into one.

Monday morning a heavy windstorm passed over Crawford County, la., and at places assumed the proportions of a cyclone. The storm w,as worse in Paradise township, near Kenwood. The house of John Rose was demolished and Mrs. Rose died from injuries received. Mr. Rose had his shoulder dislocated. Their baby was carried some distance from the house, but was found wrapped in a quilt unharmed. The large barn of Joseph Duncan was wrecked. August Eggers also lost his barn and all outbuildings. The McWilliams school house, three miles east of Denison, was completely wrecked.

The Comic Side OF The News.

The cordage trust has stranded. “The coolest theater in America” is cated in eight different places in Chicago: But will Mrs. Peary give a bond that her polarized husband will not lecture if he is captured again V Oscar Wilde is now forced to wear slripes just when checks are in vogue. This looks like unnecessary cruelty. President Eugene V. Debs will not spend the season at the seashore. In fact he has decided not to go out much this summer. Two young men from Argentine have just reached Chicago, having walked all the distance of more than 11,000 iniles. Their sole object appears to have been to see the town. A city with such magnetism as this cannot be kept down to ordinary city directory levels.

GOOD WEEK FOR CROPS

REPORT OF WEATHER BUREAU IS FAVORABLE. Warmer In Some States and Excessive Rainfall In Others—Spring Wheat in Excellent Condition-Judge Harmon Takes the Oath of Office. General Ontlook. The directors of the State weather bureaus reported to the Chicago bureau on the crop conditions for the week preceding that, on the whole, the week had been more favorable to agriculture than any week of the season since the period from the Ist of May to the 7th. There had, however, been too much rain in portions of the gulf States, where it has been rather cool for cotton, while drought conditions prevailed over portions of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, northern Ohio, West Virginia and New York. Corn made growth during the week, and was generally in good condition. Nebraska reported corn in excellent condition, and a good crop was promised in lowa. In Kansas and Minnesota it was growing well, and had experienced improvement in Indiana. In the Southern States corn continued in excellent condition, and in that section the early planted had been laid by. In Minnesota and the Dakotas warmer weather would prove beneficial to corn. While cotton had improved greatly

during the week, it was reported backward and in need of warmer weather. Texas reported the crop about two weeks late. It was beginning to bloom in southwest Texas, and squares were appearing in central and southern portions of Mississippi. Winter wheat harvest had begun in Texas, Oklahoma and in southern portions of Kansas and Missouri, and will begin in southern Illinois and Indiana this week. All reports indicated that the outlook for spring wheat was excellent. Tobacco planting continued in Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky under favorable conditions. In the last-named State nearly the whole crop had been set. In Ohio plants were scarce. Light frosts occurred in New England on the Bth, but resulted in no damage. Killing frosts occurred in Minnesota and Idaho, causing injury to gardens. The report by States follows: Wisconsin—Rainfall deficient in east and south portions with temperature and sunshine above norm: Crops making remarkable progress. Cut worms doing considerable damage to corn. Potatoes and small grain never looked better. Minnesota—Abundant rains and nearly normal temperature very favorable except to corn, which needs warmer weather. Hay prospects much improved aside from cut worms; insect pests doing remarkably little damage. Spring wheat everywhere excellent. Nebraska—Very favorable week for crops, temperature near normal, with adequate and well distributed rainfall. Oats and spring wheat improving surprisingly and will make more than half a crop. Corn slightly injured by high winds, but generally has grown well and continues in excellent condition.

Kansas-Abundant warm rains have greatly improved oats, flax, grass, fruits and gardens. Corn growing rapidly. Oats and flax in bloom. Wheat harvest progressing in south portion, with fair crop of good berry. lowa—Growing week closing with heavy showers extending over bulk of the State. All crops much improved and corn generally clean, showing a good stand and promising a full crop. Michigan—Rainfall plentiful in Upper Peninsula and extreme northern part of Lower, but elsewhere very dry. Drought is affecting ail crops except corn, which is coming on nicely. Wheat and grasses are thin and have a very short straw. Indiana—Cool, sunny weather; rain only one day beneficial to many localities, but insufficient in some. Wheat, rye, oats maturing rapidly and poor crops. Clover and hay harvest begun. Corn and potatoes improved. Apples and pears abundant. Ohio—Wheat, grass, corn, potatoes and gardens improved slightly by rains on sth. Corn replanted and advancing in growth. Wheat heads filling out better and ripening. Tobacco plants replanted, plants very scarce. Clover being cut.

NEW MAN IN THE CABINET.

Judge Harmon Takes the Oath and la Introduced to Hia Colleagues. Judson Harmon was sworn in Tuesday as Attorney General by Justice John M. Harlan, who is an old friend of the new official. Those present during the ceremony besides Secretary Olney were Assistant Secretary Uhl, K. M. Landis, the late Secretary Gresham’s private secretary, and J. Walter Blandford, Mr. Olney’s secretary. over to the White House to the cabinet The new Attorney General arrived in Washington from his home in Cincinnati early in the morning and drove to the Arlington Hotel. Afterward he proceeded to the State Department, where he took the oath of office. Thence, accompanied by Mr. Olney, he walked over to the White House to the cabinet meeting, when he was formally introduced to his associates in the cabinet by Secretary of

State Olney, his predecessor. Then he visited the Department of Justice. Attorney General Harmon’s welcome was a cordial one on all sides, but especially from Secretary Carlisle, who was the only cabinet officer previously acquainted with him. Mr. Harmon spent the afternoon in receiving the officials and newspaper men who called.

Luntz Qraham, postmaster at Bower, Neb., was fatally shot by robbers. William Jones shot and killed Joseph Shney in a quarrel at Delphi, Ind. William McDonald was arrested at Detroit, Mich.* charged with having two wires. The McMyler Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, 0., has increased wages 10 percent. , >■ The Southern Pacific has reduced rates on wines shipped from California to the East 3 cents a gallon. Bishop Davis of the Episcopal diocese of Detroit, condemns balls, fairs, etc., as a means of raising money for the church. The backijfine ftf the strike which has been in progress several weeks at the Farwell woolen mills at Central Falls, R. 5a broken.

JUDSON HARMON.

Telegraphic Brevities.

IOWA POPULISTS.

Reaffirm the Omaha Platform Making Silver an Incidental laane. The Populist State convention of lowa, which met in Des Moines, followed the middle-of-the-road course and rejected all advances from those who would*make silver the only issue in the next campaign, Gen. J. B. Weaver, who led the wing of the party in lowa who wished to assist in the formation of a silver party, was defeated. The convention adopted a platform which calls for the free coinage of silver, but along with that other Populistic measures.

When Chairman R. G. Scott, of the State Central Committee, called the assemblage to order there-*was i an attendance of 360 delegates, todk^ng’ it-the largest convention .for sovej-aT,' years,\Aside from the delegate? 300 visitors UvVe present from outside the ci*y. A. of Humboldt, was made man. Tfie temporary forty minutes roufrdly denocncibgjhe two old parties for their “duplicity 'on the money question and their, subserviency to trusts, corporations and the money' power.” :He advised the convention Ye .adhere to pant party platforms.'- EjxMaongressman E. H. Gillette, of Des Moines, was made permanent chairman; The report of'the Committee on Resolutions was received ' and adopted by an overwhelmng vote. The platform reaffirms the principles oE the Omah£ platform; dStounces the decision Supreme Court on the income tax; denounces recent acts.of Government by injunction in the, interests of corporate wealth, and the issue of interest-bearing bonds; recognizes with satisfaction the expression of individual opinion; ifrespeiffive of party, in favor of the'restoration 1 of silver to its constitutional pladein the coinage of " the country at the ratio of 16 *0 1, and' extends the right hand of fellowship to all willing to join inddi* dethronement of the money power of Wall street and Europe and the emancipation of the producing classes of the world; declares for the adoption of the initiative and referendum; demands that all banking institutions’lie required to jpve security to depositors for all moneys received; d&mhnds legislation 1 for inspection of workshops iihd fact'di-ies where mote thoii fdh persons ate- employed for preservation of the liVes and'health ’ of the employes; demands reduction of sal-" aries of officers ‘to a basis to correspond with seduced prices far products -of la-; bor; favors a graduated State tax upon income?, nlso a State inheritance tax and. a State, tax; of 10 per cent on ail contracts made payable jn gold, to be paid by, the holder. A State ticket was nominated, as follows; For Governor,. Sylvester Crance, of Davenport; for Lieutenant Governor, A. R. Starrett, of Humboldt; for supreme Court judge, F. W. I way, of Glen wood; for State superintendent of instruction, L. B. Tabor, of Guthrie Center; for railway commissioner, E. J. Sthson, of Woodbury County; .

DON’T DRESS LIKE WOMEN,

Even If, to Be Different, You Have to Put On Bkirts. Much comment has been caused during the week among bicyclists and in religious circles by the sermon of Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church, Chicago. The words that aroused the discussion were: “In discussing this subject I shall hardly venture to touch upon the bicycle costume, for the reason that if I were addressing a company of cyclists in the latest and most up-to-date uniform I would be in great doubt as to the sex of my audience. I will, however, venture a single suggestion to wheelmen who are males, and not wheelmen who are females. “Here is the suggestion. See to it that your costume is as masculine as possible. Distinguish and emphasize your sex in some way. Wear a mustache, let your beard grow, or sew upon the back of your costume three big, red, capital letters, M-A-N. “You have no right to appear on the streets in a costume worn by females. If there be only two costumes suitable for bicycle riding, the single, closed skirt and the knickerbockers, I say to the men, ‘Be gallant, let the women have the choice, and if they take the knickerbockers, do you take what is left. Be a man and put on the skirt.’ Make it universal and let the public understand it. This will distinguish the sex on the wheel. Remember, I am speaking only to men. Never dress like a woman, not even on the wheel.”

FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

The danger of war between Costa Rica and Nicaragua js past. A local uprising in the Province of Corrientes, Argentine, is reported. The manufacture of dolls has been introduced in the prisons in the Thuringian principalities of Germany. Prince Bismarck’s health would not permit him to attend the ceremonies at the opening of the canal at Kiel. Anthrax, a disease of sheep, is prevalent in some parts of Australia in a most fatal form. The doctors can find no remedy for it. The British steamer Davaar, previously reported ashore on Briggs’ reef, has been floated, towed to Belfast and safely decked there. Freiherr von Bergen, the German Minister to Guatemala, has been gazetted German Minister to the Republics of Central America. Prof. Dougherty, of Mages College, Belfast, has been appointed assistant under secretary for Ireland, vice Sir Willkim S. B. Kaye, retired. A daughter has been born in London to the Countess of Essex, who before her marriage was Miss Adele Grant, daughter of Mrs. Beach Grant of New York. A fire which broke out at Meriny, Hungary, was not under control until 320 houses were destroyed. Several persons lost their lives during the conflagration. Sig. Ferrari, who was recently elected a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, defeating the socialist candidate in his district and who was shot by unknown men, is dead. The Brazilian cruiser Teradentes has been dispatched to French Guinea. Admiral Gullobel will then proceed to Paris with a view to securing a settlement of dispute. A number of bullocks shipped from toria, Australia, to England have died from pleuro-pneumonia on shipboard. Cattlemen of the colony fear England will stop all shipments.

News of Minor Note.

George Brown, a workman in a sadiron factory, was killed at Independence, Kan., by the breaking of a belt. Bolt and nut manufactured <jtf the United States diet at Cleveland', 0., and decided t 6 raise prices' 10 per cent. The report of the prevalence of cholera at Brest, France, is contradicted by the United States representative at Nantes.