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

gfrejknwcnftic&ntiiter J. W. MoEWEX, PnblUher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

HETALKED TOO MUCH

LOQUACITY OF4 CHICAGO MAN DISPLEASES UNCLE SAM. Dilatory Action May Ruin Nicaragua Canal Project Nails Manipulated by a Pool—Horse Thieves Hide Behind Petticoats. Captain Porter’s Dilemma. It is reported from Washington that William P. Hazen, chief of the secret service, is going to take a peep into the way Chicago representatives of Uncle Sam do business. Capt. Porter has been doing some queer work in the Western city, and it was given out Tuesday that the Captain has not shown the discretion of a trained detective. He has been talking too much about what he proposed doing, with the result that the important conspirators in a counterfeiting case have been warned and have escaped. The case in which Capt. Porter is said to have thrown his acuteness to the winds is the one in which five arrests were made Tuesday. Bad money is said to have been found in the possession of all. The leaders of the gang, however, have eluded the Captain, and it is said a private detective agency has taken up the case where Mr. Porter failed. The indiscretions charged probably refer to confidences the Captain offered to a number of Chicagoans. Not long ago the Captain showed the same trustfulness in treating a prisoner. He got into a mess on account of it and had a narrow escape.

CANAL, IS IN DANGER. Nicaraguan Government Threatens to Annul Concession Made. A letter from Managua, Nicaragua, contains the following, which is given with every degree of authority: “The concession granted several years ago to the Maritime Canal Company by the Nicaraguan Government for the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal is for the second time in great danger of being cancelled, and if annulled will be otherwise disiwsed of. This second trouble is caused by the promise to build a canal at a a point called Tipitapn, which would connect Lake Nicaragua with Lake Managua. When the concession was granted it was agreed that in return for the concession a canal would be built at thispoint within three years after the beginning of the work on the main line of the Nicaraguan Canal. The time limit placed upon the completion of this waterway expired in October, 1892. As the company had made no steps toward carrying out its contract the Nicaraguan Government threatens to annul the concession, and the threats come in the form of a resolution on the part of the President and his Cabinet, which to all appearance is final.”

USED WOMEN AS SHIELDS. Desperadoes in Indian Territory Make a Clever Escape. The posse of farmers organized at Sheridan, Okla., to capture Yeeger’s gang of horse theives found the trail twenty-five miles west of Waukomis and ran part of the gang to cover in a log house. They surrounded the house, captured the desperadoes’ horses and saddles and some arms. After twenty hours’ seige the outlaws, five in number, forced two v-omen living there to walk ahead of them as shields to keep the posse from shooting, and, each drawing a. brace of revolvers, made their escape to the heavy timber, firing a number of shots to keep the posse from pressing them too closely. They released the women after making them walk over a mile, and, stealing horses from farmers, made their escape. IS THERE A NAIL TRUST? Advance of lOOper Cent, in Sixty Days Said to Be Due to a Combine. There has been an advance in the price of nails in the last sixty days of nearly 100 per cent. This is said to be due .to a strong agreement which includes all the manufacturers in the country. One thing is certain, and that is that all the manufacturers, agents and dealers in '.mils in New York are now selling nails at the same prices It was also learned that there is a strong probability that the prices will go from 30 to 50 cents per 100 pounds on the average higher than they are at the present. This advance is checked only by the fear that too much greed may promote foreign competition.

NICHOLS LAW SUSTAINED Telephone, Telegraph and Express Companies Must Pay Taxes. At Cincinnati Judges Lurton and Taft held the Nichols State law valid and sustained the State Auditor, Treasurer and Attorney General, the State Board of Appraisers, in the assessment for taxes made under the act on telegraph, telephone and express companies. This law has been contested in the State and lower courts, and is now settled by this decision of the United States Court of Appeals. It involves large assessments from the companies to the,Stare of Ohio. No Pay for Sunday Labor. Secretary Hoke Smith declined to ap- . prove a request for pay for work done on Sunday by Government employes. Three examiners, who were busied in the Helena (Mont.) land office Sunday, asked that they be allowed their regular per diem allowance for the same, but the Secretary holds that Sunday is not a day for Libor and that he is not authorized to pay for work done on that day. Objected to the Wheel. Capt. J. M. Trayor, Lieut. Reesgo, and Lient. David Hughes, of ‘he National Guard of Arizona, are being tried by general court-martial charged with insubordination because they refused to march behind a company of bicyclists in the Fourth of July procession.

Charged with Meyers’ Murder. Warrants were' issued at Anderson, Ind., for Dr. and Mrs. Cox, charging them with the murder of Joseph Meyers at Gem, Ind. Meyers was heavily insured in Cox’s name. To Inspect Mexican Cattle. The Colorado State Board of Cattle Inspection, has decided, in view of the fact that a movement of 25,000 cattle is expected from bld Mexico within a short time, that all such cattle must be inspected before they can be admitted into the State. Minister Burns $45,000 Cash. It was developed in court at Cincinnati that W. D. Bender, who is in a sanitarium, had some weeks ago actually burned up $45,000 in cash and $13,250 in United States, bonds. Some weeks ago Bender became ill and is now partially insane.

-- FROM THE CZAR. Altered to the United States to Bring Up the Reservf. Recent discission in press of the gold reserve in the •’reasaqr nnd the action past and probable of thd”Morgan-, Rothschild bond syndicate recalled to a Washington man familiar-with most of the inside history of the Cleveland administration the fact that Czar Alexander 111. of Russia once offered to loan the United States all the gold necessary to maintain the reserve at any figure desired. The friendly tender was declined by the President, because, after several weeks of consideratici' and deliberation, and telegraphic correspondence, back and forth between Washington and St. Petersburg, it was decided that the President had not the authority to issue bonds or otherwise incur indebtedness on behalf of the government. Since then the power of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury to issm bonds has been letsrmined, and if the offer were repeated by the present Russian ruler it might be accepted. The story of the proposition made by the Czar and the way it was received by the President and his advisers was one of the best-kept secrets of the White House. Although the incident occurred some two years agi no hint of it reached ihe public until now. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of tbc Clubs in Their Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Base-ball League: Per P W. L. cent. Baltimore 59 37 22 .627 Boston6l 36 25 .590 Pittsburg6B • 40 28 .588 Chicago 73 41 32 .562 Cincinnr.ti66 37 29 .561 Cleveland 70 39 31 .557 Brooklyn t .66 36 30 .545 Philadelphia ....63 34 29 .540 New York 64 32 32 .500 Washington6o 24 36 .400 St. Louis7o 24 46 .343 Louisville 64 12 52 .188

WESTERN LEAGUE. In the Western League the clubs close the week in the following order: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ....63 40 23 .635 Kansas City..... 64 36 28 .563 Detroit 64 35 29 n .547 Milwaukee .67 36 31 T *\s37 Grand Rapids.... 66 35 31 .530 St. Paul. 63 33 30 ~524 Minneapolis 63 . 35 .444 Terre Haute64 26 38 ~,406 WILL STRENGTHEN HER NAVY. Japan to Use Chinese Indemnity'in Building Warships. It is the belief among officials in Washington that Japan will use a large part of the war indemnity which China is to pay her for the purpose of materially increasing her navy. The financial .’esourees of Japan will be very abundant during the coming year, as she will receive over $100,000,000 before next May and thereafter about $20,000,000 a year for five years. This will be drawn entirely from China and will be in addition to Japan's usual receipts from customs and internal revenues. The customs receipts promise to be very large, as the new treaties which Japan has effected with leading nations will bring about a readjustment of tariff duties, so that much greater returns will be realized. It is owing to the assurance of an ample treasury that .American ship-building firms have turned their attention toward Japan. PLAN FOR A BULLFIGHT. Amphitheater to Seat 10,000 People Being Constructed at Gillette. Arrangements are being made at Gillette, Col., for the holding of a carnival of sports, of which a genuine bullfight is to be the principal feature. It will be held early in the fall. The bullfight will be conducted in the same way as in the City of Mexico, and two of the most famous toreadors of the Mexican capital have been engaged to conduct the affair. A pen 140 feet in diameter has been constructeJ. and seats for 10,000 people are now being erected. This wHI be the first real bullfight ever witnessed in the United States. The authorities say that ’hey will prevent the affair.

May Cause a Fight. Lima advices say: Peru has answered Bolivia’s ultimatum, refusing to accede to the latter’s demand for satisfaction. Bolivia’s Minister to Peru is said to have asked for passports. Bolivia wishes to obtain the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arica, her natural coast. She counts on active help from Ecuador, and the moral, if not the physical, support of Chile. Ecuador, being on the north of Peru, and Bolivia on the southeast, might, if strong enough, crush Peru as between the upper and nether millstones. The coveted provinces of Tacna and Arica belong to Peru, but are held by Chile under the treaty of peace after Chile had whipped Peru. Under the treaty Chile was to hold the provinces for a term of ten years and then their ownership was to be settled by a vote of their inhabitants. If the people voted in favor of Chile that country was to pay Peru $10,000,000 and own the provinces; if the vote was the other way Peru was to pay Chile $10,000,000 and retake possession. The ten years’ period is up and more, but when the time came for a vote Peru had a revolution on hand, and has scarcely recovered from it, so Chile still occupies the provinces. It was during that revolution that Peru is said to have offended Bolivia by “violating her territory.” The latter demands an apology and the dipping of Peru’s flag to Bolivia’s standard on Bolivian soil. The ultimatum, which has angered the Peruvian people, was a demand that Peru, which has been temporizing, answer within twenty-four hours whether she would apologize or not.

Pilgrims Off for Europe. The Red Star Lin<j steamer Westerland sailed for Antwerp Wednesday from New York with the second American national pilgrimage, under the auspices of the Fathers of Mercy,' to the European shrines. The first pilgrimage took place last year and the present one was organized at the request of the Pope. \ Spofford’s Accounts UnsatiefactSrjr. Ainsworth R. Spofford, for over thirty years librarian of Congress, has .iot rendered satisfactory accounts to the Treasury Department for the last two quarters of the fiscal year just ended, and as a consequence his accounts are being investigated. Chopped to Pieces in Bed. Near'Kaysville, Utah, Thomas Boynton, a well-to-do farmer, was literally chopped to pieces while in bed, by Nephi Blamiers, his stepson. The two men had a slight jangle the previous evening. Will Spend $5,000,000. ~ x The Pennsylvania Railroad Company this year will spend in the neighborhood of $5,000,000 in the way of improvements, alterations and extension to its property east and west of Pittsburg.

To Release Mrs. Maybrick. The friends of Mrs. Floreuee Maybrick are once more renewing their efforts to obtain her release from prison. . Good Volume of Commerce. pu» & Co.’s weekly review pf trad® “A business flp.od sb strong and rapid that the conservative Lua it

may do harm is out of season In July. But the seasons this year lap over and crowd each other. May frosts and frights, it is now evident, kept back much business that would naturally have been finished before midsummer, and the delayed accumulation of one season gets in the way of efforts to begin another on time. But the volume of business, however, it may be assured, is remarkably large for the month, even for a’good year. The exaggerated fears about crops have passed, the syndicate jp believed both able and determined to protect the treasury, and the time draws near when the marketing of new crops will turn into a national balance if speculation does not hinder. The week has been notable for a sensational fall in wheat of 8 cents in two days, followed by recovery of 5 cents, though neither affords any interpretation of the quite disregarded Government report. The sudden drop in prices was the result of speculative rather than Commercial influences, though exports not half ns large as last year, 2,097,645 bushels (flour included) from Atlantic ports for two weeks of July, against 4,227.915 last year, had their effect, as well as Western recipts of 1,937,474 bushels, against 2,156,918 last year.” LAST SUNDAY FOR MANY. Death Comes to Seven of Chicago’s Residents. There was an unusual number of fatalities and serious accidents in and near Chicago Sunday. Seven people were killed in a variety of accidents and several of the nine injured will die as a result of injuries received. The deadly trolley got in its work as usual and helped swell the list of killed nnd injured. There were one or two suicides and several accidental drownings. Probably the most pathetic of the fatalities was tne drowning of two brothers, John and Andrew Lipner, aged 17 and 15 respectively, in Lake Calumet. They went there to catch fish, but, growing tired of the sport, decided to take a swim. While in the water a short distance from their boat one of the boys was taken with a cramp. He called for help and his brother tried to save him. An hour afterward both bodies were recovered tightly clasped in each other's embrace. The boys’ mother is prostrated with grief.

PLANS A NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM. Brice’s Purchase of the Akron and Western Explained. Railway men now declare they know why Calvin 8. Brice bought the Pittsburg, Akron and Western Road a short time ago. They claim to know with certainty that he is forming a great railroad system, which will be the shortest route between Chicago and New York and have ramifications to many of the great business centers. The line will be between the Vanderbilt system on the north nnd the Pennsylvania on the south, nnd will cross the Erie in several places. Assemblage of Blacks. Not a white face was to be seen in the negro convention which met in Columbia, 8. C., and not a white man was allowed to enter the hall during the hours it was in session. Twenty-three of the thirtyfive counties of the State had representatives present and there were over 200 negroes in the hall, all of whom earnestly considered what they should do. The result was an address “to the people of the United States.” The address sets forth that the negroes are a constituent part of the national government and as such appeal to the mass of citizens of the United States to see that the rights and privileges granted them under the Constitution of the United States are preserved to them since “a small but desperate minority of the people of the State has declared its purpose to trample under foot nil the rights and franchises granted us by the Constitution of the United States.” They say that they have made every effort that a law-abiding people can and that every effort has failed. Seriowr Trouble Feared. War between the settlers of Jackson Hole, Fremont County, in Wyoming, and the Bannock Indians is imminent. The dispute has already reached the stage whose one of the Indians has been killed and several others imprisoned, and their friends are threatening revenge. The trouble was occasioned by the Indians from Idaho, who, finding game scarce in their own country, organized a marauding expedition into Wyoming.

Wheat Acreage Decreased. The London Times publishes the first report of the British crops for this season, which shows that the wheat acreage is 20 per cent, smaller than in 181)4. The drought has damaged all the food crops. Wheat and oats make an even lower percentage of condition than in the dry season of 1893, wheat being 3 per cent, and oats 4 per cent, worse. Germany Will Enforce Payment. German war ships have arrived at Tangier with orders to insist upon the payment by the government of Morocco of an Indemnity of 8,000 marks for the murder of a German citizen 'lamed Rockstrop, near Saffi. Two Hundred Killed. Seven hundred Chinese attacked Hsinchu, Island of Formosa. Two hundred of them were killed and many were captured. On the Japanese side the loss was eleven men. Kurd Depredations Continue. The condition of the Armenians at Van shows no signs of improvement. The Kurds are continuing their depredations.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2,45 cto 46c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 54c; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, new, per barrel, $2.25 to $2.75; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 6%c per lb. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 t 0.55.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to s4.(k); wheat, No. 2,63 cto 65c; corn, No. 1, white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c 'to 30c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2,46 c to 48c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,66 cto 68c; corn. No. 2, mixed, 48c to 49c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 51c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c’; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye, 47c to 49c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 46c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; clover seed, priine, $5.50 to $5.60. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 1 hard, 73c tw 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 51 to 52c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 3,47 cto 48c; oats, No. 2 wlrite, 27c to 28c; barley, No. 2,47 cto 49c; rye, No. 1,53 cto 55e; pork, mess, $ll.OO to $11.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 50c to 52c; oats, No. 2 white, 3&c,to 34c; butter, creamery, 15c to 18c; eggs, WestAra, 13c to 14c,

DEATH THEIR DOOM.

thirteen pilgrims to st. ANNE’S SHRINE PERISH. Second Section of an Excursion Train Plows Into the First—Pullman Cara Telescoped- Wheat Drops Five Cents in Chicago—Cornell Wins. Was a Fatal Crash. At Craig’s Road station, Quebec, a pilgrim excursion on the Grand Trunk road from Sherbrooke was being run in two sections. The first section stopped at Craig’s Road to cross an uptruiu, when the second section ran into it, the engine plowing through the Pullman and firstclass car. Thirteen persons were killed outright and over thirty hurt. Ten passenger cars and the engine were wrecked. The pilgrims were en route to the famous shrine of Bt. Anne de Baupre, where every summer large numbers of sick and crippled gather to invoke the saint to cure them of their diseases. The trains were made up of residents from Sherbrooke, Magog, Windsor Mills, and surrounding parishes. The forward train was making good time, having left Richmond at 10 o’clock the night before. On the rear of this train was a Pullman, in which were the priests and others in charge of the party, and it was in this car that most of the loss of life occurred. The first train reached Craig’s Road, which is fourteen miles west of Levis, about 3 o’clock and stopped at the tank to take water. Precautions were taken and the semaphore thrown to danger against the following train. Only the trainmen were out and about, attending to their duties. The Pullman in the rear was wrapped in silence and the sleepers were unaware of the terrible fate "hat was rushing upon them. Suddenly 1 there was a greatcrash. The second train coming at full speed dashed Into the rear Pullman of the first section. So great was the impetus of the colliding train that the engine embedded itself in the palace car, and the latter plunged forward and partly telescoped th? first, class car immediately in front Every berth in the Pullman was wrecked and some of the occupants who were killed never knew what happened to them. They died sleeping. Others awoke to their horrible surroundings and position, maimed, bleeding, and bruised, conscious of little else but the agony that racked them. The cries of the wounded and the moans of the dying, and the outpouring of passengers from cars that were not badly damaged, rtnd the hurrying forms of the uninjured trainmen with their flickering lanterns, all combined to make a sight seldom exceeded in its horror.

CORNELL THE WINNER.

Sensational Result of the Long-Ex-pected International Boat Race. All the flower of England’s nobility, society and college folk saw Cornell defeat the crack English eight, the Leanders, without rowing against them in the first day’s race for the Grand Challenge cup of the Henley regatta. The Leanders were not ready when the gun was fired and the Cornells started over Ihe course alone. The winners of the two other races for the Grand Challenge cup were

MEMBERS OF THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY CLUB.

the Eton and Trinity eights. The Trinity crew beat the London crew by six lengths, while the Eton boys came across the finish lino with a quarter of a length of clear water showing between its siern and the prow of the Thames boat. Every good American expected that Cornell would win. Every good American is sorry that it has won in form and manner as related by cable dispatches. Not that Cornell is to blame for the outcome; the American crew was leady to start when the umpire, a Briton, gave the word “Go;” the British crew did not start, and the Americans won without opposition. It is a barren victory. Obviously, the Leander crew was in a state of poor discipline, for in answer to the umpire’s question, “Ready?” one of its members said “Yes!” and Cornell had got under way in obedience to the command “Go!” before Leander’s coxswain had countermanded his comrade's “Yes!” The grand challenge cup now is a trophy of Cornell, but it is a trophy won by misadventure of the Leander crew, rather than of conquest. The expectation was of victory for Cornell; its crew had made better time than that of the Leander in trial rowing trips over the course; its style of rowing was considered better by competent judges. The best thing that can be done is to row the race over a gain. The grand challenge cup is the .nost coveted of rowing prizes. It can be contested over only by amateurs who are members of a university, or of a public school affiliated to a university, nr are members of her Majesty's army or navy. The cup is held by the winning crew until it is defeated by another. It was believed in America that Cornell would capture the cup. It has captured it, but under existing circumstances it may be well that it shall capture it again.

PANIC IN THE PIT.

Wheat Drops Five Cents a Bushel ’Mid Exciting Scenes. Tuesday was the most nervous and exciting day the Chicago Board of Trade has seen since the farmers came into town some weeks ago and bought wheat up from 52 cents to 82% cents. Wheat declined 5 cents, and many nn excited man chased his fortune to the brink of the wheat pit to see it sink out of sight. And these crazy bulls, says a Chicago dispatch, brought, their grappling hooks in the shape of, reported damage to Northwest crops by hot winds, and threatening frosts, etc., and dragged the pit, but they couldn’t find their gold. Surely enough, it seemed to be a bottomless pit. The bulls were never in it at all. The bears run the ivhole show from the start. Wheat opened up at 67 5-Bc, and in three or foui minutes had sunk to 66%c. This was a threat surprise to the bull clement, which hoped for a firmer market. The bulls tried to talk, but were choked off. A week ago when the market was hanging fire they were somebody, for they could frighten the bears with a little telegram telling how wheat was growing into the shock or something of that kind, but Tuesday morning their chinch 1 ugs were dead, their hot winds didn’t blow, and their frost melted. If the bulls were disappointed when the price of September went to 66%c they were doomed to greater disappointment later. They smiled when a little rally to 6714 c was made, but that market was only fooling them when it went up there. It aooa turned around and came down hill

lickity-etrt again, and sold down to <N cent*. But thia wasn’t the bottem. Along toward thd close of the session the price simply leaped over the OS's and closed at 62%c. York the speculative pyrotechnics at the Produce Exchange were dazzling to both the bulls and the bean in wheat, and both factions were <-qnally astonished. A drop of 5 cents a bushel made the hair of the bulls stand on end and it made the bean blink. That makes 8 cents in two days. The bulls thought the course of prices altogether too much 'like tobogganing. The sudden tumble—the greatest in years—caused a great deal of excitement and interest in Milwaukee. The fact that wheat closed at 62 5-8 cents represented a drop within twenty-four hours that was calculated to create almost a panic

WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN.

Signal Service Report on Temperature and Crop Conditions. The official crop and weather bulletin for the past week shows the average to be three to six degrees cooler than the average throughout the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Heavy rains have fallen in Oklahoma, Missouri and the northern portion of the Gulf region. Through the Southern States the average fall has been from one to two inches more than the usual amount. The lake region and upper Mississippi Valley had practically no rain. Nebraska and the Dakotas suffered materially from drouth. Corn has made very rapid growth during the week and, except in Michigan, the general outlook for this crop is excellent. Arkansas reports the largest crop in years, and in Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, Illinois and Missouri the outlook is most promising. The general outlook for spring wheat continues most flattering. Winter wheat harvest is practically completed and thrashing continues general. Some damage in shock has been caused in Maryland by heavy rains; also in Missouri and Kansas. Tobacco is growing well in Kentucky, but the crop is uneven. In Maryland it is in excellent condition and in Ohio it is improved, except in the central part of the State I ,"where it is suffering from drouth. Fr6m the Central and! Southwestern States the reports are as follows: Illinois —Last week very favorable except in southern counties; wheat and rye thrashing general, yield light, quality poor; oats harvest completed in southern and progressing in central counties; straw short, yield light; corn growing finely and generally laid by; haying continues with very light crop. South Dakota—Above normal temperature, high southerly winds, two exceedingly warm days and only scattered showers, mostly light, have been injurious to small grain and grasses over a num•f counties; corn grew rapidly and potatoes did w’ell: rain needed generally. Nebraska—Cool, dry week; wheat and rye harvest has progressed rapidly in southern counties and thrashing commenced, the yield is less than half a crop; oats ripening fast; corn has made good growth and is in fine condition, some early planted tasseling. Kansas —Cool, cloudy week, with excessive rains, have generally stopped harvesting and thrashing and injured grain in shock, but has been beneficial to all other crops and furnished abundant stock w'ater; corn generally tasseling and beginning to silk and never more promising; flax, fruit, pastures and potatoes fine.

lowa—Weather favorable except serious need of rain in some eastern counties; oats harvest begun, with prospects of heavy yield; corn has made rapid advancement and other crops are in satisfactory condition. Michigan—Showers over upper peninsula which were poorly distributed; in lower peninsula there has practically been no rain, and drouth continues with great severity; hay and wheat very poor crops, and oats will give a light yield; corn is just beginning to show effects of drouth; if rain comes soon it can yet help corn, potatoes, pastures and gardens. Ohio—Favorable for thrashing wheat and hay harvesting; light yields reported; corn, oats, late potatoes and tobacco have improved in growth from rains, except over middle section, where drouth retards growth; pasturage very poor, and water becoming scarce. Indiana—Warm, fair weather favorable to harvesting; end of week favorable to corn and potatoes, and both crops are in fine condition and growing rapidly; thrashing wheat and rye continues; yield better wheat and rye continues; yield better than expected in localities; haying continues; crop poor. Wisconsin—The past week has been hot and dry; haying about half completed; rye and barley harvest in progress, and the crop is generally good; corn and potatoes unaffected by drouth, and growing rapidly; oats promise a good crop; pastures very poor.

DEADLY RAID OF BURGLARS.

Armed Men Lie in Wait for the Expected Thieves at Poland, Ind. As a consequence of a bold attempt to rob W. F. Katteman’s general merchandise store at Poland, Ind., one burglar was shot dead and another fatally wounded. Mr. Katteman’s store has been robbed twice within the last two months, and recently two men have been guarding the store at night. They were a rmed with Winchester repeating shotguns. About 1 o'clock Tuesday morning the guards heard a noise in the wareroom and discovered three men, one of whom carried a large revolver. Huffman and Dressier, who were guarding the store, opened fire on the burglars, instantly killing one ahd sending a charge of shot in another's head, inflicting a fatal wound. The third man escaped, but Was subsequently captured and is now in jail. Officers of Terre Haute recognized the men. The wounded man’s name is Edgar and be resides at Terre Haute. He has served a term in the penitentiary. The dead man was recognized as Harry Jackson, a noted crook of Chicago.

Income Taxes Returned.

The commissioner of internal revenue Tuesday allowed eighty-five claims for tax paid under the income tax law, aggregating $13,823. The amounts ranged from $30.30 to $2. The collection of the tax under the law before it was declared unconstitutional amo.unted to about $75,000. The names of taxpayers to whom money was refunded will not be disclosed by the commissioner.

Retail Clerks in Session.

The fifth annual convention of the Retail Clerks’ National Protective Association begun in the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, with about 100 delegates in attendance. The organization has a membership of nearly 30,000 and has lodges in twenty States. *

LIVES DASHED OUT.

NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. More than a Dozen Little Villages Suffer by the Sweep of the DestroyerCherry Hill Annihilated—Financial Loss Is'Enormoua—Nine Are Hnrt. Nine Killed and Many Hnrt. New York and New Jersey were swept by a death-dealing cyclone Saturday afternoon. Nine persons are known to have Seen killed and scores were hurt. One of the dead, Mrs. Louisa Ketrequin, was killed in East New York. All of the other victims lived in and about the little villages of Cherry Hill, N. J., and Woodhaven, L. I. The cyclone descended upon the upper part of East New York, known as the Cypress Hills, at 4:30 o’clock, continued on its way to the lower plains district, and from there traveled to Woodhaven. The cloud was first seen going over Cypress Hills. It was funnel-shap-ed, and hung very low to the ground. At the upper end was a red spot that appeared more like an incandescent light than anything else. The cyclone swept over the cemetery, wrecking handsome and costly monuments. It tore down trees for about 200 feet and then turned into Jamaica avenue at Crescent street, and went up Jamaica avenue for about half a mile. Trees were torn down and telephone and trolley wires demolished. Right in the middle of the wreckage six cars were caught. They belonged to the Brooklyn and Southern Railroad and were struck when in front of the Stewart home. The cars were filled with passengers and there was great excitement. Half a dozen persons were slightly injured. The cyclone wrecked thirty houses gt Woodhaven and a very large schoolhouse there. There were twenty residents of Woodhaven hit by the various objects which were carried through the air. Chimneys sailed through the air as though they were no heavier than feathers.

Between 40,000 and 50,000 persons visited the scene of the ruin and devastation at Cherry Hill Sunday. Some of the unfortunates whose homes were wrecked sat about during the day wondering what was in store for them. Hackensack and the other towns have responded promptly to the call for aid made by the people of Cherry Hill. Viewed in the light of day the ruin appeared more complete. Everywhere in the path of the storm were ruins. The tangled heap of timbers by the railroad track told where the depot went to pieces. That pile of wreckage showed where a house had been thrown down and that one where a barn had been razed by the winds. The leafless trees that withstood the strain of the whirlwind gave the appearance of midwinter. On two sides, as viewed from the center of the town, there were banks of green, but where the storm swept everything was black and bare.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Ambassador Enetis Taken in by a Clever Frenchman. The Paris Figaro publishes a statement from the Hon. James B. Eustis, the United States Ambassador to France, in which the latter spys: ‘‘The fact is now recalled to my memory that Secretary Vignaud introduced M. Routier to me on May 13 not as a journalist, but as a writer. According to my custom, I had a conversation with him, but I certainly did not authorize M. Routier to publish it.

JAMES B. EUSTIS.

He did not tell me he had such an intention, and if he had I should have taken the necessary precautions. Indeed I should haveMforbidden him, as would have been my duty, to divulge anything of our conversation. I did not use the language M. Routier attributes to me, and I do not understand why M. Routier thought he had the right to invite me to discuss delicate questions of international politics.” The Estafette discussing the affair remarks: “It would not require many such incidents, especially in view of the effect which it produced in Spain, to lead to serious complications with the United States.”

ELECTIONS IN THIRTEEN STATES

Although an Off Year, There Will Be Plenty of Politics. Though this is supposed to be an "off year” politically, there will be elections in thirteen States, namely: Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, lowa, Nebraska, Mississippi and Massachusetts. The Connecticut election for town officers and to pass upon the question of redistricting the State Senate will be held Oct. 7, and regular State elections will be held four weeks ■ later—Nov. s—in the twelve other States named.' In Maryland a Governor and an attorney general will be elected to serve four years, a comptroller to serve two years, all the members of the lower house of the General Assembly, and fourteen Senators. A State’s attorney and sheriff will be elected in each county. A United States Senator to succeed Senator Gibson will be chosen in Maryland next winter. In Virginia all the members of the House of Delegates and twenty (or onehalf) of the State Senate will be elected. The Senators chosen this year will participate in the election of a successor to Senator Daniel. Pennsylvania will choose a State treasurer for a term of three years and seven judges of the Supreme Court for ten years. New Jersey will elect a Governor for a term of three years, seven State Senators for the same term, and an entire assembly of sixty members. New York’s State ticket will contain a secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, attorney’ general and a State engineer for terms of three years each, a judge of the Court of Appeals for a term of fourteen years, twelve judges of the Supreme Court for terms of fourteen years and fifty Senators to serve three years and 150 Assemblymen to serve one year each. The Senators chosen in November will participate in electing a successor to Senator Hill. A full State ticket to serve for four years will be voted for in Kentucky, as well as a Legislature that will elect a successor to Senator Blackburn. In Ohio there will be elected a governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer and attorney general to serve two years, an

auditor to serve four years, a judge of the Supreme Court to serve five years and a Legislature that will elect a successor to Senator Brice. The Kansas people will vote for a chief justice of the Supreme Court to serve one year. The voters of lowa will select a full State ticket to serve two years and a Legislature that will elect Senator Allisen's successor. A justice of the Supreme Court to serve six years and two regents of the State University will be chosen in Nebraska. A full State ticket to serve four years, all the officers in the various counties and a Legislature that will elect the successor to Senator George will be chosen in Mississippi. A full State ticket to serve one year will be voted for in Massachusetts.

CHIEF MOORE’S FIRST REFORM.

Daily Weather MenageH to Be Sent to Display Stations. The resumption of the old plan of forwarding daily weather messages, except on Sunday, to all forecast display stations receiving such information by government telegraph servioe»--bas licen decided by the agricultural tjeparfment. It is the first important sehe'iie fsP intproveing the forecast sew ice to be put Jfito operation by Chi# rhe'weather bureau. The. present system sending

PROF. WILLIS L. MOORE.

these messages only when decided changes in weather conditions are expected was found objectionable as tending toward indifference and icgleet, and many urgent requests for a change were filed. The resumption of the plan approved by Acting Secretary Dabney has been .under advisement for some time, but was delayed largely owing to <>x-Chief Harrington’s opposition. The dropping of the daily servicA has resulted in several of the oldest and best' ljunlified observers and displa/'men leaving the service owing to dissatisfaction With irregular forecast reports.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN FIRES.

Great Precautions Taken to Prevent the Destruction of Villages. According to press dispatches the Northern Michigan forest fires are numerous and formidable. The forests are mostly hardwood, and while the fires may run rapidly when fanned by a strong wind, yet they can be controlled by judicious and timely back firing. All the small towns in the danger district and many farms have been carefully encircled with back fires. The psif.nation is being carefully watched, however, and there is not much to fear. At Wallin, the town burned Thursday, these precautions were not taken in time. The Sullivan Lumber Company loses about $30,000 on mill, lumber and buildings, with a total of $3,200 insurance. The charcoal kilns will be repaired immediately to use the damaged timber before it goes to ruin, but the mill will not be rebuilt until next season. A large tent has already been erected for postoffice, store and hotel 1 , and as soon as buildings can be put up many of the workmen will return with their families, who are now stopping at Thompsonville. The villages of Clary, Copemish, Interlocken, Grawn, Bensonia and others have been threatened, but by back firing the danger has been averted. Comparatively few farmers have been burned out. Considerable damage has been done to standing timber and much hemlock bark has been destroyed. No lives have been lost, and even at Wallin the live stock was saved, the cattle taking to the thick woods, where the fire did not reach them.

NEW MONEY ORDER BLANKS OUT

Are in the Form of a Bank Draft and of a Sea Green Color. Requisitions for money order blanks received at the Postoffice Department will be filled from this time on with the new blanks designed some months ago. It will not be many weeks before the public will become well acquainted with the new design, and it is safe to say that it will in all probability prove a popular change. The new blanks are in the form of a bank draft. The text is lithographed and the ink used is a sea-green shade. The effect is artistic and pleasing, and altogether the form and general appearance of the new blank is such as to make the recipient feel more than ever as if he had a good thing. The old scheme of notched numerals at the left end of the blank is retained, as it has proved a great convenience in business and a safeguard against fraud. The dollars and cents are also printed on the reverse side, so that with a nice register in the press work both sides of the bit of paper will show the precise amount of the order.

ON FIRE IN MID-OCEAN.

Flames Break Out in the Lower Hold of La Normandie. The French line steamship La Normandie, bound from Havre, moved up the bay to her dock at the foot of Martin street, New York, Saturday morning with flags flying in the sunlight and nothing but the rush of water from her powerful pumps to give a clew to the terrible dangers of the voyage. Yet in midocean throughout Tuesday night, in the thick fog and storm, the starboard freight compartment of the good ship, packed with valuable merchandise, was a roaring mass of fire, while the seventy-five first and second cabin passengers and 205 occupants of the steerage waited for the seemingly inevitable order to “take to the boats.” For fifteen hours the battle raged between the crew and the flames, and it was not until well along toward noon of Wednesday that the vessel’s safety was assured.

Boston Prepares for Endeavorers.

New York police are making war on--sidewalk stores and street stands.