Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1897 — Page 2

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ESTIMATES ON CROPS.

GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL REPORTS VARY. Department Methode of Collecting Data May Be Changed—Dark Side of the Klondyke Is Being Brought to View. ~ Official Figures Too Low. The Department of Agriculture officials have had their attention called very frequently of late to the wide discrepancy between commercial and official estimates of the wheat crop. The official estimates indicate approximately a crop of 450,000,tHM) bushels, while commercial estimates range from 500,000,000 to 550,000,000. It is very plain that there will have to be a radical change in the governmental methods which now obtain of collecting crop statistics or they will be entirely discredited in every quarter. The crop reporters of the Department of Agriculture are nearly all farmers, and therefore directly interested in placing a low estimate on production. Year after year the shipping and milling results show that the department estimates have been too low, oftentimes ridiculously so, but nevertheless the same system of gathering data-is in force now that obtained fifteen years ago. It is altogether probable at the next session of Congress a new plan will be vigorously discussed, and it is barely possible that the crop-re]>ortiug bureau may be entirely reorganized. KLOSDIKL'S DARK SIDE. Thousands Will Fall a Prey to Dislease, Starvation, and Criminals. In the mad rush for Klondyke gold men are already starving to death. Of the thousands now hastening to Alaska ninny will never return. Their bones will bleach under the snows of the deadly passes. Gold there is in plenty. But it is not easily obtained, and this is not all. Starvation, disease, treacherous Indians, desperadoes who will commit murder for a biscuit, frightful storms and all the perils' of an unknown, inhospitable and barren country await the inexperienced. Men who are abandoning their homes to join rhe mad scramble for the new El Dorado should remember that once they have passed over the gang plank of the Alaskan steamer there is no way of getting back unless they turn about immediately while they have money for transportation and strength to clamber into the l>oat. Over the entrances to White and Chilkoot passes there might well be strung the legend. “Who enters here leaves’ hol>e behind,” for it is the sheerest luck if a fair percentage of those going in ever return to civilization or live to see fruition of their wild hopes. George L. Fish, a prominent grocer of Oakland. Cal., made the trip in order to see whether there was any chance for rushing supplies into the Klondyke this fall. He found the outlook hopeloss. He said: “I advise men and women to stay away from Dyea and Skagaway. The day I left Dyea there were three funerals. Two were those of young men who had attempted to cross Dyea river. The last funeral wa.s that of a young man who had reached the summit of Chilkoot pass. He was entirely out of provisions, and, goaded to desperation by starvation, he stole a side of bacon. He was detected by two of the party from whose outfit he stole, and was shot to death. An inquest was held and the verdict was justifiable homicide. At least 5,600 people are camped nt Dyea and Skagaway, and the majority will remain therethrough the winter. Starvation and death will stalk among them. There are many lawless adventurers in the two little towns on the bleak coast; men and women of a stripe who will not hesitate nt the commission of any crime when money and food become scarce. There are about 3,500 from Skagaway road to Dawson through White pass and down to Lake Bennett. It is impossible to get through the pass and there is a swamp of seven or eight miles to cross before reaching Lake Bennett.”

Town is Captured. The oft-repeated threats of the crusaders who are trying to induce coni miners to strike to force their way into the village of Coffeen, 111., were carried out amid great excitement Tuesday afternoon. They formed eight abreast, 400 strong, the Staunton band of eleven pieces bringing up the rear. Sheriff Randle placed twenty deputy sheriffs, armed with muskets and with fixed bayonets, across the highway. The other deputies were stationed to guard the mine, where 100 men were at work getting out coal. President Traylor ordered the column of marchers to halt. With regular s-tep they marched on, brushing the village president aside without ceremony. The strikers in the front ranks grasped their guns and the column by sheer force of numbers pushed the deputies, many of whom were considerably frightened, from their places. Sheriff Randle asked for troops, but was again refused.

standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs io the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 65 31 Pittsburg ... .43 51 Baltimore .. .62 30 Louisville ...43 55 Cincinnati . .59 32 Philadelphia. 42 55 New York...sG 36 Brooklyn ... .38 56 Cleveland .. ,50 44 Washington. 38 56 Chicago ... .47 51 St. Louis... .26 72 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below* W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 69 29 Detroit 52 53 Columbus .. .62 35 Minneapolis. 34 72 St. Paul 65 40 Kansas City. 34 73 Milwaukee ..64 41 G’nd Rapids. 32 69 Big Increase in French Exports. The official returns just published show that the imports into France for the last seven months were 20,217,000 francs below those of 1896. On the other hand, the exports foot up 177,637,000 francs more than during the same period of 1896. Overpowered the Jailer. At Rawlins, Wyo., five prisoners charged with burglary overpowered Jailer Ben Carroll, choked him into insensibility, bound his hands and feet, took his revolver and keys and escaped from iail. Woodmen in a Fisht. In an attempt by people of Rock Island Friday afternoon to secure possession of the books and belongings at the headquarters of the Modern Woodmen of America in Fulton, 111., a general riot ensued. One man was probably fatally injured and several others received wounds of a more or less serious nature. Blaze at ’Frisco. Sparks from the engine ignited a pile of shavings at the factory of the San Francisco Furniture Manufacturing Company on Bryant street, resulting in the total destruction of the factory and its contents, valued at >20,000.

AFTER AMERICAN GRAIN. Large Fleet of Veaeele Fails from England in Ballast. The largest fleet of vessels that ever left England In ballast has sailed within the last week for the Delaware Breakwater and Hampton Roads for orders. Their owners have found it more profitable to send them without cargoes than to have them wait. The machinery of some of them is rather antiquated, but the demand for steam tonnage has induced their owners to give them another trial in competing with the more modern craft. Several vessels arrived at the Delaware Breakwater from Europe in search of business. Large purchases of grain have been made in this country by Italy, Austria, France and Egypt, countries which rarely before have purchased cereals in the United States. Several charters have been effected at Philadelphia to carry grain to Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste and Alexandria and other Mediterranean ports. trade on the mend. All Parts of the Country Report Start of Better Times. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “Every city reporting this week notes increase in trade and nearly all bright crop prospects. The grea t change in business is emphasized by the presence of a multitude of buyers from all parts of the country, by their statements of the situation at their homes, •nd more forcibly yet by the heavy purchases they are making. The strong rise in stocks, the growth of bank clearings and railroad earnings, the heavy speculation in many products, but most of all in wheat, have made the week one of surpassing interest even to those who remember the upward rush in 1879. The great crops and the haste of foreigners to buy' and ship wheat, in view of shortage elsewhere, have made the w’eek memorable. Taking of profits by a pool lowered the price three cents, but it afterward rose five cents.”

ALL OF INDIA TREMBLED. Earthquake in the Famine-Stricken Country Was Disastrous. Additional details of the great earthquake in June, which made all India tremble, received in recent mail advices, confirm the original reports of its severity. In northern Bengal, Assam and Qachar the shocks continued for some time. The mortality in the Cherra hills is estimated at from 4,000 to 6,000. At Goal Para, a tidal wave destroyed the bazaar and sixty lives were Jost. The earth is fissured and the country is covered with mud and sand. The telegraph office at Cherra and ail pucca buildings were destroyed and the natives were forced to flee for their lives. The country is flooded, as the earth has subsided along the banks of the Bramaputra, causing great damage to the crops. Similar reports are received from many other places. Obey the Sheriff. The first blood shed during the present miners’ strike was that of Jacob Mott, a drummer in the McDonald band. The trouble took place near the Plum Creek tipple, in Pennsylvania. The 1,000 strikers in the camp at Plum Creek left the camp at 3 a. m. and divided into two squads at Center, one body of the marchers going to Center school house and the others to the miners’ houses. The Center squad was headed by the McDonald drum corps. Sheriff Lowry reached Center about 5 a. m. He drove from Turtle Creek by way of Monroeville and was met by Deputy Sheriff Richards and a number of deputies. The marchers were stopped and the sheriff read the injunction order made by the court. He then ordered the strikers to return to their camp. The men paid no attention to the order for a time, and Urich Billingham attempted to lead the marchers past the sheriff and his deputies. The deputies closed up and moved forward, headed by' the sheriff, and the opposing forces came together. No blows were struck and no weapons drawn, but there was a lively scuffle, during which a horn in the hands of one of the band was pushed into Joseph Mott’s face and he was badly cut over the right eye. Blood flowed in a stream from the wound, and the sight of blood checked the pushing, struggling men. The sheriff again read the order of court and ordered the crowd to disperse and appear in court Saturday to make answer to the bill filed. The men again refused and John Brown was particularly pronounced in his opposition. He was treated with arrest and after considerable argument, during which he assert 1 ed his right to be on the public road, Uriah Billingham and the band again tried to force their way past the sheriff and his deputies. The deputies again closed up and moved forward. More pushing and shoving followed. The deputies pushed ahead, crowding and pushing the strikers back, until both bodies were closely packed and it looked for a time as though serious trouble would follow. Sheriff Lowry again ordered them to disperse and threatened them with arrest if they did not instantly obey. After some hesitation the strikers moved back, turned and marched back to camp, closely followed by the sheriff and his deputies.

Plot to Slay Kings, A special dispatch from Milan, Italy, says that three anarchists were arrested there, and that the police seized a number of documents, bombs and explosives. The documents captured by the police, it is further stated, include letters from Caosa Cassario Santos, the assassin of President Carnot, and Pietro Acciarito, who attempted to assassinate King Humbert last April. Other arrests are expected to follow. The Italian police claim they have conclusive evidence of the existence of an international anarchistic plot. Husband's Wild Deed. After cutting his wife’s throat Charles M. Clifford of Chicago ended his own earthly existence by shooting himself with a revolver early Wednesday morning.-The murder and suicide occurred in the rooms where the couple lived at 302 Rush street. Musita Clifford, 14 years old, awoke at 6:30 and found the bodies of her father and mother. She notified the neighborhood. Mrs. Clifford was a handsome woman and Clifford was jealous of her. Mangier Held Guilty. Judge Dunne held Alderman William Mangier of Chicago guilty of contempt of court in refusing to tell the grand jury who it was he claimed had offered him >2,000 for his vote in the general electric ordinance, and fixed the punishment at >I,OOO fine and ninety days’ imprisonment in the county jail. An appeal was afterward granted. Katy Train Wrecked, The north-bound Katy train was wrecked near Caddo Mills, Texas, by some miscreant who removed the fishplates and bent the rails. Every car except the rear Bleeper was turned over. W. H. Rollins, baggageman, was killed Illinois Wheat Crop Is Short. The wheat crop of Illinois this year will fall short of feeding her own people by 5,016,000 bushels, but unless injured by early frosts the corn crop promises to be unusually large. Thrown Under a Thrashing Engine. George L. Loomis, who lived near Helmer, Ind., was thrown beneath a thrashing engine and crushed in a horrible manner. He died several hours later. Starvation for Many. The British steamers Islander and Gees have arrived at Dyea, Alaska, with about

I 500 prospectors, which increases the num--1 her on the Dyea and Skaguay tfAils to fully 1,500. loiter reports have come in to the effect that the Skaguay route is open to the lakes, and that it is about forty-five miles long. It is a zig-zag course , over the mountains and the road is very i soft. There are 200 or 300 head of horses in the trail, and they will soon tramp the road to a deplorable condition. The probability of one man in ten reaching the Klondyke is remote. Old Alaska prospectors, some of whom have wintered in the Yukon and know what to expect, are becoming frightened and turning back. Not that they fear the hardships, but that they are apprehensive of famine on account of so many men rushing headlong to the mines without enough provisions to last them two months. The best evidence that those upon the ground regard the situation with more or less alarm is the fact that many are paying 20 cents per pound to have freight packed across Dyea Pass. This is an increase of 3 cents per pound since the sailing of the Alki, at which time 16 and 17 cents was charged. Twenty cents is the regular rate over the Dyea or Chilkoot Pass route. This increased and exorbitant charge is due to a scarcity of horses. Without pack animals, of some description, it appears to be next to impossible at this season to get freight and outfits across the divide. PRINCE AND COUNT FIGHT. Italian Proves Superior to the Frenchman as a Swordsman. The duel between Prince Henri of Orleans ami the Count of Turin, a nephew of King Humbert, which grew out of statements made by the Prince regarding the conduct of the Italian prisoners who were captured by King Menelek during the recent disastrous campaign in Abyssinia, took place at 5 o’clock Sunday morning in the Bois des Marchaux, about ten miles from Paris. The fight was a desperate one. The Prince was severely wounded, and was removed from the field hors de combat. The Count was slightly wounded. Certain cynical persons decline even now to regard the affair seriously, and describe it as a “horrible accident” on the field of honor. A majority of the Parisians, however, treat it as an international event of the most tragic importance. The victim is the hero of the hour, and bulletins from his bedside are read with breathless interest on the boulevards.

DRIVING SHEEP OVERLAND. Flock of 80,000 Head on the Way from Oregon to Kansas. J. A. Knowlin, a live stock commission merchant of Kansas City, has bought in Oregon 80,000 sheep, which are now being driven overland to Kansas, where they will be fed next winter and marketed the following spring. This immense herd has been divided into twelve bands, each ®f which is driven by eight men. The sheep are allowed to graze along the roadside each day. The drivers are furnished with horses and camping outfit and while the sheep rest at night the shepherds sleep in tents. The bands are driven about twelve miles apart and Mr. Knowlin expects to reach Kansas with the sheep by October. By driving the sheep overland instead of shipping them by rail the commission merchant will save perhaps $60,000, as the transportation charges from Oregon to Kansas amount to $1 a head. Immigration Statistics. Statistics prepared at the Treasury Department show that 283,832 immigrants came over last year, amLbrought $3,541,241 w’ith them, an average of about sls per head. The Germans were more thrifty and possessed more money than the immigrants from other countries. They brought over with them about S3B a head. There were 22,533 immigrants from that country, and the total money brought with them was $858,128. Both to Ee Widow®. Two women, each claiming to be his widow, are struggling for the estate and name of Daniel G. Waldron, a veteran California journalist, who tvas found dead in his bed at Yreka May 8. One of the women, Mary Parkhard Waldron, has been recognized as the widow by the Superior Court. Now comes another woman who claims to be the lawful wife of Mr. Waldron. Decrease in Saloons. There are 400 fewer saloons in Chicago now than there were a year ago. This fact is shown by the books of the city collector. For the first period of the current year, ending Aug. 30, for which the records are practically complete, 6,200 saloon licenses have been issued. For the first period last year 6,600 licenses were taken out.

Japan to Be Represented in Peru. The Government of Japan has decided to establish a legation in Peru, and has already appointed Mr. loshi-Bumi Murata as minister resident. He is also accredited to Mexico. This is the first mission from Japan to Peru. Good as Klondyke Claims. A private letter gives news of the catch of the sea otter hunters up to July 8. The best of luck had followed the men as the four schooners heard from had killed 63 otters, the skins of which are worth from >30,000 to >40,000. Fatal I uel at urango, Colo. W’ill Arey, brother of C. J. S. Arey, of Chicago, was shot and instantly killed at Durango, Colo., by Dr. W. H. Winters, in a duel. Arey w-as accused by Dr. Winters of alienating his wife's affections.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, omrron to prime, >3.00 to >5.50; hogs, shipping grades; >3.00 to >4.25; sheep, fair to choice, >2.Wt> to >4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82e; corn, No. 2,27 cto 29c; oats, No. 2,17 e to 18c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 46c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 12c; new potatoes, 60c to 75c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, >3.00 to >5.00; hogs, choice light, >3.00 to >4.25; sheep, common to choice, >3.00 to >3.75; wheat, No. 2,77 cto 79c; corn,- No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis -Cattle, >3.00 to >5.25; hogs, >3.00 to >4.25; sheep, >3.00 to >4.00; wheat, No. 2,88 cto 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 46c. Cincinnati—Cattle, >2.50 to >5.00; hogs, >3.00 to >4.00; sheep, >2.50 to >4.00; wheat, No. 2,85 cto 87c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No.-2 mixed, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 46c. Detroit—Cattle, >2.50 to >5.25; hogs, >3.00 to >4.00; sheep, >2.50 to >4.00;; wheat, No. 2,85 cto 87c; corn, No. 2: yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 19cto 20c; rye, 45c to 47c, Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 88c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No.' 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 47cclover seed, >4.30 to >4.40. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 87eto 88c; corn, No. 3,27 cto 29c; oats’ No 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1,45 cto 47c;. barley, No. 2,35 cto 42c; pork, mess, >7.50 to >8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, >3.00 to >5.25; hogs >3.00 to >4.50; sheep, >3.00 to >4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 84c to 86c; corn, No. 2' yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white 21e to 22c. New York-Cattle, >3.00 to >5.50; hogs, >3.50 to >4.75; sheep, >3.00 to >4 50* wheat, No. 2 red, 87e to 89c; corn, No. 2 B2c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs. Western, 13c to 1 5«. I

NEW ROAD TO WEALTH

HERE’S A BACK-DOOR ROUTE TO THE KLONDYKE. Gold Field May Be Reached in Two Month® Over the Hudson Bay Trunk Line to the North—Travel Easy and Expense Light. Overland to the North. A back-door route to Klondyke has been discovered. By it travelers from Chicago may reach the gold fields within two months, or possibly six weeks, if an immediate start is made. Two hundred dollars is said to be sufficient for the trip. Railways and steamboats largely cover the route and supply stations are placed at convenient intervals all the way. This back-door route or inside track, as it is called, is simply the old Hudson Baytrunk line to the north. It has been in use nearly a century. A railroad official has called attention to the route. To travel over it passengers from Chicago must go to St. Paul and there take train over the Canadian Pacific. Leaving St. Paul at 9 o’clock in the morning, the international boundary at Portal will be crossed at 4 o'clock next morning. At 2:22 the following morning the Chicagoan will find himself at Calgary, where he will leave the main line of the Canadian Pacific ami travel to Edmonton, a point 1,772 miles from Chicago, and where the rail portion of the journey ends. The railroad fare from Chicago is $53.65. A stage ride of forty miles will bring him to Athabasca Landing. Here he will find a continuous waterway for canoe travel to Fort Macpherson at the north mouth of the Mackenzie river, from which point the Peel river lies south to the gold regions. From Edmonton to Fort Macpherson is 1,882 miles. There are only two portages of any size on the route—that from Edmonton to Athabasca Landing. owr which there is

NEW ROUTE TO THE KLONDYKE.

a stage and wagon line, and at Smith Landing, sixteen miles, over which the Hudson Bay Company has a tramway. With the exception of five other portages of a few hundred yards, there is a fine down-grade water route all the way. Wherever there is a lake or a long stretch of deep-water navigation the Hudson Bay Company has small freight steamers which ply during the summer months between the portage points. From Edmonton a party- of three meii with a canoe should reach Fort Macpherson within sixty days, provided they are strong and of some experience in that sort of travel. If winter comes on the traveler can change his canoe for dog trains and reach Klondyke with much less difficulty than on the Alaska route. The great advantage claimed for the inland route is that it is an organized line of communication. Travelers need not carry any more food than will take them from one Hudson Bay post to the next, and there is abundance of fish and wild fowl along the route. They can also get assistance at the posts in case <tt sickness or accident. If lucky enough to make their “pile” in the Klondyke they can come back by the dog-sled route in the winter. There is one mail to Fort Macpherson in the winter. Dogs for teams can be bought at any of the Hudson Bay posts which form a chain of roadhouses on the trip. Parties traveling alone will need no guides until they get near Fort Macpherson, the route from Edmonton being so well defined. It is estimated that a party of three could provide themselves with food for the canoe trip of two months for $35. Pork, tea, flour and baking powder would suffice. Parties should consist of three men, as that is the crew of a canoe. It will take 600 pounds of food to carry three men over the route. The paddling is all done downstream except when they turn south up Peel river, and sails should be taken, as there is often a favorable wind for days. There are large scows on the line manned by ten men each, and known as “sturgeon heads.” They are like canal boats, but are punted along, and are used by the Hudson Bay people for taking supplies to the forts.

AZCARRAGA IS MINISTER.

Queen Regent Names a Temporary Successor to Canovas. The queen regent of Spain has appointed Gen. Azcarraga minister of war, provisional premier in the place of Senor Canovas, who was assassinated at the sulphur baths of Santa Agueda by an Italian anarchist. Gen. Azcarraga, the new premier ad interim, and the cabinet, are preparing to take drastic measures looking toward the suppression of the anarchists in Spain. There is but one prevailing sentiment throughout the nation, and that is that force must at once be used to handle these men. Politicians of all shades will back up the Government in whatever repressive measures it may decide to carry out against the reds. The selection of Gov. Azcarraga for president of the Spanish council bodes

GENERAL AZCARRAGA.

ill for Cuba, if his star continues in the ascendant. Don Marcelo de Azcarraga Palmero’s military career extends over a period of forty-six years. He was born in Manila, in the Philippine Islands, in 1832. At the age of 18 he became a second lieu-

tenant rn the cavalry and was sent te Havana. He returned to Madrid in 1854 and entered the war office, where he was made a lieutenant. He received his commission of captain in 1856 and was again sent to Cuba in 1857. He became chief of staff of the governor general of Cuba in 1863 and lieutenant general in 1864. He has shown himself to be an adept intriguer, if not an able director of armies.

A CONGRESSMAN’S AFFLICTION.

Mr. Must Soon Submit to the Operation of Amputation. Congressman David Bremner Henderson of Dubuque, lowa, must soon submit to the operation of amputation of the leg at the knee, as the result of an old wound received iu buttle. Mr. Henderson was living on an lowa farm when the war broke out. He was just 21 and enlisted

DAVID B. HENDERSON.

as a private in the Twelfth lowa Volunteers. He became a lieutenant in that regiment. In 1863 he received a wound below the knee. The leg was cut off at the wound, but it never quite healed. Yet he returned to the army in 1864 and came out as a colonel. After the war Mr. Henderson studied law. He was assistant United States district attorney for two years. His law connection has always been with the firm of Henderson, Hurd, Lenehan & Kissel. He has been elected to every Congress since and including the Forty-eighth. Mr. Henderson used an artificial leg and has always suffered from the wound he got in the army. His strong constitution has carried him through, but now a new operation is necessary, which will, it is hoped, cure the trouble.

GREAT MOVEMENT OF GRAIN

Causes a Tremendous Demand on the Western Railways. The following, compiled from figures given by representative railway officials in Chicago, shows the number of empty cars the Western trunk lines are hiring to carry the crops this fall: Railroad. Cars. Illinois Central, In Illinoisl2,ooo Northwestern, in Minnesota and Dakota 2,000 Northwestern, in lowa 2,000 Northwestern, in Nebraska2,ooo Rock Island 10,000 Alton 4,000 Santa Fe, in Kansas 7,000 St. Paul, in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 6,000 Chicago Great Western, In Missouri.. 8,000 Burlington, in lowa and Nebraska... .12,000 Total 69,000 Already the tide is setting eastward from the prairies of the West that promises to grow in volume until it fills every channel of trade, and packs the Eastern ports to overflowing. Railroad officials and persons interested in transportation the country over are making preparations to meet the demands to be made upon them. Empty cars are being collected from every possible quarter and sent as rapidly as possible toward the points in the West where they will be most readily available to receive cargoes of the bountiful crops and bear them toward the seaboard. Many of the greater roads are having new cars built as rapidly as possible, and others have borrowed large numbers from those roads which are likely to have less demand for them. But by whatever manner of means is necessary cars are being secured in every possible way to meet the emergency, which gives promise of being the most exacting the railroads have ever had to cope with. The tremendous figures given in the foregoing table—s9,ooo cars—are indicative of a great movement in grain, to which railroad men and shippers are looking forward with the most implicit confidence. At the same time, the terminal and intermediate stations are having all they can do to take care of the grain that is now coming in to them.

SPENT THE FIRM'S MONEY.

Disclosures Are Made In the Case of Miss Alice M. Barret. The motive for the suicide of pretty Alice Barrett, the Boston typewriter and bookkeeper, who at first was thought kill-

ALICE BARRETT.

ed by lightning, has been disclosed. Codman & Codman, her employers, who have held to a theory of murder, now announce that expert accountants discover that their bookkeeper had stolen $3,000 and falsified the accounts and burned the cash book with a view to hiding the proofs of her dishonesty, and that they are convinced that she killed herself because of unfortunate speculations with the firm’s money. This clears up the mystery, accounting as it does for her life of extravagance and her speculations. The examination of the books shows that the money was taken in small amounts and carefully covered on the books.

SUNK NEAR SITKA.

Steamer Mexico Strikes a Bock and Goes Down in 500 Feet of Water. The steamer Mexico on Aug. 5, while going into Dixon entrance from Sitka during a heavy fog at full speed, struck West Devil's rock. After two hours the steamer sank in 500 feet of stern first. The captain exhibited great coolness and with the officers did everything that was possible. The passengers and crew were saved with their baggage in small boats. After rowing till midnight they arrived at Mettlakala. The ship is a total loss. Judge Murphy at St. Louis refused to allow a 12-yeur-old boy to take the witness stand in his court to testify in a murder case because the boy did not wear a coat. The case was postponed a day for the boy to get his cost.

WOODMEN IN A FIGHT

RIOT FOLLOWS AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE RECORDS One Man Fatally Hurt and Several Injured—Rock Islander* Repelled by Citizens of Fulton—History of the Trouble in the Order. A Spirited Battle. In an attempt-by people of Rock Island Friday afternoon to secure possession of the books and belongings at the headquarters of the Modern Woodmen of Alft erica in Fulton. 111., a general riot ensued. The list of injured is: Ed. Bare, head and arms injured; Will Bennet, city marshal, head cut, wound believed to be fatal; James Carrier, head cut; I*. J. Casey, badly injured on head; W. 11. Flanagan, head badly cut; Chris Miller, head cut; L. D. Plank, cut about the head; J. Slougerg, cut about the head. Start from Rock Island. Judge Gesi of Rock Island had rendered his decision dissolving the injunction which restrained the officials of the Modern Woodmen of America from removing the books and other belongings of the head office from Fulton, 111., to Rock Island. A special train was started from Rock Island over the Burlington road for Fulton,. carrying about IKK) men, well armed. They reached Fulton about 6 o’clock and marched up to the Woodman building in military style. The Fulton people had been apprised of the move by telephone and were ready to defend the books and papers of the head office. They were assisted by a large force from Clinton and Lyons, their neighboring cities, just across the Mississippi. General Fight Krsues. ■ A general lire alarm was sounded and hose laid to repel the invaders. When the train arrived the track was torn up on both sides to prevent their escape. A Rock Island man cut the hose. This was the signal for hostilities. Many shots were fired and clubs, rocks and missiles of all kinds used. Quite a number of Rock Islanders arc more or less hurt, none very severely. They secured a few books before they were stopped, but were penned in their train by armed deputies. Head Attorney Johnson of the Modern Woodmen, Engineer Mitchell of the special train and a number of others are under arrest. Another Injunction Secured. J. D. Andrews of Chicago, attorney for the'eity of Fulton, went to Sterling on a special train and secured an injunction from J. E. McPherah, master in chancery, which was accompanied by a restraining order. It was served immediately and the records will now remain until it can be tried in the courts.

HISTORY OF TROUBLE. Fight Centered Around J. C, Root, Founder of the Order. The great fight, prolonged for so long, to remove the headquarters of the Modern Woodmen of America from Fulton, 111., to other points, has a very intimate bearing on Omaha, since that city is now the home of one J. C. Root, who established that order and started the long fight by making nn effort to have the records of the organization removed to Omaha. It was in 1879 that the Modern Woodmen of America was organized under the laws of Illinois. The charter expressly stipulated that the headquarters should be located in the State of Illinois. As Fulton was the home of Root, he selected that place as the headquarters of the organization. It was in 1890, eleven years later, that the idea of a change entered Root’s head. Omaha was on the boom and he selected that place as the future home of his company, when he suddenly discovered that the people of Fulton proposed to have a word to say about the matter. When Root attempted to remove the records from the town he was interrupted by an injunction. The case was determined in favor of Fulton. Root appealed and the Supreme Court confirmed the decision. This fight had provoked much bitterness in the organization and there were many who were not satisfied to have Root at the head of the order, which was essentially an Illinois institution and which he was anxious to remove to some other State. Then a personal fight was started on Root to oust him as sovereign commander or supreme head of the Modern Woodmen. The matter went through all the State courts and Root was finally defeated. He at once went to Omaha and started a rival order known as the Wohdmen of the World. In the past year he has had some trouble with the Omaha contingent of this order, and some of the members seceded and formed a new order, claiming that Root had perpetuated himself as sovereign commander and was degenerating it into a one-man affair. The fight to keep the headquarters at Fulton was not reopened until two years ago, when, during the Milwaukee convention. the city of Rock Island. 111., offered to furnish the order a permanent building at that place if the headquarters were brought there. It was accepted and the records ordered removed.

Told in a Few Lines.

While crossing the river at St. Louis Frank Collins and Joseph Kelly were drowned by the capsizing of their skiff. George E. Stuart, property clerk in the department of. charities of New York City, is short in his accounts $(>,000 and missing. He lost on the races. John Gordon, alias Lewis Nelson, the negro who murdered William Allen at Brunswick, Miss., on July 15 by clubbing him with a gun barrel, and who was captured in Louisiana, was hanged by lynchers. Michael Devine fatally shot Alexander Gowry at Colon, an Oskaloosa, la., suburb. Devine’s wife was also slightly wounded. Devine charged Gowry with breaking up his home. He surrendered to the sheriff. All gambling resorts at Joplin, Mo., have been closed and Marshal Morgan says they shall not be opened during his term. He also proposes to strictly enforce the Sunday saloon law. If Japan and Spain ever decide to unite for the purpose of thrashing Uncle Sam the rest of creation will witness a performance which will beat "Don Quixote’’ and "The Mikado” combined.

A post to which a hammock swung broke and fell across the stomach of Leslie Fults, the 8-year-old son of A. J. Fults of Sedalia, Mo., inflicting internal injuries from which he died in a few minutes. As a result of a conference between the minister for the colonies, Senor Castellano, and the premier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, the scheme for the customs reforms for Cuba has been modified. Ex-Secretary of State Will A. Strong of Louisiana, who is now serving in Ouachita parish as a deputy sheriff, shot and mortally wounded A. B. Cook on the streets of Monroe while trying to arrest him. Sheriff-Linden of San Jose, Cal., has arrested Mrs. Sarah Schofield, Daniel Dottcher and Irving Mann, the 17-year-old son of Mrs. Schofield by her first marriage. charged with the murder of Mrs. Schofield’s husband.

UNDER MARTIAL LAW

STRINGENT MEASURES TAKEN TO GUARD DE ARMIT MINES. Sheriff Stops the Mar :hing—Order* Arrest of All Persons Violating junction —Applies to the Women Also—Deputies Patrol All Roads. Strikers Must Get Out. Martial law has. to all intents and purposes, been declared in Plum, Patton and Wilkins townships, Pennsylvania, by Sheriff Lowry. The three mines of the Mew York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company are in these townships and all roads leading to them will be patrolled by his deputies. Persons walking or driving along the roads who Cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves will be ordered to leave the neighborhood and, upon refusal, will be arrested. The sheriff will not attempt to break up the camp of the strikers until the court has passed on the question, but announced that he is determined to stop the marching and trespassing on the company’s property. No one will be allowed on the company’s property who fails to have a pass signed by Superintendent De Armit. There are now nearly 800 men in the camp at Plum Creek. After the mutiny at Sandy Creek the camp at that point was abandoned and the men went to Plum Creek. In addition 200 men arrived from Belle Vernon. The large increase in the number in camp has caused a shortage of provisions and the men are hungry. It was decided to have the women march, as the injunction did not include them. The order of the sheriff to arrest all persons, however, caused a change in the program and there was no march. Sheriff Lowry said he would disperse the women as quickly as the men, as he interpreted the court’s order to mean to enjoin not only the men but all who attempted to interfere with the De Armit miners in any way by a show of force.

WEYLER GIVES IT UP.

Merciless Spanish Commander -in • Chief Resigns His Office. The Havana correspondent of the New York Herald says he has learned on what seems to be the best authority that Captain General Weyler has sent his resignation to Madrid. This report is generally believed to be true. There is no doubt that the resignation of Gen. Weyler is due to the assassination of Senor Canovas del Castillo, the premier of Spain, through whose personal wishes Captain General Weyler was retained in Cuba. The report of Gen. Weyler’s resignation is a cause for satisfaction among Cuban sympathizers and reconcentrados, who, in the advent of another chief of the loyal

CAPTAIN GENERAL WEYLER.

Spanish troops in Cuba, see only relief from the “policy of conciliation” which has resulted in such suffering to the pacificos of Cuba. Recent Spanish reverses in Cuba and complications that have arisen in the home government since the assassination of Senor Canovas del Castillo have undoubtedly brought about the resignation of Captain General Weyler, commander-in-chief of Cuba, who was appointed to that position Jan. 19, 1896, two days after the Spanish cabinet had recalled Captain General Campos. Senor Don Valeriano y Weyler Nicolau is, and for a long time has been, one of the most conspicuous figures in Spanish military history. His life has been one of gieat military triumphs until he attempted the pacification of Cuba eighteen months ago, since when failure has been his fate. Step by step Weyler has climbed the ladder of rank, beginning as a boyish captain, reaching the position of commander-in-chief, and wearing a coat that bears upon it every cross and every badge of military honor known in Spain, save those reserved for royalty. With all this, which has been brought about by a career that has met the approval of those above him in rank, he has, by reason of his methods, and through a merciless determination that has brought most sanguinary results, been called “the butcher.” His methods have been Spanish, and are consistent with Spanish history. With an iron hand and with promised mercilessness, Gen. Weyler started to crush the Cuban rebellion. He built troehas, he made attacks, he burned and otherwise destroyed provisions, he tried to starve and in cases succeeded. He planned campaigns while in Havana and took the field in person. Through most of the months in which the fighting has continued there have been victories in the dispatches and there have been defeats in the field. Death has been on all sides—in the open ground of battle, hidden ambush, the burning building, the fever-infested swamp, the disease-breeding camp and the hospitals—yet the rebellion remains a living, active, aggressive force, and after a year and a half of fighting Captain General Weyler now resigns, leaving his unaccomplished task for another to take up.

Sparks from the Wires.

Morris Eppler, a 14-year-old Dayton, 0., boy, found a revolver in a box and, trying it on Rudolph Freikek aged 5, killed him instantly. Wallace Campbell of New York, known as "Wally de Forrest,” an actor, died suddenly at the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Chester, Pa. Afriol Paur. who organized the Liederkranz Society and had been forty-seven years its leader, is dead, aged 73 years. He was instrumental in bringing over the first German opera company that visited this country in 1851. Edward I*. Wiley of Chicago, assistant cashier of the United States Express Company, and Miss Nettie Shutters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Shulters, were married at Defiance, O. Harry Blaylock, a well-known jockey, had a stroke of paralysis at Hamilton, Ont., and fell from the hayloft to the floor. He was taken to the hospital, where physicians say he will likely die. A child of Captain Eastbury of the schooner Essex, in port at New’ York, fell on a sheet of fly paper, which stuck to its face, and was nearly suffocated. William Elmer Rockwell, well-known baseball player and manager, died at San Francisco of meningitis, aged 42.