Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1897 — Page 2

gfregemocrdicSentutel J. W. McEWEN, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

PRIESTS KEEP PEACE.

RESTRAIN THE MINERS FROM ACTS OF VIOLENCE. Sheriff’s Deputies Safe While Gobin Is in Command—Marchers at the Coxe Mines Returned Klondiker Keeps His Word to the Letter. No Plea for Mercy to Deputies. Widespread as is the strike in the Hazleton (Pa.) region, there has been no concerted action by the men at the different mines. All the strikers are working for the same end —an increase of about 10 per eent. in wages—but they go about as separate clans. Some of them are raising a side issue about the company store, where they are subject to its abuses, but others have no complaint of this nature to make. At the Coxe Bros.’ mines at Drifton, Stockton and Eckley the men are paid in cash. They had been uneasy, however, for some time and this uneasiness resulted in about three hundred men at Eckley joining the strikers. e To a great extent the strikers have been restrained from open acts of violence by the priests, whose influence prevails to a rentalkable degree. At several turbulent meetings which threatened to end in bloodshed the prelates have gone among the excited foreigners, commanding silence and forcing them back. They warn the men that to destroy the coal companies property is only to take food from their ewn mouths by shutting off future employment. The priests, however, have no plea for mercy to the sheriff’s deputies who shot the men at La-ttimer, and some ot them are active members of the committee that is to push the murder charges in court. It is now certain that no attempt will be made to arrest the deputies so long as troops are camped at Hazleton. General Gobin’s declaration that he will protect the sheriff’s men just as long as he is in command has cooled the ardor of those who were for going about the matter hastily. The strike leaders and their attorneys deny the right of General Gobin to enforce such an order, but they admit that he has the power. District Attorney Fell, it is said, is against an immediate serving of warrants, though he is interested in the prosecutions.

KEPT HIS WORD. Returned Klondiker Divides Wealth with His Old Partner. Eight years ago J. F. Taylor was engaged in business in California with J. C. New. Business was dull and they were compelled to give up. Without dissolving partnership, the men decided to part and made an agreement that should fortune smile on either they would divide. Taylor bought a ranch near Cedar creek, Idaho, where he now resides. New went to Alaska, and was one of the first to make a strike in the new gold fields, securing three claims. He hunted up Taylor last Sunday near Kendrick, in Latah County, and gave him a title to a hilfinterest in the claims. Taylor also received $27,000 as his half-share of the earnings of the claims. He has been offered SIOO,OOO for the claims. DRIVEN OFF WITH RIFLES’. Plan to Rob an Express Car Foiled by a Train Crew, A pitched battle took ptace near Foraker, Ohio, between the express messengers on the Wells-Fargo Express train on the Chicago and Erie Road and ten or twelve tramps, whose motive was robbery. The train makes no regular stops between Lima and Kenton, but when near Foraker the presence of the gang on the train was discovered, the train was brought to a stop and the men ordered off. They made a rush for one of the express cars before the train could get under headway. The messengers opened fire and held them at bay until the train got under headway. standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...83 33 Brooklyn ....54 G 5 Boston 84 35 Chicago 53 G 7 New York... 75 42 Pittsburg ... .51 (15 Cincinnati ..(57 50 Philadelphia .51 t>B Cleveland ...60 GO Louisville ...50 71 Washington .55 62 St. L0ui5....27 92 The showing of the members of the Western League Is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 92 34 Detroit 67 63 Columbus .. .81 43 Minneapolis .42 91 St. Paul ... .83 49 Kansas City .40 (Hi Milwaukee ..79 51 Gr’nd Rapids 36 92 Meet in a Foe. As a result of an attempt to send two electric trains over a single track at top speed in a dense fog, twelve persons were seriously and two in all probability fatally injured in a collision on the Suburban Electric road near Chicago. The accident occurred on Harlem avenue, not itr from the race track, at a time when the trains of the Suburban road were crowded with passengers. Chokes His Life with Gas. Paul Depierre, formerly vice-consul of the French republic at New Orleans, killed himself in his apartments in New York, by inhaling illuminating gas. Forty Perish Underground. A most serious accident has occurred at the Champion Reefs mines, near Madras. Forty persons are known to have been killed.

Yellow Fever in Nicaragua* Yellow fever has appeared at Leon, in Western Nicaragua. Several natives have died of the disease recently, and it is spreading. America Leads the World, The total length of the world’s telegraph system has now reached 4,908.921 miles, exclusive of 180,440 miles of submarine cables. Of this, Europe has 1,704,790 miles, Asia 310,085 miles, Africa 99,419 miles, Australia 217,479 miles, and America 2,510,548 miles. Weds in lale of Wight. Col. Gustav Pabst, a son of the Milwaukee brewer, was marrried at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to Miss Hilda Leinp, a daughter of the millionaire brewer, W. J. Letup, of St Louis. Handed Till Dead. H. 8. Perry was hanged for the murder of Bely Lanier at Decatur, Ga. The doomed man was pale, but cool and col- ' Ejected to the last. On the scaffold he declared hia innocence of the crime of murder, and reiterated his statement that he killed Lanier to protect the sanctity of hia home. Lota of Gold in Six Months. Consul General Maratta reports to the State Department that for the six months ended June 30, 1897, there were received at the Melbourne, Australia, mint, 619,214 ounces of gold. This came from Australia and the surrounding islnnda.

GVATRMALA IN A BAD WAY. War Seems Almost Certain Many Failures Reported. News received from Guatemala is to the effect that the country is in a bad way financially and politically. During last month the following failures were .eported: Frederico Chacon, $800,000; Lorenzo Eissen, $1,700,000; Enrique Mentzo, sl,300,000; Ascoli & Co., $1,000,000; Bauer & Co., $800,000; Victor Matthous, $2,000,000; total, $7,000,000. All of these houses have been extensively engaged in the exportation of coffee and other Central American products and the importation of merchandise. Besides, a great number of firms have gone under for less amounts. The total is nearly SB,000,000, but is a trifle misleading, however, because it represents Central American money, which is very much depreciated in value. Reina Barrios, who was president and who declared himself dictator of the republic two months ago, is excessively unpopular because of his recent high-handed action and his cruelties. There is a demand that Brosper Morales, a lawyetaud former Minister of War, be chosen to succeed Barrios. To prevent this Barrios intends calling a session of the Assembly very soon in order to have himself confirmed as dictator. If he is successful war is almost certain, because the country will not longer submit to his oppression. If he is defeated war is just as sure, because he cannot afford to be driven out of office.

WHEAT UP TO ONE DOLLAR. eptember Option Goes to Soaring Under Cable >dv c •. Friday noon wheat was in good demand on the Chicago Board of Trade at the start at about %c improvement over Thursday’s closing price for December and 1c for September. For a supposedly defunct deal September went through some surprising gyrations, and it gave a good example of its galvanized style of agility by jumping to $1 within a minute or two of the opening. December first went through a little of its parallel bar exercise, swinging itself around so swiftly that it was difficult at times to see whether it was head up or head down. That was merely the preliminary to Its grand star performance of climbing up the backs and oter the heads of the bears, who flung up their hands in attempts to stop its reaching the dollar mark. From OSVfec to 9814 c to begin with it rose to 98%c, turned around and went baek again to 98%c. Then it dropped to 97%c and rose from that in a gradual way to 97%c. From the latter point to was the work of about twenty minutes, and those fluctuations were all within the first two hours of the session. Chicago received 269 cars, only twelve of them contract. Minneapolis and Duluth receipts were 496 cars, against 1,143 the corresponding day of year before. ARMOUR IN THE DEAU Narrow-Gauge Ro id to th? Yukon Up Copper River Is Proposed. A company is being organized in San Francisco and will be incorporated under the laws of Arizona which has for its object the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad from tidewater on Prince William Sound up the t alley of the innch-talked-of Copper river, and thence across the divide to a point on the Yukon River near the boundary line. The name of the company will be the Alaska Central Railway Company, and its capital stock $5,000,000. The promoter of the enterprise is Col. John Underwood, n former extensive railroad contractor. Associated with him, he says, are Elijah Smith of New York, the controlling spirit pf the Oregon Improvement Company, and John W. Cudahy and P. D. Armour, the Chicago packers, and one or two local capitalists. The proposed road will be übbut 322 miles long. Senator Perkins and Capt. Goodall are mentioned as possible members of the Board of Directors.

HIS SHIP ROLLS ON WATER. Knapp’s Much-Talked-Of Roller Boat la Launched at Toronto. The much-talked-of Knapp roller boat was launched at Toronto, Ont., in the presence ot a great crowd of spectators. The vessel, which is cylindrical, is 110 feet long and 25 feet in diameter. At each end are two 60-horse power engines. Mr. Knapp, the designer, expects his boat, by means of the principle of rolling over the water, instead of ploughing through it, to shorten the time of a voyage across the Atlantic to two days. The vessel cost SIO,OOO.

Rcanlt of Recent Inquiry. From a high authority in the Navy Department it is learned that the influence of that branch of the Government will be thrown against the proposition to establish a government plant for the manufacture of armor plate for war vessels. The special board appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to inspect the Bethlehem, Carnegie and Illinois Steel Company establishments, inquire into the cost of armor and collect facts bearing upon the desirability of having Government armor plate works will not, it is understood, make a definite recommendation, bu* it will present such data that Secretary Long may legitimately frame conclusions adverse to the suggestion. The spirit of both the House and Senate Committees on Naval Affairs is against the construction of any more of the huge battle-ships of the first class and that those now under construction will probably be the last of the kind ordered by Congress. War ships have been growing in size until the limit appears to have been reached. The largest vessels, by reason of their heavy draught, are prevented from entering many ports where it would be convenient and desirable frr them to go, and they are so cumbersome and bulky, that they are constantly getting out of repair and are rarely ready for action on demand. Another reason is that experts in submarine navigation have found that it will be as easy to destroy a $5,000,000 war ship as it would be to sink a wooden hulk.

Missouri’s Drouth Severe. Late corn near St. Joseph, Mo., has been seriously damaged by the prolonged drought and the crop will be much shorter than expected. Early corn is said io be out of danger, but many fields of late corn will be good only for fodder. The hot, dry weather has also injured the fruit crop and pastures are burning up, with stock water scarce. The drought is the most severe for many years. Willard & Co. Assign. James R. Willard, Elmer Dwiggins and Jay Dwiggins, who compose the firm of J. R. Willard & Co., bankers and brokers, with offices in New York, Buffalo, Washington, D. C.; Philadelphia and Montreal, assigned to James L. Starbuck, with preferences for $20,000 to William H. Osterhout. It is estimated that their liabilities will reach $1,000,000. Feunclere'l in a Typhoon. Advices have been received that the British steamer Cheang-Hye-Teng, in the Shanghai-Penang trade, foundered during a typhoon while on the voyage from Penang tb Shanghai, via Yokohama, on or about Aug. 15. Twenty-one of the crew, nine of whom .were whites, are missing. Electric Cars in Collision. In San Francisco seven persons were injured in a collision of electric ears on Mission street Thursday. Wexler Asked to Explain. News received at Madrid of the capture •f the fortified town of Victoria de Las

Tunas by the Cuban rebel* has sauted intense excitement. This victory gives the insurgents control of the province of Santiago de Cuba. It is believed they will make Victoria de Las Tunas their seat of government, and upon it found their claim to the United States for recognition of belligerency. The minister of war nas cabled Captain General Weyler, asking for an explanation regarding the capture of the town, which is defended by seven forts, having two Krupp guns among their armament. The Madrid newspapers commenting upon the capture of Victoria de las Tunas, condemn Captain General Weyler.' The Imparcial says General Joovoller was removed from his command for a similar disaster in 1876. It is pointed out that the strategical position of Victoria de las Tunas is important. The government has decided to act vigorously and to immediately dispatch further reenforcements to Cuba if necessary.

GOLD AND DEATH. Steamer Cleveland, from the Ynkon, Brines Gloomy News. The steamer Cleveland with thirty miners from the Yukon and treasure variously estimated from S2OO,(MX) to $400,000, arrived at Seattle Friday night. Gloomier even than the advices of the steamers Portland and National City are the reports that the old Atlantic liner brings down from the north. Dawson and its tributary districts are hungry and demand food. There is a sullen note in the demand and the warning is to the transportation companies that continue to send rum to miners who want bread. The doors of the trading companies' stores at Dawson were closed and barred on Tuly 26, for they had sold all their provisions. Unsheltered Dawson has a mild epidemic of typhoid fever and a few have died for sheer want of necessaries that their money could not buy. There has not been licensed physicians enough to care for the sick. The lack of food will drive hundreds from the country, and it is expected that St. Michael’s alone will shelter fully 300 during the long winter. Nearly ever) miner on the Cleveland believes he has turned his back on starvation and reiterates the oft-told warning. The steamer Eliza Anderson of Seattle is probably a wreck near Kodiak and Puget Sound awaits in gloomy doubt for the confirmation of the disaster. The blockade of Skaguay has come to St. Michael's. There are nearly 500 men there unable to get up the river. The embryo argonauts hold meetings, but their protests and demands fall upon deaf ears. Ninety dollars’ premium was paid for passage on the Hamilton. The summer output of gold has veen very light and there may be a falling off in the winter production.

WORK GIVEN MANY IDLE. Labor Reported os Sharing In the Remarkable Revival of Busineaus. That labor is sharing in the remarkable business revival is shown by reports of New York trades unions that there is nn increase over last year of 34 per cent, in the number of men at work. Granting that this ratio obtains throughout the country among industries similar to those reporting in New York, the increase would exceed 340,000. The rise of 5 cents in wheat during the last week seems not to have been due to a flurry, but in answer to the daily increasing foreign demand. The average advante for the week in sureties has been $1.12 per share for railroads and 79 cents for trusts. Bank clearings for the week increased 45.6 per eent. over the corresponding week in 1890. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says, there’s no halting the advance. Business grows better in all ways, for while its speculative end breaks conspicuous gamblers for a decline, a steady increase in production, in working force, and in the power of the people to purchase is the feature which overshadows all others. The farmers are helped by higher prices for wheat, and while Western receipts do not show that they have marketed a tenth of theii crops, assurance of a handsome profit tc come prepares them to buy liberally here after. Because of this and the increase of hands at work dealers throughout th« country have started to replenish stocks, which is the great force at present operating in manufactures and trade, though distribution by retail trade has greatly increased.

PANIC SKIERS ON IRELAND. Reports Tell of Ruined Crops and Impending Famine. A dispatch from London says: “A panic Is spreading throughout Ireland over the terrible prospect of the apparently complete failure of the harvest. Reports from 110 parish priests from counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down. Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone, all tell the same piteous story of ruined crops, impending destitution and famine.” Agreement Ja Reached. The national conference of miners at Columbus, Ohio, accepted the 65-cent rate for the Pittsburg district, and the men will return to work in ten days. President Ratchford says it is as complete a national agreement of the wage question as the miners have ever had. Convicts the Bank Robber. *>Buck” Murray, the first of the Eldon (Iowa) bank robbers to be tried, was found guilty.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheqp, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to 99c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 2le; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; new potatoes, 50c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,96 cto 98c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, SI.OO to $1.01; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 51c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,97 cto 98c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 51c. Detroit—Cnttle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,99 cto 41-00; corn. No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to. 24c; rye, 50c to 52c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; clover seed, $3.75 to $3.80. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 97c to 99 c corn, No. 3,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 1,51 cto 53c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 47c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.04; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.06; corn, No. 2,36 cto 37e; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter, creamery, 12c to 19c; eggs, Western, 15c to 17c.

ARM TO FIGHT FEVER.

RIGID QUARANTINE IN SOUTHERN TOWNS. Law Will Be Enforced with Gum if Neceeaary—Guards Watch All Passing Trains—Danger that ths Pestilence May Spread. Peril in the Plague, The breaking out of yellow fever nt Ocean Springs, Miss., New Orleans and other places baa caused a very widespread alarm in the South. Practically every city and town in Alabama has established the most rigid quarantine against Ocean Springs, New Orleans and other yellow fever infected points, and most places a shotgun quarantine is the order of the day. This is virtually true of Mobile, where the officials publicly proclaimed dia.t the regulations would be enforced at the point of guns. Trains from the South and Southwest on all railroads passing through any part of the State are boarded by determined officers heavily armed, and’ no one from anywhere near the infected; districts is permitted to leave the cars., At a number of small towns guards linet the depot platforms as well as the trains.] Many Alabamians summering at Gulf* coast resorts are shut out entirely from* the rest of the world, as trains between; Mobile and New Orleans now run past all’ stations without stopping. It is feared! that the delay of the health authorities in, proclaiming the disease yellow fever will! result disastrously, and it would Ijp not surprise should it break out at various! Southern points at any moment. May Spread the Plague. For three weeks past people from all’ over this and neighboring States have* been leaving Ocean Springs in fright be-; cause, as they said, a peculiar epidemic was prevailing at that place. Those who/ thus got away before the yellow fever( commenced are now scattered far andl wide, and herein lies the greatest danger.* The Florida State Board of Health has*

COAST ALONG WHICH YELLOW FEVER IS REPORTED.

issued a proclamation excluding from the Sfhte all persons and baggage from the yellow fever infected points In Louisiana and Mississippi, unless accompanied by a certificate that the person has not been exposed to (he disease within fifteen days from the time of departure. The salt water resorts between Mobile and New Orleans —Pascagoula, Scranton, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Waveland, the Southern Mathodist Association camp grounds and all way stations on the Mississippi sound coast—contain at this season tens of thousands of visitors from all sections of the South. Mobile now has representatives by hundreds at Scranton, Biloxi, Ocean Springs and the camp grounds. These people, since the fever panic began, have been wildly anxious to get to their homes. Federal Authorities Act. The general Government will render all assistance in Its power to check the spread of yellow fever. This will be done mainly through the agency of the Marine Hospital Service. Dr. Walter Wyman, the head of the bureau, has returned to Washington and assumed active charge in directing the work in assisting the State officials of Mississippi in their efforts to confine the disease to the locality where it appears to have started. Dr. Wyman says that as yet he has no opinion to express whether the disease is really yellow fever, although he admits it looks very suspicious. The precautionary measures he has taken are based entirely on the declaration of the State Board of Health of Louisiana in the Gelpi case, which was that the disease from which the person had died was yellow fever. Dr. Wyman says the situation at Ocean Springs Is entirely in the hands of the State Board of Health, while the Marine Hospital Bureau is doing everything possible to assist. Dr. Wyman has wired the physician in charge at Ocean Springs a copy of the treasury regulations relating to the prevention of the spread of epidemic diseases from one State to another. These regulations prescribe the manner of surveillance to be established over railroad trains coming from the infected district and give rules for the Isolation of infected passengers and the disinfection of their baggage. The Marine Hospital Service has apiple camp material on hand. The splendid outfit which has been at Gainesville, Ga., has been sent to the vicinity of Ocean Springs, and if a camp of detention is found necessary the outfit will be used as occasion may require. The bureau also keeps portable apparatus at Savannah, Ga., intended for use in epidemics. It consists of machines for disinfecting and fumigating purposes. They have also' been sent to the vicinity of Ocean Springs.

EUROPE NEEDS WHEAT.

Agent Atwell Benda a Report to the State Department. W. P. Atwell, commercial agent of the United States at Robaix, France, seuds to the State Department a report on the short wheat crop in France. He says the stop in France and in fact in a[l Europe has fallen much below the average, and that it is estimated that the United States and Canada will be called upon to export from 20,000,000 to 130,000,000 bushels more than they exported to Europe last year. France will require about 60,000,000 bushels to meet the deficiency in that country. Consul Heenan at Odessa has made an extensive report to the State Department conoerning the failure of the crops In Russia. In many districts it has been the wettest season ever known, and grain has been destroyed by both rain and hail. Much of the grain was not worth the expense of binding. The wheat received at Odessa is of a very inferior quality. The report predicts that little wheat will be exported from Russia during the season of 1897-8, as there is little available for that purpose, the old stocks being practically exhausted and the new crop little more than sufficient for the home demand. The failure of the wheat erbp in Aus-tria-Hungary, Roumania and Bulgaria, Consul Heenan continues, has brought buyers from those countries into Russia, and wheat which would ordinarily leave Odessa by steamers is destined to go by rail from the Interior into the countries named. Secretary Wilson was at his desk in the Agricultural Department in Washington Tuesday for the first time for a month, having just returned from his tour of the trans-Mississippi States. He went as far west as Montana.arfd Utah, giving especial attention to the agricultural interests of the States visited, with particular reference to irrigation, horse-raising and su-gar-begt growing.

“T found the farmers In eepeelally food tplrits wherever I went,” he said. “There is no doubt that confidence is restored, and that the country is justified in its anticipation of better time*. The people are all busy in the West. Indeed, Ido not believe there is an idle man west of the Mississippi who wants work.” Mr. Wilson predicted a still further advance in the price cf wheat, due to the fact that there is not only a short crop abroad, but also because of the (act that, according to his.observation, the crop will not be so extensive in this country as has generally been anticipated. “With the improvement _of the times,” he said, “the average American is going to have all the fiour his family can consume, even though he may have to pay a little more for it. I believe that even without the shortage in the foreign crops the conditions in this country would have forced wheat to 11 a bushel. But,” he added, “the improved condition of the farmer is due not alone to the enhanced price in wheat. There has been a corresponding improvement in all farm products.”

LUETGERT’S LETTERS.

Missives Which Tend to Establish a Murder Motive. When Luetgert, the alleged Chicago wife murderer, entered Judge Tuthlll’s courtroom Tuesday he smiled and nodded at the jury, but he failed to extend the sweep of his salutation to the crowd. The first business taken up was the reading of translations of letters written by the defendant to Mrs. Christine Feldt. The reading of the fond missives sent by Luetgert to the widow occupied much time, several being very lengthy. While Assistant State’s Attorney McEwen read the epistles the jury listened carefully. The reader was careful to place due emphasis on each endearing word or phrase and to fully emphasize all reference to the fact that the big sausage manufacturer was anxious for the time to come when he would be free to wed the object of his affections. When those portions of the letters containing reference to Luetgert’s trouble in engaging an attorney were read aloud it evidently embarassed the prisoner.

Luetgert’s leading attorney, ex-Judge Vincent, smiled and the prisoner visibly winced when the sentence was heard In which Attorney Vincent was termed “greedy.” The letter went on to state that Luetgert intended to release Attorney Vincent, as he did not consider him able to handle so important a case. In another letter Luetgert wrote to the effect that on th? first day of the trial there was to be a great surprise for the police and the State. An attorney of world-wide fame was to be engaged, and when “the dogs of police” saw who it was they would quail with fear. This as yet unknown lawyer, Luetgert continued, was to supersede Attorney Vincent and then the case would be properly conducted. Attorney Vincent shook with silent laughter several times during the above and similar references. He seemed to regard the matter as a huge joke. Luetgert, whose chances for life were so considerably reduced by the introduction of the letters as evidence, rocked to and fro in his chair, and occasionally forced a sickly smile, during the endearing passages in the letters. He evidently did not enjoy the public exposition of his amatory correspondence. After the letters were all read the recipient, Mrs. Christine Feldt, a middleaged widow, was called to the witness chair for the purpose of finishing her testimony for the State. When Mrs. Feldt was called to the stand her former lover, to whose case

STRIKERS’ CAMP NEAR DE ARMIT’S MINE.

she had done so much damage, refused to glance In her direction. He twisted uneasily in his chair, and then leaned over to Attorney Vincent and a consultation was held. Meanwhile Assistant State’s Attorney McEwen proceeded with the direct examination, which dealt largely with the financial relations between Luetgert and Mrs. Feldt. The latter admitted having received funds from Luetgert prior to his arrest, and said that she had withdrawn the money at his demand from a safety deposit'vault for his use. The sums, she had withdrawn at different times footed up $4,000, the entire amount which she had received. She asserted her Ignorance of how this money was used by the prisoner, but admitted tha,t portions of it had been retained by her on his order for the care of his children. She also testified as to the substance of the letters and asserted that she had refused to lend Luetgert her own money upon the requests which she had received from him in the letters. She testified to having received in all eight letters from the big sausage manufacturer. The prosecution regards Mrs. Feldt as one of the most important witnesses, as through her testimony they expect to es-

tibliah the feet of LaMftrt’a motive hi the alleged mnrdcr of his wife. The last witness called by the State on Tuesday was Nicholas Faber. Faber was employed as a fireman in the sausage factory and said that he had seen Mrs. Luetgert enter the factory about 11 o’clock on the night of the murder.

PROSPECTS OF GROWING CROPS.

Corn and Cotton Unfavorably Affected by the Weather Conditions. The weather bureau, in its report of crop conditions for the week says: “In the central valleys and Southern States the week has not been favorable, owing to general absence of rain and prevalence of high temperatures. Hot, drying winds have proved injurious in the States of the Lower Missouri and Central Mississippi valleys and rains, unusually heavy for the season, in Oregon and Washington interfered with harvesting and thrashing in those States, but caused no serious injury to grain. “Corn has> been very unfavorably affected by the weather conditions of the past week in the principal corn producing States. High temperature and absence of much needed rain have checked growth of the late crop and caused premature ripening, while the prevalence of hot winds have caused injury, particularly in the States of the Izower Missouri Valley. In lowa and Missouri much corn is past help and will be cut for fodder. The conditions, however, have been more favorable to corn in the lake region, Upper Ohio Valley and New England, and in the Middle Atlantic States the crop is generally doing well. “The general condition of cotton Is less favorable than in the previous week, and over portions of the middle and eastern sections of the cotton belt there has been marked deterioration. Absence of rain has caused it to open rapidly and to some extent prematurely. In portions of South and Southwest Texas showers improved late cotton and the ‘top’ crop, but over the northern portion of the State and over the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt the conditions have been unfavorable, except for picking, which has progressed rapidly. “The bulk of the tobacco crop has been cut and housed, generally in good condition, except in Kentucky and Tennessee, where the crop promises to be very short, particularly in the first named State.”

SIX PERSONS ARE KILLED.

Terrible Explosion of Nitroglycerin at Cygnet, Ohio. A terrible explosion of nitroglycerin occurred at Cygnet, Ohio, whieh resulted in the death of at least six persons. The explosion occurred at .Grant well, located at the rear of the National Supply Company’s office building, in the village limits. This well had just been shot by Samuel Barber, the shooter for the Ohio and Indiana Torpedo Company. The well was a gasser, and when the 120 quarts of glycerin let down into the well exploded the gas ignited, and with a terrific roar the flames shot high above the derrick. As soon as the drillers sSiw the flames several elimbed into the derrick to cut off the gas, but they had hardly gotten there when there was a terrific explosion. The burning gas had started the remaining glycerin in the empty cans rtanding in a wagon near the derrick. In another wagon near by were some cans containing another 120 quarts of the stuff, and this was started by the force of the first explosion. The second was blended with the first in a mighty roar and the town and surrounding country for many miles trembled from the shock. Eight buildings are a total wreck and many others damaged. The town has a population of about 1,200. Many bystanders were wounded.

COSTS TEN MILLIONS.

Extensive Coal strike Proves Expen* sivc for the Miners. It is thought that the miners’ strike will soon end. It is understood that the national officials of the miners’ union are willing to accept the operators’ offer of a compromise at 64 cents, an advance of 11 cents, although the strikers wanted CD cents. The battle has been a costly one for the .strikers, according to estimates made by their own officials. The strikers have lost in wages $10,500,000. It is estimated that in the bituminous coal districts of the country, including Pennsyl-

vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, lowa and other States, 12,000 men were idle. The average earnings of the men is put at $1.40 a day. It will take two years of steady work for the strikers to recover what they have lost. Although the strikers are by far the heaviest losers, the operators claim that they, too, have lost, or rather will lose, $1,000,000. The opeiators say that up to date they have lost no money, because they have been able to sell at fancy prices immense piles of slack and mine refuse that is ordinarily worth nothing. But the advance of 11 cents proposed will result in their filling a number of large contracts at a loss, and for this there is no remedy until new contracts are made. The operators say there is but 1,000,000 tons yet to be shipped to the lakes under contract, but they are afraid they will not be able to get it out In time, because there will be a shortage of cars juslas soon as the miners resume work. ■ The roundhouse of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Road at Springfield, Mo., was destroyed by fire and several locomotives were damaged Loss estimated at 155,000.

STRIKERS ARE SHOT

Marching Miners Brutally Slain by Deputies. OVER A SCORE KILLED Dead and Dying Coal Delvers Fall Like Ten Pins. Outskirts of the Little Town of Lett* ■er, in the Orest Pennsylvania Coal District, the Scene of a Bloody Slaughter—Shoctinir Held to Have Been Without Provocatioa and Bevengeful Cries Arise—Troops Are Called Out to Preserve Order. Twenty-two strikers were killed, thirteen fatally injured and between sixty and seventy more or less injured near Hazleton, Pa., Friday, by deputy sheriffs under command of Sheriff Martin, and, the dispatches say, without sufficient provocation to w arrant even a clubbing. The entire region is wildly excited over the affair, and citizens of all classes are talking of what they consider a terrible outrage. An indignation meeting was held at night, and Governor Hastings has been asked to order an investigation, and in the meantime to place the command of the deputies in other hands than those of Sheriff Martin. The citizens also ask that the deputy sheriffs concerned in the affair be discharged from all authority and disarmed. They say the local police force is quite competent to take care of the strikers if any disturbance occurs. Governor Hastings called out the Third Brigade of the State militia in order to prevent further bloodshed.

Following their general custom, the strikers assembled Friday morning and marched to the Hazle mines. The men were at work there, but were forced to quit. From there the march was taken up to Latimer. The men walked without any special organization, much as any body of men would ti a verse a road. They were elated by their success in driving out the men at the Hazle mines and their feeling of jubilation, combined with their antipathy for the operators, had somewhat aroused them. The road the men traversed was the public highway. As they reached the outskirts of the mining village of Latimer the marchers were met by a crowd of deputies, under Sheriff Martin. They were the usual kind of deputies, men and boys out of work. The strikers were ordered to halt. Being on a public highway the strikers refused. With little ceremony they kept walking, muttering imprecations on the men with rifles.

Firing Is Begun. Sudenly one of the special officers raised his rifle and fired point blank at the miners. It was the signal for a fusillade. The men and boys who were wearing the steel badges of deputies fired volley after volley into the marchers. Several fell dead at the first volley. The horrified cries of the miners could not drown the steady “crack,” “crack” of the rifles. The miners stood terrified for a moment, the leaden balls mowing down their comrades. A few shots were fired back. Then, yelling and crying, they broke and ran for the woods. The scatter of the marchers did not stop the firing. As they fled in terror the deputies spread out, each one seemingly picking his man, and shot the fleeing men. The strikers staggered and fell in every direction. Bodies of the killed lay here and there on the road and in the ditches. Piteous cries in foreign tongues came from the injured, some of whom were vainly trying to crawl to shelter. Pleadings to the deputies to cease firing mingled with the cursings of the less injured. The injured in the woods crawled away to safety. When the deputies has exhausted the magazines of their rifles they ceased firing and some turned their attention to the wounded and carried many of them to places where they could be more comfortably treated. The deputies seemed to be terror-stricken at the deadly execution of their guns. The people of Latimer rushed pell-mell to the scene, but the shrieks of the wounded drowned the cries of the sym-: pathizing and half-crazed inhabitants. As soon as the news of the shooting reached Hazleton there was consternation. Within ten minutes the streets were blocked with excited people. Trolley cars on the Latimer line were sent to the scene of the killing, and doctors and clergymen responded promptly. Along the bank of the trolley road men lay in every position; some dead, others dying. Three bodies, face downward, lay along the incline, and three others were but a short distance away. On the other side of the road as many more bodies lay. The schoolhouse was transformed into a temporary hospital, and some of the wounded were taken there. The colliery ambulance was summoned to the place as soon as possible, and upon its arrival wounded men were loaded into the wagon. All along the hillside wounded were found on the roadside and in the fields. Many others who had been carried to a distance could not be found. One of the strikers, in his dying statement said that there were no weapons of any kind among the marchers, for before leaving Harwood on the tramp across the mountain a meeting was held and resolutions passed forbidding any person to carry weapons. This fact was verified by not finding any weapons on those who were killed or wounded. The dead were searched and no weapons were found on them. Sheriff Martin in a detailed statement of the affair admits that he gave the command to fire.

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Prince Bismarck is suffering from neuralgia of the face. Robert A. Magee, a bachelor farmer who lives near St. Matthias, Minn., was robbed of $1,500. At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Railway nnd Navigation Company A. L. Mohler was elected president. Three tramps who were stealing a ride were fatally injured in the wreck of a St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train near St. Louis. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of arctic fame, has sailed from Brooklyn on the steamer Haveline for Rio Janeiro. There he will join the Belgian antartic expedition when it reaches that port about Oct. 1. There is to be a marked advance in the price of pine lumber as a result of the advance in agricultural products. The list committee of the Mississippi VaUey Lumbermen’s Association met to agree on an advance. Petaluma, Cal., can probably boast of an institution which is the only one of its kind in existence, as far as is known. It is a greenbone mill and horse abattoir, the product of which is intended only tor thicken teed.