Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — Page 2

JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT F. E. BABCOCK. Publisher. HcNSSFLAER, - INCiANA.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

A heavy wind and rain storm swept through the town of Anadarko, Okla. AH the larger buildings in process qf construction were blown down, together with u large number of tents and smaller houses. Two persons were killed and many injured. Julius C. Beige, president of the St. Louis Shovel Coiypany, confirms the reported consolidation of tive of the largest shovel manufacturing concerns in the country, with a capital stock of $5,000,000. The new company will be culled the Ames Tool and Shovel Company. Fire nearly destroyed Grandbonrg.-the principal town of French West Indies, having a population of aLout 15,000 persons. All the public buildings except the church, prison and headquarters of the gendarmie were destroyed, as were some tive hundred houses. The fire was of incendiary origin. lowa Democrats in State convention at Des Moines reaffirmed the Kansas City platform, amending the committee report so as to do so by a vote of (Mil 3-5 to 558 2-5. T. J. Phillips, of Ottumwa, was nominated for Governor on the second ballot over 11. J. Steiger, of Toledo, by a majority of six votes. The postoffice at Andrews, Ind., was robbed by burglars and $270 in cash and SIOO in postage stamps were taken. The safe was blown open by dynamite. The robbers were discovered by two citizens, one of whom was struck over the head with the stock of a revolver by one of the robbers. Further pursuit was then abandoned, the robbers escaping on a handcar. 2.

Four well-dressed men have been wandering about through the woods anil swamps in the vicinity of Rising Sun, Ohio, lately. They have made several inquiries regarding the financial standing of various farmers, whether they bank their money, ami similar questions. They all carry arms. Jacob Schultz an I two other farmers warned them away, and a little later were fired on from ambush. Following is the standing of the clubs iu the National League: IV. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...5(1 37 Boston 48 51 Philadelphia 58 42 Cincinnati ...40 5(1 St. Louis. ...57 45 New York.. .30 55 Brooklyn .. .50 45 Chicago 40 03 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....01 40 Philadelphia. 52 49 Boston 00 40 Cleveland ...42 50 Baltimore ...54 43 Washington. 41 55 Detroit 54 47 Milwaukee ..35 (18 Before he died at the South Chicago Hospital John Sehmaeker, 10 years old. living at Berlinton. Ind., told his father, who had been summoned to his bedside, a strange tale of being robbed and thrown under the wheels of a Baltimore and Ohio excursion train near Brinson, Ind., the previous niglU. The boy told his father that two men had robbed him on the platform of a car while he and his cousin, Jacob, w’ere passing front one ear to another and that, after robbing him of 80 cents, all he had, they threw him off the train. Then, the boy said, when he attempted to clamber on ggain, they kicked him in the head and he fell beneath the wheels. 1 Five men were drowned the other night as the result of an explosion of gas in the tunnel leading from waterworks crib No. 3, of Cleveland, two miles from crib No. 2, where the recent fatal accident occurred. The work of sinking the shaft at crib No. 3, which is five miles from shore, had just been completed. Five men were at once put to work digging a tunnel toward crib No. 2. These men had bctji working onlv a short time whyn a terrific explosion of gas occurred. The casing of the tunnel was crushed and a torrent of water from the lake rushed into the opening. ‘The tive men who were in the tunnel hnd not the slightest opportunity to escape, and perished before assistance could reach them.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Five business buildings were burned nt Britton, S. I). Loss, S3o.iMM», partly covered by insurance. Two men were killed and two seriously injured by an explosion which destroyel n grist mill nt Big Springs, W. Va. It Is supposed dynamite had been placed in the grist. Frank .Tacks, a poor farmer, found a pot containing over $20,(l0t) in gold in Madison ('minty, Alabama, It is suphave been secreted during the Civil War. ’ Jack Winters, who got away with $320,000 in gold bullion from the Selby smelting works at Martinez, Cal., and afterward confessed, was sentenced to fifteen years'at Folsom. A charge of dynamite exploded in a stone quarry just outside of Baltimore ami blew two negroes to atoms. They were Braxton Jasper and Edward Jittus and were employed by Sehwind & Co. The Hamilton. Ohio, branch of the American Can Company has discharged 300 men, half its force, because of the failure of the fruit and vegetable crop, having reduced the demand for cans to such a great extent. The house of I’. Byrne nt Currie, Minn., was completely consumed and three children are dead and a fourth probably dying from burns. The parents were in the harvest Held and the origin of the tire is unknown. J. W. MeArthu r, a well-known labor leader of Houston, Tex., committed suicide. He shot himself through the head. Henry Dolan, who died in New York, n few days ago, left an estate valued at $8,000,(MN). Bis property is to go, it is understood, to his niece, Mary L. DeForrest, of Irving, Kan. She is the daughter of his only brother. Otto Fniilkenbiirg, once known as the White Cay leader of Perry County, for which he served five years in the State prison, was shot, it is charged, by Andrew Lamon, near Branchville, I nd. The deed is the result of an old feud.

EASTERN.

A strike of 30,000 operators in Fall River, Mass., mills is imminent. Helen Gould is involved in a line fence war at Tarrytown with a wealthy New York broker. Not a wheel is turning in the steel combine’s plants at McKeesport, Pal Over 15.(100 men are idle. The destroyers Whipple, Truxton and Worden were launched at the*Baltimore ship yards Thursday. Fire destroyed the Hammond Hotel, four stores and six residences at Dry Run, Pa. Loss, $40,000, partially insured. In relieving the irritation, of mosquito bites Mrs. Joseph H. Leddy, of Mt. Carmel, Conn., opened an artery and bled to death. A Philadelphia Sunday school teacher has caused a storm of protest by deserting the Methodist church and embracing Mormonism. Lieut. Henry Watterson, U. S. A., and Miss Bianrsr Esther Casanova, niece of the late Cuban General, were married in 1 ’hiladelphia. The Democrats of Pennsylvania an-1 Virginia followed the set byOhio, ignoring silver and confining their fight to State issues. Lightning struck a benzine tank of the Atlantic Refining Company at Philadelphia. exploding it. Six persons were killed and twenty-three missing. A beautiful woman created a scene at the Holland House, New York, by claiming to be. the wife of Norman B. Ream’s secretary. Secretary Neese denied it and fled. Former Chief of PuKce Devery, of New York, declared Lawyer Moss and those conducting the crusade against the police are a gang of highbinders. He denies wrong doing. Matthew Mcßride, tt private watchman employed by residents of the fashionable Squirrel Hill district of Pittsburg, was shot and killed by an unknown man. It is supposed the murderer was at burglar. A wireless message was sent to Bandy Hook from the steamship Lueania when 287 miles at sea. The usual methods of reporting arrivals were beaten by several hours. The Lueania was informed of the news by same means. Six live* were lost through the explosion of a large quantity of dynamite stored in the New York Central and Hudson River rouildhoitse al Herkimer, N. Y., in which lire broke out. The roundhouse was wrecked and burned. Edward’ R. Carroll, clerk of the New York Court of General Sessions, has seat to Comptroller Cider a bill for $7,829 for printing the volume of testimony taken at the trial of Roland B. Molineaux for the killing of Mrs. Katharine J. Adams. It is reported that the Armours of Chicago are making an effort to corner the apple crop of Maine, and that they have set apart for that purpose a fun 1 of $3,000,000 an 1 have agents traveling through the State making offers for the entire crop. Edward V. Shepard, of Massachusetts, chief clerk of the patent office, was summarily dismissed after an investigation by Commissioner of Patents Duell and other officials in connection with the dinappearance of money contained in unclaimed registered letters returned to the office.

WESTERN.

Fire at Seaton, 111., destroyed a dozen buildings, cansing a loss of $-40,000. Edwin Manning, a pioneer resident of lowa, worth several millions, died at Keosauqua. Two negroes, suspected of killing Miss Girsla Wild, were lynched near I’ear.e City, Mo. An explosion of a cannon at Fort Riley, Kan., killed two soldiers and injured seven others. Railroad workmen nt Point Conception. Cal., found mass ot ambergris worth $40,000. Some boys at Saginaw, Mich., imprisoned a big jiock o( sheep iu a barn an 1 set fire to the structure. Greek and American laborers fought a desperate battle near Muncie, Ind. Nine Americans were badly injured. Foreign creditors of Gerhard Terlinden brought garnishment proceedings against Milwaukee banks, where he bad funds. Senator Clarke locked out miners of United Verde mine at Phoenix rather than grant demand for eight-hour day. Former State Insurance Commissioner Van Cleave was arrested at Springfield, charged with abstracting state papers. An infernal machine was sent by express to Sheriff Ackman, at Carmi, 111. It contained gunpowder, dynamite and matches. Four persons were killed nnd many injured by a collision between a trolley car nnd a fast mail train at 17th street crossing iu Chicago, Tiurvey Scott, ot Faribault, Minn , willed that his fortune of $70,000 be burned because be could not find a charity worthy of the gift. Anna Fotsch accused Dowieites of ejecting her from Zion after they got S4OO, her life's savings. The grand jury is Io investigate the charges. The Great Southern Hotel nnd theater building at Columbus, Ohio, was sold at sheriff’s sale lor $250,000 to Messrs. Ralph and Fred Lazarus, of that city. The Indianapolis friends of Edward I’. Th'.pupson, former postmaster at Havana, Cuba, say they will pay his tine of S4OO before they will see him seat to prison Dr. M. E. Phillips, who has just been re-elected chancellor of the Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, has declined the presidency of the New Orleans University. Chicago health department officials are to teat Dr. Koch's theory that bovine tuberculosis cannot be communicated to human beings. The method is declared to be harmless. Tse Dresden pottery at East Liverpool, Ohio, caught fire, and befcre the blaze was extinguished $50,(M10 damage had been done. The fire started i:i the packing shtwlM. Arch Hock, iu San Francisco Bay, was blown up by thirty tons of nitrogelatin. Rocks and debris were hurled I,9<M) feet in the air by the explosion and many fish wore killed. Charles P. Stokes, 20 years old; Riley Brown, aged 76, an I James McUully,

aged 40, died from burns received tn an explosion ia the Kansas and Texas mine at Excello. Mo. Policeman John Schroeder, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in trying to remove a live wire from the street, caught the wire with his hands. He died within an hour after being released. At Crockett, Cal., John Winters, charged with having robbed the vault of the Selby Company of bullion exceeding $280,000 in value, had Bis preliminary Examination and pleaded guilty. The George H. Phillips Company, of Chicago, has been placed in the hands of a receiver at. the request of, Mr. Phillips to heiid off a scheme of creditors to have the concern declared bankrupt. A shakeup of the Chicago detective department is likely on account of the developments in the case of Detective Tracy, who turned in a fictitious expense account for work he never performed. Dr. T. D. Wood has resigned his position ns professor of hygiene and organic training at Stanford University, Califor ilia,- and accepted a similar position in the teachers’ college of Columbia University. Samuel Levy, a retired capitalist of San Francisco, aged 75 years, sought relief from asthmatic pains by hanging himself to a liedpost. He was dead when discovered. He went to California from Cincinnati. Joliet employes of the Illinois Steel ’Company, after a stormy meeting of six hours, decided to strike. Six thousand men are affected by this decision. The strike forces the closing of the American steel and wire plant. As the result of an alleged wrong solution being administered to two inmates of the National Soldiers’ Home Hospital at Marion, Iml., Daniel Carruthers, aged 65, a paralytic, and Thomas Pinkerton, aged 91, died. ■Suit has been filed in the Indiana Supreme Court against members of the alleged “insanity trust” asking in behalf of John Morse, better known as John Rodo, the victim of the trust, judgment for $15,000 damages and costs. News has reached Pine, Ore., that there is great excitement on East Fine Creek on account of the finding of seventeen head of cattle that had been shot to death. It is supposed that the killing of the cattle was the work of sheep herdMrs. Wale McCormick, aged 70, died at Quincy, 111., under peculiar circumstances. At a recent dinner she pricked one of her fingers with a small chicken bone and blood poisoning ensued. Pre vious to that she had enjoyed exceptional health. *’ Miss Girsla Wild, 23 years old, was murdered by a negro at Pierce City, Mo. Miss Wild was returning to her home from town and when attacked half a mile west of town resisted. The negro cut her throat and she died before assistance could reach her. Juan Robeles, a Mexican hoy, 16 years old, was saved from a horrible fate by a posse which went from Phoenix, A. T.. to a settlement of Yaqui Indians, where the boy was about to be put to death by torture for having killed Azula, an Indian, for beating a squaw. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana was slightly injured in a runaway accident in Minneapolis. The Senator and District Attorney B. G. Evans were out riding when the team started to run away, ami both jumped from the carriage, leaving the driver to care for the horses. Two men who were eptrapped in the Cleveland waterworks tunnel through the r ‘cent disaster were rescued after having spent five days in the excavation 200 feet below the surface of Lake Erie in total darkness without food, breathing air so foul that it nearly suffocated them and in momentary expectation of death. Charles Berg was shot and fatally wounded by footpads at Tacoma, Wash. He was on bis way home and when near the reservation was held up by two men vho commanded him to throw up his hands. Berg was so badly frightened b? started to run, when the highwaymen fi,«cd, the ball passing through the lower p-.it of the body. An explosion of ten tons of molten metal in the blast furnace department of (he Ohio plant of the National Steel Company at Youngstown resulted in the death of three workingmen and the injury of eleVcn others. The accident was the result of machinery which controlled the ladle containing the molten mass breaking and letting the metal drop into a vat filled with water. Herschel Fonts was arrested at Hardleyvllle, Ohio, to an answer for the murder of his father. Edward Fonts. There was ill feeling between the father and son on account of family troubles, and it is alleged the cider Fonts went to the home of his son and threatened to shoot him. The son knocked his father down and shot him iu the head, killing him in-:>taH‘-ly. The son’s plea is self-defense.

FOREIGN,

The British Parliament adjourned Fri d*y. Germany is to scud four cruisers to Panama. The French ambassador to Turkey nar; rowlr escaped drowning while taking a trip in a leaky launch. The Czar of Russia offered John Campbell, a veteran horseman, charge of the royal stables at a munificent salary. The Czar's sister, the Grand Duchess Net.ui. gave birth to a son Friday, who may some day be the ruler of Russia. Sir William Harcourt in an acrimonionu debate in the House of Commons attacked Secretary Chamberiain's Boer policy. The British ministry has admitted that unofficial negotiations for u new canal treaty with the United States are in progress. The award of a contract amounting to $500,000 for improvements in west ot London to Americans is to be investigated, nnd likely to cause a sensation. The editor and publisher of the London Globe apologized for the attack on Irish Nationalists at the bur of the Commons nnd were reprimanded by the Speaker. Parliament has been petitioned to reorganize the management of Smithflrid market in Ixnwloo. the charge being made that British cattle raisers are practically excluded by American competitors. A dispatch from Constantinople says a body of 400 Kurds has been raiding the Damizra district of Armenia and has destroyed twelve villages, leaving nothing

but smoking ruin'. Only the yorjfcfc J*, werfe spared. Thej were carried ors to the harems. AH the males were ruthlessly butchered. Second Lieutenant Walter S. Grant, of the Sixth Cavalry, while scouting with a detachment near Taal, Batangas Province, P. L, has made what the military authorities consider to be.the most important capture since Aguinaldo was made prisoner. Grant captufcd Col. Martin Cabrera, his adjutant and six other insurgents. Cabrera had been growing in power for some time. He controlled all the in southern Batangas and also those westward of the city of Batangas.

IN GENERAL.

Coal exportations of the United States have doubled since 1897 and nearly trebled during the last decade. Exports to Porto Rico during the last fiscal year were three times as much as when the island was under Spanish rule. One Montreal man is to pick out the 800 Canadians who are to be invited to the reception in honor of the Duke of York. The weekly trade reviews indicate a good outlook for business. Prices in steel products advanced because of strike. The International Tin Plate Workers' Protective Association may decline to handle Welsh plates in order to help steel strikers. The Central Union Telephone Company is to raise $3,500,000 by reducing present capital stock one-half, then increasing issue 100 per cent. Mrs. Clara White Newberry, daughter of the United States ambassador to Germany, has been granted a divorce from her husband, Prof. Newberry. The ministers of the various powers signed the Chinese protocol Thursday. The American missionaries celebrated the anniversary of the relief ot Pekin, Edward P. Thompson was convicted of fraudulent transactions while postmaster at Havana, and sentenced to a fine of S4OO and six months’ imprisonment. Archbishop Chapelle, who was sent to Manila to reorganize the church in the Philippines, is to return to the United States because unsuccessful in his mission. A British steamer brought news to Kingston of heavy fighting between government troops and robe's near Colon. Foreigners were fleeing to escape proscription. President Castro of Venezuela is believed to design the seizure of the Isthmus of Panama in order to make the United States pay well for a canal con-cess-ion. The French cruiser Suchet arrived at Colon Wednesday. Her pfesence at the scene of the Panama trouble prior to the arrival of the American boats caused a sensation. The steamer Islander of the Canadian Pacific’s Alaska line struck an iceberg off Doc-glass Island and sank, carrying down from sixtyrfive to eighty of her passengers and crew. The steel ship Manchester, which sailed from New York with a cargo of kerosene, was wrecked on one of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. A!) of her crew is missing. Secretary Root will recommend the es tablishment of an advanced school it Washington for army officers. Nation*. Guard officers are to be trained at tto Leavenworth institution. Dr. R. J. Gatling, who invented th> first rapid-fire gun of modern warfare hopes to revolutionize existing agricultural methods. He is inventor of a motor plow which he asserts will under the guidauce of one man break a thirty-five-acre field in a single day. Eugene Foley, of Utica, N. Y., accord ing to a dispatch, slapped Carrie Nation’s face on a Thousand Island steam boat when she attempted to knock a cigar from his mouth. Mrs. Nation hsid made herself obuoxious on the boat by her crusade against the smokers and Fo ley’s action was generally commended. Simultaneous transmission of telephonic and telegraphic messages over the same wire is made possible by a new system invented by C. H. Gaunt, of the Northern Pacific telegraph department He uses an original system of redaction coils and condensers. The apparatus has been thoroughly tested on the company’s line nnd has given perfect satisfaction. It is the intention to adopt it in connection with the transcontinental system now being installed by the company.

MARKET REPORTS,

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.95; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $6.30; sheep,'fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2,57 cto 58c; oats. No. 2,36 c to 38c; rye. No. 2. 57<J*to 58c; batter, choice creamery, 19c to 2Oc; eggs, fresh, 13c Jo 14c; potatoes, new, sl.lO to $1.13 per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.60 to $5.75; hogs, choice light. $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, (19c to 70c; corn. No. 2 white, (lie to (12c; oats, No. 2 white, new, 37c to 38c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.25 to $5.80; hogs, $3.00 to $5.95; sheep, $3.00 to $3.65; wheat, no. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, Na. 2, 58c to 59c; oats, No. 2, 3(ic to 37c; rye, No. 2, <>2c to 63c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; bogs. $3.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.00 to F’..25; wheat. No. 2,73 cto 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 62c to (J3c; oats. No. 2 Mixed, new, 37c to 38c; rye. No. 2, 52c’to I'3c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; bogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2. yellow, 57c to 58c; oats. No. 2 whits, 3Se to 39e: rye, 56c to 57c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 58c tft lilic, oats. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 3(le; rye, No. 2, sfc to 58c; clover seed, prime, $6.35. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 narthern, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3,57 cto 58c;; oats. No. 2 white, 38c to 39c; rye, No. 1,58 c to 59c; barley, No. 2, (44c to (isc; pork, mess, $14.30. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $5.80; hogs, fair to prime, $3.60 to $6.20; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to S3.SO; lambs, common to eboiea, $4.50 to $3.05. New Y’ork—Cattle, $3.75 to $5.45; hogs. $3.00 to $3.05; sheep. $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn. No. 2, Olc to 62c; oats, No. 2 white, 42c to 43c; butter., creamery, 18c to 20c; egga, Western, 14c to 17c.

STATE OF THE CROPS.

WEEKLY REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Upper Mississippi Valley and Lake Region Need Ruin- Weather Favorable for Spring- Wheat Harvest iu All Sections—Outlook forlorn. The weekly crop report issues by the Agricultural Department gives the following general summary of conditions throughout the country: The temperature conditions of the week have been favorable except on the North Pacific coast, where it has been excesshely warm. The middle am| south Atlantic and east gulf States, including Tennessee, have suffered from heavy rains, the south Atlantic and cast gulf States an I Tennessee experiencing damaging winds as well as injury from overflows. '1 h * greater part of Texas and portions of the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and upper lake region continue to suffer from drought, and drought is beginning to affect crops in Oregon and Wishington. The Rocky Mountain region and California have had an exceptionally favorable week. A general improvement in the condition of late corn is indicated in the principal corn States. In lowa the crop is materially improved and'more promising than was deemed possible Aug. 1, but the yield is still contingent upon additional moisture soon and the absence of frosts the greater part of September. Late corn has improved in extreme southeastern Nebraska, but continues to suffer for rain in central and northern counties. In the eastern and western portions of Kansas late corn is much improved, but in the central counties rain came too late to save the crop. In some portions of Missouri late corn is progressing well, but in most sections it is suffering for rain. Good rains in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have improved the outlook, especially in Indiana, but, as in other portions of the corn belt, the greater part of the early corn has been ruined. The propitious outlook for corn in the middle Atlantic States and New England continues. The weather has been favorable for spring wheat harvest in all sections. Harvesting is nearly finished in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Oregon, and is in progress in Washington, where, owing to excessive heat, the grain has ripened somewhat too rapidly. In North Dakota, owing to shrunken berry and poorly filled heads, the yield of spring wheat is proving disappointing. The central ami eastern portions of the cotton belt have suffered from heavy rains, while drought has become more serious over the greater part of the western districts. In the Carolinas too rank growth is reported, especially on stiff lands and in Georgia, Florida and Alabama heavy rains an 1 high winds have caused Injury, rust and shedding being quite prevalent. In Tennessee, Mississippi, and portions of Arkansas the crop has improved. Cotton needs rain throughout Texas, and is failing rapidly in the central, southern and southwestern portions. The general outlook for apples continues unpromising, although slightly improved conditions are reported from portions of Ohio. Indiana, an 1 Illinois. The excessive rains have caused peaches to rot extensively in the middle and south Atlantic States. Generally to the east of the Mississippi River the soil is in excellent condition for fall plowing, and favorable progress with this work has been made in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, but in the upper Mississippi Valley the ground is generally too dry. Reporta from Ftatea. Missouri—Rainfall generally light: late corn progressing' well In some districts, but in most sections suffering for more rain, and in some eastern counties about dried up; cotton doing fairly well, some openlug: late sown forage crops growing well in some sections, In other drying trp: pastures continue short; plowing progressing rapidly; fruits as a whole improved but little. Illinois—Good rains at end of week caused improvement In agricultural situation: oats, turning out fairly well; prospects for late corn somewhat improved, but early corn cannot be benefited much; prospects for broom corn fair; stock peas Improved; pastures brown, but showing Improvement; prospects for potatoes and gardens poor; prospects for fruit, especially apples, diminishing, although apples promise well In some localities. ’ Indiana—Crop deterioration continued until 17th ami 18th, when copious showers occurred over greater portion of State; lowlands and late* planted corn will be materially lmprove*d; stock feeding more general, early corn fodder being used: damage to potatoes and vegetables probably permanent; hopes entertained for better tomato yield than expected: fair tobacco prospects, some tobacco bouse;! In Randolph County; fairly good apple prospects. Ohio—Good rains except In southwestern and few west-central counties; pastures late, fruits late, garden nnd truck crops late, corn nnd tobacco benefited In most districts; some corn In southwest past help; fall plowing will now begin; oat thrashing continued, yield fair; seed clover fair; most potatoes poor, some decay; tobacco cutting begun; grapes rotting. Michigan -Droughty conditions in central and southern conntits have Injured late potatoes and prematurely ripened beans; corn has suffered, but continues fairly promising; pasturage poor and some stock being fed; sugar beets continued promising; plowing generally begun in all sections, but much delayed In southern by dry soil. Wisconsin—Thrashing well under way, yield of winter and spring wheat and barley generally good, quality excellent; oats light; corn generally backward, but with favorable weather will make good crop In central nnd northern sections; potatoes generally poor crop; second growth of clover excellent; apples light and of poor quality. Minnesota—On 12th and 13th seatiered light showers In west and heavier local showers In extreme southeast; harvesting progressing rapidly In northern counties and shock thrashing In central portions; flux cutting and thrashing In aouthern half; corn, potatoes, gardens nnd pastures seriously affected by drought; plowing begun In south; large wild hay crop being secured. Nebraska—Warm, dry week; Btte corn has Improved In southeastern counties, nnd needs rain In central nnd northern counties; good crop of hny being secured In prime condition In northern counties; considerable plowing has been done In southern counties, mid Indications are for large acreage of winter wheat. South Dakota—Warm showers generally light, soil moisture sufficient; plowing begun; stacking, thrashing ami haying progressing nicely; corn, millet, flax, potatoes and grass improving: early flax being cut. poor to fair crop; early corn In roasting eur, some cut for fodder, late fllllug fairly, and with favorable September yield will probably be above half crop. lowa—Week warmer than usual nnd diy. except over small area In northwest district; corn shows material improvement, and the 'cron Is more promising than was deemed possible the Ist of August, but the output of sound corn Is contingent ou more moisture very soon nnd absence of frost larger part of September: pasturage scant and.stock feeding quite general. Patronize those'wbo advertise

REFUSE TO QUIT WORK.

Kauth Chicago Steel Men Are Read Out of Uaion. There will be no strike of the steel workers of South Chicago. The reason is that there are no union men to strike, both, local lodges of the Amalgamated Asaociation having been read out of the organization by Secretary Michael F. Tighe, personal representative of President Shaffer, after their refusal to reconsider their action in refusing to obey the general strike order. Sentiment in South Chicago is divided over the situation. Business men and the families of the steel workers approve the action taken, while another element regard the steel workers as having abandoned their organization in an hour of need. Many profess to believe that at the next convention of the Amalgamated Association the lodges will be reinstated and that President Shaffer and Secretary Tighe exceeded their authority in revoking the charters. Others feel that there is positively no chance of reinstatement, because of the sentiment entertained by the Eastern workers. It has been suggested that the situation may lead to the organization of an independent Western association along the lines of the Amalgamated Association. The latter has never been strong in the West, and it is said would not be affected by the operation of such a plan. The Iron Trade Review, discussing the strike condition, says: “Events ot the week have made it clear that the steel strike is a lost fight. The uncertain elements are the number of weeks that will be required to weary the men of idleness, and how much of its organization will remain to the Amalgamated Association when the end comes. The failure ot the Federation of Labor to give more than sympathy in aid of the'strikers and the refusal of the Western members of the Amalgamated Association to violate their contracts at the order of their president have been serious blows to the hopes of the leaders. Gains have been made by the strikers at McKeesport and in the Wheeling district, but it is already plain that the strike spirit has reached high mark, and that the news from now on will be of gradual defections.”

DOCTORS FIGHT FAITH CURISTS

Physicians Would Bar Eddy Follower* from Lite Insurance. Followers of Mrs. Mary G. Baker Eddy’s Christian Science faith in England have been challenged to battle by the medical fraternity and have accepted the challenge. Th’e doctors have begun an agitation in the.medical organ, Health, for the exclusion of faith curists from the benefits of life -insurance. The editor of* Health said: “We contend that people who deliberately deny themselves aids to longevity do not deserve to enjoy insurance aganist death. Life insurance companies refuse to take risks on miners, handlers of explosives and workers among dynamos and live wires. Why should they insure men who blindly reject medical science and intrust their their physical welfare to spiritual fanatics?” William N. Miller, a graduate of Mrs. Eddy's Boston school nnd head of the Christian Science Church in London, said:. “We heartily welcome this controversy. It would give us great pleasure to compare death certificates with the users of material agencies of healing. We are prepared to prove that the death rate among our followers is lower than among any other class of people. If they could induce the insurance companies to withdraw policies from our people they would undoubtedly frighten many, but on the whole we should emerge from the conflict vindicated and immensely strengthened.” The manager of one of the leading insurance companies said the companies hesitated to open the question p.?oouaded by the physicians.

The Comic Side of The News

Western cities that are short on train robbers should telegraph Chicago for quotations. That corner in potatoes the Cincinnati man is trying to run should be thoroughly mashed. The mystery as to why Explorer Baldwin sailed north has been explained; he is looking for the pole. Lawton will be something of a city in a few weeks if it continues to grow at the rate of 10,000 a day. It does, not require an expert math * matician to know offhand that the ruia was worth a million dollars. This Oklahoma land rush and the way it has been handled proves that Uncle Sam is a mighty poor business man. The Spaniards have recovered sufficiently from their fright to submit tha opinion that Schley was no coward. The dry spell has done more to aid tho cause of irrigation in the West than any number of speeches in Congress could do. Admiral Schley’s sou has been called down for talking too much. Only friends of Sampson are supposed to do the talking at present. . At last it is explained Why the people have so much money to put in the banks at present. Train porters* tips have bees falling off of late. Chamberlain does not specify whether Kitchener is to hang such Boers as he has'been ordered to execute before or after capturing them. Scoffers cannot understand why Dowie does not pray $2,000,000 into his coffers instead of trying to get it by such worldly means as a mortgage. When it comes right down to the day of trial Sampson may wish himself as far from the court of inquiry as he was from the battle of Santiago. Chicago men have founded a new religion they call man-ology. Perhaps the founders thought the old religion ran toe much to woman-ology and that they were being crowded out. • The philosophy or political economy of business ability, by which the government gives away farms In Oklahoma and bells town lots is too deep for the groping mind of the average citiien. The scheme sheald be accompanied by a chart. f