Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 August 1897 — Page 2

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There were 10,652 murders in ‘this country in 1896 and only 122 legal executions. One murderer in 87 paid the legal penalty of his crime.

Mississippi mus¢ be growing, for on ro other basis can be explained the opening of 83 mew post offices in that state last year, the record exceeding that of any other state.

Senora de Cousino, of Brazil, may be the “richest woman in the world,” but it’s a mighty poor sort of a man who hasn’t a personal acquaintance with the “dearest woman in the world.”

Dr. C. A. Stephens, of Norway Lake, Me., who believes that death is only a habit, which will eventually be overcome, is a writer of stories for boys, and naturally wants mankind to remain forever young. -

The story is ‘told of a southern railroad whose fast train was stopped for a time by a colored lady who had her washing hung across the right of way. This is not the first train that has been delayed by a wash out.

The government experimenter with big kitessays: “Itisas safe to go up on a Kite as a‘balloom ifi the wind is steady and has velocity enough.” This is not quite as. assuring a statement as conservative passengers would like.

They do some things differently in China. The princess dowager of the Flowery Kingdom has sent a prince to a dungeon for life for failing to come around to congratulate her an her birthday. In this country the mortaloffense is to remember a lady’s birthdays. *

A New York woman asked/to have her daughter locked up in an insane asylum on the ground that she *is crazy to marry.” Fortunately the judge didn’t see it that way. With such a precedent established he evidently realized how few of our giils would be at liberty.

A new variety of potato has developed by Robert Cornwell, a farmer Iliving in the eastern part of Barton county, Mo. The tubers develop without a growth of “tops,” thereby giving mno substance to the gredtest pest of potato growers, the Colorado potato beetle. If this is authentic, the ordinary ball bearing potato will go out of use.

A bacteriologist in New York emits a loud outery because he has lately found 11 separate colonies of disease germs on a single leaf of a public school book. The germs keep out of the ajgebra, it is said, because they get caught under the radical signs and cannot escape until somebody comes along and extracts their square roots.

That was a great demonstration of the Christian Endeavor hosts in San Francisco, when a wide avenue was used for four blocks of its extent for a chain of open air meeftings that crowded every foot of the pavement. That answered the prophetic words: “And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness.”

C. F. Jones, a resident of El Paso, Tex., who rejoices in the pseudonym of “Give-a<dam” Jones, was acquitted of a charge of celebrating the Fourth with firecrackers. The interesting feature of this information is the revelation to the public that El Paso is one of the few places in the country where firecrackers are not allowed on Independence day.

The death of Mrs. Alexander Campbell, at Bethany, W. Va., recently, at the age of 85 years, will remind the public of the remarkable growth of the church founded by her husband. She saw the very beginning of a sect which now numbers 1,000,000 communicants, which once turned the scale in a presidential election, and which is rapidly adding to its membership in many states in the uunion. i

Agitation against lynching has begun again in the southern states. There have been 81 cases of lynching reported since January 1, 1897, and of these 78 have taken place in 'the south, as follows: Georgia, 7; South Carolina, 5; Mississippi, 9; Louisiana, 7; Florida, 5; Texas, 15; Alabama, 11; Kentucky, 3; Tennessee, 7; Virginia, 1; Arizona, 1; Arkansas, 3; Missouri, 3, and Maryland, 1. There have been but three lynchings in the north during ‘this period, one each in California, Ohio and Nevada.

The proposed memorial to Maj. Robert‘Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, is to take the form of a sanitarium bearing his name, to be built at Castle Pinckney, in Charleston harbor, for the use of dfsabled veterans of the United States army and navy. Of course the United States government is expected to do the job, and a bill is pending in congress authorizing 'the project. The notable feature of 'the movement is the unanimity of support which it is receiving in South Carolina. In fact, the movement originated in South Carolina. and is warmly indorsed by the state officers and many others.

The Dritish government declines to interfere with the life sen'tence of Mrs: Maybrick, who will now gpend her life in a British jail, convicted of poisoning her husband on what seems tq be the fiimsiest evidence which could be found —that of a nurse, who found a bottle with some arsenic in it in Mr. Maybrick’s room, although it was proven that Maybrick had been an arsenic eater for years. That accounted for the arsenical erystals found during the autopsy. The fact that Mrs, Maybrick is an American woman has made the case of deep interest to Americans. Uutiring efforts have been made to save her, R TT Y YV T ST WSy A wise Kansas judge decided that it was the old man and not his daughter that was.the lunatic. The father applied to the court to have his 18-year-old daughter adjudged insane and sent to an asylua. On examination, the girl stated that she was in love with a nice young man, and her father’s object in getting her sent to an asylum was to prevent her marriage. The judge sent 'for the young man, and, after a thorough investigation, decided that the lovers were far from being lunatics. He _thereupon married them in court

Epitome of the Week.

NTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION,

FROM WASHINGTON.

Government receipts during July were $39,027,364 and the disbursements $50,100,908, leaving the excess of expenditures over receipts $11,073,544. ~ On July 31 the total circulation of national bank notes was $230,758,936, an increase, as compared with July 31, 1896, of $4,816,481.

~ In July the coinage executed at the United States mints amounted to $670,850, as follows: Gold, $377,000; silver, $260,000; minor coins, $33,850. The statement of the public debt issued on the 2d shows that the debt increased $6,790,560 during the month of July. The cash balance in the treasury was $867,961,932. The total debt, less the cash balance inthe treasury, amounts to $993,446,646.

The United States army is now filled to the enlisted strength allowed by law. Imports of breadstuffs into the United States during the last fiscal vear amounted in value to $2,774,763.

Latest official estimate of the popuation of the United States is 77,000,068.

1t was shid at Washington that the king of the Belgians had been selected as arbitrator of the dispute between Japan and Hawaii. :

THE EAST. The president will attend the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac at Troy, N. Y., August 20. Between Boston and New Haven, 300 miles, a sextuplex telegraph wire was successfully operated, three messages being sent over the wire simultaneously. ; T. V. Powderly, of Pennsylvania, took the prescribed oath and received his commission as commissioner-general of immigration. - 2 In Albany, N. Y., John Flanagan, the champion hammer thrower, surpassed all records by throwing the 16-pound hammer 157 feet 4 inches. At the age of 80 years Nelson Dingley, father of Congressman Nelson Dingley, Jr., died at his home in Lewiston, Me. In New York Nicola Tesla announced the completion of his latest discovery —the simultaneous transmission of messages by means of the earth’s electrical currents to as many scattered points on the surface of the globe as may be desired. s

At Seranton, Pa., a new world’s halfmile unpaced ‘tandem record was made by Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley, their time being 0:55%,. Michael Moore, one of ‘the last survivors of 'the soldiers of the war of 1812, died in Brooklyn, N.Y.,aged 97 years. In New York the banking house-of James G. King’s Sons, founded in 1815, is going out of business. =~ Senators Cullom, of Illinois; Hawley, of Connedticut, and Wetmore, of Rhode Island, sailed from New York for Europe. : Flames in the chemical works of D. Jayne & Sons at Frankford, Pa., caused a loss of $lOO,OOO and seven firemen and two workimen were seriously burned.

In a railway accident near Rockland, N. Y., two children were killed and six persons were fatally injured. Because she would not marry him Charles Dietz shot and fatally wounded Kate Scollon in Philadelphia and then killed himself.

By the collapse of a. temporary stand at a race track at Lancaster, Pa., two persons were fatally and a number seriously injured. WEST AND SOUTH. George B. Hamlett, of Ohio, has been appointed chief post office inspector. In Chicago the eight gas companies combined with a capital stock of $23,000,000. : In South Bend, Ind., a statue of the late Vice President Schuyler Colfax is to be erected. ; Ilames destroyed Stanton’s hotel, two banks, two drug stores and ten other buildings at Lewisburg, W. Va., the total loss being $lOO,OOO. : Myrtle Pample, aged' 15; Emma Pample aged 11; Ethel Pample, aged 15, and Bessié Adams, aged 11, were.drowned in Sun river, near Nugent, la., while bathing. In Douglas county, Col., a cloudburst destroyed over 100 bridges. » Joseph Scanlon, of Corning, Ta., and Clarence Temperly, of Irvington, Neb., ~were._ killed by lightning near Wiota, Ta. - Wallace Scoby’s nvife and child were burned to death in Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ In the vicinity of Sioux City, la.; cat- - tle were dying by hundreds of an- \ thrax.

In Nashville, Tenn., Jim Key, a marvelously well educated horse owned by William Key, a negro, was sold to U. G. Duffield, of New York, for $lO,OOO.

Carrier pigeons made the fly from Carlyle, 111.,, to Grafton, W. Va., 590 miles, in 30Y, hours, an average of 191/, miles per hour. This record surpasses any previous one made, In the United States court at Parkersburg, W. Va., Judge Jackson granted a sweeping injunction restraining Fugene V. Debs and his associates from in any way interfering with the property of the Monongah Coke & Coal company or its employes, either by trespassing upon the property of the company or inciting its employes to strike. In Oskaloosa, Ta., Carl Yates fatally shot his wife and attempted suicide. The woman had brought suit for divorce. Yates may recover. A monument to the last full general of the confederate army, Edmund Kirby Smith, was unveiled at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Peter Bons, charged with criminally assaulting and murdering Pearl Morrison at Crystal Falls, Mich., has made a complete confession, acknowledging ‘that he assaulted the girl and then strangled her to death. ' J. W. Hollyday, of Ohio, was appointed chief clerk of the railway mail service and succeeds Alexander Grant, of Michigan. An express train on the Union Pacific road made the remarkable run of 955 miles, from Evanston, Wyo., to Omaha, Neb., in 24 hours, the fastest time on record. ‘ _ H. A. Rucker, the negro recently appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of Georgia, took the oath and assumed charge of the office. Six deputies resigned rather than serve under a colored collector. ; Stenographers from various states held at a meeting at the Tennessee exposition and decided to form a national organization at an early date. - ___Fibel & Crabb, distillers of Eminence, Ky.,made an assignment with liabilities

The election in Tenuessee to decide whether or not a constitutional convention should be held was overwhelmingly defeated. ! By the falling walls and fire which destroyed the Northwestern elevator at Chicago, four men were crushed to death and two-score injured. The property loss was $350,000. ; One woman and three men perished in a fire which destroyed an all-night restaurant at Cincinnati.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Gen. Weyler has expelled from Cuba Eduardo Garcia and George DBryson, correspondents of New York newspapers. .

In the terrible outbreak of the great volcano of Mayon, on the island of Luzon, one of the Philippine group, 500 persons were killed. : '

Turkish ironclads left the Dardanelles for Crete with the intention of reenforcing the garrison on the island. 'ln Germany efforts are being made to prevent the importation and sale of American bicycles in ‘that country.

The Greek premier, M. Ralli, denies that King George has threatened to abdicate. g

Advices from Vienna report that the Bulgarian poet, Constantinoff, had been assassinated.

Latest Rio Janiero official advices state that 2,000 government soldiers were killed in the recent big battle at Canudos.

Michael Herbert, secretary of the Dritish embassy at Constantinople, has been appointed arbitrator on the Venezuela tribunal as Great Britain’s representative. .

In a fire at Cologne 42 houses were burned and three persons lost their lives. :

LATER NE'WS.

There were 237 business failures in Yae United States in the seven days ended on the 6th, against 236 the week previous and 240 in the corresponding period of 1896 The Danversport (Mass.) rubber works were destroyed by fire, entailing ‘'a heavy loss.

The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 6th aggregated $1,141,862,763, against $1,043,068,003 the previous week. The increase compared with the corresponding week of 1896 was 28.7.

Maj. R. Taylor Scott, attorney-gen-eral of Virginia, died at Warrenton of typhoid fever. : : ~Jack Williams was lynched near Barbersville, Ky., by a mob for ravishing a deaf mute girl named Viney Bays.

The American Dental association in session at Newport News, Va., elected Dr. Thomas Fillebrown, of Boston, president. i

John Hatchet plowed up an old pot containing $l,OOO in gold coin on his farm near Schooner, Ind.

The British parliament was ' prorogued by a speech from the throne, in which Queen Victoria briefly reviewed the relations of Great Britain with other nations.

A pigeon bearing news regarding Prof. Andree’s balloon expedition across the north pole, has been captured at Gradisca, in Austria-Hungary. Jesse Babcock committed suicide at Tagle Bend, Minn., three hours before he was to have been married.

Joe Patchen paced a mile at Columbus, 0., In 2:011,, the fastest. time on record.

Montgomery, Ala., is suffering from smallpox, and about 300 patients are undergoing treatment at the pesthouse. HI. A. Dailey, a well-to-do Janison (Mich.) man, shot his wife and then took poison himself and died. The wom--4n may recover. \

Articles of incorporation of the Spreckels Sugar company have been filed at San Francisco, with a capital of $5,000,000.

George Turner, a negro, was hanged near Spring Hill, Ala., for an attempted assault upon the daughter of his employer. '

Jack McKane shot and killed William E. Albin as a result of a dispute over a game of cards at St. Joseph, Mo. Secretary of State Sherman says that the United States would not guarantee the carrying out of the terms of arbitration between Hawaii and Japan if the decision of the arbitrators be against the former. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the Sth were: Boston, .690; Cincinnati, .655; Baltimore, .651; New York, .614; Cleveland, .511; Chicago, .473; Philadelphia, .472; Pittsburgh, .460; Louisville, .446; Brooklyn, .435; ‘Washington, .360; St. Louis, .269.

‘While Mrs. Anna Robinson, aged 31 vears, was asleep with two children at her home at Feildsborough, N. J., her insane husband cut her throat.

Forty-six persons were killed outright and many others injured by the explosion of a cartridge factory at Rustchuk, Bulgaria. At Indianapolis, Ind., William Martin, a locomotive engineer, was killed in a collision between a switch engine and a passenger train. :

What is known in Missouri as the breeder’s law, under which poolselling and bookmaking are prohibited except on race tracks, has been pronounced unconstitutional. i

President N. E. Young, of the National Baseball league, who has been employed in the treasury department for 31 years, tendered his resignation, and at his personal request it was accepted at once by Secretary Gage. Chicago’s celebrated wheel tax law was declared unconstitutional by Judge Tuley. Agriol Paur, who was instrumental in bringing over the first German opera company that visited this country in 1851, died in New York, aged 73 years. John Park, six times mayor of Memphis, Tenn., is dead, aged 85 years. - The National Democratic Association of Colored Men is called to meet in couvention at Columbus, 0., on September <3. Edward King and Herbert Nicholson were killed at a railroad crossing at Chattanooga, Tenn. . The convention of the National Christian Alliance began jts annual session at Cleveland, 0., with between 400 and 500 members present. Canovas Del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain, was assassinated at Santa Agueda by an anarchist. The murderer fired three shots, two of which struck the premier in the head and the other in the chest.. The wounded man lingered unconsciouz for two hours, and died. The assassin was immediately arrested, He is a Neapolitan and gives the name of Rinaldi; but it is believed that this is an assumed name and that ais real name is Michele Angino Golli,

PRICE OF SILVER DROPS.

Sensational Break in Price of Bul- - lion on the London Market.

London, Aug. 6.—Bar silver made a violent and sensational break Thursday, falling one-half penny to 253 pence per ounce. 'This is by far the lowest price ever touched, and is the most rapid decline ever recorded on the London market since the last week of June, 1893, when the Indian government decided to close the Indian mints to free silver coinage, and when holders of bullion accordingly threw their silver on the market without regard to price. On the news silver bullion fell in London 371, pence pér ounce to a price below 30, but it rallied sharply later. The Times in its financial comments admits its inability to explain the persistent weakness of silver, but thinks

it is due, perhaps, to a well-grounded belief that the results of the American bimetallic commission, headed by Senator Wolcott, are not likely to prove satisfactory to silverites here and in the United States. : o

New York, Aug. 6.—The New York rrice fell to 55%; cents bid, a break of 11, cents an ounce from Wednesday ard of 41 cents within a month. At this price the bullion value of the silver dollar is a trifle more than 43 cents. London dispatches ascribe the great weakness in silver to liquidation by New York holders of the metal. '

City of Mexico, Aug. 6.—The drop in silver sent exchange on New York to its highest point (132) after banking hcurs. Merchants have largely canceled foreign orders, and will await something like permanency in exchange. The government is making all its estimates based on even lower prices fcr silver. The leading bankers are not dismayed and continue to predict a redction, although .not until lower prices have been reached. There is undoubtedly much apprehensve feeling, especially as to the rapidity with which exchange has risen without precedent. One of the bankers declares the United States will have to take the initiative in bringing about a solution of the silver question. " ' ;

BETTER DAYS DAWN. - July Shows Fewer Failures Than Any Month Sinece 1892, New York, Aug. 7. — R. G. Dun & Co,, in their weekly review of trade, say: “Four years ago, August 5, 1893, the first number of Dun’s Review was issued, with failures in that month amounting to over $60,000,000, while in the month just closed failures have been only $7,117,727, the smallest in any month since 1892. The statement of failures by classes of business for July and for 46 months shows that in manufacturing failures have .been smaller than in any other months of the entire period, in trading smaller than in any other month except one, and in many branches of each department smaller than in most months of which records exist. - “The pessimists who pronounced reports of gain fictitious and misrepresenting have grown weary of their dismals and begin to see the dawn of better days. Last month was the first in four years of which the volume of business reported by clearing houses was larger than in the same month of 1892, and the telegraphic dispatches from all parts of the country given this week show a gratifying improvement. This is partly due to a large yield of wheat and good prices, though the crop is probably not as large nor are prices thus far as high as in 1892, but of cotton the price is higher and the yield probably larger than in that year. Other farm products are realizing good prices, and the possible decrease in the yield of corn may help to market the enormous surplus brought over from last year. Liquidation of a powerful combination in wheat brought a reaction of 3 cents on Thursday, but a gain of 1% cents occurred the day following.

“It is the wrong season to expect much from industries, and yet there has been material increase in the number of hands employed in the iron manufacture because of the satisfactory adjustment of wages dispute with the Amalgamated association .and the opening of numerous establishments which have been waiting, while the coal miners’ strike seems each day more likely to end in a permanent settlement beneficial to both parties. Mean‘while the demand for most finished products is steadily increasing, the feature this week being large pipe contracts for Russian oil fields, Sumatra and Germany. While consumption does not equal the capacity of the works in operation, and prices of iron and steel products average slightly lower, the situation is altogether more hopeful.””

Wedding Frolic Ends Disastrously.

Cincinnati, Aug. 6. — Otto Adler kept an all-night restaurant in the lower story of the house in whicl three men and one woman perished Thursday morning. There were 17 men and women in one room in the second story of this house. The occupants of the building refuse all information. None of the dead were burned. They were suffocated by smoke from the fire in adjacent rooms.: The only exit for escape was blocked by a bathtub set up on end at the head of the stairway. The smoke came from an adjacent room where the fire was soon extinguished. It seems that it was a wedding frolic, in which Guth, one of the dead men, was the bridegroom, and the daughter of Landlord Adler was the bride. Still there is some doubt as to who is the bride, as there is about nearly all the particulars in the case. The celebrants of the wedding used beer and cigarettes very freely and it is now supposed that cigarettes started the fire and that beer started the somnolence, which, with the up-ended bathtub, were indirect causes of so much fatality.

: Made a New Record. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 6.—The Union Pacific officials are pluming themselves on a new long distance record. Engineer Thomas Grogan, with engine 890, pulled a special from Evanston, Wyo., to Omaha, 955 miles, in 24 hours, including all stops. This is claimed as the record long run for a single engine. ‘The final spurt of the run was a remarkable burst of speed, thie distance from North Platte to Omaha, 291 miles, being covered in 279 minutes, at the rate of 63.49 miles per hour. The engine was built at the Omaha shops. | Made m Great Throw. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4—John Flanagan, the champion hammer thrower, surpassed all records Tuesday by throwing the 16-pound hammer 157 feet 4 inches. He was giving an exhibition at the athletic meet of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and this record will not stand as the world’s record. On his second throw he beat his world’s record of 150 feet 8 inches by one inch. . , Three Thousand Slain, Buenos Ayres, Aug. 5. — The latest official advices from Camidos, Brazil, state that 2,000 government soldiers were killed in the recent big battle there. This leaves the rebel loss in the same fight about 1,000, The number ol wounded cannot be estimated as yet, as the reinforcements which have gone forward continue to find the injured hidden in the forest and in huts, suffering for food and water, e SeG s e

NATIONAL BANKS,

Their Growth and Prosperity Shown by Recent Reports.

- Washington, Aug. 6.—The abstract of reports of condition of national banks on May 14 is accompanied by a diagram prepared jointly by the comptroller of the currency and the chief of the bureau of statistics. The diagram displays graphically the growth and changes in the principal items of resources of national banks from 1864 to 1896 inclusive. In October, 1864, the capital of the 508 banks amounted to $86,800,000; a year later the number of banks had increased to 1,513 and the capital to $393,000,000. The capital gradually increased to $504,800,000 on October 1, 1875, the highest point reached until 1883, when it amounted to $509,700,000. The increase thereafter was gradual until 1892, when the highest point was reéached, namely, $686,00,000. In the fall of 1896 the amount had declined to $648,500,000. :

Loans and discounts reached their maximum between 1864 and 1880; in 1875 the amount was $984,700,000. In 1880 that amount was exceeded by $56,500,000; with an exception from that date to 1892 there was a rapid increase, and the highest point ever reached was in October, 1892, namely, $2,171,000,000. In 1893 there was a drop_ to $1,843,600,000, but a recover in 1895 to $2,¥50,400,000. In the fall of 1896 there was a decline to $1,393,300,000.

The deposits have fluctuated to about the same extent as loans and discounts. The maximum béing reached in 1892 when they amounted to $1,779,300,000. In the following year deposits declined to $1,465,400,000 and reacted the following year to $1,742,100,000. The circulation outstanding in 1866 reached $290,000,000 and the highest point was reached in 1873, the amount being $341,000,000. The minimum amount outstanding is shown to have been $122900,000 in October, 1890. At the close of the report of the year 1896 the amount Lad visen to $209,900,000.

The average per capita of banking funds of all national banks in the United States in 1896 is shown to be 837.14, varying from a minimum of $2.72 in Arkansas to-a maximum of $120.59 in Massachusetts. The diagram shows the average in each state. The diagram 2lso shows by states and geographical divisions the capital, deposits and loans of all national banks and in addition an illustration of the changes in the various classes of paper money in ecirculation from 1864 to 1896. The chart is being sent to all national banks and leading newspapers. v

FATAL WORK OF FLAMES. Grain Elevator in Chicago Sn Fire : —Four Lives Lost. Chicago, Aug. 6.—Three dead firemen, one unidentified man killed by being blown into the river and 51 other firemen injured is the terrible record of the disaster which attended the destruction of the Northwestern elevator at Indiana street and the river Thursday night. The fire was the worst that the department has handled since the fatal blaze at the cold storage building in the world’s fair grounds. In the 51 firemen who are hurt were included Chief Swenie, Assistant Chiefs Musham and Campion and Battalion Chief Anderson. These leaders were more or less severely hurt and burned, while some of their men will die. )

Death came to the brave fire fighters in an explosion of hot air. Thousands of spectators had gathered close about the structure and the flying pieces of brick and heavy sections of corrugated iron crushed down dozens of men and boys, whose names the police were not able to learn. : The loss on the elevator and its contents was $350,000, insured for $300,000. The damage to surrounding property will be about $17,500, with an insurance of about $lO,OOO. The elevator was wrecked by the explosion and as much of the 135,000 bushels of grain that it contained which did not fall into the river was consumed by the flames.

VICTORIA'S ADDRESS, Parlinment Prorogued in a Brief Speech from the Throne. ) London, Aug. 7. — Parliament was prorogued . Friday afternoon by a speech from the throne, in which Queen Victoria briefly reviewed the relations of Great Britain with other nations. No reférence was made to the failure of the United States senate to adopt the Anglo-American arbitration treaty, nor was the Behring sea sealing controversy touched upon in any shape. Regret was expressed that King George of Greece hastened into disastrous war with Turkey, against the earnest advice of the powers, but the signing of the peace treaty, with only slight modifications of the frontier and an adequate indemnity, was predicted in the near future. Grateful thanks were extended to the colonies and to India for the manner in which their loyalty was evinced by their acceredited representatives to the jubilee ceremonies, and special stress was laid upon the fiscal legislation of Canada as an additional proof of attachment to the mother country. :

The L. A. W. Meet. Philadelphia, Aug. s.—The visiting wheelmen to the bigL.A. W. meet were astir early in the morning, and were soon in complete possession of the smooth asphalt streets and suburban roads and park drives. The meet was formally operned Wednesday morning at nine o’clock with a scheduled run to Andorara nurseries and return, a distance of about ten miles. The visiting riders turned out in large numbers under the escort of the local committee. As a Last Resort. : Washington, Aug. 4—lt is declared positively at the state department that there has been no change in the instructions given either to Minister Sewall or to Admiral Beardslee touching their attitude toward the Hawaiian question. The admiral’s instructions were to protect American interests at all points and to establish a protectorate only in the event of serious disturbance or the commission of some overt act. : Acquitted. St.Paul,Minn.,Aug. 4.—Albert Schaffer, president of the Allemania bank of St. Paul, who was indicted for having overdrawn his account at the time the bank failed, has just been tried in the district court. At the conclusion of the trial the jury, under direct instructions from the judge, rendered a verdict of acquittal. It was found upon examination that the bank was actually indebted to Mr. Schaffer instead of the reVePRES . o D e

A SWEEPING INuUUNCTION.

West Virginia Coal Operators Invoke : -the Aid of the Law. Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. s.—Upon the application of James Sloan, Jr., of Baltimore, a stockholder in the Monongah Coke & Coal company, made by former . Gov. Fleming, his counsel, Judge Jackson, in the United States court on Wednesday afternoon, granted a sweeping injunection restraining Eugene V. Debs and his associates from in.any way interfering with or molesting the management or the conducting of the property of the Monongah Coal & Coke company or its employes, either by trespassing upon the property of the company or approaching thereto or inciting its employes to strike or interfering in any manner whatever, either | by word or deed, with the company’s affairs. The text of the writ covers everything that can possibly be construed into an infringement of rights of corporations, and practically prevents all future agitation in the vicinity of the Monongal‘r ‘mines. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 7. — Friday evening Squire Stemmens rendered his decision in the riot and unlawfulassemblage cases against President Dolan and others. He holds Dolan, Jacob Aufhelter, Paul Trimmer and Edward MecKay in $3OO bail each for the September term of court. Bail was entered for all. The cases against Cameron Miller, William Warner and Edward Shaw were dismissed. ‘ Eugene V. Debs, who addressed the large miners’ meeting on the Duquesne wharf at night, left Friday for Turtle Creek, where he spoke in the evening. Before leaving the city Mr. Debs denounced Judge Jackson, of West Virlginia, for issuing the injunction re-

'straining him from interfering in any way with the Monongah company or its employes. Mr. Debs said: “This injunction restrains me from walking on any of the public highways leading to the mines of the Monongah Coal & Coak company. It is most sweeping and none other can be compared to it.. The injunction annihilates the right of peaceable assemblage and effectually suppresses free speech. If it is sustained, and I have no doubt it will be, it sweeps away all constitutional safeguards and delivens us, bound hand and foot, to the corporate capital. . “I hold the injunction, and the judge who issued it, in supreme contempt. If I have occasion to raise my voice in behalf of the | famishing miners in Jackson's jurisdiction, | I propose to do so, or at least make the attempt, totally regardless of this infamous injunction. ““The farce of the proceeding is that the injunction is issued by a judge. It ought to come direct from the coal operators and, at least, hypocrisy would not intensify .the infamy of the proceeding.” : The coal company discovered a new sort of missionary work among its employes Friday. Wives of many of the campers are now in the field. They have been arriving for several days, until there are about 20 of them scattered about through the Plum, Sandy and Turtle Creeks settlements. The women are from the McDonald, Carnegie and Wheeling division sections and while the men are at work do missionary work among their wives. They have occess to the workmen’s houses, but the men are denied this. Deputies are stationed all along the property line with instructions not to allow a man to pass into the house range. The proposed campaign against the mine owners of Westmoreland county and the operators of central Pennsylvania which has been delayed is now an assured fact. The strike leaders decided on it definitely at a camp confecrence Friday and a big move will probably be made next Wednesday. As already constituted the plans propose a direct march through the whole territory -where mines are being operated, until Clearfield county is reached. Camps will be left at each of the De Armit mines at Canonsburg, at Bunola | and any other place where it may seem necessary to keep the mines closed which appears before the crusaders leave. The leaders estimate that with what will remain behind in the camps at least 8,000 men will be kept constantly in the movement. ' Definite orders have been issued from Ilarrisburg to local officers of the national guard of Pennsylvania to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service. This order, which arrived several days ago, is being complied with to the letter and the day and night address of each officer, together with the number of the nearest telephone, has been forwarded to headquarters. However, these officers have expressed it as their opinion that the miners have behaved themselves most orderly and that the guard is not at all necessary as yet.

'Eng'lnn(l» Delays Her Answer.

London, Aug. 7.—The British govern-. ment has informed the American bimetallic commission that it will probably reply to the proposals of the commissioners on behalf of the United States in October. The commissioners have been awaiting in London since their conference with the cabinet, and desiring to know the exact position of England before opening up mnegotiations with other governments, they wrote to the cabinet, inquiring when they might expect a decision, as they were anxious to arrange their future programme. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said it was due both to the importance of the subject and the manner in which it has been brought before the English ministry by representatives of the two countries that these proposals should be very carefully considered; and this process must be somewhat prolonged, owing to the time necessarily occupied in communicating with the government of India. While this postponement of England’s decision delays the work, the American envoys do not consider it discouraging. On the contrary, they think Great Britain’s interest in the question justifies them in expecting that the Indian mints will be opened. Not Havsils Bpanser. , Washington, Aug. 7. — The United States will net guarantee the cavrying out of terms of arbitration = between Hawaii and Japan if the decision of the arbitrators be against the former. So said Secretary of State John Sherman Friday night. It was a matter between the countries in interest, he said. If the treaty of annexation is ratified before the arbitration is concluded. then the grbitration failed, the secretary explained. - He left the inference that the matter of Japan’s claim agaihst Hawaii might then be a special subject of legis-. lation by congress. Goes Out of Business. ; New York, Aug. 5. — The banking house of James G. King’s Sons, founded in 1815, and formerly one of the principal banking tirms of the city, is going out of business. The business has long dwindled. What remains will be taken wver by Baring, Magoun & Co.

THE CORN CROP.

Heat Does No Danmage in NebraskamKansas Not So Lucky.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 3.—Copious rains have fallen all over Nebraska, putting an end to the hottest period of weather experienced in many years. The grain operators of Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and the east have been wiring the grain men of Nebraska to ascertain the effect.-of the heat on the corn. Every county has been heard from and not one reports damage. In fact,allreturn the most flattering reports of the corn erop. So much so that the first estimate of 300,000,000 bushels is now raised to 350,000,000 bushels. The heavy, warm winds have blown furiously over the state for the past three days, with the mercury as high as 112 in some localities. The corn has not.shown any bad effect. This is due to the great quantity of moisture previously deposited. All the old corn held over from last year through fear of a crop failure.this year is. now, being released with a rush. Farmers have 140,000,000 bushels of this old grain and cannot get cars fast enough to get it out. ;i

- Emporia, Kan., Aug. 3.—Hot winds in Lyon’ and adjoining counties have dried and burned up everything in the way of crops. Corn will not average a bushel to the acre and is unfit for fodder. Cattlemen here are desperate, as there is no pasture, and are rushing cattle to market until there are not cars enough to meet the demand. The apple crop, which promised so well, has also been destroyed within the past few days. Even kaffir corn and cane are shriveled up, but the farmers claim they will recover with the first rain. These and alfalfaare about all there is hope for now. ‘ Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3.—Reports as to the condition of the corn crop in Kansas and western Missouri continue to be discouraging. Throughout the district the weather continues scorching hot and nothing but a soaking rain can save the crop. ‘

A REMARKABLE SHOWING.

Nebraska in the Front Rank as a . Wheat-Producing State

- This year Nebraska has come to the very front rank as a wheat producing state, with her splendid crop of 35,000,000 bushels of spring wheat, averaging over 22 bushels to the acre, and 5,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, which will average 21 bushels to the acre. The table given below, which has been carefully compiled, shows, what will surprise many, that Nebraska stands third among the states as a wheat producer, and it must be borne in mind that the siates that outrank her are almost exclusively . wheat states, whereas Nebraska is a country of diversified crops, corn being her principal product. Actual figures for 1896 and conservative estimates for 1897:

- 1897. 1896. Minnesota .....cee000.....55,000,000 46,599,061 Nebraska . .......eveeees...4o,ooo,ooo 19,390,602 North Dak0ta..........:..42,000,000 29,848,501 K ANSAS ia-ols <as sasannnoniess 40,000,000 30,794,452 South “Dak0ta...........35,000,000 27,582,450 Indian territ0ry............ 6,000,000 2,500,000 Oklahom?. ......ccceveees.. 7,000,000 2,601,755 THEEE) 0 coocoanonaoooasam, IGUIEHLY 4,529,210 Missouri ..eevecenesess...lo,ooo,ooo 16,594,473 1O AR et rererNeetatverstatigss] (R (L) (1R (1K) 11,473,152 Oregon .i....ceeeeeeess....lB,ooo,ooo - 10,247,141 ATKANSAS .teeveenensenn. 2,000,000 . 1,260,720 California ........e......35,000,000 ~ 45,097,195 Coolarada : in.eeessooneese.. 4,000,000 2,797,183 Washington...... .......10,008,000 8,358,192 Nevada 'w.ceoseesseosens.. - 200,000 180,030 TAAN@ e cleseile -l lsiole=ioesdend 5 100,000 2,404,112 Montana....cveee eesseesss 800,000 1,204.240 Wyoming ....ceeeeseseeeees 160,000 224,126 New MexiCO...cteeenesrs. 650,000 . 818,000 T R e etare ele eel eil sDOOO 0) 2,803.753 ATIZONA “i..oiiiiiiennneees 260,000 332,500 STRIKE SOON SETTLED. ' Some Quarrymen at Lamont, 111., Se= : : cure a Raise. Chicago, Aug. 3.—A sudden, peaceable and successful strike was inaugurated and concluded by the men employed in the big stone quarries at Lemont Monday. A demand was made for-an increase in wages from $1.25 to $1.50 per day—the latter being the wages paid one year ago—and 500 men quit their work until their demand was granted by the companies. At two o’clock in the afternoon the Western Stone company acceded to the demand and the other companies followed suit. Work will be resumed in all the quarries this morning. A strike of the workers in the quarries of the Joliet 'Limestone company followed that of the workers at Lemont. Following the lead of the Western Stone company, the Joliet company also granted the demand of the men for an increase of 25 cents for a day’s work of ten hours. .

A FARMER SLAIN. Minncsota Woman Beats Her Husband . to Death. ' -Redwood Falls, Minn., Aug. 3.—John O’Connell, a well-known farmer and prominent politician of Westling township, Redwood county, was murdered between 12 and one o’clock Saturday morning at his farmhouse. Seven gashes in his scalp by some blunt iron instrument were the immediate cause of death. After the blows had been inflicted O’Connell’s clothing was saturated with kerosene and his home was set on fire. Statements of three of the eldest of nine children made to the county authorities are to the effect that Mrs. O’Connell, wife of the murdered man, was the sole author of the tragedy. His wife’s antipathy to drink was strong and his abuse of her and the children while under its influence may have driven her temporarily insane - and caused her to commit the deed. - : : ; New Rate on Corn. ' ‘Chicago, Aug. 3.—The Illinois Central put into effect Monday its export rate of ten cents on corn to New Orleans. The rate is put into effect in pursuance of the policy of the Illinois Central, which is determined to maks New Orleans one of the leading export ports of the country. Colored Man Gets a Place. Washington, Aug. 3.—Acting Postmaster General Merritt on Monday appointed John P. Green, a colored politician of. Cleveland, 0., as the United States postage stamp agent. Green immediately qualified. ; . 'To Drill Naval Reserve,. San Diego, Cal., Aug. 3.—The gunboat Bennington has arrived here. She will be here a week or two during the time the naval reserve will drill on board When her stay here is ended the Bennington will go to Honolulu. Her mission there is ostensibly to survey Pearl harbor. v T ‘Sale of New Cotion, Aot - Savannah, Ga., Aug. 3.—Savannah's first bale of new cotton was sold here Monday in frant of the cotton exchange at auction., 1t was Mg&;g m Estere compatiy at ten cents. It was classed s e L R o AR Se S e AL e R S