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Texas has 108,000 more bachelors than old maids. This'must be the reason it is called theiLone Star state.

American geography classes of the future will have an easy time in describing the productions of the United States. . “Almost everything” will cover the subject. ’ :

'~ European natiohs may acquire our superior guns and armor plate, but they cannot acquire by purchase our man behind the gun. He belongs to us, and there is none like him.

* One-half of the restaurant menus in Havana are now written in English. After we occupy the town this natural mistake will be corrected and the bills of fare changed to bad French.

Col. Earl Hobson, of Bowling Green, Ky., a cousin of the naval hero, was made a colonel for his conspicuous coolness and courage at the battle of Pitts“burgh Landing, when he was not quite 20 yearsold. . -

John Bright predicted that in half a century not a gun would be fired in the world without the consent of the Americans. This would be hard on the European whose neighbor owned a cat with operatic aspirations. :

Prof. A. G.-Webster, of Clark university, has invented an instrument which shows that there isno suchféhing as absolute silence. A number o married men are out in interviews claiming that they knew it before.

Residents of Ponce are changing the pronunciation of the town to ene syllable “Ponce,” because that’s United States, and they want to be like us. At the same time, people of the Unifed States are changing their pronunciation to “Pon-tha,” because that’s Spanish, and they want to appear well educated.

- Since the recent railway accident in London the railway people Have made up their minds to adopt the American cow-catcher in front of engines. The late disaster was caused by a truck falling in front of an engine. A cowcatcher would have swept it off the track: John Bull is gradually accepting and adopting American ideas. The cow-catcher is a purely American deyice .«

' The president of Argentina has offered Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of Minmesota,a very large salary to come there and organize a department of agriculture similar to ours. In a similar way many years ago Argentina paid Horace Mann a large sum to go there and superintend the organization of a public school system. The Argentina government evidently knows where to go for pr‘lgressive. idens: |

Speaking of questions of diet, the Christian World says: “If a man finds that he can think:better, pray better and see further on a changed diet or restricted diet, let him take to that, in God’s name! Only, for his soul’s sake, we would beseech him to avoid making the Pharisee’s fuss over it, and reviling his neighbor who sees differently.” This is sound sense. The crank is harmless, but the crank with a mission is a nuisance. W -f

“General Manager Rawn, of the Baltimore & Ohio South Western railway has prepared a detailed statement of the number of people carried Into Cincinnati on the occasion of the thirtysecond annual - encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, September 3t¢ 12 inclusive. AccordiLg to the train records 37,997 people were transported, the largest number being on September 5, when the total redched 8,322. According to these statistics the Baltimore & Ohio South Western earried about 30 per cent. of the travel.

. There ‘s one .locality in the world which has thus far resisted the invasion of the bicycle, and that is Aden, on the Red sea. The United States consul there, in reply to the inquiry relatiye to the bicycle industry in that far off quarter, reports that owing to the rough streets and hills and the heat, to which no one cian expose himself on the wheel without danger, as well as to the fact that the natives are too poor to buy wheels even if they wanted them, there is no prospect “of a demand in this market for bicycles of any descrintion or make.” :

. In one respect Gen. Joe Wheeler’s ex‘perience will be like Washington’s. He will be elected to congress by a unanimous vote. All parties—republicans, populists and democrats—have united on him. Congressmen are occasionally elected without any opposition. This kappens in districts in which one party . i 8 so much stronger than the other that opposition would be useless. All . parties participated in nominating Gen. * Wheeler and all will vote for him. Such _a tribute as this is seldom paid to any public man in thisor any other country. It is as dese~ved as it is rare. 2 B e S TS R TR TS R . The recent general order of Gen. - Gomez is a most hopeful indication. It ~ shows that the leading insurgent is in -earnest to insure the f.eople of Cuba the tranquillity which alone can come from the protection of life and property. He ~ declares that all citizens will be pro- - tected in their properties and expresses - ‘entire confidence andl good will in the . good faith of the United States. He recmgsmtindamdmwill eemi;a; ~ Cuba through the assistance of the . United States. The cause of the in-

The Important Happenings of a ~ Week Briefly Told. | IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES ’ WAR NEWS. ‘ ‘ Americaps now hold four-fifths of the island of Puerto Rico. : The headquarters of the several American commands in Cuba will be at Havana, Puerto Principe and Santiago. - ' It has been decided by the government not to furnish food to Cuban int surgents who are under arms. . Under instructions from Washington the schools in Santiago will be opened on the first Monday in October. . On his return to Washington Secretary Alger said he was much gratified with the condition of the camps he had inspected. . - In Camp Wikoff, Long Island, there are only three regiments where a month or two ago there were 25,000 men. | o It has been decided by the war department that states are entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred from the date.the national guard responded to the call of volunteers until they were mustered in. ! Instructions were sent by the Spanish government 'to Gen. Blanco to disband all the local volunteers and auxjiliaries in Cuba. T ’ : With 100 tons of medical stores and 250 tons of subsistence stores -the transport Chester sailed from New York for Ponce andiSantiago de Cuba. Admiral Dewey sent the royal Spanish standard that was hauled down from the governor’s palace in Manila after the surrender of the city to the navy department. : A dispatch from Paris says Premier Sagasta will ask the United States to pay $400,000,000 for the Philippines. ' An order from the war department says that sick.or wounded soldiers granted furloughs are entitled to $1.50 per day commutation and transportation when traveling. - Capt. Gen. Blanco has ordered the release of all political prisoners now undergoing confinement in Cuba. The government has ordered that all sick soldiers of Gen. Brooke’s army in Puerto Rico be transported to the United States. ; The Spanish troops in Cuban provinces have been ordered to coast cities to be in:readiness for-transportation to Spain. : o

FROM WASHINGTON. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford’s resignation as minister to Spain has been accepted by the president. , President McKinley and four members of his cabinet will leave Washington October 10 for their tzip to the Omaha exposition. R x| _ ' ' THE EAST. : In Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Col. Theodore B. Roosevelt was nominated for governor by the republican state con? vention. o At the Cramps’ yardsin Philadelphia the American Mail "Steamship company’s steamer Admiral Sampson was launched. - The president is urged by the CubanAmerican league’in New York to prevent, the remains of Christopher Columbus being taken % Spain. : At the age of 70 years Thomas F. Bayard, former ambassador to Eng‘land, secretary of state in Mr. Cleveland’s first. cabinet, and ex-United States senator from Delaware, died at the home of his daughter near Dedham, Mass. He leaves a widow and seven children. o : In convention at Trenton New Jersey democrats nominated Elvin. W. Crane, of Newark, for goxrerhor, on'a platform that contains no reference to the money question. , - : - The colored republicans in convention in Saratoga’ Springs, N. Y., indorsed the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for governor. ‘ In North Weymouth, Mass., the factory buildings of the Bradley fertilizing works were burned, the loss being $200,000. i : New York:démocrats in convention at. Syracuse nominated Augustus ‘Van Wyck, of New York, for governor. - Funeral services over Fanny Davenport were held in Trinity church, Bos-. ton, and interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. S In Boston ten of the national banks will be consolidated into one bank with a capital of $5,000,000. WEST AND SOUTH. Fire wiped out the village of Clare--mont, Ind. . Del Norte; the guideless pacer, re--duced the world’s mile record of 2:043j to 2:04%; at Salem, Ore. S ) In a sporting goods house in St. Louis an explosion caused the death of Pauline Bruder and the injury of 20 other persons. : ~ There was a continuous chain of forest fires from New Mexico to the south of the Wypming line. = ~ Near New Wfi)atcom, Wash., an explosion of dynamite killed three per- - sons and four horses. - To quell an uprising of Indians troops were, ordered to Leach Lake, N ;o ' { Near Lafayette, Ind. a locomotive - boiler exploded, killing Engineer Os- ' car Johnson and Fireman Jerry ReL gan, . B : i In the streets of Pana, 111., two battles between®negro miners and union }men‘ were fought, and two deputies and many colored men were wounded. F ~ On the Lake Shore road a train was held up by four men near Ambherst, 0., and 25 passengers were robbed. - i ~ Flamesoriginating from burning forests! in Wisconsin destroyed half of I- the city*of Cumberland-and completely wiped out the villages of Poskin and Clayton. Tln the country farmers lost ‘their homes and stock, and several g;%fie;yé;e phnribenil. i wufi? if*mflhefimob:fwwm&"’;?’,,g; e %fi” T e

In Louisville, Ky., the world’s record for three-year-old ‘pacers was broken, Klatawa goinga mi?e in 2:05%. At El Paso, Tex., a well-organized and successful gang of counterfeiters has been rounded up. In Milwaukee a syndicate which is to control the leading western flour mills has been practically completed with a capital of $40,000,000. - In Greentown, Ind., an incendiary fire destroyed the big grain elevators of Paddock, Hodge & Co. and the Corona mills. Loss, $lOO,OOO. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The death of Queen Louise of Denmark occurred in Copenhagen, aged 80 years, : A 8 It is said an agreement has been arrived at between Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy lcoking to the settlement of the Cretan situation. . e Flames destroyed the business .portion of the village of Trehorne, Man. ° Near Stellerton, N. S., trains collided and five persons were killed and several others were injug‘ed. { The Dominion of Canada by popular vote has declared for prohibition, Quebec being the only province enrolled on the side of liquor. : - A plot to assdssinate the king of Roumania was discovered. : In the joint note of the powers presented to the sultan demands are made that Turkish troops and officials be withdrawn from Crete in October. Canada’s historian; William Kingsford, died at his home'in Ottawa, aged 79 years. ' : Six reformists were hanged in Peking, £hina, for alleged conspiracy against the dowager empress. s : LATEF NEWS, At a ‘meeting of the Chicago platform democcrats in New York Henry George, son of the single tax advocate, was nominated for governor to head an independent democratic, ticket. Floods in Japan destroyed over 1,000 houses and 250 persons were killed. It has been decided that the American army shall begin its movementinto the island of Cuba as early as October 13 if possible. ; . In a fight at Alashgorb between the Turks and Armenians 50 of the latter were killed. . : The Wisconsin battleship commission has chosen Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, of Marinette, to christen the new war vessel which is to bear the name of Wisconsin. _ ' The business portion of Ipswich, S. D., except one block, was destroyed by fire. ‘ United States Senators Cullom and Morgan and Congressman Hitt, members of the Hawaiian commission, arrived in San Francisco from Henolulu. In Washington Col. John Hay was sworn into office as secretary of state. Forest fires, both in{ Wisconsin, South Dakota and Colorado, continue to spread and threaten many towns with destruection. ’

Charles Pittelkow, doing a real estate, loan and insurance businessin Milwaukee, failed for $138,000. . All the European governments have now consented to Italy’s proposal for a conference for the suppression of anarchists. o

.~ Admiral Dewey reports that Manila is far from being an unhealthy city, and says the climate is as fine-as that.of any place'in the tropies. Reports show that the volume of business doing the country over is a heavy one. 3 )

- There were 195 business failures in: the United States in'the seven days ended on. the 30th ult., against 173 the week previous and 194 in the corresponding period of 1897. ' Dr. Frederick A. Todd, aged 33, assistant superintendent of the Ohio state. hospital for the insane at Toledo, died of hydrophobia in a Chicago hospital. Jehu Baker, the veteran Illinois poli‘tician, has become blind as the result of a serious illness four years ago. -~ Martial law now rules in Pana, 111,, and the streets are patrolled by armed militiamen. An armed body of strikers held up a train at Tower Hill and compelled the negroes who were en route to Pana from Washington, Ind., to work ‘in the mines to return to Indiana. The public debt statement issued on the Ist shows that the debt increased $54,608,488 during the month of September. The cash balanee in the treasury was $940,105,524. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $1.067,479.205. ! A dispateh from Shanghai says that the emperor of China committed sui‘cide on September 21. Despondent over the déath of her father, Bertha Beilstein killed her mother in Pittsburgh, Pa., and then tocok her own life. » Gen. Shafter reached New York, and will take charge of the department of the east. o Eight blocks of the best portion of Colorado Springs, C 01.,, were destroyed by fire, including the Antlers hotel. The loss is $1,000,000. ; Mrs. S. L. Williams, insane over religion, poisoned her 'two children and cut her own throat at Detroit, Mich. Lawrence Grenwood, president of the Coatesville (Pa.) National bank, ‘was robbed of $lO,OOO worth of bonds in Philadelphia. Pk ~ Rev. Thaddeus S. K. Freeman, of Logansport, Ind., chaplain of the cruiser Baltimore, died at Manila. } ' More than 100 persons are missing ic the burned-over sections in the #northern part of Wisconsin and many ibodies of others have been found, but all so badly burned that identification is in most cases impossible. ’ John Hollingsworth, a murderer, and some of his friends, killed five men near Murfreesboro, Tenn, . ' ' The war department has decided to. send officers to Cuba to investigate and report upon locations of camps for the army of occupaticn. : ~ The statement of the government receipts and expenditures for September shows the receipts to have been $39,778,070 and the expenditures $54,223,921. A fire in the Midvale mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., caused the death of five men. : - Robert Lesh shot and killed his wife at Indianapolis, Ind., and then killed himself. Domestic troubles were thecause, : o ; el Snow and rain have checked the progress of the forest fires in Colorado. . ~ The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 2d were: Boston, 6795 Bflfimge .655; Cincinnati, .603; Cleveland, .558; Chicago, .549; New York, .514; Philadelphia, .507; " Pitts-

FIERCE FOREST FIRES They Cause Millions of Dollars’ Damage in Wisconsin. Many Other States Also Visited—- " Timely Downpour of Rain Saves One Town—ln Colorado and : the Dakotas. St. Paul, Minn., Oct.. I.—The forest fires which have been burning in va[rious’ places thrsughout, western WisIconsin for the past few days were fanned into furious storms of flame by Thursday’s winds and did great damage t!hrough Chippewa, Barron, Dunn, St. Croix and PRolk counties. A very general destruction of telegraph ‘wires make the reports very incomplete, but it seems that the villages of Clayton, | Almena and Poskin have been wholly | or partially destroyed, that Camberland l has suffered heavy losses and that Glen- [ ‘wood, Barron, Prentice, Phillips and Turtle Lake have been threatened and ‘ only saved by great efforts. Reports { of loss of life are coming in, but have been verified only in two in'stances. A rough estimate places the losses-at not less than $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. . | Lo ’ The forest fires in the vicinity of Rice Lake, Wis., are nearly abated, but great | damage has been wrought for miles | west of the city. It is estimated the I losses to Barron, Polk, Washburn and 1 Sawyer counties have been at least $l,- ] 500,000. It is estimated that fully 10,000 tons of hay, besides grain, other . products of farm and machinery have been destroyed. - ° ] Outlook Is Gloomy. - Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. I.—Forest | fires that started two days ago have assumed vast proportions. There is no l abatement in Chippewa and Clark coun- | ties. * Fires are rampart in the heavy | forest north of Stanley, a city of 2,500, 20 miles east. The'loss to the Northwestern Lumber company at that place was 2.000,000 feet of skidded logs. The company’s fire service was called to bat- | tle with the flames. The village of Ca- | dott, 14 miles east, is invested on all l sides. . Great black clouds of smoke darken the horizon. The devastated dis- ‘, trict extends through counties running | from Abbottsford along the Wisconsin } Central for distances of 200 miles, and | north for 75 or 100 miles. Many homes ; are desolated, for more than 100 farms i in t.his county have lost buildings and | grain. e . } ‘'Town of Almena 'Wiped Out. | Rice Lake, Wis., Oct. I.—Great dam- | age has been done in this county by | forest fires. Itis impossible yet to estimate ‘the loss, but it will run into | thousands of dollars. The town | of Almena, this cbunty, was entirely . wiped out, the long Sco railway tres‘tle near Almena was burned, stopping " all trains on that:line. No loss of life . hassofar beenreported. The greatest ' damage has been done in the towni ships of Cumberland, Turtle, Lake . Clinton, Stanfold, Barron, Oak Grove - and Clear Lake. o , l Only a Smoldering Heap of Ruins. { , St. Paul, Minn., Oct. I.—A Cumber- | Jand (Wis.) dispatch to the Dispatch "eays: Cumberland ,presents a sad ! sight.. The mill portion of the country i is' a smoldering heap of ruins. Loss, | $185,000. A timely downpour of rain | lasting about 20 minutes enabled the i firemen to check the progress of the flames on the west side of the ecity, | but no human power could save the i city east of the Omaha railroad, in- | cluding the lumber yard and mills of ; the Beaver Dam Lumber company and . th~ residences,including the fine house 'of Mayor Waterman. The loss is | roughly estimated at $185,000. About | 40 farmers southeast of the city lost | all their homes and crops.

! ; Aid Is Needed. | Madison, Wis., Oct. I.—Gov. Scofield - received a telegram from J. H. Bunker, - president of the village of Turtle Lake, ' Wis., saying that 75 families are left ' destitute there as a result of the for- | est fires, and asking aid. i - . Sitmation in Colorado. ‘ | - Denver, Col., Oct. I.—Reports from | the western portion of the state con- | tinue to tell of the ravages of the for- | est fires which bid fair to devastate the E greater part of the forests of the state. | From Glenwood Springs, Kokomo,- | Montrose and many other points come | reports of the terrible destruction of the fires. ! There appears to be no hope of a cessation of the conflagration except by a very heavy rain or the demolition of the timber by the destroying element. : { J. S. Swan, gamte commissioner, states there is no doubt but that the fires are caused by carelessness of campers and people generally during a season of exceptional dryness. ‘ In South Dakota. ‘ Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. I.—The prairie fires are still doing immense damage in this section, baving extended over many -miles of valuable farming lands. ‘« Jamestown, N. D., Oct. I.—A destructive prairie fire has been raging in the: western part of this county for four days. A number of buildings and a large quantity of hay have been destroyed, together with stock. : Deadwood, S. D., Oct. I.—The timber fires which have been raging with great fierceness all over Lawrence county have been checked by rain. The total loss will reach $300.000. ~ o An Alleged Embezzler Dead. Cleveland, 0., Sept. 29.—Horace Steele, who.was indicted several years ago for embezzlement and the wrecking of the Painesville savings bank, of - which he was president, died at the latter place Wednesday. He was 80 years old. The case against Steele never reached a trial, his attorneys always offering physicians’ certificates to } thow that he was physically unable to ‘ appear when the case was called., Terrific Floods in Japan.' ‘ ~ San Francisco, Oct. I.~The steamer ' Gaelic brings news of # terrific storm ! which swept ‘over Japan on September €. The wind did great damage to shipping.. Rivers soon became torrents, flooding many sections. A summary of ‘the loss of life and .property follows: ‘Deaths, 250; houses swept away, ¥64; houses “overthrown, 1,195; partially - wrecked, 11,460; houses inundated, 15, 597; river banks broken, 78. . ~_ Decorated by the Mikado. 1‘ San Francisco, Sept. 28.~Dr. M. C, Harris, elder of the Method isj?EHi}!npfl;} Japanese mission of the Pacific conference, has been decorated by the R@fgwflfifi*flhnmrw the Sacred Treasure. = - LRSS e i e e e

- THOMAS F. BAYARD DEAD. Famous Delaware Statesman Passes Away at Dedham, Mass.—Sketch ot of His Career. Dedham, Mass.,, Sept. 29.—Thomas F.Bayarddied at half-past'four o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Karlstein, the summer residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, after an illness. of six weeks. Hisdeath was without pain. His wife, his two daughters —Mrs. Warren and Miss Florence Bayard—and his son, Thomas F., Jr., saw him draw his last breath, and his third daughter, Countess Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Dedham. [Thomas. Francis Bayard.was born in Wilmington, Del., October 29, 1828, and was a younger son. In his thirteenth year he .entered school at Flushing, L. I. Here he remained two years. At the expiration of that period! being intended by his father for mercantile pursuits, a clerkship was obtained for him in' the establishment of Mr. Bayard’s brother-in-law, August Van Cortlandt Schermerhorn. Here he received ‘an excellent business training. t -In 1848 his elder brother died, whereupon, at theé request of his parents, he returned to Wilmington. Having a liking for his father’s profession, that of law, he became a student with that end in view, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He immediately began the practice of his profession with his father, an s successful from the beginning, his logal fame spreading rapidly. In 1853 was . appointed United States district attorney for Delaware, but resigned In the’ following year. Meanwhile Mr. Bayard’s popularity in his' native state kept growing rapidly, and in 1868 he was elected to succeed his father in the United States senate, and was subsequently twice. reelected. It is noteworthy that on the day he was elected to the senate for the full term, his father (who had resigneq) was also reelected a senator from Delaware to servg_%he unexpired part of his original teri. his isithe only case of a father and son being voted for by the same legislature to fill the senatorial offices. ; Almost at the outset of his senatorial career Mr. Bayard took a leading position on the democratic side. i g In October, 1856, Senator Bayard was married to Louisa, daughter of Joshua Lee, a Baltimore banker. Twelve children were the result of the union. In 1877 Senator Bayard received the honorary degree of LL. D,, from Harvard college. When the democratjc national convention was held in 'lBBO his friends rallied in force to secure his nomination for the presidency, and such was their strength and the popular feeling for him that on the first ‘pallot he stood next to Hancock, who was

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With the death of Thomas F. Bayard passes away another r%)resentative of one of the most distinguished families in America. The state of Delaware seems to have considered that the Bayards had a hereditary right to a seat in the United States senate. In 1869 James A. Bayard, the father of the recent ambassader to London, and the son himself were both elected to the two Delaware seats in the senate on the same day. This incident has noparallel in American history. James A. Bayard, the first, grandfather of the present statesman, was United States senator from 1806 to 18183. i{ic'hard A. ‘Ba%ard was United States senator from 1836 to 1845, - James A. Bayard; the'second, father of Thomas Frantis, was United States senator from 1851 to 1863 Thomas Francis Bayard was United States senator from 1869 to 1883, secretary of state from 1885 to-1889 and ambassador to England from 1893 fo 1897. The Bayatds clzgm descent from Signeur de Bayard, ‘“the knight without fear and without reproach.” They came from France to New Amsterdam in 1647 and were prominent in the early colonial times, to become even more prominent in the post revolution times down to the present day and the last of the line in America.

nominated on the second. In the democratic convention of 1884, at which Mr. Cleveland was ncominated; .Mr. Bayard received the next largest vote to the successful candidate on the two ballots which were taken. 3 As ‘soon as the result of the national election of 1884 was positively known, Mr. Bayard was the first democratic statesman invited to tonsult with President-Elect Cleveland, and it was generally under-. stood that he was the first man offered a place in the new cabinet—and the leading place at that. This he finally accepted, although it is said he was strongly advised by leading democrats not to enter the cabinet at all, as his departure from the senate would ‘tend- to weaken the strength of the party in that body. ; |

At the close of Mr. Cleveland’s administration Mr. Bayard returned to private life and to his legal profession. | In March, 1898, Mr. Bayard was appointed ambassador td the court of St James, and served during Mr. Cleveland’s second term. Mr. Bayard's first wife died durl*ng the first year of his termi'as secretary, of state. Four years later he was married_ to Miss Mary W. Clymer, -of Washington, Who survives him. Seven of the children are living, as follows: Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, of Boston; Miss Annie D. Bayard, Miss Florence Bayard, Countess Lauenhaupt, formerly Miss Nellie Bayard; James A. Bayard, Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., and Philip Francis Bayard.] *

New Jersey Democrats. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 20.—The democratic state convention on Wednesday nominated for governor of New Jersey Elvin W. Crane, the prosecutor of Essex county, and adopted a platform which in agneasure supports the ‘democratic national platform. The convention, however, without debate defeated a proposition to specifically ‘ndorse the platform adopted by the Chicago convention of 1896. : .Col, Hay Sworn In. : Washington, Oct. 1. — Col. John Hay was sworn into office as secretary of state at 11 o’clock in the morning. The ceremony took place in the president’s room at the white house and the oath was administered by Justice Harlan, of the supreme court. Mr. Hay immediately joined his colleagues in the regular Friday cabinet session. ‘ _ Blanco Grants Pardon. . Havana, Sept. 30.—The official gazette publishes a decree signed by Capt. Gen, Blanto and bearing date of September 27 granting pardon to ‘and ordering the .release of all political prisoners now undergoing con--1 i G / Pl R o TR R e St Gl o

. HEARTFELT SYMPATHY. Lol R President Sends Message of Condolence to the Widow of Thomas i F. Bayard. . . Washington, Sept. :30. — President McKinley sent the following telegram of condolence to the widow of ex-Sec-retary of State Bayard Thursday: ~ ““Executive Mansion, Washington, Sept. 29, 1898. To Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington, Del. With sincere sorrow Ilearn of the death of your husband, and beg to express to you my heartfelt sympathy. Mr. Bayard’s high attainments and sterling qualities endeared him to all who knew him, while his distinguished services to his ‘country add his name to the roll of illustrious Americans. £ _*‘(Signed) WILLIAM M'KINLEY.” ‘Dedham, Mass., Sépt. 30. — The town has gone into mourning out of respeet for the late Thomas F. Bayard, the flags on the town hall and the courthouse being placed at half-mast. Already meny messages of condolence have come to the family from all parts 4f the country. During Mr. Bayard’s illness many messages of sympathy were received from all parts of the United States and from foreign countries. On September 9 Queen Vietoria cabled her expressions of solicitude as to the health of Mr. Bayard with a hope for his ultimate recovery. Others came from ex-President Cleveland and from associates in public life at Washington and abroad. , “Ex-President Cleveland has telegraphed from his Buzzard’s Bay home that he will act as one of the honorary pallbearers at the funeral. e

WILL CONSOLIDATE. : Ten or More DBoston National Banks - Are Abount to Be Merged . * -Into Omne. ‘ i - Boston, Sept. 30.—The Evening Herald says: Consolidation of ten or twelve of Boston’s natiénal banks is as good as assured. A’ circular has been issued to the savings banks, who practically own a controlling interest in these banks, naming a price which will be paid for their holdings. The intenition is to liquidate these banks and organize a new national bank with a capital of $3,000,000 or $5,000,000. The largest capitalization of any Boston

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bank at the present time is $3,000,000 —the Merehants’.. The banks named are the Boston, Columbian. Eagle, Harvard, Market, North, North America, Globe, Lincoln and Massachusetts. However, all these banks may not be included. J. P. Morgan & C0.,.0f New York, are said to be behind the movement, aided by Price, McCormick & Co., of that city, and Kidder, Peabody & Co. and R. L. Day & Co., of this city. ; BIG FLOOR TRUST Nearly AIl "the Leadfig Mills in . Northwest to Be In-- 1) cluded. - | Milwauwkee, Sept. 30.—The syndice_te which is to control the leading western flour mills has been practically completed. Thomas Mclntyre, of New York, is the head of the syndicate, and five of the six Milwaukee mills will be in the syndicate. The new company is to have a capital of $40,000,000 and is to be completed at once. The mills it will control are: : : - Dalily Capacity v ! (Barrels). Daisy Roller mills, Milwaukee......... 1,900 Duluth Roller mills, Milwaukee....... . 2,000 Atlas mills, Milwaukee..... ...v00000:.. 1,250 Reliance mills, Milwaukee..... ... ..... 80 Gem mill, MIWaUKEe. ... coi wroanoesoes 450 Mankato mills, Superior..... ... ....... 1,000 Freeman'’s mill, Superior..... ...... .... 2,500 William Listman mills, Superior.,..... 2,500 Daisy mills, -Duluth..... ... .........,.. 6,000 Anchor mills, Duluth..... Ganuin vl 000 Imperial Mill company, Duluth..... ... 8000 Northwestern Consolidated Mill Comany, Minneapolls, ¢.v .. ..oy, .. 15,000 V&}%shburn-Crosby company, Mlnneap-fl 08 B e R s o T Pullsbury-Washburn company, Minne- ' BPOUB.L . .2 it e ke aa s 100,000 Hecker, Jones & Jewell, New Y0rk....11,000 ' Total capacity..... ... ......:..7;‘.....,98.400 Alger Retirans to .Wuhinufton.r ~ Washington, Sept. 29.—Secretary Alger has returned to Washington. He came ‘to the war department immediately after breakfast and was soon besieged by a number of persons who had been waiting- for his return. The secretary looked much improved by his trip, although it was filled with hard work after,be left Detroit. = o WS e e e ~ Washington, Sept 20.—M. Camben, the French ambassador, called on President McKinley Wednesday and made his faréwell preparatory to de-

. THE PROPER USE. Hardtack Converted Into a Durable Souvenir of the War with Spain, 3 : She was a collector of souvenirs. : The- young man who had just returned from the war could not refuse so slight a request. All she wanted was something by which to remember the campaign in Cuba. He was about to respond in the usual romantic fashion and offer himself, when she interposed. - “All T desire is some worthless trifle that will remind me of the hardships you went through in defense of liberty.” . “How would one of the buttons off my uniform do?” he.inquired. “No; I want something that was associated with you in your daily routine of life; not a mark that would designate ahy and alf of Uncle Sam’s soldiers. I want to hang it in the parlor and preserve it forever.” . ~ “It must be indestructible, then?” » “Well, the more nearly so, of course, the better.” He was lost in meditation for some minutes: "Then, with brightening countenance, he exclaimed: - : “How thoughtless it was of me not to realize it before! I have the very thing. I've carried it for weeks in my pocket over my heart as a piece of armor plate.. You can take this hartack and paint a little landscape on it and let it hang on the wall for the next century. Now that the war is over I'm glad to see it put to some legitimate use. It will make a lovely plaque.”— Washington Star. . '

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