Ligonier Banner., Volume 34, Number 28, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 October 1899 — Page 2

OLD-FASHIONED POSIES.

<Oh, those sweet old-fashioned posies that were mother’s pride and joy, - In the sunny little garden where I wan- . dered \when a boy! . “©Oh, the morning-glories twining 'mongst the shining sunflowers tall, And the clematis a-tangle in the angle of ~ .the wall! : ¥low the mignonette’s sweet blooming was perfuming all the walks, “Where the hollyhocks stood proudly with their blossom-dotted stalks, While the old-maids’ pinks were nodding groups of gossips, here and there, And the bluebells swung so lightly in the lazy, hazy air! :

"Then the sleepy poppies stooping Ilow their drooping, drowsy heads, And the modest young sweet-williams hid- - ing in their shady beds! By the edges of the hedges, where the ‘ spiders’ webs were spun, ¥ow the marigolds lay, yellow as the melS low summer sun : *That made all the grass a-dapple 'neath the leafy apple tree, “Whence you heard the locust drumming - and the humming of the bee, ~ While the soft breeze'in the trellis where the roses used to grow : Sent the silken petals flying like a scented "shower of snow!

©h, the quaint old-fashioned garden, and ~ the pathways cool and sweet, With the dewy branehes splashing flashing jewels o’er my feet! : And the dear old-fashioned blossoms, and the old. home where they grew, And the mother hands that plucked them, and the mother love I knew! Ah! of all earth’s fragrant flowers in the , bowers on her breast, ; Sure the blooms which memory brings us are the brightest and the best; And the fairest, rarest blossoms ne’er cou'd win my love, I know, Y.ike the sweet old-fashioned posies mother tended long ago. ! —Joe Lincoln, in Saturday Evening Post.

o : oo % Their Golden Wedding & x e = § By Harriet Francene Crocker. 3% 3 5 ;Efifi‘%%%%%54%%%%%%5‘%%%%%%%%?2’:

%7/ OUNG Mrs. Wingate ran into her Y' neighbor’s ‘one morning for a friendly chat. In the course of the conversation her neighbor mentioned the fact that dear old Aunt Rachel—who was Aunt Rachel to the whole village—had told her the day before that next ‘Wednesday would be her fiftieth wedding anniversary. “*And how will you-and Uncle David spend it?’ I asked—‘you know a golden wedding does not happen every day.””

. “What did the dear old soul say?” in«quired Mrs. Wingate. “Why, she said in that demure, serene way of hers: ‘Oh, David and I will just stay at home, as we always do, and take comfort with each other. All the ¢hildren are so far away that we can’t hope “to have them with us. Yes, dearie, we’ll just spend. it in the ordinary way, with perhaps a bit of chicken for our dinner if we feel we can afford it. Thee must come over and see us if thee can.’”

“Dear old Quakeress that she is!” cried Mrs. Wingate, “so we will go over and sce them. Milly, I've a great seheme in .my head. It popped into it this very minute.” i

For an hour longer the two young “women sat in the cool sitting-room and discussed the idea. There was much to =ay and many plans to make.” At last !Mrs. Wingate rose. “I positively must 20, Milly,” she said, glancing at the clock, “but I feel our morning has not -been wasted.’] ; = “T 6 be Dure it has not,” said Milly, goring with her guest to the door. “We’ll E carry it out in splendid shape, I tell you, -and make that dear old couple’s anniwersary the happiest of their lives!” It was in September. All the country roads were bright with the splendor and : glory of goldenrod. The soft, hazy air of autumn lingered over the quiet valley aund made a jaunt through the country a dreamy delight. - Mr. Wingate sat on the front seat of his handsome surrey, holding the ribbons over the sleek back of his faithful family horse. On the back seat sat David Ellis and Rachel, his wife, their _ kind old faces alight with pleasure. Mr. ¥Wingate had called for them that afternoon, and the dear old lady in a flutter of surprise had said: “Why, Friend "Wingate! thee m#ist be going to let us «zelebrate.our anniversary! To be sure, “we'll go for a drive this lovely afternoon. David, hasten and get thee readv!” = W

in her soft gray bonnet and snowy kerchief, crossed gracefully upon the bosvm of her gray gown, she looked so sweet and happy sitting on the back seat that Mr. Wingate could scarcely Jkeep his eyes from her kind old face. “David, teo, in his broad=brimmed hat, =nt in contented silence listening to his wife’s pleasant chatting and enjoying the antumn landscape, which always appealed to his beauty-loving séul. “flow beautiful the goldenrod is!” exclaimed Rachel. “I do wish, Friend Wingate, if thee would just as soon, that. thee would step out and gather me a Hunch. Thank thece—how beautiful it is! David, does it not seem like an old friend? Does thie remember how it was blooming 50 years ago to-day?” David laughed softly. “Do 1? Do 1 remember how sweet the little maiden looked when we drove down the river road to the liftle home 1 had made for her?” ; ‘ I Mr. Wingate discreetly turned his' face away just then, for from the back seat he distiactly heard a kiss. | Two houys later the surrey drew up Defore the small house in which Davia and Rache: bad lived for many years. WMr. Wingate helped them out, and then proveedec to tie his horse. Aunt Rachel Tooked o 1 in pleased surprise. “Why, ‘how good of thee!” she said. “Do come in an%”‘lfll make thee a cup of tea.” Togeiner they went up the narrow, “flower-liordered walk. The front door - stood kospitably open, and they could :see white-aproned figures within movdng about. v & “Why, David!” cried Aunt Rachel, ““there’s some one here! What does it mean? Surely none of the children—” “Welcome, welcome, Aunt Rachell And weleome, Uncle David! Come right in!” And the startled old lady found herself in balf a dozen pairs of arms at once. One kissed her on the cheek, one removed the Quaker bonnet, and one - took off the old-fashioned gray silk ~shawl which had been Aunt Rachel's best these many years. Then they led her to her own cushioned rocking-chais " o lovtstoal wwz@afi%”fi%

place. Branches shone from behind the old family portraits on the walj, from the quaint old mahogany table, from the corners, from everywhere. Twenty guests had gathered to celebrate the golden wedding, and now they flocked merrily around the bewildered couple, and offered their congratulations. There were tears in Rachel’s eyes and a suspicious quiver of David’s chin, but when Rachel’s dignified white cat walked sedately across the room and leaped into her lap, proudly wearing on his fluffy neck a handsomée bow of golden yellow ribbon. both old people joined in the general laugh, and after that everything was easier.

But that supper! A long table haé béen brought from a neighbor’s, ané set for all the guests. On the snowy satin smoothress of the tablecloth there were displayed all the prettiest dishes the neighborhood afforded. Long bands of golden hued ribbon stretched from the tall centerpiece of vellow buttercups and ferns and endec at the corner in handsome bows. What~ ever could be of yellow on that fair table was yellow. Rich golden preserves, delicious cakes with yellow icing, yellow butter and soft creamnw cheese gleamed from crystal and giltedged china dishes. Gold-lined silver teacups and saucers stood at Uncle David’s and Aunt Rachel’s places. These had come, opportunely, that very afternoon from a far-away son. Never befere had their quiet, Quaker home witnessed such a scene df splendor. ~ “I fear it is all too fine for plain folks like us!” said David, but Aunt Rachef laid a gentle hand upon his lips and rose to offer thanks. The tender words feli sweetly from her lips, and all the company sat silent with bowed heads as they listened to that reverent voice. It was a merry feast. The first pea’ of laughter came when the dear old hosi and hostess discovered beneath their plates ten shining gold dollars—ten fer each. Each guest had more than willingly given a dollar. This they had de cided to do instead of purchasing gifts Tears came into Rachel’s blue eyes.

“Friends,” she began, “friends”—bu’ she could say no more.

“Yes, ves, Aunt Rachel,” some on¢ cried, ‘“that’s .what we are — jus! friends!”

It was a delightful supper, with every dainty which the fertile brain and skillful hands of those ten women coul¢ invent, and though everyone ate with a wonderful appetite, there still remained enough to fill Aunt Rachel's pantry for davs to come.

‘lt was a happy evening. The guests left early, for they knew the old eouple were weary with- the excitement of the day. With many good-bys and God-bless-you’s the merry company trooped away and left Aunt Rachel and TUncle David alone with each other. “We’ll have something to write to the children mnow,” said Rachel, softly. “But, David, who would ever have suspected a surprise party when Friend Wingate so kindly took us for that drive! It’s pleasant to be thought something of, though, isn’t it? We’ll never forget this blessed day, will we, Pavid??! :

* And David, reaching for her soft, wrinkled old hand, only loked into her eyes and smiled.—Union Signal.

SHAKESPEARE 1N FRANCE.

The Great Bard May Be a French Ideal, But He Was Never Frenchy.

Shakespeare in France is not Shakespeare at all; nor can Shakespeare in France be anything like himself until the crack of doom. :

There is no doubt that he is a kind of influence in France, this “Willian®™ of ours—and that apart from 1830 and the ames d’elite, the select souls—Dumas, let us say, and Delacroix, and Berlioz—who went for him then, he has never been any more in France than, as I say, a kind of influence. For in France the great convention—the achievement of ‘ the golden years—being disestablished, being even dead, yet speaketh, and speaketh with an authority none can oppose. It is the convention which best suits the French, and, with some few concessions in the matter of local color, ete., T believe that 50 years hence there will, be as little left of romanticism in ‘ France as there is left of classicism in England now. My dear Marcel Schwob" may turn our Hamlet into French the most plangent, the most vibrant, the most expressive, now writing. But neither he, nor the voice of gold for which he does his transmuting, neither Marcel Schwob, who is a writer born and made, nor Mme. Bernhardt, who is at all events a diseuse, neither Marcel with his prose, nor Bernhardt, with her method and her voice, can, make Shakespeare anything like so much to the average Frenchman as Corneille and Racine and Moliere are to us. Not anything like so much. For we always have dealt, we English, with the literary frog. We know his weakness, and deride it., But we respect and love his work (I think I could find as good Molieristes in England now as ever lived lin France, for instance); and we shall ever read him as we've alwaysread. He ‘never has read us and he will never read. There is the difference; and thatis why Shakespeare must even remain unalterably un-French—an ideal, it may be, but not a French one; not an ideal that France can never pursue with dignity, decorum, la tenue. ' o and in the mattery of ideals the Frenchman was ever curiously disposed.. Once, for example, it was Racine, or Moliere, or Corneille; then it ‘was Beranger; then it was Hugo. Now it appears to be none other than the great marquis—even Marquis de Sade, I think that Shakespeare would be. & better guide than the great marquis. But the great marquis is nearer” to France; and Shakespeare is not. And so I end my plea.—W. E. Henley, in Pall Mall Gazette. ; ,

" -Ability Recognized. : “Mighty smart feller,” said the man with the broad-brimmed hat; “mighty smart.” e . “Did he get the best of that horse trade?” - ] “No. He didn’t get the best of it. But he didn’t get nigh as much the worst of it as I figured he would.”— ‘Washington Star. . ; - Unlike Some Other. Occupations, Golfer—Don’t you ever get tired oj farming? . & g = Farmer—'Tain’t no use of gettin tired of it, young man. Farmipn’ ain’ §§&M§-—Puck. G e

WON BEANS FOR HIS FRIEND.

Gambler Made a Stake and Forced His Partner to Eat More Than He Wanted.

“Two friends of ‘mime,” said the cld gambler, “were broke and pretty hungry. Omne was an indefatigable gambler, the other a man who thought of his stomach before anything else in the world. The stood in front of a Sixth avenue beanery looking hungrily at a pot of pork and beans from which a waiter was taking some for a customer.: They hadn’t a cent between them, but pretty socn a friend of my game friend came along and passed out a two-dollar bill on request. X “‘Thank heavens, we can have some of those beans now,’” said the hungry one.

““We can, eh?’ said the other. ‘Well, wait awhile and we’ll see.’

“My friend made a bee line for a gam-bling-house, followed by the hungry one, who pleaded with him eloquently to get something to eat first. He was inflexible, however, and a few minutes later was seated in front of a layout with two dollars’ worth of checks before him. He won a little and then he lost a little, and every two minutes the hungry one would whispér to him to quit and get some beans. He drew fascinating pictures of that smoking bean pot they had been looking at, but the other was game to the core. He finally had about $2O in front of him, and then began to plunge. The hungry .one gasped for breath and finally implored him to give him a quarter check to put aside for beans in case they went broke.

“‘Not a cent,’ said the other, ‘and if you don’t shut up I'll kick you out of the place.’ ' “The threat was useless, for the other was too far gone in hunger to fear violence. He kept nagging and-nagging at the player, who finally got up and threw him bodily across the room. But the hungry one crept back, and his first remark was about beans. With an exclamation of rage the gambler jumped up, cashed in $3OO worth of checks, grabbed his friend by the coat collar, dragged him down two flights of stairs to the street, and fairly hurled him through the swinging doors of the beanery. _ ' “‘Give this blankety-blanked idiot $3OO worth of beans,” he roared, ‘and make him eat every one of them.’ “Then he stood over the hungry one and made him eat beans for an hour. He wouldn’t let him have anything to drink, not even water, and the hungry one’s pleadings for bread and butter were in vain. He wanted to quit on his third plate of beans, but the other wouldn’t let him. He made him eat beans until he could eat no more, and then he gave him a $5O bill and left him.”—N. Y. Sun.

ITEMS FOR THE COOK.

Pancakes Without Eggs—Digestibile ity of Meats—Flavoring of Broth. :

Excellent pancakes without eggs are made as follows: Take one quart of flour, one tablespoonful of salt and one scant quart of sour milk, with two levet teaspoonfuls of soda, and the same of cream of tartar, unless the milk is very sour, Wwhen omit the cream of tartar. Sweet milk can also be used with one teaspoonful of soda and twe of cream of tartar, or three of baking powder. Mix the salt and ‘cream of tartar, if used, with the flour. Make a hole in the middle, and pour in the milk gradually, stirring with a spoon till smooth. Then beat hard for five minutes, or until it is bubbly. Add the soda, and bake immediately on a very hot griddle. Unless well beaten before the soda is added these cakes without eggs will not be a success.

Some meats are more easily digested than others. Mutton comes first in this respect, and then beef; they are, therefore, the best meats for children. But the digestion of a child is delicate, and ithe child does not require the same proportion of animal food as a grown person. A not unreasonable prejudice exists against pork. It is considered the most indigestible of all meats, and unless thoroughly cooked is liable to produce a fatal disease. The overyoung veal, which often appears in our markets,isvery unhealthful, and should not be eaten. i

The flavor of broth ean be improved or varied by taking different kinds of meat at the same time, as, for instance, adding a slice of ham to veal or a piece of liver to beef. If ambercolored broth is wanted, the vegetables may be fried brown, with a very little butter, before being added to the liquor in the soup kettle. Fat meat is not the proper kind for the soup pot. An old chicken makes an excellent soup of delicate flavor. Venison, game and pigeons make a nourishing soup.. Steamers are now made with adjustable trays, provided with two sets of cups. . The cups of one set are deep and are used for individual steamed puddings; the other has smaller cups, in which eggs may be steamed. Finally, the trays may be taken out and the steamer used for its usual purposes.— Troy Times. :

Women Must Be Cautiously Clever.

A man’s ideal woman is gentle, loving and bumble in her own conceit, and he can find nothing admirable in a woman, however clever, who indulges in a caustic wit, or who is so infallible in her own estimation that she believes her opinion to be the only right one, though it be contrary to all the rest of the world. Cleverness in women is attractive to men provided its owners are not spoiled by conceit, and that they are too kindhearted to indulge in sarcasms at the expense of their neighbors.—Boston Globe. : To Trim Lingerie. ‘ Most corsets nowadays are made of 1 flowered eoutille, black or ivory white, with colored flowers, and they are trimmed with ribbon to match and with black or ecru lace. The shoulder straps match the prevailing color of the corset, and are made of elastic incased in satin ribbon. The woman who loves dainty lingerie might decide on the color of her corsets, and then have her underclothing trimmed with ribbon to matech, —Philadelphia Press. For Instance, Lo Little Brother — 1 hope we’ll have good things to eat at the picni¢, : Little Sister—You mean nice things et L - “What's the difference?” ' . “Well, bread is a good thing to eat, batéakeimfi@*hints’*l’mk- v SIS BSR e e e e

CALLED FROM EARTH.

Death at Mount Pleasant, la., of Ex= United States Senator Harlan— Sketelt of His Career,

Des Moines, la., Oct. 6.—The death of ex-United States Senator James Harlan occurred ‘at his home in Mt. Pleasant, la., at 9:35 Thursday morning. The end was not unexpected, a collapse having taken place last Sunday. The immediate cause of death was congestion of the lungs, complicated with liver trouble. Over-exertion in attending the sessions of the lowa Methodist conference last week aggravated his maladies and caused prostration. His

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A SALT TRUST.

National Salt Company Said to Have Almost Absolute Control of the Country’'s Produet.

Detroi., Mich., Oct. 6.—The Free Press says: ‘The National Salt company, of New Jersey, capitalized at $12,000,000, has sccured control of the salt industry of this state, and now has almost absolute control of the salt praduct of the entire country. Seventy per cent. of the Llichigan salt manufacturcrs belonged to the Michigan Salt association, the output of which the trust is purchasing cutright. 7The plants which did not belong to the association were dealt with separately, and are being leased by the trust for a period of five years. These bloeks throughout the state which it is not necessary to operate are being elosed temporarily, perhaps permanently. The “outside” plants still retain the right to manufacture what is called ‘“‘patent medicine” salt, viz.: A high grade table product, with which the trust is not interested. 1t is considered likely that the National Salt company will not place a manager in this state, but will handle the produet directly through its agents. Nothing is known of the prices paid by the combination for the Michi.gan plants. :

Both Races Off.

New Work, Oct. 4. — The first of the | international series of yacht races between the Shamrock and the Columbia, Tuesday, was declared off, as neither boat could reach the finish line in the time allotted by the rules. New York, Oct. 6.—After the Columbia and Shamrock had sailed four hours and 43 minutes in the race Thursday, the yachts having eovered only 12 miles of the course to the outer mark, the regatta committee declared the race off, as it was manifestly impossible, with the breeze then blowing, for the boats to round the stake before the time limit expired, much less to get back home again. It was a drifting match from | start to finish. : To Become a liospital. San Francisco, Oct. 6.—The Crocker Istate company, composed of the heirs | of the late Charles Crocker, one of the | builders of tlie Central Pacific railway, | bas made a gift to the employes of the 1 Southern Pacific railway of the Crocker | homestead at Sacramento, to be used as ! a hospital for Southern Pacific em- | ployes. The old hospital in Sacramen- i to will be abandoned, as the new one ! is amply sufficient for the purpose of | the Southern Pacific employes. The 1 tuilding, with the ground on which it | is situated, is valued at $250,000., Granted a Respite. Springfield, 111., Oct. 6.—Go¥. Tanner has granted a stay of execution until | Friday, November 10, to August A, Becker, sentenced to hang Friday, Oetober 13, at Chicago, as the case is before the supreme court and as no decision has been rendered. Becker cut his wife to pieces and boiled the remains in a vat. He married the girl on whose account he murdered his wife. She afterward secured a divorce. Liberia in Danger. Berlin, Oct. 6.—The Deutscher Colonial Zeitung in an editorial on Liberia says: Liberia must necessarily soon cease to exist. France and England are both indulging in machinations to annex the country. Liberia is of the greatest value to Germany, cspecially the Cameroons. Two-thirds of the Liberia firms are Germans, and Germany must therefore see that she ‘gets a share of the territory or the _ Land Grant Troubles Settled. = ~ Denver, Col,, Oct. 6.—A special to ‘theßepublican from Trinidad, Col., says the Maxwell land grant trouble was settled Thursday through the efforts of | State Senator Casimir. The settlers concede the title of land to the grant _company, and the latter allows them to e

GRANT’S ADVANCE.

He Drives Filipinos from the Western Bank of the Imus River —Army Mules Lost.

Manila, Oct. 7.—Gen. Fred Grant, with three companies of the Fourth infantry, two companies of the Fourteenth infantry and a band of scouts attached to the former regiment, advanced from Imus Friday morning, driving the insurgents from the entire west bank of the Imus river. Three Americans were wounded. It is estimated that ten of the Filipinos were killed. Companies C and H, with the scouts, crossed the river at Big Bend and advanced westward in the direction of the Bincayan road, the insurgents firing volleys, but retiring. Twenty Filipinos were discovered intrenched at the Bineayan church, about midway between Bacoor and Cavite Viejo. These were routed, six being killed. Riley’s battery of the Sixth artillery made an effective sortie about a mile south of Bacoor and shelled the west banik of the river at close range.

Washington, Oct. 7.—A cable message from Gen. Otis to the war department Friday brings word of the loss of several hundred horses ard 'mules on the transport Siam. The message follows:

“Manila, Oct. 6.—Steamer Siam, which left San Francisco August 19 with 45 horses, 328 mules, encountered typhoon Ist instant, northern Luzon, in which all but 16 mules lost. Animals killed by pitching of vessal and lack of air from nrecessary closing of hatches. No casualties among passengers. . - : “OTIS.”

It is stated at the quartermaster’s department that the mules which were lost on the Siam were the trained pack mules which were considered the most valuable sent to the Philippines. Marila, Oct. 7.—The United States transport Siam which left San Francisco September 9, with upwards of 339 valuable mules, the coming of which had been anxiously awaited, as mules are in great demand for continuing ‘the campaign, arrived Friday morning and reported that all but 19 of the animals had been lost'in two severe typhoons, under peculiarly distressing conditions.

The Siam, which left Honolulu 31 days ago, encountered the typhoons early this week. One lasted 40 hours. Most of the forage, which was on deck, was swept overboard, all the boats were smashed and the steamer rolled tremendously in the trough of the sea, although the officers made every effort to bring her about.

The mules were hurled from side to side and frightfully mangled and disemboweled. Their legs and necks were broken, and the wretched animals fell in such a confused mass that the attendants were unable to relieve them. In the meantime- the deckload was washed off. the ship lightened, and the rolling increased. : When the stormm abated the injured animals were killed and their carcasses thrown overboard. When the Siam arrived her propeller was high out of the water and the wrecks of her boats were hangiag from the davits. Washington, Oct. 7. — Commander Rodgers, of the Nashville, has lost no time in obeying the orders of the navy department to start for Manila, a cablegram received from San Domingo Friday announcing that he had "alreadvy sailed for San Juan, P. R., where he wiii stop and replenish his coal supply. The Nashville should make the trip to Manila by way of Suez in about seven weeks or perhaps two months. Washington, Oct. 7. — The vessels which have thus far received orders for Manila are: Armored -cruiser Brooklyn, en route to Hampton Roads —proceed to New York for repairs and fitting out and changes in. personnel. Protected cruiser New Orleans, en route to Hampton Roads—proceed to New York for repairs and changes in personnel.

- Gunboat Nashville, now at Santo Domingo—proceed without delay to Manila via the Suez eanal, stopping at San Juan for coal and needed repairs.

Auxiliary ecruiser Badger, now at Mare Island—prepare for orders to proceed to Manila.

The other vessels which will be sent tc Manila are the protected -cruiser Albany and the gunboats Marietta, Machias and Baneroft. Of these the Albany is now being completed in England. Her officers and crew will be sent to her about January 1, and she will proceed at once to Manila. -

When the eight vessels named reach Admiral Watson he will have under his eommand one battleship, tywp monitors, one armored eruiser, sevy protected and auxiliary eruisers and 27 gunboats, including the vessels bought from Spain by Gen. Otis. The United States will then be superior in naval strength in the Pacific to Russia, which stands next to Great Britain. ; The navy department is not yet aware of the use to which Admiral Watson and Gen. Otis will put this force, but undoubtedly it is the purpose to make a supreme effort to crush the insurreetion at an early day. Admiral Dewey regarded it as essential that the insurgents should be cut off from the bountiful supplies they have been receiving through the ports which have not yet been closed, and he expressed the greatest satisfaetion at the information contained in the latest Manila advices to the effect that the insurgents.were in straits to secure food, pointing out that this presaged an early collapse of their resistance if the avenues were kept closed against further supplies. '~ Great Demand for Lumber. : Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 7.—A special from Duluth says: In two days this week -about 10,000,000 feet of Ilumber were shipped from here in vessels, something that probably breaks the records of all lumber manufacturing centers. Local lumbermen are preparing for a cut of 800,000,000 feet the coming season for mills in the Duluth district.

Will Carry Exhibits,

" New York, Oct. 7. — The auxiliary cruiser Prairie is in drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard, being fitted out to carry the United States exhibits to the Paris exposition. Cleveland Not the Donor. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 7.—President Patton, in a lecture to the junior class of ethics, incidentally referred to the gift of $lOO,OOO to the university for the founding of a chair in polities, and he made it plain that ex-President Cleveland is not the donor. He said the donor requested that his name be withheld from publication. Schley’s Flag on the Chieago. New York, Oct. 7. — Rear Admiral Schley raised his flag on the cruiser Chicago Friday at the Brooklyn navy yard, taking the quarters of Rear Ad-

A FINE SEOWING.

Fhe Situation in Commercla_l and Industrinl Cirecles Encouraging ; in a High Degree.

- New York, Oct. 7.—Bradstreet’s says: “Distributive trade, while smaller at some markets, is still of encouraging volume, industry is active, railway earnings heavy, prices still tend upward and bank clearings increase, while failures lessen. Fall fes-. tivals and. other celebrations at several cities have exercised an appreciable effect upon retail trade and proved a stimulating factor in wholesale lines. In industrial affairs activity is widespread and strikes are fewer and less costly than in most years. Though lessened by holidays, bank clearings, swelled partly by heavy October disbursements and partly by general business expansion, tend to enlarge as the season advances. Business failures are apparent-. ly at a minimum and liabilities are certainly less costly than for many years past.’ Prices as a whole manifest aggressive. strength. Farm products are especially prominent in this direction. Dairy products reflect weather conditions in higher prices, and petroleum is firm on limited production compared with demand. Anthracite coal has been marked up at tidewater andkemand is brisk. "Hides and leather are\strong and higher. llron and steel hold all of their old strength, the former on heavy buying at Pittsburgh and further west, while large quantities of steel rails have been bought by leading railroads and further heavy business is under consideration. Export trade in southern iron has almost ceased, and there is talk of reimporting some already shipped.” ; R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: ‘“‘The grand demonstration in honor of Admiral Dewey effectually stopped business of most kinds for two days at the chief city of the country, and yet the remaining transactions of the week would have excited wonder a year ago. At New York, where the interruption was greatest, payments through clearing houses exceeded $1,059,000,000 in four busiress days, a record never before approached, and outside New York the gain reflects a great expansion in the volume of that kind of business which does not depend on exchanges. It has been a week of remarkable monetary changes here and elsewhere. The Bank of England raised its rate 1 per cent. before and one-half per cent. more after its weekly statement, from 3% to 5 per cent., with the hope that the outgo to New York might be checked, but the Bank of Germany lost also and raised its rate to 6 per cent., ard the Bank of France lost heavily. While high rates were paid here for money required in speculation, no stringency embarrasses any branch of legitimate business, and the stock market has held up surprisingly. . ‘“The merchandise exports frcm New York have been in four weeks $31,202,622 in value, against $32,748,494 last vear, which with the increase in manufactured exports and in cotton experts from other points insures an enormous outgo for September, while the increase in imports at New York has been about $9,500,000 in-value, apparently not enough to reduce the excess of exports for the month below $30,000,000."’

A BOLD THIEF.

He Robs Safe im a Muncie (Ind.) Real Estate Office of s39o'in Cash and Valuable Papers.

Muncie, Ind., Oct. 7.—At noon Friday while employes were spending 25 minutes at dinner the large iron safe in the office of Lyons & Johnson, real estate and re?l agencies; P. K. Morrison, insuranc€ agent, and Lesh & Man, attorneys, in the Anthony block, was robbed. of $5OO in cash, $5,600 paid-up life insurance policy belonging to W. L. Lyons and many valuable papers. The safe had the day lock on and the office door was locked. The inner door to the safe was um}ocked and the inner drawers were broken out, the small iron vault being carried away. The thief stored away the‘ wooden deposit boxes under the safe, closed and locked the door on the safe and locked the office door as he found it, completely covering up his tracks. As a result the robbery was not discovered until late- Friday afternoon. The office has large glass windows and in front of one stoed the safe, exposed to plain view aecross the street in either buildings, and oeceupants of other offices on the same floor were in them with doors open. The boldness of the crime is astonishing. At the noon hour a stranger talked for quite awhile to Superintendent Walling, of the waterworks, in" the adjoining office. and this man is believed to have })een an ex-convict and an accomplice,

Republicans of Massachusetts.

Boston, Oct. 7.—The republican state convention for the nomination of candidates for state officers was held in Music hall Friday. Lieut. Gov. W. Murray Crane was nominated for governor by acclamation, as was John L. Bates. for lieutenant governoer. Hosea M. Knowlton was renominated for. attorney general, also by acclamation. The platformadopted unreservedly indorses President McKinley and his administration, and expresses the confidence that the war in the Philippines will soon be ended. :

Captured by Bloodhounds.

Des Moines, la., Oct. 7.—Late Thursday night, after two days’ search, bloodhounds from Eldora, la., captured John Cairo (colored), who last Tuesday evening, with Bud Penny, killed Walter Wayland, also colered, a laborer on railway construction near Estherville, Ta. It is probable the hounds will alse run Penny down. Cairo was wounded in attempting to escape from the sheriff after the murder. Coal Shippers Alarmed. Cleveland, 0., Oct. 7.—Coal shippers are becoming alarmed ever the cer-~ tainty that they will not be able to fulfill their eontraets in the northwest, calling for the delivery of ffuel by lake. The end of the season ef navigation is approaching and there will not be enough tonnage available to carry the coal up the lakes. They fear that there will be a coal famine in that region this winter. ' ' : : Negro Saved from Mob. : Cineinnati, Oct. 7.—A Times-Star Maysville (Ky.) speeial says: Richard Coleman (negro) who confessed that he killed Mrs. James Lashbrook, and who was threatened by a mob Thursday night, had a preliminary hearing early in the day in the jail, and then was taken to Covington for safe keeping until the meeting of the grand jury the last week in November. 2 The Enlistments. . Washington, Oct. 7.—The total number of recruits obtained for the 12 volunteer regiments last called out is 14,-

A Tragedy in Kamnsas,

Atchison, Kan., Oct. 7.—Mrs. Fanny Ganter was shot and killed Friday night by William Zink, a tailor, who then shot himself. Mrs. Ganter’s refusal to marry him is supposed to have prompted Zink to commit the crime. Mrs. Ganter, who leaves two small children, ran a grocery store west of town. ' Lavigne Knocked Ount. New York, Oct. 7.—George McFad~ den, of this city, knocked out George (Kid) Lavigne, ex-light weight champion of the world, in the nineteenth round before the New Broadway A th~ letic club Friduy night.

ORDERED TO PHILIPPINES.

President, Upon the Sauggestion of * Dewey, Sends the Cruiser BrookIyn and Other Ships.

- Washington, Oct. s.—The president directed the immediate dispateh to the Philippines of a number of vessels of the navy, including the cruisers BrookIyn and New Orleans and the Nashville. . The orders given are in line with the expressed determination of the president to furnish the a®ay and navy every resource for stamping out the Philippine insurrectfon at the earliest possible time. At Admiral Dewey’s extended interview with the president Wednesday the former went into the Philippine situation at great length, explaining carefully the existing condition of affairs, and his views'of the outlook, concluding with an earnest reeommendation that the Brooklyn and some other vessels be sent at once to the Philippines. This reenforcement of the present fleet of the Asiatic squadron he. urged as necessary and said thgir dispatch should be directed as early as possible. Washingion, Oct. s.—Gen. Otis has cabled the war department the following aceocunt of the recent sharp engagements with the insurgents: “Manila, Oct. 4—Capt. Pocre, Sixth infantry, attacked intrenched robber band western: Negros, Ist inst.; Lieut. Grubbs, Sixth infantry, killed: Doctor Shillock, three enlisted men slightly weunded: 20 of enemy -killed, including two leading robbers; 12 rifles, large supply ammunition and stcres captured; Poere’s action highly commended. - -

- “Insurgents west of Bacor and Imus, Luzon, aitacked line of communieation. Capt. :Eldredge, TFourteenth infantry, killed; Lieut. Burgess, Fifth artillery, wounded; number enlisted men Kkilled and wourced, ten or twelve; full report not yet received. Enremy driven west and south with a reported heavy lcss. Yesterday enemy attacked Calamba, driven cffi some distance into country: our casualties two enlisted men killed, seven wounded. Sixty insurgents killed, -number wounded unknown. Fourth cavalry recennaisance yesterday from San TFernérdo in direction Santa. Ann and Arayat; ore man killed; no other casualties:; insurgents driven with considerable loss. Advanced picket post, three men, out from San Antonio and Santa Rita west fan Fernando killed yesterday by 8010 men; result of careiessness or overéonfidence in natives. (Signed) o 5 - “OTIS.”

Manila, Oct. s.—Several hundred insurgents have recccupied Porac, which was captured by .Gen. McArthur on Septembeér 28 and evacuated by the Americans on the following day. The insurgent forces are also reported moving toward Mexico, southeast of Angeles. The object of the double movement .is apparently to get behind the American garrison on both sides of the Manila-Dagupan railway. 3 A COMPROMISE VERDICT.

Decisicn Reached by the Anglo-Ven- : ezuelan Boundary Arbitra-

tion Commissicn,

- Parig, Oct 4. — By the decision of the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary arbitra‘jon ecmmissioy, some of Great Drit2in’s elaims ;'xgto the interior and on the‘coast are disailowed. Her froatier will start at the Waini river. -

The award is unanimous. Itis comsidered in the nature of a comjromise, rather than as favoring Venezuela. It was- read at 12:05 p=m. - - The award of the tribunal, briefly summmarized, means that of the 60.000 square miles claimed by Venezuela that country obtains enly 100 squarec miles, formed: partly of the marsh land near the River Barima,. and a portion in the interior; while Great Britain retaing all the forest country.

Festival Formally Opened.

"~ Chicago, Oect. s.—The formal opening of festival week was signaled at sundown Wednesday by the unfurling of banners, the flinging out of flags, and the flashing of thousands of lights in the Stiate street eourt of honor. This 'was the beginning of the gala season, and masses of people poured into the down-town district at night and packed stream against stream of humanity until theére was no place in State street where one could stard still or stem t&e current of moving men, women and children. The scene presented in ‘the thoroughfare between Van DBuren and Lake streets, above the heads of the people, was full of brilliancy and the glamor of art.

Breaks the World's Recerd.

Philadelphia, Oct. 5. — Wiiliam H. Stubbs, a compositor cnthe Baltimore Sun, broke the world’s record for machine typesetting in a contest for a wager of $450 a-side with William Dufly, of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The contest was held in the Philadelphia Times ofiice. Stubbs set 66,617 ems in 5 hours and 35 minutes, or an average of 11,940 ems an heur. Duffy set 55,026 ems in 5 hours and 23 minutes. The previous record was 10,“800 ems an hour, made in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch office four years ago. . - ~ He Founded Converse College. _ Atlanta, Ga., Oct. s.—Word was reeceived here Of the death at Spartanbarg, S. C., of D. E. Converse, founder of Converse college at that place and one of the wealthiest business men in +he state. Mr. Converse, who came zrom-New York about 25 years ago, was ‘the president of five cotton mills at the time of his death. Ile was 72 years old and a man of great charity, his donations to Converse college alone amounting t 05750,000. ’ : Fire ntt Des Moinecs. Des Moines, Ja., Oct. 4. — Fire Tuesday destroyed the five-story department store of the Harris Emery ecompany and communicated to the Masoxnic temple, Murphy house, Hegele cigar store and Hill shoe store, the total loss améunting to $500,000. The loss to the Harris Emery company alone is estimated at $350,000. All the buildings were insured. : The origin of the fire is unknown. . - R :

Big Timber Deal. :

" Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 6.—A speecial from Oshkosh, Wis., says: . Leander Choate and Denjomin Doughty, twe prominent lumbermen, have just retutned from a montl’svisit in Oregon. While there they closed a deal for 16,000 acres of timber land about 100 miles south of Portland, paying $720,000 for the tract, which will be held for an expected advance in prices. " - Not a Candidate. ~ Milwaukee, Oct. s.—Gov. Edward Scofield Wednesday night made the pasitive declaration that he is not a candidate for renomination and will not be underf any circumstances. The goverpor made a similar statement some time ago, but the declaration was not accepted by other candidates or by