Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 46, Plymouth, Marshall County, 13 September 1895 — Page 2

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PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. SURPRISED A JUDGE. SENTENCED PRISONER CONFESSES ANOTHER CRIME. Defender Crippled by Her It i vol, Meets Her First Defeat Women May Be Admitted Request of Navy Department Is Surprisingly Moderate. Confesses to a Train Robbery. At Fort Wayne, Ind.. after receiving a ton years sentence to the Northern penitentiary for shooting Deputy Sheriff liarrod. John C. Stone astonished Judge O'Rourke', the jury and the audience by rising in the prb er's box and 'confessing that he and Wallrath, his pal, who was killed in the battle with the indie-e, were members of the gang of train robbers which a few months ago held tip a Lake Shore train near Wasepi. Miel. He gave the Sheriff two gold watches and three railroad switch keys that he took from the trainmen that night. The railroad people have been after the switch keys without success ever since the train was held up. Stone, it is supposed, belonged to a band of train robbers, as they fought like tigers when arrested at Fort Wayne three months ago. They opened fire as soon as the ollicers approached them. Wallrath was shot dead in his tracks and Deputy Sheriff Harrod was wounded in three different places. Women in Catholic Universities. Women as professors in a Catholic university is a supposition that the average Catholic or Protestant has hitherto regarded as almost beyond belief. Hut from Washington comes the news that the Catholic University of America, in that city, is altout to throw open its full academic course to women. The date is even given on which the innovation will take effect namely, Oct. 1. It is further stated that the trustees of the university, after debating at length the advisability of the step, have finally decided to organize a separate department in the university devoted solely to women, and in which the full course of academic inKfruction will be given by women professors. Light Appropriation Asked. The combined estimates of the Hureau of Construction and Ilcpair and Steam Engineering of the Navy Department for construction and steam machinery during the next fiscal year amount to only $.",SINUMK, which is $2..0,(KJO less than was appropriated for this work for the fiscal year ending June, 1 Si m i. A imrtion of this sum is to be expended upon the two proposed battle-ships, contracts for which will be let about Jan. 1. The remaiii'h r will be used for general repairs to the hulls and the machinery of the vessels in commission. Celebrated at Sacramento. At Sacramento the forty-fifth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union was celebrated on Tuesday by the order of the Native Sons of the Golden West with a parade in which over four thousand participated. Literary exercises were held in the open air on the l'la.a, a regatta was held on the river, and a reception at the historical Sutter's Fort. Monday evening there was an electric carnival, the chief feature of which was the parade. Omaha liicyclc Dealer Arrested. M. O. Daxon, an Omaha bicycle dealer, was arrested on a warrant. The complainant is an attorney engaged for Gormully & Jeffery, of Chicago. The complainant charges that Daxon embezzled in the neighborhood of $1.2oo to $l,'iOO. In addition to this the company alleges that Daxon is indebted to it in the sum of ij.0,000 or J?C,70O. Andrae & Son, of Milwaukee, also hold a mortgage for 2,700 ami Hector "& Wilhohny, of Omaha, one for J?l,5Kj. Crippled Defender Almost Wins. The second race of the series for the America's cup between the English yacht Valkyrie and the American sloop Defender, which was sailed off Sandy Hook Tuesday, was won by the Hritish boat by forty-seven seconds. The Defender's topmast was broken in going over the starting line. She entered a protest, claiming that she was fouled by the end of the Valkyrie's boom in going over the mark. Tragedy in Denver. William Hose, an undertaker's assistant, at Denver, shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Philip Kuhn at her home. He shot her four times in the back. He ran away, and although closely pursued by a crowd managed to reload his revolver and shoot himself, inflicting a mortal wound. Jealousy was the cause of the crime. The man and the woman are ach 1T years old. NEWS NUGGETS. The grand jury of the District of Columbia assembled for the autumn meeting Monday. The most important matter to be brought to its attention is the killing of Ernest Green, a colored boy. by Miss Elizabeth Flagler, daughter of the chief of ordnance- of the United States army. The verdict of the Coroner's jury rxone-rate-d the young woman from murelerous intent, but Acting District Attorney Taggart decided that the matter was one for the Grand Jury. At Saratoga, X. Y., ex-Congressman William A. Sackett fell jlend without warning. lie was born near Auburn in 1S11 and admitted to the bar in 1S.T7. He practiced at Senee-a Falls till 1S4S, when he was elected to Congress from the Seneca-Wayne district. At the close of his Congressional term he removed to Saratoga Springs, which became his permanent home. He was married Ihre times and a widow survives him. The Valley Railroad has been sold to the Haltimore and Ohio for $.'.070, 0O. The Spanish steamer Manila, lomid for China, and the Norwegian steamer Xania, 1mu:m1 for Antwerp, collided near Rorsselin. The Xania sank soon afterward, and six of those on board were drowned, including the captain. The Manila was badly damaged. Th-- province' of Podolia. Russia, has lncn ot!i ialIy declared infected by cholera. Richard Mansfield, the actor, is ehmgeremsly sick with typhoid fe-ver and may not a pica r on the stage this sea von.

EASTERN. W. C. Ebisch, E. J. Liebel, and W. T. Bruce, postoflice employes at Erie, were Arrested for conspiring to violate the civil service net. Daniel Coxe. head of the coal-mining firm of Coxe Hros.. at Drifton, Pa., was killed by a fall from a locomotive at Hazelton. Pa. Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, a young and wealthy New York woman, has been arrested on the charge of murdering her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Hliss, by poison. A nu rry-go-round at the Waverly, X. J., fair went to pieces, throwing women and children in all directions. Four women were so much hurt that they had to be carried on stretchers to the ambulances. Orderly Sergeant James M. Rrooks. U. S. A., retired, died at Fort Preble, Me., aged 82. He had served in the army for sixty-one years and was the last survivor of the 2Ö.OOO men who made up the army when he enlisted. The third days" session of the medicolegal congress, in Xew York, began with the reading by Clark Hell of a paper by Gustave Roehm on "The Hrutality of Capital Punishment." The author contended that the death penalty had no deterrent effect; that it was a relic of feudal barbarism and was merely an act of revenge on the part of the State. The American Eroom and RiMsh Company, having factories at Amsterdam. Fort Hunter and Fultonville. N. Y., and Dallas, Pa., has :,dvanced the price of brooms ranging from 1-V cents to ÖO cents per dozen. On fitst. second and third grade brooms the advance is 2.". cents; en fourth grade. 1111. L cents per dozen. On railroad, barn, split and round rattans, hotel and desk brooms the advance is 20 cents. The other broom manufacturers of the Mohawk Valley not connected with the big concern have made similar advances. A disastrous fire broke out at Hoston. Mass., shortly after o'clock Wednesday morning on pier 1, East Hoston, owned by the Hoston and Albany Railroad, and soon spread to the adjoining piers and store'-houses. Piers 1. 4 ami 5 were burned and store houses 4 and T wholly destroyed. Fifteen freight cars and a large amount of freight were elestroye'd. It was at first thought the loss would not exceed Sl.VU-. but a careful estimate indicates that the loss will reach ?..00,0OO, and possibly more. In the sheds destroyed were stored .".'' bales of silas grass, twenty carloads of hay. nearly fifty carloads of Hour in sacks, sixteen carloads of merchandise and ".(KM bal"s of hemp and wool, all valued at over .'17o.0oo. The wharves and buildings destroyed were valued at $loO,Om.

WESTERN. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Helena, Mont. lYoplo rushed from hotels and buildings and much excitement was caused. The war between the Sum Yup and See Yup factions of the Six Companies bids fair to end in their permanent disruption and the recall of the Chinese Consul in San Francisco. George W. Kussel was arretted at Smithsville, Mo., charged with murdering Daniel Stone, a wealthy farmer, who was found June 2." at his home, a mile east of Smithsville, with his head beaten to a jelly. Minneapolis is making elaborate arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the delegates to the national convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Udted States, which opens early in October. "Independent Americans." a party erganized in Kansas to consolidate free silver interests, met at Topeka and issueil an address. They heqe to cuiivciic at St. Iouis next year and put a candidate for President in the field. At Grand Haven, Mich.. May Piene, V, years old, was found guilty of manslaughter. The child was accused of being an accomplice of George Cheesbro, aged 18, in the murder of her mother on July 8. Chee-sbro was convict eil of murder at the hist term of court and is now serving a life sentence. Hans Ejornstern, Edward Latshaw and wife, and their two sons were killed, and three terribly injured; by dynamite, at Specht's Ferry, near Dubuque, Iowa, Tuesday. The elder Latshaw boy was shooting at a mark, and accMontally struck a stock ef dynamite which his father used in a stone quarry. Westminster Church, a stone structure at Minneapolis, Minn., in the heart of the retail business district, was burned. The loss is $70,mn, covered by insurance. The congregation is the wealthiest and largest of the l'resby terian denomination in the State. The fire was clearly incendiary. James Ward, living near Ilymera, Ind., induced his father-in-law, John Hunter, to get coon-hunting and murdered him. Ward returned to the Hunter house and called Hunter's son, a loy of 1. years, out of bed, and killed him. He then threatened to kill the boy's sister, but instead shot himself in the neck, inflicting a mortal wound. The tragedy is sup'Mseel to be the result of a family feud. It is said that Ward has twice bee-n an inmate in an asylum. The will of Joseph A. Ford, of the wholesale dry goods firm ef Murphy, Grant & Co., was filed at San Francisco, Cal. The second clause of the will is as follows: "As my wife has in all cases acted entirely of her own free will and against what she knew to be my wishes, and has asserted that the only reason she did not ask for a divorce was the living she reeoiveel from me, I expressly desire she shall not receive one dollar ef my estate or what will come to me from the estate of my mother." The bulk of the estate is left to his l."-yoar-old son. Mrs. Ford is a stepdaughter of E. J. Haldwin, the millionaire turfman. The estate is valued at upwards of $1,HHJ,mhj. T. D. Hughes, R. F. Davis, R. L. Mann and Pete Chrismann, of Gonzales, ami II. N. Mohrman ami P. Jennings, of Gilroy, sailed from Santa Cruz, Cal., for a lone island in the Pacific Ocean about eight hundred miles west of Peru in search of burie'd treasure. Forty-three years ago Mr. Jennings was a sailor in the south seas, and he is said 1o have been one of six who buried on the island three iarge jars of Spanish doubloons valued at between $::n,hjo and $ LO " M H . Mr. Jennings is the only man alive that knows the location of the money, as the other five died in his presence on the Peruvian const. He has a (hart of the island and claims it is volcanic and uninhabited. Three months will be required to make the trip. A profound sensation was caused in Rufte, Mont., by the issuance, at the instance of the Count Attorne-y, of Warrant fer the arrest of several men in high standing and connected with the

last city administration, charging them with the forgery of city warrants on different funds. The suicide of ex-Treasurer Jacobs several months ago, who was short about r0,000 in his accounts, resulted in an investigation, out of which the present disclosures grew. It is claimeel there was n conspiracy, in which many oflie-ials were involved, and that fictitious warrants were drawn and cashed aggregating many thousand dollars, the prosecuting ollicers claiming it will amount from JSLIV.mmj to $100,000. Lemont, en the Chicago drainage canal, said to be the toughest town in America, was raided Friday. The Civic Federation of that town and the Chicago Tribune instigated the raid. Constables armed with warrants sworn out in Chicago carrier! it out. The raid was ostensibly in the interests of municipal reform, suppression of gambling-houses and of resorts where evil women collect. Mayor McCarthy n?id twenty-nine others were arrested. Those accused are all connected, either as proprietors or financial factors, with the e-onduct of the most notorious dens of iniquity in Leinont; most of those arrested were he unfortunates whose crimes fatten the pockets ef the proprietors. Murder has been commit t eel in Peterson's Park, in the Standard Theater, when the lights were turned out. and a helpless Swede left to battle with his assailants and be thrown into the State canal still alive; in the Rig Casino, where one woman shot down another; in the Little Casino, and wherever lust of money earneel by tiie drainage channel employes has prompted negroes and whites to attack them. The town officials, led by Mayor McCarthy, have been singularly ignorant of these crimes. They are now charged by the Civic Federation of their town and by the Tribune with having knowingly permitted these places to exist, and ef having reeeiviel from them "hush" money.

SOUTHERN. The G. A. R. veterans are ofiie-ially invited to attend the Exposition at Atlanta. Ca., Sept. HI. Dock King, e-olorod. was hanged by 2oo men near Fayetteville, Tonn., for assaulting a white woman. Five men in Pawnee Hill's Wild West Show were hurt at Pine Rluffs, Ark., while their car was being switched. Laura Howe was held for murder by the coroner's jury at Hirmingham. Ala., accuse'd of killing her .Vyear-old stepson. The retail grocers of Little Rock, Ark., condemn the action of members who keep open Sunday and will remove them from the association if they e-ontinue. At Fayetteville, Tenn.", "Dock" King, colored, arrested on the charge of attempting to assault Mrs. Charles Jones, near Fayetteville, was taken from jail by a mob of 200 men ami hanged. Stella, Johnson, the W-ycar-old daughter of a widow who lives near Amilla. Fla., was kidnaped, and the nude corpse of the girl, strapped to a log and horribly mangled, was found floating in a smill lake about six mile's from her home. At the meeting of the Virginia Medical Association at Wytheville, Dr. Hunter McGuire, who, by reason of having been Stonewall Jackson's surgeon, and oxprcsident tf the American Medical Association, has a national reputation, exploded some very jtopular ideas alout appendictitis. He said that he had never, in all the operations he had performed for this trouble, seen a single grape or tomato seed or cherry stone, and he was very much pleased to be able to make this statement, so as to set at rest the fears existing among the laity as to the dangers of these fruits. WASHINGTON. The public debt statement shows the public debt on the last elay of August, less cash in the treasury, to have been $042.ltl-4.'i:.. an increase for the month of ?2,S1T,41S. Following is a iceupitulation of the debt: Interest bearing debt $747,3ti(),il0 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity .. . l.tiXi.STO Debt bearing no interest. . o77,VKJtVJlS Total .l,rJ;,U(Ht,47S There are also certificates and treasury notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, amounting to wrj,:;s4.i;,-:. The e-ash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold I ?14!,410.!)2I Silver 511.447,:$! I Paper 100,281,034 Roods, disbursing ollicers' balances, etc 13,$17,5-"D Total $sit,ih;o,:m:i Against the alcove total there are demand liabilities amounting to $iI2.Jl21,1SO, leaving a e-ash balanco ef $1S4,0'.1),10(1. The decrease in the cash for the month was 10,374. The Department of Agriculture lias reecived from its agent at Rerlin a statemeut of the imports of agricultural ami other products into Germany. It shows that during the first six months of 1M." the following percentages of the total imports of the German Empire of the articles specified we're obtained from the United States: Cotton, SO per cent.; wheat, 1."; maize, uti; grass and timothy seed. Hi; dressed beef, 00; oil cake, 11, and lard lanclin, 'M. Accompanying the statement are copies of the quarantine and prohibition regulations now in force in the German Empire in regard to the inqoi-tation of live stock (whether for import or transit only) and fresh meat. These regulations are of importance in view of the stringent measures governing imiHirtations from this eenintry. The- importation of cattle and fresh beef is prohibited. The provincial presidents of the German Government may order horses ami sheep imported from the United States to be held at the landing place for observation and insMctioii. Pork iniortoel from the United States must be accompanied by a Government certificate of inspection. Russia The importation of cattle, sheep, hogs and goats, whether for consumption or transit, is prohibited; also, fresh be-ef, mutton and goat meat. FOREIGN. M. Rothschild's banking house in Paris was the s-ene Thursday of anotheT nihilistic attempt. In the vestibule a detective on guard saw a stranger trying to light the fuse of a. bomb which he carcried with a cigaret. The ashes on the clgaret prevented the ready ignition of the fuse, and the weapon did not explode. The man was arrested. Winn he was taken to the police office he boldly avowed himself an anarchist and dcclared that he intended the lo.nb as an anarchistic demonstration. Hong Kong advices say: The Icnelcr of the Ku-Cheug riots, in which a number

of English an I American missionaries were killed, has been arresteel. An attempt was made by Chinese soldiers to kidnap this person in the hope of securing the reward which had be'en offered for his delivery to the authorities. The total number of arrests thus far of those concerned in the Ku-Cheng massacre is 130. Twenty-three of the number have been convicted, but up to this time sentence has not been passed upon any of them, the Viceroy of Fu-Kien demanding the right to review the evidence adduced at the trials. "Spain has been setting up the claim that the United States Government is inimical to her interests in Cuba." remarked Assistant Secretary Rockhill of the State Department, "but the recent action ef this government in regard to the alleged filibustering expedition at Wilmington should be a sufficient denial of suc h an assertion on the part ef the Spanish authorities. No matter what the feeling of the people may be in this country regarding the evmtroversy between Spain and Cuba, one thing is certain, the laws on the statute books will be enforced by the State Department. That is all we can do in the matte r, and protests by ministers or representatives of belligerents will not have- any weight in altering the policy of tho administration, which is the enforcement of lav." It is oflie-ially announce-d at Constantinople that Rustem Pasha, Turkish Ambassador to England, has tehgraphed to the Foreign Minister that he has had an interview relative to the Armenian question with Lord Salisbury, whom he had assured that the Sublime lVrte is not opposed to the reforms proposed by the Powers signatory to the treaty of Herlin, but that Türkin could not permit control of Armenia by an international commission. I-onl Salisbury re-plied that under the circumstances it would be useless to continue the interview. If. he said, the Porte persists in its refusal, the Powers will undertak? the suggested reforms and rest satisfied. If, however, the Porte continues to resist. Lord Salisbury added, it would be a s'gnal for the dismemberment of Turkey. The elispatch has e-auscd the greatest uneasiness. IN GENERAL The Canadian Government is preparing a protest against the opening of the Chicago drainage e-anal on the ground that it will lower the water in Canadian harbors and have a disastrous effect on shipping interests. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "There is no real reaction in business. (Jains which were recognized as temporary are vanishing, but there remains a decided increase over last year at date, although prices average S.S per e-ent. loweT than a year ago. It needs no keen observer to sei that the' re-action against rapid advance of prices is strong. The general tendency to curtail purchases where- price-s have' notably advani'ed grows clearer in boots and shoes, in woed and iu sons' products of iron." With cholera raging iu Japan and Honolulu, the San Francisco Hoard of Health has determined to take every pivcnution to prevent the disease from obtaining a foothold in the city, and to that enel Chinatown will be subjected to a rigid examination. The physicians coinitosiug the boarel e-onsidor that, if by any chance' cholera should gain a foothold, it would make its appearance' in the Chinese' quarter, where tln crowded condition of the narrow streets and ill-ventilated houses has provided n material brevding-place for the plague. If the condition eif the quarter shall prove as bad as the elootors think it will, no time will 1' lost iu ordering a compulsory closing ef Chinatown. The fedlowing is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Haltimore lnS 70 38 .MS Cleviland 1 IS 74 44 .027 Philadelphia ....114 IIS 4l' JV.m; Hoston 112 tr. 4!) Hrooklvn ll.'t Kl 0 ..VS Xew York lilt til fö .540 Pittsburg lit'. iV2 54 JuVl Cincinnati 112 ft 5.' .527 Chicago 114 rl) 55 .5 IS Washington 112 HH 74 ..'il. St. Iouis 115 'AC 71 MV.i Louisville 115 V.O S5 .'JUt

WKSTEKX T-KACUK. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per 1. W. L. cent. Indianapolis .. . .112 05 47 .5S0 Kansas City 112 tlT 47 .5S0 St.' Paul Ill (54 47 .577 Milwaukee 1H 55 151 .474 Torre Haute 112 51 tjl .455 Minneapolis ....115 52 .' .-1Ö2 Detroit 52 M .l."0 Grand Rapids. ..115 'M 71) .'17 MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Cattle, common to pciine. $.'.75 to $.1'5; hogs, shipping grades, JjvJ.OO to 4.7."; sheep, fair to choice. S2.."0 to fl.lKj; wheat, No. 2 red, 51c to (J0c; corn. No. 2. ."".c to :.4c: oats. No. 2, Ilkto 20c; rye. No. 2, .".'.c to 41c; butter, choice creamery, V,k to -lc; eggs, fresh, l.!c to 15c; potatoes, pe-r bushed, o0c to 40c; broom e-on, common growth to fine brush, oc to 5,e per jMiund. Indianapolis Cattle', shipping, $o.0rt to $5.75; hogs, choiee light, ."jsI.OO to $4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. Xo. 2. C.Oc to .2c; com. Xi. I white, ".'Je to 04c; oats, No. 2 white, 25e to iUc. St. Louis---Cattle. S.'i.OO to $0.00; Irngs, $".50 to $4.50; whe at, Xo. 2 red. 5!c to We; corn, Xo. 2 yellow. ,'t2c to .""c; oats. No. 2 white, lSo te ll)e; rye', No. 2, .i7c to .".Sc. Cincinnati Cattb', $.'.50 to $5.75: hog. $:.m to $1.75; she-ep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. Xo. 2, U'lc to (He; corn. Xo. 2 mixed, 07c to ÖSc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 2.5c; rye'. No. 2, 41- to 4'lc. Detroit-Cattb. $2.55) to $;.00; hogs. $.".00 to $1.75; sheep, $2.O0 to $.'.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 5!c to 01c: corn. Ne. 2 yellow, ,"7c to :::c; oals, Xo. 2 white, 22e to 2:.c; rye 41c to 4:t-. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 red. (51c to (V2c; corn. No. 2 yellow. T.Oc to :7c; oats. No 2 white. l!)e to 20c; rye. No. 2. 42e to 44c. Ruffalo Cattle, $2.50 to $0.25; hogs, $.".O0 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $l.O0; wheat. Xo. 2 red. (L'lc to (5c; corn. No. 2 ye How. ö.c to 41c: oats, Xo. 2 white, 25c to L'7c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 spring, 57c to 5Sc; corn, Xo. ."., :tlc to .".;.; oats, Xo. 2 white, 21c to 2."c; barley. No. 2. 42c to 41c; rye, Xo. 1, "Se to 41c; iork, mess, $S.25 to $S.75. New York Cattle, $::.)0 to $(5.25; hogs, $:t.00 to $5.00; shee'p, $2.5f) to $..75; wheat, Xo. 2 red, Wc to tile; com. Xo. 2, oS' to 40c; o-ita. No. 2 white, 2'le to 24c; butter, creamery, 15e o 21c; eggs, Wertem, He to HJe.

REBELS TAKE A CITY.

PUERTO PRINCIPE SAID TO BE IN PATRIOTS' HANDS. Something: Like Real Strategj- Said to Have Been Kmidoycd New Plan to Develop Trade in the South-G. A. K. Iaicampmcnt at Louisville. Spanish Troop Worsted. A great battle has been fought in Puerto Principe, with the defeat of the Spanish and the capture of the capital by the insurgent forces, oceording to a copyrighted elispatch to the Xew York World from its special correspondent send to Havana. It is said that a strong force of Spanish troops left the City of Puerto Principe to make a bold attack upon the insurgents, who were besieging the town. The insurgent fled after making a we-ak resistance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. The re bel forces obtained a e'omplete victory and entered the capital triumphant, 14,ooo strong. (Jen. Campos immediate departure from Havana for Xeuvitad is suggestive of the happening of something serious. The insurgents, taking advantage ef a cyclone which was predicted a few days before, and knowing that the Spanish gunboats would take refuge in the harbor, have Lteen landing their filibustering expeditions unmolested. Gen. Collnzo brought his fifth expedition and lamled it successfully on the north coast near the Sierra Morena Mountains, between Cardenas and Sgua. The chief object of his expedition was to bring a quantity of ammunition and rifles, and only about lOö picked men were lamled. Gen. Collazo is said to have returned to the United States or the Haluama Islands to organize othe-r cxpeditkms. Veter ans Take Louisville. The twenty-ninth encampment ot the Grand Army of the Republic was opene el Monelay at Louisville, Ky., with a paraele on the arrival of Ceunniandor-in-chie -f Lawler and staff, at 7:00 a. m. The Louisville h-gion was a feature of the parade'. At the Gait House', the headquarters e)f the national edlicers ate beautifully elt'e'orateel nnd elaberate arrangements were made for receptions during the elay. While the reception of the -oinniander-iil--hief ami his staff was the most imposing event of the day, the receptions at the de-pots of Granel Army of the Republic posts and veterans arriving in other groups we-rc equally interesting Special trains arriveel as fast as they e-ouhl be handled in the dopeds. ami the loe-al escorts were kept busy. Many veterans reeegnized ebl cemrades at the dcots. From early morning ami thretughout the elay drum corps were heard in all dircctieuis, as the veterans were be4ng eseeirteel to the-ir re'spe-c-tive headejuarters on their arrival. The roads were full of extra trains, ami the loe-al arrangements we're e-ertainly eejial to the entertainment ef all that came. For Closer Traele Itclatioii. Loading business men ef the South are now organizing fer the purpetse ef deve-f-e.ping the' industrial interests of that see--tiein of cemntry ami promoting trade relations with the North. A synelie-ate is to be fonueel cennpose'el of representative's of the liffere'iit Senithern State's. The apital stee-k of this symlie-ate is te be not hss than ."jvloo.ooo, f whieh Slöo.ooo will b in founelcrs' share's, and $2 M , M K in pnfenvel shares. Fach Southern Stü..- is expecte'el to take' mil Iess than J?l0.M!( ef the capital stee-k, and eaeh subscribing this anieuint will be entithil te one ilireerter in the company. The plan contemplates the creatieui ef an exchange and actual market in ea-h e.f the principal traele- c-ente-rs ef the North. An agent in the? South will be expecteel to procure for the eeimpany the nmst attractive business in his territory. An agent in the North will be expected te take te the company the be'st people whe are' looking for or can le induce'el te make investine'iits in the South. For Woundeel Patriots. The lirst fair to be hold in the United State's in aiel ef the' weuneleel patriots e.f Cuba oponcel Monday at the SpanishAmerican Methodist Fpiscopal Chure-h. Hroejklyn. It is under the auspie-e-s ef KM fair women of Cuban birth or extraction, who are bambel toge the-r in an organization callenl the "Hijas de la Libe-rftid," or the Daughters ef Liberty. All the articles elisplaye-el fer sale have bee-n made by members etf the' see-iety and are mostly of southern pattern. The gross teei'ipts of the fair will be used exclusively fer the purchase' o medi ines, arnica, ab-see-rbont cotton and other neessaries for the wounde-el patriets ef the isle ef Cuba. Two Sportive Younir Men Wounded. Fer some time past the residemts etf Prospect avenue, Massillon, Ohio, have' be'i'ii annoye'el by what superstitious people culled ghosts. Sunday night Frank Webb and William Conrad, wishing to have spert. elresseel the'Uiselve's to represent the glmsts. IIenry Kyeler, em Iiis way home, saw the pair and, thinking they were' the niueh-talkeel-ef ghosts, 'ireel at them. Webb ree-eiveel a lle'sli wound in the arm ami Conra.4 got a ball in his he'e-I. Their wound are painful, though not serious. BREVITIES, An agreement has been enteivel into be-twe-e n Ge-rman ami Hritish steamship companii'S under which there will be a ce nsielerable' aelvanev iu fivight ami passenger rates te America. The agreement will go into effect Oct. 1. It is unelerste'oel the? geive'rnmcnt of Xewfemmlland has made streuig representations te Canada abeuit the' seizures ef tishi'rme'ii em the coast ef Labraehr. All the information obtainable s,hev.s the proe-ee'eling to be a high-handed outrage. A 1 vices from Alaska by stenumr Wiil.ipa, which arriveel in Seattle. Wash., say the Chilketot ami Chilkat Indians engaged in a free fight near Dyes recently, during which twe Indians were shet dcael ami a squaw bally Woiiueleel. The' cause' at the' bleoely affray was whisky, and it is foaivd that nmro bloodshe'd will follow, owing to the war like nature of the Chilkats. Kx-Col!eelor of Custeuns James Lot an, ef Pertland, Ore., was envicteel ef e-on-spiracy to illegally laud Chinese and sent-ene-eel to pay a fine of JfK.OOO. Sehlhack, the Chinese' merchant who was cuuvictcel with Lot an. was tine'el Jf.",tHK. At San Jose, Cal., lire bretke out Memday ntetrning in the San Jese' Lumber Company's yarel, ami destretyeel preperty tt a very large ametunt. Ida Gruel, of Janes villi. Wis., 10 years edd, elreqtpe-el a lighteel lamp while' curling her hair. Hlazing oil covered her, and she was burned to death on the porch,

! excellent week for crops.

Conditions All Favorable for Their Securing Maturinz, and Starting;. Reports on the condition of the crops through the t'niroel Stater, for the week show that it has bee n generally favorable for securing ami .maturing e-rops, and for plowing and seeding. Late corn has cx-pe-rie-nce-d a general improvement in tho prin.-ipal corn State's ami is maturing rapidly. In portions of South Dakota and Wisconsin, however, the frost Saturday caused some injury. In Minnesota the crop is report eel to have cse-ape-d injury from frosf. In Iowa the greateT part of the -rop is ready for cutting. Cotton picking is now quite general over the southern portion of the e-otton region and will commono in the northern portion ne xt we k. Frosts w re general Saturday and Sunday from Montana eastward to Michigan. The report fer individual States is as follows: Illinois The last week has Ine-n a favorable one for crops; ple nty of warmth followed by a short perl! of cool weather and fre-que'tjt showe-rs l.ave -aus'd vegetation to advance rapidly. The rainfall ave rage for the' State has been somewhat above the normal, als. the average temperature f.tr the week. Late corn is filling and maturing rapidly, and with three weeks immunity from frost all will bo n-ady to cut. F.arly corn is being cut quite generally. Whe-at land is genrally pre'pareel ami sowing will soon be-gin. Wisconsin Fine weather for maturing corn, potatoes, buckwlo-at. tohace-o. millet, ami e-ranbe-rrie-s. F.arly e-orn luing cut, potatoes and buckwheat nearly mature --d. Minnesota Frost injured garden truck conside rably, but corn and 'Mitatoe-s generally ese-aped unharme!. Small grain except flax all cut, and blacking .and thrashing well advance!. South Dakota Frest Saturday mornin; injured vines end late eorn in northeastern ku-alitie's. Much enrly e-rn ina-ture-el, seune harvested. Potatoes maturing rapidly. Xebraska Favorable week, with about normal temperature, and more than normal rainfall over a large portion e.f tho State. Fall plowing and seeding ge-nerai ami ground in unuKually gooel -onditiin. Kansas Yery warm, v. it li light showers in the-west third and abundant rains over the rest of the State. Much hay spoiled by rain in ecntral ami eastern ountis. Missouri Drought in central ami southern e-ounties relieved by good rains and late corn has now suflie-ient moisture tomature. Cutting will seiem be general. Cotton and tobaeco ding well. Iowa A favorable we-ek for ripening corn and potatoes and growth of pastures. Corn harvesting is in progress and & large portion of the crop is re-ady to cut. Ohio Drought effectually bro-ken ana all vegetatiem shows impmve inent. Indiana Corn still premiss a large yield, much tobacco housed, ami that in the field in gooel e-onelition. Michigan Wcat lie r h:is been favornblo to all growing crops. Corn and potate.rohf.vc made progress. Pastures are greatly improved. PROOF AGAINST BIG GUNS. riate from the Hattlc Ship Iowa Sub-je-ctcel to n Test. The new battle ship Iowa will withstand the projee-tilcs of the be'st 12-inch gun, nlloat. That was the cec.;-Iusiein drawn, from one of the most important tests ever male at the government provingground at Imlian Henl. Sim" the equipment of modern battle ships with heavy armeir there has be e-n in naval quarters a euestioii as to whether the frameverk of ships sxj armored ceuild resist the crushingforce eif a blow from ejne ef the big guns, even though .he armor itse-lf was capable of keeping the projectile out. Hitherto all tests of arr.ier have be-en made against an unyielding weoden butt. Wednoselay the United States, fr the first time sim-e the use (f nioeiorn guns ami modern armor, began experiments to determine the actual 6traiu and injury to which the battle ship wouhl be subji'ctcel if struck by a projectile. For that purpese a side armor plate ef the battle ship Iewa. now being built at the Cram p yards in Philadelphia, was litte'el up on an actual reproductien of a seetlen of the ship. The plato itseIf was Hi fee-t by 71-;, 14 inches thick at the top ami shiping toward the bottem to a thie-kness of seven inches. The shots were tireil at 2."0 yanls at right angles to the plate to secure the imrinal impact. Tlu first was a roo-pounel Carpenter pretjoe-tilo from a ten-inch gun driven by 140 iMMintls of Dupont's brown prismatic pejweler. The projectile, was driven into the plate aheuit six inches, and imt a single injury te the hue-king was liseovere'el. The se'e-end sheit was also fnuii a ten-inch gun, but the charg.' was iiu-reased 120 pounds. This shot also spent itself on the plate withetut creating a sign of a crae-k or injury, eir straining the' framework. Finally an STiO-pouml Winder Sterling shell, driven by 4t'0 pounds, of iMjweler, was tire-d at the pi. etc fre.m a twe-lve-ine-h gun. The projectile trtruck with a veloe-ify of 1 .Si 0. or an energy of l,ri"!0,J"0 pounds. This shot shouM, ac--orling te most estimate's, have pnet rat ed a sixtci n-inch Uarve yized plate. Although it e-rae-ke-el the plate, which was ulre-ady weakeneel by the ti previeuiashots, ami pe netrated U the woeul backing, it elief iu)t ge-t through the l-ueking. On the whe.Ie, the nxsult ef five test with the plate ami framework was cop.sielereel remarkable'. Soe-re-tury Herbert greatlj rejoiced at the result. Teleigruphic Itrc-vitic. Dr. Se-hnurelrehcr, ed" Prague', and two Italian guieles, while ase-cmling Merit Hlane, were killed by falling over a precipice. Danied Kyan. a pclie-e patrolman statieumel near Hell Gate Rapids. New York, has maele his thirty-fifth rescue etf drowning perse ns. Dr. William W.nldie, Ilm oldest practicing physician in Ohie, elied at Chillicothe. He had pra-ticcd meeliciue iu that citjr for sixty years. Father Kelly, of Norwalk, Ohio, who was anvsteil at Omaha as a suspie-ious character, was disvharged. He dec lares his arrest won an outrage ami entirely without cause. In an interview at Ixs Angeles, Cal., United State's Sonate. r White sai.l that Labor Commissioner Fitzgeralel of San Francise'o has asked him te introduce in Congress n bill similar to the Chinese exelusieui act which shall exe lud Japanese. Minister Thompson-has tele-grapheel tho Department ef State from Rio that a eae-e' ngn-ciuont has be -i n signed by the I-'e'deral Ge)vornmont of Hra7.il anri the JVio Grande do Sul revtdutionists. Tho !"reilutienists vm the remnant of the band whieb fedhweel the' dael Adinirul da Ca ma in his light b overthrew the present coverumcut in Hrazil.