Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 June 1899 — Page 6

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THE WEEKLYWDEPENDENT. C. W. METSKER. Tub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. M in News of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Itcconl of llaiM-i:iii!;s f Much or I.lttle liiiporliiiin' from All Tarts of the ii Wised M orhl I'riee of I arm I'roduce in Western Markets. Pnston, Mass. In state convention the social democracy nominated Winfiehl P. Porter of Newburyporl for t'overnor. Han Francisco. ('al.-The Sixteenth infantry hoarded the transport .Grant to sal for the Philippines. London The limine correspondent i.-f the Times savs it is rumored there ihat the pope will create South Lionel American cardinal. Paris Fred Damond and Waiden. American artists. have been awarded third-class medal:? for oil I'airitings at the salon. WashTngton-mVs. Mery Ahlen, the Wife of R. Percy Alden. a well-known und vveaPhy New York attorney, ilied from burns received April 14. Newmf rket. a tie -M'o nam si preacher, who.-.' name could not be learned, was shot and instantly killed by Tom Pit cock, a prominent citizen. Albuquerque. X. M. The Amalgamated Copper e v!i;p:i:y the new trust has purcha-ed from Joel Parker Whitney the lata, us Santa Pita copper mine-; in Grant county. New Mexico, paying the smii of $l.L'Mt.00O. X i.--l vi Mr- ; -an. Whip delirious frcri lever Ah.-. Or!" ( !.4 ;un shot her r-v-ar-c 1 1 e'a'.-.'iter In the h -r d. iuII icing a 1 1 : we:".). -0 i t deii 1. - i t -, genthe Clayton th( n .-t--t h - Paris Gn. Gallieui. govcn.or era! an French r-:n-ch:et ot aiiuy et oiiiip.-'tion in Madayaicar. has U?T j jtcd ti the rank tt ger.r-rr.i l divi.-:-n. , , - P 'V-" b lit Columbus. Ohio Warner Of the Itepublic Ir. J'r(1 oTllpauv ir."ii -- --. . tne appotni m iu 01 tc s ; ri tr.ry and treus-ur-r vi tr; vii!rv..- Pros. Iron com pany, as th- Oh'o li.-:rie; ;r. as-.i: er for the new trust. Koine -Mgr. asaaova. p: '.-,!?nt of Ihe ph'f.ary i !;. il .if th,- Latin-American states. v:s ol'h-iaJ'y lithroned. Tlie ( (iiu'.cil proi-e.-iled to discuss plans of Catholic organization, questions of doctrine and cognate matters. I)ela' ate. Ohio- Leading Methodists plan to eliminate cowipftltlon between Pie c.' lbgts of tint ciiurch in Ohio bv making t: e Oirio We.-leyan university universiiy whir'a all other Methondist s.lioc!.-: in that sta-'o shall be biibort'.inaTe Wash'.imtun - l ttsident McKinley lias pardoned Alma Ilagu. convicted in Utah in ls:" of making false entries and misapplying :l,e funds of a national bank. St. Louis. Mo. The body of J. J. Travis, a wenlthy cattle buyer of St. Janice, Mo., was found in a room at the Hotel Pine. 'Ihe room was full ut Kas from an open jet. and the windows were tiglr.ly rinsed. Cambridge, Mas.-. I-'re.-hmen painted in black letters mi the pedestal of the statue of John Harvaid the words -.Med Far." Pueblo, Colo Notice was given of a freneral increase of 1" pr cent in wages at the pessenter steel work? of the Colorado Fad and Iron company. About 1,70'. nie:i are benefited. Ashland, Ohio FnitM States Judge I. S. Grosscup of Chicago, who has been ill with f-ver for the last live wtfkfc. is said i.y his physician to be safely over the j;itut part of hi troubles. Valparaiso. Tad Ga. was struck recently on land owned by a Chicago syndicate. Drilling was continued, and a strong flow cf oil was the result. Martinsville. Ind. A defective boiler exploded in Henry Myers sawmill near Hinsdale and instantly killed two of his son?, Virgil and Hcrschel, and Perry Morrison. St. Johns, N. F. The colonial government is rigidly enforcing th.- fi.-.h--.g laws on the west coast against th'j French. Montreal J. A. Palmer & Co.. 1 umher merchants, have assigned at th .stance of Atwater & Duclos. advocates. The liabilities amount to T1'J,Richmond. Va. The fourteenth annual conference of state and prov incial boards of health of North America met here. San Francisco. Cal. Judge Coffey lias issued an order directing the executors of the estate of the late Adolph Sutro to dispose of much of the property of the estate. Philadelphia. Pa. John H. Hutchinson, for fifty years prominent in railroad and financial circles, died at his home in this city. He was SO years old and had been ill for ?ome time. New York The general synod of ihe Reformer! Presbyterian church adjourned, to meet at Sparta, 111., June -'. Philadelphia The Great Central railroad of England has placed an order for twenty locomotives with the Paid win works. Logansport, Ind. Col. Thomas H. Pringhurst, an old resident and newspaper man of this city, died, aged b') years. New York "A'illiam II. Seitz. a real estate broker, has fded a petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, siJb.-oU: no assets. Monongahela, Pa. The entire plant .1 t 1 r : . vi me .uouon&aueiu tviwuow uidji company wa3 destroyed by fire. Los3, $30.000; insurance. $18.000. Guthrie. 0. T. The Rev. H. II. Bald win. pastor of the Christian church. was instantly killed by lightning. Seattle, Wash. The largest stamp mill in the world was started tip May 13 by D. 0. Mills at the Treadwell mine on Douglass island. Alaska. Granite Falls, Minn. Fire destroyed the Congregational church. The loss Is $3.000.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

New York Another judgment, this one for $31.307, the biggest yet, was entered against Koster, Rial &. Co., music hall managers, in favor of the United States Mortgage and Trust company. San Francisco, Cal. The application cf Mrs. Mattie R. Craven for a family allowance out of the estate of James G. Fair, as the widow of the late senator, went over until Aug. 13. Augusta, Ga. The Sixth Ohio, Col. W.V. McMaken, was mustered out. Except for a few hospital corps men, Camp McKenzie is now deserted. Paris Gea. Penjamin Harrison, who is here as representative of Venezuela an the boundary commission, was received by President Loubet. Indianapolis, lud. The Indianapolis Street Railroad company has voluntarily increased the wages of moiormen and conductors 1 cent an hour. Pome President Tanardelli cf the Italian chamber of deputies has resigned, owing to the reorganization of the cabinet. Indianapolis. Ind. Former Juige K. C. Husk irk has been declared insane. Denver.Colu. Twenty thousand persons attended a reception in honor of Admiral Schley. Norfolk. Ya. Health officers object' to the coming of the former Spanish cruiser Heina Mercedes fur fear of yellow fever. Newport, H. I. The steam yacht Nahraa. having on board the body or its owner, Oge'cn Gcelet, who die it in Napbs April 27, arrived. Rictiv ie. Fi J.. laryjes Ncweomo, the father of Blossom Newcomb, the g!fl who died under suspicious circum stances ia St. Louis, is guarding her grave with a shotgun and delies any officer to disinter the body. New York Counsel for George Fcrzley & Co., a banking and commercial house for the Syrian colony, tiled a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are estimated at $1 m.jo. Griffin. Ga. A so-called laborers union band has been organized, the ex pressed ub.it ct of which is to drive? the Leg roes out. 1 he (.rilhn Miles are 1:1 their armoiy prepared to deal with the land if thev do lawless acts. C Ab U A LT I LS. Newark J. Auzust Uoeder's renOVtttfruT Lletorv was neariv destroyed J L Jirj-. Loss. $:,o.iiu.k - gallon, lov.v-J)0 western half ol tho cliT'o, "Milwaukee and St. Paul roundhouse burned, together with seven locomotives. Gallup, N. M. The Santa Fe westbound passenger train No. I ran into some coal cars here, overturning an engine and smashing the tender and mail cars, no lives lost. St. Joseph. Mo. Prof. Frederick William Plato, whose title in Germany was Uaron von Dolnitz, a musical composer, is dead from injuries received by being struck by a wagon. Philadelphia, Pa. Daniel Huston was instantly killed and William Lang was fatally injured by the explosion of a steam-drying cylinder in the dyeing and linishing mill of James Martin Co. Cleveland. O. Fire in the Ohio Sash and Door company's big factory caused Jioo.uuu damage. Newark. N. J. August Roeder's feather renovating factory was nearlydestroyed hy Iii'. U)ss. $30.000. HarissburK. Pa. Charles Johnson. Fecund sxTeant, company M, Ninth immures, accidentally shot and killed himself. Cleveland. OhioThe factory of the Ohio Sa.-h and Door company burned. Loss, $3o,000. Exeter. Pa. The coroner's jury investigating the train wreck on the Heading railroad. May ll found that the accident was due to negligence ot certain employes of the company. Houston. Tex. Piro destroyed the Morris building on Main street. The los is $73.i.oo. covered by insurance. LATEST MARKET REPORT. CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $2.00 f?,3.G. Hogs, common to prime. 1.73 (i4.03 Sheep and lambs Wheat, No. 2 led Corn, No. . Oats, No. 1 white 3 30 dt 0.03 7 vi r'.P .77 .l'o ac .20 i F" "s Putter Itye. No. 2 .13V2 .17 i OIV2 .10 (T; ST LOFLS. Wheat. No. 2 Oats, No. 2 ca.h Corn. No. 2 cash Cattle, all grades .. 2.W) Hogs 3.e Sheep and lambs 3. 1 J toled;). Wheat. No. 2 cash Corn. No. 2 mixed Oafs. No. 2 mixed Rye. No. 2 rali Clover.-ecd, May MILWAFK EE. Wheat. No 1 uonhein .70 1 2 fa 3.30 w::.'j3 Cf 3.2 i .to' .31 .30 .;o 3.b0 Oats. No. 2 white 2S ill Pa 1 ley, No. 2 NEW YOUK. Wheat, No. 2 red .41 Corn, No. 2 4kvi5 .livi Oats, No. 3 .23 KANSAS CITY. Cattle, all grades 2.30 Hogs, all grad?s 3.33 Sheep and lambs 2 0) PEOIHA. Oats. No. 2 white 27! Corn, new No. 3 ...... CRIME. fa 3 23 fa 3 S'. .3'i San liif ?o, Cal.-- In a Corona.'!.') lull. ing house, I! indict Jicrgruann. infuriated at Mi.-.; Elizabr.h Ucrkcley's refusal to marry l.im. Etabhed th'! woman ami tin a cut his own throat. Poth will die. Cincinnati, O. James Weaver, the 11-year-ohl colored boy who confessed that he poisoned his father and his brother, was arraigned in tbe police court and held to answer to the grand jury. Boston, Mass. John T. Koach or Montreal ha3 been arrested here ou the charge of being implicated in the robbery of the Dominion bank, Napanee, Ont., Aug. 28. 18J7. when $32,000 was taken. Philadelphia John Burkholder and L. W. Frankbouser have been arrested on the charge of counterfeiting tne labels of the Cigarmakera' International UDlon.

II US OF III CHURGH

Presbyterian General Assembly Discusses Year's Work. MEETING AT MINNEAPOLIS. Financial Statt men t of the Various ISoanU Show an Alienee of Debt beating of C'onureitMiiaii ICuberta Is btreiiuontly Objected Ti. The Presbyterian general assembly, May 24, listened to reports of missionary work done in foreign fields. It was announced thnt the Presbyterian church was the :i: si Protestant church to establish mission work in the Philippines. The receipt for the year were $SG3,743.20. The assembly sent a message of greeting to Queen Victoria on her eightieth birthday. An attempt is to be made to signalize the entrance of the Presbyterian church into the new century by bringing at least 300,000 scholars into the Sabbath schools. June 11 was made BRIDCE IN THE SUDAN The. bridge supplied to the Pritish government by American firm for crossing the whJe mouth of the Atbara, in the Sud.i'. is rapidly being constructed and will be well under way before the Atbara Hoods come down in July. The structure will become historic as an important link in the long chain of communication between Cairo and the Cape, the most extensive railway in the world. The plan to give the children's day, a day on which special offerings are to be made for the work. In the session May 23 the Presbyterian general assembly referred the case of Dr. A. C. McC.iffert. accused of heresy, to the New York presbytery to dispose of his case according to its best judgment. Next year St. Louis will entertain the assembly. Resolutions were adopted against the army canteen and against the sending of alcoholic liquors into our newly acquired territory by American brewers and distillers. Urging the expulsion from congress of Representative-elect Roberts of Utah, directing the New York synod to dispose of the grievance of Warszawiak. the baptized Jew. postponing the Peoria overture concerning committees another year, and listening to reports tilled up ihe day and evening sessions of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church May 20. The reports ot the various boards showed that the boards were all out 6f deh', and that the church has a clear financial field. Child Charged Uli Murder. Lena Pouts, aged 14. and a younger brother, children of Frank Pouts, a Purlington tie contractor of Pennington county, S. P.. are under arrest, the girl being charged with murdering her father. The children claim that the man was cruel lo his family, who lived half f tarv ed most of the time. Keports of I'rietion Denietl. The reported quarrels between the peace commissioners and (len. Otis, and the threatened rturn of flen. Otis to this country because of President Schurman's interference with his plans, aie untrr.e. ICeaUin üaUroatl II. M Kespoinlble. The Reading Railway company is held responsible for the accident at Pxeter. Pa., which occurred two weeks ago, and seulted in the loss of twenty-nine lives and injuries to over fifty persons. Sayern SIriis Antl-Trit mil. (Jov. Sayers of Texas signed the anti-trust bill passed by the present session of the legislature. The measure will probably lie enacted into a law Ly all the southern states. Will Vote for HeiMlernoii. Congressman Henderson of Iowa will get the vote e f ..in united Wisconsin delegation for speaker. It is asserted that Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio will follow suit. Itofta llonheor f lleixl. Rosa Ponheur, the famous French SMiimul painter, who has been suffering from an attack of congestion of the lungs, died, aged 77 years. M:ir.r(liiir Wouhl I'lilUt yntlven. Gen. MacArthur has asked the war department for permission to enlist the Macabebes against their old enemies, the TaRals. Flaw In Antl-Tnit Law. The Texas anti-trust law. which was so carefully drawn to avoid flaws, is now said to be in violation of the federal patent law. Itumor of AKtilnaltlo'ft Death. The Spanish newspapers at Manila publish a report, which is imposiible of confirmation, to the effect that Afulnaldo is dead.

FRANKLIN MAN CHOSEN, 1 TV. L. Dunlap Klectcd Department Com mamler Intlirtnu A. It. At the closing session of the Indiana department of the G. A. R. the resolution Indorsing the McKinley administration went through with enthusiasm. W. L. Dunlap of Franklin was elected department commander. The other officers elected were: Senior vice commander, Morton C. Rankin, Torre Haute; junior vice commander, Solomon A. Pennington. Ko'iomo; medical director. Dr. Charles Gravis. Martinsville; chaplain, C. W. Stewart, Danville. The meeting next year will be at Indianapolis. atwoödTor governor. Iowa State I'robibition Contention Mattes Nomination. The Iowa state prohibition convention nominated W. Atwood ol Kstherville for governor. George Pugley of Harrison county for lieutenant-governor. D. S. Dunlevy of Jasper for superintendent of public instruction, and A. P. Wray of Creston for railroad commissioner. Rev. F. L. Eaton of Des Moines declined the nomination for governor offered him.

BUILT BV A YANKEE FIRM. bridge a special and appropriate design had to lie abandoned when English firms wan'ed months to complete such a structure, while American firms offered to turn out one of their own pattern in many weeks. It was necessary that the piers be laid at once. These piers are now ready for the superstructure, and seven spans, each 150 feet in length, have been already landed in Fgypt and sent up the Nile. TRUSTS THE ISSUE. Democratic Tarty Leaders Il.iv a Conference at St. I.ouis. At the democratic banquet held at St. Louis May 25 the pirty leaders devoted their time to the discussion of the trusts, all apparently considering it the foremost issue before the people. W. J. Bryan spoke at length, denouncing monopolies, and was hailca by many as the presidential nominee for 1900. An official meeting of the rational committee will be held in Chicago July 20. There was a majority of the national committee present at the conferences. Most of the time was occupied in discussing how money can be raised for the next campaign. Fx-dov. Stone asked the several states to pledge amounts in proportion to their population and wealth. The pledges were made, but no amounts were specified hy the committeemen. Twenty-one states and one territory were represented at the conference. Secretary of Michigan W. C. T. I. Mrs. S. A. Benjamin of Portland was for the fifth time elected state secretary of the Michigan W. C. T. U. There are in the state 7.12S members, divided into 297 branches. During the year 3.47G new members were added. Heavy Failure In Scotland. The firm of Neilson Pros., of Glasgow, the largest Scotch house engaged in the iron and steel trade, has failed. It is calculated that the concern lost $1.2r0,000 during the year. The total of the liabilities is unknown. Chinese Cove rumeiit Is Aroused. Orders have been issued from Pekin directing the viceroys and governors ol the neighboring provinces to put all their forces on a war footing, owing to the arrival of six Italian warships in San Mun harbor. To IHscotiraife Morse Thievcx. Horse thieves in southern Michigan and northern Indiana counties have become so daring that a movement is on foot to organize an anti-horse-thief association to co-operate with the officers of the lav. Novak'. Seiitenee It Continued. The Iowa Supremo court decided that Frank A. Novak must remain in the penitentiary for the rest of his life as expiation for the sensational murder of Edward Murray. I-Var Kpiileoiie it I I:im-mi. Notwithstantlins all pa r miens. physicians predict an nnu.-iia) prevalence of typhoid in Daws in City this summer, owing to the acuuiu'ate.l filth of winter. !Hx j.-ien. Howard In l(-l:lee!el. Majoi-(!e:i. (). (). Hvnd was ie elected president of the ( ' m,; re n nl Home Mission society, 'i b-' v c. presidents of the previous yetr wer. re elected. Will Pusli the Campaign. Gen. Otis says the campaign aulas', the Filipino Insurgents will he prosecuted with the utmost aggressiveness duricg the rainy season. Sesnlou of Women' Club. The big biennial Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubj -will be held in Milwaukee Jun 4 to 9 Inclusive, next year,

DEATHS IN SOUTH BAH

Seven Killed and Three Seriously Injured by a Cyclone. ENTIRE FAMILY DESTROYED. Towns in Illinois Indiana. Ohio, .Michigan, Kanta. Nebraska aixi .Missouri Swept ly Set ere Storms Numerous Washouts Are Iteportetl. A death-dealing cyclone passed over the country in the vicinity of Bijou Hills, twenty-five miles south of Chamberlain. S. I).. May 27. Reports toil of the killing of Charles IN terson and his six children, four '.toys and two girls, ranging from 3 to L" years old. His wife and two remaining children were so badly injured they may also die. Dispatches received show that Imnois. Indiana, Ohio. Michigan, Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri were swept by severe wind, hail and rain storms. Near Keswick. Iowa, five persons were injured, one fatally, by a cyclone. Wind al.-o did severe damage at Mingo. in that state, while a hailstorm of great severity vi.-itfd Fonda. Hun- , r T 1 r - ureds ot wtnoow panes in Beatrice and Hastings, Neb., were broken by hail, while vegetation was ruined and thousands of biids were killed. In Hamilton county. Nebraska, $7.j.er-q damage was clor.e by wind, but no lives were lost. Michigan was visited by severe electrical torms. many hour's in St. Joseph and Benton Harbor a; 1 vh::i;;v ocing struck by lightning. Nuin.-iv.us washouts, due to torrents : rain, are reported in Illinois and M'.-hh-.nn. Inirty pt r.-ons atter.dii-? a , b ir:; warming" near Sandusk', OkU were pi os tratet! by one bo!i of !i-ut ning. 1 but only one, Loui F. Foil, of 0i'ord to'.vr.ship. va killed. .. "l" lien. I. au Ion's I'.tTcctive Vork. flen. Lawton.wit h most of his t ro-ip."-. has arrived at Malolos. 1 ! is ex ped it ion march d 1Ü0 milts in twenty days, had twenty-two fights, capture I twentyfight, towns, destroy d :hi.0mi bushel of rice, and only lost six men killed and thirty-one wounded. Work of I !:.i-;. W. C. T. I'. The Jin-'tary's report to the Michigan W. ('. T. F. convention showed that there are twenty-seven unions in the state, paying $l.i;'.S in dues. The total receipts of tlii order in Michigan for 1S0S wen ?:.;. 1. .",7, and the disb u rs e m e n t s $ 2 . 2 S . '-;. To Direet Wiiplis! Publica t Inns. The following wie elected officers and managers of the American Baptist Publication society: President. Samuel A. Closer, Pennsylvania: secretary. A. J. Rowland. I). I).; recording secretary. J. O. Walker. D. J).; treasurer, B. F. Deiinis.on. Synoil of Iteforoieal ('hiireli. At th meeting of the general synod of the Reformed i hutch the oard of foreign missions reported having liquidated all debts and ihe board of home missions reported a liquidation of $1 1,000 debts. Mistake of lit: I .eyis!:. t lire. The Iowa legislature in is:7. in revising the Iowa code, unintentionally provided that hereafter presidential (leitois shall be chosen by congressional districts instead of by the :-tate' at large. VV :inls New Xaiy I mnieliately. The German government wants t lie 2"i0.iH)00,Ono marks which are to be spent in the next few years in enlarging Ihe lleet to he voted early enough to complete all the new vessels. THE GUNCOAT No doubt is felt in ofiicial circles that the Prazilian govrnmont will make a prompt investigation of the discourtesy offered to the Wilmington and that speedy action will be taken. The authorities sincerely regret that the incident should have arisen because of the undoubted friendship of the Praziliati government for the United State and they are satisfied thst all proper amends will be made. Under the instructions given by Secretary Iong to Llcut.-Com. W. W. Kimball, commanding the gunboat Vixen, now on her way to Pluefields, Nicaragua, that officer will maintain constant telePRESBYTERIANS ADJOURNED. Annual Axneiuhly Will Meet Nct Year ut St. Louis. The 111th annual assembly of the Presbyterian church adjourned May 27, to meet next year in St. liOtiis. The accennto of the trustees of the church showed ?SH, 517.12 in their hands, an incrcu.-e of Sl-',153.t!3 since a year ago. erni.li I'aptistH Lml Session. The German lliptist association sclected the middle district of Indiani as the next meeting place. The town will he R'drctcd later. Women in good standing are made eligible as delegates to the general conference. Cxpnrls Show Cioml Imrease. The toial imports for the last ten months were $3r.',.222."S". an increase of $4 ,022,u 14. Total exports for the last ten months, $l,n3t',iC5,802; increase, $lI.24r.G..0. Lccrul.s Sail dune ?. Two thousand lecruit now at San Francisco fur regular leglments in the Philippines will sail on ihe transport I ßheridan, June 7, for Manila. j

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THE WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE Uus'.m'st of the Country Keeps l"p to the Top Notch. R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly reviow of trade says: "There is some fear that has no other cause than the habit of fear. Men have found for so many years disaster treading on the hee's of apprehension that they lack faith in geed things, present and to come. Every year there is worry about tim short crops, and yet the crops grow larser. The specter of monetary trouble haunts men who know that the country is strong beyond any need. And all the time the volume of business is rising. This week's payments through the chief clearing-houses are :2.1 per cent larger than last year and 0s per cent larger than in isr2. "Failure's for the wtk have been l."2 in the United .States, against 21.' last year, and 1U in Canada, against 21 last vcar.

TRUSTS WILL BE AN ISSUE. Itryan s:lVs the Phitrorm Will Contaei Much IeiUes i rtf iler. William J. Bryan says, in a signed statement: 'The Chicago platform will be iT-a"irm d e ntire and new planks added to cover new questions. The tru.t issue will be on., of the pao.-t important cif tin: issues." DUBOIS SPEAKSFOR SILVER. Dciiiis Thai the Cree Coinage Mies! ion i- a !atl l-ie. Senator Dubnis. chairman of the ver republican exe.-unve committee, says his party will meet in national convention a the stn;e time as th,democrats, and h" denies that 1C to 1 is a dead issre To 1'r.iiiK- Curreney lli'.l. . 11 - 1 . .-c naior .viuricn. cnairnian of 1, . 1 senate committee on lm.ir.ee. aas issued, a call for a meeting of that committee to he held at New York. June !. A urrenry bill will be? framed at this tr.ee ting. Awful Iislr's in Ku-si:i. The K-v. Mr. Francis, pastor of the Pri' ish-Ame rican ciiurc h in St. Pete;rsburg. writes that C 2.e)i.oo 1 ;, re'iui-.-ite to keep the starving peojde alive during the three months to the next harvest. Severe llroulil In ICou ma u i.i. The continued drought throughout Rouniania has seriously affected crops and unless rain comes quickly farmers will hardly save more- than seed by the labor of spring and summer. Soliliers' i:)::es l:roni;ht Home. The remains of eighteen soldiers, who died in the Philippines. hav hee-n landed at San Franc isco, and will be sent for burial wherever relatives or friends may desire. Labor Trouble in Denmark. The combined strike and lockout in Denmark has developed into the most serious labor trouble ever known in the peninsula. Forty thousand men are out of work. Ituyh: I Kaus. is Wheat. Past year's wheat crop stored in Kansas granaries and elevators is fast being bought up hy New York and Publish capitalists for shipment abroad. Volunteers ISein 4 : radii:. 1 1 y VV i I Ii! ra 11 Yoiimtrpr regiments aio gradually beiiif; withdrawn l Manila, leaving regiments of regulars to guard the north from Paliuag to San Fernando. Loss Will Keaeh Si .OOO.OUO. Coney Island. New York, suffered a $1.0UO.iiM lire May litt. i:ij;bt blocks of buildings were destroyed and lour persons were injured. WILMINGTON. gr;i)hic communication with the department. This orde r is in addition to that requiring him to protect Ame rican interests along ihe central American coast, and is for the purpose of preventing any interruption in the communication bitween the men-of-war o! the United States cruising in Central American waters and the department. Th e gunboat. Marietta, and. latterlw the cruiser Detroit both experienced messages to the department and receiving instructions, due, according to the explanation of Ihe Niearaguati government, to an "interruption" in the land lines. HEAVYJIRELOSS. Half it .Million Dollars' Worth of Property Consumed at St. .lohn. N. It 1'ire at St. .lohn. N. H.. did enormous damage. A leading tmdervvi iter estimates th' loss at $.i'J0.iM)0 and the insurance at aoii.mti). The area hin nod over conipi i.-cs iifleon Mucks. or portions of blocks, and the buildings destroyed number 1".o. Two lives lost. i:-io. Harrison Kecil Dead. Fx-Gov. Harrison Reed of Florida died in South Jacksonville, aged Si. He was the founder of the Milwaukee Sentined and afterward was a in einher cf the constitutional convention of Wisconsin. Doch Not Want Sena torship. Secretary cf Agriculture Wilson denles a report that he will he a candidate to succeed J. H. Gear as United States senator from Iowa. (.eriiiaii I'xpurter Are Protesting. Gei man exporters are insisting that a r.tw tariff agreement more favorably to German exports be arranged with the Fr iltd Statci aloaa.

mm 1 11 iowfl. Yashodts Responsible for Two Fatal Accidents.

NINE KILLED, FORTY INJURED. r ii-it IU;ts( r Oeeurs l our Villen Southst of Waterloo - Chicago Limite. I Vhrown from the IricA at K-lwcin ::iUi:ieer KiKeJ tu Tcvis. The worst raiiroa 1 wrek in th history of that section f Iowa o. riirred four miles scuth of Waterloo. ,i tlie llMiiingtiiii. Cedar Rapids and Northern railroaTr M.tv i's. 131 ü Ii C p-r.- nwere killed at1.,! forty moiv v,v;v injure;!. son;e ot' th-" :n so s'-ri iu-ly that It is likely the fatality list will bo increased. The train, consisting e;f seven coaches, ia. Ending mail and baggage, was completely d. moltshed or tede.-eoped. The cause tJf the disaster was the washing out of a put: an of the- ro:v! by a waterspout or clou 1hursi. part of th- .-..tnae done by the gteat stoini t!;at swept over the ! tioti t tie day 1 fore. Passenger train N-. 2. the ('M.-aso limited, on the Chicago Gnat Weste rn railway, was wrecked the morning v:f May 2s four mibs north of Oelwein, Iowa. The wie.-k was t!:" re.-a!t c f a - washout c.ins.-.l ;y a heavy rain. It;, hard Mi inning. :loiel. ji.;r;e;-, was j killed. The train i -.v consi.-ted i i Fdward Pish.ip. . nsine r: Fr d Fuller. hreiiian: Charl'r (Jreiniger. e-ondiw-tor, all cd" Minneapolis. They were hadly 1 bruised. Near Denisr.n. Texas, a freight train jumped tl:e track and the engineer was kiTed. T H I R T Y R EB ELS K I L L E D . Sh:.r LiiaieiEieiit in the 11: il i pi'ines hie .Vmeriei'i liil'ecl. Thirty Filipinos were killed and ;iv-r sixty woui:ded in a battle Ma 2 twe-en the Ameriean forces r.n l tlio i;:surgents at Santa Arita, one mile north of San I-e-rnamlo. The. Americans losi one man. Twelve of our troops wer-: WOttll'ieu. Resides the killed, ninety rebels we e made prisoners, while- over loo stands of arms were captured. six thousandTeaths. . - - -- h . Adj.. -;-:i. Corbin Tells the Cost of Ui War uith Spain. Adjt.-Gen. Corbin gives out tl: i statement of the deaths which have o -cum d in ii' army since ihe b-' gaining of the war -vith Spain: In Cuba, l.öf'l; in I'c rtu Ri -o. L's7: at 11 :udi:lu. 4."; in the Philippines. C ti; in ih-j Unite d State s. n,M2; total. . .2 i'J. SAY LARGER ARMY IS WEEDED. Additional Ileinforeeuients .Miist lie Sen! to 4eii. Otis. The events of the past wck hav--empha.-i7.ed the xv cd of a much 1 a r.' cranny in the Philippine s. without whic h, ace-ording to the best authorities ia .Manila, it -would be attempting the impossible to expect to establish Am- r;can Hipre tnaiv in the islands. V. .VI. C. A. in ISieini.il "oii ut i.wi. The international conven.don of ih Y. M. C. A. was held at Grand Rap: ts. Mich. The secretary's, rejiart show?d W.i: little apparent progi e-ss of the a.-s iciation had !jc n made1 as a wh )! during the pa.-t two ye ars. In s :: nis the figures ar.- smaller tb.au tho.j o; two vea.rs ago. bat not ::i auy ca.ve ry much smaller. The ivc ;-,its ! ,r the year we re ?2:1 !.." 1, and t!i t pt:;ditures SKM.Plo. Ciml Outside the State. Atty.-Gcn. Hicks of Wiscnsln hi--given an opinion on the anti-pas , law. in which he holds ih.U tri .-tat. officer c an accept fre e transp .T.atiou froiu anv railroad outside tne state. Will Separate in .lern-. The delegates to the puv conf. rcv.i'v will separate about the ir.id lle el .lun', to enable theni t re-ccive frcs'a instructions from their govet nn'.eat--, ind will meet again in September. Kussia Shows l!er T-eth. Russia has refused to accept the Chinese re fusal of a railroad e on: ".-sit i: and will send engineers forthwith to survey a line to connect the Rur-siau Manchurian railroad with Pekin. Don Ciuilht t'astelar Dead. Senor Don Fmüio Ca-?cl.!t , th d:stinguished Spanish repub'iean orat u and statesman, who has be. n suffering from an attack of pulmonary ca'arrh. "aintracte 1 !a.t winter, is dead. Itivisou f I'iifii Wreck. It is asserted that the Arnerb in line steamboat Paris, wrecked on th south coast of ihiglan l. like the M d.egan. w;is drawn oat of her course ly magnetic inlluenc. Penrose I'uloi es 1 be l'r.-sident. United States Senator Penrose d Pennsylvania expresses liimelf as approving the administration of President Mc Kinley, and thinks he should be renominated. Japanese l loeMnc Into Hawaii. An official report from a United States inspector at Honolulu as.-erts that PI.'1": Japanese have arrived since the islands were annexed to the United States. Proposed Mcimimi-nt to Dcvey. A movement is on foet at San l-'ran-iscc to e rect a ?H(.O0u monument to co mm' mo rate deeds of th? American navy, especially G;e ictory of Admiral Pcwey. rreshleut Will Visit Minnesota. President McKinley has positively deicleel to gi as far west this summer as St. Paul and Mraneap Mi. Tha date of his visit is not decided upon. Think Further Parleying: l'less. President McKinley Is said to be convinced that further parleying with the Filipinos is useless, and that they must be whipped into submission. Jen. Heye I Dying-. Gen. Reyes, leader of the late Nicaraguan revolution, is dying from the effects of an attempted assassination.

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