Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 June 1899 — Page 2

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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. C. W. METSKEK, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. Ill fflHI WEEK News of General Interest Told in Paragraphs.

COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. F.ecor.l of Happening of Much or Little Importance from All Tart of the 1 Ulli-. I World Price of farm lroduce in Western Markets. Caryon City. Colo Samuel Roberts sLot and killed his wife and her mother, Mrs. Oeorge Iewis. and then blew out his own brains. Louisville. Ky . Dr. John P. Green, president of William Jewell college. Missouri, has declined an offer of tha presidency of the Southern Baptist seminary. -Mansfield, Texas.-J. 0. Murphree -walked into the posto.Tu-e and without warning shoi and killed Sherman Coulden. the assistant postmaster, ami wounded R. S. Goulden. the postmtster. Murphree was arrested. Stockten, Cal. A party of twenty young persons enjoy ins a ride in a catamaran on the river were precipitated into the water by the overturning of the boat. Miss Mabel Kafitz and Walter Hemleben, the engineer, were drowned. Seattle, Wash. The battleship Iowa arrived at the government dry dock from Port Orchard. Springfield. Ill-William Ihlenfeldt, a well-known saloonkeeper, committed suicide with a revolver. His brother killed himself the same way a year ago. San Francisco. Antonio B.irrio5. who has been charged by the presid-nt of Guatemala with trying to fit out a filibustering expedition against Guatcrocks near the Manacles. London. The underwriters ar still hopeful erf being able to save the American liner Paris, now lying on the ocks near the Manacles. Sardis. Miss. Simon Brooks (colored) was lynched ty a mob of .".00 negroes, having been taken from the Jail. Brooks, with another negro, had assaulted, attempted to murder and robbed a colored woman. Washington. Congie.-smen Payne of New York. Dilf'.l of Pennsylvania. Steele of Indiana. Hull of Iowa and Heatwole of Minnesota are on their way to Alaska, where they will attempt to settle the boundary dispute. City of Mexico. President Robinson of the Mexican Centra! railway estimates that Mexico will probably produce $12,000.t00 worth of gold this : ear. Philadelphia. Plans are now being prepared for two larg steamships for the International Navigation company. The Cramps will build the ships. The vessels will travel at the rate of eighteen knots. New York. Survey work preliminary to the laying of a cable between Germany and the United States by wa of the Azores is practically completed. Boston, Mass. The Transcript says that the deal which had for its purpose the consolidation of the leading street car works of the country ha3 fallen through. The trust was to be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital of $18.000.000. New York The United States transport McPterson arrived in quarantine from San Juan, Porto Rico, and Santiago de Cuba. She has on board 144 rasseng era. New York After lengthy negotiations and some dispute the jewels of Fanny Davenport have been sold by the executors to Mis3 Blanche Walsh, the actress, for JIC.OOQ. London Capt Henry Horn, yachting editor of the Times, for many years associated with the Field, Is dead. He formerly commanded several yachts and sailed In some of the first America's cup races. Soddy, Tenn. Conditions at the coal mine3 are becoming serious. All the company's stores are closed, and the miners will suffer for food unless relief Is had from the outside world. Seattle, Wash. The First Bank of Skaguay has closed its doors and J. G. Price has been appointed receiver. Liabilities estimated at $1G,G00; assets, $18.000. Fort Wayne, Ind. A. K. Hurst, proprietor of the Globe clothing house, wade an assignment to Benjamin Rothschild, trustee. The assets and liabilities are not given. Hickman, Colo. When taking water at a tank on the Colorado Midland railroad, a locomotive broke away from its crew and started on a wild run down grade. Near Buena Vista. Cole, the runaway crashed into the east-bound passenger train. Two men were killed. Minneapolis, Minn. About $20,000 worth of fireworks belonging to the Lillibridge Bremner company, stored in the outskirts, was destroyed by fire. Insurance policies held by National Biscuit company in Chicago. Lima. Ohio The longest electric railway in the world, ir,3 miles, is to lc built from Toledo to Dayton. Work will commence at once. New Britain, Conn After being lost In the woods for forty-six hours, little Annie Escholtz was found on Shuttle Meadow mountain. The child was weak from lack of food, but W uninjured. Washington By direction of the president, the acting secretary of war has issued an order for tho re-establishment cf the military department of Texas. New York-Mrs. Themas F. Gilrov, wife of ex-Mayor Gilroy. died at her home in that city. Heart failure was the immediate cause cf her death. Her husband and tea children survive. IJuehec. Canada The steamship Lake Huron, from Batoum. Russia, with 2,300 Doukhoubour immigrants on board. Is detained at the Grosse isle quarantine station with smallpox on board. There were five deaths cn the passage.

MISCELLANEOUS. Zanesville. Ohio The first annual conference of the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution met here. Chattanooga, Tenn. The sale of quartermaster's property at Camp George H. Thomas. Chickamauga park, aggregated ?67r000. St. Joseph', Mo The $125,000 livestock exchange, erected by G. F. Swift and others, was formally opened. Alexandria, Egypt There have been twenty-one cases of the plague and seven deaths from that disease. Two new eases were reported. Copenhagen The Danish government announced its intention to appoint a commission to consider the imposition cf a protectionist duty upon agricultural products. New Orleans, La. As the result of an investigation by Dr. Blount, health officer of Texas, that state has raised the passenger and freight quarantine which was placed against this city becuse of a reported case of yellow fever. New York L. A. Hankey has been appointed receiver for Howard Lockwood & Co.. publishers and printers, on application of the stockholders for a voluntary dissolution of the company. Liabilities, $?5,45S; assets, $9,13C. Paris Lieut.-Col. Picquart has been provisionally released from custody. New York Lazard Freres shipped to Europe gold to the amount of $2.000,000. This made $3,000,000 to go in oneday. Jcliet. III. The four Joliet mills of the American Steel and Wire company shut down ir. order to reduce the stock of wire and nails. Harrisburg. Pa. A (harter wa.s issued by the state department to the Warwick Iron and Steel company of Philadelphia, with a capital of $1.000.000. Vancouver. B. C A paity of sixteen educators from Japanese universities and schools arrived on the steamer Empress of Japan. They will attend the national educational convention at Los Angeles and will visit Chicago. Berlin The budget committee of the reichstag has voted the first installment of 20.000 marks for the German antarctic expedition. San Francisco, Cal. J. H. Southworth, a mining expert sent by San Francisco capitalists to investigate the San Itoque placers in Lower California, has telegraphed that all reports were discouraging and urging Americans tu remain away. Paris The civil tribunal of the Seine granted a divorce to Countess Esterhazy. Denver. Colo. The State Federation of Labor adopted resolutions denouncing Gov. Chailes S. Thomas, on account of his veto of the bill repealing tho :mt;-bof ctt law.

LATEST MARKET REPORT, CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $U10 ft Ö.ÖÖ Hogs, common to prime. 1.tr ?i3.90 Sheep and lambs '2.Z0 (3 5.90 Wheat. No. 2 red TT .77';. Oats. No. 2 white 25 .252 Corn, No. 3 ..14 Eggs ll?4frf .12 Butter 11 .18 Rye. No. 2 50 PEORIA. Oats, No. 2 white 27i .-'V3 Corn, No. 3 .33 KANSAS CITY. Cattle, all grades 2.25 (15.15 Hogs, all grades 3.45 3.T5 Sheep and lambs 2.00 5.T5 NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red S2 Corn. No. 2 .40"; Oats, No. 2 white .30 MILWAUKEE. Wheat. No. 1 northern.. T6U Oats. No. 2 white 2S ä .29 Barley .40 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 rash .76 Corn, No. 2 mixed .34 Oats. No. 2 mixed .26 Rye, No. 2 cash .57 Cloverseed, prime cash.. 3.75 ST. LOUIS. Wheat. No. 2 .75 Oats, No. 2 cash .24 Corn, No. 2 cash .32' Cattle, all grades 2.00 5.50 Hogs 3.75 3.90 Sheep aDd lambs 4.00 6.50 CASUALTIES. Lyons, N. Y. An explosion of oil in the hardware store of J. S. Myers resulted in the most extensive conflagration Lyons has experienced in years. The loss to buildings and contents was about $40,000; partially insured. Renville, Minn. Leonard Mason, a well known young business man, and William Anderson, who just graduated with honors at the Renville high school, were drowned while bathing in the Minnesota river. Vienna The town of Ottensheim, Austria, about five miles west of Linz, on the Danube, has been totally destroyed by fire. Four women perished in the flames and a number of people were Injured. Washington John J. Lalor, a translator in the office of the director of the mint, fell from the second floor in the treasury department to the basement, probably receiving fatal injuries. Marshall, Texas The Harrison county courthouse, recently finished, was burned with its contents, cau-dng a loss of $75.000. Adjoining property was also burned, swelling the total loss to $100,000. CRIME. Portsmouth, Ohio Edward Ware, a farmer of Mount Zion, Ky., was shot and killed by his nephew, Arthur Davenport. Davenport surrendered. Austin. Texas Brnil Schiff, who claims that his father is president of the Eagle Pencil company of New York city, was. arrested here charged with forgery. Leechburg, Pa. Joseph Povellck fatally shot his boarding-house mistress, Mrs. Mary Smoski, because she demanded money for his board. Povellck then committed suicide. Philadelphia James A. Price, commander of Reynolds post, No. 71, G. A. R., committed suicide by cutting hl3 throat with a razor. He was 54 years old and leaves a widow and two children.

II Three Members of a Family Killed Near Sioux City. FATHER, M0THERANDS0N DEAD The House of lohn Malloy, with Its Inmates. Lifted In the Air by the Wind None of the Occupants of the lluililluty Kscaped Injury. A tornado struck one-half mile from the town of Salix, near Sioux City, Iowa. June 11, almost wiping one family out cf existence. The dead are: John Malloy, farmer; Ka:.- Malloy. his wife; Harry Malloy, IG-yeai-dd son. The injured are: Bessie Malloy, 19 years old, skull fractured, will die: Thomas Malloy. IS years old, leg mangled and injured internally; Fred Molloy, 2 years old, back injured, :-erious; Pat Malloy, 14 years old, collarbone broken and back wrenched; will recover; Jack Malloy, 24 years old, arm cut and body injured, slight. The Malloy family had taken refuge in the cellar, but thought the storm was over, and reaseended. when the funnel-shaped cloud struck the building, and they were hurled in the air vith the flying timbers. Coal Miner' Strike Threatened. A strike of 25.000 coal miners in the central district of Pennsylvania is threatened. A letter from a national organizer received at Pittsburg declares that this will be within a month or six weeks. THE WAR IN ...... v i xyjw .r&"u lu V- rw

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MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE CITIES CAINTA. TAYTAV. AXTIPOLO AND MORONG. CAPTt'RED BY AMERICAN TROOPS.

To Test Shamrock's Speed. Arrangements are being made for six test races, to take place in t ho Solent during the month of July, between the Brittania and Sir Thomas L'pton's Shamrock, challenger for the America's cup. Fighting Will Co (In. The American advance from Manila south toward Puranaque confirms recent repot ts that the war against the insurgents would in all probability be carried on despite the rains. iov. Tliiree to Ketire. The Detroit Free Press says: "Gov. Pingiee will net be a candidate for office, either this year or next, according to the statement made by one of his clcsest friends and advist rs." IJen. Charles Kin; Stricken. While Gen. Chas. King was making a Speech at Tacoma. Wash., he was overcome by exhaustion and had to be carried into the heu.-. No serious results will follow. Tope .May De Arhitrater. It is said negotiations have been started toward appointing the pope permanent president of the arbitration tribunal when it is established by the peace congress. Cruiser Newark Is Overdne. The United States steamship Newark, which sailed from Montevideo. Uruguay, the 17 'i of last month, bound for Valparaiso, Chile, is three days over due. Kel May Not IJesicn. A story is printed in a number of eastern papers that Speaker Reed will not retire from congress, but will occupy his place on the floor as a "free lance." Favor Tax on Franchises. Governors of two great states Indiana and Colorado in letters published in the New York Tribune, indorse the principle of franchise taxa tion. Woodmen Ke-eleet Their Officers. With but two exceptions, all of the old officers of the National Order of Woodmen were re-elected. William A. Northcott, Illinois, is head consul. Indlar m Dying ' Stanatlon. The Indians in the neighborhood of the upper waters of the Stewart river, British Columbia, are perishing in 'arge numbers from starvation. British Gnn Shop Destroyed. A fire in the Riswick works, London, Eng., destroyed the gunshop, the guncarriage shop and the thellshop. The loss is estimated at $500,000. Agulnaldo Ik Now Dictator. Special dispatches from Manila say it is reported that Aguinaldo has dissolved the Filipino congress and proclaimed himself dictator. Apostolic Legation for Canada. In consequence of an agreement with Cardinal Vaughan. the pope will shortly publish a brief instituting au apostolic legation in Canada. China to Kcsist Aggression. Warlike orders by the Chinese government indicate a purpose to resist further foreign aggression, except on the part of Russia. Death of Aogiistin Daly. Augustin Daly, the famous New York theatrical manager and dramatic author, died very suddenly at Paris, France. Storer Presents Ills Credentials. Bellamy Storer, United States minister to Spain, has arrived at Madrid and pre&entod bis credentials to the queea regent.

DEATHS AMONG GULP MINERS. American rerlsh in a Vain Effort to Reach the Klondike. News has teen brought to Seattle, Wash., of the death and suffering of American miners who tried to reach the Klondike gold fields over the allCanadian route from Edmonton. It is said that no less than 200 prospective miners lost their lives by drowning, starvation, exposure and freezing during the winter. Most of these were Americans from the eastern states. Scurvy is now ravaging the miners who are stalled on the trail, and before relief can reach them many others will have died.

COUNTRY SWEPT BY REBELS. American Troops Occupy Another Wide si retell of Territory. June 10 a force of 450 men under Gens. Lawton. Wheaton and Overshine advanced from San Pedro Macati, sweeping the country between the Bay of Manila and Bay lake, south of Manila. By nccn the country had been cleared almost to Paranaque. The Ameiicans lost two officers killed and twenty-one soldiers wounded. Koiidholder fan Not Itccover. Th'j holders of $3G0.000worth of bondissued by the Sny Island district of Illinois in 1ST2 cannot recover their money from the present owners of the land, according to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals decision. Kail w ay Clerks lUcct Officer. The Association of Railway Postal Clerks re-elected C. L. Shaffer of Chicago president and George A. Wood of Portsmouth, N. II., secretary and treasurer. THE PHILIPPINES. eu. Warner's Denial. Gen. A. .1. Warner, president of th American Bimetallic union, who has been quoted as saying silver would b a secondary issue in next car's campaign, has sent the following letter from Holly Springs. (la., to the pres.; bureau of the democratic national committee: 'The inclosed telegram has jus ! reached me here. I have never said to anybody that silver is a secondary is. sue. I have said that inasmuch as th next congress whs. almost certain to pass a currency bill, the currency phasj of the money question was likely for the time being to attract a large sbaiu of public attention (whether the government or the banks shall issue our currency ). The money question has lost none of its importance, and ! d:i not think any backward step in this question will be taken by the Democrats in 1900. There will, however, be other prominent issue.---the trusts and imperialism.' Papers Believe War Inevitable. The British papers talk serioisly of the possibility of war in South Africa. The resources of diplomacy are regarded as exhausted with the failure of the conference. Nothing is left, it is felt but a recourse to force. l'oor Indiana Wheat Yield. Statistician Connor has completed a compilation of reports on the Indiana wheat crop for this year, which he finds Is but 49 per cent favorable on a basis of 100 for perfection. Cov. Mount Nearly Well. The condition of Gov. Mount of Indiana, who was stricken with pneumonia, is greatly improve'd. arc! his complete recovery is no longer in doubt. 950,000,000 lleloiv Last Year. The indications are that there will be a falling off In Iowa of the taxable valuation of property this year of about $50.000,000. This loss is credited entirely to the new law. Have Invited President .McKinley. The business men's associations ot Davenport, Rock Island and Moline have invited President McKinley to visit the tri-cities during his western trip this summer. Woodmen Select St. I'aul. The head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America selected St. Paul av: the place of meeting in 1901. The vote was 199 to 1C3 for Grand Rapids, the only other candidate. Kansas Drops Into Line. The Kansas republican congressional delegation, after a conference, unanimously agreed to support Gen. Henderson for speaker of congress. F.lglii Wins First lrl.e. Silver Leaf camp. No. (1. Elgin. 111., took the first prize, $500, with a per cent of 91..r. in the competitive drill of the Woodmen of America. May Abolish Dynamite .Monopoly. It is asserted in South African circles that President Kruger wn. propj.-e to tbo Transvaal mad. the abclition of the dynamite monopoly. ISrltlsli Import it ml Kxpiirln. The statement of the Ilritish board of trade for the month of May shows Increases of 3,1T0,400 in imports and JC5.138J00 in exports. Lent Not it Candidate. Congressman John J. Lentz says he is not now and never has been a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Ohio. German) Will Itemaln Ne itral. Should hostilities arise between tha Boer government and Great Dritaln, Germany, it Is announced, will maintain strict neutrality.

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California Pugilist Defeats the Veteran Fitzsimmons. FIGHT LASTS ELEVEN ROUNDS. Jeffries Display Wonderful S.till and Agility, Couit.-inc 1 ititli Tremendous Hitting; Towers i:.x-Chatupioii Admits Jle Was Ialrly Heuten. James Jeffries of Los Angeles. Cal.. won the pugilistic battle at the Coney Island Athletic dub from Robert Fitzsimmons in the eleventh round. The fight was the most important in the pugilistic world since the meeting of Corhett and Fitzsimmon at Carson City March 17. 1S97. As Fitzsimmons held the heavyweight championship of America and there wa no serious claimant to the title in any other part of the world Jeffries by his victory comes into a fairly veil established claim of being the world's champion. Jeffries is 21 years of age: was born in Columbus. Ohio, and is the sou of a clergyman. It was the first defeat Fitzsimmons had sustained in twenty-three contests since coming to America, not counting the contest which he lost to Sharkey on an alleged foul, and he was a strong favorite in the betting. When the men went int) the ring Fitz looked to be about 1T; pounds in weight, while Jeffries was easily 20f.. The actual time of lighting was ?t minutes and 32 seconds. The time of the last round was 1 minute and 32 and 2-" seconds. After the fight Fitzsimmons said: "The best man won. I fought my hardest, but he reached me in spite of ::11 I could do. .fctirios made a great tight -far greater than I believed V1 could ever do. I have no excuses to make. I knew it was a hard game after the second round, and toward the last 1 was too much dazed to avoid him. I tried to win and did my best. I take off my hat to J. J. Jeffries, heavy-weight champion of the world." Chief American Scout Killed. Twenty-five American soldiers, who were engaged in reconnoitering in th fortified hills in the vicinity of Morong. in the Phiiinnines. were attacked by :100 insurgents. They fought their way out. The chief scout accompanying the Americans was killed. Senator .lones' Health lmproiug. Senator James K. Jones ejf Arkansas, chairman of the national democratic committee, who went abroad some time ago for his health, writes that lie has been greatly benefited, and feels better thai: be has for the wast ten years. ien. heeler Congratulates llemU-rsoii Gen. Joseph Wheeler has written to Col. Henderson, declaring that the members ejn his side of the house will fell a sense of personal gratification in the choice of the republicans for the speakership. (irriniiiir Spain's Dear Friend. Senor Silvela, the Spanish premier, in an interview, said: "The adoption by the eortes of the Carolines treaty is c ertain. To no other cenintry than he r dear friend Germany would Spain give the islands." Position for Capt. Wainn right. Capt. Wainwright, who commanded the cruiser Gloucester in the fight against Cervera's fleet, has been appointed temporary commandant of cadets in the Annapolis naval academy. Admiral Dewey at Singapore. The American warship Olympia, on which Admiral Dewey is returning from Manila to the Fnited States, arrived at Singapore. Extraordinary honors were shown the admiral. "Tom" Maker Shot Dead. "Tom" Baker, aged :1S. one of the principals in the famous Baker-Howard feud, was shot dead at Manchester, Ky.. while surrounded by soldiers. Sheriff White is under arrest. Kansas Wheat Crop Poor. Reports say that 39 per cent of the Kansas wheat, acreage is a failure on account of the unfavorable winter and spring. The condition of the remaining 61 per cent is given at 5.1.

PROGRESS OF ADMIRAL DEWEY ON HIS HOME-BOUND TRIP.

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HE LEFT HONGKONG ON HIS FLAG NEXT STOP WILL Fire Loss of .M)0,O0O. At Augusta. (la.. June 7. fire destroyed almost the entire south side of Broad street. The exact loss cannot be ascertained, but. as little was sived. a low estimate will place it at over half a million dollars. To liieren ierman Squadron. The supp'.dJK-ntary budget bill In the German reichstag, providing for the purchase of the Caroline. Pelew ruid Ladroue island.-? from Spain, will also provide for an increase in the East Asiatic squadron. Wl-oiiin Hank Ooes Coder. The Dane County State bank, which has been a nourishing institution at Stoughton, Wis., since 1SS4. has been obliged to close its doors. The. .assets are $223.000, with liabilities of $173,000. Teia Itlver Are Overflow. The Colorado river and its tributaries in Texas are the highest they havo been for years, and great destruction of property lying in the path of tha floods has already resulted. ,

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. l'upanilt led KUc in 1'rices Reported by It. i. Dun & Co. R. G. Dun S: Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The last week brought a rise in prices not equaled in any other week

i of many years. It is needless to say i that this is a symptom of danger, and the most conservative manufacturers, especially in iron and steel, have striven to avoid it, but actual inability to deliver products demanded leaves them little power, while speculation in wool and other lines is running away from consumption. It is a saving feature that quotations are quite largely fictitious. "Against all accounts of injury is the soiid fact that western receipts of wheat were r..o4f.04.". bushels for the week, against 1.477.04. from the great crop of last year. Corn has shown unusual ir.dpeiideno-. scarcely changing in price, with exports LS04.9'iO bushels, against 4.1"4.i4l last year." TWENTY-FIYEWERE DROWNED. Floods in Texas Cause Loss of Life and Do Immense Damage. Reports from San Saba and Menardville. small towns in Texas, say that both places were swept by raging Roods and badly devastated. In San Saba eight people were drowned. Seventeen are known to have been drowned at Menardville. Of these two were young white girls and the rest negroes. The loss to farming lands will represent $100.000. CO N F E R e'nCE W A S AF A I L U R F. k'rektdent Krnger I culdc to Agree with I ISrilih Commissioner. The conference between President Kruger of tbe Transvaal Repuolic and tbe British high commissioner and governor of Cap" Colony. Sir Alfred Milner. proved very unsatisfactory. a:id there is no probability of its resumption. President of Ion I'niierxily. Chancellor McLean of Nebraska uni Vfisity has been elected president of i the University of Iowa, to suceej President Charles A. SchacfTer, who died last September. Train Derailed in Kaunas. An east-bound mixed train on the i central branch of the Missouri Pacific i v. as derailed a mile out of GofTs, Kan., j and between twenty and thirty passenge,'s weve "ir'1"Dick" Tliompson'H Ninetieth ltirtliday. The 90th birthday of Richard W. Thompson, ex-secretary of the navy. w:;s apprcpt iately celebrated at Ter re. Haute. Ind. "Fncle Dick" is in fairly good health. National Celehraliou in KusIa. There was a great national celebration in Russia June T in honor of the centenary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin, the most renowned of Ras:an poets. Only One American Cardinal. It is authoritatively announced that a second American cardinal will not be created by the pone. Cardinal Gibbons will remain the only American cardinal. Japanese Laborers for Hawaii. Advices from Yokohama state that nearly T.OüO laborers will leave Japan during the current year, under eontract to work on Hawaiian plantations. i:plusimi Kills Native Miners. Seventeen native miners were killed and thirty injured in a mine at Kimlierley. South Africa, by the explosion, it is supposed, of a dynamite magazine. Dr. Keene Chosen President. Dr. W. W. Keene. Philadelphia, was elected president of the American Medical association. The next meeti ing will be held at Atlantic City, X. J. Ilane.a Will Not Ketire. Senator Hanna flatly denies the report sent from Washington that he intended to retire from the chairmanship of the national republican committee. Fpiscopal llishop of Indiana. The Rev. Joseph M. Francis, rectot of St. Paul's c hurch. Evansville. Ind.. was elected bishop of the episcopal diocese ef Indiana. France Wants Reciprocity Treaty. The French government has taken steps to renew negotiations for a reciprocity treaty with the Fnited States. SHIP OLYMPIA. Jl'NE HE AT SING A- PORE. HIS ISreat Itrltain Warns Kiissht. William St. John Broderick, in the house of commons, made the announcement that the British government would not permit a proposed concession bv China to Russia. Spanish P.-Uoners Are Dying. It is said that two-fifths of tho Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos are chad, and cf the survivors more than 100 are sick and starving. Kansun S-l-'t San l-'r iicIkco. Nine-tenths of the ollucrs and men of the Twentieth Kansas regiment have voted to be discharged from service in San Francisco. Michigan Wheat Very Poor. Secretary of State Stearns reports that wheat in Michigan has not been In as poor condition as it is today in many years. Leprosy Near New Orleans. Dr. Isadore Dyer, the noted leper expert, has discovered two cases of leprosy in St. John's parish, near New Orleans.

"We and Our Tour llfonomic" Is the title of a very claiming" and entertainingly written story vbi-h has just been issued in book form bv the passenger department of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern lty. The intending" summer tourist will lind it not only interesting but instructive. It will be sent free to any address on application to F. M. Byron. G. W. A., Cnieago. or A. J. Smith, G. P. A., Cleveland.

Hard at It. There's a little expansionist living in the upper section of the city whose father is an officer in General Otis' army. She was recently taken out to dinner, and in reply to a query as to where her father was, replied: "Oh, he's away off there." pointing to tho East, "fighting the Philistines'." It Works Like a Grain Ilin(1?r. The only way to bind corn is the reasonable, sensible, horizontal way: that is, as nearly after tho principle of a grain hinder as is possible. Those who have used the Deering Horizontal Corn Binder know that binding corn by machinery is no longer an experiment. This machine has roller and ball bearings, it is light for two horses and free from side draft, and it does not scatter loose cars all over the field. As Keprcsentcd. Hardacre Zeke an.-wered an advertisement whar they said they'd send him a church organ for a dollar. Crawfoot What did he get? Hardacre A f ample copy of the New Light marked: "This is the best church organ published.'' Do Your Feet Ache and Horn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's FootEase, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cure3 Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 23c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. Outride the King. Innctt "How is your suit with Mi.s Rockford progressing ?"' Woodby "Oh, that's off long ago. I got it in the solar plexus." Ir.net t "She handled you without gloves, eh?' Woodby "Yes: but 1 got the mitten just the same." II. Y. 1. I. Kiehmoiid. Ya.. .July 13-1G. Via Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Ry's. One fare round trip. Tickets on sale July 11. l'J. 1.''.: good to return until July ülst. Can be extended to August 15th. For full information and description pamphlets address, .1. C. Tucker, G. X. A.. ,':;4 Clark St., Chicago. Duchess of York's Parasols. The due hess of York is a most enthusiastic, collector of parasols. She has no fewer than 100. and all are made from spec ial designs in or'ler that the combination of color witü her costume and hat may be perfectly realized. Through Her Head. Philadelphia Bulletin: "Bugby gets out of all patience with his wife. He Fays she can't get a thing through her head." "That'o funny. He told me everything he said to her went in one ear and out of the other." Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acis gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Wasn't a Kit Hough. Nell Cholly had the audacity to kiss me last night. Belle Well; I like his cheek. Nell So do I; it wasn't a bit rough, like some of them are. Mountain and Seashore Itesorts. Excursion rates to Sea Shore and Virginia mountain resorts. Address W. F. Conklyn. X. Y. P. A. Chesapeake &. Ohio By., Chicago. He that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all. Colton. Chronic Constipation Cared. The ino-t lin;ortHnt discovery of reeent year 1 tbe positive remedy tor constipation, e'asoarets c'andy Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. PrugjrMs, loc, 25o, TVe British government Is about to establish a department of commerce. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 75c. The English residents of Rome have a free hospital. 44 Evil Dispositions Are Early Shown Just so et'il in the blood comes out in shape of scrofuU, pimpte. etc., ri children and young people Taken in time it can be eradicated by using Hood s SarsapariUa. cAmerica's Greatest Medicine, It vitalizes and enriches the blood. WHEAT WHEAT WHEAT "Nothing hut wheat; what you might call a sea of wheat." is what was said by a lecturer speaking cf Western Canada. For particulars as to routes, railway fares, etc., apply to Superintendent of Immigration. Department Interior, Ottawa. Canada or to . J. Broughton, 123 Monadtiock Block. Chicago. 111., or Everett and Kantz, Tort Wayne. Ind. The Greatest Railway System of the Cnited States Use CARTER'S INK They wouldn't sc it if it wasn't pood. Cobts you no more than mkx ink. Insist upon having it. TENTS Anv mm tr style. For residence or Kior5. Write for Cataloinn AWNINGS nd state which is wanted. DiX'ATL'KTEN V AND AWNINO CO., lrtur, UL. HELP 17AHTED : Eggo!ene. A 2:c .ku. will p 50 duz. PPk' ken juice, hue mnt fre&h iwv r. SenJ trlrfftl iikir Htkr f.r.,f.tB A.ttlwaa a : uller tllW. 1. MitULLUM, Davltl City, Neb.

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