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imn rum vii i r r u nun lv News of Genera! Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening of Much or T-ittle Importance from All Tart of the Civilized World Price of Kami Prodace iu Western Markets. New York A: the Broadway Athletic club Eugene Bezenah was knocked out in the tenth round by Joe Hans. The time of the tenth round was J: 23. Lima. PeruThe government continues to make numerous arrests on charge of complicity in the insurgent movement in the southern provinces. Lamoille. II!. Burglars cracked the safe at Larkins & Black's store at Arlington. They secured $1.0'") in cash. St. Louis. Mo. The St. Clair county (Illinois) hoard of review raied the assessment of the eastern end of the Eads bridge structure from $3 OOO.OuO. Assessor Enright's figures, to $4.000,000. , Pana. III. Ex-Ueprese:itative ,1. A. Race of this city died, aged To years. Milwaukee. Wis The E. P. Allis company granted a uniform in?rea.-e to employe;; working by the hour of " per cent. London A disatch from Constantinople says the Turkish cruiser Ismir has been wrecked in Besik.i hay, between the coast of A-?ia Minor and the north end of the isle of Tenedos. Amsterdam In a collision last night between two river steamers on the North Sea canal one of the vessels sank and nine persons, including two women, were drowned. Bridgeport. Conn. One man and four children, three girls and onrt boy. were drowned at Black Rock, while sea bathing. Ponce. Island of Porto Rico Ilea vy rains have caujej an unusual freshet and the people, frightened on account of the recent hurricane, are leaving their houses and are being quartered in the public buildings. Mishawaka. Ind. William V. Dodge, head of the Dodge Manufacturing company, the largest wood split pulley factory in the world, and president of the Western Gs Engine company, died from neuralgia of the heart. Madrid The queen regent lias signed a decree calling out 30.000 men of the ISDf class for military service. Topeka. Kan. The Santa IV railway .has agreed to transport the Twentieth Kansas regiment from San Francisco to Topeka after the regiment has been mustered out and wait for payment until the next ses.-don of the legislature. Madison, Wis. Senator John C. Spooner announced that he would recommend Lieut. John H. Baker of this city s second lieutenant in the new volunteer service. Washington E. M. Findlay of Augusta, Iii., has been selected as supervisor of the ninth census district. Albany, Mo. James M. Chittim, a prominent stockman, was gored to death by a bull. New Philadelphia, Ohio Albert Myers shot and killed his wife at the family residence and with the fc'inie revolver ended his own life. Higginsport, N. Y. William Schnyder, a miller, was shot dead on the street in that town. John Donald and his son William are charged with the shooting. Schenevus, N. Y. Edward F. Rich was shot and killed by William J. Haugh, his brother-in-law, at Pauls- ; bcro, while visiting his lister. Haugh's wife. Toledo, Ohio The young son of George Allspaugh, a prominent citizen, has disappeared. It k believed he was abducted. Ramsey, 111. Chauncey O. Baker, dealer in agricultural implements, ha3 been adjudged a bankrupt by Judge AI- ; len of the United States District court. London. Edmund Itutledge, head - of the well-known publishing firm of Routledge & Sons (limited), died suddenly. New York. William H. Bod well, former president of the International - Typographical union, is dead at White- ; hall. N. Y., aged C7. Cincinnati Dr. Max Thorner, a widely known ear and nose specialist, dropped dead suddenly at his home in Avondale of heart disease. Moline, Hi. Jonathan G. Arm, ini ventor of the skein setter, which, at the j time of its introduction, revolutionized I the manufactu. of vehicle, died in j thl3 city, aged CI years. I Chicago, III. A call has been Issued for the annual meeting of the Illi- ; nois State Bankers association, to be j held here Oct. 5 and 6. Boston The democratic state cenl tral committee decided to hold the i state convention in this city Sept. 21. George Fred Williame will be chalriraan of the committee on resolution.

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CHICAGO. Cattle, all grades $1, Hogs, common to prime. 2, Sheep and lambs 2. Wheat. No. 2 red Oats, No. 2 white, new.. . Corn. No. 3 white . Rye. No. 3 r ft ' m Butter MILWAUKEE. Wheat. No. 1 northern.. . Corn, No. 3 Oats, No. 2 white Rye. No. I Bailey, No. 2 Butter Eggri .73 ß.CO 00 04.70 00 ft 6.00 .7212 21U .21 31 U .312 .534 1312 .20 ,71 .22UGT AUW .11 :o 04 .72 Vs 3114 2314 5412 42 .20 131i SO 00 '; Cattle 2 Hogs 3 Sheep and lambs 3 ST. LOUIS. Oats. No. 2 cash Wheat, No. 2 hard .... Corn. No. 2 cash Cattle, all grades 2 .70 .00 (flö 0.J .211.30 ."0 05.75 3.", 0 4. GO 75 0 5.75 .71 .21 0 .23U 40 06.15 30 04.55 50 0 5.10 .331 2 .21 .5G2 4.70 .74 ?i .27'. 2 ,21 0 .2H2 .3Gi2 Hogs 4 Sheep and lambs 2 KANSAS CITY Wheat. No. 2 red Oats. No. 2 white Corn. cash. No. 2 mixed Cattle, all grades 2. Hogs, all grades 4 Sheep and lambs 2 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash Corn. No. 2 mixed Oats. No. 2 mixed Rye. No. 2 cash Clovereed, prime cash.. NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red Corn. No. 2 Oats. No. 2 white PEORIA. Oats. No. 2 white Corn, No. CASUALTIES. Ballard, Wash. A fire destroyed the plant of the Bay Lumber and Shingle company, the public school building and a small dwelling. The total loss is estimated at $60.000, of which $50,000 falls on the mill company. Bridgeport. Conn. The warehouse and junk establishment of M. H. Rogers was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of nearly $10.000. South Omaha, Neb. Lizzie McCullip. a domestic, was found dead with her head fractured. She is believed to have fallen or thrown herself from a buggy which a man drove furiously through the street the night before. Terre Haute. Intl. Fire almost destroyed the plants of the Terre Haute Canning company and the gun-stock factory of H. A. Iangdon & Co. The loss will exceed $50,000, covered by insurance. Deadwood. S. D. Fire entirely consumed the Chlorination plant- of the Golden Reward company, which was the largest of the kind in the Black hills. The fire throws 223 men out of employment. Loss, $150,000; insurance, $75,000. Lexington, 111. Fire destroyed the home company's telephone exchange and Hineman's bicycle establishment. Loss on bicycle stock and telephone apparatus, $1,500; building. $2.000. CRIME. Columbia, S. C Col. William A. Neal. former superintendent of the state penitentiary, who wad found by the legislative investigating committee something over $10,000 short in his accounts, has been arrested in Pickens and brought to Columbia. Maryville. Mo. Investigation of the affairs of Henry Graves, who shot and killed himself, tdiows that he was $12,763 short in his accounts as public administrator. New York Loo Hee Ben was found dead in his laundry with a little hole over his heart. His friends say that he was murdered. It is believed to be a highbinder crime. New York -Abe" Coakley. who is said to have been a partner of "Jimmy" Hope of Manhattan bank robbery fame, was stabbed in the breast and us in a critical condition. Alliance, Ohio William Downey, indicted by the grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo., in 1SD7, for complicity in a postoffice robbery at Holt's Summit, that state, was arrested here. Washington The secret service has discovered a new counterfeit $2 treasury note of the series of 1S91. MISCELLANEOUS. Charlestown, Va. Gov. Asa Bushnell of Ohio, accompanied by Adjt.Gen. H. A. Axline of the state, presented a silver service to the gunboat Marietta, which is at the navy yard. Minneapolis, Minn. The GilletteHerzog company has secured a contract for the construction of a $35,000 all-steel sugar mill, to be delivered at Honolulu within five months. Washington The commissary department is now buying coffee in Porto Rico for supplying the army in that island and Cuba. Chattanooga, Tenn. It was announced that the 10 per cent cut in wages of all employes of the Southern Railway company, made in 1896, would be restored Sept. 1. Fort Worth, Texae State Health Officer Blunt, upon receipt of the information that there were two cases of yellow fever at Key West, has declared a rigid .state quarantine against that plate. Washington The death at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, of Corporal Stephen A. Barry of Company C, Eleventh infantry, Aug. 26, of a wound inflicted by a native, has been reported to the adjutant-general. New York Henry Hofheimer, formerly of Henry Hofheimer. Son & Co., wholesale dealers in boots and shoes at Norfolk, Va., has filed a petition In bankruptcy. Liabilities, $430,804; nominal assets, $21,000. New" York Ex-United States Senator Warner Miller has resigned as secretary of the International Paper company, but continues to be a stockholder. Washington A dispatch to Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, dated Eagle City, Alaska, July 29, via Seattle, Aug. 30, reports that the Copper River expedition arrived there July 28, making the trip over the all-American route in forty days.

Combine Started Out with a Capital of $20,000,000. WALTER N. ALLEN IS LEADER. To Be Known t the "FarnifM' Fcderatlou of the M..is!ppl Valley" Annual Saving of Millions Predicted by the Founder To Do liaaklug Business. The Farmers Federation of the Mississippi Valley has been organized and officers elected. Walter N. Allen of Meiiden is president and business manager. The object of the federation is to regulate and control the shipment of farm products of all the states in the Mississippi Valley, to establish and maint-.in offices, yards, grain elevators, to maintain agents to handle, sell and distribute such products, and to lend and borrow money and do a banking business at Topeka, Omaha. Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, and New Orleans. The capital stock will be $20,000.000, in shares of $10 each. President Alien, in a long statement of the purposes of the federation, says the cost in the commissions for marketing the products iti the Mississippi Valley is over $21.000.000. He plans that his company shall do this business for the farmers for less than $1,000,C00. The permanent headquarters of the federation will be established in Chicago in about three months. PRESIDENT FIGUERE0 RESIGNS Revolution in Santo Domingo Has Proved Successful. President Figuereo of Santo Do mingo has resigned. The ministers will continue at the head of their various departments until a provisional govern mnu has been formed, after which Gen. Jimincz will be ele ' teed president. OMINOUS MOVE BY BRITAIN. Kojal Artillery Instructed to Hold ItscIT in Readiness. It is announced that the reserve of the Biitiish royal artillery has been instructed to hold itself in readines for service in South Africa. This points to an earlj action in the field and to the certainty of a conflict. Volunteers in the Philippines. The state volunteers in the Philippines in the order in which they left for Manila are: First Washington, Twentieth Kansas. Third Tennessee, Fifty-first Iowa, troop Nevada cavalry, First Wyoming battery. To Uetlre from Samoa. It is believed that America and Germany will retire from the tripartite protectorate in Samoa, leaving Great Britain alone in the field. The United States will have a coaling station at Pango-Pango harbor. Franc Orders American Machinery. A Cincinnati firm has received an order amounting to $500,000 from a French company for electric railway generators to be shipped to France, China and South Africa. Has Merged Twenty-four Concerns. The American Hide and Leather company upper leather trust which was incorporated in iew Jersey with a capital of $35.000,000, will merge twenty-four concerns. Ambition of Congressman Lewis. Former Congressman James Hamilton Lewis of Washington state announces that he is a candidate for the nomination for vice-president on the democratic ticket. Nebraska Welcomes Her Soldiers. Lincoln proudly welcomed home the fighting First Nebraska regiment. The progress of the trains bearing the soldiers through the state was one continuous ovation. Proposed I-atin-Aiiicricun League. An eminent lawyer of Mexico publishes in the clerical organ El Tiempo an elaborate plan for the alliance of all Latin-American republics in a league for mutual protection. Increase in (iovfrnmrut Ilrceipts. During the month of August, 1S99. the government receipts from all sources amounted to $19.97S,173. an increase over August, 1S9S, of $8.150.000. Yaqnls Defeat Mexican Troops. Mexican troops met a band of about eighty Yaquis and a short fight occurred, in which one soldier was killed and the Mexicans routed. Majority for Judge Shat-kleford. The plurality of Judge Shackleford (dem.) in the Eighth congressional district of Missouri is 3,443, and his majority over all 2,653. Praise the President's Speech. The leading London papers publish articles on the sneech deliverod by President McKinley at Pittsburg, and unanimously indorse it. Dewey Sails for Gibraltar. Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia sailed from Villefninche for Gibraltar. The vessel will leave that port for New York Sept. 11. To Kinhark Four Kcginieiits. The war department has made all preparations to embark four of the first ten volunteer regiments recruited for the Philippines. Itemey Succeeds Admiral Sampson. Itear-Admiral George C. Remey succeeds Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson as commander of the North' Atlantic Kquadron. Public Debt Shows Decrease. The public debt at the close of August amounted to $1,157.306,555 a decrease, as compared with last month, of $4,281,110. Smith Will Itepresent Hawaii. At the coming session of congress Hawaii will be represented by William O. Smith, former attorney-general of this country. Two Regiment Filled Up. The Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh volunteer regiments, which have been organizing in the Philippines, are filled.

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. Heavy Demand Maintained in Spite of Advanced Price. R. D. Dun &. Cc.'s weekly review of trade says: "The astonishing feature is the magnitude of demand, notwithstanding prices which would ordinarily check it. Efforts to meet the demand call for more stores, manufacturing works and machinery and facilities for transportation, as if every man's wages were in part diverted to build up the nation' machinery of manufacturing and distribution. The occasion pramises quick profits, the building is largely for the future, and it goes on In apito of unusual prices. "Failures for the week hare heen 141 in the United States, against 171 last year, and 25 in Canada, against 22 las year."

JOHN R. rvVLEAN THE NOMINEE. Cincinnati F.ditor Named by Democrats for (iovfrnor of Oli'o. John R. McLean was nominated by the democrats of Ohio as their candidate' for governor. The resolutions indorse the Chicago platform, declare for silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and for legislation against, trusts. The war in the Philippines is denounced and alliance with any foreign kingdom or empire condemned. Iowa Populists Hold Convention. The middle-of-the-road populist?' state convention of Iowa adopted a platform reiterating the populistic declarations in favor of silver coinage at the ration of 16 to 1. Barker and Donnelly were indorsed as a presidential ticket. Charles A. Lloyd was named for governor. I .a ret. Order for America. An order for 300.000,000 feet o southern yellow pine, for Cape-to-Csiro railroad in Africa, has been given to twenty mills along several Texas and Louisiana railroads. To Dedicate Normal School. Preparations for the dedication of the Northern Illinois Normal school at Dekalb, Sept. 21, 22 and 23. are practically completed, and it will be an elaborate ceremony. Frenchmen Make iravc Threats. French officers, high in authoriiy. de clare that the entire army haf; been canvassed and will at once rise against the civil powers if Mercier, Gonse and Roget are attacked. Church Conference at Minneapolis. The conference of the Danish-Norwegian Methodist Episcopal church opened at Minneapolis with eighty-five clergymen and a like number of laymen in attendance. Ituild Locomotives for Cermaiiy. The Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia has secured a contract to supply twenty compound locomotive-.-required by the Saxon State railway administration. AV ill Kelease Sick Prisoners. The Madrid Red Cross society has been informed that Aguinaldo has formally promised to release the sick Spanish prisoners now held by tho Filipinos. (reat Fire at Yokohama. In a fire at Yokohama a square mile of buildings was destroyed and sixteen lives lost. The property loss is estimated at between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. Fire Costs Six Lives. At Yuma, Ariz., E. F. Saginetti's merchandise store Mirncd, with the loss of six lives. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The insurance was $50,000. L'rrct a Soldiers' Monument. At Waukegan, 111., a splendid monument was erected to the memory of the loyal unionists who died on land and sea in the years from 1861 to 1865. Volunteer Sentenced to Death. Private McVeigh of Company G, First Wyoming volunteers, is under sentence of death at Mairila for striking Capt. Wrighter, his commander. Battleship Alabama Is Speedy. The battleship Alabama on her builders tria trip developed a peed of seventeen and a quarter knots on the first run with 103V2 revolutions. Great Spring Wheat Crop. The spring wheat crop of the three great wheat states Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota will amount to about 200,000.000 bushels. I'rges a Furopeaii Alliance. The Cologne Gazette enthusiastically indorses the proposal to organhe theunited states of Europe into an offensive and defensive alliance. Silver Medals for Sailors. The pope has sent, through Chaplain Reaney, silver medals to all Roman Catholic sailors aboard Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. Yellow Fever at Panama. There are now twenty-one cases ot yellow fever in Panama and the quarantine will probably continue for the next two months. World's Wheat Yield Short. The world's wheat yield is 110.000,000 hectoliters below last year's yield, and about 34.000.000 short of the entire world's demand. Itefuse to Suspend Hostilities. Leaders of the revolution in Santo Domingo have refused to accept the proposition of the government to suspend hostilities. America Supreme in t'uam. Capt. Richard P. Leary, V. S. N., hat, arrived at Guam, Ludrone islands, and has established the sovereignty of the United States. Carlistft Are Still Threatening. The Carlist danger in Spain is not over. It is said that Don Carlos is now on the French frontier near St. Jean de Luz. Honor for British tlurlst. Sir Richard 13. Webster, British attorney general, was chosen president of the International Law association at Buffalo. ICastern Illinois Normal School. The new Eastern Illinois State ;ornial school at Charleston was dedicated in the presence of 30,000 people.

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Strict Quarantine Established Against New Orleans. ONE DEATH FROM THE DISEASE Hoard of Health at Indianapolis Itecclves Iteport of a Death from the Plague in Knox County Precautious Against Its Spread. News was received at "Mobile, Ala., that three casfts of yellow fever and one death had occurred in New Orleans. The board of health was immediately called together, and a strict quarantine was declared against the infected city. An autopsy held at New Orleans on the body of young P. Adolph showed the death to be due to yellow fever. Yellow Fever in Indiana. The Indiana state board of health received a report of a death from yellow ftver from the health officials of Knox tounty. The report did not give the name of the man. He recently arrived from Cuba. The conditions are favorable for a spread of yellow fever, but elaborate precautions have been taken by the health authorities. Fever Is Spreadiug Kapidly. Yellow fever has spread to a number of points on the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. The epidemic is severe at San Geronimo, Juchitlan. Chimalapa and other towns of that section. Situation at Key West. There are five cases considered to be yellow fever at Key West, and nine more that are suspicious. The fever germs were brought from Havana. GEN. LEE'S PLANS FOR CUBA. Suggests Independence I'nder an American Protectorate. Gen. Fitzhuga Lee has made an elaborate report on prevailing conditioiis in the territory under his jurisdiction, and takes strong ground for an independent government for the Cubans under an American protectorate. He would have United States troops maintained on the island for some time. BAD FIRE IN KANSAS CITY. Plant of Jacob Dold Packing Company llavaged by Flames. Fire in the Jacob Dold packing plant at Kansas City destroyed the fertilizing department, engine rooms, ice plant. sausage department and lard room. The J loss is estimated at fully $250.000. fully injured. Krujjer Prepared for War. President Kruger i said to have to;d a prominent Boer that war was "practically certain." Every Boer is armed with a Mauser and has 100 rounds of ammunition strictly for future use, with forty rounds for practice. Idollta Wins Futurity Stake. At Dubuque, Iowa, Idolita, owned by Congressman Frank Jones of Portsmouth, N. IL, won the Horse Review Futurity retake of $20.000 in straight heats at the Nutwood Driving park Time 2:12 V2, 2:14V2. 2:14. Shackleford to Succeed Hland. Judge Dorsey W. Shackleford (dem.) was elected to congress to succeed the late Richard P. Bland of Missouri by a majority of 3.165 votee, over W. J. Vosholl, republican. Two Alleged Murderers Discharged. Mrs. Edith Quick and Henry Quick, charged with murdering William Quick at Peru. Ind.. were discharged, Justice Fulwiler considering the state's evidence insufficient. Hoiler Kxplosion Kesults Fatally. The boiler in Chapman fc Sargent's bowl factory at Copemish. thirty miles north of Manidtee. .Mich... exploded, killing three men and fatally injuring four others. Will Strengthen Fraternal Relations. The semi-official North German Gazette says the new postal agreement with the United States forms a new bond of interest between Germany and America. For .lefTrics-Sharkey Fight. James J. Jeffries and Thomas Sharkey will meet Oct. 23 at the Coney Island Sporting club in the self-samo arena where Jeffries won the championship. Must Fxclude Chinese Sailors. Under the Chinese exclusion law some members of the Olympia's crew may not be allowed to set foot on shore when the flagship reaches New York. Islands Will He. Hlockaded. The war and navy departments have ordered a strict blockade of the Philippine islands, to cut off the food and munition supply of the natives. Frank C. Ives Dead. Frank C. Ives, the champion billiardist, died at Progresso. Mexico. He had suffered from consumption for some time. He wae only 33 years old. Five Killed at Pittsburg. A boiler explosion at the Republic iron works, Pittsburg, Pa., killed five m?n and seriously injured seven others. The mill was partly wrecked. War Correspondents in Keadlness. War correspondents of English newspapers have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to start for the Transvaal at any time. Spain May ltecognizo Aguinaldo. Spain is considering the recognition of Aguinaldo as a belligerent. Such action would make the liberation of the prisoners a certainty. Will Kein force Our Squadron. In view of the revolutionary movements in the Dominican republic, the navy department has decided to send more war vessels there. No Kentucky Anti-Trust I .aw. Judge T. Z. Morrow of the Whitley, Circuit court has decided that there id no anti-trust, pool or combination statute in Kentucky. l-

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Will Make It a Test Case. Muncie. Ind. There has come a hitch in the prosecution of D. O. Skillen. owner of the Skillen-Goodin glass factory, who is charged with en-ploying a child in hLs factory under the age of 14 years. Saturday Mrs. Rennet, mother ot the boy who is said to be below the required age. made affidavit that her son would be 15 years old next month. The birth record of Delaware county is said to show that the child will not be 14 until next month. Should the birth record prove to be true, a prosecution of another kind is likely to result. A number of questions have been brought into the controversy, the fettlenicnt of which will h ive the effect of establishing precedents for future eases of a similar character. It is said that if the parents of the boy had liled affidavit that he was over 14 years old at the time of his being employed, ih factory owner would not now be subject to prosecution, even though the child were under the required a:re, but the parents might be pro.-e uted for perjury. This, however, i- denied by others, who say that, the factory owner's responsibility is not lessened by his being told that the hiid i-s of required age when it is not. State Iu tory Inspector MaeAbee will tak- a hand in the tria! of Mr. Skillen, with a view of making it a test ca.-e. Hurried by ;ri Oil Fx plosion. Whiting, Ind., telegram: A destructive lire occurred in the oil refinery of the Standard Oil company at this place Sunday evening. Still No. 5 on th"1 first battery of the crude sweeteners sprung a leak and this was the starting point of the tire. A great puff of burning oil and gas shot out into the face of Stephen Wilkins. the tender. His clothing caught fire and he was seriously burned about the face and lower limbs. He is now at the point of death.. The fire spread rapidly to the adjoining stills, and to add to the danger storage tank No. 20 took fire and exploded. The flames completely wrecked the battery engine room and wrecked the receiving house. The loss will be at least $25.00). tJeneral State News. An imperfectly inflated balloon at Union City, on Saturday, with Herbert Williams in charge, after rising 500 feet, made a swift descent, and Williams would have been killed, but the parachute caught 011 the telegraph wires and he hung suspended until he could be rescued. Two hundred descendants of Thomas Malone Watkins he'd a reunion recently in the Kokomo City park. Charles H. Wolcott of Mum ie was. elected president; Elmer E. Smith of Horace, 111., vice president, and L. E. Watkins of Kokomo, secretary. Graham Earle, manager of the Lmnon Dramatic Club Company, and Mrs. J. L. Cline. whose husband is pastor of the United Brethren church at Dekatur, have been reunited after a .separation of twenty yea is. They are brother and sister. The Fairmount academy, one of the largest coeducational institutions controlled by the Friends in the state, at the September meeting of the Marion. Wabash and Fairmount quarterly meetings, will be placed under control of trustees. George Thompson, of Bartholomew county, who disappeared from home fifteen years ago. without explanation, leaving his wife and children in possession of the farm, has returned. He has spent the interval in the Indian Territory. Judge Alfred Ellison and other skeptics of Anderson have rai-.-ed a purse of $500 cash, to be presented to any medium at the state Spiritualists' tamp who will give a satisfactory demonstration that spirits return after death. Lee Pogue. employed as lineman by the Fairmount electric light plant, avoided arrest by a constable on some petty charge by climbing a pole, where he remained until he wore out the patience of 1 he officer, who walked away. A severe storm swept over Evansviile las! Saturday evening, accompanied by much wind and hail. Lightning struck several exposed points. Many shade trees were blown down Mid birds were killed by the hail. The Conrey Birely Table company of Shelbyville has increased its capital stock to $500.000. of which $2o0.000 will be pre ferred stock. The preferred ,to k only will be sold. 7 per cent interest being guaranteed. C. M. Kesterson of Owensvilie. who enlisted in the engineers' corps and served in Cuba, contracted a fever which terminated fatally on Saturday last, at his old home. Peter Pinter. SI years old, of Crown Point, committed suicide recently while stopping with his son in Chicago. He felt that he was an incumbrance, and used a rope. Mrs. Amos Cripe. wife of a farmer near Middlebury, who is only 30 years old. is the mother of nine children, eight of the nine being twins. Mrs. Anna Rank of Washington township. Allen county, will celebrate her ninety-ninth birthday, at whicli time there will be a reunion of live generations. The Terre Haute car works are reported as gradually decreasing the number of workmen, and the employes fear that the trust will soon shut down indefinitely. The little son of Jamev Gady of Redkey swallowed a horseshoe nail, with which, he was playing, the nail lodging in his windpipe and causing death. Mrs. Charles Moriarity of Cincinnati, while visiting Mrs. Ed R. Hunt of Rising Sun, killed a blacksnake -seven feet long. George W. Newitt, ex-police chief of Evansville, is dead. He was; 50 years old. and of later years engaged as a florist. William Casidy, a coal miner, was found dead on the railway track near Coal Bluff, having been struck by a train. A new Catl"" r aurch was dedicated at New Han y, under the direction of the Rev. F. .'.ier Schaaf.

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1! 11 it Official Reports of Losses Recent Storm. in the AT LEAST 1,500 WERE KILLED. Many Dodics Swept Out to Sea Towns in the I'ath of the Hurricane Fntirely Destroyed Property I,o Will Amount to Many Millions of Do'Iars. A majority of the larger towns and cities of Porto Rico in the path of the great hurricane of Aug. S have been heard from. Major John Clem, chief quartermaster, who has visited a number of the stricken cities, estimates ih;;t at least 1.5e0 people have been killed by falling houses and living timbers or di owned, and that 3.'0 have been injured. Many bodies v.tie swept oat to tea. The property loss on tne island will amount to many millions of dollars. The coffee and orange 1 rops havt b en entirely ruined and all other ro:) nave suffered greatly. EVANS REPORTS ON PENSIONS. Vhe Country Now Fays Out Annually Sl.JI.OlT.'.Mil. During the y-ar the:-,, were added :c t lie pension roil 40.1''. names and 43.1S6 were dropped. 3L345 jf these by reason of death. Ther' were expended for pen-ions $13$.35.".052. The annual value of the entire pension roll amounts to $131.617.061. ISocr Women Are Warlike. Boer women are forming rille d".;.-: and petitioning the Transvaal government asainst granting the franchico to the uitlanders. Likes the President's Speech. The London Times says: "President McKinley' speech at Pittsburg places American policy on a olid and unassailable basis." Opposed to Farmers" Trust. Many of the prominent farmers eS Kansas are opposed to the recently organized farmer' truit, and say it i impracticable. Stone Will Help Ooi-Im-I. Ex-Gov. William J. Stone of Mi.--souri will make speeches in the interest 01 the Goc-bel state ticket in Kentucky. Disease Is I'ror.ounccd Smallpox. The cutaneous di.-ease which first appeared at Dalt. just west of Bloomii:gton. 111., last spiing-. is smallpox. Wheeler Has Funston ISriade. Gen. Wheeler has b. en given command of Funston's brigad. which Coi. Liscuin has commanded temporarily. Police Will I'rotert Dreyfus. Police arrangements that assure the safety of Dreyfus are being taken is tne eventuality that he is acquitted. Indiana Normal School Opened. The new Eastern Indiana Norma? school at Muncie was dedicated and formally opened to students Aug. 20. ;en. .Mercier Will Kctire. Gen. Mercier has taken a hoae in England, where he will retire at the end of the Dreyfus court-martial. Goodrich Succeeds Capt. Terry. Capt. Terry haö retired from the command of the battleship Iowa. He is succeeded by Capt. Goodrich. Precautions at TKnglish Ports. Special precautions are being taken at English ports in regard to the bubonic plague and yellow lever. Regiments Due Sept. V. The Minnesota and South Dakotj regiments are due at San FranciscC about Sept. i) on the Sheridan. Setback for Universal Suffrage. The Belgian chamber of deputies rejected a motion to revise the constitution, the vote being 50 to 31. Praises the American Adininistratioik The Havana correspondent of EI Imparcial of Madrid pays high tribute to our administration in Cuba. Decide Not to Interfere. The triple alliance1 Germany, Austria and Italy - has decided not to interfere in the Dreyfus case. Illinois Gets Twenty-two Commissions. Illinois has been awarded twentytwo commissions in the ten volunteer regiments now organizing. Fire Starts from F.xplosion. At Tiro. Ohio, a lire destroyed the larger part of the town. The tire started from an explosion. Major .lohn A. Logan. John A. 1-rOgan has been appointed 4 major of volunteers and assigned to the Thirty-third infantry. Are Fleeing from .lohanneshiirg. It is estimated that 15,000 person have left Johannesburg in the Transvaal since the crisis arwe. Germany Will Not Interfere. The Cologne Gazette (ollicial) states positively that Germany will not intervene in Dreyfus' interest. Lawyers Choose Tlieir Irei!fiit. The American Bar association elected C. F. Manderson of Nebraska, president for the ensuing vear. For Two Additional lteglment-. An order for the organization of tw; additional regiments of olunteer infantry has been issued. Vast-lira Chosen Provisional President(Jen. Vasquez of Santo Domingo hay been installed as president of the provisional government. Will Meet at Ilostou. The International Council of Congregational churches will meet at Boston, Mass., Sept. 20. Choynskt Defeats .limmy Ityan. Joe Choynski defeated "Austratian Jimmy" Ryan in a twenty-round bout at Dubuque, Iowa. Visit of Italian Squadron. The report Is revived that an Italian squadron will visit New York about Sept. 30.

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