Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 June 1899 — Page 2

$ltc fikc (Souutg gcwocrat ■m. HeC. STOOPS. Editor ud rroprtotoft |‘KTBRSUURG. : : INDIANA. The French government has taken steps to renew active negotiations for a reciprocity treaty with the United States. On the 9th Congressman Bland’s physicians reported a slight improvement in the sick man's condition. The general belief, However, was that he could not possibly recover. Mr. Bellamy Storer, United States minister to Spain, arrived at Madrid,on the 10th, from San Sebastian, the summer residence of the Spanish court, whither he had gone to secure a summer residence for his family and servants.

Mrs. Choate, wife of the United States ambassador to England, will present, at the next queen’s drawingroom), Miss Sumner, Mrs. Frances C. Barlow, and the Misses Gertrude Mintura, Taylor and Apperson, all of A'ew York. > Lieut, Welle, of the Chicago naval recruiting station, has received orders to enlist 40 more apprentices for the navy. The candidates must be between 13 and 17 years old, and will be required to serve in the navy until they are 3L years old. The navy department has ordered the .Buffalo to be put out of commission, thus indicating the abandonment of the project of maintaining a regular naval transport service across the Atlantic and by way of the Mediterranean to Manila. Eight cadets from the fourth class were found deficient and discharged from the military academy at West Point, N. Y., on the 0th. Among them was a son of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and a son of Brig.-Gen. Williams, who died recently in Havana. Mrs. Belle Marshal Holoson, wife of £. W.' Koloson, for S3 years a prominent. and wealthy member of the Chicago board of trade, committed suicide at her home, 2109 Prairie avenue, on the 6th, by shooting herself in the right: temple. Death resulted almost instantly. A party of 1€ Japanese educators from Japanese universities and schools arrived at Vancouver, E. C., on the 8th, on the steamship Empress of Japan. They will visit educational institutions in the United States and Canada, and are expected to attend the national convention at Los Angeles, The department of state has received a cablegram from United States Consul John Jenkins, atfSan Salvador, saying that at the request of the government of San Salvador he informs the department of the existing peaceful conditions of Salvador, and that rumors to the contrary are without foundation. ; Chester P. Cornelius,an Indian of the Oneida (Wis.) reservation, and Miss L. Gertrude Smith, " an accomplished white girl, of Darlington, Wis., were married, on the Sth, at the Mission church, on the reservation. Cornelius is a full-blood Oneida Indian^ well educated, and holds a good position in the Indian servioe. . ' r Lfeut.-Col. Picquart, the French officer detailed, at the time of the Zola trial,tofind additional evidence agniust Dreyfus, and who, instead, discovered the real author of the bordereau in Esterltiazy, and for his honest denoument incurred the emnity of the French military establishment, was released on the 9th. * Several of the accomplices of Antonio Garcia, the notorious Cuban bandit who was taken from the gendarmerie by indignant people and hung, offered to surrender to the American commander at Holguin, who cabled Maj.-Gen. Wood for instructions. Gen. Wood’s answer was “Make no terms with them. Arrest the criminals.” Hon. John Barrett, minister to Siam during the Cleveland administration, •nd jtyho has traveled extensively in the east, was given a complimentary dinner at the Union League club of Chicago, on the night of the 7th, and, by request, spoke about the Philippines and their importance, commercially and strategically, to the United States.

The Kansas republican congressional delegation, after a conference held in Topeka, on the 7th, seat the following telegram to Gen. Henderson: “At a conference of the republican members of the Kansas delegation, with the exception of Mr. Curtis, who is necessarily in Washington, it waa unanimously agreed to give you our vote for speaker.” The Spanish legation in Washington has been re-established in the hraidsome quarters formerly oecupied&by Ministers Dupuy de Lome and Polo, at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Eighteenth street. The archives of the legation were taken, on the 8 th, from the Austria-kungarian legation and set up in the place they formerly occupied. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, on the 8th, promulgated immigrant regulations for the Island of Cuba. These regulations are substantially the same as those now in force for the United States except that the regulations for Cuba, make no distinction between aliens arriving from Canada and Mexico and other foreign countries, as is done in the regulations for this oounffr* .

JUNE-1899. Su. 11 18 12 19 J25 26 27 Tm. 13 20 Vat 7 14 21 Hw. 1 8 15 22 28 29 fit 9 16 23 30 Sat 10 ^7 24 NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various 8ouioe«. PERSONAL AND GENERA1.

Prof. F. de Martens, umpire in the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration, who is also a member of the Russian delegation to the peaoe conference, will go to Paris on the 16th to open the arbitration proceedings, but will return to The Hague immediately after. The French royalist plotters haTebeoome thoroughly alarmed. They see now that their plot has been revealed, and that the government is as fearle-^s in prosecuting them as it was in demanding the Dreyfus revision, and in ordering the return of Dreyfus to France. ' The receipts at the port of Havana for the last five months were: January $742,433, February $707,127, March $896,925, April $S60,221, and May $927,223. Totqji $4,133,931. A cablegram from Manila to the navy department, on the 7th, stated that Commander Seth Ackley, who. only recently, wa« sent out to take command of the United States steamer Concord, had fallen ill and been sent to the naval hospital at Yokohama. The Russian government has broken off diplomatic relations with the free city of Bremen, owiug to the refusal of the Bremen authorities to grant satisfaction for the alleged wrongful arrest of a Russian priest. The Sixth Ohio regiment, just returned from Cuba, was tendered a grand banquet aud reception by the citizens of Toledo on the 7th. Augustin Halyj the well-known known American theatrical manager, died suddenly in Paris, on the 7th. Belle Anderson, alias Carrie Jones, charged with kidnaping Marion Clark, wasctaken to New York city, on the 7th, from Elizabeth, N. J., on extradition papers. The third International Congress of Publishers opened aftStationers’ hall, London, on the 7th. The United States and Canada were represented. An explosion occurred ut the manufacturing plant of the Pains’ Fireworks Co., at Greenfield, L. I., on the 8th, and resulted in the destruction of the manufacturing sheds and a small magazine. The damage is placed at about $25,000. Only one man was slightly injured, although there were several hundred people working about the place at the time. Both the British house of lords and house of commons passed votes of thanks, on the 8th, to Gen. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, and to the other officers and men engaged in the Sudan campaign. Thirty-six buildings, comprising almost the entire plant of the Nordlin-ger-Charlton Fireworks Co., at Grauitevllle, Richmon dborough, N. Yn were blown up, on the 8th, and the entire plant was practically wiped out of existence. Of the 115 employes not ouc was killed, and duly three were injured. Loss, $30,000. Under orders from the war department recruiting is going on actively at all stations, the intention being to fill every regiment, troop and battery up to its full strength. Recruits are all given to understand that their enlistment contemplates foreign service. The Transvaal crisis is at hand. Either Oom Paul Kruger will demand of his Yolksraad the reforms demanded of him, and give guarantees that those reforms will be granted, or the British government will see that they are granted either by raenaoe or actual application of force. It was reported, on the night of the 8th, that a landslide had occurred at Ross Hollow and engulfed 28 men, all of whom are supposed to have been killed. Ross Hollow is a pass between two small mountain ranges about twenty-eight miles west of Little Rock, Ark.

The movement stai'teu by pension attorneys to secure a change in the head of the pension office at Washington has fallen down. As soon as the Grand Army of the Republic became convinced that the hue and cry against Commissioner Evans was being made by the pension attorneys, for their own profit, they determined to stand by the commissioner. Dispatches from Manila, on the 8th, said it was imported that Aguinaldo had dissolved the Filipino ^congress; and had proclaimed himself dictator. The Barrows and Carrie Jones, the Baby Clark kidnapers, were arraigned before Justice Fursman, in New York, on the 8th, and remanded for further hearing. Bail in each case was fixed at $10,000. The prisoners were taken to the Tombs. A former employe of the Standard Oil Co. told the Industrial commission, at Washington, on the 8th, that eight nominal grades of oil were sold out of two tanks, and that the company, which dealt in turpentine, adulterated the latter by putting six or seven gallons of gasoline in each barrel. Capt. P. Jansen and six men of the schooner Edward Parke arrived at San Francisco, on the 9th, in a small boat after having spent four days on ,tl*e ocean at the mercy of the elements, which,fortunately,were unusually benign. The schooner sprung n leak and was abandoned- -

IB his testimony before the sen* tonal committee which is inquiring into the pure food question on the 9th, Capt. Fred Pabst, of Milwaukee, j said a rational law covering a govern* i ment inspection of beer would be a very good thing as it would protect ; the honest manufacturer and the honest consumer. A Madrid dispatch says it is report* i ed that Germany intends to‘purchase from Spain the island of Fernando Fo, j on the African coast, which has been used by Spain as a penal colony. The Edison-Portland Cement Go* with an authorized capital of $11,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton, N. ; J., on the 9th. Among the incorporators is Thomas A. Edison.

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemons), was banqueted, on the 9th, by the Savage Club of London and made an honorary member of the club. A posse of Lander (Wyo.) officer* were reported, on the 9th, as hot on the trail of three of the train robber* implicated in the recent Union Pacific hold-up near Wilcox, Wyo. LATE NEWS m M. Trairux, former French minister of justice, gave a dinner and reception in Paris, oh the 10th, in honor of Lieut.-Col. Picquart. Among those present were the Prince and Princess of Monaco, Mme. M. Mathieu Dreyfus and others prominent in the movement for Dreyfus’ revision. M. Mathieu Dreyfus threw himself into Picqnart’s arms, while Mme. Dreyfus was bo much overcome that she fainted. The Filipino oocupation of the province of Cavite has been broken and, as the result of late movements, the Americans now control the important coast towns of Parnnaque and Las Pinas, while a long line of insurgent trenches facing our south line has been cleared. In the fighting leading to these results four American soldiers and hundreds of Filipinos were killed. The Buffalo (N.Y.) police stopped the i baseball game between the Buffalos and Kansas Citys, on the Uth. in the last half of the ninth inning, and arrested the 18 players. The men were taken to the station and charged with violating the Sunday law. President Franldin went security for the appearance of the players. Seven thousand people, on the. 10th, attended the one hundred and seventh anniversary of the killing of Col. Crawford by Indians at Upper Sandusky, O. The oelsbration was held near the place where Col. Crawford w*arf buried. The United States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived at Singapore, on the 11th, from Hong Kong. Admiral Dewey’s health confined to improve. The Olympia will probably leave Singapore on the 16th. Three of the largest shops connected w ith the Armstrong-Whitworth ordnance works at Newcastle-on-Tvne, England, were destroyed by fire on the 11th. The damage is estimated at * 200,000. Company F, Seventh infantry, which has been garrisoning Fort Thomas, 0„ left for San Vrancisoo, on the 10th, via St. Louis, on orders to go to Alaska, Capt. Charles A. Booth in command. Mr. Bellamy Storer, United States minister to Spain, Mrs. Storer, Mr. Stanton Sickles, seci'etary of the legation, and their sen-ants, arrived at Madrid on the 10th. ^ Two officers of the Chasseurs were arrested at Nice, on the 11th, for shouting “Vive Tunnee,” and “Abas les traitors.” f

• CURREN1 NEWS NOTES, \ An unknown man leaped from^a ferryboat into the Mississippi at St. Louis and was drowned. Indictments in the Baker case, at Manchester, Ky., have been quashed and Barnett has turned state's evidence. James Johnson, a miner, fell asleep in the railroad tracks near Godfrey, 111., was run over and killed. Reports from Louisville, Ky.. indicate that a coal war is imminent because of interstate commerce law. Robert Deudmore, ofAbington, Va„ a brakeman, was killed in the Bloomington (111.) yards of the Chicago & Alton railway. Fire consumed about 200,000 feet of lumber at the Oak Leaf Lumber Co.’s mill, at Stroud, Ark. The loss is placed at about $2,000. For the fourth time within three months the Reformed church, at Wichita, Kas., has been entered by thieves, books and Bibles stolen and the church interior desecrated. Maj.-Gen. Wood and his family will leave Santiago, Cuba, for Boston, on Wednesday next, on the steamer Dewey, which is coming from Jamaica, and will stop outside of Morro. Bloomington, 111., is now fully assured of the addition of a battery to her militia force, which already has both the infantry and cavalry arm. • The third trial of Dr. Goddard for the killing of Fred Jackson, in Kansas City, on April 2, 1897, while in the house of the latter, is in progress at Kansas City, Mo. For the past week business failures have been 159 in the United States, against 203 last year, and 10 in Canada, against 17 last year. In the Miller county (Ark.) circuit court Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Frie were acquitted of the -charge of murdering Wyatt Anderson. ^ The president and cabinet have decided to. send two of the four regiments of negro troops to the Philippines. „ St. Patrick’s Catholic church at Gngfton, 111., was entered by thieves, and several articles of value stolen, among them two chalices. Col. Hartigan, of the Seventh regiment, I. N. G., telegraphed Gov. Tanner, Friday, requesting him to tender its services to President McKinley to reinforce the troops in the Philipbines. —

NEWS FROM INDIANA. Latest Happenings Within the Bor* ders of Our Own State. To Recover Mosey. Marion, Ind., June 9.—The Fanners’ Mutual Benefit association ot Grant county held a meeting in this city and passed resolutions condemning the county commissioners for appropriating illegal fees, and took steps to recover the money. The commissioners were accused of misappropriating county funds, and they demanded an investigation by a non-partisan board. The judge of the circuit court appointed the board as requested. Their finding was that the commissioners had received $5,589. After the committee had made their report to the circuit court the commissioners refused to refund the mon%y to the county treasury. Naptlal-Kaot Reunion. Auburn, Ind.,-June 9.—A novel reunion has been called to be held here August 16 and 17, at which time it is proposed to bring together for a national convention the 2,000 and more couples who have been married bv Rev. William L, Moose, a patriarehial hoosier clergyman, during a pastorate covering three score years. The convention will be held under canvas and the programme will embrace addresses pertinent to matrimonial problems. Judge Bowers, an Ohio jurist, and an intimate friend of President McKinley, will deliver the principal address. Stole Bog«i Bill*. Anderson, Ind., June 9.-^\VilUam Harrison has been turned over to the federal authorities charged with stealing and putting into circulation $300 of counterfeit money. He took it, it seems, under the mistaken idea that it was good, and is therefore held by both state and government on serious charges. The money was stolen from Edward Cushman, a counterfeit detector, who carried the bills under special permit from the government. A Brave Deed. Richmond, Ind., June 9.—Alexander Jarvis, a Panhandle brakeman, rescued an infant from certain death by an act of rare heroism just east of this city. The child was playing on the track, and as the engine could not be stopped in time to save it Jarvis climbed out of the eab and ran along the running board to the pilot, and just as the engine reached the child he grasped its clothing and brought it out of harm’s way into his arms.

Under Arrest. Anderson, Ind., June 9.—Dr. Emile Boulielette, a Belgian, and Dr. Ella Severn, both well-known physicians in Anderson, have been arrested at. the instigation of the Madison County Medical society. Both were charged with practicing medicine without license, a violation of the Indiana laws. There are a score of other practitioner^ who are to be disciplined in like manner. The arrests created a sensation here. » In Sew Hand*. Anderson, Ind., June 9.—Forbes Holton. backed by a syndicate of American capitalists, has closed a deal for the purchase of two glass factories in Central City, W. Ya. Mr. Holton left to take possession and begin the extensive manufacture of beer bottles. One plant will be converted into a tank concern. Th ey are to operate independent of the trust. Afatnst Trusts. Indianapolis, Ind., June 9.—Encouraged by the recent decision of the Indiana supreme court in the Portland gas ease, directed against trusts. Attorney General Taylor is preparing to 'move against the trusts in Indiana. He has been studying the question for some time, and as soon as a few important lawsuits' are disposed of he will begin the movement. Class Suspended. Crawfordsville, Ind., June 9.-—-The capers cut by the Wabash college freshmen the other night: in papering the chapel with flaming bills and otherwise defacing the college buildings with posters and paint by way of celebrating a baseball victory over the sophomores has resulted in a suspension of the entire class. Nearly Well. Indianapolis, Ind., June 9.—The condition of Gov. Mount, who was suddenly stricken with pneumonia, is greatly improved, and his complete recovery is no longer in doubt. He still keeps his room, but may be able to return to his office at the statehouse Saturday. Abandon Old Site. Indianapolis, Ind., June 9.—Advices say the government has decided to abandon the old site of the government building in this city and immediately will advertise for bids for another site for the new building.

Badly Daniased. Union City, Ind.. June 9.—The Kerr block, lately completed, caught fire from a gas jet in Dr. Messick's office and before the flames could be subdued damages resulted amounting to $7,000 or $8,000. • Killed with a Needle. Columbus, Ind.. June 9.—Hazel Dye, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Dye, of Ogilville, this county, died from the effects of a needle which accidentally pierced her breast. Retired. Lagrange, Ind., June 9.—After 18 years of continued service as Lagrange county superintendent, E. G. Maehan has been succeeded by Herbert S. Gilhams. Elected Bishop., Indianapolis, Ind., June 9.—Rev. Joseph M. Francis, rector of St. Paul's church, Evansville, has been elected bishop of the diocese of Indiana. I ' - -f ' ..

▲ Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gull Passenger Train Derailed Near Grandview, Mo mVt RAINS HAD WEAKENED TM E TRACK. Fifty Penoaa Were Injured, Three of Them Probably Fatally -A Rlcbt Spent la the Ruin Around Camp Fftrea Until a Relief Trala Arrived. Kansas City, Mo., June 10.—Between 40 and 45 passengers were more or less seriously—three perhaps fatally—injured, by the derailment of train No. 4, south-bound, on the Kansas City, Pitt sburg & Gulf railroad, three miles south of Grandview, Mo., at 9:30 Thursday night. The train left Kansas City late, and was running at a •low rate of speed, on account of bad condition of track.oecamoned by heavy ra«:i8. The injured were brought to this city, and the seriously hurt taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, and the others to the Savoy hotel. The list of injured follows: The Injured.

! ! I ; F. H. Williams, Amoret, Mo.; slight. Mrs. E. B. Chandler, Jaudon. Mo.; Interaal. S B. Powell, Mena, Ark.;‘slight. El C. Duffy, Fort Smith, Ark.: hip Sprained. Mrs. B. C. Duffy, face cut Child of Mr. and Mrs. Duffy, badly bruised on side of face. , Dr. w. T. Adams, Rlcharas, Mo.-.slight cue on leg. C. J. Marrs. Christopher, Mo.; right shoulder hurt. Arthur Scruggs, Joplin, Mo.; cut over eyo. l ay Ceffs, Joplin, Mo.; nrm and side braised. ■ —a John Reynold^ Kansas City; hip bruised. Vernon Bigler. Amsterdam, Mo.; faoe badly bruised. 1-1. E. Speese, Merwtn, Mo.; hip bruised. Mrs. E. C. Speeae. hand lacerated. August Hulett, Asberry, Mo.; leg bruised. Mrs, M. E. Churchman,Colorado Springs, Col.; hand injured. M. A. Jones. Wlnthrop, Ark.; head cut Mrs. J. M. Horne, Pittsburg, Kas.; face bruised. P. K. Brown. Cleveland, Me.; legs Injured. I. V. C. Moore, Kansas City; head hurt Mrs. Frank Down, Kansas City-, Kas.; head bruised. , Mrs. Charles F. Haines, Kansas City, Kas.=; head cut. Charles F. Haines, arm cut and knee hurt. W. E. McGraff, Blair, Neb.; cut on head. Mrs. W. H. Warden, Kansas City; shoulder hurt. J. W. jtJ. Sloan, Arnett Mo.; bruised about bokly. \V. A. Deuel, Nashville, Mo.; side hurt, A. J. Gorgenson, news agent, Kansas City; cut over eye and cheek injured; probably serious. Henry Giilody, Drexel, Mo : arm bruised. C. C. Berkey, Cleveland, Mo.; leg bruised. Cl. S. Lacey, Argentine, Kas.; knee hurt. George Payne, Argentine, Kas.; cut on chin. W. C. Simona, Drexel, Mo.; shoulder crushed. G. E. Sage, Merwln, Mo.; sprained back. F. S. Howell, Nebraska; bruised leg. J. B. Stuart, Jr., Drexel. Mo.; ear lacerated. • Henry Williams, Kansas City; arm injured. « S. A. Wlllhoit, Drexel, Mo.; flesh wound on head. G. I. K. Craarford, Drexel. Mo.; bruised cheat; seriuos; may die. A. G. Donovan, Kansas City, Kas.; head and hip hurt. Miss Burrows, Amsterdam, Mo.; >heud hurt. • J. N. Leggett, Drexel, Mo.; badly cut about face. J. M. Jackson, Jlngoi, Kas.; cut about head, and back hurt John T. McElhany, Neosho, Mo.; bank hurt. * Fred J. Berkowltz, New Orleans; ankla spraibed. Mrs. Berkowits, bruised about head. ° Euell Stoker, Drexel. Mo.; hurt in back. Melville Stoker, Rock Vail, Kas.; cut about head. The Wrecked Train. The wrecked train was due to leave ! Kansas City Thursday night at 7:30, ! but it was nearly eight o'clock before a start woe made. Two miles beyond Grandview, which is a small station 30 miles south of Kansas City,the train was derailed by spreading rails, the track having been damaged by recent severe rains. The smoker, which contained mo6t of the injured, and the l chair car, immediately following, were turned on their side into a ditch; the Pullman left the track, but remained

| upright The accident occurred during a heavy downpour ot rain. The crew went to work with, a will to rescue the passengers, and did heroic duty in the pouring rain and darkness. The ; women and children were first cared for. They were dragged ? from the j window* of the chair car, and attended to as well as was possible under the circumstances. Etefore all had been ! taken out of the cnair car, fire started | from the stove in the rear end. The porter of this car earned great praise by his presence of mind in cutting a hole through the roof of the car, ! queuching the fire and rescuing sevi eral women in immediate danger. In the Smoking Cnr. In the smoker, which was well filled, | passengers were compelled to crrwi i the full length of the car to the rear | door to escape*. Exit through the broken windows was dangerous, the I darkness making is impossible to see a foot ahead. The scene of the wreck was in the woods. Torches were soon improvised, anti here and there it the darkness and rain, the dim lights fluttered in the hands of their holders, scurrying in every direction to render aid to the unfortunates. For the immediate care of the hurt, gres vere built alongside the tracks, and len t aid to the rescuers and warmth to the rain-soaked injured. Lom of the Schooner Edward Ft*eke. San'Francisco, June 10.—Capl:. F. Jsnsen and six men of the schooner Edward Parke arrived here yesterday in a -small boat after having spent four days on the ocean at the mercy of the elements, which, fortunately, were unusually benign. Capt. Jansen reports that on June 0, at 4 a. m., his vessel commerced to leak. All hands were kept at the pumps until nearly noon of the same day when the water tiled the vessel, causing the captain 10 order his men into the small boa , fttf safety.

■».. 4 DEATH-DEALING TORNADO. DMtk and Terrible Ham Mark Traek of An Iowa Cyclone Yesterday. Sioux City, la., June 12.—-A tornado struck 16 miles south of here near town of Salix, la., about fout- o'e -yesterday afternoon. The storm did not cover a large territory, but caused death and terrible havoc wherever the funnel-shaped cloud touched the earth. The first house struck was that of John Malloy. The family, consistUfj|V of father, mother and eight childl^^ had gone into the cellar when the sky grew dark, but after remaining thefts a few moments came to the conclusion that it was only a thunderstorm, and. started upstairs again, just as f|||||| cloud struck the house, completely demolishing it. Malloy and .'his. '-'llnp Kate,-were instantly killed. Harry Malloy. 16 years old, was terribly^llpp jured, and died in a few* hours. Tom Malloy, aged 19, was badly mangled and will probably die. The house of Mrs. Cora Hassell, a widow, was next in the storm's path, and was blown into hundreds of pii||g|p The family had entered the cellar escaped. The homes of Phil Berger, Joe nard and Patrick O’Niell were duced to kindling wood. The occupants, it is reported, all escaped sgxt* ous injury. Pat Malloy, who brought to Sioux City on. u s train, tells a graphic story of storm. At Homer, Neb., across the river, reports of considerable damage by wind have been received, but no loss of life has been reported. At Homer, an Evangelist’s teat ws*. • blown down while a meeting w as I progress. All escaped injury e: ; one unknown woman, whom, y ‘said, will die. Hailstones as big j eggs, fell during the storm. w ! THE DAMS OF THE

>Iuk»-Meeting to be Held to | W (government to Remove —Inlineune namace. ' Chicago, June 12.—The business ' men and politicians of Chicago are to be asked to use their influence *‘v the government to have the two al dams across the lower Illinois, removed before the water" from sanitary canal is turned into the plaines. A mass-meeting Is to be held \Vhite Hall, the later part of month, and Mayor Carter JI. Harrison* the trustees of the sauitarv district of Chicago, the members of the sanitary canal inspection commission and. prominent Chicago business men, are to be invited to attend. Senator Cub lorn, Senator Mason. Gov. Tanner and all the congressmen whose eonstffnents are directly interested in the removal of the state and federal data* ure expected to be present. W&:The mass-meeting is to be called b? the owners of farms in the valleys of the lower Illinois, who claim that the federal dams at La Grange and Kanipsville, which were built for the purpose of providing slack water navigation, have caused a loss of $500,000 a year by holding back flood water until it U too late to* plant corn. It is planned to adopt strong res<>* lutions calling on Gov. Tanner to demand of the federal government the removal of the dams before the sanitary canal is opened. vf LAUNCHING OF THE COLUMBIA. - W&' Casualties from the Explosion Flash Apparatus—(ro mis View the Vessel.

Bristol, B. I., June 13.—A revised list of the casualties resulting from th$ explosion of the flash apparatus at the launching of the Columbia Saturday night, shows that one boy was killed* one boy possibly fatally injured and six others severaly injured. • From an examination it that a large three-side tfh reflector used by the photographers was blown to atoms by the explosion. Pieces of tin have been taken from many ofifho wounds of the injured. ‘ The Columbia was turned aroqnd this morning with her stern toward the shop, and all her flags flying*: A large crowd gathered about the wharf during the day to get a glimpse of the new ,craft, but only a few iminiate frieflus of the owners \vere allowed on board. No work was done on the Columbia yesterday, but the work of rigging her will be commenced to-dajf,: GOAT ISLAND ILLUMINATED. The LighthouNe and Buildings of the Sew United States Training Statloa Threatened. CSwl San Francisco, June 12,—The lighthouse jtnd buildings of the new trusted Stutes naval training station on Coatisland was threatened with destruction by fire last night. In sotne manner the dry grass and shrubs which cover the greater portion of the island became ignited and, fanned by, a. strong breeze, the flames spread with, great rapidity. A large force of men. turned out to fight the fire, and Withmuch exertion got it under control before any very serious damage done. The blazing island formed a splendid spectacle as seen from this, city and Oakland. Mfp*' An Authoritative Contradiction. The Hague, June 12.—An authdtitative contradiction is given to the report that there is grave danger of the arbitration scheme failing. It is pointed out, although Germany may hesitate to recognize the principle, she bus not yet raised any actual objections during the discussion. ^111P ; Still Trying to Save the »»**>»%' Falmouth, June 12.-—The underwriters are still hopeful of being able to save the American liner Paris, now tying on the rocks near the Manacles* and the blasting operations continue.