Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 7, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 June 1900 — Page 6

®fct gilt County Urmmat M. MoC- STOOPS, Editor and PtoprittM PETERSBURG, t INDIANA. President Iglesias of Coots Rica has sent to congress a decree making legal tlie circulation in that country of the money of the United States; also the gold coin of England, France and Germany. A Presbyterian, whose name is with- ' held, has given to the Presbyterian hospital in New York city a $20U,000 building to be occupied as a residence by the nursls and members of the general staff. The supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in session at Sioux Falls, S. D., on the 14th, concluded the election of officers. C. R. Matson, of Chicago, was elected supreme judge.

Commissioner-General Powderly of the bureau of immigration,on the 14th. ordered the deportation of 31 Japanese from , Port Townsend, Wash., where they bad landed in violation of the immigration laws. The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, issued on the 15th, showed: Available cash balance, $147,750,321; gold, $72,013,437. The emperor of China, held a prisoner by the dowager empress, has, through a trusted adviser, appealed to the powers to rescue him, and let him run the empire under the joint protectorate of aH the nations. The British war oflice cabled to the Jamaican government, on the 15th, announcing that it was prepared to accept a composite volunteer militia contingent from Jamaica, Trinidad andv Oemcrara for service in Ashanti. President Diaz of Mexico was chief mourner, on the 14th, at the funeral of the famous lawyer and statesman. Don Justo Benitez, a full brigade of troops escorting the remains of one of Mexico’s greatest men to the tomb. Gov. Gage of California sent a communication to Secretary of State Hay, oh the 13th, in which he said that it was his firm conviction that no case of bubonic plague had at any time existed within the borders of the state. It was announced, on official authority, at Washington, on the night of the 13th, that Empress Dowager An, of China had withdrawn her opposition to the occupation of Chinese soil by the troops of'the toreign treaty powers. ( . ( The murder of the Japanese chancellor of legation at Pekin by the Chinese imperial troops has aroused keen feeling in Japan. The press urges the government to exact ample reparation. Eight war ships are to be sent to Taku. , ■ William Kerr, president of the Adams County bank of Hastings, Neb., received word from the Denver mint, on the 13th, that a “gold brick” ke had purchased from a stranger at Leavenworth, Kas., a few days before, for $13,600, is made of copper.' It was reported in Louisville, Ky., on the night of the 13th, that Senator Blackburn would introduce a resolution at the democratic state convention requesting Gov. Beckham to call an extra session of the legislature to repeal the Goebel election law. William Jennings Bryan, in the course5* of a conversation at Chicago, on the 13th, declared his belief that the Chicago platform of 1896 was adopted as a portion of the creed of the democratic 'party—not to be set aside, but simply to be added to as exigencies demanded. “ In the United States circuit court at New York the jury in the case in which Mrs. Phyllis E. Dodge sued to recover $64,000 worth of jewels, seized one year ago on a charge of intent to avoid duties, returned a verdict, bn the 16th, for the claimant, Mrs. Dodge, after half an hour’s deliberation. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, who Bays he began his career with 20 cents, sent his son, Lieut. Scott, a telegraphic draft for $20,000, on the 13th, as a starter in his married life. The young man had just returned to San Francisco from the Philippines, and was married to Miss Lilia Voorhies, of that city.

Gen. Grant, who led reinforcements, with artillery, agains{ the insurgents in the mountains east of Samiguet, Island of Luzon, reports the capture, on the 12th, of the rebel stronghold after four hours’ fighting. The rebels scattered, and the Americans pursued them. Gen. Grant’s 'column had no casualties. The delegates to the republican national convention at Philadelphia from the territory of Hawaii arrived at Ban Francisco, on the 12th, on the steamer China. The delegates are: C. B. Wilson, Samuel M. Parker and W. Kepoy-Kai. The latter gentleman is a native and a lawyer Of great reputation in Honolulu. The committee of the bureau oi American republics decided, on the 15th, that the second international congress of American republics shall assemble in the City of Mexico next year some time between April and July. Tliie Mexican government will be requested to fix the exact date within the limitations laid down

NEWS IN SBIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. PERSONAL' AND GENERAL. A train jumped ''the track and plunged over a 300-foot embankment at Cammal, Pa., on the 13th, instantly killing the engineer and fireman and four Italian laborers, and fatally injurying another. Th j train was smashed to kindling. - Gov. Mount of Indiana refused to honor the requisition qf Gov. Beckham I of Kentucky for former Gov. Taj-lor, ^ wanted to answer an indictment for complicity in the murder of William 8. Goebel. Thp navy department has taken steps for the dispatch of another battalion of marines to Manila, as they are wanted to replace men detached from the Cavite naval station and sent to vessels in Chinese waters.

A Shanghai dispatch, of the 14th, says: “A notori us murderer, who was delivered by the municipality of Shanghai to the Chinese authorities, is being slowly stoned to ’ death in a cage. Thousands of spectators watch his agonies daily.” The British prisoners at Nooitgedacht are suffering terribly from cr ld, and arrangements are being made to provide them with shelter. Their rations are identical with the scanty fcure served out to 4he burghers. The Minnesota grand lodge of Odd Fellows, on the 14th, voted to exclude druggists and hotel beepers from the jrder in that state. William McGregor, of Minneapolis, was elected grand warden. Among the Boer agents at Lourenzo Marquez there is talk of negotiations being opened with a view of securing peace. The nature of the negotiations is not made public. Mrs. L. N. M. Stevens, national president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance union, read a paper, on the 14th. before the temperance congress in London on “Prohibition in Maine,” Mr. Wolmarans, a cousin of the Transvaal envoy of the, same name, has arrived at Lourenzo Marquez, and declares that he intends to take no further part in the fighting. An agent from Colon is at Kingston, Jamaica, making arrangements to recruit laborers to work on the Panama canal. A terrible accident occurred, on the 14th, at the Hale mine, three miles from Giwabik, Minn., in which five men were instantly killed, by an explosion of dynamite. Richard Croker, leader of Tammany Hall, sailed from England for New York on the steamer Lucania, June 16. Mrs. Catherine Gladstone, widow of England’s “Grand Old Man,” William Ewart Gladstone, died at Ha warden, Wales, the family residence, on the 14th, aged 88 years. The funeral will be held in Westminster abbey. = News that the Japanese legation at Pekin has been burned and that the international relief column has been practically isolated 30 miles from the Chinese capital, together with an unconfirmed rumor that a foreign minister has been murdered, is the latest from China, up to the 15th. Gen. Methuen’s success in restoring the communications with Pretoria has not altered the fact that the Free* State raiders have taken more than 1,000 prisoners at Lindley and Roodeval, and have retreated with them and their guns, and that the raids may b6 repeated. The Boer commandoes are still intact. By the action of the democratic state conventions in California, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia and Vermont, on the 14th, \V. J. Bryan is assured of the nomination for president ou the democrat ic ticket,considerably over the two thirds necessary to nominate him being is sight. The readjustment of postmasters? salaries, just completed, shows that the wonderful increase in the business at offices of the presidential class shown last year has been eclipsed this year, making the present year in this .respect the banner year in the history of the postal service. ' Within six hours ending at noon on the 14th, the rainfall at Memphis, Tenn., was over five inches, the greatest on record. The rain has covered all of West Tennessee and Mississippi. Cotton throughodt Mississippi was seriously damaged,. Judge Belcher, at San Francisco, on the 14th, filed in opinion, in which ne holds that marriages of persons divorced in California, consummated within 12 months after the decree of the divorce has been made, are invalid,

ana xnax, in xne eyes oi xne law, sucn persons are unmarried. The Kentucky state offices were, on the 14th, formally turned over to the democratic officers, and the records removed from the Capitol hotel to the statehouse, at Frankfort, and the dual governments in Kentucky ceased. A miniature riot occurred, on the 15th, at the institute for feeble-mind-ed at Beatrice, Neb., when the governor’s appointee for superintendent. Dr. Deering, and constables armed with replevin papers, attempted to gain possession of the institute, books and records. A new mahdi has appeared at WadyHalfa, in the Soudan, preaching this proclamation, that Christ would soon be seeu upon earth. He was arrested by the government, together with 45 adherents. R. G. Dun & Co. reported, on the 15th: “Failures for the week have been 162 in the United States, against 136 last year, and 23 in Canada, against •8 last year.” Twenty * additional congregations were admitted to membership in the general conference, at Minneapolis, Minn.,of the United Norwegian church, on the 15th.

Admiral 1/ewey is satisfied to remain admiral. He says the people evidently do not want him for president or, at least, those who fix np the slates in advance of the conventions don't seem to want him, and he is satisfied to let it go at that. Rt. Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Alabama, died at Mobile, on the 14th aged 84 years. Bishop Wilmer was born in Alexandria, Ya., March 15, 1816. He is remembered nationally for his recommendation to the clergy of the diocese to omit, the prayer, “Fur the President of the United States and all the othtrs in authority.” The report of the signal defeat of the Colombian revolutionists in the State of Santander is confirmed. The rebel general Uribe escaped alone, and is now a fugitive. , The municipality of Bremen has appropriated an additional 5,000,000 marks for deepening the Weser. The introduction of the centigrade thermometer into Prussia has been officially decreed.

LATE NEWS-ITEMS. Exports of gold and silver from tbs port of New York, for the week Glided on the 16th. aggregated $489,015 in silter bars and coiu, and $3,570,585 gold, a total of $4,419,600, against a total of $3,444,114 gold and silver in the same week last year. Since January 1 the exports of gold have been $23,277,687 and silver $22,010,815, against $.13,596,136 gold and $23,125,125 silver in the same period last year. The war department reports that the customs receipts in the Island of Cuba for the first four months of 1900 were $5,414,963, an increase of $969,811 over the customs receipts for the corresponding months of the preceding year. The receipts at the port of Havana for the four iponths of 1900 were $4,026,772, as against $3,205,314 for the corresponding period of 1899. The big Union grain elevator, located on the West lliver bottoms but a few blocks from the Union depot, at Kansas City, Alo., was destroyed by fire, on the 17th, causing a damage of over one hundred thousand dollars. The building was valued at $70,000. and it contained $30,000 worth of wheat, all of whien was destroyed. The Des Moines (la.) auditorium, used for a convention hall and constructed a year ago at a cost of $50,000, was destroyed by fire on the 16th. It was insured for $25,000. The origin of the fire is a mystery, and the belief seems to be that it was incendiary. The auditorium will be rebuilt immediately. The circular of the navy department calling for proposals^ for supplying armor, requires bids to be submitted August 10 next. No time limit for deliveries is fixed by the circular, but bidders are invited to submit propositions upon the understanding that early delivery will figure in the awards. The total number of emigrants who passed through Hamburg and Bremen last month was 33,j34, as against 20,083 during May 1899. The total number for the first five months of the currefit year was 97,818. against 65,871 for the corresponding period of last year. Three men were killed and 14 persons were injured in Philadelphia, on the 17th, by an explosion of gun powder and dynamite used in the manufacture of fireworks. The royal library c.f Berlin has purchased the recently-discovered correspondence of Alexander von Humboldt, covering the years from 1830 to 1840.

CURRENT NEWS NOTES. A coroner’s jury at Flora, 111., hold Edward A. Medley responsible for the death of Matt Kinnaman, whom he found with his wife and shot. Rufus J. Lackland, Jr., well-known in St. Louis society and a member of ore of the old families of the city, died Friday, aged 56. The first car of new wheat of the crop of 1000 was received at St. Louis Friday, and was auctioned off on ’change. Ferdinand T. Lehman, of Pekin, 111., was adjudged insane and has been \sent to Jacksonville for treatment. Trouble over property is the cause. Henry Zieren, aped 83 years, died at his home in Wlieatfield township, Clinton county, 111. He was a pioneer citizen of the county. Jack Bradford, who was «to have been hanged at Caruthersville, Mo., Friday, was granted a respite of 60 days by Gov. Stephens. Harry S. Harmon, justice of the peace in St. I.onis, died, Friday, at Kampsville, 111,, where he had gone on his vacation. The Southwestern passenger bureau has annuonced a one-fare rate for the National democratic convention from all Texas points. ° Charles C. Applegate, a wealthy and respected farmer, committed suicide at his country home near Bridgeport, 111., Friday, by shooting himself in the heart. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani is reported to have advised the Hawaiian^ not to hepe for a restoration of independence, but to do their duty as American citizens. !i The World’s Temperance congress, at London, came to a close with a reception tendered the delegates at the Mansion house, Friday evening, by the lord mayor. Comptroller Bird S. Coler of New York city, who has been visiting in Champaign^ 111., the past few days, has purchased the cottage in which he was bom 3$ years ago. The first legal execution in 20 years took place at New Madrid, Mo., Friday, when Sam Waters, who killed Frank Holmes and wife in April, 1896 was hanged. A bridge crew riding on a freight train of the Milwaukee road were held up near Bellevue, la., on a siding, by three men, and forced to give up their money, $16.

NEWS FROM INDIANA. Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Oar Own State. He Wm luaoceat. Laporte, Ind., June 15.—After ser*ing 17 years of a life sentence, John Sage, a convict in the Michigan City prison, has been given his liberty. He was convicted of- the murder of hia •on by drowning on the confession of his wife that she had1 assisted him, and she was also sentenced for life. Evidence recently came to light that Sage was innocent, and this was substantiated by the confession of hia wife that her evidence was perjured, and the gray-haired convict has been given his liberty, his innocence having been proved beyond alt question.

Received Drjrreei. Notre Dame, Ind., June 15.—*i*he closing exercises in the fifty-sixth annual commencement were held in Washington hall. Thirty-three students received bachelor degrees and 80 others received commercial diplomas. Four men received degrees in the school of pharmacy, the first degree conferred by that department at Notre Dame. j Assembly Ground* Opened. Warsaw. Ind., June 15.—The Winona assembly grounds were thrown opentothe public Friday. The regular assembly programme begins July 2. The finest lecture tab it in the country will appear during the season, which promises to be the most prosperous in Winona's history. s , Roelced the Boat. South Bend, Ind.. June 15.—Frederick Snider, aged 27. and Mary Rozlokowski, aged 21. were drowned in the St. Joseph: river. Their boat capsized in 12 feet of water, and both sank to the bottom before help reached them. 6nider was rocking the boat to scare his companion. Arc Not Chnrchca. , f’ort Wayne,- Ind., June 15.—At meeting of the Ministerial association (nonsectarian) a resolution was adopted declaring that the notices of Spiritualistic, Theosophical and Christian science metings do not properly belong in the religious column of newspapers. Weal Point Graduate*. Indianapolis, Ind.. June 15.—Among the graduates from West Point (N. Y.) military academy are the following from Indiana! L. T. Hitman, of Indianapolis; Herman Glade, of Brunswick; Clifford C. Carson, of Muncie, and George B. Comly, of Indianapolis. Ended by Death. Crawfordsville, Ind., June 15.—Chester Flannigan, of this county, who was arrested at Indianapolis, charged with embezzlement, and was released on bond, furnished by his father, fell under the wheels of a train at Darlington and was crushed to death. W»« aa Old Sejttler. Danville. Ind., .June 15.—S. A. Long, of New Winchester, is dead at the age of 78 years. He was one of the old settlers of Hendricks counly, having lived on the farm where he died over 50 years. He leaves a wife and four children. 0 Meeting: of Friend*. Richmond, Ind., June 15.—The announcement has been; Oaiade for the fourth anhual Bible institute of the Indiana Western and Wilmington yearly meeting of Friends, which will be held here Julj- 20 to August 10.

Sent to Prison. Huntington, Ind., June 15.—William Favorite, son ,-pf ex-Representative Favorite, has been sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for stealing funds from his employers. Change In President. Logansport. Ind., June 15.—George W. Seybold has resigned as president of the Logansport state bank, and is succeeded by Vice President V. E. Seiter. Instantly Killed. Wheatland* Ind., June 15.—Former Justice of the Peace John W. Burris, of this place, was struck by a train at Vincennes and instantly killed. Mastered In. New Albany. Ind., June 15.—Col. John M. Stotsenburg^Camp, No. 71. SpanishAmerffean war veterans, has been mustered in here with 30 members. Asked to Leave. Noblesville. Ind.. .nine 15.—A committee of citizens waited on the Mormon elders, proselyting here, and requested them to leave town. Call for Shirts. Jeffersonville, Ind., June 15.—A requisition has been made on the army supply depot here for 50,000 shirts for use in the Philippines. Divorced Pour Tines. Elwood, Ind., June 15.—Mrs. Belle Arms, of this city, has been four times divorced; the last time from Frank Arms. Died Suddenly. Valparaiso, Ind., June 15.—Mrs. Fanny Long, 96 years old, the oldest resident in the county, died suddenly. I'nder Arreet. Elkhart, Ind.. June 15.—Orrin Van Wagman. a Lake Shore brakeman, has been arrested for robbing freight cars. Robbed. Logansport, Ind., June 15.—Michael Lane, of the Dayton.soldiers* home, was beaten and robbed of $50 in this city. Made First Class. Muncie, Ind., June 111.—The post office in this city has been advanced from second to first class.

News From China Interrupted ant Government Officers Getting Uneasy. ADMIRAL KEMPF HOT EVEN HEARD FMM. f-*: Thm UoTarnmMt Will X>k« Kxtrsor in;tr> Efforts to Opon Commanlcatloi imd Will, Memo while, Dlnpotch ■ Lsoi Force From XsuUs to AM tho Interu.ton&l Colima.

Washington, June 18.—The third da? ! passed without a single line oi § news 1 from any official source respecting the critical situation in China. All dr y the telegraph offices at the White louse and in the state, war and navy departments were manned, but no wore came. Inquiries of the cable companies showed that not on ly were the corn munications by wire with Pekin, Take, Tien Tsin and all northern China suspended, but the notices conveyed little encouragement for the hope that they would be soon reopened. i f Co tu iuu a I cat Ion Cat Off. The war department early in toe day received the following message from the Western Union headquarters at Kew York: “The only news from the eivst today is a notice of the interruption of the Great Northern lines between Blagowestchensk and Tschita, which cuts off all communication with China and Japan via that route.” The line referred to is a htnd wire running out of Pekin to Tschita to the north and connecting with the Russian Siberian system. Thence land wires run through Corea and by a short cable across to Nagasaki, Japan. ♦ No News From Admiral Ktmpff. The navy department, durii.g the day, made an effort to reach R •ai'-Ad-miral Ivenipff^on his flagship > ev.ark, at the Taku office at the mouth of the Pei-Ho river. A cablegram was ad-, dressed to the commander of the United States steamship Yorktown it Che* Foo, the nearest treaty port tc Taku.. on the northern side of the 'Shantung peninsula, repeating the message indited to Admiral Kempff last Thursday, inquiring as to his situation, the conditions at Pekin at last rep< rt, and into his need for more men and ships, and directing the commander to take the message at once to Taku and return with the answei Did 4he Beat It Could The department does not know whether the message to Chefoc can be delivered, but made the .effortFrom Chefoo to Taku* is only a single day’s run for the Yorktown, so t aat an answer from Admiral Kempff should be received by Monday night, il' Chefoo can be reached to-day. WU» Resort to Other Mcui.s. Failing in this effort, resort will be speedily had to other measures, if, meantime word is not received from some one in authority in China. Just what course will be followed is not yet determined. Admiral Ibemey, at Manila,1 is probably too far away from the scene; the run to Taku would occupy a week’s time. It is ;>robable that the nearest United Stated consul to Taku, who is still within reach of the cables, will be wired instructions to charter a speedy merchant steamer at once to run to Taku with the department’s message. Nagasak , Japan, is the nearest port, but bee iuse the wires from that point to th : United States cross Siberia and Europe overland, perhaps, the best route would be via Shanghai and ihe system of brief cables via India ami the Red and the Mediterranean seas.

UlHpatoh Force froiu Manila. Meanwhile if thecomraunict tions remain interrupted with Taku, it is certain that a message w ill be ordered at once at Manila to dispatch mt re naval force, or troops on transports, to reinforce Admiral Keinpff and extend aid to the international reiiei column, which, it is beginning to be 1 eared, is itself in sore need ct help. Inevitable I>ela)i. Gen. MacArthnr probably vould require a few days to prepare a military expedition, owing to the inad usability of reducing his present small garrison in Manila. * Even Admiral R^ny may be obliged to delay sending s lips, owing to the absence of-the smaller craft suitable for such service i&s is required on scouting duty among the isK ands of the archipelago. Anxious About Frleu it. The state department to-da, received numerous telegrams from reli lives and < friends of Americans in northern China and in Pekin, praying for news touching the welfare of their friends. Mr. Ledyard, of Detroit, father of the wife of the German amfca ^aidor at Pekin, reported to Lave been killed by the Boxers, was one of t he most anxious of these inquirers* and exSecretary Alger was another, each intimating a willingness to me -t any expense that might be involved in an order from the department to some responsible officials near the scene of trouble to secure information by any means in their power. I WASHINGTON IN THE DARK. No News Confirmatory of he Alarmfns Press Reports | Washington, June 17.—Nothing has ( been heard here from an r official . sources to confirm the alttnming re- i ports of the destruction o* the embassies and legations in Pet in, and in .' view of the fact that the gt ivernment j1 itself is not able to open et tu munica- j J boil with the scene of the ti< ubles, the j private enterprise could get i icurs more | promptly. . i |

AN UNOFFICIAL SUMMARY. A Fureoant of the Knelt* of (It* Cee< au Jut Tekeo—PoiiaSatluK el ' the Lanter Cities. Chicago, June 2T.—The Tribune prints a summary of the census work, compiled from the best obtainable information. The figured were furnished by 3,000 differnt persons in all parts of the United States The general ra* suit of the work is given as fed lows: Population ot the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Island possessions— Per cent, of grain. 26; Tribune. 1900, 78. * 964,742; census of 1890, 62,622.250. Value of *.manufactured products—Per oent. of gain, 3$; Tribune. 1900. $12,698,103,000; census of 1890. 19.312,378,843. Value of farm lands—Per cent, of gain. B: Tribune. 1900, 317,805.200,831; census of 1890. n3.279.S2.S49. The approximate population of the larger cities in the country, as given by the Tribune, is as follows: City. Pet. Gain. Pop. 1969. Greater New York __... 3,654 590 New York .. ..33 2.007.241 Chicago ..68 1.843.678 grookljm . ...........57 1,267.15* Philadelphia ........ .......15 1.200 iW) «t. Louis .7. .52 687,7*5 Baltimore..J8 000 009 Boston .. ........24 555.957 Cincinnati.35 400,009 Buffalo .>..57 400;00> Cleveland .. ...........49 390.000 8»n Francisco ......14 340000 Pittsburgh . 34 32S’000 J>«**ott .313,0ny New Orleans ..24 300 000 Washington 28 Milwaukee ........... .43 291000 Newark N J. 51 275.000 Louisville, Ky ...45 \ 232,000 Minneapolis.. ........22 200 000 Jersey City. N J...23 Denver. Col. 78 190'*» Rochester. N. Y. .35 ISoiooO Indianapolis .. ......«9 , ISO.OOi In numerical order the five leading states are: New York. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Missouri, the last showing the most marked gain in population.

DIFFICULT GAME TO CAPTURE, Former Governor of Kentucky Taylor Xot Likely to be Given Up on Requisition. Frankfort, Ky., June IS.—The state officials, as well as representatives of the prosecution will neither affirm nor deny the report that requisitions on the governors of Ohio. West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the arrest of W. S. Taylor have been made out in anticipation of his trip through those states to the national convention. It is the general belief that the attempt to arrest him will be made after his arrival at Philadelphia. A large number of letters from persons in this state have been written to Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania urging him to follow the position taken by Gov. Mount in the event Taylor is arrested. Gov. Taylor’s friends §ay they have assurances from leading republicans of Pittsburgh that a requisition will not be honored in that state. ;,5 ; NAVY DEPARTMENTCIRCULAR. A Call for Proposals for Supplylag Armor to be Submitted AaK<>st 10 Next. Washington, June 18.—The circular of the navy department calling for proposals for supplying armor, requires bids to be submitted August 10 next. The circular calls for 23 tons of class A armor, face hardened, of the best quality, and subject to ballistic test. It also calls for 3,600 tons of class B armor, of about the present quality, and for 1.100 tons of lowest grade of class C armor, not face hardened. No time limit for deliveries is fixed by the circular, but bidders are invited to submit propositions upon the understanding that early delivery *’ill figure in the awards. AUDITORIUM DESTROYED. Des Moines’ Bis Convention Hall Goes Ip in Smoke—Will be Immediately Rebuilt.

Des Moines, la., June 18.—The Des Moines auditorium, used for a convention hall and constructed a year ago at a cost of $50,000, was destroyed by fire yesterday. It was insured for $25,000. It was occupied by the Commercial exchange and the T. W. P. Chase Amusement Co., the latter holding a lease and conducting a vaudeville show. All the seats, effects and scenery were burned, amounting to $5,000, making total loss as now estimated, of $40,000, Avith $27,000 insurance. The origin of the fire is a mystery, and the belief seems to be that It was incendiary. The auditorium will be rebuilt immediately. A GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED. rhirty Thousand Dollars* Worth of Wheat Destroyed—-Several Freight Cars Burned. Kansas City, Mo., June 18.—-The big Union grain elevator, located on the West Elver bottoms, but a few blocks from the Union.depot, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, causing i damage of over one hundred thousand dollars. The building was valued at $70,000, and it contained $30,000 worth of wheat, all of which was destroyed. J. K. Davidson, principal >wner of the property, states that the loss is covered by insurance. The C. A. Brockett Cement Co., whose warehouse adjoined the elevator, sustained a damage of $15,000. Several freight cars were also burned. Fate of Sealing; Schooner Pioneer. Seattle. Wash., June 18.—According '•» a dispatch received from Alaska, a sequel to the strange disappearance tf the sealing schooner Pioneer, last teen October 4, 1899, when spoken by he Ainoke, on her way down from Sehriug sea with sealskins, has at last >een found. The Si wash Kanchoe, of Justs!no, claim to have found the hull >f the vessel tossing on the rocks 50 niles from that coi.st. The Indians learn to,have discovered eight skeletons, supposed to be of Capt. Lock and - us crew.