Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1897 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. CJEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, • - INDIANA.

HARD WORK FDR IT.

DIPLOMATIC BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT BUSY. Vital Points Are at Stake-Cuban and Other Questions Demanding Early Adjustment— An English Artist Tortured in Thibet. Busy Diplomatic Season. The hnrd work of the diplomatic branch of the administration at Washington is about to begin, now that the diplomats arc returning to Washington. While the Unban question will ere long overshadow all other foreign questions, there are many other important affairs of state demanding immediate attention. With negotiations for a new Anglo-American general arbitration treaty, for reciprocity treaties in accordance with the new tariff law, for the settlement of the cable coutro—Tersy with France,' for "new Bering; Sc:U regulations and the outlining of a policy in regard to the construction and control t>f the Nicaraguan canal, the State Department end of the administration has a long season before it. A small contingent of the diplomatic corps is now in the city and the remainder is expected to follow. In anticipation of their coming the State Department is making preparations for the discussion of questions to be brought up very soon. Two diplomats strange to Washington will put in an appearance this fall. One is Herr von Reichenau, the German ambassador, who is the successor of Baron von Thielmann. The other will succeed M. Patenotre of France. Great Floods Ravage China. The steamer Victoria brings news to Tacoma. Wash., of the most disastrous floods that have visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Tung Chou, containing over 80,000 inhabitants, have been destroyed by floods and the people drowned or forced to flee. There is no means of finding h v ow many thousands have been drowned, but the number is estimated by Chinese authorities at 15,000 to 20,000. The flooded district is within twelve miles of Pekin, the capital of China. Great distress prevails. Chicago Man Used a Knife. William McCaleb cut the throat of his wife, Annie, in Chicago, with an ink eraser, killing her almost instantly. After satisfying himself that the woman was dead McCaleb shot himself in the head and breast and then cut his own thront. Barred Out of Russia. Adolph Kuttner, one of the wealthiest and best known citizens of the San Joaquin Valley, California, has just returned from Europe aud confirms the previously telegraphed report of how he was barred out of Russia because he is a Jew.

NEWS NUGGETS.

The new Greek cabinet has been formally installed in office. Thousands of houses were destroyed and many lives lost by a typhoon that ■wept over Japan. The Afridi and Orakzai chiefs have held a council at Kooi and have arranged a plan to oppose the British advance. Mrs. Ballington Booth says the report that the Salvation army and the American Volunteers may unite is without foun- ■'; dation. , ‘ ‘■ ■ ■ ' ' Prairie fires have caused great devastation in Manitoba. At Beausejour two women and five children were burned to death. France has demanded of Brazil an immediate settlement of the Amapa question and an explanation of Brazil’s delay In the matter. The Pittsburg baseball club has offered Manager Ned Hanlon of Baltimore $12,000 a year and an interest in the club to manage the pirates. Indianapolis was given the ‘Western League "Temple cup”' by the Columbus players, because neither team cared to continue the series. Mrs. Frank Davis, wife of a farmer living near Schuyler, Neb., put strychnine in the breakfast coffee. The mother and four children are (dead. Osman Digma, the principal general of the khalifa, is retiring with his army on Omdurman, opposite Khartoum, leaving the road between Suakim and Berber open. The schooner Henry May was wrecked off Longport, X. J. The captain and crew of five men were rescued after battling with the waves for over twenty-four hours. Henry George, who has already been, nominated by two organizations for Mayor of Greater New York, received a third nomination for Mayor from the People's party, which will unite with the Democratic alliance and the United Democracy in the formal notification. Henry Savage Landor, the artist, traveler and writer, who went on an exploring expedition to Thibet for the London Mail, has returned after a terrible experience. He was arrested by the Thibetans and sentenced-to death, but the sentence was commuted to torturing with hot irons and being stretched on the rack. Mr. Landor was seriously injured. Indiana has quarantined against refugees from the yellow fever districts of the 6outh. The State board has been authoriced to expend SI,OOO of the emergency health fund in establishing a quarantine. Immediately the board will station agents at the Illinois-Indiana line whose duty it will be to inspect trains from St. Louis, and at the Indiana-Kentucky line to inspect trains from Louisiana. ■ r ' Fire broke out in Austin, Pa., and in five hours’ time every building in town but five was burned to the ground. Probably 500 people are homeless. The fire wai started by a load of hay being run into a gas jet. In all, about 100 buildings were burned, mostly residences, among the losses being the Methodist Church, f Presbyterian Church, and opera house. A passenger train on the Kansas City, Wort Scott and Memphis Railway ran into fe a wagon containing seven persons at Dead Man’s cut, three miles north of I Willow Springs, Mo., instantly killing six and fatally injuring the seventh.

EASTERN.

Gen. Neal Dow, the famous apostle of temperance, is dying of old age at Portland, Me. • Ogden Goelet’s will has been filed for probate. It lenves the eutire estate, valued at $5,400,000, to the widow and two children. Gotham Democrats nominated Henry George for Mayor, J. G. Boyd for Comptroller and W. S. Overton for president of the Council. The coroner’s jury which investigated the death of the miners at Lattimer, Pa., has returned a verdict that “the killing was wanton ahd unjustifiable.” ' Republicans of Greater New York nominated Gen. B. F. Tracy for Mayor, Ashbel P. Fitch for Comptroller and It. It. Appleton for president of the Council. Dr. Chauncey B. Brewster, rector of Grace Episcopal Church of Brooklyn and coadjutor bishop-elect of Connecticut, was. severely injured while riding in the Catskills. C. E. Iv. Royee, 55 years old, who registered at the Grand Union Hotel, New York, from San Francisco, was found dead in his room. He had! committed suicide by inhaling gas. Robert A. Van Wyek was nominated for Mayor of Greater New York by the Tammany convention. Bird S. Color was named for Comptroller and J. ltuppert, Jr., for president of the Council. A woman and tier four children were found dead by asphyxiation in the West Shore Hotel, Forty-second street and Eleventh avenue. New York. The woman had evidently killed her children and committed suicide. Three persons were killed on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Carreroft, Pa., by a passenger train crashing into a wagon. The victims were: Mytro Dobriski, aged 35 years; George Baldwin, aged 0 years; Maud Baldwin, aged 12 years. Massachusetts gold Democrats nominated the following State ticket: Governor, Dr. William Everett; Lieutenant Governor, James E. Cotter; Secretary of State, Bernard Wolf; Treasurer, Horace P. Tobey; Auditor. Harry Douglas; Attorney General, William Mc^leneh. Massachusetts Democrats adopted a platform indorsing the Chicago free silver platform and nominated the following: For Governor, George Fred Williams; for Lieutenant Governor, C. T. Callahan; for Secretary of State, C. D. Nash; for Attorney General, John A. O'Keefe; for Treasurer, T, A. Watson; for Auditor, J. L. Clialifoux. Nine men were fatally injured and 30 more wounded in a bloody riot at Girardvithrr Pa. The Lattimer affair was the cause of the trouble. Poles boarding at Culacabbage’s hotel walked to Cavendish's hotel, where Lattimer workers were celebrating pay day. The result was a bloody encounter, in which axes, knives, razors, clubs and other weapons were used with deadly effect. The police officers were powerless to quell the riot.

WESTERN.

Star Pointer paced a mile in 2:00% and Joe Patchen a mile in 2:01% at Terre Haute. The Chicago baseball club has dismissed its damage suit for $13,373 against the State of Illinois. Frank Fadellin, a Detroit trunkmaker, shot and killed his son and a neighbor named Joseph Staedelman and shot his wife in the arm. School boys at Eau Claire, Wis., have experimented so successfully with hypnotism that the School Board has forbidden the dangerous practice. James Fountain, aged 75 years, died in the Boone County poorhouse at Columbia, Mo. He was a first cousin of Mrs. John A. Logan of Washington. Fourteen leading Wisconsin maltsters decline to join the ,American Mailing Company, and announce their intention to fight the trust to the bitter end. % President Harper of the Chicago University will personally see that the maroon football players do not become rough ,in games, under penalty of expitlsion. 11. Irwin, owner of the Belcher silver mine at Boulder, Colo., shot and dangerously wounded his wife and then shot himself in the heart, dying instantly. Frank Morgan of Franklin, Ind., was arrested by Sheriff Weddle at Surnmitville, accused of complicity in the Sebree forgery at Greenwood last summer. Henry I. Witbeek of Chicago lias been adjudged incompetent to manage his affairs by a San Francisco court and his wife is appointed his legal guardian. An attempt was made to burn down the business portion of Stockton, Cal., several incendiary fires being started simultaneously. The Pioneer Art Gallery was destroyed. The officers of the hydrographic offices at Cleveland and Chicago have been ordered to attach themselves to the naval reserves in ah official, advisory and inspective capacity. Henry Tolleston of Toledo, Ohio, and Prof. Daniel J. Holmes of Meadville, Pa., College are believed to be held by Swiss bandits. They were last heard from at Martigny, Switzerland. Sept. 8. The Missouri Broom Manufacturing Company, doing business in the penitentiary, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, The liabilities are about SII,OOO. The assets are not known. The strike at the American plate glass factory in Elwoed, Ind;, that threatened to close the entire plant, was adjusted by the State labor commissioners and the plant started work again in all departments. Rev. W. A. Hunsberger, Milwaukee’s “marrying parson,” will continue to do business at the old stand for another year, the conference having reappointed him to the charge of the Grand Avenue Church. Farmer John Becker, who lived near Carroll, lowa, killed his wife and five children Monday night and wounded his eldest son| lie then shot himself and is expected to die. The cause for the tragedy is shrouded in mystery. Department Commander Dodge of the Grand Army of the Republic iu Indiana has issued an order in which he asks every member in the State to contribute 5 or 10 cents to care for the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Spencer County. Adam Holtzhauer, a baker, stabbed Kobert Reed, a colored waiter, at the Hotel Bookel at Dayton, O. Reed died in a few minutes. Holtzhauer'claims that Reed abused him and tried to strike him on the head with a dish and that he stabbed Reed in self-defense. Report comes from Fuller, in the southern part of Benton County, Mo., of the wrecking of a church and printing office ■et up near there by n sect calling them-

selves “Brethren of the Church of Christ in Love and Union.” A hundred farmers raided the building, destroyed the press, pied the forms and threw the type into the street. . Peter Hudson, a citizen of the Choctaw nation and superintendent of the female academy at Tuskahoma, Ark., says a movement is on foot looking to the sale by the full-blooded Choctaws of all their rights in the Indian Territory, and the removal of the eutire tribe, as far as represented by the full bloods, to a tract of land in old Mexico. Jacob Jackson, the oft-defeated candidate for chief, is to lead the tribe to the new lan^l. Several hundred delegates, each with a limb or some other part of his anatomy missing, are in attendance on the first national convention of cripples. The promoter of the unique gathering is William It. Trower, a crippled employe of the Iron Mountain Railroad, and the purposes are to discuss a variety of subjects of common interest to the deformed, crippled and maimed, such as employment to which they are best suited, the subject of artificial limbs and the question of institutions and homes for their maintenance. The Modern Woodmen war between Fulton and Rock Island ended in a sensational manner. The records of the head office were moved to the former place after Judge Gest had dissolved the latest injunction. Lieut. Gov. Xorthcott and Adjutant General Reece, who were actively engaged in the removal, were mnhbed by a crowd of Fulton pnplo and locked up in a depot, and five companies of State militia were ordered out to rescue them, hut they were released before any of the troops arrived on the scene. Two companies of United States cavalry from the Boise barracks passed through Pocatello, Idaho, eu route to the Fort Hall agency to assist Agent Irwin in placing Indian girls in school. About a bundled of the young bucks, encouraged by the old squaws, have formed a conspiracy to keep the girls out of school and have defied the authority of the agent. The trouble began a few weeks ago, when a 14-year-old girl, who had been married during the summer, was gathered in by the Indian police in their search for school children. Her husband and his friends set upon the police, and after a sharp fight took the girl away from them.

WASHINGTON.

President McKinley has returned to Washington from the Berkshire hills. Zephaniali Joiles, an aged Washington contractor, was run down by a bicycle and killed. John R. McLean has retired as the free silver aspirant for the seat now held by Senator Hanna. Gen. A. J. Warner is announced as a candidate for the place, The power house of the Central Traction Company of Washington was destroyed by fire, the loss being about sl,000,000. Some of the Government buildings, including the White House, were threatened. An official announcement received at Washington of the departure of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa for Y’okohama, together with the statement that the immigration question between Japan and Hawaii is likely to be shortly settled, without arbitration, has thrown a peaceful aspect around American questions in the Pacific. This cheering news was communicated to the State Department by Minister Sewall, stationed at Honolulu, whose mail reports have just reached the .department.

FOREIGN.

Six customs, officials have been arrested at Constantinople for circulating pamphlets of the young Turk party. Jules Cambon, governor general of Algeria, is to succeed M. Patenotre as French ambassador at Washington. Russia has promised to support Afghanistan in the event of Great Britain encroaching on the ameer's territory. Guatemala has offered 8100,000 for the heads of Prospero Morales, the revolutionary leader, and his aid, Manuel Fuentes. Charles Belmont Davis, United States consul at Florence, Italy, lias resigned that position to become a member of a business firm in New York. Greece has received the text of the peace treaty with Turkey, with a request that the Government appoint plenipotentiaries to complete the negotiations. The torpedo boat destroyers Lynx and Thrasher of the British navy ran aground on Dodman’s Point in a fog. The Thrash-*' er broke in two and three stokers were killed. The Greek cabinet has resigned, the boule having refused a vote of confidence before discussing the treaty with Turkey arranged by the representatives of the powers. Criminal proceedings have been commenced against the Frankfort Zeitung, on the charge of lose majeste, for criticising the alleged erratic course of Emperor William. The London Globe says it hears the pope’s weakness is increasing and that the church dignitaries are afraid he will not rally from the extreme feebleness and exhaustion he new betrays. It has been recommended to the State Department at Washington by United States Consul Read at Tien-Tsin that the question of including Peking in the list of treaty ports be taken into consideration. Yokohama, Japan;, papers contain full accounts of a severe storm which passed over the country, and reports of great havoc are coming in from all quarters. At the latest date 373 huusp4 were totally destroyed in Tokyo, 7,728 partially damaged and 14,043 submerged. Notwithstanding contradictory reports, Sir Julian Pauneefote will return to Washington in time for the Bering Sea conference. The staff of the British embassy, now at Manehester-by-the-Sea, will return sooner, and, according to present plans, the entire British representation will be there when the seal conference is held. Despite denials, the rumor is persistently circulated in Valparaiso, Chili, on the authority of those who are presumably in a position to know, that Chili is on the eve of serious international troubles with Argentine and Peru. It is stated in Valparaiso that Argentine, Peru and Bolivia have been secretly negotiating a treaty which it 5s believed is hostile to Chili. The legation of Guatemala at Washington has received the following telegram: "Revolution broke out on the 7th in San Marcos and later iu Queznltennngo and other towns. Port of Ocas recaptured by government forces. Rebels attacked Totonieapan and were repulsed. They now concentrate in Quezaltenango, which will soon be besieged by loyal forces.” The Spanish cabinet has resigned and the queen has accepted the resignations. She has, however, asked Gen. Azcarrnga

to continue in office until a solution of the crisis is fpund. Her majesty will summon the leaders of the various parties and the presidents of the chamber td Madrid, to consult as to the situation. Senor Sagasta has been telegraphed for, and it is believed that the Liberal leader will be asked to form a cabinet. The distrust of Japan felt by the administration at Washington is well illustrated by the correspondence which has passed" between Rear Admiral Miller, commander-in-chief of the naval force in Hawaiian waters, and the Navy Department. A steamer which lately arrived in San Francisco brought advices from Admiral Miller to the department that the Japanese cruiser Nanivva had left Honolulu for. Yokohama. Notwithstanding this assertion, so fearful were the authorities that the Japanese had simply attempted to hoodwink the American officials of the cruiser Philadelphia, and thus leave a comparatively free field for the Naniwa on her return, that the gunboat Wheeling was directed to proceed post haste to Honolulu with instructions to delay the departure of the Philadelphia until Rear Admiral Miller had positively assured himself that the Mikado’s ship had really proceeded to Japan.

IN GENERAL.

Boston’s great baseball team is winner of the pennant of 1897. —Peruvians sere anxious for a rociproeitytreaty with the United States. Gold quartz assaying $092 to the ton has been found near Lake Wawa, Ont. More than twenty of the largest malt houses in the United States have formed a combine. Two new cables between France and Massachusetts are expected to be working soon, at reduced rates. Overflow is another horse that by winning the Scully purse has deprived the running turf of his presence forever. Pope Leo has sent to President McKinley a copy of a fine illustrated work descriptive of the recently restored Appartamenti Borgia at the Vatican. There is a rumor in Canadian circles that the Government of the United States has made overtures to the Government of Denmark with the object of acquiring Greenland from the latter country. State Department officials at Washington ridicule the story. Silver scored a sharp decline of % of a penny to 25% pence in London and 1% to 54 14 cents in New York. The high price on the rally was reached on Sept. 20, on which date the price was 27% pence in London and 59% cents in New York, The low price of Sept. 1 was 23% pence in London and 54% cents in New York. Never before, since the weather bureau was established, twenty-seven years ago, has September been so hot. The mean temperature for the thirty days is G 9 degrees. It is five degrees above the normal average for September at Chicago. And it has been the driest month, with one exception. In September, 1871, there was a rainfall of .74 inch. 111 September, 1897, the rainfall was .84 inch. Besides, the two months of August and September, taken together, are the two hottest and driest of any on record. There have been no storms iii September. In all the month there was hut one bit of had weather, asd that was in the Lake Superior region. But it did not amount to much, and little or nothing was destroyed by it. There will be no such occasion to rejoice over an abundance of orchard products this fall as there was a year ago. The fact is crops have all been small, particularly so when compared with the oversupply of last year; the weather, while not especially unfavorable, has been anything but beneficial, and fruit has matured very slowly. Peaches have been a disappointment from the very first of the season. The trees when in bloom gave evidence of a wonderful crop, which was expected to compare very favorably with that of the preceding year. Later the outlook was nos quite so bright because of the backward weather. Then came a drought, and finally the cool wave, just when warm, bright sunshine was so essential to insure a good flavor and appearance. Last year's apple crop eclipsed almost anything ever heard of, and it is only to be expected that the trees will be more or less bare this year. Y'et, although the entire crop of the country is estimated at 50 per cent of an average, dealers do not anticipate any famine or even a noticeable scarcity. Anywhere from $2.50 to $4 per barrel is charged for no better fruit than sold at this time last year at from 75 cents to $1.50. Of grapes there is scarcely any doubt that the supply will be large enough to satisfy everybody. Reports from large growers confirm rumors that this is going to be a very successful season. The cranberry crop has advanced sufficiently to show that it will be a short one.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 53.00 to 55-50; hogs, shipping grades, 53.00 to 5-4-50; sheep, fair to choice, 52.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 88c to 89c; corn, No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,18 c to 20c.; rye, No. 2,40 cto 47c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; new potatoes, 45c to 55c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to 55.25; hogs, choice light, 53-00 to 54-50; sheep, common to choice, 83.00 to 84.00: wheat, No. 2,91 cto 93c; corn, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, 53.00 to 53.50; hogs, 53.00 to 54.50; sheep, 53.00 to 54.00; wheat, No. 2, 9Gc to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 23c; rye, No. 2,42 cto 44c. Cincinnati —Cattle, 52.50 to 55-25; hogs, 53.00 to 54.50: sheep. 82.50 to 84.25: wheat, 'No. 2,91 cto 93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 48c. Detroit—Cattle, 52.50 to 55.25; hogs, 53.00 to 54.50; sheep, 52.50 to 54.00; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 40c to 48c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 95e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye. No. 2,47 cto 48c; clover seed, 53.20 to 53.30. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 87c to 89c; corn, No. 3,20 cto 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No, 1,46 cto 47c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 43c; pork, mess, 58.00 to 58.50. Buffalo—Cattle, 53.00 to 55.50; hogs, 53.00 to 54.75; sheep. 53.00 to 55.00; wheat, No. 2 winter, 94c to 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. Nc\y York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 90c; corn. No. 2,33 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, Western, 10c to 17c.

MENACED BY DROUGHT.

Central and Weatern States in Danger from Lack of Rain. Nearly the entire central and western portions of the United States are suffering from the long-continued drought. Danger and hardship exist in many of the sections where no rain has fallen recently, alrtd the result is great fear among the people. Had not the crops matured before the dry spell they would have been scorched and ruined. And even now fire threatens the fields and pastures on the prairies of Illinois and other WesternStates. In many instances the conditions have become such that there is actually severe suffering among the population. Farmers on both sides of the Missouri river are compelled to haul water many miles. Wells have become dry and men and animals must quench their thirst. The only rain that has fallen has been insufficient to affect the parched ground or to bring water into wells which have become dry or at least low. Instead of the fall rains, which would soften the ground for plowing, there is fair weather and an unusual and dangerous dryness. One of the greatest dangers connected with this condition throughout the country is that of fire. Not only in northern Wisconsin, covered by timber land, is there fear of destructive fires, but in Illinois and adjoining States every farmer whose acres are traversed by a railroad or are near to any railway line is constantly afraid his corn fields may be set afire by sparks from a passing locomotive. The dried-up pastures all over the prairie land are in the same danger, and the least carelessness may result in enormous destruction and even loss of life. As for the lack of water, it is daily becoming greater, and farmers do not know what they will do with their stock when present sources of supply give out, which will not be long if there is no precipitation of moisture soon. There is no State where these conditions do not exist. Kansas, Missouri, lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana all are included in the belt where there is nothing but dust and the parched remains of harvest fields and pastures where animals grazed a month ago. In Illinois, Indiana and lowa there is the worst suffering, according to the reports received from all the cities, towns and hamlets in the country districts of these three States. ••• In Illinois and lowa, where so large a portion of the crop is corn and corn fields cover every county and line every railway, the most fear of prairie tires exists. It is only the absence of a strong wind which has so far prevented them, for tiny small spark might kindle one which could spread oyer a large area. The farmers have exercised the greatest care during the last two weeks to prevent small blazes spreading. But the fire danger and the suffering from want of water in some districts is not the only result of the drought. Nearly all pasturage has been made absolutely barren. At this time, when horses and cows usually are outside before the approach of the cold weather, they must be fed on hay. They have torn up even the roots in pastures in their endeavor to get grass, aud dust has token the place of verdure. ,

PUBLIC DEBT IS INCREASING.

Treasury Statement Shows an Addition of Nearly $4,000,000. The monthly treasury statement shows that at the close of business Sept. 30, 1897, the public debt, loss cash in the treasury, was $1,012,122,713, an increase since Aug. 30 of $3,787,592. This increase is accounted for by a corresponding decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt ..... $847,305,540 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity.... 1,334,570 Debt bearing no Total . $1,227,315,500 This amount, however, does not include $589,070,953 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold $184,501,004 Silver 513,481,747 Paper 133,011,339 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc........... . . 18,713,880 Total $850,308,031 Against this there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $035,175,844, which leaves a net cash balance in the treasury of $215,192,787.

MONUMENT FOR DUBUQUE.

Memory of the lowa Pioneer to Be Fittingly Honored. The Early Settlers’ Association and the lowa Institute of Science and Arts have formed a joint association which will rear a monument upon the grave of Julian Dubuque. This is upon the top of a ma-

PROPOSED MONUMENT.

jestic bluff a mile below the city of Dubuque and overlooking the Mississippi. Dubuque’s claim to honor rests on the fact that he was the first settler. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii has returned to Washington, D. C., from her visit to San Francisco. Accompanying her were Joseph Helelulhe, her secretary, and several friends who recently arrived at San Francisco from the islands. The ex-queen’s stay in the city is indefinite. Zephaniah Jones, one of the oldest and most respected builders and contractors in Washington, D. C., was killed by a collision with a middle-aged bicyclist named Reuben F. Gray, who is employed as a clerk in one of the branches of the government printing office.

OFFICIALS ARE NOT SURPRISED.

Fall of Spain's Cabinet Apparently Expected in Washington. It cannot be said that the fall of the Spanish cabinet caused siirprise among the officials of the State Department or among the members of the diplomatic corps in Washington. A careful inspection of the cable news for the past few weeks had left the general impression that the cabinet erected in haste after the assassination of Premier Canovas could not be expected to survive long. There were several reasons for this expectation, but perhaps the principal one was the belief that the dissensions among the supporters of the Government caused by the personal encounter between the Duke of Tetuan, the minister for foreign affairs, and one of the leaders of the dissident conservatives, Senator Comas, had not been healed, but had been only bridged over temporarily. The dissident conservatives at the time insisted upon the resignation of the duke as a condition of their further support of the Government. As the Government depended not upon a homogeneous party, but rather upon a union of various elements generally opposed to liberal ideas for its existence, this was a threatening condition, and a crisis was averted only through strenuous efforts of conservative leaders. Secretary Sherman does not believe that it will materially affect the relations of Spain either to the United States or to Cuba, which seems to indicate an expectation on his part that the new cabinet will be found to be still of a conservative tendency. On the other hand, high officials in the administration expect that a liberal cabinet will be erected. If this should be the ease the future is held to he full of promise for Cuba, for it is recalled that the liberals have not hesitated to express their opposition to the great expenditure of human life and vast treasure in the effort to carry out the repressive conservative program for the conduct of the war. It is not believed that the liberals are prepared to go to the length of promising freedom to Cuba, but from the expressions of the leaders of the party is it hoped that they are willing to grant so liberal a measure of home rule and autonomy to the island that of Spanish sovereignty nothing would remain save a shred in the way of a few preferential duties, and perhaps the power of appointing some official* corresponding to the governor general of Canada, named by the British crown.

BIG FIRE AT WASHINGTON.

Million Dollar Conflagration Visits the Nutional Capital. In Washington, fire broke out in the central power station of the Capital Traction Company a few minutes before 11 o’clock Wednesday night and in thirty minutes the magnificent six-story structure was doomed. The building occupies the entire block from Pennsylvania avenue to C street, and from Thirteen and One-half street to Fourteenth street. The blaze started on the southwest corner and despite the efforts of the entire fire department swept like wind through the enormous building. The heat was so intense that the men were driven from the adjoining streets. When it became evident that no efforts could save the power station, the department turned its attentions to the adjoining property, but the flames leaped across Fourteenth street on the west to a big livery stable and then across Thirteenth and One-half street on the east and attacked a row of threestory brick houses. So fearful was the heat that the firemen could not get within reach of the burning buildings. They were driven back foot by foot until the streams from the hose pipes could not reach the fire. The entire fire department was on the scene, but so fierce was the conflagration that their efforts were futile. The power house was built four years ago. It was six stories in height, and besides containing the power plant of the Pennsylvania avenue linear of the Capital Traction Company was occupied by dozens of offices. The walls began to fall by 12 o'clock, and with the decreasing heat the firemen were enabled to get to work on adjoining property. Two hours after the first alnrm was given the huge building was reduced to a few crumbling walls, aud damage to the extent of nearly a million dollars had been done. The loss on adjoining buildings will not be large, as those burned are old and small. At one time the offices of the Southern Railway were threatened, but prompt work by the firemen checked the flames.

FEW LEADERS PRESENT.

Very Slim Attendance at the Chicago Labor Convention. The much-advertised national labor convention in Chicago was not as well attended a gathering as had been expected, as the original call for the convention had been rescinded and many big labor organizations that had been expected to be represented were not in evidence. Among the labor men xiresent were Frank Egger, national secretary and organizer of the Hotel and Restaurant National Alliance and Bartenders’ National League; J. A. Ferguson, D. M. MacDonald and E. Boice of Butte, Mont.; M. P. Carrick and W. A. Klinger, Pittsburg; B. 11. Creeden, Wallace, Idn., and many representatives of local reform organizations. Many of those present said that President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor was to blame for the interference of the-arrangements of the original call for a monster convention. They said the statement issued by Gompers advising all labor organizations to keep away from the convention was the result of jealousy, Gompers feeling aggrieved because his name was not signed to the call.

Notes of Current Events.

Five men met death from “black damp” In the Jermyn No. 1 mine, near Rendham, Pa. Great alarm is felt at Havana over Minister Woodford’s notes to Spain, and the Spaniards there are very indignant. A telegram was received at Omaha from Master in Chancery Cornish, fixing Nov. 1 ns the date for the sale of the Union Pacific. The bronze monument that is to be erected in’Portsmouth Square to the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, has been successfully cost in San Francisco. The statue will represent a Spanish galleon under full sail. The Dawes and Creek commissioners have i concluded a treaty whereby the Creek Indians agree to allotment and a change in the form of their government. Town sites are to be laid off where towns now exist and residents can secure title to their town property by the payment of 50 per cent of an assessed valuation of their lots, exclusive of improvement.