Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIAN*.

LONG AND SHOUT MEN

CHICAGO'S FAMOUS ROBBERS RESUME OPERATIONS. • While the Long Individual Covers the Bartender His Short Companion Deliberately Rifles the Cash Box—Soldiers Make a Row in Galveston. ( Cosh Register Robbed of S3O. The “Icing” man and his confrere, the "short” fellow, are at it again in Chicago. At 5 o’clock the other morning they went into Matthew Walsh’s saloon, 202 Clark street* and held up the bartender, pavid McNamara. They got S3O from the cash register. That done they threatened to kill him if he dared raise, an outcry and safely made their escape from the place. As they left the saloon McNamara followed them, but they drove him back inside, threatening ty shoot. McNamara watched them until j reached Jr.JhSoS bO’l’.C'vard, \vm". they halted a moment to divide their booty. They then disappeared. The robbers were the first visitors the bartender bad after he opened the saloon. They entered'as hg turning on the lights and called for drinks. McNamyra served them and they left the place. A few moments later they returned and stood near the cigar counter in the front part of the jsploon. Thinking they wanted to buy cigars McNamara went to the cigar case. He was greeted with the sight of two revolvers in the tall man’s hands. “If you say a word we will kill you,” said the ' i tnan with the weapons; “we want all your cash and want it quick. Throw up your hands!” McNamara obeyed, and the Bhort man walked behind the bar and opened the cash register. He took everything it contained, even two receipts. He then walked up to McNamara nnd sen felled the latter for weapons. Finding none, he called to his? companion anil they left the tTtloon. /' ' % SOLDIERS IN DISGRACE. Get Drunk at Galveston and Engage in Trouble. At Galveston, Texas, Edward Alexander Callaghan, a private in the First United States Volunteers (immunes), was shot to death the other night, and his companion, Jack Elliott, a civilian, was wounded in the abdomen. Harry Owens, a supernumerary policeman, surrendered himself. He says he attempted to arrest the men, who had imposed upon a little boy, and they threw him down, kicked him and began knifing him. The immunes were paid off the day before, and most of them were downtown celebrating. Standing of the Clnbs. Following is the standing of the clubs Id the National Baseball League: -F • W. L. • W. L. Boston 80 42Pittsburg ....<>3 62 Cincinnati ..79 47Philadelphia. 59 Baltimore ...73 4(sLouisville ...53 73 r Cleveland ...70 ■sl Brooklyn ~.*40 70 Chicago <K) 57 Washington. 41 82 New York.. .00 50 St. Louis 34 88 T - Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Kansas City.B2 48St. Paul 72 58 Indianapolis. 80 48 Detroit 48 80 Milwaukee ..79 54 Minneapolis. 45 89 Columbus ...70 50 St. Joseph,.. .40 88 Railway Disaster in Texas. A passenger train on the Texus and Pacific Railroad, consisting of an engine and four coaches, plunged through a bridge twelve miles south of Texnrkann. Four persons are reported killed outright nnd a number of others more or less seriously wounded. The accident was due to high water. A bridge had been by the heavy rains. When the train struck the bridge the structure collapsed, precipitating the engine and four ears into the waters beneath.

Woolen Mills Burned. The entire plant of the' Wnumbcck woolen mills nt Milton, N. H., wax burned. Loss, SIOO,OOO. The mills have been Idle since 1800, but arrangements recently were completed for resuming work, and they were to start again, giving employment to 300 hands. While the origin of the fire is unknown, it is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion In the picker-room. « ■ Mob Attacks Italians. Several demonstrations were made against Italians in Trieste, Austria. Crowds surged through the streets crying, “Death to Italians!” and pursued everyone of that nationality to eover. The mob sacked one Italian case and would have treated others in the same way but for the interference of the police, who arrested fifty of the uiob. Wonderful Nugget of Gold. Australian advices say an immense sensation has been created nil over Australia by the discovery near Lake Wynne of a gold nugget weighing 115 pounds and valued at $32,000. New Gun Works for Krnpp, Herr Krupp Is to purchase the Duke of ▲lteuburg's estate, Pilo, in Germany, where he will erect a large gun factory and establish practice grounds. Town Wiped Out. New Westminster, B. C., was almost literally wiped off the mnp, by fire. The loss to property is estimated at $2,500,000. Several lives were lost. * ■ i ■■ ■ New Rallwuy for Aiuhsmu. The Illinois Central Hallway Company will build a new coal line from Aberdeen, lfiss., to Winfield, Ala. Killed in a Railway Collision. The St. Louis limited passenger on the Missouri Pacific crashed into the rear end of a freight train near Independence, wrecking the caboose and killing It. ,?. Thompson, a telegraph lineman, nud seriously injuring A. Bechtel, hraketnan. None of the passengers was hurt. Republicans Win in Maine. The State election in Maine resulted in the success of the full Republican ticket. Bpenker Heed’s margin over McKinney, who ran on the Democratic ticket, wax about 4,000 less thiin that of I$M.

DOUBLE MURDER IN VIRGINIA. It la Followed Promptly by the Killing of tbe Murderer. From Scotland, on the James river, Va., comes a tale of a double murder and subsequent swift retribution for the murderer. A wealthy speculator named Smith called at the residence of a sawmill proprietor named Hoffman, a former resident of Washington city. He asked for $l5O which had been taken to his house by young Hoffman, but he, in a fit of ill temper, refused to turn, it over. Smith returned to his home, secured a Winchester rifle, a 44-caliber weapon, and hastened back to the Hoffmans’. The younger Hoffman was seated on the veranda. Smith opened fire, lodging eight bullets in the'young man’s body. The father rushed at the murderer, but another shower of lead from Smith’s Winchester brought him down. Having been shot once, the old man begged for his life, but Smith shot him until he whs dead and then left the mill. When the fa<?cs were reported at the court house a sheriff's posse went to Smith’s house, and, when he resisted arrest, fired upon him. He was instantly killed. i FIGHT OVER POLITICS. Rival Colorado Factions Engage in Battle with Revolvers and hifles. The political war between the two factions of the silver Republican party at Colorado Springs, Colo,, resulted in the death Oi Charles Harris of Denver. It Was the result of an attempt by the Broad faction to capture the opera house ; which was guarded by the Sprague faction, A rush was made by 75 or 100 of the Broad men from both front and rear of the building, and the Sprague men who held possession, in repelling the attack fired a volley into their assailants. Harris fell with a bullet through the abdomen. Several arrests were made. The man who fired "the shot which struck Harris is undoubtedly in custody.

CABINET AGREES. Members Unanimously in Favor of Revision in Case of Capt. Dreyfus. The Paris Figaro says the cabinet council unanimously agreed upon a revision of the Dreyfus case and directed the minister of justice, M. Sarrien, to take tbe necessary steps to that end. The Matin announces the of facts implicating U>e cers pf t]|e general staff, adding that Gen. Zurlinden, the new minister fQf war, reported the matter to the council and urged the necessity of reforming the intelligence department of the war office, whereupon he was directed to elaborate a project separating the duties of the general staff from those of the intelligence department. y Army and Navy Changes. Many important changes will occur in the army and navy during the remaining months of the present year. These are due to the natural course of events and are in no wise the result of the war with Spain. Two major generals of the army and four rear admirals of the navy will go on the retired list by operation of law on account of age, making vacancies which will result in promotions all along the line in both services. The two army officers who will retire are Major General William M. Graham, now in command of the Second army corps, in camp at Middletoyyp, Pty, nmj Major Genera] J. J. Coppinger, m command ,o? the Fourth armjr corps, with headquarters at Huntsville, Ala. The rear aumirais who retire this year are Admiral M. Sfctlrcl, recently president of tfih naval war board and now president of the naval board of promotions, who retires the 30th inst.; Admiral E. O. Matthews, formerly chief of the bureau of yards and docks and now president of the examining and retiring boards, who retires Oct. 24; Admiral Joseph N. Miller, the ranking officer of the navy, now in command of the Pacific station, who retires Nov. 22, and Admiral F. N. Bunce, commandant of the New York navy yard, who retires Sept. 25. The principal heroes of the Spanish war retire Jn the following order: Admiral George Dewey, commanding the Asiatic station, December, 1899; Admiral W. S. Schley, on the Porto Rican evacuation commission, October, 1901, and Admiral W. T. Sampson, on the Cuban evacuation commission, February, 1902.

Death in the Burs. The bodies of Navui Cadet Thomas 11. Wheeler, the son of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and of Second Lieut. Newton D. Kirkpatrick of the First United States cavalry, who were drowned while bathing in the sea off Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I„ came in with the tide and wore thrown on the beach the next morning. The bodies were found lying close together, just below the life-saving station, about a quarter of a mile from where the young men were bathing. A detuil of sixty men from the Second eavnlry had been patrolling the beach with lanterns. The life-savers, who knew the coast, had predicted that the bodies would drift in where they did. Two rude biers were formed of planks taken from nenr the life-saving atation, and .the bodies placed upon them. Meantime the cavalry men had gathered from up and down the bench and followed the bodies to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters. With Gen. Wheeler were three of his daughters, who were in camp nursiug the sick. Tb? uniform of an Infantry private, with the shoes, hat and underwear, were found ou the beach a few hundred yards to the westward of where Cadet Wheeler and Lieut. Kirkpatrick were drowned. It Is Inferred that k third man was drowned. A name was on the Inside of the band of the trousers, but It was Illegible. Two Lives Crashed Out. The first gust of wind that preceded a recent thunderstorm blew down the heavy ifon superstructure of new pier 50, at the foot of West Twelfth street, New York, killing two men and injuring ten others. There were ninety men nt work on this Iron superstructure on the pier when it fell in on theta. Looks Like Murder. The body of Foster M. Payne, a telegraph operator for the Kansan City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad, was found In a railroad yard in Memphis, Tenn., the head having been severed from the body. It is thought the young man was murdered. Plot to Kill the Cxar. A daring plot to kill the Czar by an explosion of gas in Moscow was frustrated »y the nervousness of one of the conspirators, who caused the explosion twenty minutes before the Czar arrived nt the desired position. Deadly Tornado in Pennsylvania. A tornado blew down several buildings In Springfield township, Pa., killing three men, and ruined the corn and buckwheat crops.

IMPORTS FALL OFF.

STATISTICS OF OUR TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. ijLSS America Fenda Five Times as Much Merchandise to the United Kingdom as She Returns—Mills and Elevator Barn at Memphis. Favorable Balance of’.Trade. The fact that British imports into the United Stales have fallen off greatly fn the last year while American exports to Great Britain have greatly increased has been announced from time to time during the year, but the full year’s figures, just presented by the treasury bureau of statistics, at Washington, bring to the surface some interesting details not heretofore published. These show that while the exports from the United States to the Unified Kingdom have increased 12 per cent, the imports from the United Kingdom have fallen of 35 per cent. The .exports from the United States to the United Kingdom during the last year wore, in round, numbers, live times as much as the imports from the United Kingdom, the figures of the bureau of statistics being: Imports from the Uriited Kingdom. $109,138,305; exports to the United Kingdom, $540,860,152. SEEKS WILHELMINA' * LIFE. • Assassin Fires at Netherlands’ Queen, but His Aim Is Poor. 'The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that several days ugo'an attempt whs made to assassinate Queen Wilhelmina near Amersfort, province of Utrecht, on the road between Oastle Soostdyt and Baara. A man emerged from behind a tree and fired a revolver at her majesty. The bullet missed the queen, but plowed the cheek of a-lady in attendance. The would-be assajjan was arrested. He is supposed to be an English aparchist. The strictest secrecy, was maintained as to the affair, in order not to disturb the enjoyment of the enthronement festivities.

elevator and mills burned. Loss Will Roach $242,000- Employe Is Fataiiy Injured, At Memphis, T?nn., the Memphis Grain, Elevfttor and Manufacturing Company and the Eagle mills were destroyed by fire, which started in the elevator from an unknown cause. John Dolan, a cooper, was in the elevator when the fire broke out and received burns which it is thought will cause his death. The elevator had a capacity of 250,000 bushels of grain and the Eagle mills of 450 barrels of flour and 850 barrels of meal in twenty-four hours. Totni loss, $242,000; insurance, $75,000. Cattlemen’s Victim Is Dead. The cattle and sheep question is becoming a serious problem in northwest Nebraska. John Eekman, a sheepman of Chadron, has sacrificed his life before the problem has been solved. He died from the bullet wound inflicted upon him when a band of cattlemen living in Fall River County, South Dakota, called upon him and ordered him to remove his flock of sheep, w'hich he was inspecting, and met with a refusal. i f Center Star Mine Sold.**** Two million dollars for the purchase of the Center Star mine in Itossland, B. C., has been deposited with Cashier T. M. Ilodgens of the State Savings bank, at Butte, Mont. The- purchasare an English syndicate, of which Sir Charles Ross, now in New York, is the head. The stockholders who sell out are principally Butte people. Three Workmen Meet Death. Three workmen were burned to death in a fire in Max Stiner & Co.’s whisky house at 36 Vesey street, New York. The fire was started by the explosion of a barrel of spirits of alcohol. The fire spread with great rapidity, and it was with difficulty that the other employes made their escape. The loss is SIO,OOO. Feeks Union with Canada. The promoters of the movement for bringing about the annexation of Jamaica to the United States, having failed to secure popular support because of the color prejudice, are now agitating for admission into the Canadinn dominion. Their efforts in this direction promise to prove more successful. .

Andrew J. Faulk Passes Away. Andrew J. Faulk, well known throughout the Northwest, died at hia home in Yankton, S. D. Mr. Faulk was the third Governor of Dakota territory, and it was mainly through his persistent endeavors that the opening of the Black Hills to settlement was secured. Cuusius M. Clay la Divorced. Gen. Cassius M. Clay, the sage of Whitehall, has been granted a divorce from his girl wife, Dora Richardson Clay, h.v Judge Scott of the Madison County, Kentucky, Circuit Court. The decree restores the defendant to her maiden nnme, Dorn Richardson. Wealthy Man Kills Himself. William H. Tucker, of the firm of Tucker & Dorsey, manufacturers, committed suicide at his home in Indianapolis by shooting himself through the abdomen and the temple. Mr. Tucker has been despondent since the death of his wife two years ago. Li Hung Chang Bereft of Power. Li Hung Chang has been dismissed from power. It is presumed it was done in accordance with the demand which it was rumored the British minister nt Pekin, Sir Claude M. MaeDonnld, was instructed to make. Denver Hotel Tragedy. W. H. Lawrence, of Cleveland, Ohio, was shot nnd fatally wounded in Denver, Colo., by Miss Florence Richardson, of Denver, with whom he hud taken rooms in n hotel. The woman then killed herself. t . Wn» It Matties? R. I). Cole, a farmer in Henry County, Tennessee, shot and killed a man who he believes was Otto Matties, the murderer of State Senator Wall of Staunton, 111., a few weeks ago. Fireman Killed at Dnlnth. At Duluth, Minn., one man was killed and three others badly hurt in a collision between n trolley car utid hook and ladder No. 3 while the lntter was on its way to a fire. Falls from Moving Train. Daniel S. Bnernstein, of Chicago, was killed by a Santa Fe train near Dyer, Col., aud hia body was found near the tracks.

CHILD REPORTS A MURDER. Wealthy Farmer aud Daughter Slain in a Mysterious Manner. Marshal Wilkin of Cambridge, Ohio, lias sent telegrams broadcast announcing a mysterious mupder. The 12-year-old granddaughter of John Boyd, a'w'ealthy farmer, whose home was four miles from Cambridge, reported that. Boyd and his daughter, Nancy Wirick, had been killed, and his son-in-law, Orrin Law, had been seriously wounded, presumably by burglars. The first two were found dead, Boyd with two bullet holes'' in his body aud a fatal bruise on his head, and the woman with a bullet hole through her body. They were lying _on the floor of the same room. Law was in a bedroom and apparently drugged. It is said there was a row at Boyd’s between Boyd and Law. The little girl, when asked w’hy she had not reported the murder before noon, said she had just awakened, indicating she had been drugged. The house was ransacked, but suspicion points to La w. HEIR TURNS UP in KANSAS, Man of the Name of Wronsihton Finds Himself Worth $3,000,000. When John Wroughton died a few years ago in Devonshire, England, he left $3,000,000 to the oldest son of his only brother, who had immigrated to America with his family. After the arrival of the family here the members became jd and Mr?. Pheba Parmeuter of St. Louis aud Miss Mary Wroughton and Mrs. Etta Michel of New Albany, Ind., sisters of the heir, have been searching everywhere for him. A few days ago Mrs. Parmeuter was interviewed in a local paper and the article was seen by Wroughton, who resides at Wichita, Kan. A letter has been received from him aud he says he will at once leave for England to claim the property. Coming Winter Will Be Severe. The steamer Portland, just arrived at San Francisco from St. Michael’s with about $1,500,000 worth of gold dust and nuggets, brought six boxes of the precious metal belonging to the Canadian Bank of Commerce and three boxes for the Alaska Commercial Company, each box weighing over 250 pounds. The Portland brought news of a rich'strike on the Yukon in American territory. The headwaters of Kayukuk have panned out rich and j 400 men (ire digging there and twice that f number are wafting to sTedge there this , winter. Kayukuk is about 1,000 miles from the Drouth of the Yukon and is about 000 miles m length. It is this side of Miuook, and from the latter place, from Fort Hamilton, and Circle City the prospectors will go in this winter. James Murphy, one of the Portland’s passengers, says: "It is going to be a hard winter in Dawson and all aloug the river. Pro- j visions will be scarce and then the trouble will come. Out of thirty river boats, at least twenty of them will be frozen in. The majority of the boats will get no further than Circle City if they get that far.”

Old Men Commit silicide. At St. Louis, Mo., George A. Sellman, 81 years old, shot himself, and Christian Moser, 67 years old, hanged himself. Both old men imagined they were too old to be of further service and that they were simply in the way. Both were wfll to do. Sellman lived with a son, who is a wealthy South Broadway shoe merchant, lie appeared in his usual health and spirits, but he left his play with his grandchildren and, going into his room, shot himself through the bead. Anarchy In Candia. Candia, Inland of Crete 1 , is in a state of anarchy. A collision between the Mussulmans, who were demonstrating against European control, and the British authorities, who have been installing Christians as revenue oflicinls, culminated in bloody fighting between the Mussulmans and tlm British troops. Biots took place in various parts of the city aud many have been killed. United States fenatrtr Indicted. At Wilmington, Del., the Federal grand jury reconvened aud returned another indictment against United States Senator Richard It. Kenney, already charged with aiding and abetting defaulting Teller William N. Boggs to misapply the funds of the First National Bank of Dover. Guatemala's New President. Manuel Estrada Cabrera has been elected to the presidency of the republic of Guatemala. The news was received by Manuel Carillo. consul general for Guatemala in San Francisco. Ginas Manufacturers Combine. The United Glass Manufacturers' Association was organized at Pittsburg, representing a capital of $5.000,000.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

■ Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 05c; ,corn. No. 2,30 cto 32c: oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 40c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 10c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 50c to 61c; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2,20 cto 22c; rye. No. 2,42 cto 43c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.20; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,64 cto 66c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye. No. 2. 46c to 48c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,63 cto 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 45c to 46c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 656 to 66c: eorti. No. 2 mixed, 81c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white. 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2,44 c to 46c; clover seed, $3.35 to $3.45. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 62c to 63c; corn. No. 3,31 cto 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 45c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 43c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5,541; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to s4.2s;,sheep, fair to choice wethers. $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $0.25. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn. No. <2, 36c to 87c; oats, No. 2 white, 2tk* to 28c; butter, creamery* 15c to 20c; eggs. Westers, 15c to 17c.

EMPRESS IS SLAIN.

MAD ANARCHIST STABS ELIZABETH OF AUSTRIA. Assassin Met His Victim as She Was Walking to a Steamboat at Geneva —Emperor Prostrated and Europe Alarmed at the Crime. The Empress Elizabeth of Austria was assassinated at Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, as her majesty was leaving for Montreaux, where she. intended to stay for some time. She left her hotel for the steamboat at 12:45 o’clock in the afternoon. On her way from the hotel to the pier she was assailed by a man who rushed up to her and struck her. The Empress fell, but staggered to her f?et and started on again for the boat, believing herself unhurt. She reached the steanjboat, which the captain, after

EMPRESS ELIZABETH.

some hesitation, ordered to proceed, only doing so, however, at the command of her majesty. Shortly after the boat put off the Empress fainted and tile steamer returned to the pier. Her majesty was taken ashore at opce and carried t 5 fefr hotel, where sn6 a little later without regaining consciousness. It was then found she had been stabbed and that the assassin’s stiletto had reached her heart. The assassin was arrested, aud proved to be an Italian anarchist named Luchheni, who said that he was born in Paris. The Empress had been sojourning in Switzerland since the last week of August. The assassination of the Empress Elizabeth paralyzed all classes throughout the Austrian empire. To court and people it is a stunning blow that has driven into the background all perplexing political questions. The news of the murder caused numerous anti-Italian demonstrations in Vienna, especially on the Franzenplatz in the hofburg. “Italians take away our bread and then murder our Empress!” was a cry frequently heard. A court servant attached to the service of the Empress at Schoenbrunn went mad on hearing the tragic news, and arming herself with a knife rushed out into the

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.

crowded park, screaming: “Where is the murderer of our beloved Empress?” General Adjutant Count Paab carried the news of the tragedy to Emperor Franz Joseph at Schoenbrunfi. The latter, whom he found in his study, turned w'hite and stood speechless at the announcement. Then sinking into his chair the Emperor burst into a paroxysm of grief. Locking himself in, he denied himself to all members of his household until the arrival of the heir apparent, his nephew, Franz Ferdinand, and his sole surviving brother. Archduke Ludwig Victor.

ODDS & ENDS

Jack Taylor hns pitched in thirty games for St. Louis this year and won fifteen. The success that is attending the pitching of veteran A 1 Maul, who has been resurrected by Baltimore, has fired the enthusiasm of Calvin. The possibility of another fight for the heavyweight championship is remote. Fitxsinfmona continues to hold himself aloof from any of the men who are anxious to meat him. Anson has applied to Ferd W. Peck, United States Commissioner at the Paris exposition, for permission to establish a department of athletics as a feature of the American exhibit. Eddie Bald ia showing that form which his friends have constantly predicted since the opening of the season. His decisive win at Indianapolis, when he lowered the colors of bis old-time rival. Cooper, shows that he still bus the speed. This season has been one of the poorest the cycle manufacturers have yet experienced and as a result many failures have occurred that a year or two ago could not possibly be dreamed of. Tern O'Reurke, who is managing Sharkey, Is moving heaven and earth to get on a match between the sailor-pugilist and Fitzsimmons. He says that the Lenox Club will give $15,000 for the match. A reduction of the price of chainless wheels may be looked for in 1809. Some gucssern who think themselves shrewd predict that in the spring the best chains less wheels will be obtainable for $75.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

An analysis of the members of the peacn commission is in the nature of a forecast of its probable action. The President’s closest political friend on the commission Day—does not believe in keeping more than a naval station in tha Philippines. Senator Gray supported Cleveland heartily in opposition to the annexation of Hawaii, and is believed to be opposed to all territorial expansion. These two will constitute the minority of the commission. Senators Davis and Frye will undoubtedly be in harmony with Whitelaw Reid, whose personal views and editorial expressions all favor the absolute retention of the whole Philippine group. * * * Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, ha» appointed a board of ordnance officers toexamine into the efficiency of modern army guns as show nby the war. It is the especial object of this board to determine the relative merits of the Springfield 45caliber rifle used by the volunteers and the 32-callber Krag-Jorgensen in use by the regular army. They will also carefully inquire into the efficiency of the Mauser rifle used by the Spanish and the field and siege guns with which Gen. Shafter bombarded Santiago. \ * * * No new legislation will be required‘toauthorize the payment of pensions to the soldiers w r ho were disabled in the Spanish war and the widow's of those who felll victims to bullets or fever. Commissioner Evans of the pension office has had prepared a statement showing that up to Sept. 2 there had been filed with his office a total of 246 claims for pension on account of this war. Of these 45 per cent are invalid pensions. The details are: Invalid, 110; widow, 61; minor, 2; mother, 49; father, 24. * *** * • ■ A cable message was received at WashC Ington from Havana stating that the* Spanish authorities absolutely refused to allow the Comal to land the provisions W'hich she carried for the starving inhabitants of'Cuba unless the full duty was paid. Secretary Alger thereupon ordered the duties upon the million rations to be paid and directed that they be distributed! under the supervision of the United States officers. * * * President McKinley has announced the names of his appointees on the industrial commission. They are: Andrew L. Harris of Ohio, S. N. D. North of Massachusetts, Frank P. Sargent of Illinois, Ellison A. Smythe of South Carolina, John M. Farquhar of New York, Eugene D. Conger of Michigan, Thomas W. Phillips of Pennsylvania, Chas. J. Harris of North Carolina and M. D. Ratchford of Indiana. ** * j There is considerable talk in the War Department of discharging from the service the entire volunteer army enlisted during the war, except those troops in Manila. Now that all the actual fighting is at an end the volunteers are clamoring to be mustered out and show no inclination so serve either in Cuba or Porto Rico as armies of occupation. * « t The President has made the following pormotions for distinguished services at Santiago: To be major generals Of volunteers —Brig. Gen. Wm. Ludlow and BrigGen. S. S. Sumner. To be brigadier generals—Col. Richard E. Comha, Fifth infantry, and Lieut. Col. Joseph T. Haskell, Seventeenth infantry. * * * A report from Constructor Capps at Ma>nila states that aside from the small gunboats w'hich have been raised and put into the service of Admiral Dewey, none of the Spanish ships of war engaged in the bat- . tie of Manila hay are likely to be raised. • * * Justice White of the United States Supreme Court finally declined the tender of a membership in the Spanish-American peace commission, and the position has been accepted by Senator Gray of Delaware. , * * * Many impecunious people appear at the White House, but they never succeed in seeing the President. Frequently they are arrested, and sometimes are found to be dangerous cranks. * * • Secretary Alger has appointed Maj. Gen. Ludlow, Col. Hecker of Detroit and Maj. Rivers to reorganize the department, of transportation of the army. * * * The fifty Brown segmental tube wire guns ordered by the Government for the artillery service will cost something over $500,000.

IN A NUTSHELL

Over 1,000,000 acres of land are de--voted to the cultivation of tobacco in theworld. William Badenhop, a farmer at Nicholson, Ohio, drank a glass of carbolic acid, for whisky and died. Gustav B.vrno, a farmer near Owensboro, Ky., stuck a splinter in his foot and; died of blood poisoning. Joe Goddard mid big Rob Armstrongdid not put up a bout equal to expectations at the Arena in Philadelphia; At Buffalo, N. Y., John Currigan wasmurdcrcd while asleep in bod at his homeby his son, Frank, who nearly severed his head with an ux. The Czar’s call for n conference of the powers to discuss general disarmament has caused a profound sensation in aU European capitals. James Cox, a farmer near Middiesborough, Ky., was shot and killed by his son. Perry, during a quarrel. They had been, enemies for years. s California hns 60,000 acres devoted to the raising of prunes. The investment ia. lands, trees, irrigation, etc., is estimated, at $25,000,000, and 48.000 tons is the yearly crop. Of this year’s yield about one-fifth will be shipped East as green, fruit.