Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. <3EO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER* - - INDIANA.

PANIC IN A CHURCH.

INSANE MAN ROUTS A MISSOURI CONGREGATION. Me Professes Conversion, but After the Church Kpnrns Him He Comes Buck with a Knife-Fight Between Non-Union Men nnd Strikers. Religious Meeting Broken Up. During the progress of Rev. James Vernon’s sermon at the Christian Church in Independence, Mo., Frank Kester, a hanger-on about saloons, who is known to the police, arose in the rear of tlie audience and announced that he wanted to join the church. “I want to join the & church; lam converted,” yelled the man with glowing red eyes and disheveled hair, in a loud, husky voice. Kester was seized by half a dozen strong hands and escorted to t'he front door. The pastor had not proceeded very far, however, before the man returned and forced his way down the aisle toward the pulpit. “I am going to take charge of this business myself,” aaid Kester, threateningly. "You people don’t like me, and I am going to dean you out.” At this juncture the congregation was on the verge of’a panic aud women began to scream and faint. Several men grappled with the insane man, who immediately drew a large knife and a pistol and prepared to defend himself. Pandemonium reigned, and amid the shrieks of women and children and the threats and curses of Kester, the audience fled from the church, leaving the intruder in the building. The police were summoned and the man was subdued aud takeu to jail. KAYS HE SERVED THE LORD. Cleveland Man Sets Fire and Burns Y. M. C. A. Building. Robert W. Doon warned the Alabama street branch of the Y. M. C. A. at Cleveland to the ground. Roon slept in the building, which was old and unpretentious, but comfortably furnished. He 'bought coal oil and some waste and sent them up with a note signed “A Friend.” as s donation to the Y. M. C. A. He got fid of his bed-fellow, the janitor, by telling him he was ill and restless hud that a bed-fellow would keep him awake. Being thus alone, he got up toward morning, sprinkled the coal oil, distributed the waste and applied a match. The place and its contents were, burned. Roon says he reasoned out that, he would bo serving the cause of God if he did the thing, because then the institution would have lots of insurance money and eoukl build suitable quarters. He says he did his duty and does not care what happens to him. STRIKE RESULTS IN FIGHT. Union and Nonunion Men. Engage In Battle at Cleveland. As the result of an attempt of a party of twenty-two non-union men to enter the works of the American sVire Company at Cleveland, where a strike has been on for come time past, a pitched battle took place between Vhe strikers and the non-union workmeu. Clubs and stones were freely used, and while no one was seriously in- ’ jured a number of men were severely bruised or cut. It is alleged that the trouble was started by a non-union man throwing pepper into the eyes of a striker who was endeavoring to prevent the former from entering the works. The strikers closed in, and for a few minutes there wAk a mass of struggling and lighting men. Upon the appearance of the police, however, the rioters dispersed. Only one arrest was made. The non-union men did not get into t'he works. standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs In tlie National Baseball League: \V. L. W. L. Boston .....85 44Philadelphia. t>4 til Baltimore ...81 4ti Pittsburg ... .till titl Cincinnati ..80 53 Louisville ...5(1 74 Cleveland ...73 54 Brooklyn ....48 74 Chicago 72 (50 Washington. 42 SH New Y0rk...70 (SOSt. Louis 34 04 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Kansas City.Bß 51 Columbus ...73 58 Indianapolis. 84 49 Detroit 51 85 Milwaukee ..81 58 Minneapolis. 48 92 Ht. Paul 75) 58St. Joseph... .42 04 Reported Kale of H. and O. Interests. Dispatches from Chicago state that P. D. Armour, Marshall Field and Norman B. Ream have secured control of the B«I----tlimorc nnd Ohio Railroad. Ten million dollars is said to he tlie price paid. They have gained for Chicago and flu l Northwest practically a trunk line from ocean to ocean by way of the Great Northern, and it will In' controlled by Chicago eupital. Alger Ready to Quit. Secretary Alger has placed his resignation in the hands of President McKinley. A report to this effect was confirmed h.v a member of the cabinet, who said: “The resignation was not in writing, but was tendered verbally," Karthquukc Shock in Muine. Two earthquake shocks occurred in Deering, Me. The lirst was felt at 10:45 •M. in., lasting seven seconds, followed after an intcrvul of eleven seconds by a •econd shock, lasting five seconds. Dcuth of Dr. John Hall, The Rev. Dr. John Hall of New York died at Bangor. County Down. Ireland Dr. Hall was on his annual visit to Kurojie. He died at hia sister’s residence, of heart failure. Fatal Quarrel of lown Farmers. Isaac Fitz nnd James McClellan, farmera near Yale, lown, quarreled over a Hue fence. As McClellan mounted his horse to return home, Fitz shot him with a shotgun and killed him instantly. Pit/, was arrested aud spirited away to avoid lynching. Winnie I avis Is Dead. Miss "Winnie” Dnvis, daughter of the late Jefferson Darin, died at the Hotel liockinghum, Nnrragansett Pier, R. 1., from sub-acute gastritis, after an illness of ucnrly two months.

ROCK ISLAND TRAIN KILLS TWO. Party to Wild West Show Rnn Down at a Crossing. A serious and fatal accident occurred npon one of the, main thoroughfares in Wichita, Kan., in which two were killed and two others will die. The south-bound Rock Island passenger collided with a wagon containing fifteen people on their way to the evening performance of the Wild West exhibition of Buffalo Bill. The driver of the wagon was warned, but he refused to £eed and the train struck the wagon squflreiy and threw the occupants of the vehicle forward and ran on. One woman was twisted almost in two at the waist and carried fifty yards. A man had his limbs cut into several pieces and died soon after reaching the hospital. A woman was taken from the pilot of the engine unconscious, but, aside from a few bruises, uninjured. SEALS BEING EXTERMINATED. Pelagic Fishing Must Stop to Save the Supply of Skins. C. Townsend, chief of the division of fisheries, United States fish commission, who has been the official inspector .of the seal herd for several years, and a member of the recent Behring Sea committee, has returned from an inspection tour of the seal fishing fields. His observations from year to year conclusively prove that the herd is rapidly diminishing in numbers, declining from 10 to 15 per cent each season. This is the customary falling off since ocean sealing became general. He says that pelagic sealing is still carried on by schooners owned in British Columbia to the exclusion of American vessels. If this practice does not cease, he says the herds Will soon be exterminated. VESSEL REPORTED LOST. British Bark Should Have Reached Japan Two Months Ago. Private advices have been received in Philadelphia from London to the effect that the British bark David Morgan, Capt. McMillan, has probably been lost,, together with her crew of nineteen men. The Morgan sailed from Philadelphia on March 25 for Nagasaki Japan, with a cargo of oil. She has been out nearly 175 days, while the voyage should under ordinary conditions have been made in from 120 to 130 days. The vessel is owned in Glasgow by A. Weir & Co. She is constructed of steel, is 249 feet long, 38 feet beam and 21 feet deep. xi LOWER POSTAIARATE®. Reduction of Letter Postage Between England and Canada Secured. At a reception extended to Postmaster General Mulock at Toronto, Ont., he said a reduction secured by him in the letter rate between Great Britain and Canada from 5 to 3 cents would involve a loss in postal revenue of $750,000 a year. He proposed, he said, to bring about a reduction in the rate on letters within the dominion of Canada in the near future from 3to 2 cents. This rate will also, it is understood, apply to letters to the United States from Canada. Miners Hopelessly Strnggle On. A party of miners who arrived at Vancouver from Fort Wrangel, Alaska, relate a story confirmatory of previous reports of the suffering of prospectors who jtried to get into the Klondike by the Ashcroft route. The party is composed of iTames and Frank Hazara, W. Rough and William Mullin. Their home is at Dolphin Lake, Manitoba. In an interview mblished in an evening paper Mullin ;uys: “The scenes of distress along the rail are vividly impressed on our minds. IVe passed fully 100 outfits, representing perhaps sixty men, and many of them Were actually starving. The poor fellows had in many cases lost everything—clothing, horses and provisions—and were struggling along in a half-dazed condition, eating gophers'; ground hogs, squirrels— In fact, anything they could get. They are a ragged, hungry and desperate crowd »f men, with small hopes of reaching their destination. Occasionally a fortunate party on the trail gives them provisions, but none of us had much to spare. All along the trnil you could see them lying under the trees and under improvised shelters, trudging helplessly along in the day time, nnd often lying down at night without a bite to eat. It is simply terrible.” Wreck of the Jessie. E. B. Wisliar, who arrived at Seattle from St. Michael’s, Alaska, brings confirmation of the previously published report of the loss of the steamer Jessie at the mouth of the Ivuskowill river in July, with eighteen lives. The uews was brought to St. Michael’s by a trader named Ling, who said that only one Indian survived. The bodies of Capt. Murphy and Hev. Welsh had been washed ashore. The passengers of the Jessie were known as the Columbia Exploration Company, ltev. Welsh had been taken aboard to pilot the party up the Ivuskowill. The Jessie had in tow the barge Minerva, which was washed ashore. Mr. Wishar also brings a report that the schooner Louise .1. Kennedy had been wrecked in Bering Sea. Turks Refuse to Witlidruw. The Turkish Government has sent a circular to the powers, alleging that the British provoked the disorders at Candia, claiming that the present situation is due to the measures adopted by the powers in Crete and protesting against the bombardmeut of Candia. The Porte 'announces its refusal to withdraw the Turkish troops from Crete, in spite of the decision of the admirals that such a step is absolutely necessary. Kx-Judgo Hud* His Life. Former Judge Thomus F. McCormick, who for twenty years presided over the Union County, New Jersey, court of common pleas, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head while in St. V«ry's Roman Catholic cemetery in Elizabeth. Not Goodwin breaks Hia Leg. Nat Goodwin, the uctor, while out riding in the country near Woolwich, England, was thrown from his horse and sustained two bad fractures of the log. He intended to sail for New York the next day, but was unable to do so. Turkey Responsible. The United States, it is announced, hns replied to a recent note of the Turkish Government, declining to accept Turkey’s repudiation of the responsibility for American tosses during the Armenian troubles. » y .■■n.i—i. Ctgnr Makers Locked Out. Four hundred clgarniakers, members of the Ciguruinkers’ International Union, were locked out from the factory of Carl Upmann in New York. The lockout rosultcfhfroiu u dispute over the wage scale.

SAN DOMINGO PANIC.

SERIOUS TROUBLE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT. Exchange Has Risen 100 Per Cent. and Commerce la Paralyzed—Nine bailors Drowned in a Collision of Vessels Off Martha's Vineyard. San Domingo Government Threatened. Serious results come from a widespread commercial panic iii San Domingo. Public discontent has attained such force that the situation of the present Government is critical. The trouble has been accumulating for more thnn a month, and it is laid at the door of the financial system of the country. Exchange on New York lias been gradually rising, and the increase in a month has been more than 100 per cent. This has caused great distress throughout the inland. Merchants have found their plans all upset and have been comiiellcd to cancel orders for goods. Cuts in wages have also been made in many instances, and these have caused strikes, which threaten to result in trouble for the Government. Every effort is being made by the banks and merchants to avert disaster, and the Government is being urged to take radical measures ,to relieve the people. TRUST BUXS A RAILROAD. Federal Steel Company Acquires Line in the Coal Regioitß. The acquisition of the Lorain and Wheeling Railway by the new Federal Steel Company is classed as one of the plans of this $200,000,000 corporation, which would go far to complete its system of transportation lines which are to play such an important part in its economies and profits. With the Lorain and Wheeling under its control the Federal could, with the other auxiliaries and at small cost for short connections, link its coke ovens with its furnaces and mills over its own tracks and by its own' watsr systems. A rumor that the Federal will absorb the Carnegie works was pronounced by those who should possess the best information as "possible, but certainly premature." NINE WERE DROWNED. Schooner Alice Jordan Run Down by the Steamship Gloucester. The steamship Gloucester of the Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company, which arrived at Boston from Baltimore* reports that at 1:30 o’clock the other morning she collided with the Gloucester schooner Alice Jordan oft - Martha’s Vineyard, and that nine of the Jordan’s crew were drowned. Seven of the crew were saved and taken in on the Gloucester. Plot to Poison King and Crown Prince. At Seoul, Corea, it is reported that a high official of the palace, named Ivo, has made a confession that he ordered the cook of the royal household to poison food intended for the king and crown prince, both of whom became seriously ill. The official further confessed that the poisoning plot was*instigated by a former interpreter attached to the Russian legation there. Trouble at Indian Agency. Deputy United States Marshal Morrison arrested Pug Onary Iveshing and Shabon Dash King, pillagers, at the Leech Lake Indian agency, and while trying to get them on board a steamer to take them to Walker, Minn., they were rescued by their baud. The Indians refused to give up the criminals and are much excited. Disgrace for Paty du Clam. It is officially announced in Paris that Col. Paty du Clam has been placed on the inactive list and dismissed from his post in consequence of the general staff’s investigation into the Esterhazy -case. President Faure retired Col. Paty du Clam at the suggestion of the minister for war, Gen. Zurliuden. Injured in a Wreck. An accident occurred at Rockland, Cal., to the overland train. Three cars from a freight train broke loose nnd ran down grade, crashing into the overland, which was being pulled up the grade by two engines. No one was killed, but five persons were seriously injured. Receiver for a ferew Company. The Spaulding Machine Screw Company of Buffalo, N. Y„ went into the hands of a receiver preparatory to voluntary dissolution. The attorney for the company stated that the assets were about $150,000 nnd the liabilities, outside of the capital stock, $200,000. Made a Federal Judge. Judge A. <’. Thompson, member of Congress from Ohioui the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, has been appointed United States district judge for the southern district of Ohio, to succeed Judge Sage, retired. Omaha Printing House Fire. Fire destroyed the extensive printing house of the Rees Printing Company at Omaha, Neb. Loss $05,000, fully insured. The plant has been running day and night and a large part of the loss is on work partially finished. Mormon Lender Chosen. At a s|K>cial meeting of the council of apostles held in Salt Lake Lorenzo Snow was chosen president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to till the vacancy caused by the death of President Woodruff. Banker Fulls to Dentil. George E. Cheney, n well-known hanker of Crete, Neb., walked into the elevator shaft at the Drexel Hotel at Omaha and was killed by the fall. The elevator conductor had gone up, neglecting to close the door. Earthquake in south Dukotn. An earthquake of iiiiitsual strength and duration aroused the people lit Hurley, S. I>. It caused houses to tremble and dishes to rattle on the shelves for about thirty seconds. It seemed to travel eastward. Wrecked on n Hock Slide. A train on the 1110 Grande Hallway ran into a rock elide six miles west of Saparino. Colo., and was thrown down an embankment into the Gunnison river. Three lives were hut. Jealousy Causes a Tragedy. Arthur Hoffman, a Pine Hill. N. Y., blacksmith, murdered Ills wife nnd killed himself. „ Jealousy is believed to have led to the double tragedy.

SCHOONER BLOWN UP. Naval Men Escape Miraculously With* out Injury. During a test of Cunningham torpedo? in Priest’s Cove, near New Bedford, Mass., the experiment schooner Freeman was blown up by an explosion of a projectile and sunk. A dozen men were oh board of her at the time, but till escaped serious injury. Only two or three received slight scratches. Lieut. Holman, one of the survivors of the battleship Maine disaster, and Lieuts. Oliver and Marshall, the Government board of survey from the Newport torpedo station, were on board the ship and had a miraculous escape. They were standing near the place where the explosion occurred and were in the midst of the crash of wreckage which followed. The men were rescued by a boat. The cause of the, explosion is a mystery. STRIKERS SHOOT TO KILL. St. Louis Plasterers in a Riot—Nonunion Man Fatally Hurt. Striking plasterers precipitated a riot at De Hodiamont, at the western limits of St. Louis, in which William Kane, a non-union worker, was fatally wounded and three others seriously hurt. Mounted police responded to a riot call and were met by a fusillade of bullets from the strikers. The police replied with a number of shots and a charge on the crowds, dispersing them and resulting in the arrest of Nat Brown and Joe Lee, who are thought to be the ringleaders. For some time there has been a strike on among the plasterers of that city and vicinity for higher wages, but until this occasion no serious trouble has resulted. Describes His Dying Sensations. The dead body of Fred Langsdorff, aged 40 years, a bookbinder and spiritualist, was found on the bank of the Kaw at a point near Armourdale, Kan. He had committed suicide after taking a drachm of morphine, a drachm of prussic acid in small quantities, covering a period of four days, and then opening the veins of his arm. During the four days he ate nothing and drank only about a pint of river water. Langsdorff’s suicide was a most wonderful show of nerve and determination. An ante-mortem statement of the suicide, found in a little note book beside the dead body, told how he had taken several grains of morphine and sat down under a tree to await death. In the note book is given a minute account of his feelings after swallowing the drug, and his happiness at being so near the "‘other side,” which he calmly dilates upon. When Langsdorff’s body was Anally found, where it had lain for hours, everything, indicated that he had gone through what his ghastly diary related. No cause for the act is known. Typhoid Fever in Ireland. A number of physicians and nurses have been sent from London to Belfast to aid in cheeking the typhoid epidemic in that city, which has got completely beyond the control of the medical and sanitary authorities. During August there were more than one thousand new cases reported, with a large percentage of deaths. The workhouses and hospitals are overcrowded with patients, one workhouse alone having 300 cases. Fortune Left to n Dead Woman. It has been learned in San Francisco that Mrs. Hattie Trundle, one of the beneAeiaries under the terms of the late Adolph Sutro’s will to the amount of $50,000, died near Washington, I). 0., about two years ago. An effort is being made to trace her heirs. Flee from Irate Kansans. The citizens of Canton, Ivan., who recently combined and drove colored people from the city, have inaugurated a crusade against the saloonkeepers, with the result that every one of them has been compelled to make a escape from the town to avoid violence. Klondike Output $8,000,000. F. C. Wade, crown attorney of the Klondike, estimates the gold output this season at $8,000,000. A recent census shows that there are 1(5,000 people in Dawson and .10,000 rivers and creeks in the district. Commander-in-Chief 8. O. V. Col. Frank L. Shepard of Chicago was chosen eonnnander-in-chief of the Sons of Veterans at their national encampment in Omaha. Bpain Gives In. The Spanish Chamber of Deputies has adopted the Ilispano-American protocol. fonth Carolina Election. Gov. Ellerbe has been re-elected in South Carolina by a safe majority.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 rod, 05e to 06c; corn, No. 2,20 cto 30c; oats, No. 2,20 e to 22c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 4Sc; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c: eggs, fresh. 13e to 15e; potatoes, choice, 40c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis -Cattle, whipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 03e to 05c; corn. No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep. $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,09 cto 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2,21 cto 23c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 40c: Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, 5>.0. 2, Otic to 08c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2,45 cto 47c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, Oflc to 07c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; eats. No. 2 white, 25e to 20c; rye. 40c to 47c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixee. 07c to 09c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 30c to Me; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rje, N't. 2,40 c to 47c; clover seed, $3.50 to s3.fl‘). Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 05c to 00c: corn, No. 3,31 cto 32c; < *ts, Nu. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye. No. 1. 48> to 49e; barley. No. 2,42 cto 44c; per.*, moss, $8.25 to $8.75. TtufTaln — ('attle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $0.50. New York (’attle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 72c to 74c; corn. No. 2,35 cto 30e; oats. No. 2 white. 27c to 29c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs. Western, 10c to 17c.

QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.

American-Canadian Disputes Discussed at Quebec. Since the assembling of the joint high commission at Quebec, several topics not originally submitted for consideration have been suggested. Some relate to disputes that have afflicted and irritated the two countries ft# the greater part of the century. The. remainder have arisen of recent years in the rivalry of interest! and the development of the frontier. Upon most of them the commissioners can easily reach an understanding. That is evident from the conciliatory and liberal spirit shown by all concerned. Matters of detail only will have to be adjusted. The dispositions of both the Canadians and the Americans are to yield to each other wherever it is possible, nnd not dwell upon unimportant issues. Both are anxious to remove forever all causes of irritation, and both are willing to make sacrifices to accomplish that end. The lake fisheries offer a perplexing problem for which no solution has yet been suggested. The boundary line between Alaska and the Northwest territory will be determined by a corps of experts. A treaty will be made for a reciprocal law relating to wrecks and salvage upon the great lakes and the St. Lawrence liver. In the question of mining rights the commissioners of Canada express their willingness to adopt any reasonable suggestions that the United States commissioners may offer. It is proposed to settle permanently the long-standing dispute over the seals of the north Pacific by having the Congress of the United States appropriate money to buy the ships and outfits of the Canadian sealers. It is probable that the long-standing controversy over the enjoyment of the bonded privilege by Canadian railways will be hung up, because there is such a difference of opinion in the United States upon this subject. The labor troubles will bo settled by the passage of a law by the Canadian parliament similar to the immigration law of the United States, shutting out paupers, lunatics, contract laborers and all other undesirable foreigners. It is impossible to forecast what the commission will do with the fisheries dispute, which has been pending since the beginning of the century; and its satisfactory settlement is vital to the future harmony of the two countries. The free use of Canadian canals by American ships, which has been demanded by the Chicago Board of Trade and other commercial organizations uppn the lakes, cannot be granted by the Dominion Government for reasons of economy. The extradition treaty now existing will be amended so that officers of the. law may convey prisoners from one point of the United States to another through Canadian territory or from one point to another in Canada through the territory of the United States.

The Political Pot

Elections This Year. This may he an “off” year in politics, but the importance of the elections does not make it appear so. Twenty-eight States elect Governors and State Legislatures, as follows: Rhode Island (last April), Oregon (last June), Alabama (in August), Arkansas (Sept. 5), Vermont (Sept. 6), Maine (Sept. 12), and New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Minnesota, Kansas, Tennessee, California, Nebraska, Colorado. Connecticut, ' Georgia. New Hampshire, South Dakota, South Carolina, North Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada on Nov. 8. Besides these Illinois elects a State Treasurer; Ohio, Indiana and Iqwa a Secretary of State; Missouri, North Carolina and Florida justices of Court of Appeals or Supreme Court, nnd Delaware, a Treasurer and nil Auditor. • The importance of the State elections lies in the fact that Legislatures elect thirty United States Senators. The Legislatures electing are in the following States: New Y'ork. Pennsylvania. Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts. New Jersey, Minnesota, Tennessee, California, Virginia, Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia, Connecticut, Maine, Utah, Washington, Mississippi. Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana, North Dakota, Florida, Wyoming and Nevada. In some of these States, notably Maryland, Ohio aud Rhode Island, the Legislatures have already elected Senators. The control of the next United States Senate depends on the State elections to be held. Again, the last congressional elections lie fore the presidential election of 1900 are to be held this fall. Upon their results depends the composition of the next House of Representatives, which shall determine the future course of the United • State* relative to the territories acquired tgr the war, and solve many perplexing questions arising from the war. Democrats of Utah have made the war n political issue. William McMillan is the Republican candidate for Governor of Nevada. The State convention of Colorado Republicans nominated Henry R. Wolcott for Governor. Connecticut Republicans nominated George F. I/Otinsbcry for Governor over John Addison Porter. Senator Thurston <>f Nebraska, in a speech at Cincinnati, warmly opposed the annexation of Cuba nnd the Philippine*. As a result of “the election in Vermont, the State Senate will be Republican and the House will have an overwhelming Republican majority. The silver Republicans nnd tlie Democrats of Nevada were unable to agree on terms for fusion, and each iwrty has nominated its own ticket. Frank W. Rollins of Concord was nominutc.d for Governor of New Hampshire by one of the largest Republican convene Uous ever held iu the bts*a.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Since the beginning of the war the small telegraph office at the War Department has sent and received 125,000 telegrams, some of which had nearly 2,000 words in them. Besides these messages thousands were delivered by the telegraph companies by messenger, and it is impossible to tell at this time the exact number of telegrams handled. It cost the Government $5,000 to notify Gens. Miles, Shafter and Merritt of the signing of the protocol which provided for the suspension of hostilities. The toll to Manila is $2.25 per word, to Porto Rico $1.84, and Santiago 75 cents. The cablegrams to the generals of the army contained over 1,100 words. Aside from this. Admirals Dewey and Sampson and other naval commanders had to be notified, and altogether it was a rather expensive, though welcome, act on the part of the Government. * * * Instructions to the peace commission, as finally drafted, are clear and precise, and stronger than at first supposed. The commission is always to proceed on the assumption that the United States has conquered Spain. The United States will demand all the Philippine group, claiming that the entire group is indispensable to the establishment of a military base and the opening up of the commerce of the islands to the whole wdrld. At the beginning the President did not want any of the Philippines outside of Manila bay, but finally became convinced that to secure Manila bay the whole group must Ay the American flag. Logical sequences of the possession of the scene of Dewey’s great victory and public opinion were the strongest motives which induced the President and his cabinet to demand the whole Philippine group. « * * Arrangements for the military occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico are now under consideration, but it is not the intention of the President to send an army to Havana and other ports of Cuba now occupied until the healthy season arrives. The intention is to wait until all danger of the Cuban fever is over and to compose the army of occupation almost entirely of regulars. The idea is to send about (50,000 men to Cuba and to have an army of from 10,000 to 12,000 in Porto Rico. This will require a force somewhat larger than the regular army and the deAcieucy will be made up by some of the best volunteers. * * * Permission has been granted by the Secretary of War to the volunteer troops whoserved in the army during the war with. Spain to retain their arms and equipment. Each man will be given the privilege of purchasing his riAc, knapsack, canteen, cartridge belt, and, in fact, everything nsed by him during ihe war. One month’s pay will cover the total expense. As each man will be granted a furlough, this wilt practically be a gift from the Government Which will enable every soldier to band down to posterity the weapon he used in defense of the honor of his country. * * * The proposition to Investigate the accounts of the secretary and treasurer of the Letter Carriers’ National Association, at Toledo has led to gossip which the carriers might well wish had never been started. It brings to fight the fact that the letter carriers have been Contributing to the support of an agent or agency in Washington for the promotion of friendly legislation in Congress—in other words, that they have been putting tip money tomaintain a lobby here. * * * Regular troops are to bq mobilized in the Southern camps preparatory to sending the army of occupation to Cuba and. Porto Rico. All the regiments whichhave been ordered to the army posts occupied by them before the war will be mobilized at Anniston and Huntsville, Ala., and Lexington, Ivy., to get them in readiness for garrison duty early in the fall. * * * » It has been decided that the Mauser rifles captured from the Spanish shall be overhauled at the Government arsenals and sold, it. being believed that the relie hunters will bid more than their actual value. Another batch of live relics will be the horses of the rough riders, whichwill be sold at auction in New York. * * * The dilatory methods of the Spanish and the apparent lack of good faith in securing the “immediate" evacuation of Cuba put the American commission in a position to demnpd that all the terms of the protocol of armistice shall be fully complied with before actual negotiations begin. • * • President McKinley tendered the cabinet and pence commission a dinner on Thursday night, at which the President expressed orally lids ideas us to how negotiations should be carried on. and Ihyre was also a general exchange of views. • * * Ex-Minister Denby of Indiana, who has represented this Government for thirteen years nt the Chinese capital, called at the State Department for the purpose of <•!<*- lug up his accounts with the department. Later he called on the President. • * * President McKinley promptly responded to the Czar’s program of disarmament by calling attention to the fact that the Unitcd States had never maintained a large standing army and had no cause tochange its policy. * * * There have been only two casualties among the naval reserves. One man died of appendicitis and the other fell down a hatchway nnd was killed. Cnpt. Dyer of the cruiser 8.-tltimorc has returned to the Spanish General Miranda the sword he surrendered at Corregidor Islaud. Manila harbor. At Toledp. Ohio, during a large bicycle parade. Miss Lizzie Pr-tmtn. popular young Indy. whs ran over 1 y a hack and killed, bhe was riding in the parade oa u beautifully decoratcJ whooJ*