Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — Page 2

JfeEKLY REPUBLICAN. FfieO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. - -

SEEK KLONDIKE GOLD

Bcpedition of politicians t I STARTS FROM NEW YORK. ■tenstor Jones of Nevada Is President Iffijrf the Company Which Has Rich B Alaska Mines—Soldier at Presidio [Attempts to Do Murder. , kA new Klondike expedition has started Krem New York. A steamship was at Beattie ready to start for the American B°l d fields, which are a thousand miles Kearer the United States than Dawson ■City. The expedition differs from most Joining ventures in that its capital stock 811. *U subscribed. The principal officers Bare Senator John P. Jones of Nevada, ■Resident; James Oliver, vice-president: ■Oliver H. P. Belmont, secretary and ■treasurer. The party expects to stay six-K-days at the mines controlled by the Kanpany. A mining expert of interv/iBtional reputation will be taken along, as Kreil as a cargo of machinery with which Ko develop the property, which includes ■both quartz and placer mines. The mines ■were secured a year ago and have been ■extensively worked. A camp of consider■iabie proportions, called Belmont, after ■the secretary-treasurer, has been estabAU the insiders are politicians, ■and they expect to get rich out of their Boldings. TRIES TO COMMIT MURDER. ■Unprovoked Shooting of One Private ’ by Another at Presidio. [[Private Wesley Kirby of Company H, ■Twenty-fourth infantry. was shot ■through the leg by Private Frank WigKail of the same company at the headBfcoarters at the Presidio, San Francisco, ■The wound is serious and it may be necBfgsary to amputate the limb. Eye witKtesses state that the shooting was entire■ly unprovoked. Kirby was blacking his ■shoes when Wigfall loaded his rifle and ■fired. Seeing that the shot had not provgled fatal, he was reloading his gun when ■lt was taken from him by other soldiers, ■Who hustled him into the guard house. No ■cause is assigned for his attempt to comKnlt murder. ■boy confesses cruel murder. ■Tells of Choking a Girl Cousin and , Throwing Her Into a Well. pJohn Kornstadt, a 16-year-old boy livElng in the southeast part of Harper CounEty, confessed to having murdered his Bjgousin, Nora, the 10-year-old daughter of ■ Tony Kornstadt. He says that he first ■Assaulted her and then, after choking her I into insensibility, threw her into an abanIdoned well, where she was found after a along search. She was alive when found, ■ but died an hour after being taken out of ■ the well without having recovered con[sciousness. John was suspected from ■te start and there was strong talk of [lynching him, but the action of the corotner’s jury in returning a verdict which Mid not implicate him made the people [slow to act. [Hydrophobia causes panic. [Epidemic in Oklahoma Spreads from Animals to Humans. of Jennings township. Ok., fare greatly excited over the prevalence of [hydrophobia among all animals. More [than 100 hogs and as many cattle have , died. besides some horses and mules. Sev[*ral persons who have been bitten by Mogs or other animals are said to be sick. A vigilance committee is killing off all the [dogs in the community and all other aniImals which seem to be affected. Race for the Pennant I The standing of the clubs in the Nai tional League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. | Brooklyn ...45 15Cincinnati ...28 29 Boston 38 20 New York... 29 31 LPhiladelphia. 35 21 Pittsburg ....24 32 I Chicago .....36 24Louisville ...21 38 I St. Louis... .34 26 Washington. 18 43 I Baltimore ...32 25 Cleveland ...10 46 I Following is the standing of the clubs I in the Western League: I ’ W. L. W. L. [lndianapolis. 30 23 Milwaukee .. .26 28 I Columbus ...28 24Kansas City.. 22 31 [Detroit .....28 26Buffalo ......21 32 ft Flames to Hide a Murder. t Fire in Laurel, Del., destroyed seventyI eight buildings, including two hotels, a [bank. the postoffice, two drug stores, [nearly all the business houses and the E/bomes of the most wealthy residents of Lthe place. The loss is estimated at over [5200,000, insurance $20,000. It is believ|ed that the fire was caused by incen[diaries who wished to cover up a murder. Drowninc of Miss Lena Falk. ..Miss Lena Falk of Chicago was drownLed at Put-in-Bay while rowing with a [male companion. The sea was rough and [the boat capsized, drowning the woman [before help could arrive. The man was preecued after some difficulty. K: Chicago Stock Yards Tied Up. A strike of 3,000 men in the large packting houses at the Chicago stock yards paused the suspension of hog killing oplifstions, and but little canning is being Great Strike Ended. Ila agreement, has been reached by Haereiand street car men and the comgpany by which the strike is called off. Cznr Ha* Another Daughter. I;: The Empress of Russia has given birth /to a third daughter, who has been named .Train Robber Get* Twenty Year*. &/ Jennings, one of the train robbers at Mo., on trial for complicity in Ke Macomb hold-up in January last, for Bjjttii. robbery "Jack” Kennedy was giv-B-geventeen years in the penitentiary, K|« found guilty and sentenced to twenty Ask* China to Apologize. Fliche, interpreter of the French Btien at Peking, has been struck by a BA Freneh minister demands a public A»uog'n , ’i anien.

MILLIONS FOR WAR. England Talk* of Borrowing $20,000.000 for Defense Work*. When the English House of Common* pent into a committee on the military works loan bill the other day, the parliamentary secretary of the war office, Mr. Wyndham, moved a resolution authorizing the introduction of a bill providing t loan of £4,000,000, repayable in yearly installments, for defense works, barracks, ■nd rifle ranges at home and abroad. He explained that this was merely a continuation of the policy laid down by the military works loan act of 1897 and pointed out that all British sea-borne commerce converged at a point between Cape Clear and Ushant, necessitating strategic harbors of refuge, all of which must be defended by heavy guns. In this manner ■nd on other works, he explained, it was proposed to spend £1,000.000 and on barracks the sum of £2,770.000 was to be upent, of which sum £675,000 would be expended on the present barracks. The balance would be devoted to the expenses of new situations, and Wei-Hai-Wel would absorb £150,000. YOUNG GIRL MISSING. Daughter of a Wealthy Manufacturer Thought ts Have Been Kidnaped. The citizens of South Framingham, Mass., and neighboring towns are greatly excited over the disappearance of Helen Eames, the 11-year-old daughter of Alfred M. Eames, a wealthy wheel manufacturer, who was last seen by those who knew her leaving her father’s office the other afternoon. Mr. Eames fears that the child has been kidnaped and the officers are working on that theory. The girl went to her father’s office on her bicycle. She remained in the building a short time and then started away, leaving her wheel there. Since that time no one remembers having seen her. Toward evening, when She did not appear at her home, her parents became anxious and finally asked assistance from the police. Search was carried on all night, but not the slightest trace of the missing child was found.

TORNADO IN SOUTH DAKOTA. School Children Are Saved by the Teacher’s Thoughtfulness. A small tornado passed through Trenton township, S. D., demolishing the school house and damaging the Buckley residence. Miss Kate McNamara, the teacher, dismissed sohool, taking the pupils to the Buckley cellar, thus saving their lives. Another teacher farther east sent the children home, but a heavy hailstorm followed the tornado and two of the little children came near being killed by hailstones. A little boy projected his sister by placing her on the ground and covering her body with his. The boy was rendered unconscious by hail and the sister escaped harm. One farmer lost his entire crop by hail. Others sustained more or less damage. FIRE IN OSWEGO HOTEL. Aged Gneat Suffocated and Eight Other* Badly Burned. The Eagle Hotel in Oswego, N. Y., was destroyed by fire at 5 o’clock on a recent morning. Mrs. Rachel King, an old lady whose home is in New Haven, lost her life by suffocation, and eight others were seriously injured. The fire started in the kitchen, and spread quickly. Several persons, including the proprietor and his wife, jumped from the windows on the second floor. The building was a frame structure two stories high, and was not valuable. Mrs. King occupied a front room and was dead when discovered. PARTY HEADQUARTERS ROBBED. Mysterious Burglary at Rooms of the Ohio Republican Committee. It was discovered the other day that the headquarters of the Republican State committee at Columbus, Ohio, had been entered by thieves and several desks broken open and ransacked. The fact that a large amount of lead pipe was cut and carried away by the thieves indicates that the only motive of the burglary was to secure plunder and that the thieves were not after documents or papers belonging to the committee. SIX PERSONS ARE DROWNED. Accident at Dunbar, Wi*.. Occurs in the Midst of a Storm. A telegram reached Rhinelander, Wis., from Dunbar, fifty miles east, on the Soo road, asking for six coffins, six persons having been drowned by the capsizing of a boat during the storm. The names of the dead are as follows: William Schubel, daughter Vina and two sons, aged 7 and 13 years respectively; Gust Frederickson, Charles Anderson. Schubel was a section foreman and the two last-named were railroad laborers. All lived at Kirton. British Steamer Founders. The British steamer Brookline, Baltimore for Port Antonio, Jamaica, arrived at Kingston, bringing an officer and three men of the British steamer Ethelwold, who were picked up eighteen hours after they had left the Ethelwold, then in great distress, to seek assistance. The Brookline promptly returned to the point where the Ethelwold was laboring when the boat put off. No traces of her, however, were found, and it is feared that the Ethelwold has foundered. Two Fires in Wichita. The Wichita, Kan., Mill and Elevator Company lost their buildings, machinery and 10,000 bushels of wheat by fire. The lose is estimated at $35,000, half of which is covered by insurance. At the same hour a fire on the West Side destroyed the Badger lumber yard and a barn, with a loss of $4,000; insurance $2,000. Incendiarism is charged.

Served More than Hie Sentence. John Jauslin, a Gallia County, Ohio, burglar, has been released from the penitentiary after serving thirty days longer than his sentence called for. Judge David Warner Jones, who sentenced Jauslin, says that, by an inadvertence, he made the record read two years, when it should have been eighteen months. Try to Break Jail. A desperate attempt was made to break jail at Hartville, Mo., by the Mac Comb train robbers, but it was frustrated by the guards. All the prisoners were then handcuffed. Henry B. Plant la Dead. Henry Bradley Plant, owner of the Plant railway system, a line of steamships and much real estate in the State of Florida, died at New York. Big Concerns to Combine. ■ It is announced that the Keystone Watch Case Company and the Riverside Watch Case Company of Philadelphia have consolidated. . ■

DEAL WITH COLONIES.

NEW DEPARTMENT PROPOSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Considered Absolutely Necessary by the Administration to Meet New Conditions—Member* of the Navy to Be Admitted to the G. A. R. A special from Washington says: "A new executive branch of the Government with the title, ‘department of colonial affairs and foreign commerce,’ or something similar to it, is deemed by the administration absolutely necessary to meet the new conditions which confront the United States as a result of the war with Spain. Preliminary to recommendations to Congress on this subject data are now being compiled concerning the control of colonies by foreign powers and the extension of our commerce into foreign fields. Members of the cabinet and subordinate officials of the administration are giving much thought and time to the details of the proposed new department.’’

PERPETUATE THE G. A. R. Plan Under Consideration to Admit Veterans of the Navy. It is said that at the next annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will be the closing one of the nineteenth century, a resolution will be introduced by an Illinois member to perpetuate it and take into it the veterans of the navy as well as of the army. It will be proposed to change the name to the "Grand Army and Navy of the Republic.” The reason for the movement is the fact that the G. A. R. is in process of speedy and certain ultimate extinction by reason of having nothing to recruit from. DISASTER IN A MINE. Three Men Are Killed and Two Injured at Roseland. B. C. In the War Eagle mine at Rossland, B. C., an explosion occurred, and in consequence three men are dead at the morgue, another was fatally injured and a fifth seriously hurt. Five men were working in the 625-foot level with machine drills, when one of the drills struck a “missed hole,” where the shot had failed to go off. An explosion followed and Charles Post and Charles Lee were instantly killed and Mike Griffin was so badly injured that he died on the way to the hospital. Not Wrecked by Explosion. Captain M. P. Doulett of the steamer Independence has brought to New Orleans a piece of the wreck of the naphtha launch Paul Jones, lost in the gulf last January, which throws still more mystery on that disaster. The Paul Jones was thought to have been destroyed by the explosion of her naphtha tank. The tank was discovered by Captain Doullett intact and uninjured, and still three-fourths full. Czar Goes on Buying Guns. It was learned that within a short time the plant of the American Ordnance Company at Bridgeport, Conn., had been visited by a representative of the Czar of Russia. It is said the ordnance company was asked whether an order could be filled for 100 field batteries of six guns each, six and twelve pounders, quick fire, and 1,600 caissons and limbers.

Five Young Women Drowned. Mrs. T. J. Lloyd, living seven miles northwest of Lampasas, Texas, with her five daughters and a visitor, Miss Childers, went in bathing in a creek. The three youngest girls went beyond their depth, when their eldest sister and Miss Childers went to their rescue and all five were drowned. Mrs. Lloyd saved her other daughter only by heroic efforts. United States Court Clerk Dies. O. H. Hillis, clerk of the United States Circuit Court at Omaha, is dead. He had been in apparently perfect health and entered the bath room, and, not reappearing, an investigation was made. He was found dead in the bath tub, heart failure being the cause. Steamer Torrent Burned. The steamer Nellie Torrent, bound down from Lake Superior with a cargo of lumber, burned to the water's edge abreast of Point au Frame, SJt. Mary’s river. The vessel was beached apd scuttled on Lime Island. The cargo of lumber is a total loss. Thief Grabs SIO,OOO. George Shea, also known as Philip Lambele, who is said to hail from Chicago, walked off with SIO,OOO in cash belonging to the Metropolitan National Bank at Boston. He escaped to New York, where he was captured six hours later. Bis Street Railway Deal. It is announced that, as Gov. Stephens has signed the street railway bill, the negotiations for a general consolidation of all the street railroads of St. Louis, which have been in progress for some time, are now practically completed. The deal involves nearly $100,000,000 in all. French Cabinet Formed. The organization of a new cabinet has been completed at Paris, with Senator Waldeck-Rousseau as minister of the interior; M. Delcasse, foreign affairs; Gen. Marquis de Gallifet, war, and M. Caillaux, finance. A Nebraska Twister. A small twister passed near Beaver City, Neb., in the Sappa valley. It wrenched barns, sheds and windmills and scattered haystacks in all directions. Crops were damaged considerably.

Alaska Steamer Wrecked. The steamer Danube, running between Victoria, Vancouver and Alaskan ports, was wrecked at Union, 135 miles north of Vancouver. Passengers and crew were saved. The steamer was bound north. Strike Through Sympathy. Four hundred employes of the Cleveland Foundry Company struck because their foreman rode in a street car manned by non-union men and the company refused to discharge him for the offense. iFire at Philadelphia., C. J. Matthews & Co.’s morocco factory and warehouse, two five-story brick buildings at Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Loss SIOO,OOO, covered by insurance. New Government for Samoa. Malietoa Tanu has abdicated the Samoan throne. The joint commission appointed by the powers will recommend a' republican form of government.

BOGUS MONEY OUTFITS. Three Important Finds Are Reported in California. Two dies and several bottles of acid, portions of a counterfeiter’s outfit, have been unearthed by a wood chopper in the outskirts of San Rafael, Cal. One die was for coining 1898 dollars, the other being for $5 pieces of 1897. Beth are well executed. There is much counterfeit coin of this date in circulation. About a year ago Charles Irwin, who operated in that vicinity, was sent to San Quentin for making bogus money. The dies just discovered, however, bore evidence of having been made quite recently. At Pismo a complete counterfeiting outfit has been discovered by United States Marshal Cook. The officer secured over S3OO of bad -money. Another seizure of counterfeit coin has been made in Los Angeles. The visit of Chief Wilkie ot the secret service to.the coast is believed to have been connected with the attempt now being made to break up the gangs of' counterfeiters now operating there.

CATTLE ARE DYING. Deplorable Conditions Prevail on Ac* count of Drought on Ranges. According to reports received by Secretary Charles F. Martin of the National Live Stock Association the drought has destroyed all the large Colorado ranges. “The reports coming to this office,” said Mr. Martin, “show that unless there is speedy relief from present conditions, the loss to stockmen will be something enormous. Even should the cattle and sheep survive the summer, they will be so poor and emaciated when the snows come that they will drbp like leaves from the forest.” Already cattle are dying in the San Luis valley,, where the drought has assumed a most serious phase. Like conditions, varying in severity, are reported from northern New Mexico, parts of Oklahoma, the Indian nations, western Kansas and southern Utah. Guilty of a Train Robbery. At Hartville, Mo., John Kennedy, the notorious Cracker Neck, has finally been convicted of train robbery. The jury before which Kennedy was tried for complicity in the robbery of an express train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad at Macomb, Mo., Jan. 3 last, returned a verdict adjudging him guilty as charged and fixing his punishment at seventeen years in the State penitentiary. Standard Oil Controls Whisky. Standard Oil now controls the whisky industry of the United States. The control of all the whisky, alcohol and distilling business of the country has passed into the hands of the Whitney-Widener-Elkins syndicate, representing the millions of what is popularly known as the Standard Oil crowd. The Chesapeake Is Launched. The United States practice vessel Chesapeake was launched from the Bath, Me,, iron works yard. She was christened by Miss Elsie Bradford, daughter of Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment at Washington. The launching was successful in every particular.

Great t-trike settled. The settlement is announced of the coal miners’ strike in the States west of the Mississippi, which has been in progress over two months. As a result of the settlement 22,000 of the 30,000 strikers in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Arkansas will return to work at once. Negroes Turn the Tables. News comes from Conway, S. C., that negroes attempted to lynch a white youth named Sam Dowe, who had killed a negro named Green. The negro ran into Dowe with a bicycle. Dowe’s father drove away the lynching party with a shotgun. Storms in Six States. Heavy storms are reported from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, lowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Considerable damage was done to crops and some small buildings were destroyed, but there was no destruction of large buildings and no loss of life. Khalifa Is Routed. It is announced’that the khalifa has been defeated, with ’heavy loss, by th< natives friendly to the British. It is added that he has fled to the woods with a few followers. Maine Town Almost Destroyed. An incendiary fire destroyed the business portion of Livermore Falls, Maine. Loss SIOO,OOO. Thirty families lost everything but their night clothes. Colored Miners Fired On. At Evansville, Ind., non-union colored miners were fired upon by unknown parties. Six men were shot, three probably fatally.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2,34 cto ssc; oats, No .2, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2,60 cto 62c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, choice new, 50c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 white, 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 30c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 86c; oats, No. 2,26 cto 28c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 58c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2,64 cto 66c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $550; wheat. No. 2,78 cto 80c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 85c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; rye, 58c to 60c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, .77c to 78c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,59 c tc 61c; clover seed, new, $4.00 to $4.10. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 3,34 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 1,60 cto 61c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 43c; pork, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. 1 Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.25. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75» hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 83c; corn, No. 2, 40c to 12c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; butter, creamery, 15c to 20c; eggs, Western, 14c to 16c.

OTIS PROMISED HELP.

WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS TO SEND RE-ENFOROEMENT& Cana mender Telegraphs Me Need* 00** 000 Men “in the Field** at OaoeSnrgeen McQuestin Think* It WIU Require Over 100,000 Troop*. President McKinley is reported by * Washington correspondent to have come to a realization of the serious situation of the American troops in the Philippines, and, as the result of a telegram which is said to have been received 'at the War Department from Gen. Otis, he ia contemplating sending ten regiments instead of three, as was formerly intended. The strongest argument, and the one that is believed to have turned the balance, is said to have been a dispatch recently received from Gen. Otis, in which the latter explained that his dispatches had been misunderstood. He does not think that 80,000 men, including sick, wounded, noncombatants and garrison troops, would be sufficient, but that 30,000 “in the field” over and above all drains for other service would be. When he captures a town he wants men to garrison it without weakening his fighting force. That is to say, he really wants 50,000 or 60,000 men in all. Preparations are being made for recruiting many more for service at the Philippines. Some have expressed a dread fear that the Americans are being forced back to Manila by the climate, and army officers are said to be in dread of receiving news of some disaster. Another cause given for the President's alleged change of front is the testimony of Surfgeon McQuestin, which caused so much excitement at the War Department Surgeon McQuestin declares, like all other returned officers, that the force of soldiers necessary to subdue and hold the islands has been greatly underestimated; that it will require from 100,000 to 150,000 men to accomplish the task. Last accounts a few weeks ago tell of the insurgents forcing their way between McArthur’s and Otis’ forces. The enemy was at that time reported to have been repulsed with loss. Since that time no news has been made public of what has happened to McArthur’s forces. It is evident that the insurgents are not so thoroughly disorganized as the first dispatches would indicate.

Should the regiments spoken of be recruited, all the regular troops now in the United States might be sent at once to Manila. This would give Otis about 50,000 men, instead of the 35,000 which will be at his disposal when the volunteers shall have returned. It is suggested that to send all the regulars to the Philippines would deplete the forces in the. United States dangerously; but the plan proposed at the War Department is to use the 10,000 troops of the provisional army for garrison purposes here, and to call on the Governors of States for regiments of mF litia for temporary service in case of emergency. This would be strictly in accordance with the law, and at the same time it would give Otis the very best kind of men for his purposes. There are 9,000 troops now at San Francisco awaiting traasportation to the Philippines. Of these 9,000 regulars, 8,500 are raw recruits. The troops will not be sent by organizations. A battalion of seasoned regulars, for instance, will go on the same transport with a lot of untrained recruits, so that the time preceding the arrival at Manila may be devoted profitably to putting the new men into shape.

TEXAS TOWN WASHED AWAY.

RioGrande River Higher than Known for Forty Years. The Rio Grande is on the greatest rampage known for forty years. The old town of Carrizo, the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, was washed away hy the flood of that river, not a vestige of the settlement, which had a population of about 1,200 Mexicans, remaining. The court house and a part of the new town is threatened with destruction, and all the county records were removed. Unconfirmed reports of a number of deaths by drowning have reached Austin from points below Carrizo. The wide valley on the Mexican side of the river below Rio Grande City has been completely devastated, several thousand acres of irrigated crops being destroyed. The present big flood has caused the river to change its course at several points, transferring thousands of acres of Mexican territory to the United States. At one point on the river, bordering on Hidalgo County, the river is cutting off a large tract of United States territory, and promises to land it in Mexico. Near Benevidos the river, when on a rise a few years ago, transferred a part of a Mexican ranch stocked with several thousand sheep, to the Texas side of the stream. The United States officials made an effort to collect a duty on the sheep, but the ranch owner successfully resisted payment of the same.

MAMMOTH SMELTING WORKS.

New Concern Established by Capitalist* in Canada. Steps toward the establishment of one of the greatest iron and steel works in the world were taken at a meeting held in Montreal, when H. M. Whitney of Boston, president of the Dominion Coal Company, met with a number of prominent Canadian capitalists. The result was the formation of the Dominion Steel Smelting Company, with a capital of $20,000,000. Whitney was elected president The company will erect iron and steel works at Sydney, Cape Breton, which will have a capacity of from 1,000 to 1,500 tons of steel a day, and this means that at the present prices the product of the works will amount to about $9,000,000 a year. The site for the works has been selected.

DENOUNCES MINING JOBBERS.

Governor Murphy of Ariuona Issues F igned Statement. Gov. Murphy of Arizona has Issued over his signature an announcement tantamount to a proclamation, in which he denounces in most vigorous language the methods of stock-jobbing mining companies in the territory. The publication of the announcement has caused a stir and has fallen as a bombshell in Boston and New York, whese the offices of the different companies denounced are located. i

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Never since the war has there been so much excitement in Mississippi. “PHvate” John Allen is stumping the State

JOHN ALLEN.

.'he Confederate army and who has since admitted that he was not a colonel. Once when he met a former Confederate general in joint debate the latter referred to the fact that this was his first visit to the town since the war. “Then,” he said, “at the head of our forces I was able to turn back the Northern marauders who had come to despoil you of your homes and your liberty. When I lay down to sleep in my tent that night, I thanked God I had been able to turn back the horde of assassins from the North.” The great gathering cheered the general to the echo. When Allen replied he paid the greatest to the heroic deeds of the previous speaker. “As that heroic commander,” he said, “kneeled down in his tent to thank God that he had been able to save your homes, he was guarded by a humble private soldier, who had fought during the preceding twenty-four hours. When the last Yankee had fled from the field that private shouldered his musket and with veneration ifi his heart for his heroic commander, guarded his tent for the ensuing twelve hours, while the hero slept. I was that private.” Allen had never been in the town in his life before, either during or since the war, but his retort won him the election. He is giving Gov. McLaurin a hot canvass and consequently the interest in Mississippi is at a whiteheat.

Maj. Marchand, whom Paris has been saluting as a new Napoleon, had a hard time getting into the army at all. He was

the son of a widow, and as such was exempt from military service. But the taste for military life was strong within him, and at the age of 18 he wanted to enlist. His mother refused her consent, however, and instead bound him as a clerk to a lawyer in the little village where the family lived. He

proved a poor student, spending most of his time poring over geography and history. One day he was told to engross a deed. His master, who suspected the boy of idleness, stole into the room an hour later, and found him with a map of China on his desk. He had stuck the map full, of pins with red and black heads to indicate the relative positions of the French and the Black Flags in Tonkin, and was studying the progress of that campaign. The attorney dismissed him in disgrace, and he finally persuaded his mother to let him enlist in the marines.

Rev. Dr. Newton M. Mann, pastor of the Uni.tarian Church of Omaha, declares that he wants his congregation to go to

REV.'DR. MANN.

upon the ethics of “Sleeping in Church During the Regular Service,” in which he uttered the above remark. Ever since thetown has talked of little else than the remarkable sermon. Some insist that it wasa fine piece of sarcasm leveled at his critics. Dr. Mann, however, declares that he spoke in entirely good faith. In concluding his startling sermon Dr. Mana asserted that* he wanted all members of his congregation to feel entirely at liberty to sleep whenever they felt like it in his church. He further announced in all seriousness that he accepted this condition as the best evidence that his congregation trusts him and has unlimited faith in thesoundness of his theology.

Lieutenant Commander Hodgson, whois one of the latest officers to become involved in the Schley-Sampson controver-

sy, is a native of Georgia. He graduated at the Naval Academy in 1875, and served for the next two years in the Asiatic squadron. Since graduation he has served four terms x at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He spent 1888-90 on the Pinta at Sitka,

Alaska. In April, 1898, he was relieved from duty at theNaval Academy to serve on the Brooklyn, Admiral Schley’s flagship. It was while engaged on this service that he had the famous conversation with Admiral Schley, around which the dispute between tie friends of the two commanders centers. Steamer Havana broke the record between Morro Castle and New York. She covered the distance in 2 days and 16:20 hours. Joseph Jordon’s wagon overturned on a steep hill, McFall. Mo. His wife and two children were killed. Two other children were badly injured. Missouri Pacific passenger train left the track near Goffs, Kan. Twenty-three-passengers injured; none seriously. D. M- Sampson, Pineville, Ky., gets a_ Use sentence for killing his wifa.

against Gov. McLaurin for the United States senatorship. In almost every hamlet the men have met in debate, and Allen never misses a chance to poke fun at his antagonist. Allen, • who has been famous for years as the wit of the lower house of Congress, was nicknamed “Private,” because he says he is the only man on record who served in

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sleep during church services. “I regard it as a compliment tomy integrity and indisputable evidence of confidence in the soundness of my theological views to have prominent members of my congregation go to sleep in their seats and thus rest during my discourse.” - Last week Sunday hedelivered a sermon

A. C. HODGSON.