Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1899 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN GEO. E. MARSHALL, 1 üblisht r. V • • ■ (ffipISSELAER, INDIAN .

BIG NATIONAL PARK.

mMmmjjmtiMgti > t ,■: , /V. PLAN SUGGESTED BY TWO MININ.;- NESOTA MEN. jfp \tavors the Util'zation of 800,000 Acres of Reservation Lands for the Pnrposs— Await Action by CongressBrooklyn Morder and Suicide. Dr. Northrop, president of the University of Minnesota and also president of the proposed Minnesota National Park Association, and Thomas Shevlin of MingphtpoHsi have prepared an entirely new ’scheme for the park. They discard as impracticable the proposition to acquire nap .necessary lands by purchase, and present the following scheme: The utilization of 800,000 acres of the Indian reservation in and about Leech and Winuibogishish lakes, with the possibility of an extension of the park confines uorth to the Canadian border at a future time. The town of Walker is left outside the park lines, as is Deer River on the east. The value of the land to-day as it stands is estimated at about $3,000,000. All the land is Government land. It is a reservation for the Indians, but nevertheless part of the public domain, and without action on the part of Congress may not be made to respond to any other use. It Is believed Congress will readily consent to converting the land to park purposes. SOLVE, BLACK HILLS MURDER Confession in the Case of Miner Eugene *V‘‘ Cntlinan, Found Dead. The secret of the murder of Eugene Cullinan, a Black Hills miner, who was found dead in his cabin Aug. 8. is out, Oliver Benson, one of the accomplices, having confessed. According to Benson’s «worn statement, Benson, accompanied by Clinton Dotson and Elias Polsengex-, from Helena with wagon and team, the same outfit that was captured by the officers, and Aug. 7 camped near the cabin of Cullinan in Deer Lodge County. The following morning Dotson and Polsenger left Benson and went to Cullman’s cabin. Three shots were tired within the cabin.' Dotson and Poisenger returned and told Benson what they had done, bnt said they got no money. The three men are under arrest.

RACE FOR THE BKNNANT. Standing: of the Clubs in the National • and Western Leagues. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: §g§ W. L. W. L. Brooklyu —BO 36 Pittsburg .. .60 58 Boston .... .73 44 Chicago .:.. .60 60 Philadelphia 75 46 Louisville .. .53 65 Baltimore ..66 48 New Y0rk...49 67 St. L0ui5.... 69 54 Washington. 41 76 Cincinnati ..66 52Cleveland ...19105 Following is the standing of the club* in the Western League: W. L. W. L Indianapolis 70 43 St. Paul 56 62 Minneapolis. 73 46 Milwaukee ..52 63 Grand Rap..6o 59 Buffalo 50 69 Detroit 59 59 Kansas City. 49 68 KILLS WIFE AND SELF. Michael Burns, Temporarily Insane, Murders and Commits Suicide. While their 8-year-old son was sleeping in the next room of their tenement house in Brooklyn, N. Y.,’Michael Burns shot and killed his wife. Annie. He then went out and got a drink aud returned home and cut his own throat. Through it all the boy slept, and it was not until he had been taken to his aunt’s home that he learned of the double crime which left him an orphan. It is said that Burns was jealous of his wife’s fondness for her relatives, although he is said to have gotten along fairly well with her. He is thought to have been crazed temporarily. Three Lost from a Tug. The tug Red Cloud of Lorain, 0., was wrecked off Cedar Point. Three lives were lost. Engineer John O'Donnell and Fireman James McDonald managed to reach shore after a hard battle with the Waves. Capt. Fred Hale, an extra fireman and a small hoy, who took refuge on a raft, were not seen after leaving the tug. Murder Mystery in Nebraska. The woman who registered at the Lindell Hotel at Hastings, Neb., as Mrs. W. L. Lee and who died of poison Wednesday evening, Aug. 9, has been identified as Miss Laura Lee French of Burlington, lowa, and it is almost au assured fact that the girl did not commit suicide, but was murdered. Held Up on His Own Ranch. Masked robbers held up Robert June, a cattleman living south of Hope, Kan., and secured $2,100 which June had just received as the proceeds of the sale of his year’s herd of cattle. June and his family were covered with shotguns while the house was searched. The robbers escaped. Fatal Row Over a Bar Bill. | Philip Myers, proprietor of the Frankliu Hotel bar at Lorain, Ohio, was shot and killed by Frankling- Wheeler, representing a New Jersey life insurance company. The men had quarreled over a bar bill which Myers claimed Wheeler owed. Death of Chief Black Hawk. I Black Hawk, the most noted of the fjfchiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago Installs, died in the town of Brockway, Wis.. aged 90 years. Wedding Guests Made Sick. :;Twenty-five guests at a wedding in tMiddletown, Conn,, were poisoned by catlag ice cream. Moving Troops in tbe South. Mjjjte War Department has given inptructions for the removal of the United |||itea troops garrisoning Fort St. Philip and Jackson barracks near New Orleans. This action is purely precautionary and iptjffb* from tbe difficulty experienced in jptting the troops out of Key West. ewen Browned at Halifax, N. f. ||A»attbo«t was sunk near the mouth of f|§ttf«x, N. 8., harbor aud seven lives lost, the victims all belonging to B|g|it3r, There were eleven persons in

Trust to include all trust?. Corporation Formed to Carry Oat a Newspaper Man’s Scheme. To combine the combinations or “trusts” is the object of au incorporation! the papers for which were taken out in New Jersey a short time ago. This movement is the outcome of the studies for many years of Russel! Thompson, a Cleveland newspaper man, working upon the problem of giving profitable employment to the immense productive capacity which, though obviously available, is not used. Mr. Thompson formed a corporation some months ago under the name of the Central Company, filing a charter at Trenton through a New Jersey registration and trust company. Several prominent business men in Cleveland have been quietly aiding and encouraging these preliminaries. Those who have financially assisted the promoter have extensive corporate and bnnking connections. Communications have been addressed to most of the consolidated directorates, announcing the project and explaining it. V CHICAGO TO HAVE EXPOSITION. Big Building Will Be Erected at Entrance to Stock Yards. A permanent exposition building for agricultural wares is to he established in Chicago. It will he located at the entrance to the stock yards and will cost SIOO,OOO. . The structure jvill he three stories high, modern and It will he built of stone, steel and brick aud as special features will have miniature coal mines and a beet sugar factory in operation. From the Secretary of State’s office at Springfield the incorporation papers for the company promoting the enterprise have been Issued to John F. Martin, Allen R. Smart and Leavenworth K. Davis. The exposition will be open every week day and there will be no charge for admission. Governors of several Western States have applied for space and manufacturers in the East will also have permanent exhibits. JIMINEZ IN SANTO DOMINGO. President Figuereo Resigns and Revolt Gaining—Santiago Taken. Juan Isidro Jiminez has arrived at Sanchez, Santo Domingo, on board the French steamer Georgos Croise. President Figuereo has resigned. The ministers will continue at the head of their various departments until a provisional government has been formed, after which the elections for president and vice-presi-dent will take place. Santiago, Moca, La Vega, Porto Plata, San Francisco de Macons and Bani have declared in favor of the revolution. Santiago was taken after a strong fight. It is expected that all the other places will submit to the revolution without any more fighting, principally owing to the fact that the president has resigned. SIX DIE IN AN ARIZONA FIRK. Roof of a Yuma Building Collapses on the Salvage Corps. The most disastrous fire in the history of Yuma, Ariz., broke out in the second story of E. F. Saginetti’s merchandise store, resulting in the loss of six lives and a total destruction of the store building and stock of goods. The fire department was unable to cope with the flames, owing to the lack of apparatus. Several men were carrying goods from the building when the second floor fell upon them, killing six and injuring many more. The loss is estimated at $150,000, with insurance of $50,000. Swindler Tries Suicide. Thatcher, the man who is accused of swindling citizens of Ohio, Michigan and other States, tried to commit suicide in London, England, by taking a huge dose of chloral, on account of the many Americans who went there for the purpose of getting back the money which he had induced them to give him in order that he might secure for them large unclaimed sums in chancery. Blows Up Home and Ends Life. Louis Burkhor, an eccentric and well-to-do German residing ten miles north of Shelbyville, Ind., quarreled with his wife, who went to the home of Thomas Soils for protection. An explosion was heard and the Burkhor homestead was found to be on fire. Burkhor had put dynamite under the* house and when the explosion took place and his home was destroyed he blew his brains out with a pistol. Will sing to Aid Husband. Mrs. Charles Van Studdiford, the beautiful wife of one of St. Louis’ most aristocratic sons, will return to the operatic stage to assist her husband in retrieving his lost fortune. Mrs. Van Studdiford was formerly Gracia Quive, who sang with the Bostonians. She forsook the stage to wed her millionaire St. Louis lover. Flagged by a Petticoat. A horse lodged in a culvert in Springfield, 111. Mrs. E. G. Britten discovered the horse’s predicament just before n Chicago and Alton passenger train came along. She ran forward, waving a red petticoat, which she procured at home, and stopped the train A Bridge Falls. While a herd of GOO cattle was being driven over a bridge which spans the big Carey river south of Elgin, Kan., the structure suddenly collapsed. John Kehen and Tom Baker, cowboys, aud 140 head of cattle fell to the stream, sixty feet below, and were killed. “Abe” Coakley Wounded. “Abe” Coakley, who is said to have been a partner of “Jimmy” Hope of Manhattan Bank robbery fame, was stabbed in New York. His assailant was Willing*!*Joyce, a hotel porter. Dives Safely from Eads Bridge. Harry Harmon dived backward from the Eatls bridge at St. Louis, dropping ninety feet, and suffered no injury. Harmon was attired in complete street dresg, except coat and hat, when he dived. ‘ ,•% 4 * Short in His Accounts. At Maryville, Mo., investigation of the affairs of Graves, who shot and killed himself, shows that he was $12,763 short in his accounts as public administrator. Gets Big Electric Order from France. A Cincinnati firm has received an order amounting to $500,000 from a French company for electric railway generators, to be shipped to France, China and South Africa. ■ $.. Cruiser Montgomery Damaged. The steamer San Salvador, !n leaving Rio Janeiro, came into collision with the United States cruiser Montgomery, caus-

IRON MILL WRECKED.

BOILER EXPLOBION CAUSES RUIN AT PITTSBURG. Five Men Killed in Bar Miii of the Republic Iron Works —Seven Are In-jured-Parcel Post Treaties Desired by England and France. A boiler explosion at the Republic iron works on South Twenty-fourth street, Pittsburg, killed five men and seriously injured seven others. Fire which broke out following the explosion added to the horror. The mill was partly wrecked, and the entire plant was compelled to close down. The explosion occurred just as the night force 'was leaving, and the day force was coming on duty, so there were only a few men in the mill at the time. It occurred in the fourteen-inch department, and the concussion was terrific. Buildings were shaken a mile away, and dust tilled the air for two or three blocks. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage took fire, hut the flames were soon subdued by the fire department. When the boiler burst a section of it weighing four tons was blown through the roof and crashed into the a house. WANT PARCELS POST TREATY. France and England Desire nn Agreement with the United States. The recent success of the German minister. Von Munira, in negotiating a parcels post convention with this country is leading to inquiries from other Governments. It is understood France would weleome a similar parcels post treaty and that negotiations are likely to he opened at nn early day. The British Government likewise lias taken steps looking to a treaty on the same lines as Germany and a cablegram asking for information on several points has been received at the Postotltce Department from the British postoffiee, while the mails brought a request from Mr. Tower, the British charge, now at Newport, for a copy of the German convention. FIRE IN DOLD PACKING PLANT. Big Establishment at Kansas City Is Badly Damaged. Fire broke out in the big plant of the Jacob Dold Packing Company, which covers several acres of ground on the west river bottoms at Kansas City. The fire started in the fertilizing department, burned through the engine room aud into the lard room and the main plant. The entire plant was threatened. A large section of the plant was destroyed. The plant is valued at over $500,000, and it is estimated that $250,000,. damage was done. The water pressure in the vicinity of the fire was very low and the firemen were handicapped in their work. Boycott a New York Car Line. A boycott has been declared against the Rapid Transit Railroad Company by the allied labor unions of Greater New York. It is, said the boycott will never be lifted until the railroad company recognizes the Knights of Labor. Most of the unions impose a fine of $2 upon every member found riding on a car of the Rapid Transit system. Orders 500,000,000 Feet Pine An order for 500,000,000 feet of Southern yellow pine, the largest single order in the history of the lumber trade, for use in the construction of Cecil Rhodes’ proposed Cape-to-Cairo railroad in Africa, is said to have been given to twenty mills along several Texas and Louisiana railroads. Big Lake Freighter. What is said to be the largest packet freigTSft carrier on the lakes was launched at Buffalo. The new boat, to be called the Buffalo, is 403% feet long, 58 feet beam and 28 feet deep. She was built for the Western Transit Company at a cost of $350,000. Great Salmon Catch. The barkentine Gardiner City has arrived at San Francisco from Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, with 5,025 barrels of salmon. She and the barkentine Willie R. Hume report that the run of fish at Bristol Bay this season has never been exceeded in the past. Explosion at Copemish, Mich. The boiler in Chapman & Sargent’s bowl factory at Copemish, Mich., exploded, killing three men and fatally injuring four others. The building was totally wrecked, debris being scattered for eighty rods around. The loss to the factory will be $5,000. Find Georgia Negroes Gnilty. At Darien, Ga., the jury in the cases against Ben Dunham, James Willy, Marshal Dorsey, Louisa Underwood and Maria Curry, charged with rioting, returned a verdict of guilty. The jury was out only fifteen minutes. F mash Cars in Cleveland. Rioting broke out at Cleveland in connection with the strike on the lines of the Big Consolidated Railway, and four cars were nearly demolished, while the crews were compelled by a mob to flee for their lives. Aeronaut Is Killed. N. E. Crissy, 25 years old, an aeronaut of Johnstown, Pa., fell GOO feet to iustant death oa the Punxsutawney, Pa., fair grounds. The belt by which he was held broke before his parachute was spread, and he idiot like a stone to the ground. Ohio Town Suffers by Fire. A fire started at Tiro, Ohio, and the larger part of the town was destroyed. The fire departments from Tiffin, Ohio, and New Washington went in response to calls. The fire started from an explosion. Form a Cycle Trust. The American Bicycle Company, a union of many firms, with $40,000,000 capital, has been formed in New York. A. G. Spalding of Chicago is president of the new company. Five Children Drown While Bathing. Five children, four girls and one boy, the children of farmers living in Easton, were drowned at Black Rock, Conn., while sea bathing. Quarantine New Orleans. Mobile, Montgomery and other Southern cities have qnarantined against New Orleans, where yelloV; fever has made its appearance. j-j ;. Fix Hundred Livi* Are Lost. Sir hundred lives ha ye been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at Besshi, Japanese island of Shikoku!

j APACHES Bon war paint. Tow to Wreak Vengeance on the Znni Indians for Murder. A furious outbreak between the Apaches and the Zunis is looked for. The tribes have always been unrelenting enemies, and the Zunis have just murdered and shockingly mutilated an Apache buck, his squaw and pappoose. who had left their reservation near Camp Verde and were surprised in a lonely defile. A band of Apaches bought a large supply of ammunition and extra guns at Jerome, Ariz. The Zunis are of New Mexico and the Apaches of Arizona. - The 'fight thus renewed is likely to result in the practical extermination of one of the tribes. There are no soldiers within reach, and the settlers are not disposed to interfere. The Apache war party, after taking an oath of revenge on the dismembered bodies of their slain, started north toward the Zuni country. MYSTERY SURROUNDS A DEATH. Corpse of a Woman Found in Omaha with a Fractured Skull. The body of a young woman was found lying, face down in a pool of blood in the gutter at Omaha, Neb. Her hair was matted and bloody and thei-e was a gash in the hack of her head. Persons living in the neighborhood tell the detectives they were awakened about 11 o’clock the previous night by a woman’s screams and the clatter of horses’ hoofs on rhe pavement. Some of them went to windows and saw, galloping down the street at full speed, a large hay horse drawing a buggy containing a man and a woman. The man stood erect in the vehicle and lashed the horse. The woman clung to the man’s arm, screaming at the top of her voice. The dead woman has been identified as Lizzie McDonald, a .waitress. AMERICAN ROUTE TO ALASKA Postal Department to Investigate for an All-Rail System. James Fisch, chief clerk at large of the railway mail service, is on his way to Valdez, Alaska, to take up the matter of opening au all-American rail route from Valdez, by way of Eagle, to Circle City, Alaska. He will have the services of a detachment of United States troops now at Valdez to blaze a road over the route and build supply cabins. Big - trike Degun at Cramp’s. The labor troubles at the William Cramp & Sons’ ship and engine building works in Philadelphia came to a crisis when the machinists and blacksmiths decided to go out. This was at once met by the Cramps, who issued a notice saying the works would he closed for ten days. About 5,500 men are affected. Routed by the Yaquis. A company of volunteers went from Hermosillo, Mexico, to I’itaya to join Col. Peinado’s command and arrest the Yaquis who had destroyed telegraph lines to Potam. The troops met a hand of about eighty Yaquis and a short fight occurred, in which one soldier was killed and the Mexicans routed. • Will Fight the Match Trust. The American Match Machine Company has been incorporated at Trenton, N. J., with a capital of $1,000,000, for the purpose of building aud equipping match factories throughout the country. The American is to fight the Diamond Match Company. Minister Slain in a Fight. Rev. William Johnston, former pastor of the African Baptist Church of Maryville, Mo., and evangelist of the Colored Baptist Church of Kansas aud Missouri, was killed by Officer Johu Wallace while resisting an attempt to take him to jail. Evidence Is Not Sufficient. At Peru, Ind., Mrs. Edith Quick and brother-in-law, Henry Quick, were discharged at a preliminary trial on the charge of murder. At the close of the argument Justice Fulwiler declared the evidence was insufficient. Fire at Ballard, Wash. A fire at Ballard, Wash., destroyed the plant of the Bay Lumber aud Shingle Company, the public school building aud a small dwelling. The total loss is estimated at $60,000, of which $50,000 falls on the mill company. Yellow Fever in Oricaba. The marine hospital service has received cable advices announcing that the lower part of the town of Orizaba, Mexico, is now infected with yellow fever. There have been sixty-three deaths at Cordova. — McLean the Nominee. John R. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was nomiuated for Governor of Ohio by the Democratic convention at Zanesville. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 5Gc; buttir, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $£.75; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheop, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,22 cto : 23c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, S3.OQ to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye. 58c to 59c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 71c; com, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,56 c to 57c; clover seed, new, $4.65 to $4.75. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 69c to 71c; corn. No. 3,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 1,54 cto 55c; barley. No. 2,41 cto 43c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, S3AO to $4.50; lambs, common to C *New t $6.50; h butter, creamery, 17c to 22c' Bfgs, Wc.i - i

CONDITION OF CROPS

No Rain In Bome Section* and Toe Much In Other*. ▲ summary of crop conditions issded by the Department of Agriculture says that while the drought conditions reported at the cloSe of the previous week have been relieved considerably in the South Atlantic States the drought continues with increased severity in Texas, Oklahoma, Southern Missouri and Michigan, and rain is much needed in the Ohio valley, the lower lake region, New England and generally throughout the Southern and Central Rocky Mountain districts. Very favorable weather conditions prevail in lowa, Northern Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, but as In the previous week, reports of the effects of excessive moisture are received from the Dakotas and Minnesota. j The general condition of corn in the States of the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys is less satisfactory than at the close of the previous week, owing to continued absence of moisture, which has conduced to the too rapid maturity. The weather conditions in lowa, northerif Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, tjie Dakotas, Minnesota and in the middle Atlantic States have been more favorable, and generally the crop has made good progress in these States, although late corn Is somewhat less promising in portions of Nebraska and Kansas. Reports of injury to grain in shock and stack continues from the Dakotas and Minnesota, principally, however, as a result of rains of the previous weeks. Grain in shock has also been injured by rains in Washington and Oregon, but in the last named State the rains were of greater benefit to the late spring grain and other crops. In the western portion of the cotton belt there is quite a general deterioration in the condition of the crop. Favorable progress has been made in cutting and housing tobacco, which work is generally well advanced. The previously reported unfavorable outlook for apples oontinues, although some varieties, principally the early, are abundant in portions of Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana and in the middle Atlantic States and southern New England. Much plowing for fall seeding Is being done in lowa, northern Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, but the condition of the soil has been unfavorable for this work in the States of the Ohio valley and New England and the west gulf districts.

EASY FOR IDOLITA.

Wins the Rich Hone Review Stake in Straight Heats. The largest crowd ever assembled in Dubuque was there to see the Futurity at Nutwood Park, for a $20,000 stake. Two

IDOLITA.

down for the first heat about 1:30 o’clock. Twelve of the nineteen entered started in the race. Idolita took the race in straight heats, the best time being made in the first —2:12%. Ecstasy was second, Rita E. third, Ima Electrite fourth and My Trick fifth. It was a great race, notwithstanding the favorite won in straight heats. When it had been finished the winners were paid in crisp bank notes, in fine leather pocketbooks appropriately lettered in gold. The Horse Review purse of $20,000 was divided as follows: Firs* $9,000 Fourth $1,280 Second 4,600 Fifth 800 Third 2,250 The estate of Senator Stanford, nominator of the sire of tbe winer and nominator of the winner, $2,000. J. H. Thayer & Brother, Lancaster, Mass., owner of Baron Wilkes, sire of the second horse, $250. Major - McDowell, owner of the second horse. $250 additional to the purse as nominator of the second home.

TROOPS HOME FROM MANILA.

Idaho, North Dakota and Wyoming Volnnteers Arrive. The United States transport Grant, hearing the Idaho, North Dakota and Wyoming volunteers, arrived at San Francisco Tuesdny night. The Grant left Manila Aug. 1, touched at Nagasaki aud Yokohama and left the latter port for San Francisco Aug. 13. The transport brings thirty officers and 516 enlisted men of the First North Dakota, twenty-eight officers and 445 enlisted men of the First Idaho, twelve officers and 243 enlisted men of the First Wyoming, two officers and fifty-seven enlisted men of Battery A. Wyoming light .artillery; eight officers and eighty-four discharged soldiers, twenty-five convalescent patients, seven naval prisoners, two naval hospital patients and four civilian passengers. The transport carried in addition a crew of 156 men, making a total on board of 1,619 persons. During the voyage there were five deaths.

VIRGIN'S STATUE IN ALPS.

Colossal Image > culptnred by Italy's Queen Dedicated. Thousands of people Tuesday climbed Mont Rocca Melone, one of the highest peaks in the Alps, to attend the dedication of a colossal statue of the Virgin erected on the amount through the contribution of 10,000 children and sculptured .by Queen Margaret herself. The royal princes were among those present at the ceremony. On the base of the statue is an inscription by the Pope praying the Virgin to guard the frontier of Italy. The statue commemorates what is regarded as an act of divine intervention. About two years ago, a company of Alpine militia were marching over Rocca Melone when an avalanche started and buried them in snow. Assistance waß summoned and all of the entombed men were rescued. All Italy was moved by the incident.

FRENCH FIRM BUYS HORSES.

\gents from Pari* Make Extensive Purchases Here. Au agent representing one of the biggest horse buying firms of France recently appeared near Kansan City, Mo., and

hours before the time set for the races to begin more than 10,000 persons Lhad passed through I the park gates and I when the Futurity 'was called it was in the presence of at least 20,000 people. The Futurity candidates scored X -I X -t AA - ♦

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Inquiry at the patent office reveals the fact that inventive activity is greatest just now in processes for the manufacture of acetylene and other illuminating gases, the motive being to discover methods of producing light cheaper than under any of the existing processes. There is also great activity in the field of automotive devices. The great strides which have been made lately in autovehicles of all descriptions seem to have wonderfully stimulated inventive genius in that field. In electricity the applications for patents are mainly for the perfection of machinery already In use and for the application of principles that are already well known to mechanical uses within somewhat restricted limitations. Little interest appears to be taken in storage batteries or in chemical electricity at this time. Compressed air is not, as many suppose, a new thing, and there is little new to report in that field. Inventors tried for a while to perfect safe processes for compressing acetylene, but they have abandoned that idea on account of the prejudice against it. An interesting story comes-from Indian Territory regarding a United States court there, judge, attorney, clerk, sheriff and marshal, with all necessary assistants and paraphernalia, which travels from place to place over the territory, holding forth as occasion demands. This novel institution is in the northern section of the territory, where the towns are few and far apart, and where it is cheaper for the court to go to the people than for the people to go to the court. Much money is saved the people each year by the movable outfit. There is a small house on wheels, resembling a mover’s wagon, in which the court travels, and In which the court records are kept. Here, also, in towns where there are no better accommodations, court is held and justice dispensed. With the court is a complete cooking outfit, presided over by a firstclass culinary artist, who sees to it that the court does not want for food even if it does want for some of the other things which are common in civilized communities. The Masonic ceremonies which ard to take place at Alexandria and Mount Vernon on the one hundredth anniversary of the death of George Washington haye practically been agreed upon. The affair will open with the assembling of the grand lodge of Virginia in Alexandria on the evening of Dec. 13. Early the next morning the grand lodge, accompanied by various local lodges, including the one to which Washington belonged, No. 4, at Fredericksburg, will proceed to Mount Vernon, where the funeral services of Dec. 18, 1799, will be duplicated as nearly as possible. Invitations to prominent Masons in all parts of the world are to be sent out, and it is believed that the event will be the most important the Masons in this country have been connected with for a number of years. The Department of Agriculture has estimated the flood losses in Texas at seven and a half million dollars, and says that 8,100 farms were "submerged, with a total acreage of 1,380,000. About half of this area was under cultivation at the time of the floods, 339,000 acres in cotton, 125,000 in corn, 11,000 acres in sugar corn, and the rest in smaller crops. About 90 per cent of the loss came through the destruction of crops, but damage to farm stock, etc., aggregated about $850,000. The loss to the land by washing and gulleying is estimated at $350,000, but part of this is offset by the increased future productiveness resulting from alluvial deposits. The loss represents about 74 per capita in the flood district, which has a population of 100,000, mostly negroes. Postmaster Gordon of Chicago will have to go into his private purse to pay for the handsome furniture he purchased for use in his office and that of his assistant. Mr. Gordon purchased, among other things, a desk for which he paid SIBO and a chair which cost S4O. In addition to this some furniture for the assistant postmaster was purchased at a rather high rate. When the account was sent here for approval the officials held that the prices were entirely too high. The account was disallowed and Mr. Gordon will either have to pay for the furniture out of his own pocket or send it back to the manufacturers. After the recent improvements on North Capitol street had been made It was discovered that some of the workmen had thoughtlessly made away with the historic corner stone set in place' by George Washington at the time of the original surveys to mark the northern boundary of the city. The stone cannot be found, but a committee of citizens ha* been appointed to prepare a suitable pillar or tablet to mark the spot where the stone stood for so many years. A new-style domestic money ordet has been issued by the Postoffice Department. The new form is somewhat smaller than the one previously in use. Its dimension* are about those of the ordinary bank draft. The color of the order is blue, with a ground of very light blue. The tints and the intricate lathe-work, it i* said, will render counterfeiting very difficult, but as an additional safeguard a horizontal watermark, composed of the initials U. S. M. 0., in broad capital letters is wrought into the paper on which the new forms are printed. -:—:- State Department officials decline in ge mos^ £^*rhat , I * j.. j