Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

HEAD IN A PACKAGE.

GREWSOME TOKEN SENT TO A CHICAGO BANK OFFICIAL. Detective Sent to Honduras in Search of a Defaulter Comet to Horrible Bnd— End of September Brings About Brighter Outlook for Business. The sight of the head of a private detective received and unwrapped by a Chicago bank official is said to be the cause of the latter’s absence from his office. The sending of the head is still a mysterv and none of the local bankers would admit that their institution had been the recipient of the grewsome article. Despite their denials the story found credence among many men who sre familiar with the details. Several years ago, So the story runs, a bank cleik defaulted with SB,OOO. He fled to South America and found his way to Spanish Honduras, where there is no extradition treaty. The bank officers learned of his whereabouts and sent a private detective after him, with instructions to secure him at all hazards. Later the detective wrote that he had determined to kidnap the man. After this letter there was a long silence. While the bankers were confidently expecting word that the man had been captured the package containing the detective’s head was received. BETTER INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. Little of Significance to Be Extracted from Price Movement. Bradstreet’s says: “The month of September closes with a rather better outlook in the industrial world than was apparent a week or ten days ago. But little of significance is to be extracted from ♦he movement of prices. Wheat has been somewhat irregular and prices shift listlessly. Corn, though inactive, showed strength, presumably on small supplies of ‘spot.’ Spot cotton is up on the week, but the general market has fluctuated nervously. A satisfactory activity in distributive trade, checked to some extent in certain localities by unseasonable weather and in others by a tendency to curtail operations pending the outcome of the electoral contest, is disclosed by telegraphic advices. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 4/242,810 bushels, against 3,535,857 last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 2,156,171 bushels, against 2,134,205 last week.”

Murray Bay Quarantined. Many members of the large American colony at Murray Bay, the fashionable watering place of the lower St. Lawrence, are in a sorry predicament, being quarantined for scarlatina in their families and unable to leave for home. The disease first declared itself in ths household of Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court. Fatal Wreck at Durand, Mich. A fast freight train crashed into a switch engine on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad at Durand, Mich , killing Engineer Thomas Hamlin of Detroit and Fireman John Linden of lonia. Twenty-four loaded cars were burned and both engines were demolished. Gas Ends His Life. W. T. Casgrain, a civil engineer, who was for fifteen years in the employ of the United States government, committed suicide in a room at the La Vita Hotel, No. 211 Dearborn avenue, Chicago. Casgrain lived happily with his wife and two children and was supposed to be in comfortable circumstances financially. Contests on the Diamond. The standing of the clubs in the National League is as follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn ...76 51 Chicago .....61 70 Pittsburg ... .74 57 St. Louis.... 59 69 Philadelphia 69 60 Cincinnati ...58 72 Boston 64 63 New Y0rk...55 74

Cousin of Gen. Grant Dead. Capt. Frederick Dent Sharp, IL S. A., retired, cousin of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, died in Kansas City from an overdose of bromide, taken to relieve pain. Capt. Sharp was totally blind, and it is supposed he was unable to properly gauge the quantity of-the drug. Priest Grabs the Robber. Father Fitzpatrick, >pastor of the Holy Family Church at Omaha, had a desperate battle with a burglar in the church, but finally won his fight and notified the police. At the station the man gave the name of James Wilson and said he was from Helena, Mont. Woman Burned to Death. Mrs. R. C. Pickett was burned to death at her home in Minneapolis. A lamp she carried exploded while she was in the bathroom and despite the desperate es- - forts of her husband to rescue her she was burned to death before his eyes. Big Dry-Goods Store Burns. The dry goods store called La Vajenda, which is situated on the Plaza, opposite the cathedral in Mexico City, was burned. The loss is estimated at $750,000. Russia Acts in China. The Russian minister and troops have been withdrawn from Pekin.' The action fa taken to be a protest against the aims of Germany. New Premier for Quebec. g. N. Parent has accepted the premierdhrfp of Quebec, to succeed the late Premier Marchand. Indian Chief Five Years Old. A* a result of the murder of Chief Charley on the Lac du Flambeau reservation, Wisconsin, the dead man’s son, Neganigifig, aged 5 years, has been pro dalmed chief of the Chippewas. Causa, the murderer, had a narrow escape after the murder from infuriated Indians. Firemen Hurt in Collision. Four firemen were injured, one fatally, In a collision -at Ashland avenue and Fifty-first street, Chicago, engine com- , wany No. 49 being run into by an electric 'V’.'

TURNED ADRIFT BY BRITISH.

Man Who Helped the Penni* le*«, Though Heir to SIOO,OOO. The heir to SIOO,OOO, a soldier who fought at Spion kop in the Boer struggle for liberty, hungry and ignorant of American customs and the, English language, is in Denver and says he is the victim of a remarkable scheme of the British government to dispose of its prisoners of war. Thomas Figee, a 10-year-old Hollander, reached Denver with S2O, but had been there only ten. days when he was robbed. Since then he has wandered about looking for word. Though a fortune awaits him in Holland, he says he is anxious to do any manual labor to earn a living, lie and twenty other Boer prisoners, according to- Figee’s story, were brought to the United States in January from Delagoa bay in the hold of a dirty vessel, and each with S2O was landed in New York and told to shift for himself. Figee’s home- is in Haaler,. near Amsterdam, in Holland, he says. His father, John Figee, died several years ago, leaving t four sons and two daughters SIOO,OO each. Some of Figee’s countrymen living in Denver know his family well, and are convinced after investigation that his story is true. MICHIGAN LAW DECLARED VOID. Supreme Court Says Foreign Commission Men Need Not Get License. The opinion of the Michigan Supreme Court in the case involving the constitutionality of the.act of the last legislature, which required commission- merchants to take out licenses and give bonds in the sum of $5,000 as preliminaries to doing business in Michigan and which was of so much concern to fruit dealers in Chicago, Detroit and. elsewhere, was handed down the other day. The court, by unanimous agreement, held the law void, declaring it to be class legislation and an unjustifiable interference with the right of citizens to carry on legitimate business. LIGHTNING CUTS A CAPER. Exploding Bolt Knocks Over South Dakota Farmer and His Cow. Lightning has been cutting queer capers near Hurley, S. D. Daniel Polly of that town says that while he was milking a cow in an open shed one morning a bolt of lightning descended, exploding about fifteen feet from him. The explosion took place about a foot from the ground and sounded like a giant firecracker. He and the cow were both knocked over, the cow rolling completely over him. An examination of the ground where the bolt struck revealed no disturbance of the surface.

ASSUMES HIS WIFE’S NAME. His Own Is Not Euphonious and His Spouse’s Brings a Fortune. Harry A. Stanley of East St. Louis, by a decree of court a few days ago, has been permitted to assume his wife’s family name of Haines. There are two reasons assigned by the friends of the couple for the desire to change their name. One is that Stanley was not euphonious enough to suit their tastes. The other is to the effect that the change involves an estate which the woman will inherit provided she always retains the name Haines. Money for Oberlin College. President Barrows of Oberlin, Ohio, College announced the receipt of $5,000 from Mrs. A. C. Bartlett of Chicago as a memorial to her son Frank, who died last year; $2,000 from Mrs. Helen Coburn of Boston, to be known as the Andover scholarship, and $2,000 from James B. Dill of New York for a new football park. Miners Need Not Undress. The strike of the miners at the Independence mine, Denver, Colo., over the attempt to enforce the rule requiring them to strip off all their clothing in the presence of a watchman before quitting work terminated in favor of the miners. It was settled that there should be no other change of clothing than at present. ‘Dies of Brass Poisoning. Alexander Le Forester died at the hospital at Williamsport, Pa., from an unusual malady, being a victim of brass poisoning. His system had been so impregnated with the poison that his teeth had become oxidized and the sweat, as it oozed from his pores, was greenish in color. Strange Murder of a Woman. Miss Griffin of Dundas, Ont., was shot and -killed while out driving with George Pearson of Hamilton. According to Pearson’s story they were passed by a rig from which two shots were fired. One of these struck Jlliss Griffin in the head. He carried her into a farm house, where she died.

Sacrificed Life for Dog. Mrs. George Barker of St. Louis sacrificed her life while trying to save her pet terrier dog from destruction under a street cir. the dog escaped unhurt without her assistance, but the woman was knocked down and fatally injured.

Falls One Thousand Feet. While Carl Bryan, aeronaut with Welsh Brothers’ circus, was making an ascension at Ephrata. Pa., his balloon burst at a Height of about 1,000 feet. The aeronaut fell to the ground, but was not seriously hurt. Would Raise Perry’s Ship, Congressman at Large Davenport, of Erie, Pa., is framing a bill asking Congress to appropriate SIO,OOO for the purpose of raising the Niagara, Commodore Perry’s flagship. The ship is lying in Erie Bay in twenty feet of water. ■Won't Accept a Decrease. Two hundred men employed by the Page Boiler Company went out on strike at Norwich, Conn., when informed that a voluntary increase of 10 per cent in wages, which was granted in April of this yehr, no longer could be paid. Killed in a Tornado. The village of Morristown, Minn., was visited by a tornado Monday afternoon. Besides destroying several buildings eight persons were killed. The storm came without warning. Natives Slay Prospector*. J. Lorey. R. Springford and I). Robertson, on the island of Batan, one of the Philippine group, were ambusbed by 200 natives and cut tp pieces by spears before they gave up. Ticket Agent Held Un. Two men held up the Hoyne avenue ticket agent of the Metropolitan Elevated Road, in Chicago, and took $lO, all the cash in the station.

TUNNEL ALMOST DONE

GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN. . Bore for Two and a . Half .Miles Through the Cascade Mountains— Cost to Be About $5,000,000-Cana-dian Indians Die of Starvation. After nearly four years of steady work upon one of the greatest engineering feats of The age. the Great Northern Railway tunnel through the Cascades is practically completed. So perfect was the engineering work and so accurate the preliminary plans and surveys, that the two forces, working from opposite ends in the big tuntml, brought the two ends together without the variation of an •inch almost. The terminals of the tunnel are at Cascade Tunnel and Wellington. This gfeat piece of engineering is two .miles and a half long, 13,200 feet. The roof is at one place of solid granite, 5.350 feet thick. The tunnel runs in a*straight line from the head of one canyon to that of another, with a slope of about ninety feet to the mile. The east portal is at an elevation of 3,375 feet above the sea. level, while the west portal is about 3,125 feet above the same base. It is estimated that the tunnel when completed will cost $5,000,000. The average progress was from eighteen to twenty feet a day. The tunnel wilLaholish the “switchback” over the Cascades, which in itself has always been looked upon as a magnificent engineering achievement. DIE OF STARVATION. Missionary in Canada Reports that Over a Score Have Perished. G. F, Stevens, a Methodist missionary at Oxford House, Man., makes the following announcement: “During the late winter and early spring of this year between twenty and thirty Indians of the Saulteaux tribe, residing at or near Andy lake, near the Island Lake Hudson Bay Company post, died of starvation. Rabbits and deer-have failed them, and, although they eat even the bark of trees, etc.,- yet they are not always able to sustain life during the winters.” Oxfoid House is in the district of Keewatin, and is situated about half wav between Norway House and York factory. The Department of the Interior is investigating. TWO PERISH IN THE LAKE. Fatal Ending of Two Missouri Men’s Northern Camping Trip. Millionaire “Ted” Hosea and Charley Ballinger, both prominent young men of St. Joseph, Mo., perished by the upsetting of a sailboat on Lake McDonald, Minn. The young men had spent the past six weeks camping, hunting and fishing at Lake McDonald and were preparing for the return trip home when they left camp for a short sail, informing the cook they would be gone about an hour. This was the last seen of them. Found Guilty of Murder. At Raton, N. M„ Mendo Rodriguez was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Anna Maria Duran at Cimarron. Rodriguez, who was ill, conceived the idea that the old woman had bewitched him, and thinking he would recover if she were out of the way, he slipped into her house and split her head open with an ax. Rescne Disabled Ship. The ferry steamer F. & P. M. No. 1 picked up forty out in Lake Michigan the barge Hattie Perene, owned by the J. T. Wilce Lumber Company, of Chicago. She was bound light for Empire. The machinery became disabled and she was pounding helplessly in a heavy sea when found. Three Trainmen Killed. Two freight trains collided on the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburg branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Grantham, Pa., killing three trainmen and injuring two others. The accident, it is said, resulted from trainmen of the Reading train disregarding orders. Steal SI,OOO in a Package. The depot agent of the Adams Express Company at Keokuk, lowa, was robbed of a SI,OOO package consigned by a local bank to a business house at Salem, lowa. The treasure was supposed to have been put |n the safe, but it was missing when the agent checked out. Locomotive le Blown Up. Freight engine No. 223 on the southern division of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Road, in charge of Engineer Padgett, of Chicago, and Fireman Rains, of West Frankfort, 111., blew up near Johnson City, killing both engineer and fireman.

Peafowl Causes a Tragedy. In Louisville, Ky., George Owen. 21 years old, was shot and killed by Dr. Hugh McCullough, the coroner of Jefferson County. The trouble that led to the shooting started between the McCullough and the Owen families over a peafowl. Oatmeal Trust May Sell. The American Cereal Company, better known as the “oatmeal trust,” will undoubtedly soon pass into the hands of a syndicate of Eastern capitalists, which is after all or the majority of its $3,341,000 stock. Ends Life with Morphine. Melfille L. Wines, prosecuting attor-. ney for Silver Bow County, Mont., for two terms and a prominent criminal lawyer, committed suicide by taking morphine. He was known to have been out of his mind for several days. Killed by a Waterspout, Four persons were killed and several others were severely hurt by' a waterspout and tornado at Ferguson, lowa. The railway station was wrecked, cars were blown from the tracks and many houses were destroyed. i Lonbet Give* a Banquet. President Loubet of France gave a dinner to the mayors of French municipalities. Twenty thousand guests were in attendance. Slain by Robbers. George W. Noble, a wealthy farmer of Lawrence County, Ohio, was found murdered at his home. He lived alone. Robbery was the motive of the murderer. File Burna Lumber Yards. The lumber yards of the Corning Lumber Company, nt Atlantic Highlands, N. J., were destroyed by firt# The low is $50,000.

SCORES DIE ON FISHING BANKS.

Loss of Numerous Vessels During Recent Gale la Reported. An unknown American fishing vessel foundered on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, during the recent gale and all of her crew, about twenty in number, perished. The French “banker” Thornley foundered and fourteen of her crew were drowned, while six escaped. The schooner Eddie lost three men. The schooner was dismasted and lost five men. A number of other vessels were greatly damaged and many fishermen, who were away in boats overhauling their trawls jvhen the gale arose, were;drowned.

IRON MOUNTAIN SHOPS BURN.

Disastrous Fire at Baring Cross, Ark.—Loss Is $250,030. The Iron Mountain shops at Baring Cross, Ark., were destroyed by fire. No one seems to know how the fire originated, except that it started in the paintshops, which were at the rear of the ma-chine-shops. The machine-shops were burned, with the carshops, the millshops and six locomotives and fifteen freight cars which were being repaired. Four hundred men are thrown out of employment,' and their personal loss on tools ..will be probably SIO,OOO. The loss will reach $250,000. The buildings covered an acre of ground. Great Iron Works Burns. The Thalmer Iron works, the largest "concern of its kind in Indiana, an independent plant, owned.by W._ 11. Palmer & Brothers, Chicago, was almost totally destroyed by fire at Muncie. The works will be rebuilt. There are 500 men employed. who will be 'out of work for a brief season. Hurt at Political Meeting. By the breaking of a temporary platform on which were hundreds of people, at Huron. S. D.. gathered to hear the address of John G. Woolley, the Prohibition candidate for the Presidency, three persons were hurt seriously and a score of others bruised. Burglars Make a Rich Hani. Burglars recently entered the residence of Dr. Wrede in Berlin and secured 20,000 marks in cash and securities to the value of 3,000,000 marks. Within a day the police had recovered all the stolen property except 15,000 marks’ worth. Nebraska Candidate Weds an lowan. At the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. -McCullough, in Clinton, lowa, Col. E. P. Savage, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, and Miss Julia McCullough were united in marriage.

De Campos la Dead. Marshal Arsenio Martinez de Campos is dead at Zaranz, near San Sebastian, Spain. For thirty years, as soldier and statesman. Marshal Campos has been the mainstay and preserver of the Castilian government. Oceanic Breaks a Propeller. With one blade of her port propeller gone, the White Star steamship Oceanic reached New York, six days three hours and fifty-six minutes out from Queenstown. Pa’s Goebel Law Substitute. The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed an election bill by a vote of 58 to 40. The bill provides for equal party representation on the election boards and in the election officers. Snake Showman Dies of a Bite. Prof. Coidstock, at Chillicothe, Ohio, with a traveling snake show, was bitten by a full grown rattlesnake. He was taken to the hospital and died. * His home was in Indianapolis. Won Without a Fight. The British consul ut Lorenzo Marques has, by a diplomatic move, secured the peaceful surrender of 2,500 men, practically the whole of the Boer army. James Howard Found Guilty. At Frankfort, Ky., James Howard was found guilty of the murder of Goebel and his punishment fixed at death. Agninaldo Does Not Want Peace. Aguinaldo has written to Buencamino declining to consider any peace proposals or compromise. Death of John M. Palmer. Gen. John M. Palmer died suddenly at his home in Springfield, 111., in his eighty-third year. Felix Marchand Is Dead. Felix Marchand, Premier of Quebec, is dead.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.70; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.55; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.15; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn. No. 2,42 cto 43c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 16c; potatoes, 33c to 36c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.80; hogs, choice light, $5.00 to $5.60; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,76 cto 77c; corn, No. 2 white, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 t 0.55.80;.55.80; hogs, $3.00 to $5.45; sheep. $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; com, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2,21 cto 23c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 53c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.55; sheep. $3.00 to $3.90; wheat, No. 2,76 cJo 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 50c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.35; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 white,,24c to 25c; rye, 53c to 54c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 79c to 80c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,53 c to 54c; clover seed, prime, $5.80 to $6.25. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 78c to 79c; corn. No. 3,41 cto 42c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c: rye, No. 1,55 c to 56c; barley, No. 2. 55c to 56c; pork, mess. $11.50 to $12.00. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.70; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.50. New York—Cattle. $3.25 to $5.05; hogs, $3.00 to $5.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82c; corn, No. 2, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; butter, creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, weater n, 18c to 20c.

MANY TRAINS ROBBED

BANDITS GET NEARLY SIOO,OOO ; DURING THE YEAR. Detectives Declare that the Work Has Been Done by Novices and that Veterans Are Quiescent— Very Few Captures Made. Officials of railroad and express companies fear an epidemic of train and express car robberies. Though detectives profess to believe that holding up of trains is an industry that is rapidly going out of fashion, the men who make robbery a profession do not seem to be in accord with their views. Within the last year five express cars were looted and the robbers secured $76,700. This is the loss as estimated byexpress companies, but it’ is a noted fact that officials of carrier companies are always inclined to withhold the real figures soas to discourage future' attempts. In the same period of a year one express company has suffered a loss of $21,000 bypackages which disappeared while in transit. Passengers on two trains and one stage line were relieved of money and valuables. Thus, despite all efforts to class the train robber and express thief as a personage of the past, the total profits to the followers of the profession for less than a year have summed up at least S.IOO, In addition to this two unsuccessful attempts were made to rob trains, which would have put the sum total away above that mark. —Robbery Record.— Following is the list of robberies which have taken place in the United States since Oct. 13, 1899: Oct. 13, 1899 Chicago and Northwestern train held up at Tower W. Express safe blown up with dynamite. Proceeds of booty estimated at SIO,OOO. Oct. 13, 18911— Missouri, Kansas ami Texas train near Sherman, Texas, looted by robbers. Express safe broken. Proceeds of robbery estimated at SIO,OOO. Nov. 16, 1899—Unsuccessful attempt to rob ' express ear on Lake Shore Railroad at Dock junction, near Erie. Pa. Dec. 1, 1899—Lone robber held up messengers In Southern Express Company ear near Brandsville, S. C. Proceeds of robbery. $1,700. March 23, 1900—Kansas City, St. Joseph and Connell Bluffs train held up by lone robber. Passengers relieved of money and jewelry. Total proceeds of booty, S2OO/ June 2, 1900—Yosemite stage coaches held up by the "Black Kid," who robbed twenty-seven men and five women. Proceeds, $250. July 11, 1900—New Orleans train of Illinois Central held up near Mayfield Creek, Ky. Express car and safe blown up with dynamite. Estimated proceeds, SIO,OOO. Aug. 1. 1900L-Unsuceessful attempt to hold up St. Paul train near Raymoor, Wls. Plan miscarried because train was late. Aug. 5, 1900—Passengers on Union Pacific train No. 4 robbed of S2OO. Aug. 10, 1900—Express car on Pennsylvania express train entered and Messenger John Lane killed. Express safe loote_d. Proceeds of robbery estimated at $45,000. Aug. 17. 1900—Package consigned to National State Bank at Burlington, lowa, from the Commercial National Bank. Chicago, lost. Adams Express Company’s loss, $20,000. Sept. 24, 1900—Package of currency disappeared from Adams Express Company’s office at Keokuk. Loss of express company, SI,OOO.

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

The Chinese imbroglio is still within the diplomatic stage. The powers interested in the far East find the same difficulty in agreeing to the German proposals—i. e., that the leaders in the antiforeign demonstrations in China shall be given over to the powers for punishment before negotiations for peace began—that they experienced in accepting the Russian plan for the withdrawal of all the troops from Pekin. Up to the present ■writing it appears that only Austria and Italy have accepted the Kaiser’s plan without reservation. The United States and Great Britain have rejected it, but have committed, themselves to the policy of demanding the punishment of the leaders responsible for the attacks on the foreigners. France and Russia have assented to the greater part of the German proposal, but do not insist upon punishment before negotiations are opened. Japan’s position is similar to that off France and Russia. The German pres? has bitterly attacked the United States for refusing to accept the Kaiser’s proposals. At the same time it is admitted, that the proposals will be modified tot meet the varied ideas of the powers. There is nothing in the South Africpfi situation that warrants the belief 'that the Boer cause is any the less, hopeless. The members of Kruger’s cabinet havt sailed for Europe. The Auditor of State has taken the public records and archives, and the treasurer has tf|ken with him what funds are left in the strong box. There is no longer a Transvaal government. Seven thousand BritiJh troops occupy Koomatie Poort, the tow* on the railway at the frontier. Theyailway from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria V practically open. British railway experts declare that within a few weeks 20,#00 soldiers will be ample to police the Bwo republics. 1 According to an official dispatchofrora Gen. MacArthur the Filipino rebel®‘uve captured a party of over fifty menß n( lei Capt. Shields of the unteer infantry. Capt. Shields h!w s ‘‘ll is believed to be among the woundeM B is thought that so large a party w l *' 1 ' not surrender without a desperate so that the list of killed is probably laßF 0 Russian and German commercial political aggression in Asiatic TuiW-' and the vehement agitation for indejOP dence in all the European provinces® Turkey will unquestionably bring alW* the downfall of the Ottoman empW* Russia or Germany will some day sIM power at Constantinople. The New Zealand government has cided to issue, workmen’s tickets fro® nearly all the principal towns to suburl® up to a twelve mile distance at a unifonß charge of 2 shillings per week. I

NO SIGHS FOR THE DEAD.

Survivors of Galveston Disaster Too Much Stunned for Grief. Nowhere save in the presence of some dread calamity is a field offered to study man as he really is. without pretense or subterfuge. Such is the consensus of opinion among those who rushed to Galveston when the news of the disaster first startled the world and who have since remained in the charnel island amid the scenes of bitterness and grief, the everpresent odor of burning human flesh and the thousand and one terrors that were added to the grewsome situation as each succeeding day passed. As soon as the danger from wind and water was over at Galveston and it became apparent that the thousands of dead were elements of greater danger than even the sweeping waves of the gulf, the festering and distorted masses of flesh that filled the streets and yards and floated about the bay were no longer regarded as the sacred dead, but as threatening monsters that bespoke the approach of pestilence of all kinds—per-l haps the deadly and dreaded yellow fever. With the energy that only the spirit of self-preservation could awaken the survivors fell upon the forms that threatened their annihilation and dragged them from their resting place to where they could most readily be disposed of. After a battle no matter how desperate or how heavy the loss there is always time to dig a trench as the last resting place of those who fell. Manifold as are the terrors of such a situation there is usually a chaplain to pronounce a few words over the grave. Rut in Galveston there was no time for prayers or hymns. The clergymen of the city were too busy themselves hewing away at the mountains of wreckage and dragging forth; bodies for the dead scow or the funeral pyre to conduct religious services, for, the living were at the mercy of the dead and the preachers devoted their energy to helping the living. Humanity may recoil at the thought of piling up corpses like so much cordwood' and applying the torch to the oil-soaked mass, and sentiment may rebel at the idea of dragging the unidentified dead to sea to be consigned to the element that brought about their destruction, but therewas no such sentiment to be found in Galveston. It was the living arrayed against the dead—one or the other was doomed to annihilation. At first the leading citizens mingled with the more humble and the colored population, but as the situation improved the work fell to the poorest and most ignorant classes, while the more intelligent assumed the direction of affairs. Many are the stories that are told of fathers tearing away debris only to find their own children buried beneath, crushed almost beyond recognition. Sightseers from the mainland managed to evade the guards and their appearance was the sign for them to be pressed into sen-ice at the revolver point. Then the residents of Galveston who for any reason sought to escape their full share of the ghastly work were forced by the same means and the use of weapons as a convincing argument grew apace.

ROOSEVELT IN A MAD RUS[?].

At Victor, Colo., He .Is Made the Victim of a Riotous Crowd. Probably because he was the most prominent person in the party, Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York was thecentral point of attack by a moi. «#f irresponsible ruffians, who started a riot, just after the Governor had finished addressing a meeting in Armory Hall in Victor,. Colo. The trouble began with the arrival of the train carrying Gov. Roosevelt and hisparty, in which were Senator Wolcott, Sherman Bell, John Proctor Clark and severs! of his old Rough Riders. A trifling incident started the row. A drunken# woman near the station when the train halted wayed a banner and cried out cheers for Bryan. Gov. Roosevelt paid no attention, nor was it resented by .'.'ny of his party. But some one tore thebanner from the woman’s hands, arousing the anger of her husband, a big Hungarian miner. He marched up and down the street, shouting and daring everybody to a fight. Meantime Gov. Roosevelt had proceeded to Armory Hall. The meeting there was not interrupted, although many persons foretfl their way in. As Mr. Roosevelt left the hall a mob of 150 men, most of them inflamed by drink, faced him. Some boys in the crowd began throwing missiles. A man tried to prod members of the party with a pole, on which wasfastened a banner. Gov. Roosevelt shoutbed to his supporters to preserve law and order. Eggs and lemons were thrown. Democrats of Victor and Cripple Creek deplore the incident. No one in Gov. Roosevelt’s immediate party was injured.

CHURCH AND CLERGY.

The Rev. D. C. Greene, a missionary In Japan, says that the religious drift in> Japan is toward pantheism. The Bishop of Barcelona will soon publish a pastoral letter expressing his> strong disapproval of bull fights. Ira D. Sankey has been making a revival tour of Ireland, and receptions in. his honor have been frequent throughout the island. The Open Air Workers’ Association of America has made a success with an organized effort for open air services in New York this summer. There is to be a great Roman Catholic pilgrimage from England to Rome in October, headed by Cardinal Vaughan and the Duke of Norfolk. The surpliced choir is making its way in England into Unitarian churches. It is to be seen in a new church in Liverpool and in several other places. The congregations are somewhat terrified by the sight. The Church of the Epiphany, for years a landmark of Philadelphia, located at Chestnut and Fifteenth streets, is to be torn down. The growth of the city has driven many of the old members of the church to other and more desirable sections of the city, while the value of the property for business purposes has increased from year to year. The property has been sold to a syndicate for sl,000,000, and the church will be replaced by a modern business block. John WanI amaker represented the church con>ora* I tlon in the deal, and Anthony M. Kane f acted for the syndicate, t