St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 September 1891 — Page 2

—— WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. e i* ~ -^^WALKERTON, . . • INDIANA THIS IN WISCONSIN. A MAN LYNCHED IN DARLINGTON COURTYARD. The Sport Was Not Brutal Enough at Marseilles—lndian Territory Invaded— American Vessels in Trouble — Eort Worth, Texas, Hotel Burned. Lynched in Wisconsin. For the murder of .Tames Meighan, a farmer, a mob of two hundred infuriated mon lynched Anton SieDiit. in the court yard at Darlington, Wis., in broad daylight The murder was committed just north of Darlington. It appeared that the J two men got into a fight, and continued it until Meighan was killed, his face being beaten into a jelly, the weapon supposed to have been used being a wagon hammer. There have been several murders in the county during the last few years, and no adequate punishment has been meted out, which fact served to enrage the poop e and to nerve them to the lawless act of lynching. Public sentiment is all wiih the lynchers. Siebolt was a desperate character, who is credited with having contributed to the death of one brother and made a desperate assault upon another brother. Riot at a Bull Fight. | A Marseillks dispatch says that a j serious riot occurred in that city. The I spectators at a bull fight became displeased with the manner in which the performance was conducted, broke into the arena, chafed the toreadors and bulls out of it. tore down the seats, piled them in heaps and threatened to tear down the building, after having set fire to the piled furniture. A strong force of gendarmes arrived at th s point. They were compelled to repeatedly ! charge the rioters' before they were en- ' abled to clear the circus building of tlfe ! crowd and make way for the firemen to | quench the flames, which had got under | considerable headway. Finally, how- ; ever, the fire was extinguished. Many | arrests were made. The proprietors of I the circus declare they will prosecute j the rioters. Goes Into Trances. Mrs. Mary Stuckenberg, of Louisville, Ky., claims to be suffering from a peculiar visitation which she and her family believe to be the appearance on her person of the stigmata, or the wounds I of the Savior. It is said that she goes i into trances every Friday afternoon, when the spots appear on her hands, feet and side, corresponding to the wounds of Christ, and that at intervals blood oozes from the spots. The story is believed by many of the superstitious, but Mrs. Stuckenberg and her friends refuse to talk about the matter, saying that her priest has enjoined silence on the subject. Negroes Threaten Trouble. Tre excitement among the negroes at Little Rock promises to outrival that of the opening of Oklahoma Territory. Several hundred negroes left recently for the Indian Territory. They were Accompanied by several prominent lead- j srs and will form a settlement of their awn. Trouble is feared, as the negroes j arcAleL&£u4hed -to secure land adjoining | 3ne another and thus prevent the whites I from invading th dr settlement. Should they be unable to do this rightly, they will use force to accomplish their ends. Diamond Dust. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. pc. I W. L. pc. ' Chicagos.. ..77 48 .GIB Clevelands. .57 71 ,4D : Bostons 74 5) .597 Brooklyns . .51 69 .4 9 । New Yorks. .6 5 51 .500 Pittsburg'S. .54 71 .432 । l’Lird'lphias6s 58 .528,Cincinnati's.49 77 .389 j AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. pc.' W Ik Pc. I Bostons 85 3t .685 Columbus . -G‘< 71 .4 8 St. L0ui5....82 47 .633 Milwauktes.s7 70 .443 Baltimores..64 56 .5 8 Louisvilles. .49 79 .383 Philadelp’s..66 63 .512AVasbingns.41 t 8 .331 ; Uncle Sam Interested. Victoria, B. C., advices say that the ; vessels sailed by Dau and Alexander I McLean, reported seized by Russians for I sailing in Behring Sea, were American | vessels, and not, as first repo ted, British vessels. The McLean brothers, who j were natives of Canada, had b coma | naturalized American citizens, and it is ; now said the attention of the United States will be called to the matter. Big Blaze at Fort Worth. At Fort Worth, Texas, fire destroyed the Ellis House and Gariington & Montgomery's wholesale । roduce house. The Ellis is the largest hotel in the city. The hotel was crowded with guests, many among them being women. The fire burned so rapidly that very little of the effects of the guests w<>re saved. There were many narrow escapes. Appointed Postmaster General. Sir James Fergusson, Bart., political i secretary of the foreign office, has been appointed Postmaster General in London to fill the vacancy created by the death of Henry Cecil Raikes. Right Hon Sr James Fergusson, K. C. M. G., I was born in 1832 and was at one time a member of the Grenadier Guards. A Cvcoked Clerk. Chart.es Miller, a clerk of a Baptist Book Company, at Louisville, Ky., is j alleged to have embezzled $25, 00 from the firm during the la^t thirteen years, j A St. Paul Suicide. William H. ILemminghouse committed suicide at St. Paul. It is thought he was insane. Babe Suffocated at Its Christening. Thomas Horan and wife, of South Boston, gave a christening party at their home. During the festivities the babe, aged two weeks, was suffocated, evidently by somebody lying upon it. The Horans have been arrested. Second Libel Against the Itata. A second libel has been filed against the Chilian steamer Itata at San Diego by United States Marshal Gard for $200,000 for damages sustained in bringing the vessel back from Chili

1 EASTERN OCCURRENCES. i The President and Cashier of the wrecked Philadelphia Spring Garden Bank were sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. | C. A. Woodbury, who was taken to a I hospital at Salem, Mass , suffering with : hydrophobia, died in convulsions. He was bitten by his own dog some six weeks ago in New Hampshire. A special train of three coaches on : the New York Central Railroad went : from New York to B iffalo, a distance of 436^ miles, in 440 minutes This eclipses all records of fast time for long runs. ; James F. Ostrander was removed I from the Treasurership of the Ulster ; County Bank, at Kingston, N. Y., for I appropriating funds variously estimated at from §60,000 to SBO,OOO. He is under arrest. George Gould was the engineer on train 23 on the Ulster and Delaware Railway a few nights ago. Conductor । Underwood and Engineer Coffee gayc the train up to the millionaire and he ran it at the rate of a mile a mnute. Wing Lf.e, the New York Chinese laundryman who eloped with Lizzie Sprawl, of Camden, N. J., some months ago, and who was arrested for abduction, pleaded guilty in the Court of General Sessions and was remanded for sentence. The maximum penalty is five years' imprisonment. Michael Fernan, who lives near Factoryville, Pa , has just roused out of a four years' sleep, broken only by semiwaking periods preduced by the pangs of hunger. Fernan was for many years night watchman at a tunnel, and worked । a small farm, on which ho resided, duri Ing the day. He finally became so exhaust I ed that one morning when returning home he sank into a profound sleep, from which he could not be aroused For several days he lay like a dead man Doctors watched him until hunger brought him to a ; artial arousing, but after outing he again do ed away. The man in all this time has never uttered an iuteligible sen'enec. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. -• Mrs. Robert Kennedy and her son I an I daughter, of Duluth, Minn., are ali leged to have fa’len heirs to an English . estate va’ued at $9,000,00 . It is alleged that the raisin crop of I Si aiu will be twenty-two tons sh< rt this j year. There is also a shortage of 20 per ! cent, in Fresno County, California. Edward Albertson, the defaulting jseuetury of tho Fidelity T ust Com--1 pany at Tacoma. Wash., and Fred j Chand er, his accompli e, were arrested I recently near Gardiner, Oregon. At Peoria, 111., Herbert Thompson, white, Jos ph Harper, colored, and two sm tll boys were in a boat, when Harper began rocking the b at and it upset. One of the boys was re cued, while tho other, only six years of age, swam ashore. The Tracy Block, who h is be ng ere ted at the new town of Barberton, Oli o, < oilapse 1 during a win I storm, instantly kill ng William Stauffer and ser ous!y injuring M. Waterman, Carl Rude, and W. L. Ko ler, the first named of whom w 11 likely d'e. Ar Omaha, Edward Neil, the murderer, is condemned to hang Oct. 9. He will appeal for a life sent, n e. Jo” Clarke, a woman of tho town, has an i nounced that sho will marry ] Oct 9. SheiiJT Boyd says i... will not allow the widding to take place. At Wichita, Kan., suit was filed against the Rev. J. D. Botkin, by Dol ice Commissioner C. E. Jonos, who accuses the Rev. Mr. Botkin of slander, and places his damages at $5,000. It a speech Botkin referred to Jones as a perjurer and scoundrel The Rev. Mr. Botkin is presiding elder of the Southwc t Methodist Conference. Ho and Jones are fellow elders in tho same chur< h A Spaniard named Nunas wound up a protracted spree at Fore t Hill, Cal., j by smoking opium in a Chinese den He I was taken dangerously il', and the Chinese, fearing the wrath of the citizens I if his body wa- found in their place, j carried the dying man to a pond, rnd , were about to throw him in when they | ; were discovered and stopped. The Chinese were placed in tho jail. Nunas died shortly after being rescued. A fire at midnight,at 519 and 551 Sedg- ; | wick street, Chicago, caused the death of | seven persons, all of whom were smotb- , I ered in their beds by the dense smoke I l that filled the burning structure. Tho | fire ran its course in less than an hour. ■ but the fatalities resulting exceeded by far the list of victims by any tire in ' Chicago this year. Those who lost th dr ■ lives were all members of John Schalk’s 1 family, except Robbie Burns, 12 years old, and an unknown woman. The Chillocco (Kan.) Indian schools narrowly escaped being burned by a prairie fire. The pass south was set on fire by tampers The wind drove the flames toward the school reservations. As soon as the fire rea- hed the school lands about 200 Indian pupils and more I than that number of haymakers turned I out to fight the fir\ They worked all . night and all day. The fire burned j grass to within a few hundred yards of the school buildings. Over COO tons of hay in stacks was destroyed. A dispatch from Guthrie, O. T.. says: A Government inspector just in from the Cheyenne and Arapah e Indian Reservations tells of a large number of । strange deaths among the members of these tribes. I-'or nearly a week they have been ho’ding a grand dance on the I Washita River They dance a l night i and during the day feast on melons, ; both green and lipe. During two days ; nearly one hundred of the Indians have ■ fallen unconscious during the dance, and I fully half of them have (tied. Rev. Dr. Walker and Joseph Walki er, brothers, aged 55 and 60 years, . respectively, were arres ed near Ce Elum, Wash, on charges of burglary I and receiving stolen gooJs. In the Su- | perior Court the jury in the case of the I reverend brother disagreed, standing I ten for conviction and two against, but the other brother was found guilty. Rev Mr. Walker is an < ducated minister of the Presbyterian faith, and a member of the Council Bluffs, lowa, Presbyt ry. The long delayed news from Washingj ton announcing the openin g of the. ceded i Indian lands was leceived at Guthrie, । Oklahoma Territory, and caused intense • excitement Now will come a tush of

homeseekers a’most rjs greja which fol owed the open Ing ofy h 0„ Territory, and manV of t ®drijng scenes incident to that into eßevent will be repeated. Ti e cedqj6se Pvn _ tions comprise almost as ir.uc® l.tory as Oklahoma proper. Tho 1« rectly cast of Oklahoma. regions aro separated by thS? meridian line. Tho North Canadian River runs directi the new country. 5 A smiling young woman herself at the doors of tho Ks ' *' (Ind.) prison bearing a pardolß--^. father, Jolin Hines of Madison Bl serving a five years' sontoncAfAT tempting to kill Arthur Antlia $ was a patrolman at Madison, was j aving attention to his The father disapproved i.‘

and persuasion failing went jl n < o ’ his proposed son-in-law and IB r, nearly to death. After his and sentence friends made anß^i L n secure his pardon, but were unsC^ui Then the daughter waited ■ ’ Governor, accompanied by her E young Antic, and both were ® “if in enlisting executive ciemci*, n n , wedding of Antlo and Miss been delayed awaiting Mr. Iw r s lease. THE NATIONAL CAP^ya During the first sixteen daysW S tomber tho United States paid to old soldiers for pensions. The Ordnance Bureau has ured some remarkwi^B^K from a recent trial of the rifled gun built tho V JIwB'V Yard. th pic e of-mfTJ'd States bore ye^Eertaken, being forty calibers in lelß O r twenty feet internal length, and 1 8 just thrown its projectile 2,180 feet t one second, without exceeding fifteUtons pressure to the square inch < the chamber At Washington, Senor Celso lalsar Mareno, laid before tho President letter recently received from a cornpondent. in Honolulu asserting in thjnost positive terms that England is novplanning to take possession of the kinloin. The writer said some action on th-.part of the I nited States is necessarytl^t the Queen is favorable to the Brltii in forests, and ready to countenanc the move when made. Tho Presidenwas interested by the letter, and asked 3nor Mareno to communicate with Secitary Blaine, ■SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. Fred Jones a young businessman i of Middlesborough, Ky , idiot and! seriously wounded tho notorious Riis i John on in self defense. Joins was i later shot down from behind by Jim i Kenfro, a noted desperado. The wund ! may prove fatal. Renfro is in cutody ’ and Ju Igo Khorer lias refused liimbaii At Somerset, Ky., a crowd wed io the jail where the Giili and brokers were confined'on the charge of a>sa?inating Sheriff Me argue, and aft*r a short time overpowered the guard and forced Jailer Shepard to give up Ue keys. Tho Gilliland boys were thin taken out to a ravine a short distance west of the city and hanged. No co'.session could be procured. The boys declared to the last that they were inoocent

POLITICAL PORRIDGE. The New York I emo ratio State Convention. which met, at. Saratoga, placed ' the following ticket in the field i ernor. Roswell i', 1 'aw. tary of State. Ft anT-Wm Tr. » Elliott F. Danforth: Attorney G<-Y.aLW. Simon Rosendale: Comptroller, I c’ainpboll. / The President has appointed Fran- j cis Hendricks Collector of Customs | for the Port.of New ork to succeed J Sloat Fassett. Mr Hendricks is a very popular man at his home in Syracuse, 1 N. ^■. He has always been successful hi politics, and when he was Uhain; an of the Onondaga County Committee in 18$) the Republican ma.lority jumped from I 3,50 ।to 4,100. Hi l has been in the Leg- ! i islature since 18<4, and each year his j i nomination has been made by acclanu- | I tion His political skill was especially I I conspicuous in tho last e’ection cf ; United States Senator, when he leda I small contingent in the Legislature I ' which secured the office for his feilow- । townsman, Frank Hiscock, of Syracuse. ; Gov. Campbell and Maj. McKinley are now both hard at work, and the Ohio campaign begins to grow interesting. One feature of the compaign that i promises to be particularly gratifying to 1 all lovers of decency in folitics is the friendliness that exists between tho two candidates. Each has referred in very kindly terms to the other and declared I that no personalities would be indulged in, but that it was to bo strict■ly a campaign <<f measures and rot men. When Major McKinley was ! nominated at Columbus, Governor aid I Mrs. Campbell tailed on him at his hotel, and Mrs. Campbell, who is a very at I tractive and brilliant woman, took Major McKinley out driving. There will I doubtless bo personal attacks made by both sides in the lesser party organs, but I it is thought the campaign will be a clean one. FOREIGN GOSSIP. Net profits of tho Bank of England for the six months ending Aug. 31 were $763,238. Cardinal Botf.lli, Papal Nuncio at Paris, is dead. The Pope is deeply’ affected over the news of the Cardinal's , demise. The news conies from Paris that ! Henry M Stanley is preparing for an- । other expedition to the headwaters of the Congo. At Hamburg. Germany, a syndicate ; has been formed to constru t pig abat- । toirs in Chicago, in order that Germany may control the imports of American pork into Germany. Oivim; to the famine there is an alarming prevalence of brigandage and j other crimes in Southern Russia, Bands I of starving [ ea ants b -set the roads and ; forests of the Caucasus and lie in wait for travelers, whom they rob a id murder. At Eli.abetpol fifty brigands surprised two houses at midnight and murdered twenty-two of the occupants. The . brigands then spent the night in carousal. Large purchases of wheat and other grains have been lately made l>v numer1 ous French agents directly of farmers in the provinces of Rome and the Puglie at s whatever prices the farmers have do- ' inanded, with the result of rapidly in-

creasing prices. It Is thought that tho 1 purchases were on account of the French , Government jAs the grain crop of Italy is no more than sufficient for home consumption, exporting grain now implies the necessity of future imports at higher prices. , . A syndicate has been formed at Hamburg, Germany, to construct pig abattoirs in Chicago, 40 that Germans may control tho imports of American pork into Germany. The Chilean silver brought from Montevideo by the steamship Moselle, consigned by President Balmaceda to various English war materia! manufacturing firms, lias been delivered to the Bank of England until th • legal questions in connection with it have been decided.

GENERAL NOTES. The distress from a lack of food in tlio V^lga provinces of Russia is reported to be widespread and intense S ime unknown persons distributed in the streets of Laredo, Texas a dodger printed in Spanish, entitled “A Plan of Revolution.” It set forth that Mexico was in the toils of a second Santa Annn referring to President . a , n< ■ a liberty lovine r«op e should join m a ^.i-inuion to secure his overthrow. T he plan went' on to name Catarina Garcia as chief leader or executive of the revolution, and Ruse Sandoval, of border fame, as commander-in-chief of tho army. ^Southamutok disoatch: .The Ham^nirg American Steamer Fuerst msmarck arrived at Southampton, having broken all previous records for the passage from New York by covering the distance in 6 days 12 hours and 58 minutes. The best previous record was 6 days 14 hours and 37 minutes, made by the same vessel when she left New York on June 18 of thin year at 4:42 p. m. and arrived at Southampton at 10:45 a. m. on th" 25th. The revolution in northern Mexico is still in progress. The reported hanging of Catrino Garza has aroused the malcontents in the north ‘rn part of the republic and they are joining the revolutionists in large numbers. The Mexican Governm nt is becoming uneasy at the aspect of affairs, and there is no better evidence < f this than the fact that Pres'dent Diaz has, through Ids Se rotary of M ar, ordered a massing of troops in the northern part of the re-

public. Hundreds of thoroughly equipped soldiers are now pouri g into the States I of Nuevo Leon and Tamaullipas. C >mmentin<; upon two articles on the I Behring scaling question published in its columns, the London Times calls the ; American claims preposterous It says: । “Their action is arbitrary and highi handed. Their arguments, as far as I they can be put into intelligible shape, ( are wbrthy of the most rigid school of British game pieservers. 'Die seal is a wild animal, and there w 11 never be any danger of its o ,t rminatiou by hunting on the higii smi;. The danger comes from excessive -laughter when the animals are perfectly helpless If tho Americans choose, by indiscriminate ; slaughter, to destroy their own industry I we are helpless, lint they cannot be al- | lowed to mono; olize the sea s by idainiI ing property in the high seas and their ; contents. ” Ex-Pijesidexr llu.m.u ha, of < hili.

shot himself through the temple in his room at th Argentine Location in Santiago. The story of his escape disguised as a drunken United States sailor proved without foundation. His b-.tt^.m:'। cdHlchirated . t every ^^w-surrTdo II" 'e'" :i letter io-fhnrhor fii which he said lie had always acted with the firm conviction that be was right. Another letter was found addressed to Swuor Urriburia. In it Balmaceda says: “When I saw the persecution directed against me by person- who had supported my administration. 1 cam ■ to the i conclusion that the only way to put an end to th s persecution was to take my life, as 1 was the reponsible one. Adios, my good friend. Give my farewell to i my wife and children.” R. G. Di n a Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Actual improvement is seen in nearly all I the cities from which reports are receive 1 J tills week. It is especially noteworthy that collections ale improving at nn st points. I and that the money markets arc on the whole comparatively easy, although the I crops to be removed are enormous and the actual movement unprccei dented. Wheat receipts at the West for three days of this week have averaged more than 1.500,000 bushels dailyBusiness failures dur ng the past seven : days numb n- for the United States 210 and for Canada 29, or a total of 239. as comj pared witii a total of 214 last week and 217 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 190. rep- : resenting 164 failures bM.lrfe-b’ nite d States and 26 in the Dominion o f Canaiflc — - —- MARKET’ REPOKTS. CHICAGO. I Cattle—Common to Prime 53.50 @ 6.25 ' Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 <g 5.75 Sheep—Fair to choice 3.00 & 4.75 W h^t-'So. 2 Red 97 c<t .98 Corn—No. 2 57 @ .53 i Oats—No. 2 27 ® .v 8 i Rye— No. 2 88 .83 I Buttes—( hoiee Creamery 23 i<s .21 i Cheese—Full Cream, flats 19 <4 .<9? I Eggs—Fresh 17V® .IsPotatoes—Now, per bu 35 t® .40 INDIANAPOLIS. j Cattle—Shipping 3.50 @ 5.75 : Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @5.50 . Sheep—Common to Primo 3.59 ut 4.25 Wheat-No. 2 Red 93 @ .93' I Cobs—No. 1 White 60 @ .62 Oats—No. 2 White 31 ,3J ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 <a g.oo | Hogs 4.50 @ 5.25 1 Wheat—No. 2 Re.l H 6 & .97 , Cobs —No. 2 55 .56 Oats-No. 2 27Ji@ .tsy Rye -No. 2 81 i® .81 ; CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 @ .-.00 Hogs 4.09 (® 5.50 Sheep 3.(0 © 400 Wheat-No. 2 Rod 96 @ .98 1 Cons—No. 2 62 © .63 I Oais-No. 2 Mixed 31>W@ .32' DETKOir. I Cattle 3.C0 & 5.25 j HoGn 3.00 @SO) Sheep 3.00 ilji 4.25 j Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 & .97 | Co: N—No. 2 Yellow 63 & .14 . Oats—No. 2VS bite 32 --@ .33 TOLEDO. i Wheat New 98 @ .93 : Cons - No. 2 fellow 55 v" .58 Oats—No. 2 White 29 & .31 Bye 90 © .92 BUFFALO. I Beef Cattle 5.0 & 7.01 Live Hogs 4.25 © 5.75 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.04 @ 1.06 Cobh—No. 2 C 3 & .(5 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spdng 91 © .92 Corn—No. 3 57 @ .58 Oats—No. 2 White 30}i@ .31 v RTE —No. 1 88 @ .89 Barley—No. 2 61 @ .62 Pork—Mess 12.75 @13.00 NEW 10KK. Cattle 3.50 id 5.25 tt- ( <3 400 6.00 Q Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.01 @ 1.06 Corn-No. 2. C 4 © .65 Oats—Mixed Western .2 & .3a BuiTER-Creamery .25 ® -26 Pork—New Mess 1403 @12.5J

3BBHBBBBDBBBBaMManBBnBBBBBDBBHBBBBMBBBBBnBET9BI THE TYRANT IS DEAD. IN HIS DESPERATION BALMACEDA SUICIDES. Valparaiso and Santiago Wild with Savage Exultation—The National Holidays Prolonged in Celebration ol the Event —London Relieved—His Last Letter. How the News Was Received. The suic'de of Balmaceda is the one absorbing and exciting topic of conversation in Valparaiso. There is a mingled feeling of savage rejoicing at h' s d ea t*‘ an fi bitter regret that 1 he should have killed himse’f invj Yr stead of tailing into tho clutches of flic F ’ nfuriated citizens, wbo ' vou!d ha '° X/l Jains' delighted to rend 4 jl r him limb from / 11 limb for t,ie lons * TOa » | ? list of cruelties for Wvi /A x which they hold him iiai.ia-i.ua. responsible. It is impossible for any one not in this country or not a native to realize the intensity of tho hatred that was entertertained toward the ex-President. The national holidays were prolonged by tho news of the suicide. The feasts, illuminations, and other celebrations in lionor of the success cf the Congressional party were followed by the marching of frenzied crowns iniuu^u uw shouting songs of triumph over the

CK, .. V. K , death of their former ruler. The Valparaiso papers came out with extras from Santiago about the suicid ■. The Argentine Minister at Santiago, in whose house Balmaceda killed himself, resolutely refused to furirsh any of tho | local papers with a copy of tho pathetic I letter written by Balmaceda a short I time previous to his shooting himself, in I | which lie defends his course as Presi- ; | dent. It is the general belief that l ai- : I maeeda's death will hasten in a great degree the restoration of peace throughout Chili Now- that th ■ chief enemy of the Junta is no more it is likely that his j followers will I e shown mercy, since ! without Balmaceda to direct them they i are l.ttle to be feared. Italy, France, I Sweden, Spain, an 1 Norway have foll ' lowed the lea lof the United States in ■ official recognition of the Junta. Ger-

many, it will be remembered, was the second nation to do so No official recognitio i has yet come from England. This creates considerable comment. In London the news of Balmaceda’s death made a marked impresston. The gene; al fee'ing in English commercial ■ circles is one of lelicf and joy. While Balmaceda 1 ved there ever could bo no assurance that he mieht not stir up another revolution to the great detriment of the English interests in control of the nitrate traffic. Th" matter was the news sensation In Washington, it was as startling as it was unexpected. “So Balmaceda has blown his brains out,” said Mr. Foster, tho Chilean confidential agent. “I am sorry to hear of l-.is going off in that way, butit w.isprobably the best thing lie could do. lie found a 1 manner of escape cut off. He had failed in an attempt to cross tLe Andes. Ho had not the physical strength to endure tho l.ardsh ps of a journey through the' mountain pa ses in midwinter. He was cut off from his vessels and f< und it impossible to get out of Santiago without detection. These facts undoubtedly preyed t»pon his mind and^all hopj left him. In his extremity

w - 1 w ....... - — -- w tcd-tn -»he pistol, S'c^f murder did not ha'.o as much terror for him as j it would have for others who believe in । a future state. While Bahnaeeda studied for the, priesthood he gave up the teachings and traditions es his fathers and j became almost an atheist. To those who knew the feeling aroused by Balmaceda’s acts of tyranny there is no surprise at all that the masses should rejoice at his dt ath Ho was a bad man. an I Chili is glad to get rid of him in any manner. Everything, however, will soon quiet down, and with Bahnaeeda out of the way peace is assured.” Bahnaeeda left a statement to the press of the inited States. As almost ■ the last declarations of a dying man they are of especial importance. He says: , -I acte I during the past eight months with the firm conviction that I was right. 1 bad uo one in the army on whom I ■ could place my trust. My generals were ’ false to me. They lied all through the 1 war. Ha l my orders been obeyed I believe that the battle of Conccn would have resulted in a decisive victory ; against the enemy. My heart a lth ough 1 this trouble has been with Chili. I । sought to rescue my country from for- I i eign domination. I strove to make her i -o^hc first republic in Amorica^M^^g|^l mie ■ eay*rr!^i* I. Cir unstances compelled mo to sanction ceri tain acts, but n any ba i deeds that have been attributed to my orders were never known by me until they had been committed. “Until the final tattle at 1 lacil'a I had strong hopes of triumphing over my z foes. Victory was assured by my gen- * orals, Alcerecca, Bari osa and Viel. They ail lied. I now know those who ; pretended friendship for me only because of tho money that was to be gotten out of me. All tho money that I a have in my possession is 82,500. My i wife gave it to me on tho night of i Aug. 28. “Your minister, Patrick Egan, many times offered me good advice. He urged . me to make peace with those opposed to i ,me and to retire from Chili. I did not ' heed his wise advice, for I thought he was under the influence of the junta’s orders, who were then refugees in the i American legation. All through the trouble my closest advisers were always i opposed to any overtures for peace.” TREMENDOUS fires have been raging ! west of Willmar, Minn., and large tracts of prairie land burnt .over. A strong wind lias made it impossible to stay the fury of the flames. A great deal of hay in stacks has been destroyed, and three or four miles of railroad track has been burnt and made impassable. At Leavenworth, Kan., three hundred coal miners went on a strike, and three hundred more will probably join them. Iho miners demand an advance of half a cent per pushel. They are now receiving 4 cents ; per bushel. This the companies deciinj thus far to give. Charges w re made at Ottawa. Ont., that several members of Canada's Parliament are guilty of bood ing by making false declarations as to salaries. Preparations for the microscopical examination of park for export at Kansas City are complete, and work will begin at once. Women will be employed exclusively

3SBBBBBBMBBBBBBHBIBBBBBBBiBBBKSEffIC23BBSHBHBHBM3nBWHB CURRENT COMMENT. For and Against. If the question as to the Sunday opening cf the Fair were put to popular vote, undoubtedly it would be decided in the affirmative. —New York Sun. More harm w’ould be done by clesing it than by keeping it open. If it is open there will be a place for the crotvds to go that will keep them out of mischief. —Kama; City Journal. i It is only proper that the World's Fair managers should give respectful attention to the appeals es the many excellent people who have asked them to close the Fair Sundays.—San Francisco Examiner. If the Fair is too wicked t) be open on Sundays it is too wicked to be open on Saturdays, and if the Puritans are to be consulted the Hebrew? and Adventists will want to be heard next —St Joseph Herald. The people who do not live in Chicago, and on whom the success of the Exposition mainly depends, have also some rights in the matter, and it would be well for them to speak out on the subject—New Orleans Times-Democrat The workingmen of Chicago and nearby cities can seo the great exhibit on Sunday without entailing the double cost of the admission and loss of wages . that would be the case’ on a week day. Surely no harm could come to th ir ■ l spiritual we faro by so doing—Terre I j Haute Express. f It Is a queer fact that tho Chicago sa--5 loonkeepcrs join hands with the Sabbath 3 Union people lu ueslrlne that the World's

Fair shall be closed Sunday. The Chicago saloons are open Sunday as well as the churches, and the saloonkeepers realize that the man who is attending the Fair will not toss any coin on their tars. —Springfield Journal. From the recent action of the World’s Fair Commissioners on tertaln phases of the Sunday question It is quite certain that ihe ultimate decision will be that the Exposition shall be opened on Sunday, but that the machinery wi.l be stopped—the idea being to a low the people the opportunity of sight-seeing and at the same t’me to get rid of actual work on that day as much as possible. —Baltimore American. Mitylene. fs John Bu'l going to become a Turkey gobbler?—Baltimore American. Was the Mitylene occupation, after all, only a picnic party?—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. When the Sick Man of Europe Is ai his? worst a dose o's English war ships proves an effective remedy. — Boston Traveller. Tho Island of Mitylene Is elevated to the rank of a very large-sized and entirely visible chip on the British shoulder.—PittsburgiDispatch. > Things have come to a pretty pass II a party of British officers can’t pop a few corks on a deso*t island without epteading a war-cloud over the whole firmament—Minneapolis Journal. If tho British marines were landed at । Sigri by due authority they can never be made to leave until tho I ritish view of the case has been conceded or a great war has taken place. Now, indeed, the foreign situation is becoming interesting.—Richmond Dispatch. » That “occupation” of Mitylene Is now reported to have been nothing more than an officers’ picnic. The “ordrance” taken ashore consisted probably ol champagne bottles—loaded —and the “fortifications” erected were doubtless the Oriental equivalents of clambakes.

—New York World. If the British lion had squatted on an American island Instead of a” Turkish possession, how quickly Mr. Blaine would have seized his tail. Those good people who expected to see some twisting done as soon as Mr. Harrison should get into the White House have no one to look w but the Czar. —Courier Journal. Way-Up Buildings. A bui'ding which has b en planned In Chicago is to be thirty-four stories high —as high as the Washington Monument. What does Chicago want with an Eiffel tower'.’—Buffalo Express. Chicago Is to have a building as high as the Washington Monument. It will be used to illustrate the ascent of the Western mortgage as a sort of introductory for it in high life.—Lincoln Call. If the Chicago Odd Fellows put up theii , thirty-four-story building there may be expected to be a surplusage of goat^k the lake city. Climbing up andd^M^^M thirty-three flights of stairs,?-*"^ 1 ^ 11 thl^P edly replace the anciep; • V, U undoubt-loige-room in initiaV*“ € av or>t« of toe Times. ions.-Kansas City Cb icagq a building to be as high i^stbe Washington Monument. A scheme like this was tried on the plains of Shin ar, but it didn’t work. Chicago wdn't get to heaven that way, but good । people will rejoice to see her displaying an interest in that direction at all— New York Evening Sun. The craze for erecting high buldfngs in Chicago has reached such a point as j to make the people of that city pause and consider whither they are drifting. In a'limited city like New York there is no room to spread except upward, but j Chicago Is different Her building ground is unlimited.—Bismarck Tribune; The announcement that Chicago is about to erect a thirty-four-story build* ; lug would’ seem to indicate that, the climax of her crazy building boom had ■ been pretty nearly reached. Chicago is a great city and will always be such, ; but she is clearly overdoing the buildj ing business, and will as tertain as fata pay the penalty for so doing.—Kansas City Journal. Dress Reform. The dress reformers of Boston have decided to appear on the streets in short kilt skirts. —Euluth News. Miss Kate Field’s suggestion about knee breeches for women will not bear thinking about. How are the sidewalks to be kept clean if there are no long dresses to sweep them?—Philadelphia Tinies. A Chautauqua dress reformer asserts that “corsets- have filled mo-e graves than whisky. ” This is probably an exaggeration; for corsets have stayins powers where whisky has nou—PhilaI delphia Press. Tennyson celebrated his 8?d birthdaj anniversary by publishing an appeal foi 8*200,000 to build a home for boys is memory of “Chinese Gordon. ” Sir William Gordon-Cumming’s relatives and friends are being socially or tracized for their loyalty to him.