St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 October 1892 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, ... INDIANA HUNTED TO THE DEATH. IDAHO HORSE THIEVES GIVEN A SHORT SHRIFT. A Boy's Fight with a Bear—Gladstone's Eyes Ail Right—Whipped, Despondent, and a Suicide—Mrs. Nagle Wanted a Husband. ■ Eight Horse-Thieves Meet Death. Wilson Marvin, of Deer Flat, in the northern part of Idaho, has given Deputy Sheriff Lorton, of Emmit, details of a battle that resulted In the complete obliteration of a large gang of horse-thieves that had long been a source of great loss to farmers and stockmen. The outlaws had stolen several hundred head of horses, wh ch they had run into British Columbia and thence into the Eastern Provinces of Canada or into the Atlantic States. Early in August a large posse wont out in search of the thieves, who had returned to the Samas Prairie country and were operating with the utmost boldness. Marvin asserts that he witnessed a battle near Deer Flat between rustlers and the posse. The thieves numbered eight. They were well mounted and heavily armed, and had with them a dozen line horses which they had stolen. The thieves shot five or six of the stolen horses, and, intrenched between the byeastworks of quivering flesh, made a stubborn resistance. After an hour’s battle no fatalities save to the horses had resulted. Then a majority of the pursuers ranged themselves in a long line about half a mile to the leeward of the thieves, and the few men left on the windward side set the prairie grass on lire. The hunted men started to run to a distant gulch. Three of their number were wounded and these were left to perish. The rustlers were shot down before they had gone 1,(100 yards. The prairie fire did not destroy the wounded rustlers. They begged to be allowed to die in peace, but they, together with the bodies of their six dead companions, were strung to the limbs of a big tree and allowed to remain there to become the prey of buzzards. Heavy Fire Bosses. At West Point, Miss., a most destructive fire destroyed the finest business block in the city, the loss amounting to $70,000. Kingsbury, Cal., suffered from a destructive fire. The loss is estimated at $50,000, with little insurance. All business buildings in the town and two residences are destroyed. B. Davis & Co.’s general merchandise store, with stock, was valued at $25,000. Homestead Strikers Returning to Work. The largest number of Homesteaders returned to work Monday at the company’s terms which has yet applied in the same length of time. That the strike is about lost is looked upon by many as a truth. It is reported further that the steelworkers who live at Munhall Hollow and at Behrington are organizing to return to work in a body. Mormons Cannot Vote. At Boies, Idaho, State Supreme Judges Sullivan, Huston ana ’AfoiguU met and came to a decision on the question of the constitutionality of the present electors’ oath that involves the right of Mormons to register and vote at the coming election. It is asserted on good authority that the decision upholds the present statute. BREVITIES. All the telegraph operators on the Eanta Fe system are out on a strike, owing to a refusal to grant increased wages on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Road. The steamer Bokhara, of the Peninsular and Orien'al line, was wrecked on Sand Island, near the island of Formosa. She carried a large number ol passengers, the greater jart of whom were lost.

Dr. Lawrence M. Colfelt has resigned the pastorate of the Oxford Presbyterian Church at Philadelpha because of tho incompatibility of his views on several cardinal points with those ol the Presbyterian Church. Encarnacion Garza, a brother and associate of the Mexican revolutionary leader, has been captured on the island of Cuba, and will be taken back to Mexico under the charge of murder. Catarino Garza is said to be in Chili. Frazer Ashurst, a wealthy young Philadelphian, has committed suicide. He was recently whipped in a prize fight by young McKean, son of the sugar refiner, and despondency over the affair is supposed to be tho cause. Mr. Gladstone has had his eyes examined by a distinguished oculist, who assured him that he had no cause for the anxiety’ he has felt since the injury he received in July last that he was in danger of losing his sight. Charles A. White has been arrested at New York at the instance of a woman, formerly'Mrs. Nagle, of Cheyenne, who, according to White, agreed to give him SIOO,OOO to marry her. White says she only paid him $25,000, and to secure himself he took a lot of bonds and mortgages belonging to her and went to New Y oik. Harry Higinbotham, of Chicago, son of the World’s Fair P sident, had a narrow escape from death in a tussle with a bear a few days ago while hunting in Colorado. He had shot the bear and supposed it dead, but while viewing his prize it sprang up and knocked him senseless. Two hours later he recovered to find himself badly bitten and scratched and the bear dead beside him. Edward Woodford Seymour, a justice of the peace of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, is dead. Tommy Warren, the pugilist, shot and killed a colored waiter at Wa o, Texas. He fled after the shooting and has not yet been captured. The law library of the late Nathaniel Moak, of Albany, said to be the finest In the country and valued at $75,000, has been purchased by Mrs. Douglass Boardman and Mrs. George L. Williams, of Ithaca, N. Y., and will be presented to Cornell University.

EASTERN. The new 3,00(M0n cruiser, to be named Cincinnati, was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. John H. Camp of Lyons, N. Y., is dead. He was an ex-Congressman and one of the most prominent Republicans of the State. The New York Court of Appeals has sustained the apportionment law by what in a legis ative body would be called a strict party vote. Two freight trains collided on the New London and Northern Railroad, near New London, Conn., and four men were killed in the wreck. New York’s Columbian celebration culminated with the unveiling of the Columbus Monument. An immense street parade preceded the ceremony. The larger creditors of Poor & Son, leather manufacturers, of Boston, have agreed to an extension. The liabilities are placed at $230,000, and the assets SIOO,OOO more. At Lockport, N. Y., fire broke out in George Chester's flouring-mlll and spread to John Little’s four and feed mill adjoining, and totally destroyed both. Loss estimated at $150,000. Berkman, the would-be assassin of H. C. Frick of the Carnegie company, made an attempt to escape from the Western penitentiary at Wood’s Run, Pa. He scaled a wall, from which he jumped to the ground, forty feet, and as he started upon a run a guard shot him in the leg and disabled him. Some one placed a railroad torpedo under an engine in the Erie yards at Buffalo, and when the engine started the torpedo exploded. John Dillinger, a 15-year-old boy, was standing near, and a piece of tin from the torpedo flew up and cut him in the neck, severing the jugular vein. He bled to death. An explosion of gas occurred at the Sterling colliery near Shamokin, Pa., supposed to have been caused by a fall of coal breaking a miner’s lamp. One man was killed, four were injured, and eight others entombed. It is believed that the latter are all dead. The searching parly has been unable to reach the missing ones, owing to so much “black damp. ’’ Six mmers employed at Port Royal, Pa., purchased a quarter barrel of beer, and taking it to the home of one of the party proceeded to drink freely. Soon after each became sick. Medical aid was summoned, and the doctor declared that there was evidence of poisoning. The usual remedies were administered, but to nO avail. The men all died during the night. The friends of the party, believing that poison had been placed in the beer, opened the keg and discovered a dead copperhead snake about two feet long. The best exhibition of tight-rope walking Niagara has ever seen was given Wednesday over the gorge by Clifford Calverley, a young Canadian. To the surprise of all, instead of stepping carefully, he ran. It took him six minutes and eight seconds to cross from bank to bank, which is more than six minutes quicker than the trip has ever been made. After reaching the American shore Calverley again stepped on the slender cable, and going out a short distance there performed feats common with men in the same business. He laid on the wire, hung by his toes, and-did otbqr similar acts. Reshore, he entered a carriagelWßvas driven across the Suspension Bridge to the Canadian end of his cable. This was his first experience over water. Calverley is a fine-looking fellow, is 22 years old, and was born in Clarksburg, a smalltown in the Province of Ontario. May 2 last Caverley performed his first feat on the wire.

At Ballston, N. Y., Justice Stover, of the Circuit Court, refuses naturalization to aliens who cannot read and write the English language, and has rejected six applicants. One of the applicants, a native of County Kent, England, is more than CO years of age and has been a resident of this country for twentyfive years. Justice Stover said: “It’s no use to make such applications. I will not admit to citizenship in courts at which I preside applicants who cannot read and write the English language. Every citizen should be able to read an 1 write. An alien asking naturalization must have these qualifications before I will grant to him a certificate of citizenship. He should be able to read the Constitution of the United States before he is asked or allowed to take the oath of citizenship, and I intend to adhere to the rule, whether, as in this case, the applicant speaks the English language as his mother tongue, or whether he is a subject of one of the continental nations ignorant of our language, our customs, or our Constitution and our laws.” WESTERN. The village of Salix, lowa, was completely destroyed by a prairie fire. Editor Seward, who was shot by a reporter at Stillwater, Minn., has died of his wounds. Charles Bobsein & Co., dealers in musical merchandise at Detroit, have made an assignment. A railroad train ran into a grip car at Kansas City and four persons who were riding in the car were killed. An effort is being made to remo”e Judge Scott, who holds court at Tekamah,’Neb., on the ground that he is insane. Victor S. Seward, the veteran editor of the Stillwater (Minn.; Messenger, was shot and probably fatally wounded by a discharged reporter. A fire is raging in the p'ne woods near Fosston, Minn. It ra’n does net fall speedily the fire will reach the Walker and Red Lake pine. Judge Theodosius Botkin, who has been conspicuous in the Kansas county seat war, has resigned. His successor is Ju Ige Willia n E. Hut hinson. At Denver, Col., it began snowing at 11 o’clock Thursday night and continued until morning. Reports from throughout the State indicate that a light snow fell. Plans for the consolidation of tho Colorado Coal and Tron Company and the Colorado Fuel Company, both corporations having offices in Denver, are nearly completed. Train robbers held up a Missouri Pacific train near Caney, Kan., and r bbed

the Pacific Express Company's car of a small amount of money after wounding the messenger in the arm. The assignees of ti e Weimer Investment Company have filed a report at Kansas City showing cash on hand of $6,671.25. The bills are more than this, and the creditors will hardly receive anything. At San Francisco, Cal., the explosion of a lantern carried by a watchman caused a fire which destroyed the large stables of the Stetson & Renner Draying Company and that of C. B. Rode, also fifteen dwellings adjoinng. Twelve horses were burned to death. The loss is $60,000. Insurance small. At Mankato, Minn., three suits were brought in the District Court by George W. Mead, assignee of the J. Q. A. Marsh estate, against George S. Marsh, A. J. Morrison, and Maude Stannard for sums aggregating nearly $60,000. They are actions’ to set aside transfers and mortgages on real estate alleged to have been made shortly before the failure last November. Mbs. Lizzie Stevens, of Missouri, Kan., was found dead in her room at a Des Mo'nes, lowa, hotel Friday morning. She arrived the night before and blew out the gas. Her son, aged 27,’ occupied an adjoin ng room. Ho had also blown out the gas, but’ an < pen transom saved his life. He said when he recovered that neither he nor Lis mother had ever seen gaslights before. The Kootenai Indans in Idaho threaten to make serious trouble on account of the diking of the Kootenai River by an English company. The other day a band of twenty Indians, all fully armed,' went to the workmen and demanded that they quit work on the dike. The agent went on the ground and tried to settle the matter, but so far has not tueceeded. The Indians say they will shoot any one who attempts to resume work. A terrific windstorm swept over the northern portion of Hamilton, Ohio, causing great destruction. It approached from the West, and first struck the pulp mill of the Louis Snider’s Sons Company. The entire west end of the building was blown in. The bricks and timbers fell on five men who were working in the pulp-room. The roof was torn to pieces and carried some distance. Two were fatally injured. The storm also struck Cincinnati, and two men were killed.

The town of Coffeyville,’ Kan., is wild with excitement over a reported intent to burn the town and kill ihe people out of revenge for the killing of the Dalton gang. The report started from the robbing of the Missouri Pacific trail at Tyro, near Coffeyville. The Mayor telegraphed the report to Parsons and the Superintendent of the M., K. & T. Road at once fitted up a car with a posse and rifles and sent it down to Coffeyville as a special. It arrived in the town and found the place wild with fear and excitement. Doors and windows were barricaded and everybo’y was arm'ed to the teeth. The corn crop is in poor shape quite generally throughout the eleven States covered by our report, says the Farmer’s Review for this week. In Illinois more than one-half of the correspondents report that the crop will, in their counties, fall below three-fourths of an average; the rest report from threefourths to an average. In Indiana and Michigan the condition is about the same. In Ohio hull' U- the correspond-. (1.-;! th^rOp wjH a-V-j erage, while most of the oCuvFa'i'eportL two-thirds or three-fouiths crop. In* Kentucky half report a full nverage, while most of the others report above three-fourths. In Missouri, lowa, Wisconsin, an I Minnesota the outlook is good for nearly a full crop. In Kansas the condition is decidedly poor, and will fall a good deal below a three-fourths crop. The general condition in Nebraska is fair, and in Dakota the crop will ba nearly an average one. The potato crops, early and late, taken together, are very poor. In not one county in five of the States mentioned will the e bo an average crop. In Illinois 90 per cent, of the correspondents report that the crop is very poor, in many cases almost a complete j failure. A n -arly similar state of affairs | exists in Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, I Nebraska, lowa, and Wisconsin. In Ohio and Michigan the crops are slightly better, about two-thirds of the counties reporting from a three-fourths to a full crop. Kentucky reports a full average crop in about half of the counties. In Minnesota about onethird of the counties will yield an average crop, but in most of the others it is decidedly poor. More than half of the correspondents in Dakota report a full crop.

SOUTHERN. Form negroes have been lynched in Monroe County, Alabama. They had confessed Io murdering a farmer and his daughter. A. J. Patrick and Morgan Pelly are under arrest charged with the assassination of revenue Officers Cardwell and Waller near Flintville, Tenn. A mob at Monroeville, Ala., took Burrell Jones and his sou Moses, with two accomplices, who were charged with murdering Mr. Richard L. Johnson and his daughter, Miss Johnnie, and burning the bodies at their residence at Davis Ferry, on the Alabama River. Burrell Jones made a full confession Avliile in fail and said that the four men Avent to Johnson’s for tho purpose of robbery, and the old man dis overed them, wh reupon he was murdered Avith an ax. The daughter, Miss Johnnie, came to the rescue of her father, and they murdered her. The house was then set on th to hide all traces of the crime. FOREIGN, ’ Lord Tennyson was buried in the poets’ corner in Westminster Abbey. Lothaire Bucher, the German statesman, is dead. He was 65 years old. An anarchist named Francois has been arrested on the charge of being the dynamiter who blew up Very’s restaurant in Paris last summer. London Protestants are circulating a petition asking t\e Queen to depose Lord Mayor Knill because he is a Catholic. At the election in Gloucestershire Colonel Masters, the Conservative candidate, Avas victorious by a majority of three. This re luces Mr. Gladstone’s

majority in the House of Commons to thirty-nine. This year’s wheat crop of the British islands amounted to 56,325,500 bushels, against 74,742,700 bushels last year. The average per acre was 24| bushels. In order to obtain money for his defense, Dr. Neill Cream, formerly of Quebec, now on trial in London, Eng., charged with a multiplicity of murders, has, through a lawyer, made a demand on his relatives for his share of his deceased father’s estate, amounting to ahout $7,000. President Carnot has bestowed the cross of the Legion of Honor on Henry Harris, S. E., the eminent American writer, who is at present a resident of Paris. This distinction was conferred on Mr. Harris in recognition of his profound and scholarly literary works on the life, discoveries, and times of Columbus. A trooper and a corporal in the British life guards were tried before a court-martial for offenses connected with the mutiny of squadron C at Windsor. The trooper confessed his culpability and asked for mercy. The corporal, who had already been deprived of his extra post as canteen steward, was discharged from the service. IN GENERAL President Pena, of the Argentine Republic, has taken the oath of office, and formed a ministry. Ex-Premier Mercier, of Quebec, has been indicted. Conspiracy in connection with railway subsidies is the charge. The search for the bodies at the Sterling Run colliery has revealed the fact that five miners were killed by the explosion. Major General Herbert, commander of the Canadian militia, slates that he is fairly satisfied with the result of his recent tour of inspection in the west. The Mexican Board of Charity has imported $ >OO,OOO worth of corn in the month past an 1 sold it at cost to the suffering people. The Rev. George 11. Kinsolving, S. T. D., of Philadelphia, was consecrated as Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Texas. Secretary Foster has notified the members of the International Monetary Conference to be ready to sail for Europe Nov. 10. The conference will meet in Brussels Nov. 22. The steamer Oceanic, which arrived from Hong Kong, via Yokohama, brings the most valuable cargo that ever came to San Francisco. It is valued at $3,000,0500. Os that amount $2,00(1,000 is represented by silks, ;nd the remainder by tea and general merchandise. Edison is said to be about to make war upon the electric trust. He opposed the consolidation of the Edison and Thomson-Houston companies and is reported t ) bj alo .t to form a new company with Pillsbury, Villard and others, with headquarters probably in Chicago. Henry B. Ryder, formerly United States Consul at Copenhagen, who was arrested some time ago for frauds in connection with the administration of estates entrusted to him in his official capacity, has been released upon giving bail in the sum of $5,000. i. _ .a vauui- Lujajfr-ggßigfrYW by Professor E. Observatory Wednesday night by photography. Visual observations show the comet io be al out one minute in diameter. It is of the thirteenth magnitude and is moving southeast 1 degree 40 minutes daily. This is the first comet discovered by the aid of photography. E. H. Twohcy, Deputy Collector in charge of Bonaventure Depot, has observed a great number of Chinamen taking the ears for St. John-', St. Hilaire, and other points at or near the Richelieu River. Suspecting a smuggling scheme, he notified E. C. Vankirk, Special Customs Inspector at Rouse’s Point, N. V , and the two went to work. Thursday afternoon the Canadian barge A. Gravel, Capt. Amos Hamel, from Sorel, bound to Albany, N. Y.. was seized. On ex-

amination fully a dozen Chinamen were found stowed away in the hold, all of whom, together with the captain of the large, were taken into custody and Jo Ige lin Plattsburg Jail. It is said at Montreal that three Canadians managed the scheme, and that they were to receive SSO a head for every Celestial landed in the United Sta'es. MARKET REPORTS! CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.50 @.5.75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @*5.75 Sheet—Fair to Choice 4.60 @ 5.C0 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 72 @ .74 Corn—No. 2 41 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 29’2® .30 Rye—No. 2 55 @ .57 " Butter—Choice Creamery 23 @ .25 Eggs—Fresh ! • @ .20 Potatoes—New, per lm co @ .70 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.25 Hogs—Choice Light 3.70 @ 5.75 SHEEP—Common to Prinft 3.00 @4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 @ .70 Corn—No. 1 White 44 @ .44’6 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .35 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.50 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 @ .70 Corn-No. 2.... 40\@ ,41’a Oats—No. 2 29 @ .29.‘» Rye—No. 2 53 @ .54 CINCINNATI. Cattle • 3.00 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.75 SHEEP 3.00 @ 5.00 AA HEAT—No. 2 Red 731 2 @ .74’6 Corn—No. 2 ”, 46 @ .47 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 33’ 2 @ .34’6 Rye—No. 2 ...A..’.. .60 @ .60?DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 74’6@ .75’6 Corn—No. 2 Yellow :G @ .47 Oats—No. 2 White. 3i}j@ .35?6 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 74 @ .74’6 Corn—No. 2 White 41 @ .44’4 Oats —No. 2 Wlnte 32’j@ .33}g Rye 57 @ .58 BUFFALO. > Cattle—Common to Prime S.oo @ 5.25 Hogs -Rest Grades 4.00 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 1 Hard '. 83 @ .88 Corn—No. 2 40’2® .47 Ml LAVA UK EE. WHEAT—No. 2 Spring 68 & .68% Corn—No. 3 11 @ .41'2 OATS—No. 2 White 33 & .34 Rye No. 1 58 @ .6) Barley—No. 2 <4 @ 3 5 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 NLW YORK. Cattle s.ro @ 5.25 Hogs 3.«0 @ 6.25 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat- No. 2 Red 78 @ .79 Corn—No. 2 50 e ; ' .51 Ovis—Mixed Western 34 @ .37 Butter—Creamery 13 @ .26 I’ORK—New Mess 12.25 @12.75

LOST ON DIE STRANGER. TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS OVER THE GULF. The Poacher Refused to Be Arrested— Nova Scotia's Queer Contingent En Route to the Fair—Sensation Over China’s I’rluie Minister. Its Cargo of Esquimaux. The schooner Evelina arrived in Boston harbor on Friday with fifty-seven Esquimaux, a pack of dogs, and tents, to form the typical Esquimaux village at the World’s Fair, but there was a hitch about allowing them to land, the cuetoms officers hardly classing them as emigrants, and not caring to take the responsibility in case they should not re.turn home. The schooner cleared frem Shelburne, N. S., on Oct. 1, with fifty-seven Esquimaux, men, women, and children, twenty-four native dogs, on.e komatik or sled, ten kayaks or sealskin canoes, and a sealskin tent; besides there were eight barrels of green sealskin to be made into clothing and other articles, some deerskins and rabbit skins, a lot of dried fish and dried deer, and seal meat for food, a lot of stoves, lamps, and a number of barrels of seal oil and blubber to furnish fuel for them, three white tear skins, and a lot of old whale and fish bones. There was a ton or more of old gravestones, a barrel arid a box filled with human bo^-s, and a lot of little images of Esquimaux, dogs, kayaks and komatiks, beautifully carved cut of walrus ivory by some of the smarter natives. The men and women dress Alike in skins of the hair seal. Some of th’e skins were the handsome spotted ones of th? leopard seal. The deck was Ittered with the kayaks or canoes, and some of them were stowed aft, overhang'ng the stern. The kayaks are made of a light frame, stretched over with sealskins, and are shaped a good deal like an oarsman’s shell. The dogs were kept securely boxed up and snarled and howled like a pack of coyotes. The whole establishment is to go by special train to Chicago in a few days, it being understood that the Treasury Department will allow them to land. Insanity of China's Prime Minister. San Francisco evening papers pub- ’ lish a story said to have been related by passengers from China by the steamer Oceanic, that Li Hung Chang, Prime Minister or Viceroy of China, had manifested symptoms of insanity. All audiences he grants are given in public, with all officers of the court and all servants in attendance. For the head of the government to slap the face of an official in the' presence of an inferior is considered a deadly insult, and the man who is struck loses caste forever. Yet this is what Chang is said to he doing daily. Almost everyone to whom he grants audience is kicked and cuffed in front of servants and retires in disgrace. According to the passenger’s story, affairs came to a crisis just before the steamer sailed. One of the Generals of the Chinese army appeared before Li Hung Chang to make an official report. The Viceroy, with no apparent cause, struck thd General in the face. The latter was only prevented by attendants from falling on the Viceroy. Put the Deputy Marshal Ashore. At Victoria, B. C., the sealing schooner Sea Lion reports that it ; ut into Sand Harbor tQ repair September 2D, having on boaF^^w skins, and, when it was Collecfot Bullock on d'spa’ches from | Unala-ka, the Collector stating that i fresh orders compelled him to take pcsession of any schooner that had been in the sea in the spring, when the steamer Coquit'an was seized. Deputy Marshal Todd was p’aced in charge of the Sea Lion, but was p it ashore at night, and the schooner put on sail and escape I. The Unite I Stites Consul at Victoria is preparing a report on the subject, to be forwarded to Washington. Eleven Liv^s Lost in a Hurricane.

The Norwegian steamer Washington, Capt. Salvesen, from Boca del Toro to New Oileans, encountered a hurricane accompanied by mountainous seas. The Norwegian steamer Agnes, Capt. F. Hanson, from Bluefields, Nicaragua, also reports the same storm. October 11 it sighted and rescued two ea lors who were clinging to part of a boat. The men belonged to tiie Honduran schoon r Stranger, which had capsized Oct. 10. It had thirteen passengers, including seven women and three children, also a crew of five men, including the captain, all of whom, with the exception of the two rescue J, were drowned. NEWS NUGGETS. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Once more it must be said that trade indications are entirely favorable. Even the shrinkage in exports his caused an increase of $1,500,1'00 appearing here last iveek, while imports continue turpr singly large and foreign exchange declines.” Neavs has reached San Antonio, Tex., of a terrific waterspout that occi rred in Nueces County, on the King ranch. A territory embracing ■IOO,OOO acres of land tvas flooded to a depth of two feet. It is a eatt’e •ountry and no loss of stock is report d. Ti e track of the Texas and Mexi an National Road svas covered by a sea of water for a distance of ten miles. The rain for many miles around was the heaviest ever known in that section. A safe in Patten Bros.’ store at Roswell. S. D., was blown open and $2.5( 0 stolen. Arno M. Ziegler, at Shelbyville, Ind., pleaded guilty to shooting his wife with intent to kill and was senten ed to twelve years in the penitentiary. Two State banks, one at Ainsworth, Brown County, the other at Spring View, Keyapaha County, Nebraska, have just closed. Both were of limited capital, and, ivhilc tho a sets are practically nothing, the liabilities will ] robably not exceed $20,000 in each case. Prof. D. AV. Reeves, conductor of the American Cadet band of I rovidence, R. 1., has accepte I the leadership of Gilmore’s Band. Being found poaching on the royal preserves, Town Councilor S •humaeher of Oderberg, Eberswalde, Prussia, Avas shot and kill 3d by the keepe s.

EUROPEAN CROP ESTIMATE^ Sreat Britain and Italy the Only Countries with a Decreased Yield. Figures obtained from official report® made to the government in every wheat - producing country in Europe show that, excepting Great Britain and Italy, tho jrop prospect averages nearly 15 per cent, better than last year. France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, Roumanla, and Russia show improved conditions over 1391. Italy’s wheat crop, however, is 12 per cent, below last year’s, while England’s is 17 per cent, below the normal yield. In fact, the condition of affairs throughout Great Britain is the worst ever experienced. Last year was thought to bebad, but this is worse. Wheat will yield only 82.7 per cent.; barley, 97; oats, 93; potatoes, 95; beans, 81 In France the wheat crops have turned out satisfactorily. The official statistics published by the Agricultural Department c stimated the yield.at 300,471,157 bushels, against 214,558,312 bushels in 1889. The average weight of this year’s wheat is 624 pounds to the bushel, against 611 pounds in 1891. The yield has been about 16J bushels per acre. The rye crop is officially computed at 67,075,269 bushels, as compared with 59,369,513 bushels in 1891. In Germany the wheat crop is estimated at 101,750,000 bushels, against 85,000,000 bushels in 18 1. The empire will require supplies from abroad of only about 12,375,000 bushels. The German rye crop is satisfactory and seems to have reuche I 21",009,000 bushels. Austria’s wheat crop, according to the returns published by the Secretary of the International Grain Congress held in Vienna, has yielded 49,551,250 bushels, against 49,50 i,OOO in 1891. To cover the deficit 33,000,000 to 41,000,000 bushels will be required from abroad. The rye crop is estimated at 74,000,090 bushels. In Hungary the annual report of th© Minister of Agriculture states that the wheat crop may be considered an average one, with regard to quantity. As to the i.uality, it varies considerably in different areas. The yield is given approximately at 137,000,010 bushels, against 124,000,000 in 1891, a surplus of 49|. Fifty-five million bushels are available for exportation. The greater part-ot this will be taken up by Austria. That whole monarchy will export 14,003.000 to 16,000,000 bushels. The wheat crops of Bulgaria and Roumelia reach a grand total of 49,000,000 busheis, against 46,000,000 bushels in 1891. The surplus available for exportation will be 19,000,060 to 22,000,000 bushels. Roumania’s wheat crop is 51,600,000 bushels, against 49,000,000 bushels last year. , There will b • about 26,090,000 to 30,000,000 bushel® forexport. Servia’s wheat crop is estimated at 11,000,000 bushels, leaving 2,750,0(0 bushels forexport. In Greece the wheat yielded 4,000,000 bushels. The kingdom will have io import about 4;500,000 bushels. Italy’s returns, published by the Minister of Agriculture, estimates the wheair crop at about 110,8'0,000 bushels,against 124,000,000 bushels in 1891. The deficit to be covered by importation will be from 30,000,0(10 to 33,010,000 bushels. Russia, according to the latest officialstatistics, has a wheat crop which may be estimatel at 21 s , f 0i',t00 bushels, against 117,000,601 bushels in 1891. Thequantity available for exportation will be 60,000,000 to 69,000,000 bushels. The Russian rye crop appears, accoxAiiels^ figures given by the Econ -— — cais, to have ('.THE FAIRth ° Grea * Necessary > * nhian Exp osltion ' th > expense. It has been calculated that it will take at least a month, 29 day-, to get any sort of an impression,, and on that tasis a Chicago Correspondent suggests a practi able scale of piices. Railroad rates will probably beone full fare to Chicago from any point for both ways. Rooms in Chicago can be rented at $1 per day, which price will insure cleanliness and c’omfort. This will be S2B. Car-fare to the grounds will be about 20 cents a day, and, supposing the fair is closed on Sunday, will amount to $4.80. As for table board, it can be secured for from $3 to $7 for breakfast and dinner. The last figure will certainly insure excellent board. Therefore S2B will cover the item. Lunch will be served on the fairgrounds for a small sum—say 50 cents a day—adding another sl'2. Admission to Jackson Park is 50 cents, and for the 24 exhibition days wilE amount to sl2. Two dollars, however, should be subtracted from that, for thevisitor may well spend four days on theMidway’ Plaisance, where’ admission isfree. Admission, however, to the 29 concessions on the Plaissance will be 25 cents apiece, and, adding the Eskimo concession within the grounds, the whole, can be seen for $7.50.

The cost of catalogues, which will be necessary to see the exhibition intelligently, will be $13.75. Car fare within the park may be reckoned at $2. No estimate can be made for sightseeing in Chicago nor for evening entertainments, which may be made to reach any figure. As for Sunday expenses $2 a week is not too mu h to put down under this head. Adding a few dollais for incidental and unseen expenses the total runs up to $l2O. It does not seem over confident to believe that this sum embraces ail necessary expenses and that the judicious visitor need not expend more th ar?. that on essentials. Inventions and Their Datev. Stem-winding watches were invented by Noel. 1851. Aebometebs were first described by Baume in 176 S. English books were first printed by Caxton in 1474. The first- plaster cast was made by Verroch'o, 1470. Alcohol was discovered in the thirteenth century. The thermometer was the invention of Galileo, 1596. The first cast-iron plow was made by Newbold in 1797. The first it on wire was drawn at Nuremberg in 1351. Covebed carriages were first used Lp England in 1580. The torpedo was the invention of Dr. Bushnell in 1777. The steam fire engine was the work of Ericsson, 1830. Roller skates were invented by 1 lympton in 1813. Gi n caps were first used in 1822, in the English army. Aniline dyes were discovered by Unrerdorhen in 1826.