St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 June 1895 — Page 6

Cljc Jndependent. W. -A. KIWbESY, rublislxu-. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. TRICHIM IN PORK. CONDEMNED CARCASSES NOT SENT TO THE VATS. The Secretary of Agriculture Has No Power to Prevent Their Feinjr Sold in Local Markets, but Can Prohibit Their Exportation. Much Pork Infected. It is said at the Agricultural Department that there is no truth in the published reports that pork examined microscopically for export to Germany and France and found to contain trichinae is stamped by the inspectors as free from disease and so transported and sold in interstate commerce trade. Early in February Secretary .Morton ordered all pork found to be affected with trichinosis tanked, but Inter it was decided that the present law did not give the Secretary this authority. The enforcement of the order was therefore postponed until July 1. when the new law goes into effect. It is doubtful if the law will give the Secretary the necessary power and it is probable the only relief must come through the local authorities unless the Secretary secures from tin* shippers of pork to Germany and France (the countries requiring the inspection for trichinae) voluntary agreements, such as have been made with shippers of beef, mutton, etc., by which the latter agree to tank such carcasses as do not pass the Federal in spection. If such a regulation is put in force, however, it is feared that the pork exportation to Germany and France will cease. “The percentage of pork affected with trichinosis is so large," said Mr. Salmon, “that if all the carcasses found to be affected went to the rendering vats the shippers’ protits would all disappear." The amount of pork exported to Germany and France averages from 5,000,000 to 7JXKI.OOO pounds monthly. Spain Ih Truly Penitent. The State Department has received from United States Minister Taylor at Madrid the complete and final answer of Spain to the demand of Secretary Gresham for a disavowal of the tiring on the United States merchant ship Allianca. The document has been awaited for some time with interest, and it was one of the main subjects which Acting Secretary Uhl brought to the attention of the cabinet at the meeting Tuesday. The answer is most cordial in tone and is expressive of the fullest disavowal of the course of the commander of the Spanish gunboat which fired on the Allianca. It is said to be entirely satisfactory to this Government, as it fully meets in letter and spirit the demands made. BREVITIES, Tinsey McMillan (Mrs. Mark) was examined before a United States commissioner at Buffalo, N. Y.. on the charge of selling counterfeit stamps. Chicago persons appeared as the witnesses against her. The worst fire ever known in Fredericksburg, Ya., occurred Tuesday morning. The Kingzie factory and Excelsior mill and six dwelling houses were burned. William Deshazo, engineer at the Excelsior mill, was burned to death. It is reported in London that Oscnr Wilde, who was recently sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in Bentonville prison at hard labor, after having been convicted of gross indecency, has become insane and is confined in a padded room. Four members of the San Francisco. Cal.. Civic Federation have been arrested on a charge of criminal libel. The complainant is Dr. Marie Livingston, candidate for health officer, upon whom the federation had been making war. A special from the City of Mexico says that five more passengers of the Colima have been added to the list of saved. The five were picked up by one of the rescue crews on the beach at Mauquily, and three of them are now at Pueblito on their way to Colima. In the United States Circuit Court at Boston. Judge Colt appointed John I. Waterbury, of Morristown, N. J., and William E. Strong, of Strong X Cadawalader. as receivers of the United States ('ordage Company, on petition of E. Rollins Morse, as representative of the creditors. It has been known for some time* that the company was in financial difficulties. The Columbian Liberty Bell Committee at New York is in receipt of a letter from Clifton R. Breckinridge, United States minister to Russia, in which he asks for a full description and photograph of the Great Columbian liberty and peace bell for Mr. Berthauld, the Russian artist. ! who is charged with making a design of the “Bell of the Peace" that is to be presented. as the result of a popular movement of the people of Russia, to the people of France. The locomotive of a lumber railroad set fire to the woods south near Hunter Run, a small settlement 117 miles southwest of Kane, Pa. As soon as the fire was discovered men were sent to the scene to fight it. A high wind was blowing the greater part of the day and the progress of the flames could not be cheeked. The lire finally reached the oil property of the Midland Oil Company ami threatened it with destruction. When the extent of the fire was realized 200 men were sent to Hunter Run. They fought the fire through Saturday night and all day Sunday before they succeeded in getting it under control. A large number of logs were destroyed and t.wo tanks and two boiler houses of the Midland Oil Company were burned. The fire razed about five square miles of forest. Mrs. Bert Elder and baby and Mrs. Powell and baby were drowned in Douglass. Wyo. Their wagon tipped over in a creek. Henry P. Schwartz, a merchant and a member of the firm of Charles W. Schwartz & Co., carpet manufacturers, I‘hiiadelphia. Pa., committed suicide. Continued illness was the cause. The latest report is that Howard Gould is engaged to marry Katherine Clemmons, the actress. 1 here were 10(1 cases of cholera and 33 deaths in the Department of the Volga, Russia, from April 14 to April 27.

EASTERN. The eoiuage at the United States mint, Philadelphia, during the mouth of May amounted to $2,251,802. Mrs. Annie Lounigan, of Brooklyn, is lying in St. Peter’s Hospital suffering from burns and bruises, while her husband, John Lounigan, occupies a cell in the police station charged with inflicting the injuries which will in all probability result in her death. From the statement which tlie woman mude at the hospital it appears that her husband, after beating her severely, set lire to her clothing. Her face and body are in a terrible condition from the burns. Notwithstanding this, however, she would not at first disclose the name of her assailant. When she was told that death was imminent she gave the evidence against her husband, who was at once arrested. His only statement was that he had been too drunk to recollect anything that had occurred. Three hundred canal boats are lying rotting in the water at Buffalo as the result of the low freight rates on grain to New York. The shipment of grain from the West are fully up to the average this season, the terminal elevator having already handled 3,500,000 bushels, yet out of this the canal has had only three boatloads. notwithstanding the very low rates offered by the boat men 1 1-3 cents for wheat and cents for outs. The explanation given is that the railroads have agents in every corner of the country, and by added facilities are able to keep cutting down the rates until a scale has been reached which is ruinously low. It is further said that 1,000 bushels are now being put into one car, while four or five hundred bushels were considered a carload a few years ago. Altogether, the old Erie canal, which originally, perhaps, made the Empire State what she is, is passing through a far from bright stage of its history. Following close upon the two score of apparently incendiary fires on the upper West Side during the hist three months comes the startling revelation that there are three regularly-organized gangs of firebugs in New York, who are in the hands of insurance adjusters and bound by oaths to imperil the lives ami property of New Yorkers for a paltry few dollars, and not to disclose their secrets under penalty of torture. Friday Morris Sehoenholz, the suspected tirebug recently arrest cd as the result of Fire Marshal Mitchell's efforts to run down the gang, confessed to firing at least a half dozen houses in New York ami Brooklyn by prearrangements for the insurance. Marshal Mitch ell says he will be able to unfold one ol the greatest schemes ever attempted in that line. Among those implicated in this latest firebug scare nrc women, several fire underwriters, and at least one lawyer. The lawyer is alleged to have ,1 vised the firebugs in many details; the underwriters acted as go-betweens and played a most important part in mulcting the insurance companies. The women acted usually for their husbands after the latter had been burned out several tim < and the insurance companies refused them further insurance. He says the gang has cleared over $200,0(K) from insuranees. WESTERN. Sensational charges arc expected in tin* fight on Gov. Hughes of Arizona, mid his removal is looked for. The Association of American Railway Accounting Officers elected otlo ers nt De troit. (’apt. 11. W. B< th being < ties. president ami <’, G. Phillips, of Chicago, secretary ami treasurer. The foil nving in the c.mplrie ti< k< ‘ nominated by the Ohio Republican Stat, convention at Zanesville: Governor Un S. Bushnell Lieutenant Governor Ut W. Jom s Auditor of State W. D. Guiibert Supreme Judge. .. Thaddeu- A. Minshall Clerk of Supreme < ourt. .1* h it. A'h r Attorney General Frank S M..nm tt State Treasurer. .. . Sunns B. t’ampb. ’ Board of Public Works. . . E. 1.. Uy burger Since May 1 Dr. Paul S. Inn t/. r. ch. :aist of the Missouri State experimental sta tion, has been issuing pa. ku.c- of dis eased chinch bugs, to be distribut ’d through the crop fields of the State for the purpose of creating an cpider.ii.* nnnmg the healthy buzs. thus exterminating them. Since that time the < ilm h begs are more numerous this y ear than ev< r before. The wheat crop is being literally devoured. The experiment w ith the in feetion made at the station has. however, proved thoroughly successful. There will be no national miners’ strike That conclusion was reached at Colum bus, Ohio, lifter listening to statements from President Penna, to the effect that the Pittsburg district had practically a- - the 61 cent rate, that Illinois miners were under a contract for a year; the Indiana block miners wre under a cot. tract for a part of the year, and it was impossible to induce the miners of West Virginia to join in a strike. It now looks as though no agreement would be reached and the districts would be left to follow their own inclinations. Efforts looking toward the control of the mammoth Chamberlain, S. D., arte- , sin n well have been abandoned. and this well, conqueror in the long struggle for its subjection, will hereafter be permitted to flow without molestation or interruption. This well, which has attracted the atten tion of people living in all portions of the United States by reason of its enormous flow of 4.762 gallons per minute, has been att elephant on tin* hands of its owner from the first. M hile constructing a tunnel 1 rom the well to the Missouri river to carry away the surplus water the tunnel caved in, killing one man, and another escaped only by a miracle. From the beginning water has escaped from the outside of the eight-ineh pipe, ami at one time threatened to engulf the roller mill, which stands near by. A torrent of roaring water swept down the Medicine valley in Frontier county. Neb.. Sunday, carrying death and destruction in its path. Curtis lake burst its banks, and the accumulated drainage of thirty miles of territory rushed over hamlets and farm lands lying in its path. It is believed several lives have been lost. Stockville, seven miles down the Medicine creek, which is the outlet of Curtis lake, had 250 inhabitants. The people at Cambridge, where tin* Medicine flows into the Republican river, were far enough away to escape death, although they may lose property. At Curtis a fine roller mill was destroyed and much railroad property destroyed. Heavy rains for several days were followed by a cloudburst. and the dam at the lake could not stand the pressure. Down the valleymany farm dwellings and outbuildings were swept away. One of the most remarkable military reunions in the history of the world oc-

curred at Chicago Wednesd^^TTTT most famous surviving generals of i , Confederacy met the most famous si, J- ' ing generals of the Union armies at n i V ' quet tendered by the Citizens’ Cr. 4 U • , of Chicago Two hundred andfiß?” , many of them prominent in the n'n^' . history, sat down to the feast J’ at,o h s > Mayor Swift and Gen. Fitzhugh r POBit ® , Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet thu r BRt : ous ex-Confederate chieftain. G en w* 1 ?' Hampton chatted with Gen. John M I aimer, and Gen. Butler, of South t* J . He Soldier, Gen. John C. Black Wi the band played "Sherman’s March to th” Sea the ex-Confederates led (fie ? pinuse, and when the inspiring strains £ I nmn responded with a hearty good win With flags at half-mast throughout th city, with most impressive civic and milk tary pomp, Chicago has interred the nation’s dead. The remains of Walter o' Gresham rest in n vault at Oak woods cemetery, there to remain until a final burial place is chosen. All along the route from Washington the funeral train was greeted by sorrowing thousands. n o sto,> was made except for fuel and water. The train was met by an infantry ment from Fort Sheridan and the w’ U 8 representative bodies and organiz^R na * In a hearse drawn by six horses th® ‘*my was conveyed to Oak woods. A s.Uiliv of thirteen guns signalized the nppron^ of the cortege to the cemetery gates, end, wrapped in n United States flag, with the President of the nation and his advisers, with tin* representatives of foreign nations. and with the high officials of State and city at the tomb, the body was laid at rest. SOUTHERN. Deputy Sheriffs Ed Edwards and Willis Baxter, of Little Rock, Ark., shot each other in mistake while gunning for a culprit. Both received fatal wounds. It Is said that not withstanding the recent court decision Gov. Evans of South Carolina has directed the dispensary constabulary to seize all the liquor they can find. The boiler nt Deal's sawmill, neur Downsville, N. C., exploded, resulting in the death of four men. Two other young men were badly bruised ami scalded, but will recover. The firemen had recklessly weighted down the safety valve. South Carolina excursionists to Tallulah lulls, Ga., engaged in a riot, ami the town marshal’s throat was cut. the sheriff had his throat gashed and a deputy was seriously injured. At Cornelia a jMisse ran the rioters into a swamp and captured four of them. They are now in jail at Clarksville. The sheriff of the county remained on the train and was shot at several times. The rioters were drinking. A watenqsmt struck near Hillsboro, Tex.. Thunulaj ni:; t. It mused au eightacre lake to burst through a dam. About j j six hundred feet of the Misouri, Kansas : and Texas Railroad tracks were unshed j away. Similar damage was done to the j Cotton Belt road. Rails were twisted in \ nil sorts of shn|H's. All wires were torn • ; down. Several hundred cattle were I drowned tn the Hackberry Imttojp hear lldlsbero ami one bomi. w.i« <1 gfi-lisked i I and one man was drovvm J, No wHtnato I can |><» made of the loss. & WASHINGTON. The United States Supreme Court haa j denied the application of Eugene V. Deb*, i the strike leader, for a writ of habeas ’ corpus. This i» a victory for the Govern I ment. The UomptroHvr of the Currency has given authority for the organisation of I tin l irst National Bank of Rynnul. Ind. 1 j T . and the First National Bank of Rw | well. N. M. Ail honor* that are for n dead soldier w ere m (-or b'd Wednesday nt Washington i to the remain* of Walter Qtiinb>n Greah- ! nm. That surpassing tribute a mUitary futieral nil the nation can do for the very bent of its sons in death, was paid to him. I The wheels of the Government at home ! ami in the remote corners of the earth where it is represented by minister* and i consuls, stepp' d still while the ceremonies ■ of the burial progressed. Every otbei.il flag a the department buildings, on the far away frontier posts, on {Hist office* and on custom houses all over the United States fluttered nt half-mast. The iTesi- ; dent ami his ministers laid aside their dutii s and bore away the body to its last । rest. The fondest wish of statesman or ■ soldier could ask no more. All through the ceremonies I’resident Cleveland's gaze was riveted upon the casket which contained the remains of his friend. Mr. | Cleveland was greatly affected, and of ail | tb.ose in tlie great room none showed ; more clearly his depth of feeling. FOREIGN, Later details of the wreck of the French passenger steamer Dorn Pedro are being j secured with difficulty. The number who I have perisbeil in the disaster is now ascer- । tained to be lU3, and only thirty-eight I Were saved. A dispatch to the London Tin* < fr<.m Hong Kong confirms the news'^itaiited in th.- \ssoei:it( d Pre-m dispatch oaffhursI <lny uiyht fr. io Hong- Kong ff^WhUcing ! that h '.stilities between the Japi-.Mle and ; Chinese republican- on the Islau/of For- । mosa have commenced. Advices received ut Constantinople from Moosh state that the residence occupied by the French, British and Russian envoys lias been forcibly entered by the Turkish gendarmes, who attempted to arrest a servant of the envoys. The gendarmes used abusive language and were with difficulty expelled. A special dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from its correspondent at Shanghai says that alarming rumors are current at Shanghai. It is stated that a renewal of hostilities is imminent. The viceroy of Formosa is said to have rebelled against the Government of Peking. The Japanese ships are reported to have been cleared for action, and the French ships at Tanisui, Formosa, are also sail! to have been prepared for fighting. In addition, rumors of Russian intervention are current at Shanghai, ami steamers have been ordered to Tien-Tsin with provisions in ' view of the probability of Russian hostility. ; Captain General Martinez de Campos has assured the newspapers of the prov- ' ince of Puerto Principe, Cuba, that the Government will contribute the sum o f $20,000 per month for the const ruction of the railroad between Puerto i’rfti(ilp e) t ] le ' capital of that province, and the port [ of Santa Cruz, on tlie western coast of that, province. The Government has de--5 cided to undertake this work in order to give employment to about 700 laborers in ’ view of the fact that it is determined’ to - finish the war soon, even if it is necessary

a to bring more troops from Spain for that purpose. The captain genend has rirnDvMoro t r.« W Sk insurrection at present. IN GENERAL Ihe I nited States cruiser Columbia has arrived at Southampton. C ° ,Umbla /ifio Allan Line steamer Siberian from St K" ?r ls -w—'m letßio‘'K i ?‘‘ n 1 tte,e ’ murdered little Jessie Keith hist October, was haneed nt Stratford, O„t. The murdere gh-*1 father attended the execution. An interesting ceremony was witnessed in Montreal when Arehbisho{> Fabre, assisted by three priests, blessed the new branch of the Hochelaya Bank, just opened. Tlie ceremony, which is of an imposone Kel dom seen in Montreal, conHlßta Os the u SB i s tl lIK prieHts immersing n vessel in i. o i y water amt presenting it to the archbishop, who proceeds to sprinkle the water throughout the building, followed by the priests, who make the responses to the benediction. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg 35 23 12 .657 Brooklyn 28 17 11 .607 Cleveland 34 20 14 .588 Cincinnati 34 20 14 .588 Chicago 36 21 15 .583 Philndel]>hin 31 IS 13 .581 Bnltimore 28 16 12 .571 Boston 28 15 13 .536 New York 32 15 17 .460 Washington .33 1.3 20 .304 St. Ixniis .35 12 23 .343 Louisville 31 6 2.5 .104 WEST Elix IEAGI E. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Ixist. cent. Indinnniiolis 20 21 8 .72 4 Grand Rapids... ,3n 18 12 ,6«iO MinneaiHilis 28 16 12 .571 Kansas City .30 14 16 .467 Milwaukee ,31 14 17 .452 Toledo 30 13 17 .433 Detroit 28 12 16 .420 St. Paul 28 10 18 .357 K. G. Dun A Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: "More far reaching than any change during the past week, if really warranted by facts, is the continued rise in {Teis of wheat and cotton. Real scarcity of either would affect all busi- : m-s Happily there is still room to hope j that tab s <>f injury are greatly vxnggerat i ed. although then* has been some evidence I during the week that both the gr< at crops i hnvc suffered more than at first appeared. Hither changes are almost all favorable i mid some highly encouraging. Labor ; troubles are . (early les- threatening. Mon- ! etnry Conditions are satisfactory, and the i snlistinitial increase in the commercial tie- : timt >| Im n 3' X* hll *<>»*'*« ihrtHlgh - the clearing houses have been greatly in- | flatcd by spcenhititin. and nt this time Inst • year were cut tb'wn by the coal ■-trike and j toward the end of May, 18D.3. greatly redueed by bank failures, but for the week | eXi ••«••! hi -t year’s by IP per cent, and fa! I only 5.6 per r< nt below those of IS'A3, w bile the dull} av । rag (• »r Ma j is 2t».f) jier i cent larger than last .' ar, but 7.1 per j cent less than in ixiKl, A scheme to make nil important change i in the nt stem of cr >p reporting is about to be put info ''iteration by the Agricultural Department. A correspondent will ! be located in every township, and he will be required to report promptly to the De- ’ pnrtmeut. The plan will embrace only twenty Stat'S, ranging fran New Y>rk । to the innertt: >st of the Central States, ■ but th<«e compri.so !*t per cent of the । wheat area. They im lutle 1,381) counties, and the greituess of the - ’heme is apparent when it tn tuken into consideration I that the number of townships in a county , averages >lb"Ut fifteen. This will be used in conjunction with the system now in i vogue, each set of reports acting ns a ' < hts k on the other. Steps looking to the organization of the new correspondent* ; have been : il.'-n. bn: the new plan cannot i be i»nt in operation before next year. The J jilan was .si’ggestt J by a committee of th'* I Natmital Board iA Trade. Another plan. > that of licensing al! thrashers who are to ' be required to make tin* reports, has been | under considerati"!!. but it is not regarded ns feasible by . flb-ials. The thrashers ■ would have to be licensed by the State. I This would cause a very material delay ' in transmittal. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Cattle, common to prune, $3.75 to sti.2s; hogs, shipping grades, i $3.00 to ss.’Hi; >heep, fair to choice. $2..50 ’ to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 77c to 7sc; corn. No. 2, Me to ."2e; oats. No. 2,20 c ' to 30, : rye. No. 2. 66c to 67c; butter, ' choice creamery, 17c to Is, . eggs, fresh, lb to i:r-. pHatees, ear lots, per buslie), 45c to *X)c: broom corn, per Tb, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 7c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $.3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, X3e to 85c; corn. No. 1 white, 52c to 54c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs. $4.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 82c to 83c; corn, No. 2. 49e to 51c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c: rye. No. 2,67 cto 69c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $3.50 to Sti.OO; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, Ssc to S7c; corn, No. 2 mixed. 5.3 c to 55c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2,71 cto 73c. Detroit —Catlie, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; shci*p, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 83c to 85c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 2 white, 34c to 35c; rye, 69c to 71c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red, 82c to 83e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 2,67 c to 69c. Buffalo —(’attic, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs. $.3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 1 hard, 84c to 85c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 58c to 60c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 37c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 3,51 cto 52e; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; barley. No. 2, 50c to 52c; rye, No. 1, Gsc to Gic; pork, mess, $12.50 to $13.1)0. New York—Gattie, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs. $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, Sic to 82c; corn, No. 2, 58c to 59c; oats, No. 2 white, 36c to 38c; butter, creamery, 14c to 19c; eggs, Western, 12c to 14c.

MADE RAPID GROWTH TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION FIVE YEARS OLD. Convention in San Antonio—Order Contains Over 10,000 Membera.-Work of the Organization for the Promotion of Commercial Interests. Knights of the Grip. The Travelers’ Protective Association of Amenea, which was organized in Den'cr, 010.. in .J lllle> ]u , ld six)h annual convention in San Antonio, Tex. to celebrate tlie close of the fifth vein- of Hs ex.steme. It has had a remarkably rapid growth in the last two years, beginning with a membership of 3,945 June 1 189.3, reaching 7.052 June 1. 1894. ami closing with lO.GOO .June 1, ISOS. The association is now organized in thirty-two States and in ninety-eight cities of the 1 nited States. 3'wo new State divisions have been added during the year Florida (reorganized) und North Caridina. Twent> eiglit m w posts have been organized. M tille three posts have lapsed, leaving the association with organizations in ninety-eight of the principal cities of the I nited States. The object of the order is the protection and promotion of commercial interests, the {n-omotion of social intercourse among the members and the payment of sick and death benefits. During the last year, through the influence of the 1 ravelers Protective Association. Congress had amended the interstate commerce act. permitting railroads to issue interchangeable mileage, and through the insurance department over $55,000 had been paid. Sol Deals in Death. Twenty-one persons were overcome by ht*flt in and about Chicago Monday. Four of them are dead, others are not expected to live, while the rest will probably recover. The temperature was exceedingly high all day, and most of tin* prostrations occurred when the mercury was hanging around the 95 degree mark in the afternoon. This was the highest point touched •luring 'he day. Chicago was hot enough, but there were dozens of places worse off. New \ ork had the smie temperature and a much greater humidity. Most all of Indinna. (>hio and Kentucky were much hotter. Several weather bureau stations, including Indianapolis and Louisville, report an even I<degrees at 3p. tn. ’The following places reported 96 degrees at night: Detroit. St. Louis. Springfield. III.; Cairo, Nashville, Knoxville. Memphis and Cincinnati. It is safe to say that at least twenty fin* p. rsons dii 1 during five days at N< w York as a result of the heat, and that over 150 were jimstrated. A good many of those taken to tin* different public in ditutiona will not recover. Gotham never before got such a scorching June. Floods in Colorado. Heavy rains throughout eastern Colorado and rapid melting of snow in the j mountains are making the creeks and riv- [ ers boom and causing much uneasiness :miong milwtiy mnimnefs. S<> fur the Rock Island has been the greatest sufferer. Four hundred feet of track west of Limon. Co'o., was washed away by an overflow of t'ne Big Sandy and traffic is | suspended between Colorado Springs and Limon Junction. A bridge is also reported washed aw.iy on the Kansas Pacific brm< h of the I nion Pacific near < bikley. 27’i nub s east, of Denver. ( lear Creek h is b- n. > oi ■ ng suspension of work <»n ' the pincers. Crops throughout eastern j । .>rad. l have I een considerably damaged bi cloudbursts and hail. The Platte river is out of its batiks in places and people living in the bottoms in Denver have [irepar--1 1 to He from their homes. The Arkans.is river has risen two feet at Pueblo, but no damage has re.-nlted. Stransrc Suicide of a Dunkirk Belle. Miss Elsie Coleman, the 2’by ear-old daughter of the late William Coleman, a wealthy banker of Dunkirk, committed I suicide by blowing out her brains with a | revolver, after s[>emling a pleasant even- | ing with her friends. The family is w ealthy and she was prominent in society. No cause is assigned for the deed. She is said to have been the fiance of ex-Forestry <'oinmissioner MacLcnnoD, of Pennsylvania. Big Expenditures for Public Works. The publishers of "Paving and Municipal Engineering” have gathered statistics from the city engineers of 300 cities of more than 10J)00 population which show that more public work will bo done during the summer of U 95 than ever before, the expenditures for paving, sewering, water w orks ami bridges approximating $200,(shi.imiO, while last year less than onefourth of this amount was expended. NEWS NUGGETS. Maj. William Hardiman, aged 74, was shot from ambush am) killed on a lonely road near Esculapia Springs, Ky. A mob took James Freeman, colored, from a guard of four men at Columbia City, Fla., tied him to a tree and shot him to death. He had tried to assault Mrs. Consel, also colored. "Bad Tom" Smith, of Jackson. Ky., did not die on the gallows Friday for Rader’s assassination. He has taken an appeal, which respites him for sixty days, or until the appeal is decided. "While searching for washouts between Edison and Oxford, Neb., the engine of the repair train jumped into a washout about two miles east of Edison, and of the five men on the engine four were killed. This is one of the results of the breaking of Curtis Lake dam. Intelligence has been received that the French Catholic and English and American missionary property at Ching Too, capital of the province of Szechuen, Western China, was destroyed by rioters. The missionaries are reported to be safe in the officials. Ynmens. The province of Szechuen has been termed the “Texas of China.” Ching Too is the capital city. Janie Caldwell, the 18-year-old daughter of Farmer Josiah Caldwell, living near Birmingham, Ala., cut her throat in the presence of Joe Jennings because he took another girl to a dance. She died in his arms. A cave-in occurred at the Franklin mine, near V irginia, Minn., burying two laborers. One body cannot be located. Westchester (Ind.) township citizens are greatly excited over the unearthing of a human skeleton in good state of preservation which was found in the sand piles at Dime I’ark at a depth of thirty feet.

Opinions of Gresham. The administration of the State Departtnent under Secretary Gresham will be regarded by the historian of the future aa equal to any.—Milwaukee Journal. In each of three fields—-war, the bench and the cabinet, as soldier, jurist and secretary—he attained a distinct and enduring fame.—Grand Rapids Democrat. One of his best characteristics was hostility to the growth of corporation influence in political affairs, and to this was dU £ his str “ n K th with the masses. Buffalo Express.. Personally Mr. Gresham was probably the most democratic man that ever occupied the State Department. He was more accessible than tiny of his clerks.—St. i Louis Post-Dispatch. . TVhile Gresham won no especial distinction in either cabinet, he was a painstak- • ing and conscientious official, and deserv- * ed more credit -.ban ilv- country has ac[l corded him.—St Louis Globe-Democrat. 0 Republicans cannot but believe that his s uncertainty of political faith was unfortunate and that he was in error when ho cast his lot with the Cleveland adminis5 tration, but he can be credited with ho*' ' esty and a desire to do his duty.—Duluth News-Tribune. A man has died who has deserved well , of his fellow citizens. The Secretary of , State was a brave soldier and a just judge. In his later career many of his countrymen find things to disapprove, and find other things that stamp him with the same patriotism that won him fame in bygons years.—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. There are those who were closely at--1 tached to Secretary Gresham and who were cemented to him by years of personal friendship, who will feel that a s light has gone out of their lives, and that t grief has come in to sit where hope of the future of the dead statesman had held its 1 place and joy at his success was genuine . and the outgrowth of appreciation and . true sympathy.—New Albany Ledger. Utah's New Constitution. The Utah constitutional convention provided for no lieutenant governor in the , list of State officers. Utah should provide r for such an emergency, so that when the people elect officials representing one parI ty or policy there will be some one to slip In when a Governor dies and carry on the . work as it was begun.—Chicago Inter [ Ocean. i A glance at the new constitution which Is to be submitted to the people of Utah । In November will suffice to show what a tremendous advance is in store for womanhood in that territory when it shall become a State. Not only Is the Federal statute prohibiting polygamy confirmed, * but woman suffrage is established at one - sweep.—Chi ’ago Herald. ‘ The constitution which is to be submitted to the people of Utah in November prohibits polygamy, as do all the Statesr it provides for woman suffrage, as does 1 Wyoming; it does away wish the grand < jury system, ns does Michigan, and it does ' not provide for a lieutenant governor, in which it is' like Delaware, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and some other • States. It incorporates some new features in trials by jury, providing for petit 1 juries of eight persons, six of whom can ! render a verdict, except in criminal cases, when a unanimous verdict is required to convict. The constitution provides for a school system that is comprehensive, and if well carried out will give the new State a high rank in educational matters. —Chicago Record. The Russian Squeeze. If .Tapan was about one-fourth the size of Russia the latter wouldn’t be offering । it any advice.—Chicago Tribune. Japan, like Cuba, may not have the sympathy of the United States Govern- ; ment, but both have the cordial sympathy . and good will of the American people.— , New York Advertiser. Russia is inclined to crow over what it regards as a diplomatic victory in forcing Japan to agree not to demand any of the Chinese mainland. It is hard to see ■ wherein the victory lies, for Japan was clearly made the victim of bulldozing by * three of the* most powerful nations of the world.—Kansas City Star. Russia’s tender regard for “those prin- ’ ciples on which rests the concert of civilizqd nations,” and her agonized fear lest Japan, liy violating them, should imperil the progress of civilization in the Etfst, almost make one forget the part Russia took in the dismemberment of Poland and her more recent treatment of the Jews.— New York Times. The Lion’s Grab. It will be England’s next move to cultivate an impression that the Monroe doctrine is a theory and not a condition.—. Washington Star. The snvage is not far beneath the skin of this Christian nation. The instinct that leads England to enter up judgment without arbitration, to refuse mediation and to chastise the quaking antagonist is the instinct of the aborigine.—Chicago Post. England’s conduct in the Nicaragua matter is arrogant and cowardly, but it Is characteristic. It is the course she has always taken in dealing with small nations. She is a swaggerer and a bullj 7 except when the other party is a country of her own size.—Globe-Democrat. If this method of procedure should take place between two individuals, one a big man and the other a little boy, we should apply epithets to the big man that would not be flattering. Why should not the same methods of justice exist between nations as between individuals,'I—Boston 1 —Boston Globe. __ Col. Goldsmith TV. Hewitt, the most prominent criminal lawyer in Alabama •and member of the Forty-fourth, Fortyfifth, Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. from the Sixth Alabama district, died at his home in Birmingham of neuralgia of the heart. He was 61 years of age. The late trolley strike cost District Assembly. No. 75, Knights of Labor, New York, $13,739. Dress is the table of your contents.— Lavater.