St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 September 1895 — Page 2

Cljc Independent. NV. A. EfWIACY, PubllHhvt, WALKERTON, . . . INDIANA. SIKPRISEB A JIDGE. SENTENCED PRISONER CONFESSES ANOTHER CRIME. Defender Crippled by Her Rival, Meets Her First Defeat Women Muy Re Admitted Request of Navy Department Is Surprisingly Moderate. Confesses to a Train Robbery. At Fort Wayne, Ind., after receiving a ten years' sentence to the Northern penitentiary for shooting Deputy Sheriff Harrod. John ('. Stone astonished Judge O'Rourke, the jury and the audience by rising in the prisoner's box and confessing that he and Wallrath, his pal, who was killed in the battle with the police, were members of the gang of train robbers which a few months ago held up a Lake Shore train near Wasepi, Mich. He gave the Sheriff two gold watches and three railroad switch keys that he took from the trainmen that night. The railroad people have been after the switch keys without success ever since the train was held up. Stone, it is supposed, belonged to a bund of train robbers, as they fought like tigers when arrested at Fort Wayne three months ago. They opened fire as soon as the officers approached them. Wallrath was shot dead in his tracks and Deputy Sheriff Harrod was wounded in three different places. Women in Catholic Universities. Women as professors in a Catholic university is a supposition that the average Catholic or Protestant has hitherto regarded us almost beyond belief. But from Washington comes the news that the Catholic University of America, in that city, is about to throw open its full academic course to women. The date is even given on which the innovation will take effect—namely, Oct. 1. It is further stated that the trustees of the university, after debating at length the advisability of the step, have finally decided to organize a separate department in the university devoted solely to women, ami in which the full course of academic instruction will be given by women professors. Light Appropriation Asked. The combined estimates of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and Steam Engineering of the Navy Department for construction and steam machinery during the next fiscal year amount to only $5,800,000, which is 82,500,000 less than was appropriated for this work for the fiscal year ending June. 189(5. A portion of this sum is to be expended upon the two proposed battle-ships, contracts lor which will be let about Jan. 1. The remainder will be used for general repairs to the hulls and the machinery of the vessels in commission. Celebrated at Sacramento. At Sacramento the forty-fifth anni- ' versa ry of the ^dr Assion o»-A ’;1 11 f < > rttia • into the Union I

^^gig^p^oitr' tnoiiSiwfc.participated. Ibirp^ ^^Wryexereises were'Held in the open nfr on the Plaza, a regatta was held on tin* river, and a reception at the historical Sutter’s Fort. Monday evening there was an electric carnival, the chief feature of which was the parade. Omaha Bicycle Dealer Arrested. M. O. Daxon, an Omaha bicycle dealer, was arrested on a warrant. The complainant is an attorney engaged for Oormully <k Jeffery, of Chicago. The complainant charges that Daxon embezzled in the neighborhood of $1,200 to $ 1,300. In addition to this the company alleges that Daxon is indebted to it iti the sum of $6,500 or $6,700. Andrae A Son, of Milwaukee, also hold a mortgage for $2,T00 and Rector & Wilhelmy, of Omaha, one for $1,500. Crippled Defender Almost Wins. The second race of the series for the America’s cup between the English yacht Valkyrie and the American sloop Defender, which was sailed off Sandy Hook Tuesday, was won by the British boat by forty-seven seconds. The Defender’s topmast was broken in going over the starting line. She entered .a protest, claiming that she was fouled by the end of the Valkyrie’s boom in going over the mark. Tragedy in Denver. William Rose, an undertaker's assistant. at Denver, shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Philip Kuhn ar her home. He shot her four times in the back. He ran away, and although closely pursued by a crowd managed to reload his revolver i and shoot himself, inflicting a mortal wound. Jealousy was the cause of the < rime. The man and the woman an each 35 years old.

NEWS NUGGETS. The grand jury of the District of Columbia assembled for the autumn meeting Monday. The most important mat-j ter to be brought to its attention is the killing of Ernest Green, a colored boy. | by Miss Elizabeth Flagler. daughter of the chief of ordnance of the I 'nited States army. The verdict of the < orotter s jury exonerated the young woman from murderous intent, but Acting District Attorney Taggart decided that the matter was one for the Grand Jury.

At Saratoga. N. Y.. ex-Congressman i William A. Sackett fell dead without warning. 1 !*• was born neat Auburn in ISII ami admitted to the bar in IS3(. lle practiced at Seneca Falls till when he was elected to Congress from the Seneca-Wayne district. At the close of his Congressional term he removed to Saratoga Springs. which became his permanent home. He was married three times and a widow survives him. The Valley Kailroad has been_ sold to the Baltimore and Ohio tor $3.<i70,9<>0. The Spanish steamer Manila, bound for China, and the Norwegian steamer Xania, bound for Antwerp, collided near Borsselin The Xania sank soon afterward, and six of those on board were drowned, including the captain. The Manila was badly damaged. Th province of I’odolia. Russia, has keen officially declared infected by chol-Rh-hard Mansfield, the actor, is dangerouslv sick with typhoid fever and may not appear on the stage this season.

I EASTERN. W. C. Ebisch, E. J. Liebel. ami W. T. Bruce, postoilice employes at Erie, were arrested for conspiring to violate the civil service act. ’ Daniel < oxe, head of the coal-mining firm of t'oxe Bros., at Drifton, Pa., was I killed by a fall from a locomotive at : Hazelton, l’a. .Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, a young and Wealthy New York woman, has been arrested on the charge of murdering her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Bliss, by poison. A merry-go-round at the Waverly, N. J., fair went to pieces, throwing women and children in all directions. Four women were so much hurt that they had to be carried on stretchers to the ambulances. Orderly Sergeant James M. Brooks, F. S. A.. retired, died nt Fort Preble, Me., aged 82. He had served in the army for sixty-one years and was the last survivor of the 25.G00 men who made up the army when he enlisted. The third days’ session of the medicolegal congress, in New York, began with the reading by ('lark Bell of a paper by Gustave Boehm on “The Brutality of Capital Punishment." The author contended that the death penalty bad no deterrent effect; that it was a relic of feudal barbarism and was merely an act of revenge on the part of the State. The American Broom and Brush Company. having factories at Amsterdam, Fort Hunter and Fultonville. N. Y„ and Dallas. Pu„ has advanced the price of brooms ranging from 12'4 cents to 5(1 cents per dozen. On til st. second and third grade brooms the advmice is 25 cents; on fourth grade. 12’2 emits per dozen. On railroad, barn, split and round rattans, hotel and desk brooms the advam eis 25 emits. The other broom manufacturers of the Mohawk Valley not connected with the big concern have made similar advances. A disastrous fire broke out at Boston. Mass., shortly after 5 o’clock Wednesday morning on pier 1, East Boston, owned by the Boston and Albany Railroad, an 1 soon spread to the adjoining pirns and store houses. Piers 1, 4 ami 5 were burned and store houses 4 and 5 wholly de Stroyed. Fifteen freight ears and a large amount of freight were destroyed. It was at first thought the loss would not exceed 8150,000. but a careful estimate indicates that the loss will reach $300,000, and possibly more. In the sheds destroyed were stored .>,00(1 bales of silas grass, twenty carloads of hay. nearly fifty ear loads of flour in sacks, sixteen carloads of merchandise and 7.0*10 bales of hemp and wool, all valued at over $170,000, The wharves ami buildings destroyed were valued at $130,000. WESTERN. A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Helena. Mont. People rushed from hotels and buildings and much excitement was caused. The war between the Stun Yup and See ) up tactions of the Six ('ompanies bids fair to end in their permanent disruption and the recall of the ('hinese Consul in San Francisco. George W. Russel was arrested at Smithsville. Mo., charged with murdering Danie! Stone, a wealthy farmer, who was found Juin* 25 at his home, a mile east of Smithsville, with his head beaten to a jelly. 1 t.j

r ralu lUe nationst • -■taut E।> < p:11 * Church of the I'nited States, which opens early in October. "Independent Americans,” a party organized in Kansas to consolidate free silver interests, met at Topeka and issued ' HU address. They hope to convene at St. i Louis next yi ar and put a candidate for i President in the field. At Grand Haven. Mich., May Pierce. 13 years old. was found guilty of manslaughter. The child was accused of being an accomplice of George Cheesbro, aged IS, in the murder of her mother on July S. Cheesbro was convicted of mnr j der at the last term of court and is now serving a life sentence. Hans Bjornstern. Edward Latshaw and wife, and their two sons were killed, and three terribly injured, by dynamite, at Specht's Ferry, mar Dubuque. lowa, Tuesday. The elder Latshaw boy was shooting at a mark, and accidentally । struck a stock of dynamite which his father used in a stone quarry. Westminster Church, a stone structure at Minneapolis, Minn., in the heart of the retail business distriet, was burned. The i loss is $75,000. covered by insurance, ■ The congregation is the wealthiest ami j largest of the Presbyterian denomination I in the State. The tire was dearly incen- I diary. Janies Ward, living near Hymera. Ind.. I induced his father-in-law. John Hunter. | to go coon-huuting and murdered him. . Ward returned to the Hunter house and i called Hunter's sou. a boy of 15 years, out of lied, and killed him. He then I threatened to kill the boy's sister, but instead shot himself in the neck, inflicting a mortal wound. The tragedy is supposed to be the result of a family feud. It is said that Ward has twice been an inmate in an asylum.

The will of Joseph A. Ford, of the । wholesale dry goods firm of Murphy, ; Grant X Co., was tiled at San Fram-iseo. ; I ('al. The second clause of the will is a< , | follows: “As my wife has in all cases I acted entirely of her own free wifi and ; against what she knew to be my wishes. I and has assorted that the only reason she ; did not ask for a divorce was the living she received from me. I expressly desire she shall not receive one dollar of my <state or what will come to me from the I estate of my mother.” The bulk of the I estate is left to his 15-yoar-old son. Mrs.

< Ford is a stepdaughter of E. J. Baldwin. I the millionaire turfman. The estate is valued at upwards of $1 JXMI.ODO. T. D. Hughes, R. F. Davis, R. L. Mann and Pete Chrismann, of Gonzales, and 11. N. Mohrmau and I*. Jennings, of Gilroy, sailed from Santa Cruz, Cal., for a lone island in the Pacific Ocean about eight hundred miles west of Peru in search of buried treasure. Forty-three years ago Mr. Jennings was a sailor in the south seas, and he is said to have been one of six who buried on the island three large jars of Spanish doubloons valued at between $300,000 and $1,000,000. Mr. Jen- ' nings is the only man alive that knows the location of the money, as the other • five died in his presence on the Peruvian • coast. He has a chart of the island and * claims it is volcanic and uninhabited. Three months will be required to make s the trip. A profound sensation was caused in Butte, Mont., by the issuance, at the instance of tin* County Attorney, of warV rants for the arrest of several men in high standing and connected with the

last city administration, charging® . with the forgery of city warrants ®mi • •Tent funds. The suicide of ex-yif-urer .Jacobs several months ago, wlHnsshort about 85(1.000 in his aecouiSms suited iii an investigation, out of®rethe present disclosures grew. j®ch claimed there was a conspiracy, ini® I s many ollieials were involved* ati®ieh fictitious warrants were drawl® mt cashed aggregating many thousn®md lars, the prosecuting officers daiSioL will amount from 820,000 to sloo® it Lemont, on the Chicago drainagf® said to be the toughest town in A&nl, was raided Friday. The Civic *jT|ea, lion of that town and the Chic;o|Keraune instigated the raid. Constal>le®Tibwith warrants sworn out in Chieiwmed ril'd it out. Tlic raid was oßteu:*carthe interests of municipal reform sAr in sion of gambling houses and <>e®reßwhere evil women collect. Min®r>rts •’mthy and twenty-nine others \|PMerested. Those accused are all cor® «r---either as proprietors or financial w"' ll ' with the conduct of the most n£yv ,s ’ dens ot iniquity in Lemont; mos^^those arrested were ihe unfortunui whose crimes fatten the pockets of th proprietors. Murder has been ,o ®mted j a Peterson's Park, in the StundqßTheater, when the lights wen* turned cL, and a helpless Swede left to baftlelvith his assailants and be thrown into be State canal still alive; in the Big CasiA~^‘ n one woman shot down niiQtUejH Little Casino, and w herever earned by the drainage chiintMfc w lias prompted negroes and wiiBHBHH® The Mayor McCarthy, have beet^^^otTmi x ignorant of these crimes. The^T now ■ barged by the Civic Fed era tktJHkt Lei r town and by the Tribune wi®K ving know mgly permitted these placi-y^*'****. and of having received from thi* "hush" money. SOUTHERN. The (1. A. R. veterans are otli n i'y invited to attend the Exposition at ^laOta, Ga.. Sept. 21. Dock King, colored, was hange^) men near Fayetteville. Tenn.wff 1 us ' saulting a white woman. Five men in Paw nee Bill's W 1 ^ " Show were hurt at Pine Bhtfts -''k-. while their ear was being switebT Laura Howe was held for muff*' 1 the coroner's jury nt Birminghaii -^Li.. accused of killing her 5-year-old ^‘ P^’ti. The retail grocers of Little RocJ -^ r k., condemn the action of members wj l keep open Sunday and will remove lh■4 , fDnn the association if they continue. 1 At Fayetteville. Tenn.. “Doi ks Ki "-- colored, arrested on the chargej*'* tempting to assault Mrs. Climh'4'’l' 1 ' ' 4, near Fayetteville, was taken fr<mP 1!l ‘ *'•' a mob of 2<fO men and hanged. Stella Johnson, the IG-year-old *Linuli ter of a widow who lives near Fla., was kidn.qied. and the timh' of the girl, strapped to a log and mangled, was found tlonting in * *mtd lake about six miles from her hoi 1 ' ■ At the Hireling of the Virginia Association at Wytheville, Dr. Luntei McGuire, who. by reason of havi 0 * 1 * HM 'n Stonewall Jmkson's surgeon, a n '[ president of the American Med^”' '^ s soeiation. has a national reputatf"’I', 1 ', ploded some verv popular '''‘'it

T--FT tor th" trouble. -cep 4- ingle ‘ grape or tomato feed or eherrM and ho was very muefi pleased toTie npp to nmke this statement, so as td >,-t at rest the fears existing among -▼ laity as to the dangers of these fruits? WASHINGTON. — । The public debt statement shows the i public debt on the last day of August, । less wish in the treasury, to havg been $'.112,924,323. an im rease for the month <>t 52.815.415. following is a recapitulation of t he debt: 1 Interest bearing debt s7lT.l^hdlO ' I Debt on which interest has teased since maturity... L'®s.b7'* Debt bearing no interest.. 377J»G,V‘3S Total .$1.126.*,<3.47S There are also certificates and treasury ; notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of > ash in the treasury, aiUount- ; ing to S<><>2.3S4j>o3. The cash in the treasury is dassil|»‘d ns fol lews; Gold ?1 19. lI'MET ; Silver 311.1J7.34l Paper 1.»0,21i1.034 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc 15,8j4,5J9 Total $826,000,343 ■ Against the above total there are demaud liabilities amounting to $G42,921.IS9, leaving a cash balance of $184,035).156. The decrease in the cash for the I mouth was $3,110,374. The Department of Agriculture has reeeived 1 com its agent at Berlin a statement of the imports of agricultural ami . other products into Germany. It shows ; that during the first six months of 1805 the following percentages of the totid imports of tin' tierman Empire of the articles specified were obtained front the I ni- । ; te<l States: Colton, 8" per cent.; wheat.

15; maize. 3(1; grass and timet hy c^ *' dressed beef. 59; oil cake, 33, kin Him 93. Accompany ing the stau^*' nt arc copies .f the quarantine and prPnmjlion regulations now in force in the* German Empire in regard to the importation <.f live stock (whether for import or trail- । <it only) and flash meat. These regula- | tions are of importance in view of the ; stringent measures governing importa- I tions from this country. The importa- | lion of cattle and frosh beef is prohibited. i The provincial presidents of the German | Government may order horses and sheep I imported from the I nited States to be j hold at the landing place for observation and inspection. Pork imported from the Ftiitcd States must bo accompanied by a Government certificate of inspection. Russia The importation of cattle, sheep, hogs and goats, whether for consumption or transit, is prohibited; also, fresh beef, mutton and goal meat. FOREIGN. M. Rothschild’s hanking house in Paris was the scene Thursday of another nihilistic attempt. In the vestibule a detective on guard saw a stranger trying to light the fuse of a bomb which he earcried with a eigaret. The ashes on the cigaref prevented the ready ignition of the fuse, and the weapon did not explode. ■ 'l'ho man was arrested. When he was taken to the police office he boldly’ । avowed himself an anarchist and declared that he intended the bomb as an anarchistic demonstration. i Hong Kong advices say: The leader > of the Ku-Cheng riots, in which a number

of English and American missionarioa were killed, has been arrested. An attempt was made by Chinese soldiers to kidnap this person in the hope of securing the reward which had been offercl for his delivery to the authorities. The total number of arrests thus far of those concerned in the Ku-Cheng massacre is 130. Twenty-three of the number have been convicted, but up to this time sentence has not been passed upon any of them, the Viceroy of Fu-Kien demanding the right to review' the evidence adduced at the trials. “Spain has been setting up the claim that the United States Government is inimical to her interests in Cuba,” remarked Assistant Secretary Rockhill of the State Department, “but the recent action of this government in regard to tlie alleged tililmsteriug expedition at Wilmington should be a sutlieient denial of such an assertion on tlw part of the Spanish authorities. No matter w lint the feeling of (lie people may bo in tliis country regarding (he controversy between Spain sun! t'ului. one tiling is certain, the laws on the statute books w ill lie enforced by tlie State Department. That is all we can do in tlie mutter, and protests by ministers or represent at it ■ s of belHgorents will not have any weight in altering the policy of the administration, which is the enforcement ot lav " It is olticinlly announced at Constantinople that Rustem I’nshii, Turkish Ambassador to England, has telegraphed to the Foreign Minister that he has had an ■ interview relative to the Armenian question with Lord Salisbury, whom ho had assured that the Sublime Porte is not opposed to the reforms proposed by the Powers signatory to the treaty of Berlin, but that Turkey could not permit control of Armenia by an international commission. Lord Salisbury replied that under the eireumstnnees it would bo useless to eonliuue tlie interview. If. bo said, the Porte persists in its refusal, the Powers will undertake the suggested reforms and rest satisfied. If. however, the Porte continues to resist. Lord Salisbury added, it would be a signal for the dismemberment of Turkey. The dispatch has caused the greatest uneasiness. IN GENERAL The Canadian Government is preparing a protest again. t the opening of the (‘hi cago drainage canal on the ground that it will lower the water in Canadian harbors and have a disastrous effect, on ship ping interests. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade say-: "There is no real reaction in business. Gains which were recognized ns temporary are vanishing, but there re mains a decided increase over last yuir al date, although prices average S.s per cent, lower than a year agA It needs no keen observer to st ■■ that the reaction against rapid advance of prices is strong. The general tendency to curtail purchases where prices have notably advanced grows clearer in boots and shoes, in wool and in some products of iron." With cholera raging in Japan and Hon olulu. the San I ran iseo Board ol Health has determined t" take ever) pr-caution to prevent tin' disease from obtaining a foothold iti the city, and t>> that end Chinatown will be subjected to a rigid exam illation. The plitsn iuiis conqs'siiig the board consider that, if Lx any • hunee cholera should gain a foothold, it would make its appt nranee in the < him m’ quur ter. where the ervUihsl <-«»»ttti w the narrow streets ami Hl-ventilate<! houses j has provided a ninterin! breeding pin, e for ; the plague. If th«- condition of the quar । ter shall prove as bud as the doctors think ; it will. ii'> time will !><• lost in ordering a i • ompulsory ■■lo-ing of < hin.'it"W ti. The following is the st,'Hiding of the I ihlbs m the Nate mil L> a; Per P. W. L. cent. i Baltimore bts Mis I (’levt hind 11 s ■ I 44 .ti2i : Philadi Iphm .... 11 I H's hi .s'.Hi Rostmi 112 'si l'.‘ .Atst I Brooklyn 113 <53 5(1 ,55s . New York 113 Hl 52 .5H> Pittsburg 11G H 2 ■ I •■ ! I Cincinnati 112 5;» .*>3 >27 ! Chicago 114 s!t 55 .51s Washington ... .112 3s 74 .315 ; St. Louis 115 3G 7!l .313 1. tsrllle 115 30 85 .2>>l WI sTJ-HX I FAGI E. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Pit P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis .... 112 (’>•■ 4< .•■su Kansas City.... 112 H 5 47 .ssu St. Paul 11l 1 47 .577 Milwaukee lit! 5.> Hl .471 Terre Haute. ... 112 51 Hl .45.» Minneapolis ....115 52 H.” .4->2 Detroit 121 52 H.t .430 Grand Rapids...lls 3H I'.t .3D MARKET REPORTS, Chicago-Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to 5H.25: hogs, shipping grade-. j $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice. 52.5 U I to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 5Pe to G ; I corn. No. 2. 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2, I'd ; to 20c; rye. No. 2. 3!>e to 41c; butter । choice creamery. l!>e to 21 • : < ggs fresh : 13c to 15.-: potato. <. p. r bush. ? 3(>. (o J 4(le: broom ... i. comm.m a:< wlh to tme

j m-usb. io p« r poundIndianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.(10 to $5.73; hogs, choice light, S3.(io to $4.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 00c to 62c; corn. No. 1 white. 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c ■ to 26c. St. Louis -Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00: hogs. I $3.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 59c to | etc; corn. No. 2 yellow. 32c to 33e; oats. I No. 2 white. De to 19c: rye, No. 2,37 c to 3Se. Cincinnati- । ’attic, $3..>0 to s,>.7;>: hogs, | $3.00 to $4.75: sheep, $2.50 io $4.00: । wheat, No. 2. 63c to G lc; corn. No. 2 i mixed. 37c to 3Sc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 22c I to 23c: rye. No. 2. 41c to 13c. ! Detroit ('utile. $2.50 to SG.OO: hogs. ; $3.00 to $4.75. sheep. $2.00 to $3.75: 1 wheat. No. 2 red. s'dc to tile; corn. No. 2 i yellow, 37c to 39e; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 41c to 43c. Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red. tile to G2e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 36c to 37c: oats. No I 2 white. 19c to 20c: rye. No. 2. 12e to 44c. Buffalo (’attic, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs. $3.00 to $5.25: sheep, $2.50 to $4.00: wheat. No. 2 red. line to 65c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 39c to lie; oats. No. 2 white. 23c to 27c. Milwaukee—\\ heat. No. 2 spring 57c to 5Sc; corn. No. 3. 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 23c: barley. No. 2,42 cto 44c; rye. No. 1.39 cto 41c; pork, mess. SS.2o to $5.75. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.25: hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $2.5>0 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63e to tile; corn. No. 2, 3E • to 40e; oats. No. 2 white, 23e to 24c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, West- ■ era, 14c to 16c.

REBELS TAKE A CITY.' 1 PUERTO PRINCIPE SAID TO BE IN PATRIOTS’ HANDS. Something Like Real Strategy Said to Have Been Employed — New Plan to Develop Trade in the South—G. A, R. Encampment at Louisville. Spanish Troops Worsted. A great battle has been fought in Puerto Principe, with the defeat of the Spanish and the rapture of the capital by the insurgent forces, according to a copyrighted dispatch lo the New York World from its special correspondent semi to lluvana. It is said that n strong force of Spanish troops left tlie City of I’m rto Principe to make a bold attack upon the insurgents, j who were besieging ihe town. Tlie in- 1 surgents fled after making a weak resistance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. The rebel forces ob tained a complete victory and entered the capital triumphant. 14.(Mi0 strong. Gen. Campos’ immediate departure from Hav ana for Neuvitnd is suggestive of the happening of something serious. Tlie in surgents, taking advantage of a lyi '.mc which was predicted a tew day., before, and knowing that tlie Spanish gunboats would take refuge in the harbor, have aeen landing their filibustering expeditions unmolested. Gen. Collazo brought his fifth expedition and landed it successfully on th<' north coast near the Sierra Morena Mountains, between ('ardenas and Sagun. I he chit I object ot his exp< dition was to bring a quantitv of ammunition and rifles, and only about H h • pi. ked men w< re landed. Gen. Collazo is said to have returned to the United States or the Bahama Islands to organize other expeditions. — Veterans Take Lon is vi He. Th<» twenty ninth encampment of the I <lr:ind Army of the Refmblie was ■■(•■ned Monday at Louisville. Ky., with a parade on the arrival t»f ('ommamh'r in-< hit t Lawler and staff, at 7:3<ta. m. The Louisville legion was a feature of the parade. At thi' Galt House, the headquarters of ; the national olli< ers aie beautifully de<-o- ' rated and elaborate arrangements were j made for receptions during the .lay. While ' the reception of the commander in-chief i ami his staff was the most imposing event ' of the day. the receptions nt the depots of Grand Army of the Republic posts mi l veterans arriving in other groups were [ iqually interesting Special trains arriv- ‘ cd as fast ns they could be handled in the ilepots. and the local escorts were kept ! busy. Many veterans recognized old eon. | rades at the depots. From early morn ing and throughout the day drum corps wer.- heard in till directions, as the voter i mis Were being osi ofted to their respe ■ five headquarters on their arrival. The roads were full of extra trains, and the local arrangements were certainly equal i to the entertainment of ail that ■ ame. For Closer Trade Relations. L. o’tng business men of the South are j now orgniiizing for the purpose of <lev<4 ■ oping the industrinl interests of that see- I fion »f country and promoting trade rel i i lions with the North. A -vudieate is to be formed composed of repl esentu t ives of ; the different Southern States. The capi- I f il slock of this syndicate is to I>v not less thun <:<*:.( it mi, of whiih SKmUmmi will be ‘ in founders' nhures, ami ^IS>o,(MMi in pre- ; terr d shares. Each S ntlu rn State is < Xp. ct* I to take not le-- than slh.imHl of the capital stock, mid each subscribing, this amount will be entitled to one direc- ! tor in the innipmiy. The plan contem j plat. - the creation of an exchange and ; actual market in each of the principal trad" enters of the NOrth. An agent in the South will be expected to procure so! the company the most attractive bu.sinesin his territory . An agent in the North will be expected to take to the company ! the best people who are looking for ot can be induced to make investments in tile South. For Wounded Pntriots. Tli first fair to be held in the I'nited ; States in aid of the wounded patriot- of < ’iib i opened Monday at the Spanish American .Methodist Episcopal ('hureh. i Brooklyn. It is under the auspices of Kill ( fair women of ('iiban birth or extraction, who me banded together in an organization called the "Ilijas de la Lihertad." or the Daughters of Liberty. AU the articles displayed for -ale have been made i by members of the society mid are mostly of southern pattern. The gross receipts of the fair will be used exclusively for tiie purchase of medicines, arnica, absorbent •-otton and other necessaries for the wounded patriots of the isle of Cuba. Two Sportive Young Men Wounded. For some time past the residents of JTospeit avenue, Mas-illon, Ohio, have been annoyed by what superstitious people called ghosts. Sunday night Frank VVebb and William Conrad, wishing to have sport, dressed themselves to represent the ghosts. IL nry Ryder, on his way home, saw the pair mid. thinking thev were the much-I a Iked of ghosts, tired at them. Webb received a fh"h wound in ’he min mid ('ourad got a ball in hi.- 1. Their wound are painful, though not serious.

BREVITIES, An agreement has been entered into । between German and British steamship companies tinder which there will be a . considerable advance in freight and pas- j senger rates to America. The agreement will go into effect Oct. 1. It is understood the government of Newfoundland has made strong representations to Canada about the seizures of fishermen on the coast of Labrador. All the information obtainable shows the proceeding to be a high-handed outrage. Advices from Alaska by steamer Willapa. which arrived in Seattle. Wash., say the Chilkoot and Chilkat 1 ndians engaged in a. free tight near Dyes recently, during which two Indians were shot dead and a squaw badly wounded. The cause of the bloody affray was whisky, and it is feared that more bloodshed will follow, owing to the war-like nature of the Chilkats. Ex Collector of Customs Janu s Lotan, of Portland. Orc.. was convicted of conspiracy to illegally land Chinese and sentenced to pay a tine of Ss.oito. Seldbm k. the Chinese merchant who was convicted with Lotan. was fined ss.not). At San Jose. ('al., tire broke out Monday morning in the San Jose Lumber Company’s yard, and destroyed property to a very la rge a mount. Ida Gruel, of Janesville. Wis.. 19 years old. dropped a lighted lamp while curling her hair. Blazing oil covered her. and she was burned to death on the purely

EXCELLENT WEEK FOR CROPS. PonditionH AU Favorabte for Their ecuring, M-ituriim. and Starting. Reports on tlie condition of the crons through th.. ,„ r show that n has been generally favorable tor securing and maturing cro) < and for plowing mid seeding. Lute . has experienced a general improv, u. mt in the principal corn States and is maturing rapidly. In portions of South Dakota and 1\ iseonsin, however, the tro-' Saturday caused some injury. In Minnesota the crop is reported to have escaped injury from frost. In lowa the greater part of the crop is ready for cutting. Cotton picking is now quite general over the southern portion of the cotton region and will commeiiee in the northern portion next week. Frosts were general Saturday ami Sumlav I rom Montan t eastward to Michigan. the ri port lor individual I States is as follow-: I Illinois rile last Week has been a favorable one for crops; plenty of warmth followed by a short period of cool weather and frequent showers have caused vegetation to advance rapidly. r l'he rainfall average Im- the State lias been somewhat above the normal, also the rage temperature fol- the week. Late Til is tilling mid maturing rapidly, and with three weeks immunity from frost all will be ready to cut. Early corn is being cut quite gem-rally. Wheat land is generallyprepared mid s..wing will soon begin. Wisconsin Fine weather for maturing corn, potatoes, buckwheat, tobacco, millet. and cranberries. Early corn being cut. potatoes and buckwheat m arly matured. Minnesota Frost injured garden truck considerably, but corn mid potatoes generally escaped unharmed. Small grain e\<-e|.t flax .-ill cut. and stacking and thrashing well advanced. i South Dakota Fro-t Saturday morning I injured vines and late corn in northeast- | ern localities. Much early corn ma- [ tured, some harvested. Potatoes maturing rapidly. Nebraska Favorable week, wit!) about normal temperature, and more than normal rainfall over a large portion of the State. F.dl plowing and see ling general । and ground in unusually good condition. Kansas \ ery warm, with light showers jin t he west third and iilmndan; rains over the rest of the State. Much hay spoiled by rain in central mid eastern counties. Missouri Drought in centra! and southern counties relit v< d by good rains and late corn has now suflieienr moisture to mature. <'utting will soon be general. <’otton and tobacco doing well. lowa A favorable week for ripening corn and potatoes mid growth of pastures. ('orn harvesting is in progress and a : large portion of the crop is ready to ent. < 'hio Drought effectually broken and । all vegetation shows improvement. Indim ('orn -till promise- a large yield, much tobacco housed, mid that in ; the field in good condition. Michigan W eather hn-been favorable to all growing crops, (’orn mid potatoeshave made progress. Pastures are great- ! ly improved. PROOF AGAINST BIG GUNS. Plate from the Battle Ship lowa Subjectetl to a Test. The new battle ship lowa wil! withstand J the projectiles of the best 12-inch gun afloat. That wns the eom lusion drawn from one of the most imom-rant testsever made at the government'TToving’" ground at Indian Head. Since the equipment of modern battle ships with heavyarmor there has been in naval quarters a question as to whether tlie framework of -hip- -o armored could resist the crushing force of a blow from one of the big-guns, even though the armor itself was capable of keeping the projectile out. Hitherto all tesf- of armor have been made against mi unyielding wooden butt. Wednesday the I'nited Stat 's, for the firs’- time since ho use of modern guns and modern armor, began experiments to determine the actual strain mid injury to which the battle ship would be subjected if si nick by a projectile. For that purpose a side armor plate of the battle ship lowa, now being built at the ('ramps' yards in Philadel- | phia. was fitted up on an actual reprodue- । lion of a section of the ship. Tlie plate itself was 1H feet by 7'j. 14 inches thick at the top am! sloping toward the bottom to a thickness of seven inches. The shots were tired at 25b yards tit right angles to I the plate to secure the normal impact, i The first was a .KtO-pound Carpenter projectile from a ten-inch gun driven by 140 pounds of Dupont's brown prismatic Ipowdetl The projectile was driven into the plate about six inches, and not a single injury to the backing was discov- | ered. The second shot was also from a :en-inch gun, but the charge was increased. 1 12 G pounds. This shot also spent itself on the plate without creating a sign of a ; । rack or injury, or straining the frame- ; work. Finally an 850-pound Wheeler j Sterling shell, driven by 4(50 pounds of - powder, wa- fired at the plate from a twelve-inch gun. The projectile struck with a vi'k'eit.v of I.sun. m- an energy of 1,53().( m M• pound-. This shot sb uld. according to m"-t estimates, iiave penetrated a -i xI ■ 1 n-i m h Hmweyiz'd plate. Although it < rm ked the plate, which was already weakened by tlie two previous.^ - .-hots, am! penetrated to the wood back-

j ing. it did not get through the backing, (tn the whole, the result of the test with ' the plate and framework was considered j remarkable. Secretary Herbert greatly I rejoiced at the result. Telegraphic Brevities. Dr. Schnurdreher. of Prague, and two I Italian guides, while ascending Mont 1 Blanc, were killed by falling over a preciI pice. Daniel Ryan, a police patrolman sta- ■ tinned near Hell Gate Rapids, New York.. ’ has made his thirty-fifth rescue of drownI ing persons. Dr. ’William Waddie. the oldest practicing physician in (>hio, died at Chillicothe. ; He had practiced medicine in that city for sixty years. Father Kelly, of Norwalk. Ohio, who- ; was arrested at Omaha as a suspicious i i haracter. was discharged. He declares * his arrest w;ts an outrage and entirely I without cause. I In an intcrvii wat Los Angeles. Cal.. Fnited States Senator White said that Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald of San Francisco has asked him to introduce in । 'ongress a bill similar to the ('hinesc exclusion a<-t which shall exclude Japanese. Minister Thompson has teh-graphed the Dcpartmeiit of State from Rio that a peace a .rreement has been sigm d by the Federal Government of Brazd and tin Rio Grande do Sul revolutionists. The revolutionists were the remm’.nt of the band which followed the dead Admiral da Gmna in his fight to overthrow the present government in Brazil