St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 October 1895 — Page 2

£ljc JnbtpenbtnL AV . -A . HZIV Y, I *<i I>l Ishoi. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. ARE SCARCE AND HIGH LEMONS ATA PREMIUM IN NEW YORK CITY. Sucker's Bite at a California's Joker's Bait Burglar Gets Away with a Roll of Confederate Money—Methodist Women Win at Elgin, Failure of the Florida Lemon Crop. The British tramp steamer Sylvia from Messina and l’alermo has just brought 26,966 boxes of lemons to New York. Owing to the entire failure of the Florida crop, together with short production in Sicily, lemons had jumped to $16.25 a box and $12.56 a ease. A box holds from 130 to 156 lemons and a ease just as many, only the fruit in the latter is larger and liner. The steamer Victoria from Malaga, Spain, is dm* with 22.60(1 boxes of lemons. Prices will drop. Tin* nominal rati* is from $3 to $1 a box. Last year Florida supplied New York with 156.000 boxes, and the total consumption in the metropolis was 2.000,000 boxes, or about 1 IO lemons for every man, woman and child. Will Admit Women. At Elgin. 111., the Kock River Methodist conference, by a vote of 142 to 27, deeid ed in iavor of the admission of women as delegates to the general conference. Ev cry prominent minister in the conference voted tor the women. Nobody eared to make an argument against (he proposition and the friends of the sisters were so con tident of success that they did not think it worth white to take up time talking about it. So there were no speeches on ’either side and woman’e right to a place in the highest council of the church was recognized and pnbliili declared in less than three minutes’ time. Monument on the Dclnwnrc. An immense assemblage ot I'cmisylvanians and Xew Jerseyites took part Tuesday in the exercises attending tin* dedication of the monument of Washing ton’s crossing. This monument is at Taylorsville, formerly known ns MeKo j ney’s Ferry, and marks the spot where ' Washington and the patriot army crossed the Delaware River on a bleak 1 n-eem ber night and routed the British and lies skin troops tit Trenton, N. .1. The exer rises consisted of the singing of patriotic songs, and reading of a poem ami of his- ' torical papers and an oration by General William S. Stryker. Adjutant General of New Jersey. * 'Tis a Cruel Hom. Istters and telegrams continue to pour into the telegraph and postotliei* at San Jose, ( al., addressed to Hip Sing Lee, the mythical Chinese merchant prince, in whoso name tin advertisement i recently appeared in a San Francisco OWnOr. Moi 1. c. There are tit present nearly five hundred letter* in the postoffiee addressed to the mysteri ous Hip Sing Lee. all presumably in an swer to the advertisement refern d to. ■ Disappointing "Huul" of it Burglar, An unknown burglar who ha* t ided reg ; ularly homes in Fernbank. Delhi. am! Home City. Ohio, . very Saturday night for two months made a rather unusual ! "haul" Saturday night He < iitced a residence where two young women wen sleeping alone. He stole through th. j house, ransacking drawers, and found in i n dresser a jewel case lontainmu a fat roll of bills. The burglar left some vain able silverware lying in plain sight and fled. Thore was Svn in the roll, but it was Confederate money. NEWS NUGGETS. Near Brigham City. I 3 . M Inger Jeppsen. Christina Jeppsen. am! Mis* Ipsen. formerly of t'hi. ago. were killed by a runaway. Mrs. Nelli.- W Hagel lost her life at Monrovia, t ai., while attempting to mak< a parachute descent from a balloon. She fell I.<hh> feet and strip k on her hoed She was a native of Illinois. Le Forban, a new torpedo boat con Btnu ted at Havre for the I Tern h govern ment. Ims just completed her official speed test at Cherbourg. During the > trials she accomplished .’11.32 knots nt hour, which is the highest actual spei< recorded for this class of vessel. There is a scheme on foot by which j Miss Fram es E. Wiliard may c >me inh , possession of her childhood home in the j suburbs of Janesville. Wis. Fifty acres j ■ of the farm are to be deeded to Miss \\ ill ard in trust for the W. C. T. U. as a home 1 lor old and wearied workers in the tem J perame cause. The farm will be laid out 1 in lot* and after 2’ M ' are s..ld the deed t : the titty acres vv ill be made. The Red Clwnd. Nob., roller mill, eh* j vator and warehouse, one ot the largest ' plants in the State, were destroyed by j tire. I'he loss will amount to s4o.o(Mi with $20.00(1 iusuran n building am machinery. I hi* mill has been idle sima the high water in June took part of the dam out. but the steam plant was used | to generate electricity for the city lights, i and the city will be in darkness for some j time. About 3.(Mi(t bushels of wheat it) : the elevator also burned. The Bank of Monett and the Bank ol i Purdy, both Barry ('minty. Mo., institutions, have been closed by Secretary of State Lesm'ur upon notification by the State bank examiner of their insolvent condition, and are in the hands of receivers. This makes thirteen banks closed by the Secretary of State since the execution of the new bank law began on July 1. besides some hall dozen others that anticipated the examination by making assignments. Two thousand Massillon, (thio, miners have stopped work. They want GO cents, and operators want to pay GO. but the two disagree as to the plan of fixing the rate. These miners are disposed to leave the 1 nited Mine Workers of America, who are in happy touch as to prices with operators in four States, and the latter are not in sympathy with the Massillon men. James Cornell, a well-known prospector and rancher of San Mateo. N. M., was shot from ambush and killed by one of a small band of renagade Apache Indians who have been prowling about in the mountains in that vicinity.

eastern. Charles J. M ebb & Co.’s cotton and Wooten warehouse at Philadelphia was burned, causing a loss of $250,000. John L. Martin, of Chicago, is under arrest at New York for attempting to swindle through a pretended bank account. The famous World's Fair engine, No. 099, made the run from Albany to Syracuse, 147.84 miles, in 134 minutes and 30 seconds. New 1 ork capitalists are discussing the advisability of building an electric line between Cleveland mid Pittsburg. It is estimated it will cost $10,000,000. A tire at Carnegie, Pa., destroyed Waldee & Foster’s extensive flour-mill, Martin s lumber-yard, ami damaged other buildings, entailing a loss of $60,000. Two men. mimed Westfall and Barrett, were out sailing at Oswego, N. Y., in a small skiff, which was capsized. Barrett, who was an employe of the Silver Metal Works, was drowned. Westfall held on to the overturned boat until he was picki'd up by a schooner. By tlie explosion of a lamp in the dwelling of Leon Kuchinsky, at Pittsburg, two daughters of Kuchinsky, aged six mid eight, were, it is thought, fatally burned. Dr. L. S. McDonald, who rescued the children frmp the thune*. was severely burned mid will probably lose the sight of one eye. New York Democrats in State convention at Syracuse placed in nomination the following ticket: Judge Court of Appeal.* Judge Teller Secretary of State Horatio C. King < omptroller lohn B. Judson Attorney General Norton Clm.se Treasurer D. C. DowState Engineer Russell Stuart WESTERN. typhoid fever i- becoming epidemic in the Wisconsin regions re< . mJy vnited ■ by tori t lire*. A number of deaths have been reported. At < aldwell, luiu. Jame* It Sherman, it relative of Gen. Sherman and a former comrade of Col. Codv ami Wild Bill, ha . , been acquitted of the murder of M: v - r ! Meagher, of ('aldwell. twe tyom w - ago. It wns the last of the cowbov bat | th s. Ihe ('ommitti' on Nomin.itions pre Rented its re. ommcml i tion* nt the open ing of Thurada.* morning’s *m*o m >o the i <ieep wmi rwav s < <mvcntiou in Ch-v.-land. < thio, for the re .de. (ion of the 01. l , and the election of s"v ( -u,cn mcnibeis of : the Evwittm* Board. The report w > i promptly adopted. A great setttton has been .;in*<d nt ’ St .1- " ph. M- Io th. i. pemmi. e of 1.-, y. m M e i Slent.-L ' who steppi d nut of her imithrt’* h« tm the other mgi'» and im. not b. • u se<-i j since- Tlie nmlimr of the girl openly <, ; ettse- Domint' k W.; :n -wish havo ,* spirited Imr daughter aw cy At M iiw / t ;ke.. Wis.. tie g. 't. •ov । * r ot 1 'nine 1 ’,r wa- : r.,- . I gviher with liUMKt bushels oi v b. .m.s .>>,ism Imslu Is ot barley Ih> i-* .m tls< grain w ill b ■ abi nit X3O < (Ht. | she l<> s n Ihe clev a tor i: - I f atom »s< ■> । AII f uli covered by msurm, IF- Imil.iiug waow ned by the Martin estate. At Norton, Kmi.. Morgan Heat.m matb> n desperate attempt to kill J. M t’rmg, n Plattsmouth. Neb., banker, mid failing, turned his revolver on Cashier W t* | Shoemaker, of (he Norton S ate Hauk, j The bullet d■. . <-t<■<! . t the Int'• : ai*.> w .' wide of its mark, and IB at..n wa* timilly arrested. Fmi.il’ affairs cmovd th’" tFvm He. Three women. Mrs. Zmn r. Mr- 1 ■ i; wood, ami Mrs. Deitri.b. who w re charged with a -nulling and inning and frnthermg J. Welmi. a te.o her. nt St. ( ’loud. MIV u . r . ' < S e ; • . •. t • . gating t<>. A” *rn.y Reynolds, who -e fended the women, made ms efi.-rt to prove the cmditioi s m the s. to ol di-tri : were so bad that th. wom-n were ju-'i fits! in their eotidm t. but th- . ou t ruled out ail the ’est.m ny ex ep: that b. it , g simply on the n-sanlt. Forty p: ss.-iig. rs. t- my o tb. m woii cn. who started :icross th<- lake f rmu < 'F <ng.> for St. Joe on the sb -n. r F r/ a Sum'ay mi'rmng return* : : - ( : - ■ m the aflernom beemise th. boat had l>. c:i unable to make a lauding .m the other -aiof the lake Wi.<m they .sime down tie gang plank after thmr trip they were about us sostsiek sl looking )<>! nt pa-sen । gers as one would see in imti.v a day. i Mi -t of th. tn dm lau d it had b.en a rough voyage and the n :gh sea rolled the boat s., that many m v er exp. , n d to laud alive. Fire in the Minncnttolis ( Lumber <-f j Commerce for a time threatemd the destruetioti of the building. Ihe tlmm•* were, how ever. i uifim d t<> the upper floors, although the entire building was drenched. The Chamber *f C'.nimt’ree is a hand:-- >:m* five story stone structure. at Third street and Fourth avenue ■ smith, two blocks from the milling dis trict. It was ere. ted in ISS4 at a cost of * $ IS: i. (KM I. It is tlie .enter of the grain . trade, the Corn Exchange and Flour Ex change occupying adjacent corners. The j loss is estimated at S3(»,(MK) on the build- j ing ami S.’lg.(hk) on the contents. The inanrance on the building i* sl2.i.(MX>. I'lie i. >l. ox i.. g uoti<>- r-si.-.l o’ 1 tello, Idaho, has brought forth iudigmmt . protests: , ; •'Department of Interior. I nited. States Indian Service. Notice: No- , tiee is hereby given A. W. Fisher, Mrs. A. W. Fisher, his wife: Jule Fisher, his son. or any immediate members ot In* , lamilv to keep off the 1 ort Hall reservau(in. ' TIB IMAS B. TETER. “t'nited States Indian Agent, Fort Ha! Agency." The Fishers, who have considerable : influence with the Indians, recently cir--1 culated a petition for the removal of Agent Teter. Passengers at Spokane. Wash., from Trail ('reek. B. C.. report a horrible crime in that mining camp. Morris (>’<'onnor. a prospector owning several claims, took a mining expeit named Cook to look at them. He and Cook camped out on a mountain, and during the night O’Connor, who had been drinking heavily, arose mid. taking a tuck, drove it through Cook's brain, pinning his head to the ground. He then grasped an ax and finished his bloody deed by hacking his victim in a horrible manner. The mutilated body was found the next morning by some miners, who organized a posse and soon captured O'Connor. It is thought O’Connor committed the deed while crazy from drink. Cook represented a rich syndicate purchasing mines. A thief committed a bold robbery on a Wal ash train the other night as it .-topped at the Archer avenue depot, in Chicago. A young and well-dressed man sprang on the steps of the rear coach just as the train was slowing up and, brushing past

the porter, made his way inside. Thl first comiiartment was occupied by Mr« George Mack, whose husband was in th® smoking ear. Ihe robber forced his wal in and, loughly seizing Mrs. Mack, pushe® her to one side. He took her valise an® purse and turned to leave, but Mrs. Mac® seized his coat and drew him back. Th<j| man struck her twice in the face and sh 3 sank to the floor, but still clung to himT Hi* dragged her to the platform and wher^ she commenced to shout for help he strut If her again in the face. As she relaxed he. hold he jumped from the train and eg caped. Typhoid fever seems to be epidemic ii Chicago. Forty-two deaths have ot eurred in the last eleven days, out of i probable total of nearly one thousam cases and physicians ami health depart, ment attaches ascribe tin* cause Giversel', to the condition of the water supply or t< the impure milk and cream sold by dear era up to the time of the department ertv sade against them. Health Commission er Kerr denies the existence of an e^l demic on the basis of the fact that onlu three cases were reported to the deparf ment Wednesday. But, the Evening; Post says, the fact that there were twe£ ty-nine deaths from the disease at tli> County Hospital last week and that tln4. an* eighty cases there now has a if. oindenucthiui^HiereporWß®**l“ l ' new cases. It is will known tluif p//* sicians are careless about reporting cuslSl of typhoid and even the hospitals frO qnently refuse to make reports of tir number of patients and of llieir disease* as required by the city ordinance. SOU! HERN. ('. Phillips, a meiniuT of the Hatfield M'Cov gung in West Virginia, is dyint of blood poisoning caused by a bulled wound He is said to have killed six mes» In the mmpanisnn State silver convert tion, (ailed at Raleigh, N. C„ by Demdl ' crats, all the resolutions excepting thosl I dechiring for free coinage of silver w<*r^ laid on the table. Senator Stephen B. Elkins fell front i bnv<’<* at Kingwood, W. Va„ and i seriouslj injured his ankle that he «a‘ . taken ti> New rk by special train 10l I surgi<:il treatment. ; Dr. Robert Bailey, the m>te<l surgeon is d v ihg at Route. (>:i. A- originator o : tin osH'iation that now bears his muni Dr. 8.-titci gained great prominence. HI l as l»s n -ucie-sful iii a number of difS - ! > ilt surgical openitioiis, using method l I original with himself. At Nashville, i'enn.. work is progress ; one rapidly in preparing the site for lh^ I siinr—. r ( eoletinin) Exposition builT i , .ic-. and «h t, s the orm t stone of thH| art building, n reprodtiction of the Pa.O , thenoti at Athens, will be laid with pt pri ite • cremoiiies. A large attendKi u:i<e ot promincitt people from all part^ ' of the State is expect’d. j Th* re was a terrible w re. k on the Ha<| timote and Ohio at Tut ..Hto, , W. Va* I riday mot mug Trina No. 1 crashes | , s i No 4, which was stat dng m * ■ switch, and > <mq>b*h h demolished a loaa । •• : ’• «!» I nited State- Marshal Gardf* I 1 . ci V ■' i ng, and , m । dih y. <V Charbstoft, «rn pr Gabi’ ; it,Fly sc bl C.aping Steam Ms* Mary^ ■ D i- bo thougi t t ' i- 1 fatally injured. j Gov. Ctdl’erwoti, of Tyxat, lifts bi* threat to « all an extra sv i fe-gishmtr* if '«•(>” tn step «!»•- *7®, | posep t'orb’-tt t’itxsimioon* pvisetight i f. ir <» t. 31 a! Ihi T < < J .vm > % ! ha* twro indefatigably looking up Be j laws on the sub> I nud. with Attorney G. nvr.il < rnm-' ■ I elp, m id. n exhaustivr j -tmly the q n-CiHi. Thursday even I mg > v ry nscmlw'r d the Cabinet was in . on* ilt.iticii with the Governor uutil j II Ui At midu ,:ht the Governor i *ncd j ,i j r *. iamatinn . ailing a *| < ial session of the la-gls|atur»- As the re. s 'H for bis a< t . ti In- -ay* rhai. umlt r the present ooidition of the law. the fight manager* are liable l«» pull off tin- tight while the o-urt* are rm-mg over it that Chief Ju*t. c of th.- ( :rt of < : mimnl Appeal* Hurt has rub 4 ngamst the State, nod now tlu re is a mandamn- « ase pcmlmg :n the Supreme I' - irt that may go in an entirely diff* rent hue, raising a conflict bctweiti tie* two hig <*t i urt* in the State, hi order t< th. ali |«»*sible rnu* t! ura-n he issued the - all. WASHINGTON. A W:t-'. :.g' . dr-patch says; Spain mast ern-h the rebellion during the next three months or submit to internatiotml iuterfcreme in the interest of hnm.uii y and c.>mtmr<’ That is the signiticane e of a serie* of •* nterem es just I.eld between S. . ret ary Olney and the Spanish mmi- rr. Seiior Dupuy de, Lome. ’The I titled States has agned for! the present to kc-p hand* out of thei trouble, but this is acionqumied by a* tacit warning that unless Spain carries, out her promise of sc.ppreß*ing the insttrre ion aml r.sto: ,a _ order to < 'nl>a with- I in reasonable time she must expect the I nited State* Government to pursue a quite different policy. In other words. Spain is to be given one chance to dem- | onstrate her ability to rale the island, and. failing in this, the chances are the^ t'nited States Government will take tlnA; leader-hip in int* ’ • : "W' with the cmpl.-tc aut.m.i"" 1 ■ 11 .11: . ■ .1. ■.ot < -o*^ :1 " ,b ’' [ point. ; \ year ago Commissioner ot Ponsiyps> l.ochren said that the limit had probably’ ! been reached in the number of pensions, ! or rather in the amount to be yearly appropriated for i>ensions. and that for two । or three years the payments would re- ' main about the same. It was his opinion that there would be a slight reduction in the number ot pensioners on account of deaths, blit that the allowance of new i pensions, wi’h back pay and arrears, would probably keep the amount about even. While the amount of money paid for pensions will not be materially different there has been added to the pension rolls during the last year about a thousand mini' s in excess of those that have dropped out. so lucre has been an increase instead of a decrease. There have been a great many outstandihg pension claims adjusted during the year, and that accounts for the large increase. The year lias not been very fatal to pensioners, the death rati* being less than would be anticipated at tin* time of life at which the veterans of the late war have arrived. Though the retirement of Lieut. Gen. Schofield did not take place officially until Sunday noon, he practically relinquished command of the army at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon when he closed his office in the War Department. 'The farewell order issued by the General was the one announcing his retirement, and it follows: General orders No. 51. Headquarters of the Army. Washington. By operation of law, the undersigned will cease to command the army at noon Sunday. He

extends to all his companions and comrades most cordial thanks for the zeal and fidelity with which they have at all times; j supported him in the discharge of his du-i I ties, and he assures them of his high esteem for their soldierly and patriotic devotion to the country’s service J. M. SCHOFIELD, Lieutenant General, U. S. A. FOREIGN, The Spanish Government has decided ! to send hereafter only veterans to Cuba j ioi the suppression of the insurrection 1 there. The 1 nited States warship Alert was seriously damaged by a collision with an ' English freight steamer in the harbor of Guayaquil. : Prof. Louis Pasteur, the eminent bacteriologist, died Saturday evening at 5 o'clock at Garches, near St. t’loml, in the environs of Paris. The London Pall Mall Gazette Friday printed a dispatch from Shanghai which says: "Appearances indicate that England is finally in earnest in regard to the massacres in Chinn. Five warships are now on the Y’ang-'Tsc-Kiang irocecdhig toward the scenes of the disturbancos, ami four more are expected to start tomorrow.” The Spanish newspapers at Havana are again giving accounts of Gen. Jose , Maceos death. He is known to be suffering frpm rheumatism, which prevents him f>- >in riding on horseback, but letters . have been received from him written two days after the battle ot San del Indio, in which he says his health is rapidly im- ' proving. In one of his letters Jose savs i the Spaniards had about 200 men killed j and wounded nt the battle of San del i Indio, and when they were retreating were met by some of Antonio .Maceo’s cavalry, who had set a dynamite mine in I the road where they had to pass. The mine worked marvelously well, extermin- i ating about 100 men. (Iver an area of fifteen miles pieces of human bodies were found afterwards, while shred* of flesn and skin could be seen hanging from high ; trees and vines. IN GENERAL Lieut. Peary is at Halifax, where heap- ! peur* anxious to avoid publicity. l H order ' to dodge reporters it was published he j hud left Halifax for Boston. Ihe Mexican l'ongn*ss ha* passed a ' bill abolishing the right of states and municipalities to tax foreign or domestic i mefi linmiise eiiti ring <.r in .rausi through . r their jurisdictions. l^wd Abeidceti hastened back to Ot- 1 tawa. Ont., to meet Sir Julian I’auueefote, the Btitish amba** uior at Wash ington. It is understood Sir Julian has reci iv< d instructions to press tor the immediate payment of th’* claim;; of ('ana dian heab r- under the l’afis award. < <dom | Herman Stump. <’ommi--iom'r : es i mmigra’ ; a sot the I nited States, is nt Winnipeg <n route from British Co- j himbin. when* he went to make inquiries iouehiug the number of Japanese entering | the coqutry, ('ohinel Slump learned the ! i knmiitrntion of Japnnses at Canadian j*erts is vcry sumll. Information ha* come to the Federal > niithontii * nt San FranciiHi* that many I . British M-alitiß sctHWUrr* have been <ur . j rying arm* in open d’*finnce of the treaty ; i am! that flic hunter* have boldly violated I every clnu*<* of the law. Compfuiuts will ' be made to the State Department and the matter wdl b>- laid before the British Government. W ie n the Pm ifie mail steamer City of | I Rio de Janeiro sailed from San Fran- j ; cis । for f’hina ami Japan with pa-sen ' i ger* and merchandise -he carried auay the largest amount of treasure which has i been taken to the Orient in over two year* Th*' total amoutp from the vari otm bunks and Chinese merchants netted : S 1.13 1.2* M i. w i c h sum -S'.*'■>, I* " 1 wa* iti Mexii ah dollar* ind S227,o*i'> in silver bullion. 'Thi- sum will bring the total , nmount of treasure exj*ort«*l to (’hina I and Japan in September to a figure ex C'osling S3,(»*> ihhi. 'The (’optic, the hist Steamer to - ail. ■ arried over S1 ,(HMi,(M>i). The N ttiomil Has Ball League finished | the -i'll- 'll Monday with the clubs stand- ( ing in the following order: Per ‘ P. W. L. cent. Bab more 130 87 43 .GG9 j Cleveland 130 M 4G .G4G I Philadelphia .... 131 7s 53 .505 | (’hieagu 130 72 <>B .5.i4 . Boston 131 71 Go .542 Brooklyn 131 71 Go .542 J Pittsburg 132 71 Gl .'>3S ; Cincinnati 130 GG Gi .508 : New York 131 GG •>-> ,7>04 Washington . .. . 12S -13 s.> .33G St. Loui- 131 39 92 .298 Louisville 131 35 9G .2G7 MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to 81.50; sheep, fair to choice. $2/0 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. GOc to Gl •; corn. No. 2. 32c to 33e: oats. No. 2. rte । to 20c; rye. No. 2. 4Oc to 42c; butter. ' I." . . ~. pei bustle/. -■ *;3o<:; broom corn, common growth to fine /-brush. 2 l Ac to 4c per pound. f Indianapolis—(’attle. shipping. $3.00 to I $5.5(1; hogs, choice light. $3.(K> to $4.5(1; » sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2. GOc to 62c: corn. No. 1 , white. 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c I to 24c. St. Louis—Cat th*. $3.(10 to $5.75; hogs. $3.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. GOc to j 62c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye. No. 2,38 c to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,67 cto GOc; corn. No. 2. mixed. 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 21c , to 23c; rye. No. 2. 43c to 44c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, j $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2.00 to $3.50; 1 wheat. No. 2 red. GGc to 67c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 2,>c; rye, 44c to 45e. Toledo —Wheat. No. 2 red. 66c to 67e; ’ corn. No. 2 yellow. 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23e; rye. No. 2. 42e to 43c. Buffalo —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. ■ $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.0 >; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 37e to 38e; oats. No. 2 white. 25c to 2Ge. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 59c to 61c; corn. No. 3, 30e to 32c; oats. No. 1 2 white, 21c to 22e; barley. No. 2,40 cto i 43c; rye, No. 1,41 cto 42c; pork, mess. | SB.OO to $8.50. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to SS.ZO: hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $2.50 to $3.50; . wheat. No. 2 red. 66c to 67c; corn. No. 2. । 37c to 39c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; i butter, creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, West- I , ern, 16c to 18c.

NO MORE FREE SEEDS BUREAU AT WASHINGTON HAS BEEN ABOLISHED. Dr. Mary Walker Will Establish an “Adainless Edcn”-China Comes to | 1 ime—Lost on Luke Superior—Cuba’s i Cry for Help Is Heard. Secretary Morton’s Sweeping Reform. I In accordance with the order issued by j Secretary of Agriculture Morton several weeks ago, the "Seed Bureau" of the De- , partment of Agriculture went out of ex- < i-tenee with the close of Monday’s business. Ihe bureau was brought into existence for the purpose of purchasing ami distributing such seeds as are rare and ■ I uncommon to the country, or such as can be made more profitable by frequent change from one part of the country to another. Soon after the advent of the present administration, however, Secretary Morton came to the conclusion that tin* , bureau was made the medium of useless, extravagant, gratuitous and promiscuous distribution of seeds through members . ol ( ongress, ami by engaging the services <*f a press .'lipping agency he found that he was backed tip in this opinion by the , leading newspapers of the country. Thereupon he signed the death warrant of the bureau. In the matter of salaries the saving effected will approximate $20,099 a year. The Attorney General supports the action of Secretary Morton. Asked to Aid Cuba. I he cause of Cuba has aroused the sym- : pathy and gained the friendship of thou- ! sands of Americans, and both found expression .Monday night at Chicago in a monster mass meeting, which overflowed • cntral Music Hall with an audience of । .i.doo. and sent thousands to Asgoeiution bail. Mayor Swift. John Mayo Palmer. Rev. Dr. 11. W. Thomas, John Henry Barrow*. E. F. Cragin, P. S. Henson, Win. A. Vincent. Wm. J. Hynes, E. B. । Sherman. F. W. Gunsauhis, Bishop Fal- ; lows, and many other prominent citizens , participated, and the speeches aroused a । furor of enthusiasm. The resolutions were red-hot; they quoted largely from • our own declaration of independence, and : were adopted with a roar of approval, the echoes of which will be heard in Spain j itself. The; were signed by the following j gentlemen: R. J. Smith, William I’. j ■ Williams. John Henry Barrows. H. W. j I homa*. illiam (Pomerov, Thomas 1 B Brvan. i An A'l vantage to Manufacturers. The adoption of free wool in the I'ni- ! d States tariff law has resulted in advan- ■ ■ tage to the I nited States manufacturers. 1 ! according to a report from I'nited States < ousul Schramm at I ruguay. He points out that the shipments of ITuguay wools । I<> the I nited States have largely increased by reason of the tariff change. "'This is greatly beneficial to the interests of the i I nited States." he adds, "from the fact that the title qualities raised here have in-ver before reached the I'nited States. ' A* these tine wools cannot be produced । in the I nited States and nt the same time are essential to the manufacture of I vurionH articles, it is evident ilnvt Ct?? । benper They chii Tie made to our manufacturer.* tlie more they will lie enatiled to compete for the world’s markets as Well as supply the home markets." A Female Press Reform Colony. Dr. Marv Walker, who forty years ago 1 preached the gospel of dress reform to ■ the women of this country, and who was arrested in many cities for dressing an.) ' appearing in male attin. is the apostle of a scheme for the bloomer gnis Dr. Mary ■ ha* bought a farm < oirr ining 135 acres of hind, seven miles west of Oswego, N. Y., and proposes to form i; colony in which ' man shall have to part Only fetuah * i who will bind themselves to a life of celibacy while members of the community ' and to wear bloomers for life are to be eligible. They will work on the farm in all its details, plant and harvest the crops, r.ispose ot them in market and take care \ of the stock. Nine Die in a Gale. Reports of damage and loss of life caused on the lakes by the recent storm ' are cone ig to hand. The gale seems to have been most destructive on Lake Superior. Only one Chicago fatality reI suited. Owner Johson of the schooner \ John Raber losing his life while trying to secure a tug to rescue his waterloggged | vessel off Dune Park. Ind. It is thought 1 eight lives were lost by the foundering of the schooner Elma in Lake Superior. Many lives may have been sacrificed, but । there is still a hick of definite informa- | tion. Amends for Murders. i Ai London it is announced that China , has accepted the British ultimatum and the Viceroy of Szechuen, who is held to i have bet*n responsible, indirectly or dii rcctly. for the ma.**:lere of missionaries ; in the territory under his jurisdiction, has -X • . >...11 BREVITIES. The Spanish cruiser Conde de Vanadito is reported to have landed marines 1 on the Florida Keys to search for filibus1 Trouble has again broken out between I Peru and Bolivia. Conflicts have oci eurred on the frontier and the fear of war ; is again revived. I Fire damaged the Omaha and Grant ; Smelter in Durango. Colo., to the extent 1 of $5(1.(199, destroying the receiving house, ■ sampler, roaster house No. 1. and several 1 smaller buildings. For two hours the entire plant, representing $1,509.0 O. was in j danger of distraction ! At San Francisco George Williams was sentenced to two year, in prison for throwing a tumbler at Magistrate \\ . L. G. Soule. The St. James, an old Columbus. Ohio, 1 hotel, centrally located, was damaged by- ■ fire to the amount of $19.00(1. Many i guests had to be saved by ladders. No ■ one hurt. At Middlesboro. Ky.. there was a heavy frost Monday morning. Late corn and tobacco are ruined. The financial loss is heavy. Farmers from Bean's Fork report ice a quarter of an inch thick. Vegei tation is entirely destroyed. I The 'Treasury closed the month of Sep- ! lumber with a surplus of .<3,1 >5.040 in re--1 reipts over expenditures, instead of the ' deficiency which has been for some i months a characteristic feature of its ! monthly statements. It shows an avail- | able cash balance of $1.85.089.217, with ' a gold reserve of $92,811,328.

■ Professor Charles G« D. Roberts, thu Canadian poet, has (vritten a short popular history of Canada. Two year® of work have been given to IL Sir M alter Besant began his career ( as a college professor, and It was due to ill-health, of which there Is no'w no trace, that he turned his baud to novelwriting. A selection has been made from the unpublished letters of Dean Stanley for 1 publication. The letters were address- ■ ed to members of Stanley's family, to Dr. Jowett, Mrs. Arnold, t Dr. Vaughan, Sir George Grove, and the Queen. George Meredith was reader to Chapman & Hall when Thomas Hardy began his career as a novelist, and the latter declares that he was much encouraged when his manuscript was ; read and pronounced “promising” by : the author of "Diana of the Crossways.” Miss Montresor will soon publish a new novel which she intends to call “The One Who Looks On,” and peopie ■ are wondering whether she can repeat she success of “Into the Highways and Hedges.” Sl^e also nas in hand another novel, which she proposes to entitle “Monsieur Morezes.” A. J. Balfour has in his country home ft big ar.d lofty study, where all his literary work has been done. It Is full but not overfull of books, and a conspicuous ol'ject is a splendid grand piano, v,’hereon the author of “The Foundations of Belief” is accustomed to wreak his idealistic moods. Mr. Balfour is sometimes card playing on this piano at two o'clock in tlie morning. W. 11. Mallock has been at it again. Years ago he wrote a clever little burlesque, "The New Republic," in which well-known people were happily travestied. In “A Romance of the Nine- ; teenth Century” the same ph’otography ! was conspicuous. And now. in “The ' Heart of Life,” the portraits are” 1 more । audacious than ever. More than one I well-known figure in society is repre- ; sented in circumstances at which the | reader may stand aghast. Mr. Mallock j has availed himself freely of matter ■ collected from the newspapers. ; When Satnuel It. Crockett, the Scotch novelist, was a student at Edinburgh , University, he lived on nine shillings a j week, and lodged iu the garret of an j old house. His life was vigorous, and । there is a trace of it still in his habit of rising before dawn. Mr. Crockett Is out of bed and at his desk before | five in the morning, and by the time a man in mercantile life is on the way ■ to his office he has done a day’s work. ’ Six hours’ sleep is all he takes, and the ' Ri me'morning til! - ■ eleven at night is his own to do with 1 as he pleases. "Nana Sabib.” An English magazine tells her curious story. She was an ugly painted wooden image which a soldier took years ago from a poor heathen in India. The ( man had tried to kill the soldier and, I suppose, had been killed in return. At any rate, the soldier took his horrid little idol from him and brought it to his little niece to play with. ■ Ugly as it was. the child seemed to fancy it for a dolly, and it became one of her treasures. She named it “Nana Sahib.” i W hen she had become a woman and ; thought no more about dollies, one day her mother thought that ugly Nana Sa- ' hib had been lying around long enough, and decided to make her useful for kindling the fire. | The creature’s eyes seemed to be made of clay, but a blow from the ax ’ made the clay scale off and show two ! bright red beads which were found to .be rubies. Then it was discovered that . j the image was hollow and stuffed with ' ' gold. More than S4OO worth of money r ; had been hidden all these years in the i wooden “dollie!” I wonder what the t 1 mbth'er did with the money? The ar- - tide did not state. What do you think she ought to have done? Making of Perfumes. ‘ It is an interesting thing to know that 4,200 species of plants are gathered and used for commercial purposes . iln Europe. Os these 420 have a per- * ! fume that Is pleasing ami eater largely I into the manufacture of scents, soaps h nd sachets. There are more species of white flowers gathered than of any other c010r—1,124. Os these IS7 have an agreeable scent, an extraordinary large proportion. Next in order come yellow blossoms, with 951, 77 of them being perfumed. Red flowers number 823, 1 . of which 84 are scented. The blue ' flowers are of 594 varieties, 34 of which ' are perfumed, and the violet blossoms ' number 308, 13 of which are pleasantly ■ odoriferous. —New York World. French Shoes. Wooden shoes in France are produced to the extent of about 4.000,000 pairs yearly. They are made in Alsace and Barrier by machinery and Lozere by hand. In the last named province 1.700 persons are engaged in this manufacture, ami the yearly product is more than half a million pairs. Th? best are are made of maple; In the provinces nearly every lady possesses a pair of the liner sabots for wearing out in damp weather. These finer sabots have monograms and other designs carved on the vamp, and they are kept on the foot by ornamental leather pieces over the instep. The manufacture of these pieces of leather is a regular business in France. Father—What was your mother talking about awhile ago? Son —I don't know. Father— Why. you sat and heard I a n! Son—Yes. but she was talking 1 to the baby.—Chicago Record. I