St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 September 1896 — Page 6

independent W. A. KNOIjILIY, ? > ubHsl*er. '■ ■- 1 ■ — j WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA JAPANESE COLONIZE. LARGE CONCESSIONS GRANTED BY MEXICO. They Will Engage in Culture of Coffee, Tobacco, and Cotton— Armed Guards at Leadville, Colo., Nines- Mrs. Warren Wus a Little Too Previous. Japs in Mexico. Negotiations in the City of Mexico between the Government and the representative of th? Japanese Colonization Association have been concluded for a concession of 3(16,966 acres of land in ( hiapas. Advices have been received at San Diego. Cal., to the effect that the Japanese will proceed at once to place Japanese families and coolies on the land tor growing coffee, tobacco and cotton. It is the intention of the Japanese, according to Government Commissioner of Commerce and iMMMg^uiustry Shoenomoto, to run steamers BKQSfIY -kchanui ^a Honolulu to Mexican portsiU^far sontVhs Sail Bonito, State of Chiana* 1 e double purpose of developing eommemSiPid providing <-ommunication between the Japanese colony and' the home country. Six-Merry makers Killed. A frightful accident happened Tuesday afternoon a coaching party ot Maisau, Ind., young people. When about li\c miles north of the city the horses took fright at som ' object in tin* real, they backed the rear wheels of the tally-ho over an embankment and the people, horses and vehicle were rolled down a hillside in a mangled ami bloody mass. Six persons were killed. 1 heir names are: Francis Conn. Mary Cumliffe. Jas. Fitzhugh, Agues Levest, Frank Metzeler. Edward Smythe. The injured: Aie tor Brice, broken leg; Frank Donahue, driver, internal injuries; James Holloway, fractured skull; May Morrell, broken ribs. The remainder of the party escaped With more or less painful bruises. Ono of the horses was killed in the fall. The others had to be shot. Workmen Threaten Trouble. The bimetallic smelter at Leadville, Colo., employing some 200 men, lias shut down owing to inability to procure sufficient orders to continue operations. Its daily capacity is about 159 tons. The Bohn mint', from which several union men have been ordered, secured new men and is rapidly pumping out the water, so that it will be ready to take out in a few days unless further interfered with. Police are on guard there day and night. Bodies of armed men continue to guard all roads leading to the camp, sending back all men who say they are coming there to work, and depots are carefully watched day ami night. Serious trouble is looked for unless some kind of settlement; is reached. »<wn. Standing? of National Iwcasrnc. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. AV. D Baltimore ...82 54Philadelphia .57 69 Cincinnati ...72 44New York .. .57 ’>2 Cleveland .. .71 45Brooklyn ... Boston 67 52Washington .>o <>i, Chicago G 6 53 St. Lout* Pittsburg ...62 53 Louisf'He • ••29 87 Western Standing. Following is ib« standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Mlnner.pe^ • s » 39 Kansas City .66 5S India jxpolis .70 49 M ilwaiikee ..57 68 Pepoit To 53Columbus ...43 85 St Paul ....70 54Gr'd Rapids .39 8 Gives Away Her Property Too Soon. Mrs. Warren, a respected widow, residing near Sharptown. Del., has boon reading about the New York prophet who predicted the world Was to come to an end on Wednesday. She became convinced that the prediction would be verified, and spent Monday and Tuesday distributing all her worldly goods to her neighbors, and on Wednesday she donned a white robe and sat oh her front doorstep all day. The event failed to come off. and on Thursday she made an effort to secure the return of her property, but failed. She will bring suit in court to recover. BREVITIES, A Wisconsin Central freight train struck a wagon containing Henry Steinke, wife, and daughters, at Libby Crossing, about two miles north of Oshkosh, Wis., '‘tTiesday evening, and all were instantly killed. Steinke was a wealthy farmer. In attempting to frighten off a gang of hoodlums who were bent on taking a prisoner from him Patrolman Mahoney shot and killed James Linhart, a 5-year-old child, near West 15th and Jefferson streets, Chicago, Monday afternoon about 5 o’clock. The Methodist Episcopal conference of the Cincinnati district in session at Piqua, Ohio, voted in favor of changing the constitution so as to make women eligible to membership in the general conference, and allowing equal ministerial and lay representation in the same body. A committee was appointed to make disposition of the chartered fund and the dividends of the book concern at Cincinnati. The extensive carpet mills at Groverville, N. Y’., built by the A. T. Stewart estate, have been sold, and it is rumored the purchaser is Edwin Gould, who intends to operate them as a match factory. The purchase price is not given out, but it is understood some time ago the price hsked was $450,000. The plant is one of the largest in the country, with water power and steam engines. The factory has been closed for four years. Fire at New London, Ohio, destroyed the flouring mill and warehouse owned by H. A. Van Epps. The loss will be $20,000, with $5,000 insurance. Capt. George Hout, U. S. A. disbursing quartermaster in charge of the construction of Fort Harrison, near Helena, Mont., has been strucken'with paralysis. Uis condition is critical. Early Tuesday morning five masked men with drawn pistols entered the saloon of George Zung, near Fairmount, Cincinnati, and robbed him of $75, all the cash he had. They also robbed his customers, but got only $2.70. The robbers escaped.

EASTERN. Max J. Becker, consulting engineer and real estate agent of the Pennsy Ivama Lines, died at Mackinac Island, where Le had gone in search of recreation. He han a complication of diseases. At Harrisburg, Pa., the Board of Pardons voted to recommend the pa™ o ** ? r John Bardsley, ex-City Treasurer of l nil* ' ad<«lphia, now serving a fifteen years sentence in Philadelphia. The action ot the Governor is final. Bardsley has beei ) in prison since 1891. The Edgar Thomson steel works of Carnegie’s, at Pittsburg, Pa., closed down indefinitely Wednesday night. The action , was a general surprise. All the carpenters anil day men have been laid off, tint ' the furnace department is still in opera- ’ tion. At least 1,500 men are thrown out of work. Gen. Lloyd Brice, of New York, has sold the North American Review to David Munro, who was for many years connected with the literary department of Harper & Bros., but in 18S9 was engaged by Brice as general manager of the North American Review. Mr. Munro paid only $2,000 for the magazine. The bodies of Rev. Thomas F. Reeser, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheian Church of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and one of the most prominent clergymen of Central Pennsylvania, and John D. Love, a leading merchant, also of Hollidaysburg, were found lying on the banks of the Juniata River near Flowing Springs. Tin two gentlemen had been on a fishing trip Rev. Mr. Reeser has held pastorates nt Willinmsnort. Pa., and Freeport. Hl. WESTERN. Prof. Walter M. Jay. head master of St. John's military school of Salina. Kan., died of brain fever after a brief illness. Prof. Jay was born in Illinois in ISoi, and formerly practiced law at Ottawa, 111., and Van Buren, Ark. The skeleton of a man was found in the rear of the old Jesse Janus property, which is located on top of a large hill in the southeastern part of St. Joseph, Mo., Friday, by teamsters who were engaged in transferring earth from the premises Eleven men are dead, live seriously and prounbly fatally injured and a number of others injured slightly as the result of the tire which destroyed Yore’s Opera House at Benton Harbor early Sunday morning. The house was a total loss, and the men lost their lives under one of the walls, which fell into the street upon them. The steamer Homer arrived at San Frrncisco from Onalaska ami rep >rts that the revenue cutters have been making a dean'up of sealii % schooners in Behring Sea. Up to Aug. 24 the cutters Rush and Perry had seized the British schooners Aurora, Inoko, Beatrice and A ivia, the Indian schooner J- G. Swan, and the American schooner Jane Gray. W ednesday evening William Mals m, who works for a farmer named Lou Wil soil, three miles from Neponset. 111., on returning from work, was horrified to find the body of Lou Wd-on, Mrs. WiK n. hiwife, ami their 1 year-old son nd lying dead in the barn, shot through the tempi'". Wilson still held a revolver in his hand and there appears to bo u duiibt ihnt be used tkv UV«|K>r» to J. hoot his w.fe. child “and himself. Wilson na< about 37. v. ■■ old mid his wife about IU. The Columbus. Ohio. (mitral Street /Railway Company wa thrown into the hands of a receiver. The trouble was pre "nutated by Michael 1>« anon, who built the road. Business was light. Th. r ial is new and occupies new territory, the old line having the le st streets. The assets are $ 1 Aoi •. 19 I. ot w :i< h Jl.o'm, (JUD is bomied indebtedness. The balance is in notes and open accounts. The prop erty is in fine condition and tile managers claim it will pay out. A wet summer rduced receipts. At (’hadron. Neb., some unknown fiend Thursday morning tilled a sprinkling ean with kerosene and saturated the bedroom floor ami the bids upon which were sleep ing Assistant Postmaster W A Danley, wife and two children, with the thud, and then set fire to the room. The dense smoke smothered the tire shortly after it started, but when the firemen succeeded in temoving the occupants both babies were dead and the parents uncoi.scious. Intense excitement prevails No motive for the crime can be assigned. Willlum H. and Janies II Moore have agreed to withdraw from the man igemeut of the Diamond Match Company, un i their resignations are in the hands of George M. Pt>’’nmn at Chicago. William H. Moore is a member of the Board of Directors, but his brother, while an officer, is not a director. A clear field is left for installing Messrs. Armour and Pullman in the reorganized directory. There Is every prospect that the New York Biscuit Com pany affairs will be adjusted with as little difficulty as those of Diamond Match. Resignations from the directory of the Biscuit company are expected to follow those from the Match directory. A street political argument at Stromsburg, Neb., late Sunday resulted in a riot. Two citziens of oposite political faith inter'.ered with the Marshal, who was making an arrest. This started a battle which soon became general. The street was blocked by a howling mob of excited men, all of whom seemed to be slugging some one. Blood llowed freely, and the noise made by the frenzied participants could be heard for blocks. Quiet was fiua’dj restored, and the Marshal made many arresta, among whom were a banker, a. leading merchant, and other prominent citizens. Other arrests will follow. John McAuley Palmer, of Illinois, is the nominee of the gold standard Democrats for PresidenJ. Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, is the nominee for A’ice President. They were nominated Thursday afternoon at Indianapolis almost without opposition and amid scenes of great enthusiasm. There was but one ballot, Senator Palmer receiving 757^2 rotes to 124^ for Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin. Gen. Buckner was chosen by acclamation. In less than three hours the convention named its candidates, adopted its declaration of principles and adjourned sine die. Generals Palmer and Buckner will be formally notified of their nomination at Louisville Sept. 12, and the national committee is preparing for h vigorous campaign in every State of the Union. Capt. John Stark Newell, commawler of the armored cruiser Detroit, now stationed in Chinese waters, is dying at Seattle, Wash. For twenty-four hours he has been unconscious, and Lieutenant Commander Taussig, of the monitor Monadnock, now at Port Angeles, has telegrauhed to the department at AA’ashington that Capt. Newell cannot live. Capt. Newell arrived in Seattle July 23 from China on

F his way to Washington to make a report ’ I on the Kiepsim (Central China) missionary massacres. His written report, the contents of which aro not known, but which will be of international importance, is now in the hands of the authorities at Washington. In his delirium Capt. Newell has recalled tlm outrages against his countrymen, demanding reparation from China, and he daily reviews the horrible scene when fifteen Chinese were beheaded. The famous Frazee murder ease, which has been in the courts for several years, is on for trial again at Sedan, Kan. The defendants are J. W. Burgess, Theodore Cox, Mark Mcßee, F. S. Olney and William Lickliter, a cattleman of more or less prominence in Elk and Chautauqua Counties. Although several people have been tried for the murder of John Frazee, who was a rich catleman, none has ever been convicted of the crime. Strong evidence, it is said, will be produced against the defendants in the present case by John New, who has been pardoned from the Kansas penitentiary on the promise that he turn State’s evidence. Frazee was murdered several years ago, soon after he had imported a herd of Texas-fever cattle into Kansas. It has always been charged tljat, his murder was instigated by neighboring cattlemen, whose interests had been jeopardized by the infected cattle. When nominations for commander-in-chief were declared in order in the St. Paul Grand Army encampment Friday morning D. R. Ballou, of Providence, R. 1., was nominated by his comrade, Spooner, of the same State. Judge M. L. Haywood. of Nebraska, presented the name of Thaddeus S. Clarkson, of Omaha. The name of E. 11. Hobson, of Kentucky, was offered by <J»n. Cnse, of 'Tennessee. John C. Linehan, of New Hampshire, was brought forward by Daniel Coggswell, of that State, and Rear Admiral Meade was presented by a Dakota delegate. Seconds for the nomination of Clarkson came quickly from all over the hull, but one of the first men up was Admiral Meade, who withdrew his own name. It at once beeam > evident that M.ij. Clarkson would win, and all the other names were with Irnwn. He was then nominated by acclamation. At Glencoe, Minn., the trial of the first of the tn । men < barged with the murder of Sheriff Joseph Rogers resulted Saturday in a -.erdict of murder in the second degree, which did not please some of the people, and a double lynching bee resulted early Sunday morning. The two men lynched were Darman Musgrove and 11. A. Cingmars. <in June 23 the accused mer had assaulted a farmer, and Sheriff Rogers and deputy went after them with a warrant the following day. They resisted arrest, ami during the altercation the Sheriff was shot and killed, although they mndt no offer to harm the deputy. The men wi re strangers in the county, and the Sheriff was a popular oilu al The jury in i the cu e of Musgrove was ont nine hours, ami finally brought in a verdict of second degree murd' r. Rctwi en 12 and 1 o clock Sa: । i day night a n di appeal- d at the jail door, and after tying the guards and breaking the !o. ks of the ells tiny made the pris •m rs dress. The ni"b t»»ok them to tie bridge over Buffalo Cnn-k, on the road huding t<> the s. cne of the niunb r. and pla, ing them in the same relative po- I shams as when tl>e.» • .mmhtvd the tnur- I der. the* •wung them over the edge of I Bridge, th< dn.p .q fifteen feet break mg both their n«<ks. The best people of Gh n • mid tin connty are I »wl in their I d' num iatiun of the lynching and propose I to s,what < an be done to discover who I const it iib l tin m< b. FOREIGN. A dlsp.i" h nt Havana fr m Matanras that the town of Bohmdron, in that provim-e. was nttm kwl at night by insurgents under Domingue*, Ingb site, Dnntin and A nld» s In Loiidoti otlicial <ir les it is believed the Marquis of Salisbury has dvtermimsl to pursue his own o.urK" at < ’•■nstantino- I plc in future, and that he hits given the British nmliassador. Sir Philip Currie, precise ami significant instructions, with great' r powers, to command naval aid in enforcing the demands of Great Britain. Steamers arrive nt Stornoway, SgotI'tni, from I Gand, report that the a, merest earthquake sim >• 17.84 occurred there the night of Aug. 29. The report state- that two eh - hrs w< re destroyed, cattle kill'd and farms d. troyed. No per-ons wrv killed. The center of the dAturbaa V appeared to be the Vvlcamr Heeia. At the r«s;vr>t of the ndrniu'strative council of Egyptian railways, which is desirous of securing bids from Americans, I nited States \ lee ( ’em .1 General Wash ington, at Cairo, Egypt, has forwarded to tb.e State Department specifications for furnishing and laying iron girders for the hue to In- built between Nag Hatuadi ami Keneli. Mouthner von Markow, a millionaire brewer of A’ienna, committed suicide by shooting himself w ith a revolver. He left a letter attributing his suicide to attacks of the anteScmuic newspapers, which have accused him of defrauding the authorities in payments of octroi taxes There is no doubt that the charges were untrue, for Herr von Markow, although possessed of great riches, was of an estimable character and occupied a hij^li social position in A’ienna. According to United States Consul Johnson, at Antwerp, there is no truth in the st .ry which so excited American meat packers to the effect that broken-down English omnibus horses are killed and packed at Antwerp as canned beef under American labels. The Consul repo-ts to the State Department that he has •; adnmsi careful inquiry and finds that w.i ie the English omnibus hacks do come to Antwerp in large numbers, they are slaughtered and sold for fresh meat and are not packed. The system of excavation by means of cable transfer, as practiced so successfully in the construction of the Chicago drainage canal, has been adopted in part by the French engineers prosecuting the Panama Canal work. United States Consul A’ifquain, at Panama, reports to the State Department that a set of the costly and heavy American conveying machinery has been purchased and installed on the line of the canal, but is prevented from exhibiting its real efficiency by incompetent Jamaica negro labor. The Mexican Government is making an effort to extradite Santa Teresa, the Mexical maiden “healer,” her father and Senor Aguirro, editor of a Mexican paper published in El Paso Texas, which has recently criticised President Diaz and his administration very severely. All of the parties are citizens of Mexico. It is charged they incited Hie assault by the Yaqui Indians on the Mexican custom house at Nogales, A. T., Aug. 12, which resulted in the killing of six Indians and

three Mexicans. The Mexicans and Indians ore devoted to Santa Teresa and declare they will resist by force any attempt to take her across the Rio Grande. strong has been the criticism of the radical papers at London upon the alleged luxurious surroundings of Dr. Jameson aud hi s f e ii O w raiders since their sentence was so modified as to make them firstclass misdemeanants that the Governor Holloway prison, Lieut. Col. Everard S" Milman, has found it necessary to issue a statement of the conditions by which the prisoners are governed. This sets forth that they are not allowed either tobacco, cigars or spirituous liquors, that the letters they write, as well as those they receive, are read by the authorities, and that only two visitors a week are allowed to be received. The Governor further says the routine for first-class prisoners is clearly prescribed by the prisons law of 1877, and that he has no power to deviate from it. The announcement was made Friday at Philadelphia that in pursuit of the Spanish Government’s intention to land within the next few months thousands of troops on the shores of Cuba it has chartered four big ships—the famous Cunarder Gallia and the AVhite Star liner Cutie, both well-known AV estern Oeeun traders; the Glasgow steamship Pegu, ow ned by Patrick Henry & Co.; and the steamship M'Jitevideo, of the Trans-Atlautique line. Efforts are being made to secure for the same purpose the steamships Lord Gough anlj Lord Clive, lately of the American lii|>, but ti»i» a, „i hnn not been consumnAted. It may be anticlpatM that the iAurgonts within the next few months mH have the fight of their lives. It was plated by those familiar with the climate <?uba that the troops fresh out from 9^ 'in at this season will not be able to koep up the fight against the insurgents, who are all acclimated. They will suec^mb to the yellow fever and smallpox. |Mueh alarm is felt at Yokohama over a imeager report of a great earthquake wlich occurred in the northeast province of the main island of Japan on Monday evening. The town of Rukogo has been destroyed and several other towns se- ' verely damaged. Many persons are reported to have been killed by the earth- [ quake, and a still larger numbwr injured. ' while a multitude have suffered severe losses by damage Io property. The prov- ; Inces visited by the earthquake are the same as those devastated by the terrible earthquake and tidal wave of June 15 last, when a large number of towns wi re wiped out and the estimated loss of life was 30,0(>0. The provinces of Rekuzen and Kikuchu. along the coast from the Island of Konkasan northward, were the principal sufferers. The reeolleetion of the havoc to human lite wrought by that convulsion causes grave anxiety ns to what further reports may show of the results of Monday's earthquake. (>n the same day n typhoon qnused extensive damage in Southern Japan. IN GENERAL. Five per- m- wo re Lnrrcd to death in a fire In the (’ommercial H"tei at Ann Klwk Hill. Ont.. Wednesday night. The dead: Mary Louise A anr in. Christie Villeneuve. J <• phine Doehnmps, Mrs. T. Finn. M s, K Mel. , ,]. I George L. AA heder, w hite, was hang's! at Paris, Texas. for the murder of Robert McCabe in the | Chi- ka-aw Nation Juno 12. 1595. He lay in wait for his victim and shot him lin die jirvsence of his 5-yvar-old son. Imme*!iatdy after the removal f Wheeler's I buly the trap was again adjusted, and r , two m. ro mur'l-: ers. w< i gr > * v e; . 1 s,.paratel\ nt Wh.« ! er's riqil'-'. At Fds.ni. lull.. George A\’. Robe rts was hanged for the murder of AA’al'er D Freeman. Arthur Hayne was han-ed nt Atlanta. Ga. He killed lA .’d Springs i; 1! 'l'niid's sal »>n March 7. The? were friends mid quarreled while drunk. The law passed at the last session of ! ('"eigres^ nt the inKinno' of the National Dairy Union, aimed against the manufacture of filled ehe se, w lit into effect Friday. I n ler its prorisious the retail tk' ih r m :st ).a\ an annuirl fee of $s for the privilege of soiling it mid the manufacturer u tax "f I eent a |>‘Uiid for the privilege of making it. Moreover, the cheese must be stamp'd on the top and on tiie both m nn ; around the outside. Nut only this, but the retailers must display outsole or inside of their stores a sign in letters six im ies in height: "Filbsl cheese '"ld here" Disregard of the law is punishable with a tine of $59 and confiscation of the cheese for each offense. Th ■ Lill is a telling blow to the filledj'j".'res"< f Northern Illinois^ where last y,ar Is<> factories turned out nearly Is.ihhi.ismi pounds. MARKET REF ORTS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $3N> t > $5.25; hogs shipping grades, $3.09 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.7'0; wheat. No. 2 red, 5Ge to 57c; corn. Ni. 2, 19, t 2b ; oats. No. 2. lie to It; ; rye. No. 2. 3Oc to 81c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c: p.'tat'.-os, per bushel, 20c to :;o ; broom corn, common sh irt to । 'mice dwarf. $25 to ST>O per ton. Indmnapoli, < attle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.(»9; hogs, choice light. s3.<hi to $3.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.90 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, ,»(>e to CiSe; cot*n. No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis—(.'attic, $3.59 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,57 c to 59c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 18c to 19c; oats. No. 2 white, 16c to 17c; rye, No. 2,27 c to 29c. < ’incinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, s3jh’ to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50: wheat. No. 2. 59c to (>lc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24e; oats. No. 2 mixed, 15c to 17c; rye, No. 2, ,31c to 32c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 00c to G2c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye, 32c io 34c. Toledo —AA’hcat, No. 2 red. Glc to G2c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 22c; oats. No. 2 mixed, IGc to 17c; rye. No. 2,34 cto 3Gc; ■ clover seed, $4.30 to $4.40. Milwaukee—AVheat. No. 2 spring. 53c to 55c; corn. No. 3,20 cto 22c; oats. No. 2 while, 18c to 19c; barley, No. 2,32 cto 34c; rye, No. 1,32 cto 34c; pork, mess, $5.25 to $5.75. Buffalo Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, G4c to Gse; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. New Y’ork—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; bogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c: butter, creamery, 12c to 17e; eggs, We«tern, 14c to 16c.

SEItVED I M'Le’ SAM. ARMY AND NAVY VETERANS IN CONVENTION. Met at New York to Have a OdoA Time—Sealskins Will Be Scarce— Viceroy of China on His Way Home.

Veterans of Army 9w»» 'The national inim nliou of ije । i.H- q States regular army mol miyy was held Monday nt the Io the national cmnimind' ry in D/fi? 'This organization la eomfoetd ot ! 80<> honorably diH'-linrg'-d eoimors and marines of the ngul.u un'-j navy, belonging to ten eommmpla t jq*/ .g,, out the United States Tlo- ob)< •i of convention is to elect national ofibrns for the ensuing year ami to talk ov»« good of the organization. The dolognti-a top resented the following commands: G« m John M. Schofield, Gen. AA’. S. flamoek ami Gen. George A. Custer, L’biladelphia; Gen. George AA’aslimgton, Centralia, AA’ash.; Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Fort Keogh, Mont.; Gen. George G. Meade, Pottsville, Pa.; Gen. George 11. Thomas, AA'ilmington, Del.; Gen. David McM. Gregg, Harrisburg, Pa.; Gen. Philip Kearny, Newark, N. .1.; and Gen. Philip 11. Sheridan, New York. Li Hung Chang Leaves. In Hung Chang passed ovei into Canada byway of the suspension bridge a little after 9 o'clock Monday. The distinguished Chinaman traveled on a special Canartinn meme trsir, which had been brought to this side —the first ever brought into the United States, by the way—especially for his convenience. His purpose was to get tn the Pacific Coast as rapidly as consistent with safety, and he will take most of his inspection of Canada from the car windows. It is underI stood that Li Hung Chang is preparing autograph letters of thanks to George AA’. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railway, and ' Maj. Gen Ruger, the President’s representative on the tour. j i Slaughter of Seals. C. 11. Townsend, of the United States fish commission, and temporarily of the Behring Sea seal commission, in an interi view expressed the opinion that the seal herd in northern waters is being rapidly v xtenninated and the sealing industry ruined by the unrestricted pelagic sealing now indulged in by a large fleet of schoonI ers. He maintains that three-fourths of ; all the seals killed in the open ocean are j females and that thousands of pups aro i dying on the Pribyloff Island rookeries on that aciount. On the Japan coast tin' conditions are even worse, and he thinks that scaling in that country will never again be profitable unless the seals are given s 'wral years of perfect rest. NEWS NUGGETS. iThe Dvm >frat;e free silver State ticket in Arkansas v as elected Monday by the largest majority ever polled in the State. I The estimates from late returns give fr ir 50,(Hh> to 65,<hh) majority. In 1594 ■ the majority was 4H.950. At Cleveland. (>hio, ix Unite/, States ; Senator Henry B Pavnf suffered a stroke * o! paraly sis AA cduesd ty at d l as been uncoesci ii.s n;. st of the t ine since. Little I hope is entertained for his re overy. He i" •'rly .*• years old and one of the . tneu iu Ohio. Tae seh oner abuo vv which left Jacksonville Aug. 23 w th a cargo ot yet low pine for New York, ran into a heavy nnrtl.vast gale off Fryiior Pan shoals, south of Cape Hatteras. ( no laboring of the ship caused the cargo to shift, and while AA’illiam Nugent, the first mate, and John Edwards, a colored seaman, were sv edging the deckload a heavy wave struck the schooner with tremendous i force mid the two men were swept overbo ird and drowned. ■ It was disc<>vert*d Monday morning that Jacksoii and AValling, the Pearl Bryan ■ murd'-n r>, had planned to escape from ! the Cincinnati jail Monday. Jackson ; was discovered in a whispered conversa:ti n with a colored burglar. AValker. । AA aiic-r was dragged from his cell and a , new revolver vva. found in his pocket and ' a s.w in his cell. Several saws were . found in AA'alling s cell. Jackson s cell : was starched, but nothing found there. A -i; r- ami gifts of food will be watched i mole closely hereafter. <1 n. AA'. H. H. Hart, of San Francisco, i lias just returned from New Aork. where | he has bt < n in the interest of the Pacific I Co-st Association of Harlem ami Anneke i Jans heirs. He reported that all required of the heirs was to produce proof of rela- ' (ionship and they would receive their pro I rata of the property, which is valued at । s4(>"},im>O,9oo. It is the purpose of the I various associations throughout the Uni- ■ ted States to ask the Supreme Court of j New York to assess the property 1 per j cent, in order to < reate a fund which will ! be used in establishing the claims of those ' who are too poor to do so for themselves. Dr. Thomas Gallagher, the alleged dyn- ! amiter, who left this country thirteen I years ago, returned Friday on the steam- ' ship St. Paul a pitiful mental wreck frotu the results of thirteen years’ penal servitude in a British prison. The elaborate preparations for his reception by the Amnesty Association and hundreds of Irish friends mount nothing to him. He did not even recognize his sisters at first, and in a moment of delirium struck his brother, shrieking wildly that he had kept 1 him in jail. Three of his riba have been fractured and his brain bone forced in during his confinement, and there are cuts mid bruises and old sores all over his body. Harry IL AA’ebb, a son of C. 0. Webb, wlm owns a large part of the Shasta A’alley tn Siskiyou County, California, lias been engaged oy the Chartered Company of South Africa to take charge of the ! Consolidated Gold Fit ids Company’s interests at Johannesburg as consulting engineer. the position until recently tilled by John Hays Hammond. Monday was the biggest Labor Day Chicago ever saw. In 1886 20.000 union men were in line. Monday there must ha v < been 10,000 more The line, fairly compact and four abreast, was two long hours passing a given point. Matthew Chirk, an old bachelor farmer, was found murdered lying in the roadside near his home, a few miles from Excelsior Springs, Mo. His head was horribly battered and he had evidently been murdered for his money. There is no clew and particulars are meager. Clark had £vea aloufe for years uud was well to do.

— __ । "-Ry; CITIES IN JIOIIRNE^r BENTON HARBOR AND ST. JOSEPH FIREMEN KILLED. Eleven Meet Leath Under Fallins: XA’alls—Catastrophe Caused by the B' alnc of Y’ore’s Opera House —Inceu UurlMin Thought to Be the Cause

rirrm"n'« Awful End. A »Hii d,li- rrilnmity befell the twin citie* ».f tii and B'-nton Harbor at an k- -ij i,< r v: r.q. / morning—the destruc- • Il'i'i'c am! the loss ■•■■■■■ • • f the St. Jo- *- ■■ It- H : I in- department. ib. r . .. <,f these two h'"'- ••- . ^‘l'.ahdthisdis- . ■ - . tb«- Chicora was 'tht dci.d. ’•■l- »'t 'i <: ; < Hi Joseph, draymm' Ic ad • i nli'd. Arthur 1 Hill, St. Joseph, foreman hove '"ompiiiiy; lived om- lioui. John Ilohman, Renton 1 i arbor; crushed into unrecognizable mass. Louis Hoffman, Benton Harbor. Thomas Kidd, Benton Harbor; unmarried; killed by live wires. YA ill Mitten, Renton Harbor; leaves widow and seven children. Scott Rice, Benton Harbor, bellboy at hotel; skull fractured. Robert L. Rose, St. Joseph; burned; lived one hour. Frank M. Seaver. St. Joseph; cut and burned; lived three hours. Silas Frank AA’atson, St. Joseph; skull crushed: leaves widow. I rank AA oodley. Benton Harbor; killed by live wires; widow and three children. The Injured. John A. Crawford, Benton Harbor; burned about the head. AA ilham I reund, St. Joseph; cut about the head. AA ill McCormick. Benton Harbor; ankle crushed and leg broken. Frank S. Paget, St. Joseph; bruised and bmned about legs. At midnight fire was discovered in the roar of Yore's Opera Hous? Block. There was a performance in the house Saturday night and the : udienee had >t been gone more than three-quarterssof an hour when the tire was discovered. Its origin is a mystery, but it may have bion caused by a gasoline stove in the basement of the building where a banana ripening room is located. Ineemliarism also is a widely-acceptcd suspicion. Ihe St. Joseph hook and ladder company was requested by Chief Johnson of Benton Harber to assist fighting the firo from the rr-ar iu or.hr to save the buildings across the hllcy. They began work and had m J more than got their ladders raised when the top part of the alley wall wax noticed to totter, and a yell went up. hut too late. Ihe crash came and the boys tried to get away, but nine wire buried beneath a wall that stood eighty feet high. AA hile the St. Joseph boys were getting up t\ r ladders th ■ Benton Harbor boys had a line of hose in the alley keeping the i 11, mes. Kidd and AA’oodley were killed | by live wires after the wall fell. S F. AA’atson was the first man taken I out dead. He was '-rushed. John Holtman was taken out alive. He was injured internally and died soon after. E. 11. Gauge was alive but badly mangled. He died soon. Louis Hoffman was next cucd. His skull and thighs were frac- J tured. He died early Sunday morning. . Frank M. Seaver had two holes burned in r,n<i was qlberwise badly burned, and died at — o afternoon*. Mr. Gange was senior member ot thh'^ transfi r and fruit buying firm ofi & B ■ Iger, am! well known on both*Sidesj|jj of the lake He was an Odd Fellow ■ a Maccabee. carving $16,000 insurauce'in • the latter order. He leaves a wife.** ' ...... i Mr. Hill was manager of the St. Joseph laundry. He was a Knights of Pythias and a Maccabee, and carried SI,OOO in each order. He leaves a wife and two । small children. ! Mr. Seaver was a member of the liquor j firm of Kibler & Seaver. He leaves a wife. Mr. Rose was unmarried, but carried $2,600 in the Modern AA’oodmen. i The two Hoffman boys were not brothers, but belonged to and carried insurance [ in the Modern AA'oodmen. John leaves a wife and six children. Louis was unmar- . ried, as was Scott Rice and Thomas Kidd. Mr. AA’oodley leaves a wife and threo children. Mr. Mitten a wife and four 1 children. He was formerly of Buchanan. ‘ The ages of those killed range from 20 to ’ 35 years. Building a Total Loss, The stores under the opera house were । occupied by the News, a tailoring establishment, a bakery and barber shop. The * building is a wreck, and ail contents were • lost. ■ ’■ Frank Woodley and Th >mas Kidd were ■ on top of adjoining buildings with hose when they encountered live electric wires. ■ on which they were hanging when founa. Policeman Charles Johnson narrowly escaped, as falling bricks tori his coat off, while another was protected by a telegraph p'lle. The work of removing the debris was commenced at once and those pinned in wMre removed in a few minutes except C. A. Hill. J. A’. Howe lassoed one of the St. Joe firemen, who was half buried with bricks, and pulled him out of the intense heat that was cooking him. Property Loss Is $50,000. Joseph Frick's bout and shoe store, wesjr of >he opera bouse, was partly biirnff w and demolished by the falling walls, pj and his family lived ovtr the store, ' how they escaped being killed is a tery. The Toss is estimated nt $5,000, as fol-* lows: Patrick Y’ore, opera house am; furnishings $."5,000, insured for $19,000> Evening News, $4.c00, insured for $2,500;* Joseph Frick, building, stock, and house-’ h"ld effects $>.909. insured for $4,500; other losses $4,000, partly covered by in- . sur.iiHC. ; A firemen's tournament closed in Benton Harber Saturday, and Saturday nightN the "Factory Girl" was presented at the * opera house for the benefit of the local firemen, winch, followed by the burning of the building and the losing of so many lives, forms a singular chain of circumstances. Inquest over the remains was commemed and the examination continued till tb.e question of live electric wires was reached, when an adjournment was made. Ivy Baldwin, the well-known balloonist. was seriously if not fatally hurt failing from bis balloon at Denver,