St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 September 1897 — Page 2

@ljc independent. — =1 AV. A. ENDLF.Y, i’lilHlsßor. WALKERTON, INDIANA. CORN IS BEING HELD. NEBRASKA FARMERS HAVE PLENTY ON HAND. Oue Hundred Millions of Bushels of Old Corn Yet in Nebraska Cribs— Famine Threatens Ireland—Strikers and Their Wives Rout Deputies. Want Higher Prices. A member of the Nebraska Board of Agriculture, who has returned from au extended trip through the State, makes this report as to the result of his trip, and figures have ben prepared which show that there are 100,000,000 bushels of old corn yet in the hands of the farmers of the State; 50,(MM),000 bushels of old corn in cribs in tire State; 250.000,000 bushels <,orn safe from bad weather or corn, whicr^mMMMi||Nihii*^some t . x tent by the late hot weather, much of which, however, will be saved if rain comes to the State within a few days; and 75,000,000 bushels of wheat, rye. oats, barley and flax. This makes a total of 500,000,000 bushels of grain raised by the farmers of Nebraska this year, allowing for 25,000,000 bushels of late corn to be saved out of the total acreage. It is estimated further that of this crop there will be consumed in Nebraska 150.000,000 bushels, leaving 350,000.<K)0 bushels to be shipped out of the State during the next twelve months. The profit to the railroads for moving this grain will be $10,000,000. Famine Facet* Ireland. The New York World’s special inquiries throughout Ireland fully corroborate the alarming predictions cabled of the failure of the harvest and a consequent impending famine. In Mullingar, one of the most prosperous parts of the Midlands, the crops are now irretrievably destroyed. It will be impossible for the farmers to make anything of their cereals this year, as they are quickly rotting. Travers for fine weather are recited. In County Wexford, noted as one of the richest in the country, the given crop may be described as a gigantic failure. The greater part of the potato crop is only tit for feeding I cattle. These evidences of the widespread . character of the ruin wrought by the inclement season are merely samples-from numerous reports received. The Irish Government has adopted no measure yet to cope with the threatened famine.

Athletes of the Hinman I. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore .. .77 33 Washington. 49 (51 Boston 79 35 Brooklyn ....50 (54 New Y0rk...73 39 Philadelphia. 50 *sl Cincinnati ..(>4 40 Pittsburg ... .48 G 1 Cleveland ...57 55 Louisville ...49 G( Chicago ... .51 03 St. Louis... .28 SC The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 85 32 Detroit <55 58 Columbus ...77 43 Minneapolis. 41 8t St. Paul 77 47 Kansas City.3B b< Milwaukee ..73 50 G’nd Rapids.3s 85 Women Headed the Mob. The efforts to evict the striking miners of the Pittsburg and Chicago Coal Company at Orangeville, Pa., resulted in a riot of no mean proportions and the utter failure on the part of the company to ac complish its object. Headed by the women. the strikers rushed upon the deputies with stones, clubs and pickhandles. and blows fell thick and fast, (hie of the big women wrested the ritle from a deputy’s hai^ds ami struck him on the hea ' with it. inflicting serious injury. By th time 1,090 men, women and children had I joined the crowd. The deputies slowly retreated, taking all of the above insults and injuries, but never tiring a shot. BREVITIES, Fire in the whop sale district of Philadelphia did over BWOJIOO damage. John J. Corbett of Chicago narrowly escaped drowning at. Atlantic City. David Pearce, a well-known ranchman, near San Gabriel. Cal., is dying of poison from the sting of a mosquito last week. The body of a woman, shockingly mutilated. was found in the woods near Laurel, Md. It has not been identified. Charles E, Gower, a moulder of Allegheny, Pa., was shot and killed by tramps on a freight train near Beaver Falls. His four companions were robbed. Senior Conductor Hyatt of the Order of Railway Conductors was crushed between two sections of a train and killed near Hoopestown, 111. He lived at Englewood.

Jacob Wilson, a fruit ranch employe of Tulare County, California, lias obtained a court decision which gives him a portion । of the £17,000,000 estate left by his father, a New York broker. Wild horses have become so much of I a nuisance in Northern Arizona that Attorney General Frazier has been asked if they may not legally be slaughtered. That vicinity has been overrun by several large bands, hundreds in number, unbranded and unclaimed by anyone. The annual convention of the National Railway Master Blacksmiths’ Association opened at the Beland Ho*el in Chicago, Tuesday morning with an attendance of over 100 members. The association is organized for the purpose of discussing and disseminating information respecting the best methods of applying iron and steel to railway and car construction. Hot, dry winds in lowa have cheeked the growth of belated corn, and in some places have actually ruined it, while the early corn has been hastened to maturity. Those who cut their late corn now will secure the larger measure of feeding value of the crop. The drought has seriously affected the potato crop and pastures. A formal declaration has been made by the Vatican that the statement that Cardinal Satolli had been designated by the Pope to succeed Cardinal Ledoehowski as prefect of the propaganda is pure fic»k>n. —

EASTERN. Herman Otten jumped from the Brooklyn bridge ami was seriously if not fatally injured. Pennsylvania Democrats nominated Walter E. Ritter for Auditor and M. E. Brown for Treasurer. Remenyi, the Hungarian violinist, was robbed of $4,000 of silverware, jewelry and clothing in New York. Boston’s new $6,000,000 subway for street railways was opened Wednesday, about one-third of it being completed. The story that President McKinley was deceived into signing an indorsement of the goods of a big collar concern at Troy, N. Y., is now absolutely denied. Mrs. John Drew, the oldest of American actresses, died in New York Tuesday. Her death was not wholly unexpected, as her failing health had been a source of apprehension to her friends for some time.

Train No. 4, the New York vestibuled train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, jumped the track at Blodgett’s Mills, and the locomotive, baggage car and two coaches ran clear through the station. Mrs. .1. 11. McQuillan of Philadelphia was killed and seventeen passengers injured. Several congressmen will visit the Hawaiian Islands. Those who have thus far determined to visit the islands are Joseph Cannon of Illinois. 11. C. Lou lenslager of B’yw Jt'rsey and J. A. Tawney of Minnesota. Their purpose in visiting the islands is to acquire information on matters that are likely to he considered at the coming session of Congress. District Attorney Olcott of New York has tt signed statement made by Herman Nack, whose wife anil Martin Thorn are under indictment for the murder of William Guldensuppe, in which Mrs. Nack's practices as midwife are recited in shocking details, liver since the woman arrived in this country, in issil, the husband declared, she has indulged in unlawful practices. Nack, who has been separated from bis wife since April. 1896, testified that the bodies of children had been di' posed of at the rate of two and three a month for the last eight or ten tears. Some of the bodies, he said, were ereimit el in a stove, and others were buried, A copy of Nack's statement was sh >w e to Mrs. Nack in the Tombs. Her demeanor was unruffied, but when she < ame to any of his charges she branded it as a lie. Mr. Olcott admitted that Nack'- detailed statement had no direct bearing on the trial of the woman and Th >rn for the murder of Guldensuppe. H" intimated, however, that the declarations of Nack might lead to a prosecution of sev -ral d"tors whose names arc used by Naeß in the statement. Mr. Olcott would not di'- i" the rumor that Mrs. Nack w mid phad guilty w hen charged with the murder of Gllhh nsuppe, but declared that m> over tures had been made by her attorneys.

WESTERN. The strike in Pingree A Smit" ' sh--" factory ui Detroit hits b-< n vn-b-d by a couqui.miso and tin- operativ-s ill n turn“ l to work. The children <>f the late Colonel J"hn Thoma- of Mascuutah, 1.1., are terhntiu in the courts over his otute, v.dm-i at over $1 JHMI.tHHI. The records ami papers of the Supreme Court ot Illinois have been remoV' it fv.-iu Ottawa to Springfield, win the court will sit hereafter. The American pacts] cycling hour :• -'ord is now thirty two miles ami l.**2<i yard-. Jimmy Michael, the “Welsh womh made it at Detroit. Margaret Crave:), who <'a ms j of the Fair estate, has married Henry K • h ler. president of the American Brew.t.g Company of St. Louis. Judge Ellsworth, of Califon, a, lias ruled that a bicycle is personal pt- p< :y find exempt from exe< ution if used by thowner in hi- daily business. Chicago saloon statistics for the las! 1;cense period show the issuance of I licenses, with receipts of SlTl l.njo. I !,.- is a dt crease of .”>sl saloons. Fri d McConnell. <ashi<-r -f a S Bank of Atub: i, Iml.. ;s m," .a. t-■_- h- : with funds of the bank estimat -1 at any amount between Slh.ihki ami sso. ihh*. E. C. Little of Kansas, form, ily e -c-ul g. u ral at Cairo, has received from the Ki iix eofEg ypt the gi and cor don of the Impeiial Order of Mejiila h of the Ott - man Empire. The Democratic S ate Central C-m---mittee of lowa secured a temp c-ary injunction restraining the Secret try of State from putting the ticket of the Soiling Populists on the official ball it. Thirty five families were d mlered homeless to-night by a tire m tin Kaw River bottoms, near Kansas <’ity. A . e tire block of frame buildings was destroyed. entailing a property b-'S of StiO,000. Many poor families lost all their household effects. A boom is under way in the Kansas City hog market. Friday’s prices were the highest reached within nearly two years, going up 10 cents to 15 cents a him Ired weight, on top of a similar advance Thursday. Prices advanced 70 cents since Aug. 1. and near a dollar higher than in the middle of July. Miss Marie Henrotin of Chicago, after four days of terrible suffering, died at Montreal as the result of a partially successful attempt to cremate herself. She died at the Hotel 1 >ien Hospital, -iml thetiis no doubt that the attempt at silt il< struction was made while tin- lady, who is

4G years of age, was temporarily insane. Judge J. J. Sullivan, Democrat, was nominated for Supreme Judge by the Nebraska fusionists. Judge Sullivan was the second choice of the Democrats. After they had agreed upon him the silver Republictins also took him up. rhereupon the Populists dropped Judge Neville and Sullivan was declared the fusion candidate. Tramps began to rub ami pillage stores at Conway, N. D. The city marshal and a posse captured three of the ringleaders after a hard tight and placed them in the city jail. At 1 o’clock the Hext morning the jail was discovered on fire and before the flames could be extinguished one of the vagrants was cremated ami the other two Lave since died of frightful burns. George W. Adams of Cripple Creek arrived in Denver from the gold fields of South America. Fourteen months ago Adams left to try his fortunes in South American mines. He went to the gold fields. 3<M) miles from Georgetown, in company with eight Americans, remaining there eleven months. Os the otntire party of nine he alone escaped death from the fatal lever. The Board of Regents of the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan discovered that the cattle, sheep ami hogs kept on the college farm were infected

with tuberculosis. The attendants who have been employed at the stables are seriously ill and the man who has had direct charge of the cattle is not expected to live, having been suffering with the disease for several months. At Portsmouth, Ohio, a forty-ton flywheel at the Burgess Steel and Iron Works was burst by a 4,800-pound ingot stopping a roll. The mill was crow dcd with workmen, including day iln d night crews. John Murphy was hurled thirty feet and badly bruised. The roof was riddled. Beams two feet square were cut in two like straws. The mill was set on fire am! the furnace was destroyed. HoW the great crowd in the mill escaped is u mystery. SOUTHERN.' Yellow fever in virulent form is imported raging in the little surf-bathing resort city of Ocean Springs, Miss. John G. Woods, superintendent of mails at the Louisville ( Ky.) post office, brought suit against Postmaster-General GMT ami the post office department authorities to prevent them from removing him from the service. The case probably will be a test of the power to remove a government official embraced within the civil service rules. At. Nashville, Tenn., Diehl & Lord’s wholesale beer, cider and soda"works H almost totally destroyed by fire. Ine los on stock is estimated at $36.D*\ > ’ U ’ insurance. The tire originnt’UHw^i*' » ble, and five horses perishes) names. During the tire a number of soda founts am! carbonic acid and gas drums explod** cd, and several spectators were hurt. Willie, aged 7, ami Eddie, aged 9. sons of Matthew Chv, S1 fanner living near Mannsville, Taylor County, Kv., met terrible deaths from rattlesnake bites. They were play iug hide and seek with sonic other children ami \\ illic ran into the bushes and failed to reappear at the proper time. Present!y Eddie he«ird cries from his littic brother ami, hastening (q fils aid, found, as be at first thought, tint he had become faste lin the hollow if an old stump. In trying to puli the child the stump Eddie i|:-m nwicd tint four big r.itth rs w< ;e biting Willie time ami 3.: im. Badly frightened, but (|<‘t"rmin* d to re-cue his blether, Eddie reached in t r a bettor R .t,|. ~-.q „ , him-elf biHen repeatedly. The cries of the two children atir u ted some men. mid they were tinnib rescued from their perilous position, hut not until they were past all aid. One died in five minutes and the ,ther in tch Ihe four snake were killed, ami it was found that the youngest child had JnmfWd into thei: m st in the h<4h>w of the old stump.

WASHINGTON. Brigadier General Ruvg!< « will retiw. having reached the age limit. I he safe of the District of CnlamtiiM tax . ..111 I tor was rnblaql Os about S'. rotary L-mg, it i- b< imv.-d, will re<S ounm mi the further cnlnrg. m< nt of the navy. S< r.-tary Sherman and the PertlVMlSj Minister had a ■ 'nf< r« m, on the \L <’ »ntj Ltnn ami it i- b. Heved I’.-ru w ill ;> »y claim, while ili-io mg it» jii*tu«'*a, SB Ihe Comptrwih'r of the t’urrvncy idvi-c l I hor - v •' th failure Fir't National Ibiiik of g. h l It had a capital .nx-k of July 25 the ib |H.sit» were $84,000. A i'tant Secretary Howell ban iu Mruetcd the oollector at New York to mp pend the otlki'imn of di«< rimm uing duties umlm m-< tion 22 of the m <v tariff la* pending the d<wpiou of the attorney gem mal. TbeM> imuructiup were psUpl wiu-n it wa» a* ert limd that the eallretwr at N w \ ork had b. ea . -dfi-i these dis- tuuiuating duties mi g «!* from Canada. 1 he United State* *e, r< ; serv .p- Im: > au is struggling with an cpiilmne of countert'mt*. Hardly a day pas*e, auh .nt tL arrest of from one to half a du’.m pi-rs"ii* detected iu passing spuriou* note, or silver coin. It is evident that there p< al large volume of counterfeit silver ertifi* I cates of last year’s issue all it and that the circulation is continually b"it g diluted w ith that sort ot material. \\ hen these certificates were tiist put out expert cm gripe!' pic! ted that curUet fetters wmiM be ! nipte ! to resume a< tivit v*. and the i-suit shows tl .it they were not w rong in their propio y. As works of art these certificates may be very tine, but for purposes f money they were shockingly deti lent iu many of tin safeguards whn h the itepartim-nt had provided against < .mtitm fcit inc. G<n ■ -n.ment dvp- uves have been instruct' 1 to be on the watch for bogus silver dollars, the tip having been given the treasury department that a move wa- being made in - me my steri-i-ib and unkn iwn quarter for the minting of such doilr.rs on a uirge > -ale, the coins to have tin- same amount of silver as the genuine and to be in exact similitude of the coin bearing the stamp of the United States mints. I hus far the department has not been able to locate any of this licit product and it is not believed any of* the logits dollars of that sort are yet in circulation, but that is no guaranty that, the country may not at any time be flooded w ith them. At the present price of silver bullion there is a maigin of 60 cents on every dollar privately minted. FOREIGN. The pri. e Os bread is still advancing in 1..,n bm and Paris. Prince Hohenlohe. the imperial chancel lor. will retire in October. Tin- King of Siam visited Prince Bismarck and took luncheon w ith him. The Sultan of Turkey lias sent rich presents to the Ameer of Afghanistan. Mayor Pastoureau of Toulon was stabbed and dangerously wounded by a Corsican. Nicaragua business men have petitioned the government to put the country on a gold basis. Eight Armenians, who have been convicted of taking part in the recent bomb outrages iu Constantinople, have been sentenced to death. A Buenos Ayres correspondent savs that reports from all agricultural centers indicate an increase of fully 20 per cent in the wheat area of the country. An outbreak is reported among the Moplars, or fanatical Mohammedans, of the Malabar coast. It has not yet assumed serious proportions. Malabar is a district ot India. A dispatch from Montreux, Switzerland, announces that an asylum for the insane which was in course of erection there collapsed, burying a number of workmen in the ruins. Japan is secretly negotiating with the diet of the Greater Republic of South America for the construction ot the Nictp

ragua Canal, Independent of and in defiance of the interests and influence of the United States. The thunderstorms and rains which have prevailed for the week throughout Great Britain ami the continent culminated in a severe gale, which did much damage to trees and crops, resulting in numerous shipping casualties to the English channel and flooded many parts of the Thames Valley. A very silly story has been published about Japan intiiguing to get control of the Nicaragua canal. It i 8 80 pronounced at the State Department and the Japanese legation. Some time ago Jauan received a communication from the greater Central American republic that she assist in guaranteeing the construction ami neutiality of the canal project Rut Japan, instead of taking steps to that end immediately replied that she would do nothing in the matter without the consent mid co-operation of the United States. At the same time Japan notified this country of the communication. IN GENERAL. It is said the I nited States government now claims Dawson City in in American territory and has instructed Alaskan w/ticials to act accordingly. -« The government has cut off all rations tq) Apache Indians except flour. They are ynreatening an uprising and the settlers Sear the reservation in New Mexico are tery much exercised. ) Nirs. Guthrie, w ife of Luther Guthrie, a prominent citizen of Walnut Grove, Ga., was killed by lightning. Mrs. Guthrie had one of her children in her arms when the bolt fell. The child was burned, but not seriously injured. Leroy Tozier, writing from Skaguny, says: “As a bl- i ade is on and with those now here and coming 5,000 people will be compelled to remain here until spring or return home. S"iue have horses and wagons, and such are mak-iig from S6O to SHHI a day.” Ihe figures of the exports from the I uited Staffs for July show an increase ovey the corresponding month la-t year of about S 3tHi.no.>. The domestic ex ports last year,were the largest in the nation’s history. The total exports in July were $69,725,770. Psesideut De Armitt figures that the strike has so far cost the miners of the country sS.tw,i«m. He ba- s this statement on th- supposition that BMijkio men were cut and that they averaged $lO per wees, Hw tnen harp forfeited $15,000 in wages to the company by breaking their contracts. Ihe fight of the De \rmitts against the miners La- also b a a very costly one. Already about SIIJMO has twi n spent by the New Vuk A Ch vclnn l Gas Con) Compd,^ f.,r w..g< - ami board of deputy sheriffs. The I’nnm r»’ National Congress degid -m Eort Worth, T< x., ns the place for the no« ttng in IMW. AL re than nn hour was given to th.- di«« m-mm of the matter, ami « n the roll call <■' > Kan-m, Michigan. Montana. N« bra-'s i and S mth Dn kofa were solidly for the Omaha propose Hon. There were scattering x.t i from N' w Vuk. N rth I• i kot a ;i 1 . o[)m jn

|mt fulh t" IhiiU' w. re for T-wi It. lore the r- suit <>f th- bull t .-mi I In nn m.unnsl. mi nmti-m of the Nebraska dele gjaV 'lon M "Fth w - -<-li-< ted. An invihp. m vxt>-mb d fi >m Ni iKtr.i Falls for the wiigD'ss <>f INs.i and from Boston ifor thy < ougn-ss or A fitter has ben n .-ive.l in Vatiemßer fr-uu H< : ry B- bn -m, wlm left for tin Yu k«»n v a Sk iguay, with a well equipped party In July. The party cmisist.al of eight, but one grew faint heart.- ! under the hnrffubip* ami returned. They had reached the summit <>u Aug 22 and ex pem!'l to arrive St.-w .irt n. -i before winter sets in. Dead hor*. -. are reported along the trail aud at one «p where their party k»st ouv bor'*- through fulling over a precipice, six hor-ex wa re killed in the Mine day. Two men were caught MetlHng and were shot- Large numbers of |n- pie are turumg bm k and outfits ea:i be par. haw 1.10 ।p y . 1 bit i ,i 1 > i-e* no one to g>» up .lepeudmg mi pnreh ising out fits. He say* Imi" ' are -in ib-mluto necessity. Ex Sergt. Hayw .d ■ f the Vancouver pole. I t.e, who went up to Dawson City m ' - > y * in " let ter that “God -mly know , wlmt will b< come of the crowds now heidmg this way.” At the tiim- m* I - writing provisions were v.-ry '- .'i..- in Daw* >n, but a steumcr was .t-d d.tdy. News received in letter' to the Alaska i’ommercial (’ .mp iny that faml ie is alm .st certain mi the K‘ ndik. mxt winter, receives confirmation from Mr. Goodhue, a new spaper eorrespomb-ut at St. Michael s. He states that the Yukon is unusually low. and that the chances of getting enough food to Daws m to support those now tin re and those flocking in are slender. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Cattle, emmou to prime, $3.00 to 55.75; h"g . shipping grades, ,53.< Hl to 81.75: sheep, fair to ehoiee, $2.<M) ’to $1.50; wheat. N". 2 red, 93e to 94c; Corn, N". 2, ."O< to 31- ; oats. No. 2, 18-' jto 20c. rye. No. 2. 50c to 51. ; butter, Lhoiee creamery, lie to ISc; eggs, fresh, T2'- to 14c; new potatoes, 55c to 65c per bushel. , Indianapulis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; Avhe-n, No. 2, 90e to 92t; corn, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to Ilic. St. Lotti' Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2. 96e to 97c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 19e to 20c; rye. No. 2. 19e to 51c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; whe’it, No. 2,95 cto IMh*; corn. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21'*; rye. No. 2,48 cto 50c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75; "heat, No. 2,93 cto 95c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 2le: rve, 49c to 51 c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 94e to 96c; ( ’orn. \o. 2 mixed, 32c to 33e; oats, No. 3 white, 19c to 20c; rye. No. 2,49 cto 51c; clover s’eed, $4.00 to $4.05. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 92c to 93c; conb No. 3, 30e to 31c; oats,_No. “ white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1.50 cto nlc; ’orley, ’ No. 2,42 cto 45c; pork, mess, ^ s -~o to $9.25.’ Kuft’nlo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $•1.00 tl , $4 75; sheep, $3.00 to $4. <5; wheat, No ” red, 99c to $1.01; corn, No. „ yt ’ n cw, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 24 c to 25c. x ew York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, to 85 00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, Xo 9 red SI.OO to $1.02; corn, St 2 ’ b737c:’oats, No. 2 white, 23c ’’utter, creamery, 12c to 19c; eggs, esteru, i sc ty 17c .

GIVEN A LONG CHASE. Man Wanted in low a Brought Back fro m the Klondike Country. 1 rank Albert Novak, under charges of ^dVoxvaV I,Boll ' h ‘‘ lS arriVed ftt Wal ’ K he BC 7 e ° f his allc S ed cri metv ‘ n * rvie J ed Novak deified being He ? the c ^ ar « es ”P against him. Alhm+ w 880 ?’ however > thl it he is Frank Albeit Novak, and not J. A. Smith, as he epiesented liimself when entering the lxlendtke mining country. At first he inBisted that 0. 0. Perrin of the Thiel detective service of St. Louis was mistaken w ten he accused him of having murdered Edward Murray at Walford last Februir V i se rim.B fire to the store and taking a • thereby to make it nppear that it was Novak that had been burned alive. Had he established that as a fact hiS" wife and others whom the detectives believe were confederates would have cleaned up $30,000 of insurance which Novak had taken out on his life in Ills wife's favor. All that Novak really confesses is that he is Novak and that he is from Walford and had a wife and two children there. The insurance companies will not therefore have to pay the $30,000 of life insurance which they have brought suit to recover. If the State of lowa cannot convict him of the murder of Murray or of haxung set fire to the building occupied by him he will escape. Detective Perrin traveled 20,000 miles to capture Novak, and in getting into the Klondike country he made the quickest trip on record, traveling from Juneau to £ oi W A/ FKAXK A. SOVAK. Dawson <’ity in three weeks, during wh a time he luol to raft logs five miles and -aw them up for material for a boat. He then started down cue lakes and Yukon nver, shooting all the rapids, a thing lie -n s he would pet again do for all the gold in the K >ndike country. In his haste h pi -1 in the middle of Lake Bennett the man he had already traveled thousami- ■ i mJ, a to capture. Novak, under the • uro . f J. A. Smith, .vas going leis un iv Row n the lake with n party of mine s ns Perrin passed. Perrin talked with memlirr* < f the N'evak party, but

! ; ■! f •" the fugitive behind his he i - v growth of whiskers. At Ibiwsmi City I’crrin could find no trie <’ of Novak, ns he had not arrived, l-’or n day or two he was afraid he had trtiv, b-d all the way to Dawson mi a blind U.ol. Hut i. ■ 'e t«.- daj . I<V Lad b» eated the wife of a member of the party \ >vak was known to be traveling with. Si i - - q I’erria by informing him that Iu ; hu'band was expected the next day. <>u th" third day after I’crrin arrived X ' , t irty came in. The mounted police w• re siimmomsl to make the arrest th: -u^h . airti -y. I’errln pointed out Novak ; ; i had him brmi^ht to headquarters. X o - . ' "Utly declared he was not from low a. 1‘ . n then sent for the mounted police dm t-ir and hud him examine the fillings in N ivak’s t'-i-th. In every respect the tn i:l of Mentilieation on his teeth tallied with tl. - ; ' given out by the L-wa authorities. .-n d it wadi i-med satisfactory proof that th' prisoner was Novak. Up to that time I’crrin had passed in Daws i City as the representative of a big CT 'rado syndicate that was going t" I iy hiiif "f til" new gold district. When his true errand became known, he was c u n in. ovation. Novak had no money, althmigh he had earned s4l carrying other pc ph < supplies on his back over the Chilkoot pass. PRICE UPON THEIR HEADS. Reward Offered for Arrest of Murderous Moonshiners. Governor Jmcs of Arkansas has offered a reward of sHhi each for the arrest of the moonshiners implicated in the murder of the party of deputy marshals. The murder of the revenue officers was the result of a deliberate laid plan on the part of the moonshiners to exterminate afl deputy marshals attempting to invade their region. The information given to the officres by one of the moonshiners arrested a week ago was for the purpose of decoying the officers back into the mountains in order to slaughter them. Attorney General McKenna has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest of the murderers, and has authorized the expenditure of S2OO iu payment of the expenses of the posse to be summoned by the marshal. FAILS FOR THREE MILLIONS. I'ecline in Silver Brings Disaster tea Central American. Private adyices have been received at San Francisco to the effect that Enrico Mathou, the well-known banker and promoter of several gigantic schemes in Central America, has failed for over $3,000,000. His principal creditors are said to be Europeans, but a San Francisco firm is said to be a sufferer to the extent of SIBO,OOO. "While Mathou’s assets are estimated at $2,500,000, they consist for the most part of property in the vicinity of Guatemala, which cannot be disposed of for half its assessed valuation. 2he cause assigned for theifailure is the heavy depreciation of silver and the collapse of the real estate boom inaugurated by President Barrios several years ago. Names Seth Low for Mayor. The Citizens’ union nominated Seth Low as an indepenuent candidate for Mayor of Greater New York. He was nominated by the votes of the delegates from the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Richmond and the Bronx. The Brooklyn delegates withdrew before the vote was taken; in fact, they did not participate in the proceedings. It is calculated that the products of the American cycle manufacturers will reach the 1,200,000 mark this season.

FARMERS ELECTEX-GOV. HOARD National Congress Also Indorses Postal Savings Banks. The featur.es of the second day’s session, of the National Farmers’ Congress at St. Paul were the election of officers, the re-

consideration of tho motion selecting Fort Worth as the place for holding the next convention and the indorsement of II postal savingsbanks. < The congress had a 7 lively time electing, i its officers, principalI ly over the choice for president. A. V. Stout of lowa renominated President

W. D. HOARD.

B. F. Clayton, ami the fight began when Secretary. Stahl was also nominated. Delegate Emery of Montana placed the name of ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin before the convention. All three nominations received' many seconds, and vigorous speeches were made by enthusiastic delegates. A five minutes’ recess was asked by several States for a caucus, and the delegates grouped together and indulged in excited talk. Candidate Hoard’s eligibility w^is questioned by Maj. Wagner of Illinois, but he was overruled. The roll-call proceeded slowly and cheers greeted the gains of each candidate in the voting. The vote showed a good majority for Hoards 176 to 8514 for Stahl and 60 for Clayton. Ihe effort to make the vote unanimous in compliment to the ex-Governor was futile^ many delegates voting against such motion. Secretary Stahl was re-elected by acclamation, and, there being no other candidates, N. G. Spalding of New York wks likewise honored for treasurer. The paper of Dr. Sateldo was in part devoted to the question of establishing a colony of American farmers in Venezuela. He was tendered a rising vote of thanks. J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, read a paper in which was embodied some advice, on the subject of transportation. A series of resolutions covering a variety of subjects were adopted, such as favoring postal savings banks, free mail delivery in country districts, etc. CROP REPORT FOR THE WEEK. Government Information aa to Har" vesta in Middle \Vestern States. The climate and crop report for the week as istued from the Chicago office of the Department of Agriculture is in part as follows: Illinois - Temperature below normal northern, nearly normal extreme southern 11114 above normal central and south central counties. Only light scattered showers anil good general rain much needed in all seetlons. Corn making slow growth, some ripening prematurely and dry weather and bugs have damaged many fields. Potatoes ami pastures are poor; but little plowing can be done; fruits and melons abundant; fairc rop broom corn being cut. Wlnemisin Dry weather and cool nights retarded growth of corn. Early plantings and v ir eties wl 1 mature in about two we As, (ml bulk of crop requires from three to four. Cranberries lute, but promise wel). Vines heavily loaded. Picking will begin In ten days. Potatoes poor. Pastures short and rain needed. Michigan—Corn maturing very slowly, because of eool temperature. Soil rather hard and dry for plowing. Raln^also needed for pastures and potatoes. Beans a line crop and pulling begun. Buckwheat remains promising. Fall seeding commenced. Minnesota Cool we’ek except on threo days. Eight mid scattered showers In southern tier Wheat harvest finished Sept. 1. Slacking nml thraelllox Ov.o 0,1 v.iaelng well. Flowing begun, with ground getting hat'd. Indiana—Nights too cool for corn and 1 neflchil rains fell only In localities of a central and northern portions, and corn la general needs rain. Early corn Is maturing well; late corn is yet small. Potatoes are a failure. Good crops of clover seed and millet secured. Fall plowing retarded south, but progressing well north. lowa Warm, bright days, cool nights and drouth generally unbroken. Corn on dry uplands badlv fired and early planted fields making rapidly. Late corn needs more moisture and warmth and rain much needed for potatoes and. pastures. Weather favorable fur harvesting prairie hay and quality superior. Nebraska —Corn has ripened very rapidly and in mqst sections too rapidly to fill out well. In places corn damaged by this week's dry weather, especially late corn. Ground generally too dry for plowing. Ohio -Generally favorable week for crops ami farm work. 'Early corn maturing nicely, but nights little too cool. Late corn slow. Garden truck plentiful. Considerable wheat ground harrowed. Missouri-Drought still unbroken. Hot winds did much damage to corn and fruit. In must northern counties corn maturing well, but needing rain, and in southern section drying up rapidly and now beyond help in many counties. MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT. Increase Is Shown, with a Decrease of Cash on Hand. The monthly statement of the public debt issued at the Treasury Department shows the debt less cash in the treasury be $1,008,335,121, which is an increase for the month of $14,858,475. This increase is accounted for by a corresponding decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: _ _ Interest-bearing debt $ 847,365,540 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity. .. ^1,336,280 Debt bearing no interest. . 378,194,50< Total $1,226,896,327 This amount, however, does not include $593,961,953 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold $181,234,105 Silver 519,368,486 Taper \ 1 139,427,064 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc 18,115,651 Total .. .$858,145,367 Against this there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $689,584,160, which leaves a cash balance in the treasury of $218,561,206. Nominated After 6,021 Ballots, The record-breaking deadlock in theTenth District Republican Senatorial convention was broken in the nomination of Colonel D. J. Palmer. He was chosen by acclamation on motion of W. F. Kopp, his opponent. The end was reached after 6,021 ballots had been taken, each resulting in a t»e. Gives the Chicora’s Location. Mrs. Sarah Bromxvell, the Chicago spir» Itualistic medium, who claims to have discovered the location of the spot wh re thesteamer Chicora was sunk, Jan. 1, 1894, now describes it as being wne mile south of the St. Joseph harbor and five milesout iu the lake. She says the steamer lies in ten fathoms of water. The treasury is to be guarded by charged electric wires, but no connection hasyet been made to give Congress a shoclj^ when it is extravagant. —St. Louis Democrat