Walkerton Independent, Volume 25, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 September 1899 — Page 6

— 1 "■ ■ ' .11 I. 1-■ — . ^he independent. A. JH2JN L>l^l£V , ’ v 1»1 )a «r. WALKERTON. ■ - - INDIANA SUMMARY OF NEWS. Fire which started in the emi bins entirely consumed the Cldm iiiation plant oi the Golden Reward Company at Peadwood. S. D., which was the largest of the kind in the Black Hills. The tire throws 225 men out of employment. Loss $l5O. 000. insurance $75,000. A pitched battle took place between James Hayes and his three sons on one side and Senator William Clarke and Sherman Leadford on the other mi the streets of McKee. Ky. Clarke wnol । three pistol wounds and young Hayes was shot in the breast. A horse lodged in a culvert in Springfield. 111. Mrs. E. G. Britten discovered the horse's predicament just b- tore a Chicago ami Alton passenger train came along. She ran forward, waving a ie< petticoat, which she procured at home, and stopped the tram twenty feet from the horse. A report has been handed to the Manhattan Trust Company of New A ork naming a price for which Baltimore ( ity would sell its interest in the M estern Maryland Railroad. The Astors are said to be interested in a project to develop the road to which the Brice system of roads would be a natural ally. East-bound flyer No. 10, on the RockIsland, was wrecked at Keats, near Manhattan, Kan. The accident was caused by the flyer running into the rear of a freight train, which had just pulled on to the siding to allow the flyer to pass. At headquarters it is reported no one was killed. Eight persons were injured.

Mrs. Charles Van Studdiford, the tifnl wife of one of St. Eoins' most aristocratic sons. will return to th.- op. i.itb stage to assist her husband in retrieving his lost fortune. Mrs. Aan Studdiford was formerly Gracia Qnive. who sang with the Bostonians. She forsook the stage to wed her millionaire St. Louis lover. Fifty Osage Indians in Oklahoma have taken advantage of the bankruptcy law to protect their property and -their annuity, coming from the Government, from going into the hands of their creditors, who ure the traders located on the Osage reservation. The amount of indebtedness of those who have tiled petitions in bankruptcy will amount to $50,009. Charles Grandison, a regularly ordained minister of the African Methodist Church North, walked into Belles ue hospital, New York, suffering from delirium tremens. The interesting thing about the • case is that Rev. Mr. Grandison was to have lectured in Providence, R. 1., the next day on the subject, "The Evils of Liquor Traffic.” Thatcher, the man who is accused of swindling citizens of Ohio. Michigan and other States, tried to commit suicide in London, England, by taking a huge dose of chloral, on account of the many Americans who went there for the purpose of getting back the money which he had induced them to give him in order that he might secure for them large unclaimed ta sums in chancery. Louis Burkhor, an eccentric and well-to-do German residing ten miles north of * Shelbyville. Ind., quarreled with his wife. V^ho went to the home of Thomas Soils jr protection. An explosion was heard and the Burkhor homestead was found to be on fire. Burkhor had put dynamite PffifeE-jhe house and when the explosion S—• wRFiTTT ’auu 'uls home was destroyed * he blew.his brains out with a pistol. George S. E. A aughan, who was the subject of Abraham Lincoln'^ last official act as President of the United States, died at Maryville. Mo. At the outbreak of the war he followed the fortunes of Gen. Mark T. Green, who raised c Confederate regiment. He was tried twice as a spy and each time sentenced to death. The President finally signed his pardon the evening of April 14. 1865, just before he left for the theater where he was assassinated. The standing of the clubs in the National League race is as follows: W. L. ’ XV L Brooklyn ...75 35 Chicago 57 57 Boston 70 42 Pittsburg ...55 58 Philadelphia 71 44 New Y’0rk...49 <sl Baltimore . .00 43 Louisville ...49 62 Cincinnati . .01 49 Washington. 39 73 St. L0ui5....04 53 Cleveland ...19 98 Following is the standing of the clubs in the AV estern League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis GT 40 St. Paul 53 59 Minneapolis. 70 43 Milwaukee . ,4S 58 Detroit 5(5 54 Kansas City.4s 65 Grand Rap.. 57 55 Buffalo 45 07 BREVITIES. Mormonism shows a remarkable growth in the Southern States. The Transvaal Government has notified Great Britain that it adheres to its latest offer and will not make any further concessions. Two municipal governments estabhshr ed in the Philippines by Americans have collapsed through the treachery of native officials. The mayors of San Pedro Macati and Baliuag have been arrested • helping the insurgents. Mrs. n. T. C .. HP-.1 HO ' n Well-known an.l w>-alt y w .-n m t J^Wenwurth. K,n ,li. I' „ in, ■M - ■ pet b.g nine weeks before. Lizzie McUnllip, a domestic empb v. I in a South Omaha family, wax i hj । dead on Park avenue with her he -.’ i x - tured. She is bei;eve 1 • , h. \ thrown herself from a bu- w man drove furiously th- -h . • the night before. Apa -he Indians of Aiz ■-a a ■ n -he warpath against th- Z. i-. accuse of murderii— . her. A Cincinnati •

w amounting t ■ SS«KM* । a p.,., a company fnr eb .-’: •• • - . _ ■ , . t" be <hipp<>3 t • Fiance, Chin- .1 Smith Africa. P • • the • "ith Ila E ; „ .. En ... have join..! ■ ■.. J Northv... - EASTERN. Ex-Judge Henrv Hiltm of New York died at W.oila^r Par.. I.- S r. ■ country seat. Y. » I •: Ten suit of political economy. Three persons were killed and three injured at Seab’ ighE N J . while <li . ■ • by being run down by a tri n f th- >-v Jersey Southern Ra;'.' > 1 The chairman of the < mn in vitation of the G. A. R. em-ampm* nt, ■ which convenes Sent. 4 at 1 adv ...

has received President McKinley’s acceptance of the invitation to review the ' parade and attend the banquet Sept. 5 should nothing prevent his attendance. ; Juanita Teressette Terry, aged 13 i years, who was killed with her half-sis- । ter and nephew by a train at Sea bright, N. J., was tin- only daughter of the late Juan Pedro Terry, the Cuban millionaire, and would have inherited between SG,OOO.(MiO and $7,000,000 from his es- ■ tate. I l'he American Automobile Company , has been organized in New Y’ork City, to । control the manufacture and operation of all the automobiles and motors in ; which kerosene or gasoline is used, not only in this country, but in Frame, Ger- i many ami other countries in continental ’ Europe. Caspar Bubert, a sculptor known by I his work- all over the t inted States, de- - ’ signer of sex cal of the famous groups i | in the decorations of public buildings at I AVashington, was found dead in his I I studio in New York City, from apoplexy. ! lie had been working on the Dewey arch i | at tlu- time of his death. WESTERN. William Schnyder, a miller at Higginsport, Ohio, was shot dead on the street. Fire destroyed Merriam's pinning mill and adjoining buildings at Conneaut, 0., with a loss of $9,000. A fire at Armona, Cal., destroyed S3O,- ; 000 worth of property, including a large j quantity of this season's crop of raisins. Cyrus A. Brown and Matthew Craig were hanged in Muskogee, 1. T., for murder. They were tfie -first white men to be executed in the territory. The City Council of South Omaha, Neb., has adopted resolutions calling upon Mayor Ensor to resign, under threat of impeachment proceedings. Six men were killed near Joplin, Mo., 1 bv the exjflosion of five boxes of giant , powder. The plant of the Marguerite , I mine was ah— ccmplete.y destroyed. / .Mrs. Phoebe II list deliii-' tile state- i tm-nt sent out from Deadwood, S. D..

to the effect that she intended to sell her interests in the famous Homestake : mine. The yards of the Uhrig Fuel Company and of the Forest Lumber Company at Milwaukee were badly damaged by tire. The total loss amounts to about $150,000. The Great Northern proposes to erect, has let dredging contracts for and is preparing plans of construction for an ore dock seventy-three feet high and sixtythree feet wide at Duluth. Final figures furnished by the State Auditor give the assessed valuation of South Dakota at $158,722,704, an increase of $40,142,208 over last year. In the total about $13,000,000 is corporate property. Owing to the increasing price of meat and the falling off of trade in consequence the St. Louis butchers are organizing to light the so-called beef trust, which, they say, is responsible for the higher prices. A special from Deadwood. S. D„ savs that four Indians, John Swift, Longhorn, Pretty Eagle and Noisy Own, have been bound over for the murder of Yellow Bull, supposed to have been pounded to death with clubs. Henry Marron, 60 years of age, was killed near his home, seven miles southwest of Ponca. Neb., by a blow of For- . ris Casey's fist. The murder was the result of an old feud. Casey gave himI self up to the authorities. The Toledo Commercial, which has i been run as an independent paper, was I sold the other day by George Hull to John R. McLean, owner of the Cincin- । nati Enquirer, acting through C. C. Stivers, his business manager. Harry and Joseph Becker, 29 ami 23 years of age, respectively, brothers, of St. Louis, were drowned in the Illinois river just above Grafton, 111. One of the brothers was seized with a cramp while in bathing and the other went to his aid. After making a futile attempt to kill his wife, Hugh Herr, living at Cleveland, sent a bullet into his head. There is little hope for Herr's recovery. The cause for the shooting was that Mrs. Herr did not want to live with her husband. Harrison Hamilton and Ira Cooper, two wealthy ranch owners in Day County, O. T., to settle a feud repaired to a cyclone cave, and stripping off all clothes, fought a duel to the death with corn knives. The bodies were found covered with gashes. Through the treachery of Sergeant of the Guard Crawford of the Fifth United States cavalry, who is believed to have been bribed, eight prisoners confined in the AA ardner (Idaho) prison escaped and fled to the hills. The faithless sergeant of the guard also is missing. At Lima, Ohio, stockholders of the late American National Bank, which was mysteriou-ly robbed of over SIB,(KX) on last Christmas eve, have fiksl a suit against N. L. Michael, vice-president, and Gus Kalb, cashier, to recover the amount taken, with interest. At Newtown. Ohio, Jacob Christman, aged 87, attempted to kill L. 1). Drake and then committed suicide. Christman fired a shot at Drake, but missed him. He then rushed back into his house, fromwhich a pistol shot vras heard, and simultaneously flames burst out and the house was consumed. At Stockton, Cal., Alfred Molina, a college student, boxed several rounds with John Musick. There was no knockout and no great damage done on either sitle. Shortly after reaching his dressing room M 'A - '. ■ -“d into unconsciousness, dy- I j Mr? and M ? Rel'lli.c w r. C gold dust. Mr. Reiliiiu is president of dently expected to‘make a big haul, as it was supj '-. il t; at Im wa- bringing out tl. • -<a m - clean-up Mr. Reiling has offe:.-,] a r-ward 1 $1,090 for the cap

SOU THERM, The I) mo r: -of Missi^ippi have i nominate'; A. 11. Eongitiu of Washington । County f. r Governor. Tin hist ric Id Clay mansion near F. Ky„ . dest -yed 1, ? lin t ' nt'- i- iduig r. imcr m- pie-es of valuable brie i-brac, were destroyed. iae pr pi ty -f the New Orleans Bi wing A .tion was k, k . ~ mv, to J A. Bhimr, representing the organ•ion Committee of the a',ocirimi. who ss !> , HM|> .1^ w . )s b - lw- negr >< - were killed outright, tv ( were painfully burned and shocked, and - ®rely shocked while । ■ ngaged in the reconstruction of the St. i 1 -ar.- av. ear line in Nit Orleans. ' i '.,a ■’ crossed the river from ! Kentucky to Th... ker. W. Va., and go'■f a house, cut Mrs. i B de i idliirn ■ death, and fled back to I Kentucky. The y. miau wa< literally cut | I irty ; •- : ■ : known to have lost . their lives along the North Carolina coast, an I the oeach is strewn with

spars, masts and other wreckage. The Bflilors say that eleven vessels are ashore on the coast between Hatteras and New ; River inlet. j The recent torture inflicted upon six i Mexican prisoners confined in the Hidalgo County jail by officials of that 'Texas county in an effort to extort confessions has become an international affair, hour of the prisoners claim to be citizens of ■ Mexico ami have appealed to President i Porfirio Diaz for aid and redress. WASHINGTON. — The Navy Department does not look with save- on the proposition to have the historic warship Constitution take part in the Dewey demonstration at New । Y'ork. The Secretary of the Treasury has au- . thorized the <. ommem etuent of condemnation proceedings to secure lot 36, in Indianapolis, for the election of a public | building. ’ Capt. Francis AA'. Dickins, for some j time acting chief of the bureau of navigation. Navy Department, is to be given command of the battleship Indiana, succeeding Capt. H. C. Taylor, who bus asked to be relieved. The constitutional dispute over the Canadian Senate's rejection of the Government's redistribution bill, which was submitted by Charles Russell, English solicj itor to the dominion, to eminent English I counsel, has been decided against the j Senate. Maj. A. E. AA'oodson of the Ninth cavalry has tendered his resignation of the agency of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe^ Indians at Darlington Gil which he has held for nearly Gen. Charles King, retired, is raumtioned " as his probable successor. -e' FOREIGN. Dock laborers on strike nt Rouen re- ' newed their rioting and many arrests were made. The M.-iym- of Dublin and John Red- | momi are said to be coming to tlii< country to stir up interest in the Parnell j statue fund.

i i The Hungarian novelist. Maurice Jo- ■ kai, now in his seventy-fifth year, is about to marry the Hungarian actress, Arabella Nagy, a girl of 18. Three fatal accidents have occurred in the Tyrolese Alps during the last few days. The victims include a landed proprietor named Maurer and his guide. A characteristic political pistol duel, with fatal results, took place at Lemberg. Austria.: between Lieuts. Spreng and Urabi. At the first shot Spreng fell ■ I dying. A grout railway accident occurred at Santiago, Chili. An entire passenger train fell into the river l Mnpoeha. which runs through' the oity, /andmany lives were lost. ■ ■ . .i ' The Sultan of Sulu ' has signed the treaty presented to him by Gen. Bates, acknowledging the suprefnaey of the , । I nited State's Government over the en- • tire Sulu arehtpelrtgri. The Sultafl'pf AlorocHt has notified the ; powers that ho i^ fif-'t'roying the native boats on the Riff eott'M and is estnblish- । ing a gunboat sotT^e in order to protect foreign shipping from pirhey. I IN GENERAL The Hearst intewst one third of the great Homestake mine at Deadwood, S. D, is to be —Jd mi Lomton next tnonth.' Secretary Smith of the National Association of Mexi. fln AA ar A eterans an- 1 . Bounces that the umvial meeting will be ' held in Indianapolis Sept. 13 ami 1 4. , | It is now thought l tht* number of people j who lost their lives by shipwreck during i the West Indian hurricane which o i ? up the coast sevonil’ilnvs ago will .each : ,10. • ■' A colored man, believed to be Tom L. Johnson of Toronto, a delegate to the . Colored Masonic grand lodge in AVimisor, Ont., drowned himself in the river near there. The rural guard and a number of Cuban soldiers had a conflict the other night at Cuevitas, a small town near Santiago de Cuba, in which five were killed and ten wounded. The steamship City of Columbia has been abandoned at sea, in a water-logged candition, and the crew of thirty-eight men was left in Honolulu. The City of Columbia sailed from San Francisco for Hong Kong with a cargo of scrap iron. No lives were lost. Severe fighting took place in the neighborhood of Monte Christi, Santo Domingo, between the Government forces and the revolutionists. The former lost heavily, while the latter, owing to the advantageous positions which they occupied, only suffered slight loss. R. G. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Actual payments through the principal clearing houses for the week were 23.1 per cent larger than last year, and 5(5.2 per cent larger than in the same week in 1592. For the month thus far the daily average of payments has been 2(5.3 per cent larger than last year, and 56.0 per cent larger than in 1892. Tonnage from Chicago in three weeks has been 89.7 per cent larger than last year and 74.6 per cent larger than in 1592. Failures for the week have been 1(53 in the United States, against 179 last y^ar, and 16 in Canada, against .26 last year.” MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice. $3.00 (to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; I corn, No. 2. 32c to 33c: oats. No. 2,20 c | ' '-‘1 •; rve. No. 2. 55c to 56c: butter, ' .mery. 19c to 2b-; egus. fresh. ' i ; j • ■ ■ H ’ ' •" ‘hoi . lj. it, 5‘2.70 to I ‘ iiiinon t- ?■ \ •, 53.25 to $4.25, I wheat. No. 2 re<l, 68c to 70c; corn. No. 2 « I w hite, 31c t<> 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c j I to 24c. St. Louis. Cattle, $3.50 to $6.50; hogs. ' i $3.90 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to 5i..50- I

i p. tu •pi.ov; i wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 ; yellow, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2,22 cto 24c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c. Cincinnati Cattle. $2.50 to SG.(X); hogs. $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; "'h-at, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 2ou; rye» No. 2, ;»Gc to 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2..5(1 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c t<> 25c; rye, 58c to GOe. I oledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rj e. No. 2,55 c ! to 56c; clover seed, new, $3.95 to $4.05. Milwaukee— \\ heat, No. 2 spring, 72c ’ to 75c; corn, No. 3,31 cto 33c; oats. No. j 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 1,54 cto 5Gc; ! barley, No. 2,41 cto 43c; pork, mess ss.oo to SS.So. ' Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, 'U !,*? to h°B s > common to choice, $3.2.> to $.>.25; -beep, fair to choice wethers, s,’>.;>o to $4.50; lambs, common to I extra, $4.50 to $G,25. New York- Cattle, $3.25 to $6.50; hogs ' $3.00 to $.>.00; she<p, $3.00 to $4.25- 1 wheat. No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2 I 40c to 41c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; butter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs Western, 12c U) 16c.

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THE Pome Dramatical I Fcu . ”‘ rc ’ “ f Dramatic an(T^H|fc ational as was Thursdays sessioi^Wth^ Dreyfus court- ; martial, it yielded I<W lubstautial advan- ; tage to the defenstm | ltl the friends of truth and justice nnl L ltc d. The politi- . cal character of th > was strongly emphasized. For thb hrit time the court Itself directly inter ^nel to shield and protect the military witi,esses. The refrain so familiar at the .lola trial, "this question will not be >ut," was frequently heard during Labor &t>empt to crossexamine Mercier, tit chief of the conspirators. BesidesKQiauy of the questions which counstßid put and which the court could not! gently rule out as Irrelevant Mercier A ply declined to an«wer. L AVith an unprejudled court a few sessions like that <>f llirsday would mean a verdict of not gu,.y. The testimony of such witjiesses as Mercier is evidently valueless, for only their Illegal refusal to answer proper questions saves them from disgrace and exposure. But there seenui no reason for believing that the court has any conception of law. evidence or justice, that it is able and willing to distinguish between the suspicions and opinions of mighty "champions of the army" and actual, valid am) proper testimony. All that Lnbori succeeded in showing was that Mercier was intriguing with : Paty de Clam on the very eve of the present trial, that he inserted an alleged incriminating document in the secret dossier which he had illegally held and that he had tried to prevent the defense from knowing its contents. This document Col. Jouaust was 'orced to rule out. All the test of the s< .dug cross exanuna--1 tion related to tl w xi of 1894, uow ■ known to have L !*Grb.« r antly lawless j and unfair, and । jp, (bearing on the question under im* Accept as tending ।to prove B t4A’ ex.sici^ yi prejudice and consoi-w-I At the opening of A i lay’s session of 'the court-martial, amoctor’s cent:; ate to the effect that it Lis impossible for Du Paty de Clam । be present was read. M. Labori as] d the court that an official physician Be sent to examine De Clam, but Col. Jm*au»t refused. Rowland Strong, Paris correspondent of the London Observer, and the only English witness to testify before the court, was the first witness /jailed on Friday. He was resplendent in red whiskers and London clothes. Strong told how lie tried to buy Esterhazy’s confession for publication, and that Esterhazy had admitted he wrote the bordereau. AVhen Esterhazy quitted prison he told Strong several times that he would tell all and that it would ruin De Clam and all those who had abandoned him. Strong said Esterhazy impressed him as being a thorough crook and swindler. M. Gobert, handwriting expert of the Bank of France, was called. Gobert told how he was originally called by the war office te examine the bordereau. After comparing it with specimens of Dreyfus’ handwriting he declared that from first to last it was not the work of accused. Gen. Gonse w as called to confront the witness. Gonse said that Gobert was wrong in the details o| his testimony, whereupon the expert Earnestly demonstrated the correctness of all he had said. Gonse retired discomfited, but insinuated that Dreyfus had known the witness in the bank. Dreyfus de»*''d emphatically that he had ever know,. [Albert. The rest of the day’s pAion was given over to the testimony jr M. Bertillon, head of the anthropomewic department of the Paris police, and who maintains that he has proved Drey |ns was the author of the bordereau. 11 Bertillon came into cop ■ accompanied by four soldiers carryin^M'^ arts ’ Portfolios, compasses, logaritbyri ’allies, photographs, p ?’ I,er . burst into wunua judges themselves ( t’ . procession npprnachecFxSem^'"' i : ■■■ ■.• in rhe courL^” .I 1 ?* t 1 . - . f; ~!. |he room. Jhe 'WS by Bertil1: , who larked that >| took intelli-gi-ir p» . le to understamr^what he was , g -iug to demonstrate. • v Aiti arranging ais iL phernalia ' about him <>n tuLh-- and the wit- ' m - began by stae g tlu^p^ordereau had ■ ” ■ ■ i : -, rC es of nai tui". but that somebody ml t pave writThis was given in ’ inannPr o f { a a ii ait a '", n<-’. ng a great < u.. llV( , rv . M. ' Beii.llm. continued by deal - ng th ' at the bi.derenu lira been trace. [) rvv fus, whe had cI.-mt’j- imitated lis ‘ owu handwriting. Then Bertillon to

g.ve the exact measuremen. of eaeh peu strok.., and shoved the < ourt a i arge d’.agram resembling the pl iD a fm -tThis he claimed proved m th ematieally that Dreyfus was guilty )e witnoss stopped constantly to unt.' T lcl . aR e S and is up ment :ot his auditors, Bertillml ,„ P ded to demonstrate his whole sy P l ^ wh i c h, ' with ns ratio-, and angles. ’ ull(]er s- ood by n ,o ~l ie j tl jjie eoiir j table in front of the witness ws t with charts which came inexhat f roin numerous pouches. Berti ;’V ‘ Khibitr ' - redited the whole " _ tmn. Uis reasoning was ba t . lki ' llg as a I ict some charge aga Dr( , yfus whi<m v. as unsupported by t ■ . > : then arguing in a circle unt !1 * th- starting point. Uis met he res u * , • i j hods sceineu to impress weak minded W tbnt something was being proved,® 1 , testimony was not conclude™ 11 1 ‘ adjourned | when coutt

WILL HOLD THE PHILIPPINES. McKinley Outlinen Ilia Policy Kegnrd* ing the lalamia. President McKinley made an addre?»s at the Methodist stronghold at Ocean Grove, N. J., in which he outlined his policy regarding Uubn, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The chief interest centered in his remarks regarding the Philippines, which he declared must after the establishment of peace be under the control of the I nited States. The President said: "1 believe that there is more love for our country and that more people love the flag than ever before. AA'herever that flag is raised it stands not for despotism and oppression, but for liberty, opportunity and humanity and what that flag has doue for us we want It to do for all । people and all lauds, which by the for--1 tunes of war have come within its juris- | diction. “ Ihat flag does not stand for one thing in the I nited States and another In I’orto Rico and the Philippines. There has l»een some doubt in some quarters respecting the policy of the Government in the Philippines. I see no harm in stating it in this presence. Peace first, then with charity for all establish a government of law and order, protecting life and property and occupation for the wellbeing of the people who will participate in it under the Stars and Stripes." Ihe President and Mrs. McKinley, w ith A ice-President and Mrs. Hobart, Garret A. Hobart. Jr.. Attorney General Griggs, Dr. and Mrs. Rixey, Private Secretary Uortelyou ami Executive Clerk Barnes, arrived at Long Branch from Plattsburg on a special train of four palace cars. President and Mrs. Mcj Kinley looked in excellent health and . bowed their acknowledgments repeatedi ly to the great crowd as they were escorted to their carriage by the reception । committee and driven to A'ice-President Ilobait’s cottage. Normanhurst, at NorI wood Park. BOERS DEFY BRITAIN. , Military Is to Rule Johannesburg in the Case of Hostilities. Pretoria advices say that the volksrand, by a vote of 18 to 9, adopted the report of the majority of the dynamite I commission continuing the monopoly. Commandant General P. J. Joubert issued a circular to all field cornets cautioning them against any act tending to bring on a conflict with another power, lie declares that not a single stranger who does not volunteer is to be coerced into bearing arms. Commandant Viljoen has given notice in the volksraad that he will ask the Government if in case of war it is prepared to confiscate the property of inhabitants who take up arms against the Government. In the course of an interview after the session Commandant A iljoen said that if war broke out military government would be established at Johannesburg and all British subjects would be compelled to leave. The British foreign office at London issued a Transvaal blue book containing further correspondence between the secreYary of state for the colonies. Joseph Chamlierlain, and the British high commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner. The principal dispatches deal with the Transvaal's request for arbitration and Mr. Chamberlain’s suggestion for a joint inquiry, which was telegraphed to Sir Alfred Milner at Cape Town on July 31. No information is given, however, as to the views of the Transvaal Government regarding this proposition. WORK OF THE HURRICANE. Almost 2.000 Persons Killed and 22,* 000 Rendered Homeless. The reports of the Board of IT ihl ;j to last Friday gjye the ■ tm M.a- j , J l.v the T ..0 >AO ^« 1)973 X 1.000 Houses destroyed 6,421 Persons homeless 22,046 Cities in need of physicians, drugs and hospitals: Caguas. Yabucoa. Maunabo. Utuado. Coamo. Corosal. The Board of Charity at San Juan is sending out supplies by land and water daily, but petitions keep coming in from all over the country demanding food, medicines and money. There are no means of raising funds in the different

localities. At Maunabo an effort was made to start a popular subscription, but only ten pesos was contributed. In consequence of the putrefaction of bodies typhus fever has developed at Arroyp. The captains of coastwise vessels complain that the bad odors nt the various ports have caused them more suffering than the hurricane. Pranks of the Lightning. While bathipg in the surf near Seabreeze, Fla., girl was killed by light niug. A Maine hunter claims to have once had his pipe lighted by a flash of lightning. Lightning knocked a child from its mother’s arms during a storm at Ocilla, Georgia. A woman telephone operator was struck by lightning while at work in the Berlin exchange. Although lightning rods are not used as much as they were the weather bureau says they are of value. Lightning struck two trees at Franklin, 111-, and then jumped to a wire fence two feet away, showing that the current sometimes deviates.

I HEAVY ABCHES FALL > COLLAPSE OF OHtCAGO*S NEW I COLISEUWI STRUCTURE. I Crash Cornea Without Warnin e to | Workmen, uml M« ny Are Caught Be* I ncath Heavy Ruim In Addition to T' Nine Killed, TtiirtaenAre Injured. ly n< Iron girders creaked; there was a d shout, "Look out! It’s falling!” a wild \ ' rush of men on the ground; the agonized V. cry of thirty bridge workers us they were , ! hurhal sixty-five feet through the air; 1 i and the framework of the new Coliseum, AVabash avenue and Fifteenth street, t

Chicago, Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock ~ was a wreck, and under its ruins nine . men lay dead, thirteen injured, many of them fatally, and five were missing. AVorkmen of the Pittsburg Bridge ’ Company, the firm which did the inm ‘ work, were tearing down the traveler * used in building the twelve great arches, i ’ During the lowering of the first section the structure was noticed to tremble, and I complamt was made by several of the men. pum came the taking down of the massive beams that formed the se.ond i areh^fi- A »" P ‘ Buown over the third , su.it! vr* ie Bouth wMi wa « u-u i" ° f "" übt ’ r ’hey de I EuKiixvr MeC?t?? J, Kn, T U ‘ V “ ir aud \ "icnnl to low. r '‘A’ I '}'’’ I>eloxv for the . l kuvo u K uort the ' 6enly the engine ’ Ito sxvuy. l hl . u h trembled, began the rm . for safety tt b A‘ s '‘ out "J , the building. ° Men on the ground ran through the arches, now beginning to creak like breaking laths, and most of them hat time to reach the street or the alley, bm their unfortunate companions on the arches came slowly down to injury ami death. Tlie movement of the arches was at I best so slow it seemed as if minutes were consumed before they swayed far enough to touch each other. AVhen they came together there was the sound of tending iron girders and braces, the breaking of rivets and trusses, and the whole structure catne down with a crash, while the doomed men shrieked out their last prayers as they were dashed against piles of unused braces or fell under portions of the broken arches. Une of the falling columns overturned the boiler and the escaping steam covered the wreck with a blindipg veil, white clouds of dust rose from the earth to ba file the search for the wounded, some of whom called out piteously. Columns and arches lay piled on one another, broken and shattered as though they were staff; heavy timbers, two feet square, were twisted and splintered as if they were twigs, and beneath this mass of iron and wood and stone human beings were writhing in pain or were lying cold in death. 1 iie added to the horror, the overturned engines kindling the woodwork near them, but these incipient blazes were j soon extinguished and the whole attention of firemen, policemen and citizens was given to rescuing the victims and taking out the bodies of the dead. There were hundreds of willing hands to help drag the iron beams from the crushed and battered fragments of men and to carry the bodies tenderly to the ambulances. 1 he living were first taken from the ruins, but at times the rescuers found it difficult to determine whether or not the mangled forms they carried so tenderly still retained the spark of life. Nine men were dea l. Their bodies were taken out mutilated almost beyond human semblance by the blunt edges of the ponderous metal beams. Twelve other unfortunates, still alive, but shrieking and writhing with the pain of cruel injuries, some of them legless, others making piteous appeals with the stumps of what were once arms, were removed, and more deaths may follow. It has not yet been decided where the loss, which may reach $30,000, will fall. The work of the Pittsburg Bridge Company was just finished, the last arch having been placed Saturday. The men were placing the bolts and rivets Monday and removing the traveler and scaffolding used in doing the work. Members of the firm were congratulating themselves that they had had no accident, and the work was done. But the work had not been accepted by the Coliseum company and the question of responsibility for the loss on the building rests unsettled. The exact cause for the collapse seems to be unknown, at least those supposed to know hesitate to put themselves on record. Many theories are advanced, but it may require an official investigation to bring out the truth and properly place the responsibility. Emile Zola's latest fad is amateur photography. Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden uses an automobile. King Oscar of Sweden takes delight in fishing for salmon. Henry Labouchere never eats butter, as be prefers oleomargarine. ■ mber of the Russian ...peiial lamily rides a bicycle. Baroness James de Rothschild owns the finest collection of fans in Europe. The Duke of Buccleuch has the finest collection of miniatures in Great Britain. The Princess of Wales tried golf for several months, but doesn’t like the game. During the summer months Abdul Hamid consumes enormous quantities of ice cream. Though only 16 years of age. Prince Arthur of Connaught is taller than his father. General Buller of the British army usually goes to bed at 9 p. m. and rises at 2:30 a. m. The Princess of AA'ales has sold her game bantams because they were too fond of fighting. Michael T. Farrelly, whuse name indicates his Irish birth, is President Kruger’ legal adviser. President Loubet!s wife is an excellent cook, preparing village dishes that few Parisians can conem t. M. de Black, whose work on war is said to have inspired the peace conference, is a rich Dutchman. Gold has bt'en introduced in Constantinople by Colonel Ponsonby, the military attache of the British legation. The Duchess of Bedford is said to be the best hunter of any woman in England. She is a I'o a good angler. The Rev. John Escreet, rector of Hempstead Cimrch. England preaches : from a pulpit that he carved himself. The Rev. 11. R. Haweis. of London, has traveled KXtJKXI miles in Europe, Asia, and America during the last ten years. Queen A'ictoria always wears a bracelet to which is attached a medallion portrait of her latest grandchild ot greatcrandchild.

The birthday of AVilliam Makepeace 'hackeray, which was celebrated reeentv, recalls the fact that literary England

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iow owes a double Ie b t to India, vhich has given it he creator of the S'ewoomee a n d he more modern ‘Poet Laureate of j he Anglo-Saxon al It ace,” Kipling.® Thackeray wa s^ born in Calcutta# in July, 181 IP When he was 5U years old his fath-\ er died and the little boy was sent home to England, where his aunt took charge of him. That good woman one day saw the child trying on his uncle’s bat, which proved i none too large fol i him. She w> - ; I sure that so larg< I a head on so sma] I a child was uniun I ural and ahnoi ( I xu a I. StralKh

I T “A< KERXT. ’’ to consult Sir V’nTrtrs'tnarVxSl slxea * physician. H was avparontly 11 than the alarmed aunt. T r'.i ; he If a fortune teller and could foresee the future. At any rate he told the aunt to 11 take her nephew home and not to worry about the size of his head. “It is a large * head,” he said, "but there seems to be a 1 good deal inside it.” i Dr. Oronhyatekha, a full-blooded Moj hawk Indian, was elected president of the National Fraternal Congress at the recent session in

Chicago. Dr. Oronhyatekha came into k prominence through ■ his remarkable recI ord in building up J the Independent Order of Foresters. The results of his work are represent- \ ed by a member- ** ship of 150,000 and s a surplus of over $3,500,1X10. Oron-

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suceessful. Founded forty-three years ago, and named Tell City, after the great William Tell, it now has a population of 3,000 and boasts of the fact that 93 per cent of the families within its limits own their own homes. Within the limits of the city are twenty-six co-operative sac-

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mayou fexn. tories, employing 504 workmen. These men meet once a year and fix their own wages by a popular vote. They also elect their own foreman and officers. Last year the earnings of the workmen and the surplus profits distributed among them amounted to $663,000. Os the inhabitants 1,500 are Swiss, 1.200 are Germans, and the rest Americans. The Boston police say that George Simpson is the worst man in America, and they have requested that all the jails

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in the United States lie searched for him, as they believe he is concealed in one of them. Formerly a Baptist minister, Simpson lias been a burglar, horse thief, incendiary, forger and bigamist, and now 4 he is wanted for a ( murder committed at Dover, N. H.,

। eight years ago. Simpson began his career of crime while he was a preacher, and robbed many houses before suspicion was directed to him. lie then traveled around the country occupying pulpits in small towns on Sunday and swindling on week days. W. F. Powell, the United States minister to Hayti and San Domingo, who has shown decided firmness in protecting

American citizens from the revolutionary mobs on the island, has given several demonstrations of the fact he possesses a cool head and a quick wit. It should not be forgotten that it W was Powell who L saved Port an ' Prince, the capital of the Haytian Republic. from being bombarded by Ger-

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man warships. Col M. J. O’Brien, whose election as president of the S.mt hern Express Com-

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pany to sm-wed the late Heun B. I’l ant was recently announced, began life as an express driver for the AdI pany in Memphis. I Tenn., at a sniarv I of S3O a month. Later he became private secretary ot Mr. Plant, and he has in succession filled almost cverv office in the company. It took him

thirty years to rise from one of the lew* est to the highest position.