Walkerton Independent, Volume 28, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 August 1902 — Page 2

3niicprudent. W. A. I>l. EY, I’lißllNlier. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. SUMMARY OF NEWS. Six firemen injured, two eight-story buildings almost completely destroyed, a number of others slightly damaged and a property loss estimated at $318,500, is the result of a tire on Liberty street. Pittsburg, which raged fiercely for seven hours. The insurance is $200,000. Judge Bunn of the federal bourt of the western district of Wisconsin handed down a decision dismissing the complaint in the $2,000,000 suit of Albert C. Gunnison, George A. Bright and Howard J. Forker, all of New York City, against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bailroad Company ami G. Hilton Scribner, trustee. The suit was brought to recover the value of old bonds’. The greatest trust the world has yet seen, a combination which will have absolute control of the trade of Europe,, America and Asia, sprang into being when a semi-official announcement was made in London of the merger of the interes' 'of Rockefeller. Rothschild and * —^.Ms "bine has unquestioned 1 "ii*! It iLJt oil fields in and in SiA cyclone visited the Gulf ofeyi^”^ nia, wrecking vessels and damaging many buildings in the coast cities. At Guaymas five vessels in the bay were sunk. Two of them—El Luella and El Gravina —were large steamers engaged in coastwise trade. The public building, containing the offices of the harbor master and collector of customs, was destroyed by the cyclone. The residence of the English vice-consul was unroofed and otherwise wrecked. The new municipal hall and city prison were damaged. The Interior Department has sent out notices asking for bids for the pine timber on sections 1G and 36 of each of the townships of the Red Lake reservation and of a part of the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota. The action is the beginning of the disposal of the timber and the agricultural lands of those two extensive reservations under an act of the last session of Congress. The timber to be disposed of amounts to about 20,000,000 feet and covers 12.000 acres. The law requires that the sale shall be advertised for six months in most parts of the country. A terrific thunder and lightning storm, ■with a heavy rain, visited the vicinity of Pittsburg. Pa., the other evening, causing three deaths and much property damage. In Hazelwood t^e Presbyterian Church was struck by lightning and tie steeple thrown over, but no one was injured. At Hays Station. Street's run overflowed its banks and flooded the village. Quite a number of residents had to flee for their lives, so quickly did the rise in the creek come. Twenty-five buildings, residences and stables were struck by lightning in the district during the twenty-five minutes the storm prevailed. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...GO 19 Cincinnati ...3G 44 Boston 41 35 St. L0ui5....37 45 Brooklyn ...48 39 Philadelphia. 35 49 Chicago ....42 40 New’ York... 26 54 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: L. " washing. . .3'’42 .....46 37 Baltimore ...37 45 Philadelphia 42 34 Cleveland .. .36 47 St. L0ui5....43 36 Detroit 32 45 NEWS NUGGETS. The London Gazette contains a royal proclamation fixing Aug. 9 as the date for the coronation. George D. Middleton was electrocuted at Clinton prison, Dannemore, N. Y'., for the murder of his wife. De Witt Browne, a real estate man, accidentally shot and killed Marion Hurt at their camp on Mad creek, Colorado. Nicaragua has commuted the death sentence of Dr. Russell Wilson of Ohio, ■who was captured with the revolutionist party? > Two men were killed and two others seriously burned by an explosion of gas in one of the Sans Bois Coal Company's mines, one mile west of McCurtain, I. T. Frank Dubon of Chicago was picked up by a train crew near Texarkana. Ark., in a dying condition and expired in a few hours. He had S6O and a check for SIOO on the Dearborn Bank, Chicago. One million dollars in treasure was brought by the steamship Roanokf^ which has just arrived at Seattle from Nome and St. Michael’s. This is the largest shipment from the Nome diggings this season. L. D. Zimmermann, postmaster for a quarter of a century at Lynnville. Ind., was fatally shot by two robbers, who secured over SSOO in money and made their escape on a hand car. A posse is in pursuit. At Excelsior Springs, Mo., white caps took Riley Thompson and wife and Chas. Walker, all colored, from the jail, marched them outside of town a short distance, tied them to a tree and administered a severe whipping. Subterranean roarings resembling thunder are frequently heard in San Jose, Costa Rica, and in Alajeula, a town eleven miles distant. They are believed to wusefi \>y cne Poas volcano, nineteen miles northwest. On Huderer’s creek. Grant County, Ore.. 280 sheep belonging to J. C. Moor of Mount Vernon were slaughtered, presumably by settlers and cattlemen. Armed men came upon the band at night and fired buckshot into them. Rev. S. O. Mitchell, a Baptist minister of Louisville. Ky„ while visiting his brother-in-law. George H. Maston, near Yelvington. was struck by lightning and instantly killed. VS aterloo, lowa, suffered a loss of SIOO,OOO by a fire which started in the basement of the United States express office. Two firemen were badly hurt while fighting the flames. ,1 he corn beetle has done immense damage to the crops in many districts in the government of Kherson. Russia, and in a large area of Bessarabia. Two hundred thousand acres have been ravaged Josephine Kastner, aged 12, daughter of a St. Paul stone mason, was drowned at New Brighton in an effort to save Marv Siler, aged 15. a playmate, who also perished. The premature explosion of a shot in the clay mine at Black Hawk works near New < umberland, M . V a., instantly killed John Carnahan, age,] 45. nn( j Thomas Sheets, aged 30, both married with families. A judgment in favor of John T lined for $282,639 against Riley A. Bog'es . nd wife, both of California, was filed in the County Clerk's office in Brooklyn. N. Y as a result of the Empire Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company dispute.

EASTERN. The steamer Henry J. Johnson was sunk in Lake Huron in collision with the Fred Pabst in a dense fog. A great tunnel transit system for New York is indicated in a bid to construct a line from Battery to Brooklyn. 'The body of a man with his throat cut was found by boys on the beach near Fort Hamilton, N. Y., tied in a gunnysack. The publishers of Collier’s Weekly are said to be at the head of a $10,000,000 corporation to buy newspapers in New York State. It is said Senator Quay of Pennsylvania is endeavoring to secure the seat of United States Senator Penrose for his son, Richard R. Quay. Wall street expects a big boom ou return of J. P. Morgan from Europe. Settlement of coal strike and new railroad and industrial combinations are then predicted. Archie Roosevelt attempted to buy a monkey for an Oyster Bay pet. The secret service officials mistook the Italian who had one to sell for an anarchist, and hustled him away. Anthracite miners began the eleventh week of the strike sure that operators cannot get skilled employes to resume work. Unskilled labor is plentiful, but is not likely to be used. President Roosevelt reviewed a brigade of New Jersey National Guard at Sea Girt au4- delivered an j^lress eulogizing the citj^ n so idj er y as tlm natuTtfs main dependj„ ce j n ^j me o f war. streF^nnrsday on rumors that the management intends to retire the stock with 4 per cent bonds in the proportion of two for one, and to form a holding company. W illiam J. Bryan, in his address at the banquet of the New England Democratic League, declared against concessions to men who left the Democratic party, and announced that conciliation and conquest are the only means for bringing about harmony. WESTERN. Fire destroyed the plant of the Bryant Lumber and Shingle Company at Seattle, The Board of Equalization of St. Louis County, Minnesota, has increased mine assessment valuations 350 per cent. Dr. Charles K. Adams, former president of the University of Wisconsin, died from Bright’s disease at Redlands. Cal. The annual report of the Missouri river commission gives result of improvements and shows financial expenditures. Chicagoans are suffering from an unprecedented plague of mosquitoes, supposed to be due to continued heavy rains. Two are dead, three are fatally and over a score seriously injured by a car falling from a trestle near McConnells▼llle, Ohio. Earthquakes were felt in Nebraska, western lowa, South Dakota and California Monday, causing fright and doing some damage. The dedication of the world's fair at St. Louis will take place in the Palace of Liberal Arts April 30, 1903, with pageantry and oratory. / Thomas Briggs, elevator boy in a Denver hotel, suddenly became bereft of reason from excessive smoking of cigarettes, and was placed in confinement. Claude Michelon, of Dayton, Ohio, is en route for San Francisco, to which city he expects to ride on one horse in fiftynine days. He is riding for two prizes. Chicago market men and householders complain because food products are again advancing rapidly, meat, poultry, eggs and vegetables «'eachinsr unusual figures. Thirteen Chicago firemen fell forty feet into the heart of a burning factory when the roof crashed and all were rescued by companions, only two suffering severe injuries. An invention for feeding live stoci has been perfected by a Chicagoan, with the result that the cost of feeding will be decreased and better and cheaper meat be produced. A. M. Rothschild, the well-known Chicago merchant, killed himself with a revolver, insomnia and physical suffering prompting the act. His estate is figured at $1,000,000. Topeka grain men say a corn crop of 200,000,000 bushels is assured in Kansas. They estimate that Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma will harvest 500,000,000 bushels of corn. While mowing his lawn Walter Kilner, a wealthy retired business man of Mattoon. 111., cut his finger with a blade of grass. Blood poisoning set in and he died in great agony. Fines of Gallagher, Miller. Brown and Voorhees, who pleaded guilty to jury bribing in the second Union Traction case at Chicago, were paid into court in a single chock for $2,744. Texas fever has broken out among the native cattle of Southern Kansas, and at Dexter over a hundred head have died within the past few days. The disease is believed to be spreading. A suit for slander for $50,000 damages has been brought by Aiderman Leininger of Chicago against Joseph Hanreddy. who charged the Aiderman with conspiracy to receive a bribe. The water famine which has been threatening Trinidad, Colo., for so long is now a reality. The city is without fire protection and water for domestic purposes has to be purchased by the bucketful. While chasing a rabbit. Charles Seymour, a farmer living near Chillicothe, Ohio, stepped into a hole. The shock threw his head back so quickly that the stantly. Miss Katherine Graham died at Logansport, Ind., and an investigation by the coroner showed that her death was directly due to cold contracted a few days before while siting under an electric fan. Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, aged G7 years, formerly president of the University of Wisconsin, died at Redlands, Cal., from Bright’s disease, after a lingering illness. Dr. Adams had been ailing for several years. The Chicago messenger boys’ strike ended Sunday night in a practical victory for the employers. Rioting all day and assault with clubs on Detective Peter Johns-on, who stabbed hi. assailant, disgusted the strikers. Mrs. William R. Chandler, aged 40 years, and her stepson, Moses Chandler, aged 26 years, were taken from their home, six miles south of Bloomington, Ind., at an early hour in the morning and terribly beaten by white caps. At St. Louis the jury in the case of Harry A. Faulkner, charged with perjury in connection with, the “boodle” scandal, returned a verdict of guilty, fixing punishment at two years in the penl- ' tentiary, the maximum being five years. A passenger train from. Chicago on the St. Paul Road ran into a box car standing on the main track at Etter, near Hastings, Minn. The engine was derailed and Fireman Burns, who lives at Red Wing, was killed. A tramp also was killed. Because his sweetheart, Mary Robert-

son, had rejected his proposal of mar- j riage, James Larsen, a young Kansas farmer, poisoned her, causing her death, and then shot and killed himself. She ate ice cream into which he had poured strychnine. James J. Jeffries still holds the title of champion pugilist of the world by defeating Robert Fitzsimmons in the eighth round of a fast and furious battle at San Francisco Friday night. Brawn and muscle told against science and skill handicapped by age. The eastbound Pan-Handle limited train was wrecked near Xenia. Ohio, at midnight Thursday. Three passengers were burned to death in the sleeping car • and the engineer and fireman were killed. A coal car escaped from a siding and caused the collision. Judge J. H. Slover, in the Circuit Court at Kansas City, decided in a written opinion that the faculty of the Manual Training High School, a municipal school, has the right to prevent scholars of that institution from joining any secret society that has not the approval of the faculty. SOUTHERN. Two negroes whose names were unknown were lynched at Womelsdorf, W. Ya. More injunctions were issued Monday by Judges Jackson and Keller against the West Virginia mine unionists. Forty persons were poisoned at Maryville Tennessee by drinking lemonade which had been overcharged with tartariiTtrrhi. ‘ ""-..-ded pos- .. A^rrt- . w session by Louisiana ter found adopted by New Orleans family, after he thought she had been drowned in 1893 storm. Judge Jackson at Parkersburg, W. Va., sentenced to jail six coal strike leaders for violation of the court's injunction. Suspension was granted in the case of “Mother” Jones. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Secretary-Treasurer Wilson of the miners' union. After hours of untold suffering Mrs. Henry Dalton, of Pittsylvania, Va., died from the effects of a spider bite. The insect that caused Mrs. Dalton’s death was concealed in a pair of stockings. She was bitten on the instep and lost consciousness in a few minutes. For four days there was almost a continuous fall of rain covering practically the entire State of Texas, the downpour being particularly heavy in Western Texas. In Sourry County it rained for seven days and nights and all streams are out of their banks. The tow lof Snyder had no mail for three days ais is cut off from all communication excel, 1 by telephone. 1 Traffic on the Texas ane' Pacific is almost completely tied up at Abilene. No trains have arrived there from the West for three days. Ten persons have been drowned. FOREIGN. The four American men teachers who were lost in Cebu Island, Philippines, were murdered by ladrones. They had been missing since June 10. Holding a Sultan by the Americans in ' Mindanao as a hostage for the delivery of hostile Moros resulted in the surrender of one native, but the leader defies the authorities. Paris women started disturbances when Premier Combes forced schools kept by j religious associations to close under an ' ambiguous law. The government schools i cannot accommodate all pupils. All the planters of the larger West Indian Islands are talking of annexation to 1 the United States, ywj,nU7o~t7ieir d:-~rt4itr _ ' factknUUver the small amount of money ’ contributed by the imperial government to help the sugar industry. One hundred and twenty-four cases of cholera have been reported in Cairo, ' Egypt. The drinking fountains have been closed. The epidemic is of almost viru- | lent character. Many of the natives are 1 attacked in the street and die in a few minutes. Cholera, which had been diminishing for a week, suddenly increased to seven- i ty-eight cases in Manila Saturday, the largest since the outbreak. The removal of the quarantine on fruits and vegeta- 1 hies possibly accounts for the renewed outbreak. WASHINGTON A series of small fires occurred in the treasury building, Washington, due to burning out of an electric cable. General Miles has selected Colonel John B. Babcock to be his chief of staff, to succeed General Thomas Ward. Secretary Moody says more commissioned officers are needed to properly man warships now in commission. There is much curiosity in naval circles over a remarkable device which is placed in the water to detect the approach ! of warships. Gov. William LI. Hunt of Porto Rico has arrived at New York and talks of the I remarkable development of people and | their affairs under American rule. President Roosevelt approves the find- ' ing of the court-martial in the cases of Maj. Glenn and Lieut. Gauchol, convicted of administering water cure to Filipinos. Secretary Root has declared in an interview that the United States did not seek to expel Philippine friars, but to assist church by replacing friars with priests acceptable to natives. IN GENERAL. The JewWi W .rbl Vf/p. (^p-j mates there are 115 millionaire Hebrews in America, of whom Chicago has thirteen. Cubans are worried over failure of i United States to vacate Havana coaling ! station and President’s delay over Bragg letter. Naval Pay Inspector Arthur Peterson resigned rather than accept sea duty. He had been given a shore berth for three years. W. H. Horwood, Minister of Justice । and Attorney General, has been appoint- 1 ed Chief Justice of Newfoundland in sue- j cession to the late Sir Joseph Little. The deportation of Chinese smuggled I into the United States has begun. Thir-ty-one have been sent back. Narly 300 more arc in jail along the Canadian border. The blue book of American shipping for 1902 reports 1.657 vessels built in twelve months, with 473,981 gross tonnage. Sailing craft declined from 128,099 tons to 101,072. The Adjutant General's statistics show 2,561 engagements fought in the Philippines: 69 officers and 936 men died ( of wounds; 47 officers and 2,535 men oV disease. j Cattlemen in Mexico are entering into ■ a combination to protect their mutual in- ' terests. The same tendency to combine I is shown in sugar-growing regions among planters. A census report on the packing industry shows 198 concerns driven out by big companies in ten years. Illinois plants decreased from 81 to 64. Total capital increase was $72,310,760.

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THE GRE^ —■ = — TRIKE. Exodus of Ant Solve th iners May Unless the anti Ity. ; settled there is a rike is soon i tire region will that the tnmlners. When t ted by it? adult one of the dist was etill young necessary, in or -s said that if । officials would , the strikers’ the region, fim. miner out of where, and not .'or them elseworkers to oper enough mine seems that the t tie colliery. It Already 45,000 s no idle boast. । the region and ners hare left : work elsewhere. und profitable upon what appe w it is claimed thority that 50,< * excellent aufiven work in miners can be । Pennsylvania coal regions of ■ lowa, Kentut jana, Illinois, i Should the ^ssee. coal districts ave the hard . be greatly si situation would was inaugur; hen the strike ’ adult miners re only 105,000 ed by the c> ag 45,000 affect- । posed of b<> ibor being comI classified w< bosses and un- ; it can be se he mines. Thus ing of 50,00 e that the plac- , in soft coal 1 strikers at work I ators either to I force the oper- i ; manded, or aba • concessions de- ; is invested the r mines, in whi< h With the ac aof $511,500,000. the anthracite rs refiioved from : Bible for the will be imposmines. even t to work their 1 100,000 men, ?y could import ■ that no man te law provides ' coal unless hi allowed to mine : get a certifica ertifieate and to | । two years’ exj ‘cessary to have i .pass an e-<”■ i the mines and p o

tbracite j ly simp] i funds, Indianapolis i । were taken, 'i a system of ass *7* suca i a mately $250,0(X n " UR miners and the money 1 Pas branches of or । the total to $5 frw ? otller $2,900,000 a m< Jr , WIU BWell j the fact that so >*«k w about good wages else .*' with be obtained by 5 ??‘ rR are ea , rn ”^ be sufficient to k C 1 J™ 1 * can lies of the strike fc re ° f i remain unemploy ^ i: ' an£ the fainj- | If the robbing ic‘ few who Ina y of its adult min .u t , . ~ ~ tors will be forct ^^acHe held la.on, the operai 'PHONE-SWE/I^e to terms Police Court Fine R A CRIME. Such The man who loA^’ lc,an $5 for the warm weather I C f ’ , . cifically. generally, aiF? mper ourin ” tlcally through the td ho swears s P e ' imratierce. Telepho/ or even artl ?’ form, is a crime, willr e ma} rL “‘ bis company if it hears ’ r ° anlty bad I take legal measures lUS K e a fender and may me/ hears ?? t 0 pocket to the man w i lnlshl ng the ofFrom St. Louis co-^ °? of the court decision fining Ddu gea ’ n swearing while unbv?"? . of a P° ll ce the telephone opera t lhyS ? an f 5 for telephone service in 1 ?* hls ?. lud to fendant, Dr. S. L. 1 au ^’ ct ° f and in a police couL Clty ’ de ’ that he had “cussed™ 3 arrested telephone service, k andldly » dlni tted tor. Ue maintainea. nd 7 ab,Jllt turbed the operator’? at . G P»* ra - Judge Sidener, whv e bad not dis ' cided three points; Iffnot sufficient provoca* rase, deaecond, that it is in^ a ^ there was and never protective at^ profanity; it has never beenexc --777* 7 aggressive o Ilin uumiiiu. principles- of law have r« » orating dated by modern inventiojen invalicrime of hurling cursesand that the the telephone is amort person over ' In the jurisdiction in Wi> the laws was committed. the offense MORTGAGES SUBJF „ . TO TAX. i One Billion Dollars Ad Taxable P? o Chicago’ I A billion dollrrs in (jr. .by the mortgages hel represented ; Illinois, largely by the fl ,’<'bok County. • lending corporations, s big moneytrust and insurance co.ding banks. , added to the taxable ,xuies, is to be It is held that thf*erty. scent so much mon Artgages reprehold -rs of the mc-abonging to the queiitly should be tax and consethat there is no don’t is pointed out owner of the properaxation, as the the property, and theiys the tax on gages is assessed on t,er of the mortthe mortgages. ioney loaned on According to the A ! the Chicago Economs compiled by j 1900 the amount, of m|of December, i s Is a s follows: Iges filed in five 1896 j 1897 . ,588,999,723 ’ 1898 407.779.45 S j 1899 196,519,070 1900 407.177.917 . 282,059,882 Total — , The railway mortgt. ,$1,383,236,059 I ed to $225,045,500, ain 1900 amount- ; 800.000. The recorn 1899 to $340,them is in the recorl every one of | be inspected by any t office and can

JUDGE JACKSON, WHO r SENTENCED MINERS TO PRISON. 1 Judge John Jay Jackson, who has just sentenced several organizers of the miners union to jail for contempt of court, is one of tiie oldest living jurists In the world. He is now closing eighty years of life, forty of which have been spent on the Federal bench of West Virginia, j Judge Jackson was one of Lincoln’s first ; appointments sfter the beginning of the - war. Although a Virginian, he was true i t?, 'h" J n '° n ’_ been prominent in 1 ' >rginia politics before the war, and was ; on the Bell and Everett ticket for Presi-dt-ntia! elector. Judge Jackson is noted I for the number and the drastic character I of the injunctions! writs he has issued in | labor disputes during the last half dozen । years. , MARRIED HER HALF-BROTHER. Revelation of the Fact Caused a Mi.-

•.other, Maggie Wagner, bride । of E red M agner, a wealthy young farmer Living near Russellville,' Mo., swal- ' lowed carbolic acid and expired in great agony in her husband's arms with his name upon her lips. The suicide and revelation of its cause shocked the community as nothing else ever did in its history. The young couple were devoted to each other. Their meeting was an accident, their courtship brief and their ■ honeymoon ideal. Recently the bride I discovered from anecdotes related by her ; husband of his childhood that he’ was । her mother’s son, her own half brother I whom she had not seen for twenty years, ! and whom she believed to be dead. She ; did not reveal her discovery to her husband, but after two or three weeks of I brooding decided to end her life as the only way to end her mental anguish. HUNT FOR TRACEY ABANDONED. Washington Counties, After Spending SIO,OOO Give Up Chase. After forty days of continual pursuit by men and bloodhounds, all organized effort to capture Harry Tracy, the es-

1 caped Oregon cons vict, has ended. No • further posses will । start after him. > The pursuit of Tra- ■’ cy through Clark. < Cowlitz, Lewis, j Thurston, Pierce. ' Kitsap, Snohomish, i and King Counties, J Washington, has ? cost these counties j SIO,OOO. The fact * that Oregon declines to pay Mrs.

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M aggoner, of Chehalis, the reward for Merrill’s body has done much toward the flat drop of the Tracy hunt, it is said. The diary of the late Bishop W. X. Ninde, written by his daughter Mary, is now in press. The Rev. Dr. John Bancroft Devins and John A. Afford have jurchased the New York Observer. The Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand, who died recently, was 71 years of age and was consecrated In 1869. There were over 500 active Christian Endeavorers, all young men, among the Boer prisoners in the Bermuda Islands. The English conference connected with the United Norwegian Lutheran Church will probably hold its next meeting in Milwaukee. That was a clever alliteration of Dr. Blanchard, when speaking of the reign of the spirit of pleasure: “More golf than God; more cards than Christ.” The Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Varney graduated together this year at Lombard College. Mr. Varney receiving the degree of B. A. and Mrs. Varney that of B. D. The Kev. Dr. It, 8. MacArthur of the Calvary Baptist Church, New York, has started on a lecturing tour at various Chau ta myna.a, and will not return to his pulpit until August. The Sunday school people are going to have their nest world-wide meeting at Jerusalem. The trip will result in a wider knowledge of holy land than has ever been known before.

QUAKES IN THE WEST TOWNS in NEBRASKA AND DAKOTA SHAKEN. ) Yankton, Tilden and Norfolk Amon c Cities Affected-Parte of California ■ Also Feel the Disturbance and Some I Slight Damage Is Done. An earthquake shock so severe as to

cause consternation in many places is reported from towns in Nebraska, western lowa and South Dakota. The disturbance occurred shortly before 1 o'clock Monday afternoon and lasted from ten to fifteen seconds. This was the first earthquake shock 1 ever felt in Nebraska in the history of the F State. the wave swipt over a stretch about 200 miles square. The center of the disturbance was near Norfolk. Neb., but Tilden, Neb., reports the hardest shock. At that place dishes were thrown down, brick walls were cracked, wells dried up and other damage resulted. Three distinct shocks were felt at Tilden. tiie Santee Indian agency several shocks were felt. They were accompanied by deep rumblings. On the Omaha and Winnebago reservation the earthquake terrorized the Indians, who had never experienced anything of the kind. Ihe Indians were holding festivities in honor of visitors from the Indian Territory. Hundreds were gathered in the big whenthe shoc^^e. Fright seized and the dances T* s- **'।'

broken up. These agencies are not far from Mount loula, Nebraska’s volcano, and the Indians immediately gave that mountain the credit for the disturbances. Two hundred towns felt the disturbances. Among those reporting the hardest shocks are Tilden. Oneil. Petersburg, Elgin. Oakdale, Battle Creek, Norfolk, Ewing, Neligh, Randolph and Clearwater. At Battle Creek there was almost a panic. Houses shook perceptibly and rumbling noises resembling thunder added to the terror of the inhabitants of the place. Many rushed into the streets and for some time would not go near structures that were likely to cause injury in case of a possible collapse. The vibrations were so pronounced as to knock down insecurely fastened ornaments end rattle dishes. The tremor continued for about fifteen seconds and was felt at many near by towns. Yankton. S. D., felt a shock of twelve seconds' duration. The disturbance seems to have been more clearly felt along the boundary line between Nebraska and South Dakota, although a number of places in both States were affected. In t/maha the shake was barely discernible and few people knew of such a thing until the weather bureau reported it. Felt in California. A severe earthquake shock was felt in Lompec Valley, Cal., at 10:55 o'clock Sunday night. The shock lasted fully thirty seconds, and was so severe that dishes, clocks, house plants, etc., were thrown from shelves and furniture and other articles were upset. The people were stricken with terror and ran from their houses, some fearing to return, as other lighter shocks com tinned for several hours afterward. Another heavy shock was felt at 5 a. m. and one at 11 a. m. Monday. A large water tank was knocked over; the earth Tracked at many places. The Santa Ynez river bed slightly changed at places. Meager advices '• L >< .A’nmos, near

a severe • as felt Sum. . at about 11 o'clock, doing $15,000 damage to the property of the Western Union Oil Company at the Garreaga wells. At Harris Station a fissure is reported to have opened. and from it a stream of water two feet deep and eighteen feet wide is flowing. A slight shock was felt in Santa Barbara, but no damage was done. At Santa Maria the vibrations, which were from east to west, lasted forty-five seconds. CHURCH SERVICE BY 'PHONE. Result of War Between Rival Companics in VS ashinyton, Ind. At \\ ashington. Ind., the experiment was tried on a recent Sunday of placing telephones in the churches, giving connection with the patrons of the line, so that those who chose to hear the sermon without going to tne trouble of “dressing up*’ for a church pew could do so. The town of Washington has been in the throes of a telephone war for some time, and the strife has grown bitter. Both companies- have strained every effort to win patronage. Finally the'Bell Company resorted to offering church service free at home to beat its rival, the independent company. The Beil Company arranged with the preachers of the town to place telephones in all the churches, and offered connections with their subscribers throughout the town and the country. The pastors accepted the suggestion, and the first experiment was a great success-. The advantages of the system to the church-going public are obvious, and so are the disadvantages from the standpoint of the preacher. The system makes it possible for a man to sit comfortably at home, smoking his cigar and holding his Sunday newspaper, while listening to the Scriptural discourse of his favorite preacher. If the sermon doesn't strike him right he doesn't have to undergo the embarrassment of getting up and leaving ceiver and ask central for another clnir-a and a better preacher. And if he does not believe in church collections, or is careless about putting his money into his Sunday trousers, he does not have to look stern and unconcerned while inwardly enraged while some persistent leacon passes the collection box too closely to him Interesting Newt, Items. I - or the first time a corps of women doctors have been appointed by the NewYork city board of health to do service in the tenement districts. A specialist named E. A. Bessey. belonging to the United States Department of Agriculture, has begun a tour of Russia in search of plants suitable for America. Adams County, Indiana, now claims the largest gas well in the world. The well is on the Clifton farm. Ax miles east of Decatur, and has a pre-suiv of over 800 pounds. It is estimated that $125,990.0k) w ,> s paid out in dividends .Inly 1 to the stockholders of the various great corporations or trusts, representing the earnings for the past six months. About. 25.(MH) acres of mi producing lands in l’ennsylv;wda. with 3.709 wells and production of so,<hh barrels dailv. were sold recently to the South I’erm Oil Company, it being the largest sale f I property recorded. A large meteor fell in eastern Finland recently, terrifying the p ople and making a noise like thunder. Pieces have been found, hut the larger part is thought to have fallen into a lake, and efforts will be made to find it.

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a- tne possibility of any serious injury becomes smaller the feeling of confidence in fully sustained trade grow- stronger. • torms destroyed much property in some sections, and the prompt restoration of structures has added to the acti'itv of building trades. Railway stocks rose to new high record quotations and gold was exported, yet money ruled easy. July oats succeeded corn as the leading speculative cereal, but all distant grain options tended lower as the outlook improved. Ihe heavy distribution of merchandise is shown by railway earnings thus far reported for July 25 per ce nt larger than last year and _•» per cent in excess of the corresponding period of 1900. R. G. Dun & Co’s weekly review thus sums up the trade o .tlook and continuing. says: Insufficient fuel is the one serious difficulty in the iron and steel industry, interruptions and delays from this cause becoming more noticeable each day. Supplies of coal are curtailed by the trike, although coke ovens are making ne w records of production. Shipments are re ihl'Til'c'lL l '/l ■ ■■ jo j v ,..’

r age. In a market where there is com- . parative dullness because deliveries cant not be made promptly, the outlook for . long continued a -tivity seems favorable. especially as scarcity of fuel cannot continue a factor indefinitely. Ai! forms of , pig iron have sold ahead, and there is no , evidence of over production, in the ne.tr future at least. Biihts are still somewhat unsettled by heavy importations, yet domestic prices are steady and further foreign arrivals are expected. Th re was less activity in the speculative markets for the leading c reals, yet prices were fairly well maintained. Meats were somewhat weaker on large receipts and smaller export buying. Among the other staples coffee continues active an 1 firm, despite the statistical situation, while cotton was irregular, because improved crop prospects acted in opposition to the brisk demand fir consumption. Finally the former influence prevailed, and quotations declined sharpFailures for the week numbered 20S in the United States, against 198 last year, and seventeen in Canada, against twen-ty-eight last year. Exports of Grain. Bradstreet's says: Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending July 24. aggregate 3.980.969 bushels, against 3.775.222 last week and 6.974.526 in this week last year. Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate 13,765,306 bushels, against 19.737.647 last season. Corn exports aggregate 79.611 bushels, against 130.679 last week, and 1.155.276 last year. For the fiscal year corn exports are 459.405 bushels, against 7.164,043 last season. ~ The Northwest is just ImCdyO. about entering upon what — may be called the nervous period of the year. The time is close at hand when the growing wheat will have reached the most delicate stage, and the weather attendant upon the process of matt; lowi .1 I I

, onuei, ,utn. it ime.esi evf me L next few weeks centers upon the crop , reports? From every corner of the Northwest । comes good news-, and from every poi ,t , of view the present outlook is highly en- ( couraging. Grain men. whose business it is to anticipate, and who habitually scan t the horizon for a speck to denote the rise . of an adverse factor, are unable to dis- ’ cern the faintest indication of anything in the least disturbing. Hot winds, always- a possibility through the milk period. could do great damage to the crop. There is no more reason, however, to expect them now than in any other year. One of the most conservative financiers in the country said: “If the corn crop fulfills its promise, this fall will se- the advent of the most remarkable era of commercial prosperity America has ever experienced." Without a doubt a bumper corn crop will bring this about, for if the g: ang r roads made money with a co|rn failure last season, a heavy yield this year should enable them to show the largest earnings in their history. All other roads will share in this to some extent, and the people will be benefited by the continuation of general prosperity. , The country at largo presents a view not materially changed from tlb prevl- is week. The same activity is noted in the leading lines, the same hopefulness and continued talk of the good fail business that is to come. The fruit season is n w at its height. Produce prices in general are high, considering that there is a- ::h---aiency in the supply centers, but tie- r -- pie are consuming largely ami .-ire aying for the bes-t. Cotton, nearly r d hog products and the cereals are lower. An exception is found in cereals for July delivery in which the scarcity of supply and bull manipulations forced orices to really phenomenal points. At 72 July oats were higher than corn, and higher than at any time since the Civil War. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, s4jm> to $8.25; hogs, shipping grades, $4.25 to $8.00; sheep, fair to choice, $4.00 to $4.49; wheat, No. 2 red. 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2,58 cto 59c; oats. No. 2. 49e to uOc; rye. No. 2. 55c to 57c; hay. timothy. $ll.OO to $16.00; prairie. $6.90 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 1!' to 20c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 18d; potatoes, new. 49c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $8.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $7.7->; sheep, common to prime. $2.5J to $4.00: wheat. No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn. No. 2 white. 65c to 66c; oils. No. 2 white, 50c to 52c. St. Ixiuis—Cattle. $4.50 to $7.75; hogs, $3.00 to $7.85; sheep. $2.50 to $4.40; wheat. No. 2. 65c to 66c: Corn. No. 2, 61.- to 62c; its. No. 2. 37< to 38c; rye. No. 2, 52-’ to 53c. t.'incinnat: Cattle. $4..>9 to $7.25; hogs, $4.(*J to $7.75; sheep. $3.2-3 to $4.00; wneat. N". 2, ,2c to 73c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 66c to 67c; c <_ N», 2 mixed, Detroit—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.50; h. gs $3.। to $7.60; sheep, $2.5> t-> .-EA' wheat. No. 2. 72 to 7 N-. 3 yellow, 67c to 68^: . •< No. 2 6L: to 63c; rye. 60c 61 Milwaukee— Wheat, N 2 nortr. -rn. No. 2 white. 54c to 55, . r; ■. N ■. 1. 59 to 61c; barley. No, 2. 67e’to 6.5-; pO rk, mess. $17.40. Toh-do Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 71- to 72<-: ismn. No. 2 mixed. 62- to 63'-; . ats No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c, clover seM, i prime, $5.12.