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fgtlc|imn flaiudealei M- - ¥:- k VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisher. JicHENRT, I I ILLINOIS. DOI¥G¥ OFTIIE"D AY. SKf SUMMARY OP LATE WIRE NEWS BY L$: llcnlttal Hupptnlifi In Ktwy Kami B»misph«re Flr#s, Accidents. Crimes, Politics. Religion, Commerce and Crop** Sandwiched with Minor Aflblrs. m1' I -H • BUSINESS GROWING BETTER. ! H»*RY Fx ports «f Gi (! C*us* NO Fanic Hew. R. G. Dor & Co.'s weekly reviow of trade says: In every respect the outlook is more fa­ vorable, excepting the larj^cexports of gold and the advance In Bunk of ICngland rates ; to 5 per cent., obviously for the purpose of drawing more gold from this country. It ; is a most favorable symptom that the' con­ tinued exports of gold cause 110 panic In this market, ft Is a si^nfneaut fact that the exports in April were about double last year's in value as to cotton, and showed an increase In oil and provisions, but a de-r crease In cattle and in breadstuffs, yet. In breadstuff* the decrease was wholly in corn, and the surpluss of wheat available for export was, May 1. at out 39.- 000,000 bushels. The export* of wheat from : Atlantic.ports have been much smaller than ;• a year ago until last wtek. when :<n in­ crease of 10 per cent, appears. In corn the decrease is heavy, of course. The iron j furnaces in blast May t were of about 2.000 : tons greater weekly capacity than April 1, 115,590 tons, against 113.483 a month ago, and 180,009 a year ago. But the trade is less depressed and the Ions delay in settle­ ment of the coke strike tends to strengthen price*. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 237 as compared with a total of 242 last week. For the correspond­ ing week of last year the figures were 212. BASE-BALL. Hit* of the nrff wnt Clubs According to t the Latest Contests H '• " FOIXOWTNG is a showing of the stand- tag of each of the teams of the different ^ associations; NATIONAL LKAGCa. "A W. L. *10. W. h. f>o. , Chicagot....l3 ' -7 .050 Brooklyn*...10 11 .476 Bostons. 12 8 .£03 Cleveland* ..10 11 .476 Pbiiftdelp'l .12 9 ,6rl New Yorkd.. 9 11 .450 Pittsburg!.. 10 10 .500 Cincinnatis. 6 15 .286 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. »e., W. L. ^o. .21 8 .724 Athletics IS 14 .462 3 .6)4 Cinciauatts.14 18 .438 13 .581 Columbus.. .12 19 .387 17 .4-.) Wasliingt's.. 7 19 .203 WE8TXBM ASSOCIATION. _ »'. L. ye. W. L. 9o. Omaha#;... .14 1U .aJW Minneap'Hs.12 12 .500 Delivers 14 Jl .560 Eioux City a. 11 13 .438 I.<taoolnH 12 11 .622 St. Paul*.. ..11 14 .4 0 Mllwankeea.13 U .520 Kan Baa C*ya.l0 14 .417. c SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY. For Flf.een Minnas a Man Holds a W^MV ConiiPPflns: With a 3,000-Volt, Pynamef' MIKE STABI„E, electric lisht inspector for Alleghany City, wa* engaged In pat­ ting new carbons in a tower light. His pliers were improperly insulated, aud when he grasped the wire he received a shock from a 3,000-voit dynamo. He was as if glued to the wire fully fifteen minutes before the current was shut off. Stable's hands and feet are fearfully burned.. * G;>* HI* 8»nt*r<v PfinV«d. " AT Jacksonvire, F!a, Lot M. Ballard ,was committed for sending obscene mat­ ter through the mails and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. Ballard was conducted by a guard to the county jail, and on the way he told the guard with loud and bitter cur.-es that one thing that the court could not take was a Winchester ride from him, and that when he had served his sentence he would kill every one of the witnesses in his case. The court, on hearing of this, added an additional nine months to h's sentence and changed the place of im­ prisonment to the United States Pnniten- tiary atX'oIumbus, Ohio. m: Kfi.r &V iA, a W, tSi I 3: i&v > Fir-man M«*"s IVath. AT Cincinnati, the mammoth establish­ ment of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company was greatly damaged by fire. Thousands of gallons of beer was wasted. The aggregate l<ws will approximate 8100,000, and is covered by insurance. Henry Smith stepped close to the edge of the roof, the weakened cornice fell,; carrying him headlong to the ground, fie died before reaching the hospital. R'"W' Un bv NEAH Oak drove, Mo., the house of Daniel Morgan was demo ished by an ex­ plosion of dynamite. Mrs. Morgan's c-o'lar-bone was broken and she was otherwise Injured Mr. Morgan was lady injured, though not fatally. His two children es aped unhurt, but a step- sou was blown twenty yards through a Iroo-top and alighted on a feucj. I< v Slock Bur'"*d to n^nth. THE large barn of David M. Darby, one mile south of" Xenia, Iud., burned with two horses, seventeen hogs, and farm machinery. The loss is $2,500, partially insured. Mrs. Darby's arm was broken and her skull fractured by tthe farm bell she was ringing to sound ihe alarm falling upon her. Mirhted Matches in lla'.l AT Cincinnati, O., John Cochran, the 19-year-old son of well-to-do parents, was arrested, charged with a curious offense. For months mail has been found in many boxes partially burned. By acci­ dent Cochran was discovered throwing lighted matches into the boxes. Many valuable letters were destroyed. Expr'M Employes Strlko AT Louisville, all the drivers and handlers of the Adams Express Com­ pany struck. This is the result of the recent order of the company requiring their employes to furnish bonds. This strike is likely to spread over the country. Baek to the White H ni". PRESIDENT HARRISON and party ar­ rived safe and sound in Washington. Just before the party broke up the President made a short address, which, he said, was the one hundred and fortieth •poech since he started on the trip. to the water's edge, the loss on the Rob­ erts being $25,oot>, on the Eagle $10,000, and the Twilight ¥13,000; all partially insured. THE Morewood. Pa., Sunday riot case came up beforo the Grand Jury and a true bill was returned against the de­ fendants. This is the lfot which oc­ curred on the Sunday preceding the kill­ ing, when an army of strikers proceeded to Morewood and drove workers from the ovens and broke tools and destroyed other property of the company. THE North Mountain, in Columbia County, Pa., has been burning for some time. The town of Middlebury was wiped out and the town of Gaines was severely scorched. A man suspected of having fired the woods was arrestod, but escaped. A SPECIAI. from Punxsut&wney, Pa., says: A great fire is raging along the mountains between Punxsutawney and Bellwood, on the line of the Pennsyl­ vania and Northwestern. It is sixty miles in length. Many people have been made homeless. The officials of the Pennsylvania and Northwestern Rail­ road have repeatedly called out their force of men to protect their property. Men who are acquainted with the histo­ ry of the country around state that a fire of like proportions previous to this date never was known. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. entirely gone, and he is a pitiable object. He can give no account of his wander- ings. Some one had stolen his watch, money and papers. FIRE broke out in the cable railway station in the Union Depot at Kansas City, Mo., and destroyed the station and also a connecting station at the elevated railway. PRESIDENT HARRISON was presented with a silver brick weighing seven pounds by the citizens of Leadvilie, Colo. AT the annual convention of the Epis­ copal Church of the diocese of Iowia. at Davenpol-t, Bishop Perry said: "We need and we should countonance in this land no organizations of EnglishmeiyScotch^ men, Welshmen, Irishmen, Scandina­ vians, Germans, French, or Italiajns. Much less should wo consent to (the JElonx persons were killcd and twentv- growth among us of secret tribunartsrv with their crimes and assassinations, or organizations of men of foreign birth trained to tho use of arms. Wo recog­ nize no flag but the stars and stripes." TnE Belding Motor and Manufactur­ ing Company, of Chicago, made an as­ signment. The liabilities are 817.5,000. AN express cv attacked to a train on the Santa Fe Road, near Guthrie, O. T., was boarded by robbers, but tho pres­ ence of mind of the messenger saved all but S500 of the treasure. TEN years ago a brutal and cowardly murder occurred at Washington Furnace, Ohio. Jake Seel and John Cary, neighbors, quarrelled, when $o<?f,"in a fit of anger, dealt the b!pw ,Which killed John Cary. Seel fop^t^n years has been a fugitive fron>'justice. He was cap­ tured the pasfcAveek at the scene of the mucdeflind it now turns out that he has sry year visited the place. THE headless and limbless body of a woman was found lodged against the bank of the Missouri River at Rockport, Mo. No clue could be found by which to identify the fioater, as the body was entirely nude and tho head, arms and feet missing. AT Medora, Ind., Vance Hunsucker, a boy of 7 years, was shot and killed, tho whole left side of his face and neck being entirely torn off. At the time of the shooting the boy was in a room with two boys about his own age, and they are so badly frightened that they can give no account of the affair. A vcrdict of accidental death was rendered. - AT Jackson, Mich., John J. Tuomey's large department store was closed on writs of exection representing about 515,000. There are two chattel mortgages on the stock, one of $28,000 and the other for $9,000. Stevens, the Nelson, Neb., druggist, who made an error in compounding a prescription which resulted in the death of Miss Carrie Easley, was found guilty of manslaughter. W. IT. DEVAULT, aged 74, living near Syracuse, Neb., was found dead in his barn. He went to feed his stock about 5 o'clock, and a few hours afterward was found dead. His head and face were beaten to a pulp, and It is supposed the horses knocked him down and stamped him to death. ON a fashionable Kansas City, Kan., avenue Mrs. Eugenia Fox cowhided Joseph Littick, a young attorney. Mrs. Fox was prosecuting witness in the case of a 14-year-old boy charged with Inde­ cent exposure. The boy was acquited, Littick appearing for him. In his plea to the Judge, Littick applied vile epithets to Mrs. Fox, who, when the case was concluded, went to the nearest harness shop, purchased a rawhide whip, and then unmercifully belabored Littick till he howled for mercy. AT Cleveland, three masked burglars entered tho residence of E. M. Matthews, Superintendent of the United States Express Company, bound young Vincent Matthews, gagged him, and threw him on a bed, and at the muSzle of a revolver marched Superintendent Matthews all over the house to point out places where valuables might be lound. The robbers secured a gold watch and about $20 i.u money and depai t3d. AT Jeffersonville, Ind., a corpse was found in the Ohio. It was that of a girl not over 19, very handsome. Over her eyes were dark bruises, as if she were sandbagged. She was identified as Ida, daughter of John Ilinds, a fisherman living at Six Mile Island in a houseboat. John Trestler was her sweetheart, and ho declares that Hinds had made threats that he would kill or drown his daughter because she loved Trestler. The father has left with his houseboat for parts un­ known. RESIDENTS of Buchanan s'ieet, In­ dianapolis, are iniensely excited over the death of Mrs. Nancy Wright, who was taken ill with pains in her stomach and vomiting, and died. Two weeks ago her grandmother died under similar cir­ cumstances, and it is now believed that both were poisoned. The Coroner will make a thorough investigation. V 'INDUSTRIAL NOTES. At St» Louis, Mo., the master KrifWws held a meeting and after an exc ing de- bat* on a resolution to lock the men out it was defeated by a large majority, and another resolution was adopted indors­ ing the action of a previous meeting to pay 37X cents an hour, with an amend­ ment that all builders now paying 40 cents could continue to do so. This action virtually ends the light lu favor of the strikers. - THE trouble among miners in tho Terre Haute, Ind., section is not yet over, and the prospects are not bright for early settlement. Many factories are closed on account of scarcity of coal. Both sides are decided. The miners hold out for 70 cents per ton, and tho operators refuse to pay moro than <>r> cents. Seven thousand miners are idle. THERE is a most peculiar strike, or lockout, on the Chicago and Northwest­ ern Railway system at Chicago. Be­ tween 375 and 400 switchmeu were paid off and discharged by the company. Tho places were filled by new men employed beforehand. Tho trouble did not arise from any opposition to unions on tho part of the road, but was a matter of discipline. The switchmen have been in the habit of striking frequently for trivial reasons, and seriously embar­ rassing the road. The trainmen to a man aided the company, and, while it was out of their line of duty to switch their own trains, they did so. THE trouble between the 6hio coal miners and operators was finally settled. The miners conceded all their demands except tho price of turning rooms That remains the fame entry work, or as $7 to $8 a room. This settlement increases the cost of production only four-filths of a cent a ton. FOREIGN GOSSIP. explosion on the in the harbor of five injured by an steamer Tancarville, Newport, England. A DISPATCH received from Japan con­ firms the report that an attempt has been made upon the life of the Czare- witch. This dispatch says that tho at­ tack upon the heir to tho Russian throne was made at Kioto (now officially called Saikio), or '-Western Capital," tho for­ mer capital of .lapan, on the island,at Hondo. The imperial traveler, tKough seriously woundetj, is -eohsidered to bo in no daijfp3r*t)rf d^ing. The particulars as^VirtTie attempt at assassination are -ifiost meager. The only details given are that the Czarewitch was suddenly attacked by a Japanese, who wa« armed with a sharp sword. THE suspension of payments by the banks of Lisbon has caused a panic in Portuguese securities on the Paris Bourse. FRESH AND NEWSY. THE schooner Robert and Minnie was captured about three miles from San Pedro, by Deputy Marshal Anderson on board the tug Falcon She mado no re­ sistance, and was towed in to San Pedro harbor and tied up. The arms said to have been on board of her had disap­ peared, and it is believed that they had been transferred to the steamer Itata. AN express train met with an accident near Straight Lake, Ont. Bush tires had destroyed a trestle bridge over "a creek, and the engine, baggage, and mail cars wont into the chasm. A man named McAlpin, from Qulncy, Mass ,was killed, and five passengers injured, one seri­ ously. RICARDO TRUMBULL, a member of tho Chilian Parliament, and one of the lead­ ers of the insurgent party, was arrestod in San Francisco for violating the neu­ trality laws of tho United States in con- nWtien with tho shipments of arms and munitions of war on tho schooner Rob­ ert and Minnie. . THE pilot and supercargo, who took the Itata out of San Diego harbor, have been arrested. THE cruiser Charleston was sighted far out to sea by the steamer Crescent City, which' arrived at Cedros Islands. The cruiser immediately changed her course and made for the Crescent City. When the Charleston approached the captain of the Crescent City hoisted the American flag and saluted. The Charles­ ton then steamed away to the southwest and was soon lost to sight. Nothing was seen of tho Itata. THE Domimmi government has decidcd to segregate thethree^Chinese lepers re­ cently discovered in tho>Chtnese quarter at Victoria, B. C. A lar/aretto, similar to the institution at Tracadie, N. B., will be established on Darcy Island, outside Victoria harbor. Dr. Smith, an expert on leprosy, has been dispatched by the minister of agriculture from Tracadie to the Pacific coast. THE Esmeralda left Acapnlco after re­ ceiving information about the Charleston being In chase of the Itata. The' offi­ cers were very reticent, but it was learned from one of the crew that they were going north to meet the Itata and act as convoy. It is thought that if the Charleston is on the right track there will be an engagement very soon. HABKET IlEPORTS. Nineteen Men Drownpd. A FLATBOAT on the Dnieper River was run down by a steamer, and nineteen workmen were drowned. The captain oC the steamer is blamed for not keeping oat of the way of the fiatboat. > - EASTERN OCCURRENCES. ' '#•'. -- V WILLIAM S. LADI>, ex-Judge of the Hfow Hampshire Supreme Court, died at Lancaster, N. H. As a lawyer, he was well known throughout the State. A LAMP exploded in the cabin of the Steamer George Roberts, which was in the Monongahola River at Pittsburg, Pa. The flames spread to all parts of the boat and soon enveloped the tow- boats Eagle and twilight lying along­ side. The fire department was too late and the three boats were soon com­ pletely wrecked, everything on board being lost. The three boats were burned, 80UTHERN INCIDENTS. A BIRMINGHAM, Ala, spccial says: G H. Russell, cashier of the Georgia Pacific Railroad, was knocked on the head by burglars and dangerously wounded. lie was In his office, working with the safe open, when the robbers entered. He was found in a few min­ utes Ijy tho watchman, lying there screaming, with papers and books around and the inside of tho safe on fire. He was dragged out but could only j-ay, "They knocked me in tho head and killed ire." Tramps had been seen around the building. Tiiey evidently set fire to tho papers after the robbery. JOHN W. PKNTON, wanted in Coving­ ton County, Ala , for murder, was cap­ tured at Milton, Fla. His arrest was resisted and in the melee he was killed. Bv the explosion of a boiler in G. W. Wilsons sawmill at Wilson's Station, W. Va., three men and a boy were in­ stantly killed and two others, were seri ously injured. SAMUEL WILMOUTJ (Ky. distiller who peared, has returned Paris disap- ind is CHICAGO, CATTLE--Common to Prims. HOGS--Shipping tirades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 lted CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BYE--NO. 2 BTJTTEB--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Pull Cream, flats Eaas--Fresh POTATOES--Western, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Hoas--Choice Light ISHKICF--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN--No. 1 White. OAT#--NO. 2 White fcT. LOUIS. CATTLB HOOS ; WHEAT--Ho. 2 Kod COBN--No. 9 OATS--No. 2 BARLEY--Iowa „ CINCINNATI. CATTLK. HOOH BHKFP WBHAT--No. 9 J*«d.T. CORK--No. 3 OATS--No. 3 Hired DETROIT. CATTLE HOOB SBBEP WHEAT--No. 9 Hed CORN--No. 2 Yellow OAis--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--Cash OATS--No. 1 Whits CLOVER SEED EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... HOG*--Light SHEEP--Medium LAMBS MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring... CORN--No 3 OATS--No. 9 White RYE--N o. 1 BABLET--No. 2..... PORK--Mess NEW YORK. CATTLE Hooa SHEEP.*... WHEAT-^NO. 2 Red COKN--No. 2 .7... O^Ts--Mixed Western. BCTTRH--Creamery.... I......... JEaos--Western Poax--New Meas ta.so 4.50 4.50 1.C7 .63 .02 .88 .22 .11 .14 1.00 8.50 3.0J 4.00 1.03 .«»!* & .50 & @ 6.50 5.00 @ 6.75 C<6 1.08 @ .60 ..'<3 <4 .88 (<s .25 <& .12 <$ .lo & 1.10 ® 6.03 (iS 5.00 @ 5.25 @ 1.035$ 70 * 67 4.00 (F? 5.75 4.ITB @ 5.00 1.04)6® 1.(056 .60 @ .01 C"T .52)6 @ .73 .72 8 03 3.00 4.00 1.00 .70)6® .56 " 8.00 9.00 3.00 1.08 ,7J .55 @ 5.75 & 5.25 & 5.50 <$ 1.07 ~ .71)6 & .58 ® 5.25 @ 5.00 & 5.5J W 1.09 @ .71 & .50 1.00>6FL 1 10U .69 & .70 .31 (-5 .51H 4.15 & 4.25 4.25 @ 6 35 4.25 (Si 5.50 4.T5 & 6.60 4.60 IS) 6.75 1.08 <a i.04 •W (<$ .08 .08 ifli .54 .93 <g .94 .74 <G .75 11.50 @11.75 4.75 ® 0.50 4.95 & 6.75 5.45 (ft 6.25 1.14 <a 1.16 .73 @ .74 .54 <S6 .01 .18 & .04 .15 & .16 13.50 @14.25 'LATEST CROP KEP0RTS. OENERAL CONDITIONS IN ALL SECTIONS ENCOURAGING. Karty Winter Wheat All Beaded Oht-- Spring VI heat All Sreded, Coming; Up, *n<l Making a Good Stand--Generally Too Dry and Cold for Oat*. The grain growing areas of the coun­ try have experienced a period of dry weather accompanied by severe frosts which are thought to have damaged more or less tho small fruit, nipped the spring wheat, and what it has done to the winter wheat, which was just head­ ing out, it is impossible at this time to say. WINTER WHEAT. In Central Illinois the prospects now are that the early wheat will be fit to cut by the middle of June. The crop is generally heading out. In Southern Illinois wheat is from fourteen to eigh­ teen inches high. Considerable of it is in head already. There are no signs of fly or insects yet. The frost damaged vegetables and fruit to some extent. There was more or less wheat Just ready to head out and the earliest wheat may have been damaged. In many of tu. largest winter wheat countries in Southern Illinois wheat on the bottom lands is over two feet in height, and on high lands about twelve inches high. Northern Indiana reports a cold, dry week, with a recent hard frost. Tho | crop as a whole stands even, and Is Nebraska. probably shows the best oni» look at present for a full crop of any State where a surplus crop of oats it made. In Missouri and Kansas the con­ ditions are not an average; in Tennessee and Kentucky tho prospects aro poor; in the State of Illinois fair; very uneven in Indiana and Ohio; in Iowa more or less mixed. It is too early to say any­ thing yet with resrard to the condition of the oat crop in the Dakotas ao/iV-Alin- nesoU. < ' M!;' FROST AND FRUIT. The late frost was not conflhed t6 limited areas. It swept over the coun­ try from North Dakota, where the spring wheat was just coming up, and left its mark upon it, and went upon Its jour­ ney of destruction across the country as far south as the Ohio River, whero it caught the early winter wheat, just In head. Bleb Men and Charity. In a recent speech Abram S. Hewitt ia reported to have said that he knew but one rich man in New York--and by rich he meant a man worth at leat $20,- 000.000 -- who was doing his duty. That man, he said, devoted his entire income, above the sum required for the necessaries of life, to charity. This shows a decidedly high standard on Mr. Hewitt's part in two respects, re­ marks the Pittsburg Dispatch. That a man must have $20,000,000 before he. is rich reduces the vast bulk of the population to a common level of pov­ erty, while if the rich man gives air his 8 To /y /a /S ef"**"""**sr-- _ -.J. . , I fi ro '/ t /i i /Aa/J I ,8 r<$o\ wo I KT m * ///*/>/#f\ ^ o ?irA BJX*r - '9 ro/f /#C#fS • I jt r T 1 rS 26 rV'iV'" ft it '•'"'iZ \> ( K y '+* < 0 " o u r / J. y re JO S /"$*** [Winter wfceat. harvest, June 15. Heading out. Making rapid growth. Some danger of "lodging." Early growing very slowly. The plants are perfectly healthy and strong, and the prospects are good for a large crop. •\yheat is scarce, and more or less is shipped in all the timo to supply the home trade. In Central and Southern Indiana the wheat is from eighteen inches to three feet high. Tho weather has been dry and cool for ten days. No reports of fly or insect. Harvest will be on about Juno (20. In Northern Ohio wheat has mado slow growth, during the last fourteen days. Late-sown fields where the water has stood aro more or less spotted, although the prospects for wheat are as a whole good. In.Southern Ohio wheat has literally caught up with itself. This situation was caused by the unusually favorable weather during April. New wheat ought to be on the market by July 4. Winter wheat in Southern Michigan varies all the way from six to ten inches in height. The weather has been cool and dry and the crop is doing well. In Southern Kansas wheat will probably be harvest­ ed about June 15. Its height is from eight to eighteen inches. In Northern Kansas wheat will now average from twelve to fourteen inches in height. ^None has headed out yet. In Northern Missouri wheat is now from ten to fif­ teen inches in height, and just ready to head out. In Southern Missouri the largest wheat is now fully twenty-four inchea highland the general condition of tho crop is uniform; the earliest vari- income above the necessaries of life to charity he will do very well--unless the necessaries for a millionaire include yachts, racing stables and cottages at Tuxedo and Newport. But as there is only one rich man who does his duty the crowd of common millionaires and half-millionaires must be reconciled to their poverty and their superior virtue. Winchesters vs. Negroe*. A terrib'e race riot was narrowly avoided on tho Western Railroad at White Hall, Ala., be the coolness and determination of Conductor R. W. Gor­ man. Two car-oads of drunken ne­ groes, picnickers were attached to the regular train. Tho, negroes made a rush for tho ladies' car, swearing and using vulgar language, The conductor, rushing into tho expiess car, returned with a half-do/en Winchesters and s jme revolvers. Quickly organizing a posse among tho pas-engers, he ordered the negroes out. Under the muzzles of tha fire-arms they wera slowly forced from the car and into their compartm"nt with­ out any bloodshed. The ringleaders were jailed. Tho conductor oould hardly pre­ vent crowds at different stations along the line from assaulting the negroes. All Sorts. HEPTARCHY, or government of seven rulers, was gradually formed in England from 455, when Hengist became King of coo) f r \^/> s7#iPl 3MA J-1 <r/iA'N ST {.aw /fit i/P4ND /<?>K 0O s/V £ £ J.** All in the ground. Early sown. Has come up well and made a good _ 7fS r f'A's SOi/r. /r/r*/rr en Af s //vro £/!HLY 3/tO/r/#4r &/> [Spring wheat. stand.] etles will be ready to harvest about the first week in June. In Tennessee the early wheat is now all; headed out. In Kentucky thero is some complaint of wheat turning yellow on account of the grain louse. These complaints, however, are not very numerous. In Northern Texas wheat is three feet high and head­ ed out. Harvest will commence the last of May. Oregon reports winter wheat about ten inches high. The April rains helped the fall wheat greatly, and the crop looks better than at this time last season. Harvest will commence the lat­ ter part of .July. SPRING WHEAT. In the Red River Valley spring wheat is practically now all seeded. The early sown wheat is coming up evenly and the stand is considered good generally. The acreage is about the same as last year, possibly a trifle larger. There is quite a diversity of opinion with regard to the effect of frost the present week upon the young wheat plants. Some claim frost is beneficial, causing it to root "eeply and stool out bettor. While •here have been no rains recently, crops PiA/*r//v<, SO/fAt #£#/?/! 5 ft" ' COM/AQ UP • -- " /fJ/VJ/lS C Otf/v »\o W A roCOl v-"* C O 41. \ o*rs i A * \y , Mrs r/u* s Kent. It terminated in 828, when Eg­ bert became sole monarch of England. There were at first nine or ten Saxon kingdoms, but Middlesex soon ceased to exist, and Bernicla and Deira were gen­ erally governed by one ruler as North- umbria. THERE is not a single city in the United States. MORE bicycles are used by ladies In Denmark than^in any other European country. THE largest bear-skin in the world is in Kansas City. It was taken from an animal weighing 2,800 pounds. THE oldest of four sons in a Kentucky family is Leon C. Cifrter, and the others are EIno C., Noel C., and Enol C. Tho use of the same letters in each name was unintentional. IN tho year 1800, except for a few banks and insurance offices, turnpikes, hedges, canals and land companies, neither bonds nor stocks were known. Tho city of New Ygrk was so small as to make extravagance difficult} the Battery was a fashionablo walk, Broadway a CO#* OA rs /4L /A/0/$ • /T//? S "J?#*?!1 ^ ir jiAnreo A ;o « ' O ^ ; 0/trs M T UC Ky fA NT£/>0kr-ifo0/ /s£ 5 S££ OA'S poo* [Com and oats. Good weather for planting corn. A little dry for oats.1 not suffering, although showers are oi would undoubtedly be a benefit In South Dakota wheat is about four inches high. Although tho season is late the general conditions are so much more favorable than usual that crops will soon catch up. In Minnesota tho early sown wheat is generally up all over the State; the stand is good. co KN. The country is forging ahead rapidly In planting the corn crop. Large areas of corn will be in the ground within the next ten days. Of course in several of the States the bulk of the crop is now in the ground. „ OATS. During the week toe oat crop of Hie country has hardly held its own. There to no uniformity in its general condition. country drive, and Wall street an up­ town residence. Great accumulation of wealth had hardly begun. The Putroon was still the richest man in the State. John Jacob Astor was a fur merchant livinc whero tho Astor House afterward sto&d, and had not yet begun those pur­ chases of real estate which sec ured his fortune. Coruolius Vanderbllt was a boy 6 years'old, playing about his fath­ er's ferryboat at Staten Island. New York City itself was what it had been for a hundred years past, a local market No MATTER how good an umbrella a man may carry, the snow often gets the drop on him. NONE but first-class girls are permitted to graduate at Vassar.--Dulutti JP-i.ro- grapher. IS SHE SWIFT ENOUGH? THE CHARLESTON SAID TO BE AFTER A PRIVATEER. Hot In Pursuit of the Itata--Escape of tho Vassal Places Dnc> 8am In a Pseoltar Position--Question of Indemnity. A dispatch from Washington says: The most pressing thing in state affairs now is the escape of the Itata. The pos­ sibility that this can result in any seri­ ous destruction of our relations with Chili is remote, but the ever present specter of "indemnity" is what scares tfhe State Department. "Indemnity" has become a hair-raising word in state circles. The Italians started it and the fear that Chill may also hoist an emblem with indemnity emblazoned on it causes uneasiness. Ever since we made Great Britain pay $15,000,000 for permitting the Alabama to escape we have kept a weather eye keenly strained upon every fishing smack that might be suspected of wanting to carry a revolver to an enemy. Hence the first business of the administration is to recapture the Itata. Instructions were sent to Admiral Mc- Cann, now at Valparaiso, to put to sea with the Baltimore and Pensacola in or­ der to intercept the insurgent vessel. Simtlar instructions were sent to Ad­ miral Brown. The last report from him was that he had left Callao, Peru, with tho San Francisco. His exact wherea­ bouts along the coast is not known. Orders have also been sent to the Charleston, now at San Francisco, to Start in pursuit as soon as possible. This last does not amount to much, for the Itata has five hundred miles and at least two days' start from any vessel that could sail from San Francisco, and it is doubtful if the Charleston could catch her In an even race. If the ship is caught or intercepted it will be by one of Admiral McCann's vessels, though if the Charleston should catch her in one of the Mexican ports she could undoubted- V. S. CRUISER "CHARLESTON." ly fasten on to her and tow her back to San Diego. The actual status of the Itata is not that of a pirate, but an authorized ship upon the seas. She has no flag, no clearance, no charter. Any ship of any nation can seize her, and if she resists sho becomes at once a pirate. The position in which the United States is placed by the escaping of the Itata is a peculiar one, bearing in mind tho forcible argument which Mr. Evarts and other able representatives of the United States laid before the tribunal at Geneva in respect to the escape of the "29," afterward the rebel cruiser Alaba­ ma, upon which arguments Great Britain was mulcted in heavy damages. In that case it will be remembered the suspected vessel got away before the British au­ thorities had received sufficient in­ formation. as they claimed, to war­ rant them in seizing her. In the case of the Itata the vessel was abso­ lutely in the possession of the United States Marshal, and the responsibility for her escape can not bo evaded. It may be a question between the Depart­ ment of Justice and the United States Marshal as to whether proper precau­ tions were taken to insure the detension of the vessel, but as between the United States and the recognized Chilian Gov­ ernment should Balmaceda be successful in the internecine warfare now in pro­ gress, there can be no manner of dispute as to the complete liability of the United States Government for whatever dam­ ages the Itata uncaptured may be able to inflict. There is quite a feverish air of expectancy round the Navy Depart­ ment as to the developements of the in­ cident, and many of the officers on shore are envying the opportunities which the Charleston and other vessels are likely to have of brisk service afloat The question of the right of the United States to take the Itata on the high seas is not altogether settled. The State De­ partment people have searched their authorities and have scrutinized the facts in the ca^e, and are inclined to doubt the right The whole question arises from a dispute as to the character of the vesseL Were she a pirate, a ship in the service of an enemy to this country, and a vessel of American register engaged in acts iu violation of treaty stipulations, the case would be a simple one But she is merely a Chilian vessel, engaged In the transportation of a suspected cargo, a cargo that may possibly be contraband in the ligljt of tho ^treaty, and there is a very great risle ' involved. No one doubts the right of the United States to arrest the vessel in our waters for the purpose of examination, and her deten­ tion wu in accordance with this belief. But now that she has landed the deputy marshal and sailed along on her business she may prove a hornet that will sting in after years. In the matter of the international law involved it would seem as though the State Department is not in entire accord with the rest of the administration, for both Attorney General Miller and Secre­ tary Tracy lean to the belief that the vessel Itata is legitimate prey. A report has come from San Francisco to the effect that Richard Trumbull, a member of the Chilian revolutionary Congress, has been arrested there. No knowledge of such an act has reached the Department of Justice. It is stated there that it would be an easy matter for any one to cause the arrest of Trum­ bull on tho charge of violating the neu­ trality laws. The marshal is bound to recognize an order to this effect con­ tained in an "information" or complaint sworn to by any citizen. In case there is a mistake aud false arrest, there is redress only in the form of a suit at law against the informant The marshal is not responsible. Sparks and Flashes. THE way of the whirled--Round and round. Itf no sonse abroad--Those who are at home>. How to make home sublime--Put Mme In your cellars. t TnosE who wed are bound to be happy --For a while at least. MIGHT intellectual gifts not inaptly be termed presents of mind? THE saddest woman on earth is the wife of tho funny man. SCIENTISTS say the orange wis orig­ inally a berry. In point of size soma of those to bo seen at the present time might readily pass as such. HAVING ascertained that an elevator is in charge of a regular attendant, it would seem absurd for the insurance man to ask if it has a governor. _ . FOUGHT TO THE DEATH# ^ BLOODY FEUD STARTS© IN WEST VIRGINIA. The Hall Opened by the 1 ie Being Fas«e<l --After the Smoke Had Cleared Away Three Men Were Head and Another Mor­ tally WoundwV There is again bloodshed and a pros­ pect for more in Southern West Vij. ginia, as a result of one of thorefeuos which appear to be indigenous to that section. The present outbreak is In McDowell County, one of the most re- Tfiote and wild portions of the State, and occurred at a small cross-road called Geiger, the participants being members of the Hall and Steele families, the most influential ones in that vicinity. The trouble originated some timo ago in a land trade and differences growing out of timber transactions. The Halls aro the most numberous and desperate, bufc the Steele* are not lacking in courage. Recently a lawsuit was in progress before 'Squire Murphy, at Geiger. Four Halls, all brothers, and two of the Steeies were In court, a small room in a log dwelling of the 'Squire. One of the Halls was on the stand testifying when a statement of his was denied by one of the Steeles Tho lie passed, and t^o Halls and Stee'es, all of whom we^ armed, began firing. The Steeles had the better position, and the Halls, to gain advantage, backed out and ran for protection to some near­ by trees, pursued by the Steeles. Tho dozen or more spectators and witnesses who had been in the room disappeared In all directions, and the belligerents had the field to themselves. The Steele* being in the minority were at a disad­ vantage, but fought manfully. Two of the Hall^worked up behind the Steeles and opened in on them, while theAwo in front daid the same. Placed thus between two batteries the Steeles fought furiously, and ^ttfcceeded in killing L. W. Hall aud wotfhding his brother, Levi?, fatally bo- fore they were themselves shot down.1 ^Jthe surviving Halls, carrying their wounded brother between them, has* lened to their home, where they secured ammunition and food and fled into hid* ing in the mountains. r The Steel's lay on the ground for ser- j eral hours, the neighbors fearing to In« cur the animosity of the Halls. Late in tho day the father and other relatives of the dead men arrived on the sceno heavily armed and took away their dead., One of the murdered Steeles had been' married only a few weeks. The Steelo following announced that after tho, funeral they would go on the warpath and exterminate the Halls Both sides have so married and intermarried with; other families in the county that several, hundred persons an directly or indirect*) ly interested in the feud, and the chancM lor a-regular war are good. The civil authorities have made no at­ tempt to arrest the Hall boys, as they know it would be almost impossible at this time and could be accomplished only after bloodshed. The Halls are supposed) to be in some one of the several lumber camps in tho county, where they are al­ most as inaccessibie as if they were In tbO wilds of A aska. The woodsmen are ft rough lot, and would as soon fight as not, and if opportunity offered would become allies to the Hails. ' . 2 K PREFERRED DEATH. Pierre Mora n, (lurgert with a Crime, Commits Suicide in a Boston Prison. Pierre Morain committed suicide in Boston, where he was confined for crim­ inal assault. Morain was of a noble French family, his father being a count- Early in the morning he used to creep out from his abode, bearing on his back a dilapidated hand-organ of the stylo known as the organette, and make his way to a prominent position in front of the Granberry burying-placc, where all day he ground out wheezy melody. Ho was the object of much attention on tho part of passing philanthropists, and aft night, laden with copper and larger' coins, he returned to hi3 lodgings. At the time of his death in the Charles street jail Morain was 60 years old, al­ though his general appearance indicated a much greater age. Soon after he took the rooms where he was known to have led a hermit life, it was alleged that not­ withstanding his humble income he was able to stock his room with French wines and that many of his visitors were girls of tender years. Patrolmen entered tho old man's rooms searching for May Regan, who had been reported missing. Morain fell on his knees and with tears implored them not; to take him away. In the rear room was found the Reagan girl weeping profusely. The girl said that she had loved the old man and did not want to leave him. - The parents 4of the girl de­ clared that she was less than 14 years old, and expressed a desire that the law, which the., announcement of this fact would make operative, should be exer* cised against the aged prisoner. The girl was sent to the Home of tho Good Shepherd and Morain was bound over in the sum of $5,000. He hung himself in his cell with his handker­ chief. • Passing I&marks. A HAPPY pair: Two aces In a draw. AN intelligent man is sharp, but a bunco-steerer is a sharper. A CLUMSY ball-p;ayer, like lightning, never strikes twice in tha same place. LOVE laughs at bolts and bars, but smiles at bolts of silk and bars ot gold A MAN down in Indiana is so lazy that he won't ever 1 about under an impression. WE judge our nWghbors by ourselves, when they are good; when bad, by other neighbors. DR. GATLING invented the first wheat drill in *42. He invented a gun to drill into humanity later on. . THE honest farmer who devotes most of his time to a fast team will soon hav* to wrestle with a fast mortgage. THE young editor wrote: "My feelings* dear one, I have not room here to ex­ press,*" and she wrote: "Issue a supple­ ment!" THERE are two classes of people who can get ready sleep--the man with an easy conscience and the man with no conscience at all. A NEW YORK playwright ia at work on a play which will introduce a real, iivo lumber yard. It is said it will be tho best thing on the boards. Josh. BUltn7ft' Philosophy. Jelous people alwus luv themsolfB more than they do thoze whom they aro jelous ov. Curiosity is the germ ov all enter* Jirizes; men dig for woodchu^ks moro Or curiosity than they do for wood- Chncks. The purest and best specimens ov human natur that tho world has ever seen, or ever will se^, hav bin the vir- tewous heatnen. Men don't fall so often in this world from a want ov right motives az they do from lack ov grip. Thare iz only two men In this world who never make enny blunders, and they are yu and mo, mi friend. Every man seemz tew hav his pricey; • except the newsmonger; they prefer to work for nothing, anef board themselfs. A MAN known as "Buffalo" JoneS lately furnished the novelty of a sale of » herd of buffalo at public auction in Gar* " den City, Iowa. There was a mortgage- on the herd which Mr. Jones could not lift and the Sheriff did the rest I