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J. VAN §LYKE, Editor a»d Pub_ McHENRY. nr. . • ILLINOIS tOOTED BY ROBBERS. HAUL TLE TOWN. ' fc'X ? i t, • *>.- fe-. iw man Chancellor Retljns -- Binding Twine Abine In * Dnerlng WtrehdAiie-- ^NMflvmU Postoffice Cltmwl Out by • ThitTM-IndlkM Womento Votfc Safe Blown to Bit*. ^ : Farmers' National Bank of Mai* Vern, Iowa, was wrecked and looted lay robbers about 3 o'clock the other morning. The vault and eafes inside of the vault were blown to pieces, the eoncussion completely wrecking the inside fixtures of the building. Thre6 distinct explosions were heard, the third awakening residents in the neighborhood, who arose and repaired to the seene, but did not arrive until the robbers had fled. Some of the mane? was found in the street and some bills and securities were found in the debris by the bank officials. I £ is estimated th&t the robbers got between $10,000 and •20,01)0. The country is being searched for miles around 10 r the robiers. The bank officers ^tate that the depo itors Drill lr.se nothing-,' the bank sustaining nil the less. 'Mlgf Offices Vacant. CHANCELLOR VON CVPRIVI has banded his resignation t) the Emperorl Count zu Eulenb;rg, President of the Ministerial Council, has also re­ signed. Dr. Mi cruel, Prussian fi­ nance Minister, has been appointed President of the Council. and Prince von Hohenlohe-Shillingsfurst, Governor of Alsace - Lorraine, has been offered the chancellorship. Ee- fore offering the chancellorship to Prince Hohenlohe. Emperor Will- lam consulted with the envoys from Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, and laden. It is reported that Prince Hohenlohe declined the office owing to his age. The Fmperor has summoned General Waldersee, the political soldier who was conspicuous in the final intrigues against Bismarck. The general inference is that he in­ tends to make him Caprivi's successor. ploy of the samo family, ari3 ihen took his own life. . ROBERT H. MACKENZIE, P. C. Grif- .fitli, and Edward I.y^n, students of the University ofPanosylvaaja, have been suspended until Dec. 1 for prominence in a class fight. MARTIN A. CTORCH, Superintendent of the Portchester Electric Light and Gas Company, was found dead in bed, with his wife unconscious beside him, <iat Rye, N. Y. They were overborne jby coal gas. AT Buffalo, N. Y., John S. Johnson smashed the world's record for a mile brer a straightway course Wednesday. He covered the distance in 1:35 1-5, which is fourteen seconds 1 aster than it was ever made before by a single rider and six seconds faster than the tandem record. Johnsons time is one- tenth of a second faster than that of Salvator, 1:35*. which i< the worlds record for a running horse. •» " ry;7 . " • WESTERN. 1 BREVITIES. ' THE Ameri an Type Founders' Com­ pany ha? turned-out the old manage­ ment and elected a new board of direc­ tors. LATER ("isratches from the Yalu River show that in the battle fought between the Chinese and Japanese 3,'00 Chinese troops of all arms were utterly routed. RECEIVER MCNEILL, of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, has nnder consideation a pro ect for the establishment of a steam hip line be­ tween Portland .and the Orient. TJE postofflos at I oaring Fprinrs Pa., was lo tad by thieves. The o fee safe was blown open with dynamite and $13.(00 in stamps and cash, and money orders amounting to *4o<> st >len. AT Kansas City, Assistant United States District Attorney Draffen has rendered a deci ion to i he effect that repeaters at elect on times cannot be punished in the L nited states courts. WHILE testifying against his wife' in divorce proceedings at Kansas City. William Lacey, of Iola, Kan., was ac­ cused by Mrs. lac^y of having mur­ dered Wiliam Cummings last August. PROF. WYLIE MELLETTF, son of ex- T3ov. Mellette, of South Dakota, and instructor in the mechanical depart­ ment of the Agricultural College, cut his throat with a razor. When found he was dead. J. J. RIETHMAN, of Denver, who hag made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, says that his liabilities will probably amount to $750,000 and his creditors are amply secured. His assets are estimated at $2,0(h),c00. THE business section of Ashland, Wis., was invaded by a deer and a houni ia c'oie pursuit. The animal entered a dwelling through a window, climbed the stairs and was killed by jumping through a second-story win- SEVEftAL tsar-lcadof Mexican cattle are 6n route to the Ktnsas City mar­ ket. * FITZROY P. MONCRJI P for eighteen years a private in Company F, Nine­ teenth Infantry, stationed at Detroit, received notice from relatives in Scot­ land the other day that $1(0,IKK) had been left to him. The ne*t day he was found dead in hi5 boarding l^ouse. THE large farm barn of Captain J. R. Nation, near Kokomo, Ind., mysteri­ ously disappeared Friday as though taken from the earth. There was no storm in the neighborhood and other buildings near by were not mo'ested4 Captain Nation thinks a small whirl­ wind dipped down an I carried it away. A ffew pieces of the timber were after­ ward found. THE Rev. Simon Saagstait, pioneer minister of the Lutheran Church in Minnesota and a little band of eighty Norwegians have gotten as far as Vic­ toria, B. C., on their way to Bella Coola, where they, with ab jut 3,00 » of their countrymen, purpose establish­ ing a new Norway among the British Columbia mountains and fjords so like to those of their native land. The Norwegians put-pose engaging in mixed farming ana development of the deep sea fisheries. They are the first to take advantage of the hritish Colum­ bia Government's new terms to set­ tlers. THE difficulties of the Hiawatha (K^s.) Pullnfan Co-operative Company have baen adjusted and a charter has been applied for. The capital stock is $75,00>i. The workmen take $ 5,000 or the stock and pay fcr it in work. Eighteen families and thirty-two men will arrive at ones from the Pullman works. The superintendent of the Hiawatha manufactory will be D. H. Vannatsche, said to be one oi the finest workmen employed by the Pullman company. The new works wil} not now manufacture cars, but frill make furniture and coffins and .anything there is a demand for. S. P. TEA DEL & SONS, merchants of Salt Lake. Utah, made an assignment Wednesday. The liabilities are over •200,000. Assets ;dre ndi*yet. known. The assignment caused a sensation in business circles and is considered one of the largest and farthest reaching failures in the hi&tory of Utah. The list of creditors shows a' wide range, including Boston, New York,'Chicago. St Louis, Omaha, San Francisco and many other cit es. The trebles of the firm are due in part to the hard times, bi t principally to the fact that it was imp ssible to collect from the people who had b en tru-ted for merchandise, bome of them years ago. GREAT excitement exists on the Chi­ cago Board of Trade over the announce­ ment that some weevily wheat had been taken out of one of the Armour elevators. A good deal of old wheat is stored inChicago and a strong suspicion his existed lor a long time that some of it was not in sound condition. This has caused shippers to use unusual vigilance to prevent any of it being worked off on them and they have {>lacod inspectors at each hatch when oading any cargoes. In this cafe the inspector seems t > have been caught nauping, for a later inspection by an­ other inspector showed that the Ar­ mour wheat was full of weevils. This is an important matter, and a thor- IN GENERAL. EX-PREMIER MERCIER, of Quebec, is rapidly nearing his end. CONGRESSMAN MYRON B. WK.'OHT, of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Dis­ trict is reported t) be in a critical condition at Trenton, Canada. SENORA VERASTEGUI has instituted suit against Col. Romero in the sum of $41,GOO for the killing of her husband, Chief of the Mexican Government Stamp Department. YOKOHAMA merchants who have taken contracts for Government sup­ plies have placed heavy orders at, New dinerent elevators will be made at once. The discredited cargo is now en rout3 to Buffalo. THE Missouri Pacific passenger train, _ _ No. 223. on the Kansas and Arkan- dow~ ~ " sa3 Valley branch, was held up by four or five masked men at of the Woman's Christian Temperance I ?°£etUL ^ f Wa*oner> Union, of Anderson, Ind., passed 1 -- T" &t 1 °cl°ck Sunday resolution to go to the po'ls and at­ tempt to vote in order to aid in testing the constitutionality of the Tnriin.n^ State law. THE Wa- Department has referred to the Attorney General for decision the request of the Interior Depart­ ment for troops for use as a posse com- itatus in Indian Territory. Tne de­ partment holds it would be illegal to use troops to cha-e train robbers, and there is no evidence the Indians have suffered. A DESTRUCTIVE fire raged tor an hour Friday morning in a large three- story brick warehouse belonging to the Wm. Deering company, near Chi­ cago. The fire started in a room filled with hemp, out of which twine for,the binders is made. The stuff burned like tinder and the whole warehouse was soon in flames. Beside the hemp the building contained much machin­ ery and it was almost totally destroyed. The loss on building and contents'will probably reach $50,( 00. No cause has yet been assigned for the origin ef the tire, but even a spark in the hemp- room could have caused it.- The the­ ory of spontaneous combustion was ad­ vanced by many who knew the tur- roundings. HARRY CLEVELAND, of Akron, Ohio, a distant relation of the President, has been convicted of interfering with the mails. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW i d 1 ressed a mixed gathering at the Windsor The­ ater on the Bowery, a^d met with an enthusiastic reception. THE National investment Company f Milwaukee, whose scheme for making tortures quickly was similar to the Missouri bank schemes, has beOn declared illegal by the supreme court. x a For York for canvas drck suitable for tent* ough inspection of the wheat in the ! 8a^9» an(l f°r leather and manufac- - tured boots. R. G. DUN & Ca's Weekly Review of Trade says: uelow 0 cents and wheat below 55 cents, euch lower tbaft ever since .prejeat classifications «ere known, export of gold In*tend of products at such prices In October, are the salient features In busi­ ness the past week. Distribution of goods to consumers goe3 on fairly, with gains at nearly all points In comparison with last year, but not yet at a rate to sustain the present volume of manufacturing produc­ tion, so that prices v oaken a little. Tbs domestic trade reported by railroad earn­ ings in October Is 3.4 per cent, less than last year and 13.4 per cent, less than in 1893. The payments through the principal clearing-houses for the week are 2.3 per cent, greater than last year, but 31.5 per cent. less than In-1892. 'J he dally average for the month Is 5.6 per cent larger than last year, but S3.2 smaller than in 1892. With m&ny features of encouragement, business Las not yet reached expectations, and it is evident that the loss of rart of the corn »*rop and the unnaturally low prices of other great staples affect the buying power of million*. of EASTERN. ' ASSOCIATE JUDGE COLLINS, of Cen- *ter County, Pa, has been held in $1,000 bail for embezzling school taxes. The reported shortage is over $5,000. THE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has permanently enjoined the Stand­ ard Oil Trust from gobbling up the Producers and Refiners' Company of Pittsburg. ' ^ WILLIAM LAKE, employed by Joe Tan Camp on his farm near Albion, N. ~¥., shot Miss Hunt; a girl in the em .y morning, days the gang has been repre­ sented as being at different point* planning a robbery, ani thorough preparations were made to meet the expected attack. The outlaws evi­ dently anticipated a desperate re­ sistance, and began their work with fierce fighting. ,\ All the cars ex­ cepting the sleeper where shot full of holes, and not a whole window 4*e- mains. The train struck an obstruc­ tion of cars across the track after being shunted onto a siding, the outlaws having thrown a switch for that purpose. The money secured was from the local safe. Dur- iEg the fusillade Jack McHara,advance agentVf the* McHara Minstrel Show, received a shot in the forehead, how serious is not known. He was in one of the passenger coaches at the time. Several others-were shot, some fatally. MONDAY night's program in the grand carnival of crime which is now hold­ ing the boards in the Indian Territory consisted of the wholesale robbery of several small towns in genuine des­ perado style by Mr. Bill Cook, support­ ed by a strong and desperme dompany of eight or ten followers. Four men rode into the town of Wato- va early in the evening, making their approach known by a promiscuous dis­ charge of firearms. The bandits ter­ rorized the inhabitants, and visited every store in the village and ran the merchants away with Winchesters and revolvers. They took from the stores all the money they could find and everything else they wanted. The Watova p-jstoftice was robbed of about $60 in cash and $55 in stamps. From Watova.the gang rode on to Tala, ten miles away, wnere they repeated their depredations. Every store in the plape was visited and the proprietors com­ pelled at the point' of revolvers and Winchesters to tui n o.ver their cash. The postofflce wai also robbed of stamps and a small amount of money. It is believed it was the bandits' inten­ tion to rob the Missouri < Pacific pas­ senger train No. 231 at Tala. While thev were holding up the postofflce the train pulled into the static n. The trainmen were notified of the presence of the gang and the train was started at once. "RUSH CITY," the musical farce, with specialties and elaborate spectac­ ular feature?, produced by Davis & Keogh at McVicker's Theater in Chi­ cago, opens in the office of John J. Rush. He is "booming" a site in Okia- noma, which h* has called "Rush City." There is a demand for corner lots in Rush City. A clergyman thinks it would be a good place to become a 48 & 23* «« IS & 70 & 6 It & 6 » & » 50 & 48>4 & 62^ & 93 <9 8 75 @ 5 00 l<# 4'.) ® 47 29 & 56 second Dr. Parkhurst ty wants t> go there vorce from her husband; a female proposes t > establish a young ladies' t eninary there: a gambler thinks it would be judicious to £eek a new field in the West, and a lot of oth­ er De jple, including a rainmaker and a proiessional politician, aocompaay Rush to the Promised Lard. The sec­ ond act rinds them all in Rush City, Alkali Township, Tarantula County, Oklahoma. Rush i« a candidate for the Legislature. The fair Chicagoan, Mrs. Winfleld Moriaritv, has encour­ aged every male inhaDi'.ant of Rush City. When she secures her divorce she decides in favor of Rush, and the rejected ones plot to defeat the latter for the Legislature. Hush steals the court house and county records. The opposition lock him in a cyclone cellar, fortunately for Rush, for a cyclone comes along and deposits the town in a badly smashed condition at Cactu6- ville. in Sage Brush Township. There everybody finally shows up, and mat­ ters are arranged satisfactorily all around. • .. 'BOUTHERJ^; SMITH YOUNG, , colored, ITM tenced to hang at Louisville, Ky., for assaulting a fi-year old girl. ANDREAS SALAZAR was assassinated by Gre^orio Parrat at Victoria, Mex. A dissolute woman was the cau>fe. H. S. ROBINSON, a railway ticket broker of Fort Worth, Texas, was found guilty of forging the destination on a round-trip ticket over the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. FIFTEEN masked men entered the ail at Fort fctockt n, Texas, a few days ago ar.d kidnaped Victor Ochoa, the Mexican revolutionary lealer. It is presumed they have taken him a ross the bonndarv and shot him. He wa; an American citizen and could not be extradited. No. 3. WEST-BOUND passenger train on the Texas and Pacific, was robbed by four men a few minutes before noon Friday, three miles west of Gordon. The robbers, having captured the sec­ tion gang, flagged the train and forced B. L. Locksby, section foreman, to en­ ter the exDtess car and knock off the combination of the safe, but even then failed to open it and succeeded in mak­ ing but a light haul. No one was hurt. It is believed the robbery could have been prevented if one or two of the passengers had been armed with shot­ guns and had resisted. The amount secured by the train robbers, it is es­ timated. runs anywhere between $<%0 and $.),C00. There wa« in the combina­ tion safe $30,000 consigned to the Pa­ cific Coal Company, which was to pay off the hands. This is intact; "" v«\r * - POLITLTALT THOMAS, B, REED, of Maine, fetood on a pine board platform in lront of the Exchunge Building at the Chicago Stock Yards and spoke to :\000 stock- men and cattle, herdei's. One-third of his audience were men on horsetiack, but men and ponies maintained a re­ spectful silence and listened to the words of £heL Yankee,statesman. VICE PRESIDENT 'STEVENSON was accorded-a hearty welcome by the peo­ ple ot Joplin, Mo. He addressed a largo crowd from a platform erected at the intersection of two of the principal streets. He attributed the ills from which the countiy has been suffering to the legi lation of the Feed Con­ gress^ declared that the Democratic party has keDt faith with the people, and predicted that prosperity will come under the adoptir-n of the new tariff act.. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... $8 TO & 6 SS HOGS--Shipping Gr«dea 4 00 @ 8 25 SHEEP--Fair to Cho.oe A 00 @ 3 60 WHEAT--No. 2 Red 61 @ 62 CORN--No. 2 4»H@ 60)6 OATS-NO. 2 27ifc<£ 28 >4 RYE-NO. 2 4« BUTTER--Choice Creamery..... 23 EGGS--Fresh ]ft POTATOES--Car-lota, per bu.... 56 INDIANAPOLIS. CATTI^-SHIPPLNK 3 00 Hoos--Choice Light 4 00 SHEEP--Common to Prime. „... 2 00 WHEAT--No. 2Red 48 COBN--No. 2 White 63 OATS--No. 2 White 82 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE, S 00 Hogs 3 to WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 4H CORN--No. 2 4« OATS--No. 9 RYE--No. 2. .vi CINCINNATI.. CATTLE 3 6C « 8 61 Hoos 4 C0>fv# 5 23 &HEEP 2 QO-** ,3 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Red 60% CORN--No. 2 Mixed., RAJ* OATS--No.jtVlM^r?. •..„% »i RY*-NO.£&7&.4A .,... 61 63 T„. ....?* 61 0 ^ •) % ©ETttOlT. CATTLjii.... 2 60 Ott HOGS.?'/: K ......' 4 00 ® SHfcrtP 2(0 c<$ WJIF.AT--No. White.66 <& Cons--No. 2 Yellow .«?.... 60 & OATS--NO^2 White so & I - TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 5 Red. . i.". 61 A CORN--No. 2 Yellow..F.C;...;.... 60 0 OATH--No. 2 Wtoifcfc/ .. >1 (f r*E~NO.I fyT. i 46 <2 ^ BUFFALO. WH*AT--No. 1 White 68 <2 No. 2 Red 66 d COBN--No. 2 Yellow 68 t OATS--No. 2 White 34 « MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 64H<£ COBN--No. 3 63%@ OA-is--No. 2 White; 31 (9 BARLEY--No. 2 68 0 RYE--No. 1 49 OT POBK--Mess. NEW YORK. CATTLE Hoos,.... SHEEP.,..,, WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--NO. 2. OATS--White Western BUTTER--Creamery Boos--Westerc INDIAN RESERVATIONS SOON TO BE OFENEO. AU Th»t !• Needed Is the President's Proclamation--White Han't CtvillMtloa Will Follow--Fund to Be Creeled for the Use of Indians. Wetttnc fop the Word. All that-now prevents the settlement of the Yankton o. 1 Indian hes^rra­ tion by white settlers is the proclama­ tion o: the President. The treaty has been signed, the allotment Of lands to the Indians has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and Con­ gress has made an appropriation to carry out the provisions of the treaty.' This land will be rea lily taken, as it ia desirable, being in a county that prosr duced £rood crops this year, and one which is rated as the best eorn-produo* lag county in the State.- ' The Yankton Indian Reservation lies within the borders of Charles >lix County. Outside ths reservation the county is well settled, and contains three thriving villages and a great many well-cultivated farms. Kegotia- wit-h these Indians were concluded Dec. 81, 1802. By the treaty thus made the Indians released to the Unltel States 1H?,(»00 acres of choice farming land, which will foon be open to settlement to homesteaders at $ .75 per acre. The sum thus reali ed will go to reimburse the government ftr the amount pa d the Indians tor their land. Ther e are about 2,10) of these Indians, who have made considerable Progress in civilization, and have ull iken land in severalty and become citizens of the United States. They are now entitled to vote for Si ate officers. Soli thnt Is Deep nnd VprtMe. The soil of the reservation is a rich, Hack alluvial and vegetable mold, slightly sandy, and from onj to four feet deep. The surface soil is under­ laid by a clay, or moie properly a cal­ careous marl subsoil which has a re­ markable faculty of holding mo sture and enables vegetation to withstand practical droughts such as would ruin crops in a less favored country. The reservation is in the celebrated corn and stock belt of South Dakota, and when thrown open to settlement will give the homesteader some of the best land at the Government's dispo al. On the land in Charles Iwix County, out­ side the reservation, the yield, per acre, of crops in 18 3 was: Wheat, 2:; oaXSt 5t>; corn. f>2; flax, 11; barley, 54; rye, 19; potatoes, lo<>. As yet no railroad penetrates the reservation Or the county in w hich it pvoooses the primary steps toward an education. '1 he Ki' kapoo country is rich in timber. The settlers who are fortu­ nate enough to secure these lands will reap a rich harvest Pecan, wild plum, hickory, elm, red oak, post oak," ;,ack oak hVirr oak, whito oak, walnut, thitam, persimmon, cottonwood, and mulberry trees grow in profusion, and many game birds, including the quail, prairie chickens and wild turkeys, are to be found.- Of the wild animals, there are^ray wolves, timber wolves, coyote^ Wildcats, catamounts, and oo-r casionally, in the stillness of the night," the cry of the panther can be heard in the deaee forests along the Canadian Jb iver. The woods are full of the frisky gray and fox squirrels, and as they piaylully leap from tree to tree iUiB'd £ RED TOMAHAWK AND DOS CHASER. OOVEBNMENT SCHOOL, TANKTON AGENCY. is located, but one road terminates four miles from the northern boundary and another road terminates at the Mis­ souri Kiver, three miles from the east­ ern boundary of the reservation. A railroad has been surveyed from the city of Yankton, through the reserva­ tion, to the western boundary of Charles Mix County. The Yankton Indians are making satisfactory prog­ ress in civilization, and already many of them are capable of taking care of themselves, and for such, it is believed, it would be better if all pecuniary aid from the government were withdrawn, throwing them wholly upon their own resources. HOME OF THE KICKAPOO& Rich and Beantlfnl, and Iuhnblted bj a IMasy. Wort.li le<€« Peooie. It will not be long before the Kicka- poo Indian reservation in Oklahoma Territory is thrown open to settlement, and when that time comes the sun of this curious race of people will have nearly set. Already the note of ap­ proaching dissolution of the tribe is sounded in the McCrae bill, which provides for the selling of the public lands in the leservatii n at public auc­ tion. This measure is in the interests of the cattlemen, and is regarded as an outrage against the poor citizens who are clamoring for homes in this, almost the last, remnant of the public domain. The reservation consists of 200,00. acres, and is of great value. It is tirrbared, well watered, and the soil in the ssouth Canadian Kiver valley is an b.a k a id rich its Illinois prairie lcar. The Klckapoo Indian who possesses the 1 rdly domain is constitutionally lazy. In the >-outh C anadian River bottoms the Indians grow little patches of corn. When they have planted the crop they think they have done their duty, an i as a result they ^corn culti­ vation, and weeds and wild >unflowers keep pace with the growth of the corn. The Kickapoos have no schools within their reservation. There are no mis­ sionaries there. Rut for the effort of a gentle Quaker lady, Mis< Elizabeth Test, who has successfully conducted a small school in the Kickapoo country, the rising generation would be exceed­ ingly dull in the matter of education. Miss Test ha; been seventeen years among the Indians leaching the little they keep up a chatter that is confu­ sion. '• ' CLOTHING MEN UNITE. Organ'sitlon Backed by Million* Formed to Stop Profitable Bankruptcy. . Twenty-five of the largest wholesale manufacture;, s in Chicago, according to a dispatch, have organi. ed a strong defensive association^ They propose to reorganize the system of credits, to protect their interests when threat- enetHay hostile legislation, and to grap­ ple as one firm with organized labor, should concerted action be necessary. There are thirty-one large establish­ ments in Chicago where mens and youths' clothing is made. The twenty- five manufacturers, undo;' the name of the Merchants' Association of Chicago, represent an invested capital of *15.- OOu,OOJ to 4>z0,000.0'j0, and employ from 10,000 to 15.000 tailors,cutters, and seam­ stresses. The firtt ob ect is said to be to prevent overpurchasing by that class of merchants which gees into bankruptcy just after laying in a Jar^e 6tock of goods. These dishonest failures have Hit wholesale clothiers "harder than any other manufacturers. Cust< mers whose credit was good for several thousand dollars at the utmost found it both possible and profitable to come to Chicago markets, buy to their limit at half a dozen or more houses and then go home and fail just about the time their bills fell due. That is one of the things the Merchants' Associa­ tion intends to stop. The entire sys­ tem of credits has been changed. In­ stead of each firm making credits for itself, there is now an interchange of credit news, so that any firm can learn from headquarters whether a shaky customer is over-buying. A NOTED QUEEN. The Famous Vomm Who Roles Over Mad- ucnacar. The efforts of the French to gain control Of Madagascar bids fair to cs(u40 a big disturbanca with other European powers. The warlike natives .of the islands also object t o French d o m i n a t i o n . T h e island, which is the largest in the wor.d, is a monarchy, but is not all under one ruler. Queen Rana- valona rules the greater part of it, however. She is the great-granddaugh te r of Rahety, and is said to be intensely proud of her ancestry in J 861, and appointed QT7JEBN HANATA* SJO NA. She was born queen by her predecessor, who was her mi ther. The royal dynasty of Madagascar boasts ol blue blood in 6pito of black skins. It has been in pewer since 1 "100. The present i ueen dresses in the garb ol western civilization, her dresses being imported from Paris. She has been on the throne nearly eleven years. MAY SUCCEED MILES. General Thomas H. Roger Is Now Much Talked Abon In Army Circle!!. One of the most talked of men in United States army circles is General Thomas H. Ruger, who will in all probability succeed Gen. Nelson A. Miles in command of tbe D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e Missouri, with head- ?uarters in Chicago. Ie is now located at S a n F r a n c i s c o , i n charge of the Cali­ fornia division. Gen. ?Ruger is about 5i* years of age, and is a very genial and ac- OEN. T. B. RUGER. ccmplished man. ue entered upon his caJetship at West Point, July 1, J*f>0. and graduated in lbo-l, taking rank as J ieuten;int. Till 1855 he served as assistant in charge of constructing the defenses on the approaches to New O leans. Ke then resigned and becan practicing law, but at the outbreak of the war prompt­ ly enlisted and did e>cellent service for the Union throughout the war. He was brevetted Brigadier General for ga'lant services. Since the war he has been in almost constant service, and held many responsible army otlices in all parts of the country. A MILL 1HA.T ISEEDS A FINER SIEVE. 12 25 @12 7ft HILL --Philadelphia PreMt THE WABIN THE EAST iftEAT BRITAIN WOULD LIKE TO INTERFERE. Other rowers Will Not Support Her-- Japan Is Meantime Thrashing- China-- BOMlan Activity--Combatants Will lie Z-ett Alone for the Present. I in th« Or'nnt. AFI the war between China and Japan progresses, the situation become* more interesting acd more critiea'. A .airs have now reached a pass who- e some Of the European govern nentj would like to interfere, but their mutual jealousies and conflicting interests and the po Bible re ult of a general inter­ continental struggle limit inte ferent e thus far to d pl« initio talks. It would be manifestly to oreat Britain's com irercial interest to have ihe truggle oome to' a s; oedy end, ana with such object in view-she ha < sounde! other governments' intantim-. Germany is averse to any interference. Russia is profes e ly pro -Japanese, and will brook r.o interfere.ce to the injury of Japan; V runce, which secretly rejoice-, whenever the Bri ish lion get? a kink in its tail and whinh in the ally of HMSS »•, has no de­ sire tomed le in. the matter, and Aus­ tria, follow! g the example of Ger­ many, does not seek to embroil herself in a matter that does not directly con­ cern her. Italy alone of the greut powers hearkens to England s wishes, for she is anxious to divert the atten­ tion of her enslaved millions fr< m maladministrati n at home to some possibly brilliant exploits abroad. But Italy would be a frail reed for England to rely on iff any interference in orien­ tal affairs, and thus the combatants in the far east will be left alone for the present to settle their difficulties. Ranxinn Actlvltv. In the expected final defeat of China and the possible dismemberment of her territory there doubtless will be European intarference. Tne nations most intimately ai'ected outside Japan are Russia and Er gland, and their in­ terests are a? antagonist! 5 as the/ well can be. Russia will unquestionably endeavor to secure tn increase of Manchurian territory, with the object of establishing a new sea port on the Pacific. several years ago 6he asked such a grant from China, but was refu-ed and now it eeems as though the present war turned up most opportunely for her pur­ pose. For some reason she is now busy mobilizing trO jps in eastern Siberia. She has a powerful fleet of war vessels at her Pacificportof Vladivostock, and has there collected an army of ;:0,000 men. At Irkutsk is another t),rmy of 30.000 and all along the line of 'the Amur River are the Cossack settle- ments, which are bound to contribute a large number of men on any demand made on them by the Czar. Thus with­ out moving a ton of freight or a single man from her western deparimeut*, Russia has a strong available army and fieet in the east, and when the time comes that it suits Russia to declare herself she will be ready to strike a strong blow in carrying out her traditional policy tf estab­ lishing the vast empire on a broader and grander basis on the shores of the Pacific. How soon that tijme may arrive can only be conjec- tiireJ. I t probably will not te before spring. One thing is certain, that the Muscovite will not allow the present opportunity to pass without availing of it to establ sh his power permanently in the Pacific. Such action by Russia England would resent. Long ago she threatened that if Russia would ac­ quire any port in Cor^a she would s^ize Port Hamilton., which commands the entrance to the Japanese Sea. It is altogether probable that the two nations may begin tneir long threat­ ened ouarrel over India, not in Afghan­ istan after all, but in the seas that wash the coast of sluggish China. Japan's Successes. Meantime Japan is making strenu­ ous efforts to force the war to a finish. Since the beginning of hostilities she has maintained the upper hand by land and sea, and is now concentrating her efforts to invade China and march upon Pekin, the capital of the empire. Her Corean army, alter having driven the Chinese out of the peninsula, is marching rapidly on Moukden, capital of the Chinese province of Manchuria, and after the capture of that citv 01 V00,0(K) souls, which should not be ve y difficult, this army is to march on Pe­ kin. Meantime another Japanese army is ready for the inva-ion ol China and if a successful landing can be made on the Gul- of Pechili both armies will unite under the walls ol Pekin. This is believed to be the Japane-e programme; but in war programmes cannot always be carried out as drawn up and something may yet occur tc mar Japanese plans and prot:actthe struggle beyond the present year. "While Japan is thus proaecutinz the war with vigor. China is divided and distracted. The government itself ie in disunion, one faction contending for war to a finish, the other for veace. Among the masses dissatisfaction ex­ ists and petty rebellions are cropping up. Tne navy, defeated by the Japan­ ese at the mouth of the Yalu River, has lost its courage: the army is badly organ zed and equipped, and amoag his'n and low there is corruption and distrust. Felying on its boundless re­ sources the government, however, hopes to be able to overcome the ad­ vantages hitherto gained by its adver­ sary. but it will be many months be­ fore the work of organizing war mate­ rial can be carried out. and meantime Japan has ampl$ time to deal deadly blows at China and even capture Pekin itself. LIFE IS EBBING AWAY. Count Honored Mercier a Lwdlaf Cans, dian Politician Dying. Count Honore Mercier, for 15 or 2C years a leading Canadian politician, nas been ill for some time, and his life is now B.owly ebbing away. Honore Mer­ cier was born at St. Athana e, C,?ue., in 1£40; was educated at ;the College of the Jesuit fathers in Montreal; studied for the bar and began to practice at St. Hya- c inthe in - 1865. He 'edited the St. Hya- w'cinthe Courier for a 7 time, but resigned to HOKOBBKEKCIEK. enter politics. He attempted to make «. uebec an inde­ pendent province for the French and tor Rome. In 1872 he was elected tc represent Rouvelle in the Bou e ot Commons, where he made a deep im­ pression. In 1880 he was cnotcn t remier of Quebec, and became famous as an extreme Nationalist. Be was created a Count of the Roly Roman Empire, when Pope Leo invited him to Rome, but, on his return to Canada, he was confronted by charges of corrup­ tion in office, was deposed from the Premiership, and has since lived a re­ tired life in Montreal, beloved by his frieods and adored by hi« little family. MAY END CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, A lyM CMe te Hew Jersey to Be Hnwl|W Into Court. There will soon be tried in Rivertoe, N. J., a case which promises to be one of the most important <whi h have come before the courts in many years. It invol es points which, if the prose­ cution is successful, will practically end the practi e of the doctrine known as Chr 6t an Science in the United states, it will at leatt be a long step in that directi n. Realizing this the Scien- ti t* are going to make a great fight, and op- osed to the n and e ually de­ termined a^e the .doctors. Eaok of it all is the death,'by consumption of a yo ng woman namod Sadie bell, of Riverton. Sadie began *to cough about ten months ago. A ph ticiuri was con­ sult d an > declared the girl to be in the ea' ly stag >9 of consumption. He tilought it pOot lble for her to ba cured provided" tne closest attention was gi en to her medically, cne of Sadie's .riends, hearing of her illness, sent* Mrs. Bessie T. Glenn, a Christian scientist, to her, and after one sitting^ with the girl the latter was so im* pressed with a belief in the woman's Eower that the td;d her parents they ad better tell the physician not t?» rail again. This they did and Sadie f und herself solel/ in the hands ot the woman. Sadio's cough grew worse. But still she hal fa'th in Mrs. Glenn and that woman intimated th t she should hayo me recompense, although sh£ had ileclared that she never took money. In ail $5 ' was given her, !-adie all the time getting worse. A f< w weeks ago Sadie died. Mrs. Urlenn wa* not com* pe ent to give a certificate of death, and when the local physician was ap­ pealed to ho refused, as'it was not his case: and to Sadie's death had to be reported to the coroner. In New Jer­ sey ihere is a law which provides that a person who practices faith cure or under the guise of Christian science attempts to make cures by religious means, commits a crime and must be punished by not le=s than thirty days in jail nor less than $1C0 fine. So when the facts of J:the case came to the knowledge of the jurymen, tbey were but a short time coming to the conclusion that Sadie Pell would have lived longer had a regular physician been employed and having proof that Mrs. Glenn was a practice; Christian Scientist she was held in bail to await the action of the grand jury. When her case comes up in court the interest of m ny j erssons through­ out the country wit! center in the little New Jersey town, and i Mrs. Glenn is convicted unci sent to prison it will.be the greatest blow Christian Science could receive. Other States, too, may take counsel from New Jersey and laws of a similar nature may go on the statute books all over the United States. IN THE POLITICAL SWIM. George Denny, Jr.. this Republican Lead-, er !:i Breckinridge's District. Of int?rest is George Denny, Jr., Re­ publican candidate for Coagress in the Ashland District of Kentucky, W. C. , P. Breck inridge's old d i s trict. For years Judge Denny has been one of the most prominent Re­ p u b l i c s n s i n t h e State. He has earned the honor bestowed upon him by his hard work for his party. His political career was "begun b y his ejection as County Judge of Garrara OEOUOB DENNY,"mcounty in 1879. The following year he was made Chairman of the Republican State Centra. Com­ mittee. As a delegate from his dis­ trict he attended the conventions of 18s4 and 188^ at Chicago. Judge Denny stumped the State for the Republican ticket* in lbt»2. JV!orris B. Beardaley, recently nomi­ nated for Lieutenant Governor of Con­ necticut by the Democratic State Con­ vention. was one of the leading 1 andi- dates for Governor. Mr. Beardsley re­ sides a' Briiyeport, was a repre entative of that city in the Connecticut General . Assenbly, and was conspicuously active in progressive legis­ lation. Prior to his election to the Stat) Legislature heserved for many years as *. B. BKARDSLET. Judge of Pro ale at Bridge ort. He is well-sc ooled in law, is practical and methodical, and a man of equable dis­ position. ENVOV TO MADAGASCAR. *. 1* Mjrre de Vllers Beaicfl France's Ul­ timatum to the Island. No per cnage has been more to the front since the attempt < f the Frencn to establish a protectorate over Mada­ gascar than. M. le M y r e d e V i l e r s , French envoy to the island. He has de­ manded that the en­ tire northea t coast, including the best harbor, be ceded to France; that she con­ trol the northern pe­ ninsula, and thai concessions of an/ kind be invalid un» less approved by her, ̂ II LB MY KB DE vit-ln short, France*i> Ban to dominate in the island regar Hess of other people. The ttrairel re'ations existing between France nnd Fngland were caused by this action of the Fren h. M. leMyre. do Vilers is at present the bearer of an ultimatum to Madagascar. MADE FROM MOLASSES. Pure Spirits Now Manufactured from the pjrrup of Sni?ar Meet*. An experiment, of gee a1 commercial value has iust baen sue e^sfully tried in Omaha, Neb., namely, the produc­ tion of pure spirits from beet sugar molasses. The conseouences of this will be far reaching. It will cause the production of an entirely new industry und it will afford gieat additional Erofit to the sugar manufacturers, as ithertothe molasses incidental to the miking of beet roo~. sugar has n t been used for anythi g and h&s been a total lo-s. The process consists in the application of a secret chemical preparation, which transforms the mo* la-ses into a sort of glucose, perfectly adaptel t> distillery uses. Telegraphic .Cite ks. J. M. DERR, a wea thy farmer, wa* run over and killed by a train at Via* cennes, Ind. THE Royal and Select Masters at In* dianapolis elected T. B. Long graoA master and T. R. Marshall ce juty. IN a runaway at Columbus, Ind., James Seward was thrown again;-1 a barb-wire fence ani fatally injured. MRS. MARY MYERS, of Anderson, Ind.. was stricken with apoplexy while driving in a bu^gy, and fell to the road dead. THE national convention of the non­ partisan Women's Christian Temper­ ance Union will be held in Washing­ ton, Pa., November 13 to 16| iooluiif^