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"'I® j. VAN ^VKE, Editor liid Pub. jg lr__ --. . t -- - -- - « McHENRY, . - lL,yNOrs. " WEEK'S NEWS fiECOED Judge Trohtt has issued letters of ' -^guardianship td Mrs. Klugo-Sutro, the al­ leged contract wife of the late Adolph ife Sutro, over the persons and estates of her '•minor children, called Adolph and Adol- 4phine Sutro Four islanders and two United States negro soldiers dead is the cost of a shoot ing affray at San Luis. Cuba, the result of an attempt to arrest negro soldiers for wni bushing a Cuban workman and steal­ ing his hog At the meeting of tlie corporation of Yale University,* President Timothy Dwight, on account of his having reached the age of 70, which he had long ago fixed as the limit of his.service, presented his resignation. Miss Ethel Marlowe, who took the part of Polly Love in "The Christian" now be­ ing played at the Knickerbocker Theater. New York, fell dead in the wings of the etage in the middle of the third act of Hall Caine's drama. . Mollie Brecdlove, who killed her hus­ band in Argenta, Ark., last August; has been convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to four years and six months in the penitentiary. She pleaded self-defense. Two fierce encounters between union miners and negroes occurred at Spring- side, a suburb <h Pana, HI. Many shots were fired, but no one was injured. The trouble was precipitated by an attack up­ on a union miner by an unknown negro. Dispatches announce serious prairie fires in Gregory. Tripp and Todd counties. South Dakota, the ruin of thousands of actes of range and the loss of many cattle. northwestern Nebraska the losses on grain and farm buildings are even heavier. Robert McFadden, William Henderson. John Kelly and George Morgan were felown up. in the bottom of the Berkeley •haft at Butte, Mont., by the explosion of a missed hole. McFadden died. The Others are terribly cut up, but will likely recover. Joseph Chamberlain, in a speech at Lon­ don. declared that Great Britain did not aeed an alliance for her own security, and asserted that England requires a better guaranty (from Russia* than "a paper agreement to secure the policy of an open door" in China. A letter just received from Lieut. Rob- art E. Peary states that probably no mes­ sage will be received from him for several jNears. The Hope cleared the ice fields jail, fight, but Lieut. Peary expresses fears Ibat the Windward may be delayed by the Ire closing in. "The Court of Claims at Washington ren­ dered a judgment of $1,869,400 in favor * the New York Indians, who entered •nit against the United States to recover ll»e value of certain lands donated to them lb Kansas and subsequently disposed of J>y the United States. Great indignatiop and excitement pre­ vails at MadisonviiliQ, one of the most •ristocratic suburbs of Cincinnati. Aa Susan Williams, a white girl 16 years of age, was riding on horseback into Madi- aonville, she was stopped and pulled from her horse by an unknown negro. The United States immigration commis­ sioner a,t Quebec has refused to allow Pat- and then tried to kill herself In Pittsburg a short time^go, committed Suicide with poison on the grave of his mother. Thomas Dickenson was killed on the railroad near Buffalo. He was the senior member of the firm of Dickenson & Nich olson, of London, Ont, He fell off the cars while passing from oue to another. Adam R. Smith, president of the Oak wood Cemetery Association, Troy, N. Y and formerly cashier of the Union Na tional Bank, committed suicide by shoot ing. It is thought his mind was unbal aneed. « Dr. Johri S. White, head master of Berkeley School, has purchased, as the representative of a syndicate, the old site of Columbia University. The site was considered one of the most valuable of tiie Manhattan uptown realty and was valued at $1,000,000. At Mauch Chunk, Pa., when about to start on a rabbit hunt. Harry Weaver, aged 20, stopped to talk to his mother through a window of his home. His gua was accidentally discharged, and the young man fell dead, the left side of his head being blown away. WESTERN. «ick Flanagan, a passenger on the steam­ ship Gallia, to enter the United States. The objection is that he has just been, released after serving fifteen ye^rs in a British prison Tor connection with a dyna­ mite plot. An electric street car op the Tacoma, '$.^:JWash., Railway Line was derailed five |v' fiiUes from the city the other evening by fv y 'the controller failing to shut off the cur- fj/\ *"ent on a heavy down grade. The car was ...> jpmashed to splinters by striking (he side ) Of a cut ten feet deep through which it ; traveling. Seven persons were aboard, and all received injuries, but Fay Roberts, motorman, is hurt the worst." He may lose a leg. .. . The Boer forces, after a heavy mus- v ^ketry fire and artillery bombardment, ;: Irtormed and captnred the mountain •;'Y stronghold of Chief Opefu of the Maga- - . 4os tribe, in the Zouttansberg district. IDpefu recently massacred a missionary V And his family and the Transvaal Govern­ ment sent an expedition to-punish the na­ tives. The latter attacked the Boers, but were driven into the mountains. Two Boers were killed during the storming of the mountain stronghold. NEWS NUGGETS. The world's gold output for 1898 is esti­ mated at $275,000,000. John Kirves. a plasterer at Dayton, O., blew his daughter's brains out and then made an ineffectual attempt at suicide. Francis de Prosseuse. the well-known writer, has been expelled from the French Legion of Honor because of his denuncia­ tion of certain officers for their treatment of Dreyfus. A Portsmouth (Ohio) special says: "Fire destroyed Dice's livery stable, the Farm­ ers^ Hotel and Frick's flouring mill and residence. The loss will reach $75,000, partly insured." f< The navy department will probably ar­ range with the Neptune Company of Sweden to 'float the Spanish cruiser Cris­ tobal Colon. The Maria Teresa will probably be abandoned. Congressman Joseph W. Bailey, Demo­ cratic Congressional leader, has entered the race to succeed Horace Chilton in the United States Senate from Texas. -Mr. Chilton's term expires March 4, 1901. The civil marriage of Princess Eugenie daughter of Prince and Princess Na- £' 4 P°'eon Charles Bonaparte, nee Princess Gristiua Ruspolj, with Napoleon, Prince de la MoskoWa. was celebrated at Rome. g|; Advices from Seoul say that the Corean iS? Government has issued orders that for- . «igners are to be stopped from trading in t/ the interior. J' ' Tlie State Supreme Court at Jefferson P / City. Mo., decided that the Julian law. en- acted By the Legislature in lHffl ami provided for the .sale of public franchises ±L. iJZ to the highest bidder. i« unconstitutional, t * James MeNaughton. who was president „ Of the Tradesmen's National Bank at St ;. KeW Yorkr which recently failed, has 11- 4Jed a petition in bankruptcy. He 'sched > tiles liabilities of $1,129,350 and assets $ 9347,921. jl'v : EASTERN. I' ' The organization of a tlnplate combine |k;-- has been "completed at'Pittsburg. | : Edward N.'Smith has been appointed ft1 V receive* of the suspended First National <i . Bank of Carthaga N. Y., and the concern will not reopen, efforts to reorganize hav- ing failed. Fire wiped out fully a third of the busi- ness portion of Canonsburg, Pa., two of the principal hotels, many dwellings and '• did damage estimated at $1161000. No <V lives were lost. Edward Beilstein, brother of Bertha Bctiataia, wbo..i*j*mtlj be* mother At Newark, Ohio, Mayor Atherton fined Mayor Cochran, of Fr^ppysburg $15 for train jumping. " Rev. J. H. Brown, , residing at Evenly, Mo., was killed by a fast mail train. He was deaf and did not hear the train ap­ proaching. . Prairie fires have been burning along the South Canadian river, in the Chicka­ saw nation, I. T., devastating scores of farms and Tanches of crops and buildings. Many cattle perished, but no lives were lost. The loss exceeds $50,000, An extensive body of ore was struck in the Golden Crest mine in Two Bit, S. D. The foreman was reticent about the value of the ore. but it is the same character of ore that was recently struck in the Union Hill that ran $6,000 per ton. John Nickles shot and killed both his wife and his mother-in-law with a rifle near Shingle Springs, Cal. Afterward he removed t.ie shoe from his right foot i»nd with his toes discharged the rifle at his own breast, killing himself instantly. . . A report from Perry. O. T., says that there was a brilliant as well as fatal show­ er of meteors near that place, causing much consternation among the people. Two children named Henderson are re­ ported a« having been killed by a large meteor. John T. Veney, a colored Baptist preacher of Topeka, ^Tan., has organized a colony of colored people to go to Cuba. They will start in about twenty days, and expect to found a town on the high land above Santiago, which they will call To­ peka. Thomas Moore, aged 7 years, died at Sedalia. Mo., of hydrophobia, after having suffered for nearly a week. He was bit­ ten by a dog a month before. He had conv^«k«! after convulsion, during which he barbed like a dog and frothed at the mouth, it requiring the efforts of two men to hold hint. Mrs. Rebecca Rosenberger was arrested at Princeton, Ind.. on the charge of at­ tempted murder, entered against her by her 16-year-old son, Alva, who alleges that she attempted to poison him in order that she might recsivr the money on his life insurance policy, which names her as the beneficiary. Ira Bullard, 60 years old, of Wauseon, Ohio, committed suicide in a horrible manner by lying down in front of an ap­ proaching Lake Shore train. His head was severed from his body. His wife had applied for a divorce and the hearing was set for that day, and this, it is thought, prompted the deed. A shooting affray took place in the Tril­ by mine, at Prescott, Ariz.,, in which Supt. Murphy, a man nad^d Bruner and two others participated. Murphy was mortally wounded, Bruner was killed and the two others were slightly wounded. The trouble was over the boundary lines of two mining claims. The Kirksville, Mo., Savings Bank was entered by burglars and robbed of $14,- 000 in Government bonds, belonging to Samuel Reed, president, and $18,000 in gold and greenbacks. Two thousand dol­ lars in silver was left, evidently being too heavy, and $2,400 in the vault was over­ looked by the robbers. The officers and men of Companies I, G, Iv and E, Twelfth United States In­ fantry, who assisted in the assault on Ei Caney during the Santiago.campaign, had a narrow escape \'om being burned to death by a fire that started in a Pulhuun coach while they were being transported from St. Louis to Fort Riley, Ivtin. Consternation prevails among the oil operators in the Portage field in Ohio over thfe appearance of fresh water in the wells west of the village. Nearly 100 of the best wells in Wood County have been ren­ dered useless. This condition of affairs was caused by some reckless person pull­ ing the casing and allowing the water to run down on the oil-bearing rock. Less than a year ago the Portage field was one of the most paying in Ohio, Wut now it is almost entirely abandoned on account of the water which cannot be pumped off. tial Indemnity for the coat ot the war to the United States, estimated at $165,000,-, 000, and that Porto Rico was not enough. A special from Washington says: "Gen.' Merritt will resume command of the De­ partment of the East when he returna from Europe, and Gen. Shafter will go to San Francisco to command the Depart­ ment of the Pacific, which he relinquished when the war began." Admiral Schley, having asked again for sea service, has been promised the com­ mand of the European squadron, which will be re-established in a short time with some of the finest cruisers in the navy, to, exhibit the American flag creditably to the European nations. " FOREIGN. , "fc,; Sir Robert Herron is dead at fionoluhi, at the age of 61. Chakir Pasha and the last Turkish sol­ diers have left Crete. - The semi-official papers announce tbat the German army will be gradually in­ creased by about 15,000 men. The Philippine junta at Hong Kong has drawn up an "appeal to President McKin- ley and the American people," complaining of the actions of American officers at Ma­ nila. At Geneva, Switzerland, the Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucchenni, who stabbed and killed Empress Elizabeth of Austria in September last, was placed on trial. The prisoner was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life. Patti, the widow of Nicolini, has inform­ ed some of her friends of her intention to marry again. The gentleman who will become the prima donna's third husband is Baron Cederstrom, a Swede. The mar­ riage will take place in February. The steamship Belgic brings news of a! njurder in Corea. George Leake, an American, was a storekeeper at Chemul-< po. He was found dead with an uglyj hole in his skull. A long blade with a heavy weight at the end of it was found beside the body. Li Hung Chang has been ordered to, proceed to Tsi-Nan, capital of the province of Shan-Tung, to concert measures with the Viceroy of Sfian-Tung to prevent fu­ ture inundations of the Yellow river (Hoang-ho). This appointment is regard­ ed as virtually shelving Prince Li. Private Gaston of the Eighth Illinois volunteers (colored), recently court mar- tialed at Santiago for a murderous assault and sentenced to three years' imprison-| ment, was released a few days ago from' the city jail by the warden, who mistook' him for another man. All efforts to. re-, capture him have proved futile. IN GENERAL. SOUTHERN. Fire which started in the town hall at Covington, La., destroyed three 6locks of buildings. Loss estimated at-$100,000. At San Antonio, Texas, the large de­ partment store of J. W. Stewart was de>> strayed by fire;. Loss $150,000, insurance $40,000. Fire broke out in the Tennessee Medical College on. Broad street, NashvMle. The building was completely gutted, causing a loss of about $12,000. Lola Editha; best known as Mrs. Diss de Bar. has been led to'the altar at New Orleans for' the fourth time, by James' Dutton Jackson of Fond du Lac, Wis. Raible, Smith & Co.. tin plate manu­ facturers of LouisvHle, Ky., ha*ve' assign­ ed. Liabilities., $70,000; assets about the same. One hundred men a'fe thrown ont of work by the closing of the plant. Near Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. J. B. Ou- noo shot her husband apd a lady, Mrs. Fannie G. Howell, who was in his com­ pany. Jealousy was the cause of the deed. Both viftim^ are dangerously in­ jured* Mns. Ciuie.« escaped. B. ¥. Johnston,tof St. .Elmo, 111., and J.„H. McCarthy, of Little ttoek. Ark.,* have secured the contract for building the Choctaw a'pi Mem/dfis llarlrdati extension from little Itocl? t« W-i*t<«r Junction, 164 miles. The coatract pri"e is $2,000,000. > Private Jackson, Troop W, was instantly killed and* Corporal Garrett, Troop H, Tenth Cavalry, was mortally wounded by "tjQrse" Dohglass, a negro of ftuntsville, Xla. No one saw the killing. D,ouglass was seen with Ae two soldk>rs in the city and his pistof had three ompty shells. WASHINGTON. The Kavy Department is rushing sup­ plies te Admiral Dewey. Twenty thou­ sand six-pounder shells wore shipped from N«rfoUt the oth&r day. The Btate Department has received in­ formal notificjitioH that'Austria-ftnngary Is about to raise'its legation in Washing­ ton to the rank <$T an embapsy. This'Gov- emme-nt will reojpsooate by advancing the rank of the American legation at Vienna. The American reply to Spain'& refusal to give up the .Philippines sets forth that The longest telephone line in the world has just been completed. It extends from Austin, Texas, to Bar Harbor, Me., and is 2,600 miles long. Now Nikola Tesla declares that he in­ tends to run the machinery of the Paris exposition with electric power sent in­ stantly across the ocean from Niagara Falls without the use of wires. A party of Government geological aur- veyors has discovered a new range of mountains, heretofore unknown, in the southwestern part of Alaska. The moun­ tains have been named the Tordrillo range. Dawson has again been swept by fire and forty of the principal buildings are in ashes. As was the case before, a drunk­ en and infuriated woman and a lamp ware the cause of the fire. The loss is estimated at half a million. The miners employed in the vicinity of Silverton, B. C., have rounded up all the Chinese laborers in the various camps and shipped them out of the district. The Mongolians are expected to return to China by the next steamer. < O. C. Barber, president of the Diamond Match Company, makes the statement that arrangements have been concluded with the German imperial Government by which a mammoth new match factory will be erected by the Diamond company In Germany. - The Grand Trunk express from Mon­ treal for Toronto collided with a freight train near Trenton. Eight persons were killed or fatally injured. Three passen­ gers, names unknown, were fatally in­ jured. Twenty passengers, most of them being in the Pullman cars, were more or less seriously hurt. The accident occur­ red at a place called the Diamond Cross­ ing, about two miles from Trenton. The express ran into an open switch and daah- ed Into the freight train. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The couptry has safely pass­ ed the trial of off-year elections. Before this election everything except political uncertainties favored business enlarge­ ment. The volume of trade has been the greatest ever known in October, and the greatest ever known in any month except December, 1892. The record on Novem­ ber thus far shows clearings 10.4 per eent larger than last year and 9.3 per cent larger than in 1892. The railroad earn­ ings in October have been 5.2 per cent larger than last year and 9 per cent larger than in 1892. Foreign trade shows an in­ crease of 20 per cent in October in ex­ ports, while imports showed a gain of only 22 per cent in October, and credits against foreign bankers were piling up at an in­ convenient rate. Failures for the week were 211 in the United States, against 291 loot year, and 26 la Canada, against 24 last year." p ^ MARKET RBPORfTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $8.00 to $5,75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.15; wheat, I\o. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn. No. 2, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 52c; butter, choice creamery, 21 c to 22c; eggs, fresh, ldc to 21c; potatoes, choice, 28c to 35e per bushel. Indianapoli^--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, <5ioice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep and lambs, common to choiee, $3.50 to $5.50; whefoj, No. 2 red, 67c to 68e; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50', hogs, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, $3.90 to $4.90; wheat, No. 2, j60c to Tile; corn, No. 2 yellow,<84c,to 32c"; oats, No. 2, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, t$2T.50 to $5.25; hogs, »$3.00 to $3!75; sheep, $2ii0 to $4.25; wheat, Ko. 2, 68fc to"70c; corn*, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57e. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $3.75; sheep and lantxi, -$3.00 to $.Tu25; jfheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c^corn, No, 2 yellow, 34c to^36c; oats, Na. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye, 5^c to 5#c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c Jo 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, to 34e; oats, No. 2 white, 25c t^ 26c; rye, No. % 92e to 53c; clove^ seed? new., $4.95 to $4.95. Milwaukee--Wheats No. 2 spring,^ffec to 68c; com, N». 3, 32c to 33c; oats, &o. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 1, 51e to 63e; barley, No. 2, 40c t6 40c; pork, meet, $7.50 to $8.00. ' «Buffhlo--Qattle, good shipping steers, $8.-00 to $5.75; hogs, eommoa to choiee, $3.50 to $3.75; sheep, fair to ohoi& weth­ ers, $3.50 to $&75; lambs, common to i extra,, $5>.00 to $5.75. . « New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hags, MlteS f-AKES REPORT. Raeaaaaaenda Jncreaaa of tfca Stand­ ing Army. Gen. Miles* report of the war with Spain, which it was alleged would contain ^ome caustic criticism of the War Depart­ ment and bureau chiefs, turns out to be wholly devoid of sensationalism. It haa been made public by order of Secretary Alger, and is found to be merely a repeti­ tion of facts that are already well known, with such comment as might naturally be expected from the general commanding the army. Gen. Miles explains the delays in receiv­ ing supplies when the troops were being assembled by the lack of preparation, and says that with so many undisciplined men in f the camps there must necessarily be some sickness. Copies of letters and telegrams accom­ panying the report show that on June 26 .Gen. Miles waB directed to organize the •Porto Rican campaign and to take com­ mand of both that force and Gen. Shaf- ter's army. In a letter dated July 17 Shafter told Miles that Alger had prom­ ised him that he would not be superseded in command in Cuba. Gen. Miles replied promptly that he was the general com- taianding the army, and that Shafter was pubject to his orders. Under orders from "Washington Gen. Miles accepted the sur­ render of Santiago. Gen. Miles urges the early completion of const defenses and favors increasing the standing army to 62,500 men, or one soldier for every 1,000 of the population. In conclusion, he recommends the au­ thorisation of an auxiliary force of native troops in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip­ pines, to be officered by United States army officers, and not exceeding two sol­ diers per 1,000 population of the islands, and all of these increases, he urges, should be made at once, as they are Of vital im­ portance.^ CORN YIELO FOR 1808. Government Report for November Ea> tlmates It at 24.8 Buahcls. The November report of the statistician pf the Department of Agriculture will jgive 24.8 bushels as the average yield per acre of corn, according to the preliminary returns of the department's correspond­ ents. The preliminary estimate last year jwas 23.7 bushels and that of 1896 27.8 bushels. The indicated yield in the principal corn States is: Ohio, 36 bushels per acre; In­ diana, 36 bushels; Illinois, 80 buBhels; Iowa, 32 bushels; Missouri, 26 bushels; Kansas; 19 bushels; Nebraska, 21 bush­ els; Pennsylvania, 32 bush«Js- The crop }n the seven States aggregates 1,123,504,- 000 bushels, or 8,237,000 bushels more than a month ago, but a decrease of 107,- 139,000 bushels from last year. The av­ erage per cent of quality is 82.7, as com­ pared with 86.3 in 1897 and 88.4 in 1896. Jteports indicate that about 7.25 per cent of the crop of 1897 is still in farmers' hands. The yield of the principal States this year, as compared with last, is as follows: ' 1909 1897 Phlo 100,008,000 92,166,000 Indiana :.. 129,132,000 100,825,000 Illinois 199,950,000 282,928,000 Iowa 283,152,000 220,089,000 Missouri 154,720,000 171,024,000 Kansas 157,776,000 162,443,000 Nebraska .... 148,760,000 241,268,000 Total boshels. 1,123,504,000 1,230,648,000 LOST IN THE GALE. SMpa Wrecked Darin* Storm on £>ake \ Michigan. TBe loss of life and property on the lakes from the great northeast storm which came to an end Thursday night on Lake Michigan is far less than marine men had feared. Seldom has the record of the weather office shown such contin­ uous force as the northeaster did from 11 o'clock Wednesday mornfng until 11 Thursday. In the twenty-four hours the wind traveled 1,119 miles, or a small frac­ tion less than fifty miles per hour. Its maximum was sixty miles. The wrecks reported are: Schooner 8. Thai, lost with all hands, off Glencoe. Schooner Iron Cliff, stranded at Chicago; total loss. Schooner Sophia J. Luff, water-logged off Chicago. Schooner Lena M. Nellson, ashore near New Buffalo, Mich. Steamer Hattte B. Perdue, lost deckload on Lake Michigan. Schooner Fassett, ashore at Sand Beach, Lake Huron; crew rescued. , 8teamer Tioga, lost rudder on Lake Brie. Schooner Minnehaha, broken up and total loss at Sheboygan. Schooner Montgomery, lost foremast oa Lake Erie. NEW GOVERNORS ELECTED. Twelve Republican^ Three Democrats and Six Fnsioniata Chosen. The Governors elected Tuesday in the various States, with their pluralities, are as follows: States. Governors. Pluralities. California--Henry T. Gage, Rep...... 30,000 Colorado--Charlea S. Thomas, Fus... 40,000 Connecticut--George B. Leunsbury, Rep 16v000 Idaho--Frank Steunehberg, Pus 8,083 Kansas--W. B. Stanley, Hep 10,000 Massachusetts--Roger Wolcott, Bep.. 80,393 Michigan--Hazen S. Plngree, Rep.... 75,000 Minnesota--John Lind, Fus 16,000 Nebraska--W. J. I'oynter, Fus 1,000 Nevada--Reinhold Sadler, Fus 800 New Hampshire--Frank W. Rollins, .Rep 8,000 New Jersey--Foster M. Voorhees.Rep. 12.000 New York--Theodore Roosevelt, Rep. 20,244 North Dakota--F. B. Fa'ncher, Rep.. 6,000 Pennsylvania--William A. Stone, Rep.150,000 South Carolina--William H. Ellerbee, Dem 100,000 South Dakota--Andrew B. Le», Fus.. L200 Tennessee--Benton McMIUIn, Dem... 15,000 Texas--Joseph D. Sayers, Dem 200,000 Wisconsin--Edward Scofield, Rep.... 41,000 Wyoming--De Forest Richards, Rep.. 2,000 TRAIN SAFER THAN HOME. Comparatively Few People Are Killed on Passenger Trains. Duane Doty of the Pullman Palace Car Company takes the number of persons kill­ ed by railroads in the past year and esti­ mates therefrom the probability of a pas­ senger on a passenger train being killed. In writing on this subject he makes the following interesting observations: On? passenger was Willed for every 2,250,- <•00 carried. Twice as many people are killed annually by falling from the windows of their dwellings as lose their lives while traveling as passengers on passenger trains. The average mortal. It would seem. Is safer as a railroad passenger than he Is at home. Two thirds of thos? accidentally killed lose their lives at stations, highway crossings and while trespassing upon tracks. The theory of probabilities required a passenger to travel 75,000.000 mile** to be tolerably sure of Ketting killed. This is equivalent to rid­ ing continuously on nn express tran for over 400 years. One passenger only was Injured in every 4,500,000 miles of travel. the demimd for the islaud ft ia lieu of par-1 ern< 22cto 24c, $3.00 to *4.00; iftieep, $8.00 to 94.76; wheat, No. 2, red, 77c to 78e: cora, No. 2, S9c to 40c; bats, No. 2, 28c to 80e; butter, creamery, 24c; egas, Wea»- NO PLACE FOR A POOR MAN. Consul Hanna Adviaea Americana to Stay Away from I'orto Bico. A report from Mr. Hanna, American consul at Porto Rico, has been receive* [by the Assistant Secretary of State iu which he says: I am convinced that young men seeking work or positions of any kind should not •eome to Porto Rico. Such persona as clerks, (Carpenters, mechanics and laborers o< all grades should stay away from i'orto Rico. American should come to I'orto Rico ex­ pecting to strike It rich, and no persons should come here without plenty of money to pay board bills and have enough to take tnem back to their homes In the United i t.e** Th,e '* a ®ma'l Island, has a pop­ ulation of about a million people, and is tne moit densely populated country In the world. There are several hundred thou* sand working Porto Ricans ready to fill the vacant jobs and at a low price. BI0T AT WILMINGTON NINE NEGROES ARE KILLED BY WHITE& The North Carolina City the Scene a# Bloodshed -- White Citixena Over­ throw the Former' Government and Are in Control. Thursday was one of terror in Wilming­ ton, N. C. The white men of the city, in­ furiated by past acts of lawlessness of the negroes, took the law in their own hands and wreaked terrible vengeance. The re­ sult, it is reported, is that sixteen negroes have been killed. p Shortly after the negro newspaper office, the Record, was burned, the negroes com­ menced to display a disposition to create trouble. ^ They began to gather in one of their thickly populated sections of the city, and assumed a threatening attitude toward the whites. One mob fired upon a small number of white men, seriously wounding one and slightly injuring two others. The whites returned the fire with a deadly volley, killing four negroes. As soon as the news of the shooting be­ came known the whites, infuriated and utterly beyond the control of their leaders, rushed in large numbers to the scene and engaging the negroes, killed four of thyn One military company and a division of the naval reserves, carrying with them two rapid-fire guns, also rfepaired to the scene, where they stood guard during the sight. Riddled with Bullets. In the meantime the body of whites had instituted a diligent search for the leader of the mob that started the riot. The negro was finally found secreted in a house. He was taken out and told to run for his life. He started off, but only ad­ vanced a few yards before his body was riddled with bullets. Next a negro named Tom Miller, and a white man, both of whom had taken a prominent part in in­ citing the negroes to riot, were sought for and placed in jail. Five other negroes were also incarcerated and several ban­ ished from the city. Sixteen negroes have been reported killed and quite a number wounded. The Board of Aldermen (colored) who have governed the affairs of the city for nearly two years agreed to accede to the demand made upon them by the mass meeting of citizens to vacate their offices. Consequently they, including the Mayor, resigned and their places were filled by white taxpayers A. M. Waddell, ex-Coii- gressman, was elected Mayor. The Biew Board of Aldermen instructed the Mayor, in view of the turbfaent state of affairs existing in the community, to swear in 800 extra policemen. This was done, 250 being on foot, twenty-five on horseback, and twenty-five bicyclists. All are wb|^i> HOLD UP A TRAIN. _ -- -- -- . J i Eight Bobbers Blow Open a Safe 6n Great Northern Kxpresa. '• " The Great Northern through train wit's held up and robbed five miles west of Fergus Falls, Minn., Thursday night. There were eight robbers in the gang, all well armed. Two of them evidently board­ ed the blind baggage in the city. The train was scarcely out of town when these two climbed over the tender, and, presenting revolvers, told Engineer Brace and his fireman to stop at a lonely spot near the Pelican river bridge. Ar­ riving at this place, the train was stopped and the engineer and fireman were order­ ed to leave the cab. The other members of the gang rushed from the woods and boarded the express car. All wore hand­ kerchiefs over their faces. The gang was regularly organized and went by numbers. When the train stopped the conductor and brakeman started forward to find out what caused the delay, but the bandits fired a number of shots and warned them to keep back. They then compelled the express messenger to leave the car, and while three or four stood guard the others proceeded to' blow open the safes. The local safe was destroyed and it is thought that they succeeded in securing considerable money, but the exact amount cannot be learned. The through safe was drilled and partly blown open with dyna­ mite, four charges being used. The jacket was blown off, but it was found impossi­ ble to reaeh the inner part and get at the money. The men worked over it nearly two hours, holding the train for that length of time, but finally gave up the attempt, and, joining their companions on the outside, started south. The facts were wired to railroad head­ quarters and telegrams were senf to all towns in the vicinity/! requesting the au­ thorities to send posses in pursuit of the highwaymen. BRAKES CLOGGED BY LEAVES. Five Men Killed in a Collision Be­ tween Express Trains. The Buffalo express on the Lehigh Val­ ley Railroad ran into the New York and Philadelphia express, going east on Wilkesbarre Mountain, at 3 o'clock Fri­ day morning. Five trainmen were killed. The train going east had the right of way on a single track. The Buffalo ex­ press had orders to Btop on a siding on the mountain and let the New York ex­ press pass. As the engineer approached the siding he discovered that the air brakes would not work. The train was moving about thirty miles an hour down a grade. The engineer whistled frantical­ ly for the hand brakes and reversed his engine, but could not avert the collision. In less than a minute the express from the west, drawn by two heavy engines, hove in sight. A terrible crash followed on a curve in a deep cut. Nearly all the passengers on both trains were asleep. Many of these were thrown out of their berths by the shock, but none was severe­ ly injured. An investigation showed that a heavy windstorm prevailed on the mountain, which caused the leaves from the forest to accumulate on the track. The engines plowed into these leaves, which clogged the braking apparatus. Newa of Minor Note* John Neal, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Republic, Mo., was fatally stricken by a stroke of paralysis. Wm. Henderson, aged 69 years, a mem­ ber of the Salvation army, dropped dead of heart disease at Sedalia, Mo. At Unionville, Mo., Zoda Garringer and Jim Johnson were sentenced to the peni­ tentiary for two years for burglary. The 3-year-old daughter of Christopher C. Red, a contractor of Sedalia, Mo., was fatally scalded by falling into a tub of boilinn water. Two deaths from the black plague of India occurred on the French bark Duch­ ess Anne on her recent trip from Hono­ lulu to San Francisco. By Jan. 1 the University of Chicago exports to raise $2,000,000, which makes a gift of same amount from John D. Rockefeller available. A number of vessels are stranded on sandbars in the Yukon river and frozen in, and when the ice breaks up next spring they will go to pieces. Col. Waring, who died of yellow fever ia New York, had planned a system of drain­ age for Havana, which he believed weald banish yellow fever. Provisions. $125,598,566 135,351,713 146,607,039 162.880,643 FARMERS REAP A HARVEST. Immense Increase in Bxpo^t* to Eu­ ropean Countries. The farmers of the United States will receive during 1898 more money from abroad for their products than in any pre­ ceding year. A statement regarding the exports of principal agricultural products just issued by the treasury bureau of sta­ tistics shows that in the item of bread- stuffs alone the exports for the ten months ended Oct. 31, 1898, amounted to $250,- 237,455. which is $65,000,000 greater than in the corresponding months of last year and $38,000,000 in excess of the excep­ tional year 1892. Provision exports also show a good rec­ ord. being for the ten months of 1898 $162,880,643, against $146,607,039 in the corresponding months of last year and $125,508,568 in 1892. Cotton exports for the ten months are $13,000,000 in excess of last year and the number of pounds is larger than in any corresponding period in the history of the country. The exportation of practically all Classes of farm products has increased. In wheat, corn, rye, oats, oatmeal, cotton, bacon, hams, lard, oleomargarine, fresh beef and many other articles, of farm pro­ duction the exportations of the ten months are not only in excess of those of the cor­ responding months of last year, but larger than in any previous year. The following table shows the exports of breadstuffs and provisions in the ten months ended Oct. 31 compared with the corresponding ten months of the three pre­ ceding years: Year. Breadstuffs. 1895 ......... $97.6412,354 1896 , v. . ..; 136,163,lfe 1897 ... s.... 185.416,853 1898 ......... 250,237,455 _ One of the most interesting features of the export trade is the increasing demand for American corn in the principal coun­ tries of western Europe. PRINCETON SCORES, FIRST. Ayres Kicks Goal, PcorO Standing 0 to O. Yale's 'Varsity football eleven was con­ quered on Brokaw Field by the Princeton Tigers Saturday afternoon by 6 to 0, the same figures which prevailed in the Blues' victory last year at New Haven. The touchdown made by Old Nassau's eleven was the direct result of a soul-stirring run of 95 yards by little Arthur Poe, in the first half when Yale had Worked it by fierce line smashing to within fifteen yards of Princeton's line. Poe was so quick that he secured a lead of ten yards over the nearest Yale men, and maintained this advantage.all the way down the field in his mad race to what proved victory. Some persons may call it a fluke. Others may declare that it was poor playing by lale. while still more may draw the con­ clusion that Poe made one of the most $ensational plays ever seen on a football field. But .whatever say be said, the fact remains that the whole piece of business Conies under the head of football, and that the fortunes of the rival throngs around the gridiron went with this play. Amid wild enthusiasm Ayres kicked the goal. Score: Princeton 6, Yale 0. • ; ••• -- » KAISER'S TRIP IGNORED. Uncle Sam Indifferent to the Proposed Visit to Spain. According to the latest information re­ ceived in Washington the Kaiser will not go beyond Cadiz when he visits Spain. But he may even go to Madrid, and, in­ stead of traveling incognito, he may offi­ cially review Camnra's peek-a-boo squad­ ron without causing serious apprehension here. In official circles the opinion is 'well grounded that neither Emperor William nor any other potentate will help Spain to retain the Philippines. By interfering, the German emperor would risk a conflict with this Government that, if it occurred, would have a painful effect on his war es­ tablishment, and would, besides, endan­ ger his understanding with England, that promises him rich profits in Africa and Chkia. It is considered probable, therefore, if the Emperor visits Spain, it will be be­ cause Spain is the center of the stage, and he delights to keep in view of the audi­ ence. The suggestion that he might be called upon to act as arbitrator to decide the sovereignty of the Philippines is re­ garded not at all seriously. MANY CUBANS ARE STARVING. Conditions Worse than During J?ey- ler's Reign. According to Senor Quesada of the Cu­ ban legation in Washington, who is in re­ ceipt of many letters from his compatriots, there are thousands of persons starving in thp island. He makes the statement that unless the American Government takes immediate steps to supply the starv­ ing Cubans with food or the means to ob­ tain food, these people mustft through sheer desperation, obtain this food by force. Said Senor Quesada: "Let me state that the conditions to-day are worse even than during the period of Weyler's administration." STREETCAR LINES COMBINE. Five St. Lonls Surface Boads Consoli­ date. One of the biggest deals ever under­ taken iu St. Louis--the consolidation of five of the largest street railway corpora­ tions in the city, of which the Liudcll Railroad, with its fifty-five miles of track, and the Missouri Railroad, with twenty- six miles of cable road, are the principal lines involved--is now under way. It is expected that the consolidated lines will be incorporated for $10 000,000, the high­ est amouut permitted under the State law. School Teacher Is Shot. While standing near a window at the home of her parents iu Pendleton, Ore., Miss May Wallace, a teacher in the Pen­ dleton Academy, was shot from the out­ side and killed. Miss Wallace had recent­ ly expelled a Chinese boy from her class and he has been arrested. MjfiT Rry^al; A statue to Mme. Melba is to be put up next year in Melbourne. Rev. Henry A. Brown, chaplain of the rough riders, is to resume his church work in Arizona. The third centenary of Edmund Spen­ ser's death will be celebrated in London next year. Miss Hastie, a Scotch woman, fe abeut to undertake a scientific expedition to the South Sea. Maj. Ilobart, a nephew of the Vice- President, has resigned from the staff of Gen. Keefer. Alexander G. Bell, of telephone fame, is in San Francisco with his wife on a tour around the world. Mrs. Edward Barron of Mayfield. Cal., will build a large studio for the classes ia art at Stanford University. Miss Hamilton Griffin, a half-sister of Mary Anderson, is cultivating her voice ia Germany- and will make her debut aa a finger nfxt year. The Federation of Labor will make a determined effort at the approaching ses­ sion of Congress to secure action by the Senate upon a bill which passed the House without a dissenting vote last summer. It provides for the amendment of the eight- hour law so as to include all contractors doing work for the Government and all employes manufacturing material used by the Government. If this bill should go into effect it would be a long step toward a general eight-hour working day. It would require the Carnegies, for example, the Bethlehem iron works, the manufac­ turers who furnish clothing for the army and navy, the powder mills, the gun facs torieB, the packing houses which furnish the beef and pork, the bakeries which make the hardtack, the factories which produce the shoes for the soldiers and the sailors, the men who build wagons for the* Government, the miners who furnish coal for the men-of-war and the Government transports to adopt the eight-hour system,; except in extraordinary emergencies. It would practically prohibit the Govern­ ment from buying anything from anybody whose employes worked more than eight hours. There is np doubt of an extra session of Congress on the 4th of March. The Pres­ ident is understood to have given an as­ surance of his intention to call one. The regular session will be only three months' long, including the usual Christmas vaca- j tion, and there will be an unusual amount of legislation that is considered absolutely necessary, such as provision for colonial governments in Porto Rico and the Phil­ ippine Islands and a provisional govern­ ment in Cuba, which will doubtless re­ quire a great deal of time. It is also in­ tended to push the Nicaragua canal bill through at the regular session, in order that the concession granted to the Mari­ time Canal Company may be saved by commencing actual work. The increase of the army and several plans of reorgan­ ization will also require considerable at­ tention, and they* are considered emer­ gency measures. President McKinley is devoting nearly all of his time to his message. It will cover so many new subjects that it is ex­ pected to be the most important for years. The questions growing out of the acquisi­ tion of new territory will require many suggestions from the President as to the form of government in each separate pos­ session. The plan for reorganizing the regular army on the 100,000 basis, the suggestion for the increase of the navy and a word on the personnel bill will en­ gage the President. The subject of the Nicaragua canal and a cable between the United States and Manila, via Hawaii, are points to be brought before Congress. The President is likely to go into a dis­ cussion of the race question and point out the necessity of Congress taking steps to guarantee protection to life and the exer­ cise of suffrage. Gentlemen who have arrived from San Juan report that Gen. Brooke is having some interesting experiences with Porto Rico politicians and patriots who are anx­ ious to occupy civil positions under the new Government. There seems to be a serious misapprehension among a large portion of the population. They have somehow or another got the idea that Uncle Sam is a very generous employer and will pay big wages for light work, and nearly every man in Porto Rico is a candidate for an office.x Most of Gen. Brooke's time is occupied by delegations who come to recommend somebody and then come back again the same day to recommend somebody else for the same place. It is the intention of the Secretary of War to discharge all men in the regular army who enlisted for the war just as soon as possible after the treaty of peace is ratified, but that will not occur until mid-winter and perhaps not until spring. We are now under a suspension of hostili­ ties until the terms are agreed upon, but the commissioners at Paris must agree upon a treaty and the Senate of the Unit­ ed States and the Cortes of Spain must ratify it before peace is permanently re­ stored and not until then will it be ad­ visable to dissolve the army. Commissary General Eagan rejected all the bids that were offered the other day for northern cattle to be sent to Cuba, and has published advertisements calling for new proposals for southern eattle upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture. It is feared that if northern cattle are sent to Cuba they will get ticks and the Texas fever within ten days, and become at once unfit for food, whereas the southern cattle are immune and thorough­ ly seasoned to the tick pest. The biennial talk about defeating' Mr. Reed for Speaker has begun, but tbfc'op- position will not amount to anything. Ev­ ery twfo years certain people who have grievances against the "czar" get up a scheme to prevent his re-election. Sev­ eral times they have gone so far as to hold a secret caucus and select an opposing candidate. But they never get any fur­ ther. The Fifty-sixth Congress will have its hands full, as it will be necessary to read­ just the customs regulations to meet new conditions; and the chances also are that a symmetrical scheme of currency reform will be submitted for the action of Con­ gress. A commission on this subject, or a joint committee of Congress, is among the possibilities of the coming year. Gen. Corbin, in his annual report, esti­ mates the casualties of the late war up to Sept. 30 as follows: Killed. 23 officers and 257 men: wounded, 113 officers, 1,464 men; died of wounds, 4 officers, 61 rien; died of disease, 80 officers. 2,485 men. Total, 107 officers and 2.803 men, t>ut of a total force of 275,717, or a percentage of 10.5 to the thousand. A remarkable feature0 about the recent elections is that the Democratic gains were all in the gold-standard States. The Republican gains were all in States which supported Bryan for the presidency two years ago. and again declared for free silver in the platfot|ms of their conven­ tions this year. Telegraphic Brevities. The cruiser Philadelphia will have to go to the navy yards for a complete over- , hauling. At Chappell Hill, in a runaway. Mrs. R. H. Rodgers and a son received fatal injuries. Ben Cole was kiHcd at his ranch in Iron County, Texas, in a shooting fray with Sam Murray and Otto Sehauer. Hypnotism vPks employed by a New, York hospital surgeon in subduing an epi­ leptic patient, who had overcome five yg- ttoemen.