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THE MCHENRY PUINDEALER HftlTRWBY PLAOnmAUR Oft, WHEMMKY, TVLZMOTB. £ Mr®. H. Yates of Ontario, Canada, burned to death at Mountain [View, O. T., while attempting to start A fire with kerosene. Eight companies Interested In the Bath County, Kentucky, oil fields will aonstruct a pipe line to the Chesa­ peake and Ohio railroad- This will pat on the market about 1,200 barrels Of oil daily. Major James P. Nelson of Lexing­ ton, Ky., assistant engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, has accepted the position of chief en­ gineer of the Richmond, Fredericks­ burg and Potomac railroad. Thomas MacCarthy, who went over the Kankakee river dam:at Kankakee, flli, in the presence of 3,000 people, on a wager, dislocated his shoulder and was arrested for violating the or­ dinance against daylight bathing. • brick cottage at 274 Sheffield are- •ue, Chicago, collapsed and buried the family of Aleck De Mar; Mrs. De Mar shielded her baby and was badly hurt The others were slightly in­ jured. A freight wreck on the Lake Shore fallroad at Ninetieth street, Chicago, Injured seven men, most of whom were stealing a ride. A coupling pin fcroke and the rear section piled up. Cleveland } officials, who ptu>to- graphed money in their effort to ob­ tain evidence in an alleged bribery case are to be prosecuted by the gov­ ernment under the law prohibiting photographing of money. Samuel Hendricks, a widely known fisherman and hunter, was drowned in the Rock river at Sterling, 111. Snow fell for twenty-four hours at Brans ton, Wyo., and in the mountains It lies on the ground to a depth of three to six inches. The mercury fell to freezing point Martha White of Des Moines, la., colored, was curelly assaulted and cut with a knife by her lover, Sam Whit- mey, also colored. William A. Reynolds, an attache of Mm country form, was found dead in his wagon in Grand Rapids, Mich., un­ der circumstances indicating murder. Be went to town with considerable money and was seen to enter the al­ ley with a stranger. His right arm and side were badly lacerated as though he had been hit with a club, and his pockets were empty. He was •9 years old. Music teachers' national convention la In session at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, with COO delegates in attendance. Otto Scholtz and Jacob Friesenborg, who recently came from Germany, were drowned at Watseka, 111., by the capsizing of a boat. The report of the consular district fit Berlin shows that the exports to North America for the last quarter for that district were over $1,600,000, an increase of $200,000. The Paris Figaro intimates that coming changes in the French diplo­ matic service may possibly include the transfer of Jules Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, to Berlin. Hundreds of cattle imported from southwest Texas are being driven out of the Indian Territory by the Indian police, acting, it is said, upon orders from the Interior Department. The steam yacht Yacona purchased from the king of Portugal by Henry Clay Pierce of St Louis, has arrived at Boston to await its new owner, who will cruise along the coast and visit Labrador. • continuance was refused in the case of Superintendent of Police Fred W. Ames, charged at Minneapolis with bribery. Captain N. W. King of the detective force, convicted of acces­ sory after the fact to a felony, was sentenced to three years and six months at hard labor In the peniten­ tiary. Earthquakes are reported to have occurred simultaneously in twenty towns of Asia Minor. Many houses collapsed. '<•» The German government has sent to the bundesrath a draft of the de­ cree making the meat law effective in April, 1903. The bundesrath will act on the issue July 3. A march called "The Parade March of the Marine Division," composed by Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, has been brought out by a publisher of Leipslg. The St Petersburg students ar­ rested last March at the time of the student disorders and sentenced to Imprisonment for two or three months are now returning to their homes. About 1,500 Canadian troop3 sailed from Durban, Natal. Two thousand additional Canadians will start for home on July 12. Governor Betts reports perfect peace in the province of Albay, Phil­ ippine Islands, and that commercial Interests were never in a more pros­ perous condition. The Mexican minister has presented his credentials to President Palma at Havana. At a meeting of the stockholders the German Atlantic Cable com- In Berlin the proposition of the directors to issue 20,000,000 marks in bonds to lay a second cable between Germany and the United States was accepted. . The French press reviews the re­ newal of the triple alliance with >dquanimity and expresses the belief tihat the alliance has been greatly - Weakened. Plans are under way for the con- ^olidation of the glazed kid leather Interests, with a capital of $50,000,000. | At Cleveland Eugene Howard, 49 •frears old, shot and Instantly killed 4" his wife and cut his throat, dying al- ; inost instantly. / The largest cotton mill In the world to be built at Kansas City at s oet of $i0,eoo,ooo. •I® • . ; * . American ttonal convention reports show 267 local societies with 34,708 members, and that the .socialism propaganda failed. Richard A. Canfield, "king of Amer­ ican gamblers," denied that he will start an American Monte Carlo at Saratoga, declaring such a venture would not be tolerated. The wife and 7-year-old daughter of Capt Siemann N. Horn of Fort Han­ cock, N. Y., were drowned off Sandy Hook by a sailboat capsizing. The husband and four others were rescued. Mrs. Francis Batcheller of Boston coaxed ner husband to close his fac­ tory and take her to Europe to study voice culture, and 1,200 persons are out of work as a result Many college students, who were given summer work by the United States government as foresters, are paid $25 a month and board for sur­ veying timber tracts. English stewards from the Cunard steamer Saxonia ^ore down an Amer­ ican flag nt Bosto^. Persons who saw the act attacked ahd beat them. A New York mob tried to lynch two negroes who had stabbed a boy. The police reserves were called out and rescued them. Montana's capltol at Helena was formally turned over to the state by the building commission. Mrs. R. J. Seney and her daughter Alpha were killed at a crossing at Sioux City, la., by a Milwaukee train. H. L. Hurlbut, a Boston hotel man, committed suicide at Seattle by taking morphine. The motive is not known. W. A. Ross, a school teacher of Thomasville, Ohio, was drowned while trying to reach home during a storm. Miss Elizabeth Daniels, aged 25, a well known young woman of Jackson­ ville, 111., dropped dead of heart dis­ ease as she left the dinner table. Thirty thousand persons at Syca­ more, 111., take part in ceremony of marking grave of Abner Powers, one of five revolutionary soliders buried in this state. George Powers was fatally hurt and Mrs. Salaeb and Mrs. Denean were seriously wounded in a Fourth of July fight in the Syrian quarters at Fort Wayne. Organized iron molders of New York and vicinity announce that they have gained a peaceful victory, 2,220 of their number having been granted the nine-hour day through officials. The steamer Senator arrived at Port Townsend, Wash., from Nome, reports no tidings of the missing steamers Jaenie and Portland. Mathias Vanderlasek, a machinist, Jumped from a St Paul bridge, 200 feet, into the Mississippi river, and sustained only slight injuries. Paul Saulsman of Lee's Summit, Mo., was knocked down and killed, and M. J. McGlynn, his employer, was struck twice and seriously hurt by an unknown man at Kansas City. Fire at Philadelphia caused $200,000 loss, the woolen and cotton yarn firms of James E. Mitchell & Co., William d'Olier & Co. and Buckingham & Paul­ son being the heaviest sufferers. Rev. C. R, Schermerhorn, near Cold- water, Mich., while using gasoline to rid his hen house of lice accidentally set fire to a can of the fluid, and in throwing it out of the building, fa­ tally burned his 8-year-old son. Two inches of snow fell in tte Coeur d'Alene region in Idaho. August Schievie was hanged at St Helena, Ore., for the murder of Joseph Schulkowskl, on Dec. 26. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has sent a silver medal to Captain Fred Johnson of Chicago for gallant service in saving lives Nov. 12,1900. One of the greatest shipments of coal that ever started for the South was begun at Pittsburg. It comprises fully 10,000,000 bushels. The Nebraska Supreme Court ren­ dered an opinion affirming the consti­ tutionality of the female labor law en­ acted by the last legislature. During a dance at the home of Judge W. S. Pettit in Pawhuska, Okla., George Dickie, an Osage graduate of Carlisle, was killed by Pettit Dickie had been drinking. Alma and Ada Kilgas, 10 and 8 years old, near Reynolds, Ind., were drowned by stepping into a washout while crossing a field covered with water. A log Jam on the St Croix river near Grantsburg, Wis., contains 50,- 000,000 feet of logs and is nine miles long. One hundred drivers are break­ ing it. Archer Wade, 23 years of age, shot and fatally wounded James Owens at Martinsville, Ind. It is alleged that Owens was jealous of Wade's atten­ tions to his wife. The world-wide convention of the International Sunday School associa­ tion probably will be held in Jerusa­ lem in 1904. Edwin and Thomas Balch of Phila­ delphia are in St. Petersburg for the purpose of collecting information and material with regard to the boundaries of Alaska. Charley Wee, a Chinese laundryman, has been arrested in Buffalo in connec­ tion with the murder of Mary Murphy, 6 years old, whose body, badly mangled, was found wrapped in news­ papers in a pond in a cemetery. The autopsy showed the child had been outraged and strangled. George Sperling of Graham, Mo., and George Bates of San Francisco were killed by lightning on a ranch near Arvada, Col. It is estimated that the deficit in the German budget for 1901-'02 will amount to $8,000,000. The Colorado supreme court has de­ clared the city of Denver to be en­ titled to the $2,000,000 willed It by George W. Clayton for the founding of the Clayton collepe for boys. Governor Bliss of Michigan has given $21,000 to Albion College to ap­ ply on the dfibt of $'<>3,000. Albert Adams, a farmer; shot and killed James Henry, an Indian boy, aged 17, near Unionville, Mich. The father of the boy charges that Adams attempted to assault Mrs. Henry, while Adams says he shot in self-de­ fense. H. N. El am, a negro school teacher, was found at Newborn, Tenn., with his skull crushed end a broken gun beside bitn. Fire in East Dallas, Tex., destroyed twenty residences, covering an area of three blocks. Several firemen were injured. WEEK'S DOINGS Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. SUMMARY OF CLOSING DAYS Many Measures Rushed Through Both Houses Before Adjournment Are Signed by the President--Session Was a Busy One. Monday, June 30. Hot words passed between Mr. Bailey (Tex.) and Mr. Beverldge (Ind.) on the floor of the Senate, and after adjournment was followed up by a physical assault by the Texas sena­ tor on the senator from Indiana. Mr. Elkms (W. Va.) delivered a speech In favor of the annexation of Cuba, maintaining that it would be in the best interests of both countries. Mr. Piatt (Conn.) and Mr. Hanna (Ohio), deprecated any annexation proposi­ tion at this time. A bill was parsed giving Rear Admiral Schley the pay and allowance of a Rear Admiral on linger (N. H.) made a brief statement linger (N. H., made a brief statement of the work done by the pensions com­ mittee during the present session. It showed that the bills relating to pen­ sions Introduced in the House aggre­ gated 7,518 while the aggregate number introduced in the Sen­ ate was 2,552. The total number passed was 1,151. A resolution of­ fered by Mr. Morgan, calling on the Secretary of State for ,a statement of the expenditures of the isthmian canal commission, was adopted. Bills were passed as follows: To prohibit the killing or taking of seals, porpoises, whales or marine animals or fish of any kind in the waters of the United States by means of explosive mater­ ials; to establish regulations in the District of Columbia during the na­ tional encampment of the G. A. R.; to authorize tne director of the census to compile statistics relating to ir­ rigation. Conference report on the general de­ ficiency appropriation bill was taken up In the house. Among important items passed was $500,000 for the Buf­ falo exposition and $160,000 for the Charleston exposition. Philippine con­ ference report adopted--149 to 92. Friar lands to be purchase by issuing bonds and to become part of public domain. Public lands to be open to homesteaders. The Dick bill to recog­ nize the militia was taken up and passed. Tuesday, July 1. The final report of the conferees on the general deficiency bill was presented to the senate and agreed to without debate. The conference reports on the naval appropriation bill and the bill to provide a tem­ porary civil government in the Phil­ ippines were agreed to, as was that on the Porto Rico public lands and buildings bill. A bill appropriating $75,000 for the erection of a quarter­ master's warehouse in Omaha was passed. The house concurrent reso­ lution providing for adjournment was adopted. Before adjournment the usual resolutions were adopted, In­ cluding one thanking President Pro Tempore Frye for "the dignified, im­ partial and courteous manner in which he had presided over the deliberations of the senate." The senate bill to promote the ef­ ficiency of the marine hospital ser­ vice and change its name to the pub­ lic health and marine hospital service was passed in the house under sus­ pension of the rules. Other bills were passed as follows: House bill to au­ thorize the erection of a quartermas­ ter's warehouse at Omaha at a cost not to exceed $75,000; senate bill to reduce the number of appraisers at Philadelphia and Boston. A joint resolution was adopted appropriating $5,000 each to the memories of Gen. Francis Noah and Gen. William Lee Davidson of North Carolina. The con­ ference agreement on the naval ap­ propriation bill was adopted. Bills were passed to appropriate $50,000 each for bronze equestrian statues to Count Pulaski and Baron Steuben, to be erected in Washington; senate bill for the suppression of train robberies; a bill to make confederate soldiers who enlisted in the Union army previ­ ous to Jan. 1, 1865, pensionable, was passed, 97 to 19. A resolution from the ways and means committee fixing the hour of final adjournment was passed, 137 to 76. TEMPERANCE PEOPLE NAME STATE TICKET Platform le Confined to Prohibition and Woman Suffrage--Carrie Nation Foiled. Peoria, 111., dispatch: The prohibl- tlonists of Illinois "nominated their Btate ticket The committee on plat­ form split in the conference and two platforms were submitted to the coa- ventlon for adoption.- One touched on all the leading national issues and the other confines itself strictly to prohibition and woman's suffrage. The convention adopted the minority port on platform. This horas the pro- hibitionists^o the two issues, the liquor question and woman's suffrage; The convention was at one time most exciting. When the call vol made for voluntary contributions the 1,200 delegates went wild with enthu­ siasm, and, crowding forward, they showered their contributions upon thr stage. Almost $5,000 in cash was heaped upon the platform. Carrie Nation arrived in the city and her arrival was the signal for some rushing work in the convention. All business was rushed through with whirlwind speed and before the Kan­ sas lecturer arrived at the Coliseum an adjournment bad been taken. Mrs. Nation delivered a lecture in a local beer hall and was listened to by a large crowd. She denied that she is going to join Dowie. The following ticket was nominated: For state treasurer, John H. Wilson; clerk of the supreme court, Robert H. Hardin; superintendent of public In­ struction, Charles A. Blanchard; trus­ tees of the University of Illinois, Miss Marie C. Brehm, Judge J'. O. Cunning­ ham, Mrs. Dr. J. W. Akers. FASTS FOR FIFTY-THREE DAYS Aged Unable Woman Spiritualist Is to Partake of Food. Muncle, Ind., d.spatch: After a fifty- three days' fast Mrs. Wanda George, who at 81 claims to be the oldest Spiritualist medium, although still alive., is reduced to a skeleton. When she started she was a healthy woman weighing 210 pounds. While" living in Chicago five years ago she prophesied she would soon be stricken blind] Now she is the victim of a strange disease which has baffled the skill of all available specialists. She fasts not because she wants to, but because she Is physically Incapable of taking any food. GIVES PEN TO FILIPINO. Senor BuencaminaT Secures Precious Bit of Steel. Washington dispatch: Senor A>uen- camino, who has been sojourning in this country, called upon President Roosevelt and requested the pen with which he signed the Philippine gov­ ernment bill, as he desired to pre­ serve It and eventually place it In some public library In the Philippines. The pen already had been given to Senator Lodge, chairman of the Phil­ ippine committee, but as he hap­ pened to be present at the time, he presented it to Senor Buencamino. When the latter left the White House he remarked that the Philippine bill initiated self-government in 'the islands. He also paid a high tribute to President Roosevelt JOHN IRVING PEARCE 18 DEAD Chicago's Noted Hotel Proprietor Has a Peaceful End. Chicago, 111., special: John Irving Pearce, dean of the Chicago hotel men, and for twenty years proprietor of the Sherman house, is dead. The final summons came suddenly. Al­ though he felt that the sickness which came upon him last Wednesday night would be fatal, the members of the family did not think that the en^was so near. Wednesday evening he was about the hotel, but was taken 111 be­ fore morning. The end was peaceful. SENATOR VEST GROWS WEAKER Missouri's Veteran Statesman Is Al­ most Blind and Confined to Bed. Kansas City, Mo., dispatch: Senator Vest, Missouri's veteran senator, is in poor health and is rapidly growing weaker. During the last session of congress his strength a great deal and his sight becamte poor. Now he is almost blind and io not able tc leave his bed. Owing to his age, 72 years, it is feared the senator can­ not long survive and in any event it is sure he will never be able to re­ enter public life. HAVANA'S AMERICAN COLONY Dies Reading Declaration. Evansville, Ind., special: Mrs. Mur­ ray Brown, aged 80, while sitting In her home reading thei Declaration of Independence, fell over dead. The members of the family were away at the time celebrating the Fourth. When found a copy uf the Declaration was clutched In her right hand. Liabilities, $1,500,000; Assets, $100. New York dispatch: Walden Pell Anderson, who has been an extensive operator in real estate in this city, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court The liabilities are $1,535,212; assets, $100. Library President. Galesburg, 111., dispatch: The board of directors of the new public li­ brary io which Carnegie gave $50,000 elected as the president F. C. Rice, superintendent of the Illinois lines of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Elaborate Celebration of Independence Day at Cuban Capital. Havana cable: The American col­ ony in Havana celebraicd Independ­ ence day more elaborately than it was ever celebrated here before. The colony has been greatly reduced by the withdrawal of the representatives of the United States government from the island, but those who remain joined in making It a day worthy of the great event of which It is the 126th anniversary. He Loved England. Paris cable: The late M. Benjamin Constant desired that all the work he left be taken to England, "which," he says, "I have learned to love with all my heart and which has become my second artistic country." t^iUs Drunken Man. Tuscola^^, special: Alfred Slders of Camargo was shot and killed by William Northfield, a boy of 18 years of age, whom he assaulted while In- toxicated. The tragedy was witnessed by a great many spectators. Prince in Police Court. London cable: In the Southwark police court Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza, a lieutenant in the Aus­ trian army, was charged with a crim­ inal offense, another person being ac­ cused of abetting him. Ex-Outlaw in Sheboygan. Sheboygan, Wis., special: ihe Gen­ tlemen's Driving club has invited Frank James, the once notorious out­ law, to act as starter in one of their matinees to be given this month. Mr. James has accepted. Memorial to Rhodes. London cable: At a meeting held at the Mansion house under the presi­ dency of the lord mayor, Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale, It was decided to erect in London a national memorial to the late Cecil Rhodes. Old Citizen Dies. Decatur, 111., special: Orlando Pow­ ers, who was born in Saratoga county. New York, in 1812, died here. He was the owner of more land than any other man in this county and built the opera house and many city blocks. Farm Houses, Barns and Other Buildings Suffer Severe Damage. FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN IOWA Webster City Is Flooded, Boatmen Taking Occupants from Second- Story Windows--Bridges Washed Away and Crops are Ruined. A terrific wind storm swept across the southern part of Wisconsin, sweep­ ing through Janes ville, Beloit, Pe- waukee, Menominie Falls, Granville, and North Milwaukee, doing damage everywhere to crops, farmhouses, barns, and other outbuildings. The storm lashed Pewaukee lake furiously, and, as a large number of boats were out, it is believed some fatalities may have occurred there. At Beloit a large number of out­ houses were blown down and a num­ ber of roofs damaged. At Janesville St Patrick's church was struck by lightning, the damage not being re­ ported. At Pewaukee trees, barns, and several outhouses were blown down, the bowling alley and large tents at Waukesha beach being de­ molished. On Pewaukee lake a couple In a rowboat were blown across the lake, making their way safely to shore, through the shallow water. The last boat from across the lake was the Waukesha, and this reported large quantities of driftwood on the lake, with one sailboat with a party report­ ed missing. At North Milwaukee the damage amounted to above $7,000, the sheds of the Wausau lumber company being blown down, and about one-third of the stock of lumber being scattered to use^nown parts. Two barns were lifted from their foundations and blown nearly a block, one barn with six horses being carried that distance, with no Injury to the horses. FLOODS IN IOWA. Nearly Five Inches of Rain Falls at Webster City. A fall of rain amounting to 4.75 inches fell in Webster City, Iowa. The eastern part of the city is all under water. The rise was so sudden that no household goods were saved. Boat crews saved household effects in the upper stories. Thirty wagon bridges are out A mile of the Northwestern's main line of track is threatened with a washout The rain has practically made the corn crop a failure In Ham­ ilton county. Small grains may yet yield half a crop. Hailstorms In Nebraska. Reports from Nebraska show that heavy rains have done much damage to wheat in the shock and oats. Hail storms devastating small streaks of country are reported from the vicini­ ties of York, Geneva, Blue Hill, Grana Island, Elm Creek, Hastings, and Har­ vard. The Nemaha river is out of its banks, and all lowlands in the eastern part of the state have been flooded. Wheat in some localities has begun to sprout in the shock. Rain in Kansas. A heavy rain, amounting at An­ thony almost to a cloudburst, fell over ten counties in central Kansas. It will delay harvest WAR CLAIM WARRANT8. Secretary of the Treasury Issues Checks for $3,218,584. Washington dispatch: The treasury department has issued warrants in favor of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont and Ohio, aggregating $3,218,584. These war­ rants cover the claims of these states for expenses incident to raising and equipping troops during the civil war, recently allowed by the comptroller of the treasury and for which congress made the necessary appropriation. The amounts which are being paid the several states are as follows: Illinois, $1,005,129; Indiana, $635,859; Iowa, $465,417; Michigan, $382,167; Vermont, $280,453; Ohio, 458,559. It is antici­ pated that several other states which have claims similar to those already allowed will file them with the comp­ troller asking for favorable action. OHIO CHIEF JUSTICE IS DEAD Marshal J. Williams Passes Away at His Home in Columbus. Chief Justice Marshall J. Williams of the Ohio Supreme court died at his home in Columbus of diabetes, aged 65 years. He was four times elected to the supreme bench, having served in all about sixteen years. He recent­ ly declined a renomination on account of failing health. Prior to his election to the supreme bench he served two terms as circuit judge. Chain of Sugar Refineries. New York special: It develops that the Federal Sugar Refining company, which was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey recently with a capital of $50,000,000, proposes to establish a chain of refineries. Rockefeller Heir Born. New York special: A son and heir has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Avery Rockefeller at their country home on the Hudson. He is a grand- nephew of John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil king. Pacific Cable. Washington dispatch: The Question whether the Pacific Cable company may have access to the navy depart­ ment soundings for the route of the proposed cable has been referred to the attorney-general. Train 8trikes Buggy* Sioux City, la., dispatch: Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul passenger train No. 82 struck a buggy containing a party of picnickers at Riverside park. The dead: Mrs. &. J. Seney, Miss Al­ pha Seney. AMNESTY BRINKS JOY TO FILIPINOS Gov. Taffs Secretary Reads the President's Proclama­ tion at Manila. AGUINALD0 TO LEAVE ISLANDS Noted Leader Will Remain In the Philippines for a Fortnight and Then Determine on Hie Future Home. A storm of enthusiasm entered Ma­ nila on the Fourth and swept through the archipelago because of the proclar mation of peace and amnesty issued by President Roosevelt It was the grandest demonstration since the oc­ cupation of the country by the Ameri­ cans and was the first complete public recognition of general peace. The Filipinos celebrated the day with supreme satisfaction and re­ joiced over the amnesty and general forgiveness for past offenses* Manila itself responded to the invitation of the municipal boards and decorated ithe city for miles with bunting and American flags, plentifully inter­ spersed with those of other nations. 'The whole made a grand cosmopolitan display. Cheer Wright and Chaffee. There was a parade of 3,000 troops, many civic societies and members of the federal party and the working- men's union. The last named halted at the grana stand and gave three cheers for Acting Governor Wright and General Chaffee, who reviewed the parade. Gen. Chaffee will formally notify Agulnaldo that the guard at present around him will be withdrawn. It Is probable that the ex-dictator will re­ main here for a fortnight until he has decided upon a new home. Crowds of Filipinos thronged the streets of Manila. They were curious as to what had happened, but made no demonstration. The Filipinos who were deported to Guam will not know of the amnesty proclamation until a transport stops there on the way from San Francisco. BUY 8PRINQ VALLEY COAL MINE 8eatonvllle Coal Property Changes Hands for $280,000. Spring Valley, 111., dispatch: The Spring Valley Coal company has taken possession of the Scatonville coal mine, operated and owned for fifteen years by the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coal company. The pur­ chase price was fixed at $280,000. The new owners will in time give employ­ ment to 1,000 miners, doubling the force. The Northwestern railway will build an extension of two miles to connect with the mine. KANSAS FARMERS ARE 8AILOR8 Use Boats and Rafts to Harvest the Wheat Croc. Topeka, Kan., special: Water Is so high in Vermilion creek valley, twenty miles northwest of "here, that the farmers are using boats and rafts to harvest their wheat. The wheat was in shocks when the flood came and the boats were used to bring the shocks and stacks to land. All the men and boats near the scene of the flood have been pressed into service. PROBE SUGAR TRUST METHODS Government to Investigate. Levying of Import Duties. New York special: The government has decided to investigate the meth­ ods which have been used by the sugar trust in connection with the levying of import duties on raw sugar. There are rumors that bribery has been used and Attorney General Knox is charged with the task of forcing the heads of the combine to disclose the details of the plan. Babcock Presents a Knife. Washington dispatch: Represent­ atives Babcock and Overstreet of the Republican congressional committee called on the president to arrange to keep in touch with him during the congressional campaign about to open. Mr. Babcock presented the president with a beautiful pearl paper-knife made from a pearl clam shell. The "pearl" clam is a product of the Mississippi river In Mr. Babcock's district, where there are three or four factories for making pearl buttons and kindred ar­ ticles from the shells. For G. A. R. Commander. Washington dispatch: The depart­ ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., has a candidate for commander In chief of the order. He is John McElroy. Mr. McElroy has been a member of the organization for thirty-six years. His military record covered the period from October, 1862, to the close of the war. He was a prisoner at Anderson- ville and other places. He has had editorial control of papers of national reputation for twenty-eight years. Train Jumps Track. Bennington, Vt, special: The train which left Troy at 6:55 on the Boston & Maine line going north jumped the track two miles west of North Ben­ nington. The rails spread and four cars rolled down an embankment. Kills Carrier Pigeon. Bourbon, Ind., dispatch: While out hunting near Inwood, Jacob Walmer shot and killed a carrier pigeon which carried a band numbered 16,187 and marked "California V." Names Major Jenkins. Washington dispatch: President Roosevelt has determined on tne ap­ pointment of Major Micah Jenkins, his army comrade and friend, as col­ lector of internal revenue, district of South Carolina. Father Meissner Dead. Peru, Ind., special: The Rev. Henry Meissner died of heart trouble. He was the irremovable rector of SL (Charles Borromeo congregation. He had lived In Peru\wenty-seven yearn FIFTEEN KILLED Runaway Car Rushes Down a Steep Grade Near Glo- versville, N. % TWENTY-NINE ARE INJURED Motorman Loses Control and Is Un»^ able to Apply Brakes--Fire Breaka Out on Telescoped Cars and Adda Panic to the Horror. Two trolley cars crowded with sengers collided on an electric rail­ way near Gloversvllle, N. Y., and fif­ teen persons were killed and twenty* nine injured. For a distance of four miles north of Gloversvllle the Mountain Lake rail? way, an electric road, connects Glov­ ersvllle with a popular place of resort and picnic ground. As it was the Fourth of July the place was crowded with pleasure seekers. The cars were filled with peopla coming home from the grounds. The road makes a steep ascent from Gloversvllle to the resort, rising 1,000 feet to the five miles. Two cars crowded with persons who were returning home from the resort started down the grade toward Glov­ ersvllle only a short distance apart. In some manner the motorman oI the second and rear car lost control of it and it dashed ahead down the grade in spite of the brakes and rap­ idly approached the car preceding It. Cars Telescope. The two came together with a crash so violent as to completely telescope the cars, kliling and mangling the oo» cupants. After the collision the cars tumbled over into the ditch at one side and one of the cars started to burn. Aid was asked from Gloversvllle, and conveyances of all kinds went at once to the place of the wreck to carry the injured. It was raining furi­ ously, which added to the difficulty, of reaching the place or receiving any further news. Ten bodies, mangled beyond recog­ nition, were brought Into Gloversvllle^ where the Injured were also being taken. The latter are being cared for at the Llttaner hospital. Among the victims there are more women than men. City Official Hurt. There were many Gloversvllle busi­ ness men among those on the cars. The only known dead are Mrs. Ed­ ward Bard and daughter. S. C. Wood, city recorder, was sa seriously Injured that he cannot live. Both of his legs were frightfully man­ gled and his back was broken. There is one hospital in Glovers­ vllle--the Lattauer hospital, a gift from Congressman Lattauer, and as fast as the dead and injured were r»> ceived they were taken there. Runaway Car Injures Twenty. Twenty persons were seriously In­ jured in a runaway trolley car near Boulder, Colo. The car was crowded with persons returning from a cele­ bration and ran away down a moun­ tain. PACKERS TO INVADE MICHIGAN 8ald to Have Bought Thousands off Acres of Ranch Land. Detroit special: The beef trust Is to invade Michigan and will establish extensive ranches throughout the- northern portion of the state, especial­ ly in Alcona, Alpena and Roscommon counties. Hammond, Standish & Co. have pur­ chased 10,000 acres from Alger, Smith & Co. in the northeast corner of Al­ cona county, including the mill and stores, and will stock the ranch with Western cattle. Swift & Co., it is reported, have bought 60,000 acres In Roscommon county. W. E. Rogers of Alpena shows a letter making inquiry for 100,000 acres. It is from a Chicago real es­ tate man, who said he was acting for a client that wished to pay spot cash if the land could be got cheap enough. HENDERSON TO CAMPAIGN. Speaker to Go On the Stump as a Spellbinder. Washington dispatch: Speaker Hen­ derson will take most active part in the congressional campaign next falL It has been decided to put him on the stump in all the doubtful districts, which can be reached conveniently in an extensive "swing around the cir­ cle." Although the speaker had a busy life during the session Just end­ ed, both socially and officially, he Is enjoying excellent health and with the rest which he can get between now and the time set for firing the first political gun he will be in the best physical condition for "spellbinding.** Ends Life Under Train. Kewanee, 111., dispaich: Raymond Bouqillon, a well educated foreigner who had become mentally unsound be­ cause of disappointment, walked on the railroad tracks near here and was killed by a train. Adjutant General's Clerk. Rockford, 111., dispatch: Gov. Yates has appointed Richings J. Shand, lieu­ tenant colonel of the Third regiment, I. N. G., to be chief clerk In the -ad­ jutant general's office. Dynamite on Car Track. Fort Dodge, la., special: Some per­ son unknown to the authorities placed a stick of dynamite on the street car track and a car running at a high rate of speed was completely wrecked and three passengers injured. Cyclone Kills Thirteen* Bombay cable: A cyclone blew a train from the track and turned it over on its side at New Rampurhat. Thirteen persons were killed and fif­ teen Injured. ~7