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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER VtBMlT PLA0TDIAX«K& (A UOPTBT, lF<v It- '•M • 'IFFI iM Memorial services were hell at Madison, Wis., for Charles Kendall lAdams, former president of the state •nlverslty. Colonel W. F. Vilas and vthers paid high tribute to his work at an educator. Carter Glass of Lynchburg was nom­ inated for congress by Democrats of fee sixth Virginia district George E. Greenfall, Oeorga Parker Mid George Mason were killed by a fas explosion at Aqulllar, Colo. C. Shaffner, a Chicago lawyer with a summer home at Twin Lakes, Wis., was fined $25 and costs for killing deer out of season. The large cigar factory of Ward & Co. at Pontlac, Mich., was destroyed toy fire, with a loss of $70,000 and In­ surance of $54,000. Harry and Walter Bird, Chicago boys who started west to make their fortunes, are in jail in Kansas City, aharged with robbery. i John Davis and an unidentified man Were probably fatally and Motorman 9ohn McNary seriously injured by a Vandalia train striking a street car at Terre Haute, Ind. Marjorie G. Hoysradt, aged 20, and Bdward Doyle, aged a, were tilled and twenty-five injured in a collision on (he Albany and Hudson Electric rail­ way near Hudson, N. Y. The Shenango tin plate mill at Newcastle, Pa., the largest Oi its kind In the world, shut down for an indefi­ nite period. Officials say It is due to market stagnation and not In retalia­ tion for refSsgd of the men to accept a wage cut. The postoffice at Beulah, Kan., was fobbed of $700. The safe-blowers es­ caped. The Arkansas revenue agent is pre­ paring to take drastic measures to oompel lawyers to pay occupation tax. Charles Varble of Louisville, Ky., aged 22, was ground to pieces by a south-bound Monon freight train In the company's yards at Lafayette, fnd. An American engaged in mining in Sonora says Mexican army officers are exterminating tne Yaquis without provocation, and that foreign investors are afraid to talk about tne butcheries. He says 161 Yaqui women, children and old men were slaughtered near llazattan, Mex. Less rain has fallen in Alabama dur­ ing the past three months than in any other similar period since 1839. The property of the Waukesha Springs Company was sold to F. J. R. Mitchell of New York for $54,000. George W. Brann, aged 28, an ab­ stractor of titles, of Rushville, Ind., accidentlly killed himself with a rifle While on a camping expedition. The coroner'B jury investigating the Lehigh Valley Railroad wreck in Rochester, N. Y., In which one was killed and a score injured, charges criminal negligence to Conductor Frank De La Vergne and Engineer Daniel Connolly. D. E. Schackelton, a member of the British labor party, has been elected to the house of comons without op­ position to fill the vacancy in the seat for the Clitheree division of Lanca­ shire, caused by the elevation to the peerage of Sir Ughtred James Kay- Bhuttleworth, who sat for the divi­ sion as a liberal. Iowa's executive council has In* creased the railroad assessment of the atate $4,041,556, making the total $51,- 112,814. Miss Hattie Puelicher defeated George Brown in a swimming match across Powers Lake, Wisconsin, a dis­ tance of a mile and a half. Queen Maria Christiana, mother of King Alfonso, accompanied by the In­ fanta Maria, left Madrid for Vienna. Frank Williamson of Des Moines, Iowa, was killed while attempting to get off an incoming Northwestern fast freight train in Milwaukee. Wil­ liamson had been stealing a ride and in Jumping he fell under the wheels, which cut off his legs. Half a block on the river front was destroyed and two children badly burned by fire in Glenwood Springs, Col. Asa Messer shot and killed William Simpson during a quarrel near Bar- boursville, Ky. Daniel Farley, colored, was hanged at Memphis for the murder of his wife July 23, 1901. Alonzo Scarrberry and Faris Castle were struck by lightning and instantly killed during a storm at Inez, Ky. At Charleston. W. Va., W. H. Hard- wick was sentenced to be hanged Oct SI for criminal assault April 1& last on a girl aged 12 years. A kiln containing about 20,000 feet of clear lumber was burned at the Mayou Lumber Company's plant at Camden, Ark. - F. J. Flannlgan, a tailor, residing at Caldwell, Kas., fell from the blind baggage on * Denver and Rio Grande •train, receiving probably fatal injuries. Stockmen intending to make an ex­ hibit at the coming Iowa state fair, Aug. 22 to 30, should write S. B. Pack­ ard, Marshalltown, Iowa, superinten­ dent of the cattle department of the fair, stating the number of stalls they 1 deefre for their exhibit. The general merchandise store of t Alexander & Kennedy, at Elkhart, ten miles northwest of Butler, Mo., was en- jtirely consumed by fire. Thomas Blunt, a colored youth, aged {17, was shot and instantly killed at IMcLoud, Okla., by John Purdy, a white tteiy. aged IS. Webster Cross, aged 23, was drowned while swimming at a munici­ pal bathing-house at Madison, Wis. He was a good swimmer, but was seized l*rtth an epileptic fit fatenry Dorr, living near Jola, I1L, The Centennial flour mills at Spokane, Wash., with a daily capacity of 700 barrels of flour and 200 bar­ rels of cereal foods, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $85,000. Robert Knight met "Spot" Murphy, a former pugilist, in the road at Lew- isburg, Ind. They quarreled and Knight killed Murphy by shooting him. Knight then climbed Into his buggy with his family and drove home. Thirty naphtha boring platforms at Romany, Russia, have been destroyed by fire. . King Carol of Roumania, who has arrived at Ischl, upper Austria, has been warmly greeted by Emperor Francis Joseph. Archduchess Elizabeth, youngest sister of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Aus­ tria-Hungary, soon will be betrothed to Prince Peter Alkantara, grandson of the late Dom Pedro of Brazil. Despondent because of Illness, Jo­ seph Podawoski stabbed his wife and 12-year-old daughter and committed suicide at El Reno, O. T. Because his wife had left him. Pleas Pitzer, a negro, shot and tilled Robert Brooks, his father-in-law, and his daughter and fatally wounded an­ other sister of his wife near Brinkley, Ark. The strike of the Building Trades' council at Burlington, Iowa, was set­ tled by arbitration, the men agreeing to return to work with union or non­ union men, and the boycott against the Gilbert Hedge Lumber company, where the original trouble started, is lifted. Two hundred and fifty men were Involved. Representatives of the American Steel Hoop Company and the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Workers met at Pittsburg to go over several foot notes to the wage scale. At Atlantic City conferences with officials of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union resulted in a 10 per cent advance in wages of the eastern shademakers and 8 per cent advance in the castor branch. The pressed ware and paste mold conferees dis­ agreed. Henry Roose & Co., stockbrokers at London, failed. Their business was small and the liabilities are inconsid­ erable. Orville Osborne, 19 years old, shot a robber at Varck, Kan., a town north­ west of Joplin, Mo. Three robbers en­ tered the store of S. B. Osborne and ordered young Osborne to throw up his hands. Instead the lad opened fire and the men fled. One of them was shot In the thigh and was so badly wounded that he had to be assisted In his escape by his pals. Carlos Zaldo, secretary of state of Cuba, has arrived in New York and proceeded immediately to Liberty, N. Y., where his wife is seriously ill. Governor Gota of the province of Formosa, Japan, has visited Ellis Isl­ and, New York, to 3tudy American methods of excluding Chinese immi­ grants. Japan is said to be preparing to adopt an exclusion act against Chi­ nese. An oil gusher, the first in many tests in the Flat River Valley, In Manitoba, was encountered at a depth of 400 feet It is throwing up 300 barrels of oil a day. The oil, it Is claimed, surpasses that of T3xas in that 75 per cent is natural illuminat­ ing oil, while the refuse is a good quality of lubricator. W. L. Barbour has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the sixth New Jersey district James K. Hackett, at Paris, has ne­ gotiated with Jane Hading and her company for a French season of twen­ ty weeks in the United States. Mme. Hading and her company will open in New York next November and visit the principal cities ox the country. Halver Johnson of Gilman, 111., fell under a binder and was dragged along the field, breaking his neck. He was 80 years old. William D. Crawford, who is under arrest at Canton, O., suspected of the murder of Vincent Hill, whose body was found in the Barnett house, con­ fessed to having robbed the dead man of $60 in money while alone In the room. He emphatically denies the charge of murder. The 3-year-old daughter of John Khoury of Iron Mountain, Mich., while playing with matches was severely burned. A burning match set fire to her dress and when her mother reached her she was a mass of flames. The mother's hands were terribly burned taking off the burning clothes. Miss Mabel Wells of Montlcello, Minn., and Eva Sasker and Laura T. Tye, both of Faribault, were drowned in Lake Jefferson, Le Seuer county. The boat capsized during a storm. Professors Bingham and Hanson of Minneapolis were with them, but could not save them. The camp meeting of the Advent church of Illinois and other states will be held in Mendota, 111., from Aug. 16 to 26. Dr. Zay Little, aged 31, died at Rose- mond. 111. The Btokers and helpers at the Evansville Gas and Electric Light com pany at Evansville, Ind., went on a strike. They demand $2 and $2.25 per day. They are now receiving $1.50 and $1.90 per day. Henry Carlock, aged 71 years, a pioneer, died at Ramsey, 111. Henry Campbell, a farmer, living four miles northwest of Sycamore, 111., committed suicide by shocucg himself. He was 38 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. Goldie Lake, aged 10, who was kid­ naped, it is claimed, by Mrs. Peter Rasmus, her "grandmother, from the Auburn Children's Home at Cincinnati three years ago, has been found at Youngstown, Ohio, after being traced to Detroit, through Canada and back to Ohio. James Durbin, living near Palmer, 111., narrowly escaped lynching follow­ ing charges of assault preferred by his 16-year-old daughter. Sanford G. Baker, a clerk in the in­ sular service at Manila; died July 27, of Asiatic cholera. The case of the government against Col. Arthur Lynch, who"-was elected to represent Galway City In the house of commons, &nd who was accused of high treason, ended in a London po­ lice court, and Lynch was remanded to give his counsel opportunity to re­ view the evidence. ENTIRE VALLEY IS %;Z" Earthquake Wrecks Town of Los Alamos, Cal., Spread­ ing Terror. BRICK BUILDINGS LAID LOW First Shock Comes at Midnight and Drives Inhabitants From Their Beds --Not a Single Pans of Glass la Left in the Village. The prosperous and fruitful valley of Los Alamos in the northern part of Santa Barbara county, California, was devastated by a seismic disturbance July 31. A strip of country fifteen miles long by four miles wide is rent with gaping fissures and dotted with bills and knolls that sprung up during the night as if by magic. A village is in ruins and hundreds of people are fleeing for their lives. During four days that section of country has, been shaken by a series of earthquakes without prece­ dent in the history or tradition of the Pacific coast. The continuance of the disturbances and the increasing sever­ ity of the shocks so terrorized the in­ habitants that they left for other parts ar rapidly as possible. Continual Shocks. Tha disturbances began on Sunday evening with a shock which caused several thousand dollars' worth of damage to property In the village and the surrounding country. It was most severe and most disastrous In the vi­ cinity of the Western Union Oil com­ pany's oil wells, on the Carriaga ranch. This shock was followed by a number of disturbances less severe and less disastrous, continuing through the re­ mainder of Sunday night- and Monday afternoon. On Tuesday night, begin­ ning at 12:10 o'clock, there was an­ other series of seven shocks, all of which wwe light. The general direction of these dis­ turbances was east and west. In ac­ tion they resembled the waves on a pond oi water. The most severe shock of the entire series occurred at 11:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Hills were shaken and twisted to their foun­ dations. The valleys trembled and rolled like the unstable surface of the ocean. Opens Great Fissures. Great fissures were run deep In the earth. Hills and knolls appeared in level valleys. Springs of water broke out in places that had been dry. The general topography of the valley was greatly changed in many respects. The disturbance had no general direction, but was what is known as a-"twister." It was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which in­ creased until the earth began to rise and twist and the hills began to tremble. With the first warning of the sound of the approacning disaster the ter­ ror-stricken people rushed Into the streets and sought places of safety in vacant lots and roads. Many fled toward the neighboring hills. The first vibrations were similar to the preceding disturbances in direction and effect Earth Rolls. They Were immediately followed by the most terrific shock ever experi­ enced in this section of the state. The earth trembled and rolled and twisted until It was impossible for people to stand erect, and the terror-stricken Inhabitants crouched together In the darkness, fearful that trie earth be­ neath them might open and swallow them. The terror inspired by the rumbling and trembling of the earth was in­ creased by the sound of falling build­ ings, which gave some idea of the ter­ rible destruction that was being wrought. Brick Buildings Fall. In the darkness of the night it was Impossible to determine the full ex­ tent of damage wrought, but with the dawn the stricken village had the ap­ pearance of the ruins of a city long deserted. The Presbyterian church, a substantial brick structure, had been leveled to the ground. Not one brick building was left standing. s£S' Chimneys had toppled over. Frame buildings had been wrenched apart and thrown from their foundations. Everything breakable was destroyed. ' Not a pane of glass was left In any window of any house in town. A conservative estimate of the lot* to property in the village 1b $30,000. MILITIA TO USE" ' BALL CARTRIDGES Arrest Smuggled Chinamen. ' Douglas, Ariz., dispatch: A prairie schooner loaded with six smuggled Chinamen, piloted into this country from Mexico by an American was cap­ tured near here by custom guards. The driver escaped, but the Chinamen are in custody. Sentenced to Death. Tunis cable: The trial of the aa- Kassins of the Marquis de Mores at Susa, near here, resulted in the con­ demning to death of El Kheir and the sentencing of Hamma Chiekh to twenty years' imprisonment. Denies Morgan-Yerkes Merger. London cablegram: Before a special committee on the proposed London Tube railways Balfour Browne, K. C., said lie wished to deny emphatically the report that the Morgan and Yerkes interests had combined. 8enor Zaldo's Wife Is III. Liberty, N. Y., special: Grave fears ara entertained for the life of Mrs. Carlos Zaldo, wife of the secretary of state of Cuba. She has been ill for some time. Senor Zaldo has been summoned by cable. 6en. Gobin Supplies Pennsyl­ vania Troops With Loaded Shells. INGREE LAYS RUIN TO FRANK C. ANDREWS Says He Must Sacrifice All His Prop* erty to Satisfy Official TIE SENTRY STONED FROM AMBUSH Men Ordered to Halt Reply with Shower of Missiles and Later Re- peat Performance, Whan Soldiers Get Orders to Kill. Forty Lives Lost. Singapore cable: In a collision off , Malacca, Straits Settlement, between the British steamers Prince Alexander and Ban-Hin-Guan, the former vessel was sunk and forty lives were lost. Brig. Gen. Gobin has ordered the guards and sentries of the regiments on service at Shenandoah to fire upon any gangs of men wao attack them with volleys of stones from ambush. The- entire Eighth regiment was called to arms during Saturday night as a result of three attacks made by a band of men who threw stones at the troops now in camp on the plateau outside the town. A double guard supplied with ball cartridges surrounds the camp and the sentries have been instructed that if stone throwing is repeated they must shoot to kill and investigate after­ wards. One of the attacking party, a Lith­ uanian named William Stoponlts, Is under arrest Attack a Sentry. The first attack was made at 10:45 o'clock Saturday night Private Payne of company I, on sentry duty, saw a party of men on the Mahony City road, which separates the camp Of the Eighth regiment from the Twelfth. He commanded the men to halt and called the corporal of the guard, but before the latter could re­ spond a shower of stones were thrown at the sentry. One stone struck him on the chest, knocking him down and causing his gun to fall from his hands. He jumped and fired several shots In the air. One of the pickets captured Stoponitz as he came running down the road. Camp Is Aroused. The shooting aroused the whole camp and the Eighth regiment was put under arms and companies B, E, and K were immediately out in skirm­ ish lines. The regiment was then called to quarters and fifteen minutes later another shower of stones was thrown at the stable guard, which is located south of the Eighth regiment Shortly after 3 o'clock Sunday morning the third and last attack was made, and it was of such a nature that the bugler, under orders from Col. Hoffman, sounded the whole regi­ ment to arms. This time the stable guard was again the object of the at­ tack. Stones in volleys were thrown at the guard, and the sentries near by. Fire Into the Bushes. The sentries fired about a dozen shots into the bushes, but no one was hit The Eighth regiment, Col. Hoffman said, was under arms and ready for action in three minutes. Col. Hoff­ man made a full report to Brig. Gen. Gobin. He put Stoponitz through a searching examination. The prisoner said there were only four men in the body. He gave the name of one of them as Michael Lavotiz and said he did not know who the others were. The brlgadrler general said he had Issued orders that stringent measures be taken with all such offenders. Orders Ball Cartridges. "I have ordered several rounds of ball cartridges to be issued to each sentry," he said, "and that the of­ ficers of the guard be instructed to have them used. The guard at the camp will also be Increased." Gen. Gobin gave out the following statement: "The published reports to the effect that members of the Na­ tional guard refused to worn in lay­ ing water pipe to the camp and that certain soldiers had suggested that they were union men and therefore could not assist in the work was abso­ lutely untrue and without any founda­ tion." REPORTS IMMENSE WHEAT CROP Minnesota Hopes to Harvest 110,000,- 000 Bushels* St Paul, Minn., Dispatch: Central western Minnesota keeps in line with other sections of the state, with fine prospects of big wheat crops. If the present conditions continue until har­ vest a crop of over 110,000,000 bushels is a conservative estimate or the best yield this state has produced in years. The crop in the whole North­ west, Including Minnesota, as all known, is a good one, but it is more-- it is immense. New High 8chool Chief. La Porte, Ind., Dispatch: Frederick L. Sims of Portland has accepted the principalshlp of the La Porte high school and will begin his labors here in September, He will succeed Pro­ fessor I. N. Warren, ,, who goes to Dodge City, Iowa. Big Fire at Havana. Havana cable: A fire in Ignaclo street resulted in a loss to the dry goods firm of Prendes & Co. of $168,- 000, $90,000 of which was covered with Insurance. Other dry goods firms, in­ cluding Pella & Co., also lost heavily. New York Skyscraper. New York Dispatch: The famous Bowling Green landmark, the ola Stevens house, probably will be de­ molished in the near future to make way for a $9,000,000 office building, planned to be the largest in the world. Cholera in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt, cable: The epldemle of cholera here is Increasing; there were 41 new cases and 85 deaths. At Moucha there was 32 new cases and 14 deaths. The disease has made its appearance at Zlzeh. Digs Up $3,400. Reading, Pa., dispatch: While Ben­ jamin Saurwine, living near Saeger- vllle, was digging postholes for a fence he discovered a partly decayed box filled with cash, both paper and coin, amounting to $3,400. Detroit, fetch.. Special: On the trial of Frank C. Andrews, charged with wrecking the City Savings bank here, Frank C. Plngree, president of tha bank, and brother of the late Gover* nor Pingree, while under cross-exam* (nation, stated that Andrews had caused him to lose every dollar he had saved, and that he must assign everything he owes, save $500 worth ot household furniture, because of his liability on his bond as an officer of the bank. The Governor's widow had $40,000 in the bank, and shortly before Its failure^ withdrew it, accord­ ing to the witness, because she did not like Andrews' actions. JUDGE DURAND 18 NOMINATED Democrats of Michigan Choose a Gold Man for Governor. Judge George H. Durand of Flint., a gold man, was nominated for governor by the Michigan democrats at Detroit after an especially stubborn contest. Four ballots were necessary to nomi­ nate. The opposition centered In Sen­ ator Helme of Adrian. Mayor Ham- mell of Lansing was also a candidate. The out-and-out silver men take their defeat with equanimity and promise to support the ticket Judge Durand was not present in the convention, but was reached at Grand Rapids and an­ nounced that he would accept the nom­ ination. The resolutions were con­ fined to state Issues. The following is the full ticket: Governor, George H. Durand; lieuten­ ant-governor, John F. Bible; secre­ tary of state, John Donovan; treas­ urer, Wilbur F. Davidson; auditor gen­ eral, W. F. McKnlght; land commis­ sioner, Arthur F. Watson; superinten­ dent of public Instruction, W. F. Fer­ ris; member board education, Charles F. Field; supreme judge, B. J. Brown. POLICEMAN A HOUSE BREAKER Member of the Washington Force Pleads Guilty to Burglary. Washington Special: George Ham- bacher, a member of the Washington police force, who was arrested on two charges of housebreaking, at a preliminary hearing, pleaded guilty. Besides the two charges on which he was arraigned there were several other similar complaints against Ham- bacher, which were certified to the grand jury, making nine cases in all. He is about 24 years of age and mar­ ried. His wife is now in New Jer­ sey, where Hambacher lived before coming here. LIGHTNING PARALYZES A MAN Three Other Persons Hurt by the Fluid at Peru, Ind. Peru, Ind., Dispatch: William Jef­ fries was paralyzed and three other persons hurt by lightning in a very severe storm. The steel mills were flooded, causing suspension for a short time. Great damage was done to growing corn, as much of it is down. A washout occurred two miles south of the Lake Erie railroad. The Wabash railroad is being patrolled by a work train, the company fearing washouts. BETTER HALF SAID TO BE A MAN Plea Made by Fred Westfall to. Charge of Desertion. Elkhart, Ind., Special: A sensation was created in court here when Fred Westfall, arraigned for wife desertion, declared he had left his wife because she proved to be a man. The couple were married July 5 at Garrett, Ind. They lived together for two weeks, when Westfail left and the woman re­ turned to her mother at Syracuse, Ind. It is expected she will return to pros­ ecute the charge of desertion, when the mystery may be cleared up. MAN KILLED FOR TWO DOLLAR8 Employe of Show Is Found Dead and His Money Gone. Kokomo, Ind., Special: Bert Knotts, formerly of Indianapolis, was found dead and his body badly mangled north of the city. The body lay near the railroad. Knotts left town after midnight with about $2 in his pockets, for the bipe show training quarters, where he is employed, but no money was found on him. The family be­ lieves he was killed for his money. Two Die in Fire. Des Moines, la., dispatch: Fire, which destroyed the plant of the Stoner Wall Paper company, caused the death of David Denham, the night watchman, and rendered uncon­ scious J. P. Miller, who tried to rescue Denham. Copper Mine Reduces Output. Houghton, Mich., Special: Isle Roy- ale Mining Company of Houghton dis­ charged one hundred men, closing down Its No. 1 shaft and stopping two of its mill heads. The cause Is said to be the low price of copper. Fire In Lumber Plant. Tallahassee, Fla., special: The dry kiln, planing mill, three cottages and over half a million feet of lumber belonging to the Spring Hill Lumber and Naval Store at Spring Hill were destroyed by fire; loss $25,000. Guilty of Murder. Orand Rapids, Mich., Special: Her­ man Heuvelborst, aged 62 years, who shot and fatally wounded his sister- in-law, Mrs. Berlindia Helvelhorst, last Tuesday evening, pleaded guilty to a charge of murder. Railroad Gets Charter. Raleigh, N. C., dispatch: A sixty- year charter has been granted to the North Carolina Central railway, which will extend from Concord, N. C., to Fayettevllle, N. C. Tha company Is capitalized at $2,000,000. For Liberal Reunion. London Cable: Herbert Gladstone, who was the chief adviser of the suc­ cessful liberal candidate from North s. Is exerting himself to bring •boat a reunion oftbe liberal leaders. o^-Lfod Manufacturing Plants in All Lines Are Reported Fully Employed. RETAIL TRADE KEEPS ACTIYE Grain Prices Take 8udden Drop When the July Speculative Element Is Wiped Out--Rains Appear to Hava Benefited the Crops. PTE THREATENS PACKING MERGES Attorney-General Hamlin 1% Collecting Evidence at Chicago^ IS TRYING TO STOP THE TRUST "Aside from heavy rains in Texas, the week's crop news is encouraging. Manufacturing plants are well occu­ pied as a rule, Iron and steel leading, followed by textiles and footwear. Fuel scarcity is still causing delay, al­ though coke ovens are surpassing all previous figures of output, and bituminous mines are vigorously op­ erated. At most points retail trade is active and preparations continue for heavy fall sale3, while spring lines are opened with good results. Railway earnings thus far available for July show a gain of 8.3 per cent over 1901 and 20.8 per cent over 1900." < R. G. Don & CO.'B weekly review of trade gives the foregoing summary of the week's business. Continuing the review says: Prosperity in Iron. "With business in sight for at least a year, the leading departments of the iron and steel industry may prop­ erly be considered prosperous. Not­ withstanding the rapid increase In producing capacity, consumptive de­ mand has grown still faster, and the recent official report of a new high record of pig iron production at 8,808,- 574 tons for the first half of 1902 is accompanied by the statement that unsold stocks at the end of that pe­ riod were only 29,861 tons, compared with 372,560 tons a year previously. "In textile manufacturing the fea­ ture was the opening of men's wear worsted fabrics for next year with a general advance of 2% to 10 per cent Cotton goods tend In favor of the pur­ chasers owing to the prospects of a large cotton crop and the light export movement. Hides and Grain. "Shoe shops are active on spring samples, and buyers are numerous in the Boston market. A very striking advance In leather has followed the upward movement of hides, stimulated by heavy purchases, a single sale of 100,000 sides of hemlock sole being reported. "Grain prices dechned sharply as the month of speculative manipula­ tion drew to a close and legitimate trading resumed a more normal vol­ ume. Cotton held fairly steady, more because of the large short interest than the floods in Texas. Thus far It is probable that rains have done more good than harm. Demands for consumption continue liberal. Meats have also shown a tendency to seek slightly lower quotations, but light receipts and higher quality do not promise any extensive relief in the immediate future." NORTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS Nominate Candidate and Condemn tha Railroad Merger. North Dakota Democrats assembled at Fargo and put a full ticket in nom­ ination. There was considerable con­ fusion owing to the fact that no slate had been arranged, and the party was very much at sea regarding Its course. National issues are scantily touched upon in the platform, but decided lan­ guage is used condemning the rail­ road merger and favoring a resubmis­ sion of the prohibition law. Prior to the opening of the convention W. E. Purcell of Wahpeton had been the favorite for the gubernatorial nom­ ination, but he positively refused to permit his name to go before the con­ vention. The following are the nominees of the convention: For congress, V. R. Lovell and L. A. Ueland; governor, J. E. Cronan; lieutenant-governor, S. K. McGlnnls; secretary of state, John Quarum; auditor, John F. Morrison; treasurer, James M'Donald; attorney- general, M. J. Barrett; superintendent Df public instruction, V. Stefanson; commissioner of agriculture, O. H. Will; commissioner of Insurance, F. A. Willson; railroad commissioners, Charles Peterson, P. L. Pritchard and Oliver Knudson; supreme court, left vacant, and Republican nominee, J. M. Cochrane, Grand Forks, indorsed. Seed Distribution. Washington Special: The distribu­ tion of vegetable and flower seads by the Agricultural Department for next year will begin Sept. l. This is thre« months In advance of the usual time. The change is made to insure com plete distribution. Each member o! the senate and the house will receive 12,000 packages of vegetable seeds. Former Sailor Drowns. Calumet, Mich., Special: Julius Bee koe, a fireman on the cruiser Harvard during the Spanish-American war, waa taken with cramps and drowned in Lake Superior. He was swimming to entertain a crowd of young people. Glass Factory Resumes Work. Kokomo, Ind., Dispatch: After a month's close down the nine planta of the Pittsburg Plate. Glass company started again. The 8,000 employes gel an increase of 5 per cent in wages and $30,000 bonus for good work. 8tarch Factory Closes. ' Nebraska City, Neb., Dispatch: Or dors have been received bere for th< indefinite closing dctfn of the Argc Starch works. General Manager Mac- Cuaig received notice that his servicei would be no longer required. Revolutionists Are Active. Constantinople cable: Consider able anxiety is felt In diplomatic clr cles over the Increasing unrest in Macedonia and Albania as a result oi renewed activity of the revolutionarj leommittees. Action to Be Begun Early in Order t» Prevent a More Bitter Fight Whlah- Would Follow the Consummation of" the Combination. Chicago, 111., special: The state of IllinolB will fight the proposed paclc» ers* combine. Attorney General Ham­ lin has been in Chicago for two days gathering evidence and will soon pro­ ceed against the concerns proposing the merger. Whether the combine takes the form of a gigantic sales co^ poratlon or a mere consolidation of the interests, the war against than will be instituted. The state will not await the actual consolidation but will proceed to pra> vent the merger. Evidence now aft hand is strong enough to warrant tha state to make all preliminary legal arrangements for the litigation, and it is for this purpose largely that tha attorney general is now in Chicago*, Federal Case Has No Bearing. Nothing in the Federal case now pending against the packers Is to ba construed as having the least thing to do with the coming fight. Among all the affidavits secured by Attorney Bethea for use in the Federal pro­ ceedings there is not one that alleges a violation of the law within the state of Illinois. All the Federal evidenc* has been examined by the state a» thorities and nothing therein has boss found to warrant the state in begin­ ning a suit Evidence of Great Combine. Well-founded rumors of a comb^ nation, however, all of which hav* arisen since the beginning of the Fed» eral suit, are the cause of the actto lty on the part of the state. Spurred by the haste of the packers in absorb* ing the minor packing plants, the at torney general desires to institute hla case early In order to prevent an in* evitably more bitter fight following the consummation of the packersP deal. Information From Brokers. All the packers are close mouthed. Attempts by the authorities to secura any information to support the re» ports have proved unavailing, but knowledge of an indisputable charafr ter has. come from igjmerous other sources. Brokers have been a fruitful souroe of "combine" news and through them the state has been kept pretty well In touch with the trend of eventa. The Swift & Co. stock, which is the only packers' stock quoted on e» change, has been held up before tha attorney general by the brokers. Tha rapid rise in Swift & Co. quotations --a rise which has occurred since the reports of a combine became current --is held by the attorney general to be an almost convincing indication that something Is about to happen la packing circles. LATEST MARKET REPORT8. Wheat. New York--No. 2 red, 769&C. Chicago--No. 2 red, 70%c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 64%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 66@68o> Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 79c. Toledo--71 %c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 76%c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 760. Corn. New York--No. 2, 66c. Chicago--No. 2, 58%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 69c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 66HO S7c. Toledo^--63c. Oats. Kew York--No. 2, 65c. Chicago--Standard new, 42c; old* Si @65*40. St. Louis--No. 2 white old, 69c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 31®84a Milwaukee--Standard. 47050c. Cattle. Chicago--$2.75 @8.80. Kansas City--$2.65@8.35. St Louis--$4.50(0)8.25. Buffalo--$3.60@7.75. Omaha--$4.75@8.25. St. Joseph--$2.76 @8.M. Hogs. Chicago--$5.75@7.80. Kansas City--$6.76@7.65. St Louis--$7.25@7.8<L Buffalo--$5.75 @8. Omaha--$6.60 @7.65. St Joseph--$4@7.50. Sheep and Lamba. Chicago--$1.76 @5.75. Kansas City--$2.7006. St Louis--$2.50@5. Buffalo--$2.25(Q)6,65. Omaha--$2@5.75. Tariff on Pig Iron. Berlin cablegram: The government succeeded in getting the pig-iron clauses of the tariff bill adopted by the tariff committee of the relchstag without amendment^ but only after strenuous opposition and long debate^ Father Kills Son and Self. Louisville, Ky., special: While in a fit of temporary insanity as a result ot a severe attack of pneumonia, D. P. Dye, formerly a barber, shot and fa­ tally wounded his 11-year-old son, Cai* roll, and then committed suicide. Dies in Philippines. Manila cable: Second Lieutenant Albert L. Jossman, Twenty-seventh in­ fantry, died of wounds received In action against the Moros at Bayan, Mindanao. He entered the army from Clarkston, Mich. Big Fire in New York Town. Syracuse, N. Y., dispatch: Firs in the village of Baldwinsville, twelve miles west of this city, consumed the main business block of the place, tha loss being at least $50^000. mailto:2.65@8.35 mailto:3.60@7.75 mailto:4.75@8.25 mailto:5.75@7.80 mailto:6.76@7.65 mailto:4@7.50 mailto:2@5.75