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J. VAN SLYKET Editor and Pub. MCHENRY. =s== ILLINOIS. DEADLY CHICAGO PIE. ONE PIECE KILLfS AN AURORA YOUNG MAN. Improvement in All Lines of Business Bvety where Apparent--Belter Wages for iron Workers-China Wants Fi­ nancial Aid--Two Die by Lightning Pie Supposed to Have Killed Him. ~ Edward Millard, a young man of Auro- ^WJJ.111., died Wednesday from an un- nisuklcaiise. He was ah employe of Mar­ shall Field & Co. of Chicago. About three weeks ago he took- dinner at a Chi­ cago restaurant. . A piece of pie With which he was Serx^d seemed to lie heav­ ily on his stomach and give him consid­ erable trouble. Spoil after he was taken violently ill, and was removed to his resi­ dence in Aurora. There was every symp-. torn of oxalic poisoning, and it is believed something in the 'food "lie ate,-probably'the pie, caused his death. Outlook Is Bright. "Washington dispatch: Comptroller Eck­ els reports a healthy improvement in busi- joess in all quarters, a condition that is re­ flected in his .advices from the banking^in- :terests in every State iii the l 11 ion. Evi­ dences of revived activities are.not con­ fined to any line of business or any- dozen or twenty lines. They are general and far-reaching,- as reflected in the demands for banking accommodations. Tens of thousands of men who have been lying low during the period of depression are coming out of retirement ready and anx­ ious to embark in new enterprises or ex­ tend themselves in fields already occu­ pied' in perfunctory, half-alive fashion. The inquiry for funds is especially active from manufacturing interests, thus con­ firming what has been said about a gen­ eral revival in the industries--a declara­ tion that is often received with open skep­ ticism, but which, nevertheless, has sub­ stantial foundation in facts. Merchants are preparing to spend mouej; in enlarging their trade and in incre&smg their facili­ ties in every way. Construction projects that have been held in abeyance for a couple of years are being dragged into light. * Spanish Warships Released. The Spanish warship Infanta Isabella was released from quarantine at Port Tampa, Fla., where she had been held five days by the State authorities. The vessel was held the full five days required hy the Florida law. In addition to this, she was fumigated from top to bottom. Florida authorities have gained the ^-- ;--•-- ----- m^.t you all beyond, where friends ant) enemies Will ga!ther in one grand pieuniori." The words seemed to choke. Burrough Clasped his hand to his head and fell Oyer dead. He Was a leading Repsffellean of New Jersey. . J> ' f col. | I At South Acton, Mass., Friday mor4-j ing, oile of the powder mills of the AltiCTvl can Powder Company blew Jip. Aifewi minutes later a second, mill, situated 100 yards away, also exploded. Fire, caused by the explosion, spread to the third mill, known as the Corning mill, and in a few minutes it also blew up and was destroyed.) Five persons are believed to have beep killed. The woodfe close by the mills we He set on fire and burned fiercely, threatening! the big storehouse of the company, con­ taining 20,000 pounds of powder, and pre­ venting the saving of property. Fifty men were employed in the mills, and when the noise of the first explosion was heard those in the Corning mills, about thirty in number, rushed from the building and es­ caped before the flames spread the mill. The mills, ten in number, are sep­ arated from each other and inclosed by high board fences. The explosion of the first mill set fire to the surrounding fence and the flames soon spread to the second mill. In fifteen minutes after the first explosion three of the mills had been de­ stroyed. , • . , , C v ' ; WESTERN. . City.Treasurer Simon Jacobs, of Bu'fte. Mont,,; w&o was. to. have turned over his OJEfice |o Jvis successor Monday, committed suicide,because his accounts were $50,000 short. ' • . , . ' 'The. Cotton King." Sutton Vane's new m^lodvnhia, which Manager. W, A- Brady is to produce at MeVicker'.s Chicago thea­ ter, is saul to have scored the greatest hit of any . play of this season. It ran for eight weeks in Boston, for lOOhights. in New York, playing to enormous business in both.cities; While the author of "The Cotton King" has met all the require­ ments of the modern melodrama? he has broken new ground by the presentation of a scene that rises high above the level of its class. Of course the hero is always good and the villain constantly bad, but in the part of Shillinglaw, the engine driver, he has drawn a human character in which the powers of good and evil are at work with an intensity that stands out as a bright feature of the play. "The Cotton King" is given by a remarkably strong cast and a wealth of scenery sel­ dom used in melodrama. S. W. Ch ase, warden of the Kansas penitentiary, Monday swore out a war­ rant fo-r the arrest of Gov. E. N. Morrill, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Mr. Chase charges that from Dec. 15, lSi>4, to Jan. 14, the date of his inauguration. Gov. Morrill main­ tained a suite of private rooms and kept three clerks busy sorting over the appli­ cations of office seekers and answering private correspondence, and that after he became Governor he signed vouchers for these expenses and paid them out of the executive contingent fund. The April salaries of the three clerks have been next October, no pi ice being ;natned. -Those who are familiar!with the-details of this last enorinous bond transaction say the syndicate will conre out $8,000;000 ahead, net, and the temptation to engage in another colossal operation of the same sort is apparently too strong to be resist­ ed. The syndicate is. beyond any ques- tioiLgetting-possessipn ef all th^ gold it can. When the emergency arrives the Government will find its source of sup­ plies dried'up completely." FOREIGN. ,. - , , . .. , . , withheld to replace the amount so drawn, distinction of being the first to enforce on | but that (loes nof. reniove (he cause of complaint, and Warden Chase and his at--warsliip the quarantine regulations in­ tended for other vessels. By interna- ' tional courtesy war voxels have always I been free from quarantine regulations, j This Government has, indeed, on several j occasions protested firmly and successful­ ly against the imposition of quarantine regulations against its war vessels in for­ eign ports. This Tampa affair has b'4& kept from- the dignity of diplomatic in­ terference simply because the Spanish minister did not see fit to protest. They Wanted to Be Contortionists. Two sons of Ralph Agnew, of Beaver Falls; Pa., having a burning desire to be­ come contortionists and perform in a circus, set about making their little frames supple. Some one told them if they drank a concoction prepared by boil­ ing angle worms, they might tie them­ selves in compact knots or stretch out even as does the worm. They gathered e tomato can full of worms, boiled them over a bonfire and drauk the resulting elixir. They have taken on the form of a knot most of the time. The doctor says they nearly died from poisoning, but now they are out of danger and have given up the circus idea. BREVITIES. William Trout, liquor dealer, has failed at Pittsbupg, with liabilities of §250,000. The east-bound freight No. 124 on the Lake Erie and Western was wrecked one mile west of Celina. Ohio. Ten cars were smashed into splinters. Two men were instantly killed and two seriously hurt. At Dulnth, Minn., lightning struck a •mall boat in the harbor during a sudden Btorm and two of the occupants, Charles Emory, of Bay City. Mich., and George Barshaw, of Duluth, were instantly kill­ ed. • A dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese emperor has written to the czar and President Faure asking for financial assistance to meet the war expenses, and promising to grant special commercial ad­ vantages to Russia and France in return therefor. Sqit has been begun against President Joseph W. Iteinhardt, of the Santa Fe Railroad, by Mrs. Matilda Wallace, of Philadelphia, for $50,000 damages. She charges that ReinhaFdt falsified the com­ pany's statements, thereby misleading her as to the value ef its securities. A special meeting of the executive com­ mittee of the Newsdealers, Booksellers and Stationers' National Association was held in New York for the purpose of for mulating a plan to protect booksellers of the linked States against attacks by de­ partment store keepers in regard to the cutting of prices in books. ^ The Amalgamated Association of Tin. Iron and Steel Workers and the Mer< chant Bar-Iron Manufacturers' National Association have entered into a combina­ tion to secure for the iron workers of the country better rates of wages and for the manufacturers fair Competitive conditions against the mill operators of the Pittsburg district,1 who have been working their employes at low wages, f. .A. _Chabrispn, of Chicago, is the new grand high chief of the National Epicu­ rean College. Antonio Bern and Louis Budinich, two Hungarian students, who are walking _ from Buenos Ayres to Chicago, have reached Piedmont, Mo. They have trav­ eled 10,305 miles on foot since Aug. 7, 1892. Charles S. Fairchild succeeds, William R. Grace as executive chairman of the New York State Democracy. » Israel Whitfield, of Milwaukee, has sued | Curt M. Treat for $10,000 damages for alienating his wife's affections. torneys say they will push the matter. The arrest of Gov. Morrill is by many considered spite work on the part of War­ den, Chase, who is under investigation now. There is no money in the horse meat business. This was made plain in a prac­ tical way the other day to a man who came all the way from Oregon to lay before Chicago firms what he thought was a bonanza. It was vhis man's opinion that'a great deal of money could be made in buying horses in the West at $5 a head and slaughtering them for export to France and Germany, where the flesh is largely used as food. "There's a big oversupply of horses on the ranges," he said, "and they can be bought cheaply. It 's the chance of your life to make a for-*! tune." "I can't see it that way," said thPbutchcr to whom the project was sub­ mitted. "At Hammond there is a firm which has made a business of buying cheap horses and working the flesh into sausage. The high price of hides is the only thing that has saved the concern from failure. There is but little.real meat on a horse, the average being not more than 250 pounds, and no butter fat or sim­ ilar stuff which goes to make up a profit in the cattle slaughtering trade. Take my advice and feed your horses to the hogs or use them for fertilizer." The evening train bore back to Oregon a de­ jected "Col. Si'llers," mourning a crushed scheme in which he had seen millions. About 1,200 men employed in various capacities at the blast furnaces of the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago went on strike Tuosday. The laborers, greasers and helpers at the same com­ pany's shops in Joliet are on strike. Al­ together 4,500 to 5, IK Ml men are affected I by the strike. Jf The strikers of South Chi- I cago derilAhd a reduction in their hours of I labor and an increase of pay. They havo ! been working twelve hours a day and : their pay has been $1.(50 per day. They I demand a ten-hour day and the restora- j t ion of the former schedule by which I they were able to earn $2.10 a day. The | Joliet men ask for an advance of pay ranging from 10 per cent. up. The labor­ ers. who have been paid 11 cents an hour, o£,$1.10 a day, ask $1.35 to $1.50 a day, j but it is expected they would be satisfied with $1.25. Thus far there has been no sign that the company will accede to the men's demands, and the strike may prove a serious setback to the revival of busi­ ness which seemed to have begun. Men in other industries are said to be infected with the same desire for more pay, and the strike may spread both in South Chicago and Joliet. The South Chicago strikers began rioting Tuesday, and many heads were cracked by police. The London foreign office publishes a table giving the number of divorces in foreign countries yearly fpr the last ten years, the figures having been specially gathered by members ef the consular corps. In the whole of Great Britain during 1S94 but 500 divorces were applied for, while in Germany the total was near­ ly 7,000, and in France 5,700. The State of Massachusetts shows up with one di­ vorce to every twenty-two marriages. King Humbert and Queen Margaret of Italy liad a narrow escape from death Tuesday. They were on their way by rail in a special train from Florence to Rome, attended by their suites. Suddenly, near Incisa Lake, there was a violent shock, one of the carriages was derailed and everybody on board the train received more or less serious concussions. An ob­ struction of some, description, it appears, either fell across the track or was placed there by evil-minded persons. SeVeral members of the royal suite sustained slight injuries, but the King and Queen escaped with nothing more serious than a bad shaking up. ' • - ' . The Japanese Government has inform­ ed the Government of Germany that in accordance,with the advice of the powers Japan hat) relinquished her claim to the Liao Tung peninsula under the treaty of Shimonoseki. In Paris the Japanese minister has informed the minister of for­ eign affairs, M. Hanotaux. that, defer­ ring to the friendly advice of France, Rus­ sia and Germany, Japan has renounced itsi<*jaim to the permanent possession of therLaio Tung peninsula, including Port Arthur. The Journal de St. Petersburg says that Japan, in conformity with the advice of Russia, France and Germany, renounces her claims to the possession of Feng-Tien. An official cable received in Washington gives decisive information that the Emperor of China has ratified the treaty. The information is so posi­ tive as to be beyond question. It clears up many contradictory statements from unofficial sources as.-.to whether the em­ peror had or had not ratified. A press dispatch from Yokohanifl says that China's ratification is still in doubt. All this doubt is put at rest, however, by the' authoritative information reaching Wash­ ington. The ratification of the Chinese emperor brings China and Japan to a final accord, so that it remains only for Japan to settle with Russia and other protesting powers. IN GENERAL Advices from San Juan Beautista, Mex., say that six Guatemalan outlaws who have been committing many murders and robberies in that section during the last „few months have been shot. A force of armed citizens overtook the outlaws near the town of Saguil and a fight took place, in which the leader of the brigands, Fran­ cisco Bojas, was killed. Five others were captured and they were shot. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: STMKEEH IN A RIOT. SAVAGE BATTLE FOUGHT V SOUTH CHICAGO. AT V Striking Furnace Men in" the IllinoVs SteeljConipany's Mills Attack Fellow Employes--Charged by the Police.r-:. Severe Battle Follow*. Rioters Are Routed. Four hundred striking employes of the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago created one of the most serious riots in the history of the town Tuesday after­ noon, when they broke down the gates and attempted to drive all the workmen from the rail wills,' blast furnace and machine shops. A series of hard fights ensued in each of the buildings. A riot call was turned in. Capt. Jenkins with nine policemen arrived on the scene in a few minutes. The handful of policemen attacked the rioters, who were armed with iron bars, coupling pins, clubs and stpnes. Although outnumbered, the po^ lice drove the rioters outside the main gate, where a savage fight occurred, in which all the police officers were more or less injured. Probably 100 of the rioters STRIKERS DRIVE FURNACE MEX AWAY. Per Clubs. Plaved. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg . . ..15 11 4 .733 Boston . .12 8 4 .007 Cleveland .. . .13 8 5 .(515 Chicago ... . .15 9 0 .000 Baltimore .. ..10 0 4 .000 Brooklyn . . . . 12 0 0 *.500 Cincinnati ." . .10 8 8 .500 New Y'ork.. ..13 0 7 .402 Philadelphia ..11 5 0 .455 St. Louis. . . . .10 5 11 .313 Louisville . . ..13 4 9 .308 Washington ..12 3 9 .250 had their heads cracked. Twenty-six of their n,umber wore arrested, all of whom were more or less hurt. Many wounded rioters were carried off by the crowd. But for the determined fight made by the gallant little band of policemen, the offi­ cials of the company believe the mob would have destroyed thousands of dol­ lars' worth of property as soon as the men who.remained at work were driven away. The entire works is shut down, with the exception of the plate mill, which employs GOO men. Three thousand men are out of employment. The company's plant in Joliet is also affected, about 1,500 men being out there. After the riot at the mills and the ar­ rest of twenty-six of the ringleaders, an­ other mob of about 1.0(X) gathered about the police station, and the police were confronted with the possibility of an effort on the part of the friends of the strikers to rescue the men who were under axr-e.st.„. Sergeant Van Pelt, who had just return-, ed from the scene of the riot with a small detachment of men, took in this situation at a glance and ordered his men to dis­ perse the mob, which they did without meeting with any great resistance. Addi­ tional men were at once sent for, and at midnight a strong cordon of police guard­ ed the approaches to the station at Eighty- WASHINGTON. gtf#:;'. ' EASTERN. President Seth Low has offered to per­ sonally assume the cost of the new library building for Columbia College, estimated at abovt $1,000,000. Trustee William C. Schermerhorn agrees to be responsible* for ai new science building for the col­ lege, to cost not more than $300,000. Edward Burrough, State Road Commis­ sioner of New Jersey, well known through­ out the country to agriculturists, fell dead while delivering a speech at the reunion of the Twenty-thfrd New Jersey regiment at Gen. Grubb's residency a t Philadelphia Friday afternoon. In concluding his 4 speech, Mr. Burrough said: "I hope to A complete executive office will be es, tablished at Gray Gables for the Presi­ dent's use this summer, and as arrange­ ments have been made for the transac­ tion there of all public business that will come before htm, it is probable that his departure for Buzzard's Bay will be made as soon as the weather becomes oppressive in Washington. Private Secretary Tliur- | ber will be near enough so that he can | work with the President every day. No appointments that may be made or other business transacted by the President will be furnished to the public at Buzzard's Bay, but will be sent to the White House ill Washington for announcement. All communication with the departments will be.through the clerks in charge ofTtnr W liite House. This method is taken in order to avoid any necessity for the offi­ cials to be in attendance at Gray Gables. A Washington special says: "Treasury officials profess to see something ominous in the purchase of the output nf -- mines of the United States by brokers representing the Morgan-Rothschild bond syndicate, which is accumulating Ameri­ can gold at the rate of $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 a month, p which represents from 05 to 75 per cent, of the total pro­ duction .of mines of this country. It is taking' practically all the refined gold bars-which are produced by the twenty- five or thirty private refineries in the East 'The syndicate is under contract ob­ ligations to maintain the Government gold reserve until the .conclusion of its $02,000,000 bond deal. The Government is absolutely at the 'mercy of the syndi-' cate. The administration has contracted to sell the syndicate, any and al| new, bonds it may issue between February and . Sugar has joined the procession of pro­ ducts climbing, .upward. There is an ad­ vance of one-quarter cent a pound in re­ fined sugars, and that is considered only a trifle as compared with upturns coin­ ing. Chicago appears to be the storm center, and the mails bring tons of envel­ opes into the wholesale houses from the wide territory tributary to that market. Chicago is the largest distributing point to the retail trade in the country. Willett & Gray, of New York, wired the follow­ ing to firms there: "Europe strong and advancing since morning. All things con­ sidered, we expect an advance of half a cent on refined before the culmination." R. G. Dun Co.'s Review of Trade says: "Business begins May in better con­ dition than at any other time since the breakdown in May, 1893. Smaller in vol­ ume than, then, it is not now shrinking, but enlarging. The chief obstacle to a more complete recovery ijj tjie juixiety of many to pluck fruit before it Ts ripe. Holders of some staples have lifted them so far as to prevent their marketing. Con­ sumption of materials in some branches is checked, by advances which cannot be realized for finished products. Workers in some industries are demanding wages that cannot be paid out of any business in sight. In spite of labor troubles and speculative excesses, the outlook bright­ ens. Money markets continue healthy and, with heavy sales of railway bonds abroad, the deficiency in public revenue, $8,742,840, in April, causes no apprehen­ sion." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3 to $5; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5: wheat. No. 2 red, 01c to 01%c; corn. No. 2. 49c to 4IDV&c; oats. No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2. 03c to 05c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 55c to 70c; broom corn, per lt>, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 7c. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3 to $(5.25; hogs-, choice light, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2 to $4.50; iwheat, No. 2, 05c to 05Vic; corn, No. 1 white, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3 to $0.25; hogs, $4 to $5; wheat. No. 2 red, 04c to 05c; corn No. 2, 47c to 4Sc; oats, No. 2, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 03c to 09c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $0; hogs, $3 to $5.25; shePp, $2.50 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2, (59c to G9VL>c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to 50c; oafs, No. 2 mixed, 30V&C to 31'/^c; r.vc, No. 2, 09c to 71c. „ Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $0; hogs, $4 to $5; sheep, $2 to $4.75; wheat. No 2 red, 00c to OOMiC; corn. No. 2 yellow 51c to 51 i^c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; rye, 07c to 08c. No. 2 white, 33c to 331/£c; rye, No. 2, 05c to 07c. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $0.50; • hogs $3 to $5:25; sheep, $3 to $4.75; wheat. No 1 hard, 72c to 72^>c, porn, No. 2 yellow 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2 white,, 35c to 3(ie. \ Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 02< to (53c; corn, No. 3, 49c tp 51c; oats No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; barley, No. 50c to 53c: rye, No. 1, 02c to 04c; pork mess, $11.50 to $12. New York--Cattle, $3 to $0; hogs ,$4 to $5.50; sheep, $3 to $5;' wheat red, 08c to 08V£c; corn, No. 2, 55c to ,50^1 oats, white Western, 3Se'to 41c .butter, creamery, 13c to 19c; eggs, West ern, 13c to 14c. •* POI. I f 'E CLEARING THE STREET. ninth street and Exchange place, while 125 bluecoats stood guard over the mills. The trouble all started over the strike of about thirty barrow men, or ore wheel­ ers, who work at what are known as the nouth furnaces. These furnaces, two in number, are used to reduce the crude ore to the form of pig iron and are wholly in­ dependent of the steel mills. The^e men struck Monday afternoon because the company refused to grant them a raise of wages. Tuesday morning they made their appearance in the yards, and. going to the fou; furnaces at the north end of the works, drove away all the men there, about 4(X| number. These men, the officers of the company claim, did not wish to strike, but quit work through fear of personal violence. This shut down all the furnaces, throwing about 700 men out of employment. The men who are avowedly on strike did not number more than 125 at most; the rest who were forc­ ed to quit perform other duties about the furnaces and are more skilled and better paid than the wheelers. A SHOWER OF MONEY. Remarkable Scene at the Acquittal of Two Girls. One of the most remarkable scenes wit­ nessed in a New ^ ork State court room was enacted at Ballston, Saratoga Cpun- ty, Saturday. During the week there had en on trial the" case of Catherine and Elizabeth Nolan, two sisters, charged with poisoning their brother. The crime was alleged to have been committed at their humble home in Waterford last June and the motive assigned by the au­ thorities was that the girls, wlio are 22 and 15 years of age, desired the insurance on his life. For ten months they had been confined in the jail at Ballston. The trial occupied all last week, and the prosecution vainly endeavored to fix the crime upon them. It failed, however, to prove even that the young man died of poisoning. The case was given to the jury at noon Saturday. .They retired and took one ballot, which resulted in twelve votes for acquittal. When they re-enter­ ed tin* crowded court room and .announc­ ed their verdict, a wild scene ensued. Men and women shouted themselves hoarse to show their approval. All rushed forward to meet the girls. Bouquets which the prisoners held in their hands were rudely snatched from .them and speared upon the floor for them to walk upon. As the grave Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 reiL00c-to-(50^, ^Iffi'V" 'Till^'V, l^Ti '^r ^r^i" corn, No. 2 50c to 51c; oats, 1^1^° ,°. f - CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Drought Is Relieved and Corn Plann­ ing Now Well Along. Reports as to the condition of crops throughout the country, and the general influence of weather ohi their cultivation arid growth, as compile<Hjy-Erof. Moore of the United. States Weather Bureau at Chicago, show that generally the past week has been very favorable. In the Northwestern States much needed, and, for the present, ample rains have fallen, which, With unusually high temperatures, have been exceptionally favorable for the germination of seeds and for the rapid growth of all vegetation. The heavy rains of the previous week have caused delay in farm work in portions of the Car- olinas, Virginia and Maryland; rain is badly needed in Michigan,' Ohio and great­ er portion of Pennsylvania. Corn plant­ ing has progressed rapidly during the week in the Northern States, and is gen­ erally rej)orted as promising in the Cen­ tral and Southern States, although con­ siderable damage has been done by cut worms in some sections. Cotton planting is about finished in the southern portion of the cotton region and is nearing com­ pletion in the northern portion; it is com­ ing up to a good stand and cultivation is well advanced. Winter wheat has been unfavorably affected by warm, dry weath­ er in Missouri and Ohio; Illinois reports are generally favorable; in Tennessee it is beginning to head. Tobacco plants are reported plentiful in Maryland; in Ken­ tucky the beds have been injured by in­ sects, and in Ohio the dry, warm weather has retarded growth. "Fruit prospects continue excellent. Following are the telegraphic reports from various St.-ttes: Illinois--Abnqrmally high temperatures with rainfall lacking, except in werit cen­ tral and northern sections,' in the latter heavy showers. Corn planting progress­ ing rapidly in all sections, early planting lip, good stand and growing finely. Wheat, oats, rye, clover, timothy, potatoes and gardens in excellent condition in rain belt, otherwise growing slowly; fruit set­ ting unusually heavy. Indiana--Very warm, sunny whether, only light local showers; crops advanced slowly, only heavier rains needed; much corn planted and coming up nicely; cut worms and army worms causing injury. Wisconsin--Plentiful supply of rain re­ ceived, which, with the high temperature, caused rapid growth. Vegetation more advanced than usual for the season;grain all sown and coming up nicely, corn and potato planting well along; pastures in good condition and stock turned ont. Minnesota--Abundant rains, with ample warmth and sunshine, have phenomenally advanced all vegetation; considerable flax and corn yet to be sown; other crops mostly all .planted; small grain and grasses have a good stand and healthy color; apple and plum blossoms plentiful. Iowa--The week has been unseasonably warm, with copious showers; corn plant­ ing, though delayed, is well advanced, with increased acreage; small grain crops; pastures and meadows show vigorous growth. South Dakota--Frequent copious show­ ers, well distributed, with temperature considerably above normal, produced marked development and growth in all vegetation. Field crops, gardens, grass and fruit unusually advanced and all do­ ing finely; injury from local hails slight. Kansas--Warm, with good rains in southern and eastern counties greatly im­ proving all crop conditions. Much corn outside of rain limits not germinated, while grass and small grains are at a standstill, and fruit is dropping. Nebraska--Warm, showery week unusu­ ally favorable for the growth of aH'crops. Small grain generally excellent; r.re be­ ginning to head in southern counties; corn planting has made rapid progress and much of the early planted is up and in fine condition. Michigan--Dry and very warm week. Farm work far advanced for the season; light scattered showers very beneficial, but more rain badly needed; spring seed­ ing nearly finished; corn planting begin­ ning and potato planting becoming gen­ eral. Missouri--Good rains except in south­ east section and all crops greatly improv­ ed; oats and winter wheat considerably damaged by drouth and chinch bugs in some counties, but geuerally doing well. Corn coming up well; considerable com­ plaint from cut worms. Ohio--Excessive warmth and dryness retarded growth of wheat, oats, grass, po­ tatoes and tobacco plants. All cereals looking fairly well, but needing rain bad­ ly; corn planting advancing, early planted and potatoes coining up. -Excessive fruit bloom. ' . HOT WEATHER HERE. THE RECORD FOR HEAT IN MAY IS BROKEN. Whole Northwest Affected by the Snd- den Onslaught of Caloric--Greatly stimulates Growing Crops--Political Complexion of the Next Senate. *>' All the West in a Sizzle, With the exception of an area in the extreme Northwest, the entire country sweltered in heat Thursday. At many points- it Was« the hottest Ma£ day on record. In Texas and Kansas the ex<- treme of 98 degrees was recorded by the weather bureau thermometers. In Iowa and South Dakota it was 94 degrees. Re­ ports show the heat to have been general through Iowa. The air was moist and the progress made by crops, following the recent rains, has never been more marked. The grass and grain crops will mature weeks ahead of .time if the present favora­ ble weather continues. It was the hot- U'.st Muy day in twenty-four years in In- difuia; vawonliug to the records of the Indianapolis weather bureau. Indiauapo- lii^ivas .noar the center of-the hot wave tjmCttU.trnl States, the mercury rtiii- riiiig Uy to' 94 degrees between 2 and 3 o'clock. During the past twenty-four years during the month of May the Hot­ test day did not get above 90 in the shade. Thursday the mercury passed 90 within a radius of 100 miles each way from In- dianapoliifi-"^h7r?fr^ct on crops is said to"; be exhilarating since the rains of tlje last few days, whivh, in some parts of Indiana, .broke a drought that has con­ tinued almost unbroken for months. In Wisconsin the thermometer ranged from 90 degree's to 100 degrees in the shade froiu 11 in'the morhing until 0 in the af­ ternoon, and what little wind there was c!iine 'charged with triple extract of Sa­ hara. The day brought forth vegetation so fast that one could see the plants grow. Chicago people staggered along under a maximum of 90 degrees in the shade, while farther east it dropped off to an average of 80 degrees. The Chicago weather man certifies to the statement that the first nine days of this month hold the ribbon for -average high temperature, the mean being 09 de­ grees, which is 17 degrees above the nor­ mal. The weather bureau records give the maximum temperature as follows: Deg. Deg. \ IV jury mounted to the seat vacated by him and, calling attention to the fact that the girls' Confinement had rendered them homeless and friendless, asked for contri­ butions for their ifcnefit. Spectators, counsel for both sides, the judge and the jury went down into their pockets and a shower of bank notes and coin rained into the juror's ha't. The girls left the court room amid wild cheering. Dr. H. C. Spencer, of St. Louis, Prof. L. McGuire, of.Atlanta, Ga., and an un­ known man attempred , to cross Cl'nch river to Clinton, Tenn., in a wagon. Dr. Spencer was saved by a,ferryman, but were drowned. Indianapolis, Ind., Populists will place a full municipal ticket in the field at the next city election. The Missouri Senate passed the St. Louis Safety committee election bill as a substitute for the Filley bill. Tuesday, June 11, at Des Moines, has been agreed upon as the date for the Iowa Populist State convention. The Kentucky Republican State Com­ mittee has fixed June 5 as the day for the State Republican convention. The Mississippi Democratic convention will be held at Jackson Aug. 7. The ex­ ecutive committee is for silver, 18 to 5. Ex-Congressman Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, has returned to the practice of law, though renominated by the Popu­ lists. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, in­ troduced his resolution for a committee of five to investigate charges that the Councils of Philadelphia sell franchises. Referred to committee.. Gov. Matthews, of Indiana, says he would take the Democratic nomination for President if it were offered to him; but he is not a candidate for anything in the sense of seeking the nomination. Thirty-five of tlie fifty-eight Democrats in the Missouri House at a caucus adopt­ ed a resolution favoring the free coinag' of silver at a ratio of 10 to 1. The whole trend of the caucus was to precipitate, a TiirumsTuon~\vhich Will probably result in a State convention. The Michigan Supreme Court has hand­ ed down a decision that the act passed by the present Legislature authorizing the appointment by the Governor of a new Detroit Board of Health is constitu­ tional. The court (lectures the new. board is entirely warrantee in drawing upon the treasury of Detroit for money The Missouri Supreme Court rendered an,"important decision affecting the Aus­ tralian, ballot law. The Kansas City grand jury asked for the ballot boxes, to investigate alleged ballot frauds. The request was refused. Giving the grand jury the right to inspect the ballot boxes, the court holds, would violate the secrecy Prof. McGuire and the unknown matfi^of the ballot as well as being an infringe­ ment of the constitution. May 1... 57 May 0 70 May 2 (58 May 7 ,.04 May 3 73 May 8... (58 May 4 ..72 May 9 70 May 5 70 The nearest approach to this was in May, 1880, when the average /or the first, nine days was 05^<f25f4iees. "The records from leading points in the West show the Xollowihg maximums of temperature for tlmjjaa: f ' Deg. Deg. El Paso, Tex. .. .98 Concordia, Kan...98 Wichita, Kan. ...9(5 Dodge City, Kan.94 Des Moines, la. .94 Valentine, S. D„. .94 Indianapolis, Ind.94 St. Louis 92 Guthrie, Ok 92 La Crosse, Wis. .92 Marquette, Mich.92 Louisville, Ivy. . .90 Springfield, 111. . .90 Kansas City, Mo.90 Chicago 90 Pittsburg, Pa.. . .80 Springfield, Mo. .8.0 Cincinnati 80. St. Paul, Minn. .84 Bismarck, S. D. .00 The average heat maximum in the East for the day was 70 degrees. Several deaths from sunstroke are reported. RECALL OF THURSfON. Hawaiian" Government Finally , Re-? ccivea that Much-Talked-of Missive. ) Hawaiian advices from 'Honolulu aayi that the letter demanding;the recall off Minister Thurston is there and has beeni read to the executive session of the coun­ cils. It had been to Hong Ivong. o Iti went past Honolulu in a bag with others.'. The fault lies vVtjth the- post office at San Francisco. The ground of the objection, to Thurston is confined to a single trans-, action. The offense alleged is that Thurs­ ton, at the legation, showed to reporters private letters to himself from Honolulu. Gresham spoke to the Hawaiian minister about the matter. Thurston said that he regretted it very much; that in the hurry of handling a big mail he had shown thi^ letter with others without any special in-, tent. Secretary Gresham thereupon ask­ ed that the apology be submitted in writ­ ing. Thurston declined to do this. Gresham's letter is dated Feb. 2l last, and states that Thurston 'is no longer personally acceptable to the administra­ tion at HasfiiHgton as Hawaiian minis­ ter. It is definitely settled that Thurston will not return to Washington. He has resigned, his ...resignation to take effect when, his successor has been appointed. No retaliating measures will be taken by tlie Hawaiian Government, so a cabinetn officer states, and Minister Willis will re­ main in Hawaii so far i.s anything the officials on this side may do or say to liim. A DARING EXPEDITION/ An American Will Try to Rescue a Rel- ative Held by the Turks. It will be recollected that* a short time : ago a man called Slatin Pasha escapeij from 4he Turks, by whom he had been kept in slavery in the Soudan many years, and fled.to Cairo. His successful' escape has prompted James J. Covle, of Pomona. Gal., to undertake a very dangerous ex­ pedition. Phis is nothing less than to go to the Soudan and rescue Slatin Pasha's friend and- companion, who is still held there. This captive is Dr. Neufeldt, who is a relative of Mr. Coyle. ' Coyle knows all about the Soudan, where he spent some time with the Brit­ ish army previous to Chinese Gordon's death. He made an effort to reach Dr. Neufeldt four years ago and went as far as Egypt, but was unable to proceed fur­ ther on account of the cholera. Now that Coyle is assured that his relative, Dr. Neufeldt, is still living in slavery in the Soudan, he is making ready as fast as possible for another effort to go to Om- durman. He has interested a wealthy bachelor Englishman in the Pomona val­ ley in his plan of rescue, and before July they will be on their way to Egypt. It will cost at least $10,000 to go up ihe Nile, as Coyle proposes, and to equip the expedition. "I know it "is a great task for us to try to rescue Dr. Neufeldt," said Mr. Coyle recently, "but we mean .to go. I know many secrets about the Soudanese and their defenses that no one else knows. I have known from an old army friend on the Upper Nile for seven years certain ways for a small party of brave men to enter the country of the Mahdi. I have twice heard from Neu- feldt since he has been in captivity." A REMARKABLE COLONY. THE NEXT SENATE. Political Complexion -- Republicans, 4:{( Democrats, 30; Populists, O. All the Senatorial.elections having been held and the vacancies filled the political complexion of the next United States Sen­ ate will be as follows: Present Senate. R. D. P Next Senate. It. D. P. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado ...... Connecticut . .. Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts . Michigan Minnesota Mississippi M issouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey.... New York North Carolina.. North Dakota. .. Ohio ()regoii Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island... South Carolina. South Dakota.. . Tennessee Texas .J*. Vermont Virginia Washington . .. West Virginia . Wisconsin Wyoming Total 1. 1 .37 44 4 43 39 0 COULDN'T ELECT A SENATOR. Deleware's Legislature Adjourns Sine Die--Dupont Claims Klection. The General Assembly of Delaware adjourned sine die without choosing a sticcessoi;, to ex-Senator Iliggins. although the Republicans claim that their leading candidate. Col- Henry A. Dupont, was legally elected. The matter will probably be taken" to the United States Senate for a decision. The 211th ballot since the deadlock began, four months ago, and the last of the session, was taken a few minutes before 3 o'clock Thursday after­ noon. It resulted: Henry A. Dupont (Hep.). 10: J. Edward Addicks (Rep.), 4: Edward Ridgeley (Deni.), 9; Tunnel (Dem.), L The Scarcity ̂ >f Apples. Apples have beeoiiie almost as dear as eggs this spring, but it is not due to the «hort cron at home as much as the export trade. Thd English and French have j become very fond of American apples, j and since last fall the New York fruit ! men have shipped 1.443,592 barrels of apples to Europe, as against 108,700 bar­ rels in the winter of 1893-94. Sixty-Eight Bank Officers Confined in the One Penitentiary. There are now in the Kings County, N. Y., penitentiary sixty-eight prisoners, who, at one time or another, were officers of banks--some tellers, others presidents, and others still cashiers. The Kings County penitentiary is one of five penal institutions which are under contract with the Federal Government to keep in con­ finement all prisoners convicted of felo­ nies by United States courts, and hence the large number of former bank officials, as these have been,gathered from a wide extent of territory. Speaking of his boarders, Warden Hayes of the penitentiary says: "I have here in my population as able financiers and expert accountants as ever lived., They came from all over the East and Southeast. We have them from Louisiana, to Maine. If there should be a strike, of tellers, cashiers and clerks in any one of the banks of greater New York I could furnish a complete staff on one hour's no­ tice. Yes, I could tit the bank out with a' president and a full force down to, but, not including, the janitor. It is a re­ markable fact which I have verified by looking qver the records, that although there have been confined in this prison since it began to receive United States prisoners, twelve or fifteen years ago, a total of 130 bank officers and clerks, we have never yet had a janitor or watch­ man or runaway messenger."' The Governor of Georgia has been ask­ ed to call ont the militia to be at Ander- sonville, Sumter County, Decoration Day, to preserve order. In times past the peo­ ple have utterly disregarded the laws of the State and openly defied its officers. The Secretary of the Navy has appoint­ ed Herbert Howard, of Port Huron, Mich., a cadet at. thr naval academy. ft iss Harriet Newman, daughter of John Newman, of Elgin, 111., die^l at St. Augustine, Fla. y W. II. Smith, superintendent of the Botanic gardens in Washington, has held the place for forty-three years. The Secretary of the Navy has appoint­ ed Herbert Howard, of Port Huron, Mich., a cadet at the naval academy. Senator Gear, of Iowa, with his health in part restored after a desperate fight for life, will return home in a few days. Prof. J. T. Rothroek is authority for the statement that 15,000,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania were sold for non-pay­ ment of taxes last year. Gen. Stanton, paymaster general of the army, has received from Fort Washakie. Wyo., a magnificent war bonne* made by the Shoshone Indians. Private Secretary Thurber says the statement that the President is'writing a book on economic science, or on apy other subject, is absolutely untrue. The reclassification of employes of the customs service has been completed and the rules for carrying into effect all the changes made will be promulgated at once. The six new gunboats for which plant- have recently been approved by the Sec­ retary of the Navy will be known by numbers until they are named by tiie Sec­ retary. ,. Secretary of State Gresham continues to improve steadily. He takes food in sufficient quantities, secures considerable sleep, and the pleuritic attack, while still the source of some constant, pain, is run­ ning its course naturally and satisfac- | torily. Secretary Cari era! authorities at Tampa, Fla., to com­ municate to the State quarantine author­ ities his opinion that the Uni*l'd States laws do not warrant the detention of the Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabella on a re­ ported violation of the Federal quaran­ tine laws. The action of the Pension Bureau in construing the legal meaning of "depen­ dence", under the act of June 27, 1890, has been reversed by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds, who says that by "adequate means of support" the law means a comfortable maintenance during the remainder of life. Mrs. William Bussey^ at Jefferson, Ind., left her medicine chest oper, and her 4- year-old laughter took some poison and died.