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THE J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. McHENKY. ILLINOI* BOOM IN IRON TRADE. BIG CONCERN RAISES OF ITS MEN. W A G E S Chicago Jurist Ignores' a New Law-- iGermao^'s New Tariff Measure Oper­ ative--Death in the Electric Chair- Precocious" 'Yoiuig Georgia Murderer * . - • * v --Thousands Get Better Pay. The increase of 10 per cent, in wages recently announced by the Illinois Steel Company went into effect Monday. Over seven thousand men will be benefited by the change. The advance has been made kt the South Chicago works, the North Chicago rolling mills and the plants at Milwaukee and Joliet. All classes of employes are included in the advance, •with the exception of the toumagemen, •who work on a sliding scale. That is, the. ratex oif wages of those pttid according to the actual amount of manufactured ma­ terial is regulated according to the market price of the material they are employed in making; When the prrce of stee! rails, for example, advances, the wages of those1 employed iD making steel rails advance in proportion/ When the-market price, of «teei rails declines the wages of the work­ men decline with them. All this class of Workers-are not interested in the change, but all who Work at a given anionnt per day- will be benefited. i Presidents Harper,vof Chicago Univer- ! sity; Eliot, of Harvard, and Slmrman, of Cornell. ' • . .V ' tf • Louis "M. Cornisli, a New York broker, was found dead in the library of his home; There was a bullet hole in his right tem­ ple. No motive for suicide was advanced^ His physician is said to have remarked that finSncfal difficulties led Sir. Cornish to commit the deed. 'y The American Watch Company of Wal- tham, Mass., closed its works Friday for three weeks, in accordance with its usual custom of giving its employes an annual vacation. . Last year the works were clos­ ed for four weeks, but'TbXVing to the in­ creased demand for the company's out­ put it, was necessary to curtail the vaca­ tion this summer. WESTERN. Judge Goguin Rebels. Judge Goggin of Chicago doesn't think the Fletcher prison parole law. passed by the last Legislature, constitutional, and Monday refused to sit in the Criminal Court and try cases according to its pro­ visions. He discharged until further no- ^ tice the jury which had been selected, and 'declined to hear any of the .eases on his call. The witnesses were also dismissed, and so far as his branch is concerned Judge Goggin put a stop to criminal court ^business, declaring the law was unconsti­ tutional, and that to try eases under it wa£ a waste of time. The law which made theJudge strike provides that, ex- • cept in murder and treason cases, the -jury can only return a verdict of guilty or not guilty without fixing the length of sentence, to the penitentiary. Under its provisions a prisoner will be sentenced to the limit of the law and the question of reducing the sentence rests entirely with the warden and the prison board, who are to reward him according to his good be­ havior. The jury has nothing: to do with fixing the time of sentence. The new law went into effect Monday. Imposition of Retaliatory Duties. The new tariff measure passed by the German reichstag early in May went into effect Monday. The most important pro­ vision is that authorizing the government to impose retaliatory duties whenever other nations discriminate against Ger­ man products. Discriminating duties on goods now on the free list are. however, limited to 20 per cent, ad valorem. The measure also raises the duty on perfumes containing alcohol from 200 to 300 marks, and imposes a protective duty on Que­ bracho wood, which is used for tanning. Dr. Robert \V. Buchanan Electrocutcil. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, the wife pois­ oner, was electrocuted at Sing Sing. N. Y., Monday forenoon. Mrs. Buchanan made a last effort to induce Governor Morton to commute the sentence to life imprison­ ment. The woman sank on her knees be­ fore the Governor and pleaded for her husband's life, though her grief almost prevented her from speaking. Governor Morton was plainly overcome by the wo­ man's pleading, and tears stood in his eyes as he lifted her to her feet and told her that he could not grant her request. Eleven-Year-Old Boy Kills a Child. Information received from Harris Coun­ ty, Georgia, states that Henry Thomas, an 11-year-old negro boy. bad just killed bis second victim. He was hired by his uncle, Jasper Thomas, to care for a child about a year old while the father and mother were in the field working. Hen­ ry grew tired of acting as nurse and took bis uncle's pistol while his uncle and aunt were in the field and shot the child dead. Henry then laid it on the bed and fled to the woods. He has not been seen since. This is the second child he has killed. Under the Wheels. -The Cumberland accommodation on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran into an open switch at Laughliu Station near Pittsburg and collided with a switch en­ gine. The crew of the shifter all jumped except Harvey Louther, a brakeman, who was instantly killed. Fireman McBeth, of the accommodation, also jumped and was seriously injured.. A number of pas­ sengers were bruised and .cut by broke;; glass. ^ . yftp' • NEWS NUGGETS. The Eureka Tobacco Works at Wash­ ington operated by A. Beck & Co.. Chi­ cago, has been notified by the postoffice department to cease sending through the mails bags of smoking tobacco, Or to re­ move from them certain cards that offer a prize to the purchaser of those contain­ ing a given number. The department holds that the scheme is practically a lot­ tery. v -- Sigmund Frietsch & Co.. Cincinnati pork packers, assigned to Moses Buskin, who estimates the assets at.$110,000 and the .liabilities at .$.">8,000. Mr. Frietsch says the assignment is only a suspension, caused by the high price of hogs and the low price of lard. Among the creditors is the Merchants' National Bank for $20,- '000. The firm has always had a favorable standing. The house of Trotter Holliday, a prom­ inent rancher, who lived near Gridlev, Cal.. burned, and Holiday and his niece perished in the flames. Two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, the July interest on the bonds of the State of Tennessee, were paid Mon­ day. The State Treasury has on baud $023,000. Miss Minnie Wilkinson committed sui­ cide in a Richmond (Va.) church because cher lover proved faithless. • r I>°ty, United States Consul at Tahiti, is charged with deceiving a na­ tive girl with a mock marriage. EASTERN. William Pickhardt, a wealthy importer of New York city, died at Cologne, Ger­ many. The employes of the Pennsylvania Wheel Foundry at Altoonn have received a 12 per cent increase of wages. _1 rphe largest lens in the world has just been completed at the Clarke establish­ ment in Cambridge. It is for the great Yerkes telescope and weighs 500 pounds. A two days' session of the university convocation injfhe interests of higher and secondary education met fit Albany, N. Y., Thursday. Among the participants wer« On petition of. stockholders in the B. and M. Packing Company of Denver, Judge Butler has appointed George W. BaUantyne receiver of the company. The assets are valued at $93,000; liabilities, $08,000. It is alleged that Andrew J. Campion, Henry H. Mills and Barnabas Huber gave their notes to the "Company for $137,000 Worth of stock find have paid only $20,000 of the amount; also that they have converted to their own use large sunis of the company's money. ' Six firemen dead'lffi'd others seriously injured, with a property loss of $100,000, are the results of a fire at Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday night The* dead are: Joseph Hay, Walter Richardson, Frank Rulaine, John Horner, Bert Thomas and an unidentified man. Several others werc- seriously injured. The property loss con­ sisted. of the entire destruction of the building occupied by McDonald Bros., dealers in crockery, china ware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The total loss will aggregate over $100,000; insur­ ance unknown. Secretary John E. Moon, of the Kansas Life Insurance Association, has been in Kansas City in conference with the offi­ cials of other companies interested con­ cerning information that has eometo them to the effect,that Dr. Fraker, for whose supposed death the companies are under obligation to pay $41,000 next August, is alive. The person who furnished the in­ formation says that Fraker is under sur- veillnnee and will be delivered up on as­ surance that the $20,000 reward which has been offered will be forthcoming. Mr. Moon declines to say where Fraker is supposed to be. William Murray, who has a mine at the junction of Ivosh creek and Pitt river, about sixty miles northeast of Redding. Cal., brings news oF having discovered the richest mine in the country, and says it is the original "Lost Cabin" mine, which has been searched for during the last thirty years. He has discovered a lode S00 feet wide and 400 feet high, im­ pregnated with iron ore. which bears gold and silver to the value of from $75 to $150 per ton. The range where this mine was discovered is a continuation of that upon which is the great Lost Confidence mine, or what is generally known as the Iron Mountain. It was recently sold to an English syndicate for $300,000. A big fire jj-fSan Francisco, Cal., was got under control at 9:45 o'clock Thursday Dight. after consuming $2,000,000 worth of property, including many large manu­ facturing plants and the little homes of scores of families. The fire threatened the entire city and was replete with sensa­ tional and exciting episodes, including a powder explosion which scattered embers? far and wide. Mrs. Gilroy was killed by the explosion of a lamp in her house while |he was tryinjr to save hcj {household goods from destruction. Help from neighboring cities assisted in subduing the flames. ¥he fire ate its way to the high brick wall of the deserted Southern Pacific offices, which acted as a barrier over which the flames could not work. Under the head of revenue legislation a bill will be, introduced in the Illinois Senate within a few days, which will cost the business men of Chicago who occupy the docks, wharves and slips along the lake shore between $5,000,000 and $0,- 000,000 annually. This aims to transfer the management and control of all sub­ merged lands between the Indiana and W isconsin State lines to a board of com­ missioners provided for in the act, who shall lease such property on behalf of the State. The plan revolutionizes the meth­ od of holding such lands which has been followed in Chicago ever since the incor­ poration of the city, and will no doubt raise a mighty roar of protest from the interests affected. Almost the entire police force of Denver was employed Thursday night in guard­ ing the houses of eight aldermen who fear­ ed violence from their constituents. A bill for an ordinance granting a reduction of only 15 per cent on the schedule of water fates now in force passed the Coun­ cil by a vote of S to 6, and this aroused the anger of the people, who attended the Council meeting in force. The measure which caused so much indignation has a clause which makes the rates thus fixed a burden on the people for fifteen years. Besides, it is claimed that the reduction of 15 per cent is not one-half what the public is entitled to under the company's contract, which calls for a reduction this year to the average rates charged in Chi­ cago. St. Louis and Cincinnati. Discouraged by her failure to pass the examination given her class, heart-broken because her father's mild chidings and unable to dispel the intense belief that the teachers of her school were conspiring to defeat her pians for a high scholarship, 19-year-old Minnie Lynch, of Chicago, drank carbolic acid Friday morning and ended her life. She had spent the night, in tears, sobbing her keenly felt misery and moaning over her father's insinua­ tions that perhaps her failure to pass the final examination was dug to her lack of diligence and perseverance. The thought that she had combated against a conspira­ cy to defraud her of her examination mark preyed heavily upon the young girl, but she appears to have grieved over the parental repro&f until her sorrow grew into a suicidal melancholia. R. C. Taudy, occupant of the Bellefon- taine farm, on the site of old Fort Belle- fontaine, six miles from the mouth of the Missouri river, has found a -beer bottle containing a rather sensational note writ­ ten in lead pencil in a good hand. The bottle was picked up on the river bank by his son. The note, which was turned over to Chief Ilarrigan of St. Louis, is as fol­ lows: "0-12. '95--To whoever finds this bottle: We have been kidnaped by a gang of cut-thi'oats and thieves and are held on an island in the Platte river, uear Omaha. Neb. They are not-only thieves, but counterfeiters, and have their h.e«ad- .quarters in Omaha, near the Douglas street bridge. Come to our rescue and .you will be liberally rewarded. Go to the mouth of the Elkhorn river and stop at the third Island down stream. For God's sake, come quick." The note is signed A. P. Pilford and John Buckmastcr. The Omaha authorities will be notified to in­ vestigate. and was directed to go ahead ahd buy th« gdods. The thieves went to the place I with a wagon and secured $300 worth ol dry goods, boots and ^hoes and startei: back to town. Officers were statioued on the road and placed them under arrest. The thieves havevalso been operating on the Great Northern. It is thought they are a part.of an organized band, as a tele­ gram found on theui.bore the information that it car loaded with silks was coming. SOUTHERN. At Huntington, W. Va., Charles Ringc was indicted by the grand jury for the murder of his two children on the night of March IS. .. ^ P. W. Hardin, who stumped Kentucky for free silver, has been nominated by the Democrats of that State for-Governor. He won the contest over Cassias M. Clay, Jr., on the first ballot and goes before the people as a 10 to 1 man on a gold plat­ form., • • , A fire occurred at Latonia, Ky., in the stable occupied by Talbot Bros., of Lex­ ington, Ky., and three untried two-year- bids, Ben Brace, Dickson and Hazel, valued at $500 each, perished and the sta­ ble burned to the ground. Among the horses saved were Leaflet and Elsket. It is not known how the fire was started. The .second international convention of the Epworth League at Chattanooga, Tenn., proved to be as big a religious demonstration as the most sanguine had expected. All of the bishops of the church were there excepting Bishop Vin­ cent, who was unable to attend. Twenty- five special trains had arrived Thursday morning, with delegates from every State and territory in the United States. A case started in Justice La vender's court at Little Rock, Ark., last winter is making its way by final degrees to the court of final resort. The question involv­ ed is that of a husband's liability for'lib- wife's prenuptial debts. Justice Laven­ der's decision relieved the husband of lia­ bility, but in the Circuit Court Judge Martin reversed it. Tuesday a motion was filed for a new trial, and the case will probably go to the Supreme Court. Tht style of the suit is F. J. Young vs. Mrs. U. M. Kies and her husband, J. H. Kies. The debt involved was contracted by Mrs. Keis while she was unmarried and a widow. Judge Martin holds that where a woman contracts a debt when no legal disability exists the common law liability obtains and the husband is responsible fo: the debts 6f his wife contracted before at well as after marriage. This suit is likely to become a cause celebre. WASHINGTON. A Washington report has it that Dr, Chauncey M. Depew is soon to wed an $8,000,000 heiress. The Morgan-Rothschild syndicate ha? made its final payment of gold on the $02,- 400.000 bonds bought from the Govern­ ment last February and the gold reserve Wednesday jumped to $107,447,855. The assignment of agents in the new system of gathering crop statistics has been completed, save for two districts. The new plan practically, does away with the State agencies, as the States are grouped into districts which only one State agent will supervise. The preseut system of county reports will also be sup­ planted by one providing for a reporter in every township, and the two systems will be used conjointly, each acting as a check on the other. The country will be divided into twenty-one districts. IN GENERAL #&***•" " 4&3SN-J v **•»>' "Rainmaker" 1- rank Melbourne haa confessed to a Cleveland reporter that his performance in the West several years ago was^j$?iumbug. The "Canadian Government has received a draft of the bill for Pacific seal fisheries, read for the third time in the imperial parliament. Sir Charles H. Tupper, min­ ister of justice and ex-minister of marine, says the Dominion Government will enter strong objections to two clauses of the bill. One of these empowers Russian vessels to search Canadian sealers and the other exacts the extreme penalty o..' forfeiture of the ship and equipments for infractions of the regulations. The Do­ minion Government will forward a strong protest to the Imperial Government. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: FIRE KILLS SIX MEN. WALL COLLAPSgS IN A MINNE- i-' V APOLIS BLAZE. Worst in Many Years-Four Blocks in 'Frisco Destroyed -- Valued at $2,000,000r-Flumes Rage for Four Hours, Fanned by a High Wind. Per P. W. Ii. cent. Boston . . .50 32 18 .<>40 Baltimore .... . . .49 30 19 .012 Pittsburg .. .50 ..34 22 .007 Cleveland . . . . . .50 33 23 .588 Chicago .. .00 35 25 .583 Cincinnati .. .53 29 24 .547 Philadelphia . .. .52 28 24 <- :53S Brooklyn . . .53 28 25 .526 New York . . . . ..53 20 27 .491 22 31 .415 St. Louis .'.... .. .57 17 40 .298 Louisville . . .52 8 44 .154 WESTERN LEAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Pei P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ... . .51 32 19 .027 Milwaukee ...» . .54 29 25 .537 Kansas City... . .53 28 25 ,52£ Detroit . .50 20 24 .520 St. Paul . .50 20 24 .520 Minneapolis . . . .49 24 25 .490 Toledo . .50 22 28 .440 Grand Rapids. . .53 23 30 .43-1 MARKET REPORTS. The authorities at Spokane have arrest­ ed two of the most daring car thieves op­ erating in the West. Their plan was to spot a freight car they desired to pillage, spring the door at a station and board the train, and when it was in motion throw oft' what they wanted. When the train slowed up they would drop off and go back and pick up their plunder. A short time ago two men went into a second-hand store and offered tq dispose of "a lot of goodc they had concealed a few miles east of Spokane, The second-hand dealer com­ municated with Chief of Police Mertz, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.00; hogs, shipping gradet, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 09c to 70c, corn. No. 2, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2, 25t to 20c; rye, No. 2, 01c to 02c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to ISc; eggs, fresh, 10c to 12c; potatoes, new, per barrol, $2.25 to $2.75; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to (%e per lb. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 1 white, 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 33e to 34c. v St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2, white, 24c to 25c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c- to 30c; rye, .No. 2, 01c to 03c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00. Wheat, No. 2 red. 72c to 74c; corn. No. 'J. yellow, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, 57c to 59c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 27c; ryr>:~-Xo.,2, 01c to 03c; clover seed, prime, $5.G0 to $5.70. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.0Q; wheat, No. 1 hard, 70c to 78c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 02c to 53c: oats. No. (2 white, 33c to 34c. Milwaukee^-?Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3, 48c to 49c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; barley, No. 2, 4Sc to 50c; rye, No. 1, 00c to 01c; pork, mess, $12.00 to $12.50. f New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, $4.00'to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat* No. 2 red, 75c to 70c; corn, No'. 2, 52c to"58c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33e; butter, creamery, 14c to 19c; eggs, West­ ern, 32c to 14c. Loss Placed at $260.000. . Six men were killed and ten hurt Thurs­ day night in the most disastrous fire which has visited Minneapolis since the old Tribune building conflagration, when the five-story b^ick building at 240 and 242 First avenue south, in which was the Mac- Donald crockery store, was destroyed. The fire broke out at 11 o'clock and burst forth with a sudden violence which defied restraint. The building was full of straw used in packing the china and the flames fed upon this and swelled to gigantic" pro­ portions. They leaped above the walls and rolled in waves of fire over the roof. The entire fire department of the city was called out and heroic measures were used by the firemen to stay the terrible tide. First avenue and Third street were, filled with spectators, who wiMched the awful sight. Suddenly while they looked the south wall tottered out and fell with a sudden crash. A murmur of agony went up from the throng who had but a moment before seen a squad of firemen run into the alley with a quantity of hose and turn six streams of water on the walls and into the windows. Sixteen men were under that wall. When they were dragged out six were dead and others seriouely in­ jured. . The property loss consisted of the entire demolition of the building occupied by Mc­ Donald, Brothers, dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The building was of five stories, brick walls and wooden interior frame­ work, and was well slocked. The fire originated in the boxes and packing Stored in the rear of the building and was beyond the power of the fire department to con­ trol. At a few minutes before midnight the walls fell, one side wall falling in and the other falling out into the alley, where the firemen were at work. The loss will aggregate over $200,000; insur­ ance unknown. The first .evidence of the coming disas­ ter was the discovery of smoke from the rear ^Qflion of the building at 10:40 o'clock. Several alarms were turned in> one from the engine house only a few hundred feet from the fire. For nearly half an hour,fire burned within the walls and roof of the building. It broke out first on the alley nearest Third street, at the door near the rear. The firemen could clearly see that the flames were under full headway in the back part of the building, near the ele­ vator. All this while the front was still dark, only a slight escape of smoke from the doors and windows betraying the fierce conflict of the elements within. So the great store stood for fully twenty min­ utes. a.Tortex of flame within and a cold and dark exterior. The firemen themselves in their efforts to get their streams to play upon the flames opened the building to currents of air that changed the suppress­ ed fierceness and sent its tongues through the roof and the windows, casting a lurid light on the surrounding scene. »••«» MILLIONS GO UP IN SMOKE. Fire in San Francisco Destroys Prop-' erty Worth at Least $2,000,000 The manufacturing district of San Francisco was swept by a fire Thursday night that caused a total loss of at least $2,000,000. Shortly before 0 o'clock a fire broke out in the rear of the San Fran­ cisco, box factory, located on the corner of Fifth and Bryant streets. The factory was a two-story frame building filled with inflammable material. The flames spread rapidly and it soon became evident that a serious conflagration was threatened. Within a few minutes the entire east end of the block, bounded by Brannun and Bryant streets, was a mass of flames. A strong southerly wind was blowing and it was deemed necessary to turn in another alarm. The flames soon spread all over the block, destroying in a few minutes the yards of the Spring Valley water works and the furniture fnctqry of H. Euel-er. the box factory of Korbell Bros, at 723 Bryant street, also the stable of H. Washburn at 057 Bryant .street. The carriage factory of G. W. Helan and the soda factory of J. Horstmann were all destroyed in short order. The high wind which fanned the flames and swept them on drove the firemen back by degrees, and the situation became crit­ ical. By 0:45 the whole of the block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Bran-naju-and.. Bryant streets was destroyed wi(#fthe ex­ ception of the machine shops oA the cor­ ner of Fourth and Bryant. At tnat hour the fire was spreading toward Bluxoin street, sweeping on its/way the tumber yard of Van Wart on thk corner of Fourth and Brannan, the Mee! pany.'s yard on Brannan small machine shops and tenements. The intense heat made it difficult to utilize to its full capacity the water supply, which was anything but sufficient, owing to the unusual number of hydrants called iiito play all over the district. The water tow­ er rendered most efficient service, furnish­ ing a jet of water Which could be rendered serviceable where the other streams thrown upon the.flames were turned into steam when they had barely left th<> nozzle. At 8:30 p. m. the entire block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Bluxom and Brannan streets was a mass of ruins. The fire had reached the Overland Transfer Company's brick freight warehouse ami the Hardware store of Baker & Hamilton. These brick buildings temporarily checked the flames. The wind was blowing a gale and the sparks were carried for blocks, greatly increasing the spread of the fire. One death is reported. A Miss Gilroy, while attempting to save some of her, be­ longings, was covered with burning oil and burned to death. A number of peo­ ple received injuries from the falling walls and the flying timbers. The people in the fire district were terror stricken. Most of them are of the poorer classes and were making great efforts to save their small belonginKs. Express wagons and drays were at a premium and people were mov­ ing a few blocks away from fc^e fire. Prob­ ably J00;000 people were gathered at the fire, ahd the police were powerless to keep them away. The fire was so hot, however, that the unmanageable crowd did not get near enough to be in srerious danger. At a late hour the fire department got the fire under control. The wind shifted to the southwest, driving the flames back over the hurried area. Over KM) families have lost their homes and all they possess. A large number of horses were burned in their sfcibles. The change in the* wind and the bikbrick wineries and the railroad offices are \vhat saved the day for the firemen. Probably $2,000,000 will cover the loss. It is nearly total, however, as owing to they dangerous character of the district, insurance rates have been high as to Je almost prohibitory. ORDER OF GOOD TEMPtARS. International Supreme Lodge Holds' Its itieuninl Session in Boston. The biennial sessions of the interna­ tional shpreme lodge of the" Order of Good Templars was held in Boston last week with a large at­ tendance, at least 5,000 delegates! be­ ing present. The Good Templars. or­ ganization is by far the largest temper­ ance organization now in existence, hav­ ing a total member­ ship of 700,000, of whom 450,000 belong to the adult branch DK. D. ii. MANN. of the order. Origi­ nating in Oneida County, New York, in 1851, with a band of young men, among whom was ex-Postmaster General Jam'ea, the movement had a marvelous growth. It has since extended to Africa, Asia and even Australia, Where some of the best lodges of the order now exist. At the last international grand lodge, held in, Des Moines, there was a spirited contest for tUdJiondr of the grand lodge this year be­ tween Sydney and Boston. There are now established no less than-eighty-five grand lodges, with over 13,000 subordi­ nate lodges and temples, and. the interna­ tional supreme lodge is composed of rep­ resentatives from these bodies. The rit- uals have been translated into sixteen different- languages, arid its strength is shown by ̂ membership of 240,346 adults and 52,747 juveniles in the United States alone, while England, by the last reports, has 297,190 adults and 108,744 members of the juvenile branch, and British North America, a membership of 36.039. Even in frigid Iceland it ha& secured a fodt> hold, with, over twenty ledges. The pledge of the order is that a mem. ber will not take, buy, sell, furnish or cause to be furnished fo others as a bever­ age, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, and in all honorable ways will discountenance the use thereof in socie­ ty. The doors of the lodges are open to persons of all races and nationalities, and the members are in DR' °KONHYATEKHA effect banded together for mutual protec­ tion and co-operation in total abstinence work. The ritual is largely made up from Scriptural texts and has been trans­ lated into eleven different languages. The Good Templars' organization was the first of all temperance bodies to recognize woman as fully the equal of man ill the work of the order, and there is not the slightest doubt that it is largely due to this that its growth was so immediate and has been so constant. One of the most interesting of all Good Templars is Dr. Oronhyatekha, the Cana­ dian Indian, who for some years was the world's Good Templar, and was succeeded at the last grand lodge by Dr. Delos II. Mann, of Brooklyn, present incumbent of that high office. PRAY ON A MOUNTAIN BIG EPWORTH LLEAQUE SERVICE V ABOVE THE CLOUDS, International Convention at Chatta- jeiooga--Sacrament Is Administered to 10,000 People-Greet the Rising Sun with Praise from Old Lookout. Life of Methodism Discussed. The second International convention of the Epworth League convened at Chatta­ nooga in the big tent, capable of accom- riiodating ten thon- -sand. The huge tent was crowded at the opening service, and an inspiring song lead by ,i vNjj* chorus of 1,000 voices started the great eonv<yition. The opening remarks were made by J. A. Patten, representing the Chattanooga PRESIDENT PATTEN, committee. E 1 o - quent addresses of welcome were delivered by Mayor George Ochs, representing the city of Chattanooga, and liev. J: P. Mc- Ferriu, representing the Methodism ol' that city. .Fraternal responses were given by Bishop Hendricks of Kansas City, rep­ resenting the M. E. Church South of that city; Bishop Merrill of Chicago, for the FKEIL WHITE. INDIANA'S FIRST CENTURY. Plans for a GrCat Celebration Project- ed hy the Hoosier State. • ----^ The year 1800 witnessed the separation of what is now the State of Indiana from the Northw'est territory and the organiza­ tion of the territory of Indiana, and it has been decreed that the. centennial anniversary of this first step towards Statehood shall be fittingly celebrated by the giving over of i week or more to lisplays showing the march of progress during the jiuhdred years of separate add distinct existence. The first step to this end was takeYt b>* the recent session of the General Assem- v bly in the adoption of a concurrent resolu­ tion providing for the- appointment of a commission, to • con­ sist of four members- l'rom the State' at large and two fronv each congressional; d i s t r i c t, \ which should examine and report to the Legisla-, ture at its next meet­ ing some suitable plans for,the celebra- It was the sentiment of the Legislature that adopted the reso­ lutions that thy celebration should be ar- . ranged upon the broadest possible basif and made to include protracted exercises in connection with displays of every­ thing indicating the progress that has been made in the first century of In­ diana's separate ex­ istence. Pursuant to the resolution Gov. Matthews fcas an­ nounced the follow­ ing commissioners, the members of the body being equally divided between the two great political parties: For the State at large--Eli Lilly and E. B. Martindale, Indianapolis; Hugh Dougherty, Bluffton, and DeFoe Skinner, Valparaiso. First Congressional District--Philip- Fry, Evansville; James Burket, Cannel- ton. Second--T. B. Buskirk, Paoli; John Weathers, Leavenworth. Third--Charles L. Jewett, New Al- band; H. C. Hobbs. Salem. Fourth--John II. Russe, Lawrenceburg; Will Cumback, Greensburg. Fifth--John W. Cravens, Bloomington; J. L. Irwin, Columbus. • Sixth--A. W. Brady, Muncie; James N. Huston, Connersville. E. B. MARTINDALE tion of the event., 'Fieafiy CENTENARY MV E. CHUIJCH, CHATTANOO­ GA, TENN. Lrtinber Com )and vai\o Gen. Wade Hampton, in an interview at Portland, Ore., declared himself for sound i money. Congressman C. A. Towne says he is considering the calling of a silver conven­ tion in. Minnesota. The silverite conference at Topeka, Kan., appointed a committee to take steps towards calling a State convention. Replies to a circular letter sent out to 130 Democratic editors of Ohio show that iH) favor free silver and the other 40 are divided in their views. Senator Quay is unable to leave his room at a Harrisburg hotel, but is direct­ ing his campaign for chairman of the State committee from there. At the Oklahoma silver convention W. •T. Bryan, of Nebraska, scored the Repub­ lican National League for refusing to dis­ cuss silver at the Cleveland meeting. J. W. Farris, chairman of the Laclede j Democratic committee, says if the StateVcommittee refuses to summon a monetVry convention he will issue the call. Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, who may be the standard bearer for the Democrats this year, has come out for free silver and a literal interpretation of the Monroe doc­ trine. Gen. Warner, who has arpved at his home in Marietta, <3., says: "There is no trouble about the West. Nobody but an out-and-out silver man can carry a State vJest of the Missouri next year. A canvass of the Republican papers of Kansas shows that out of 102, 1* are for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1, while 85 stand on the money plank of the last Republican national platform. Senators Harris, Jones and Turpie, em­ powered by the recent free silver conven­ tion'at Memphis to form a national bi­ metallic Democratic league, have issm*l n call for a national gathering to be held in Washington Aug. 14. ELI I.II.LY BISHOP MERKII.L.. clouds, on the east On Donaldson creek, about twelve miles from Inery, Ky., two young brothers nam­ ed Chapman killed James Rowe in a quar­ rel about Rowe's wife. Edmund Griffith and Thongs Davis were killed by a premature explo-ion near Massillon, O. ' News of Minor Note. The steamer Anna M. Pierce burned at Whidby Island, Puget Sound. Th&cook is missing aud is supposed to have been drowned. H. S. Ferguson, son of a Chicago bank­ er, was arrested at Santa Cruz, Cal., charged with obtaining $115 by giving a bad check. Ex-Chief of Police H. A. Dillnan com­ mitted suicide at Sacramento on account of ill health. He was a 0- A. R. man and 50 years old. Mrs. Hattie Riddell, mother of Charles* Itiddell, the absconding mail carrier un­ der bonds at Columbus, Ind., for robbing the mails, lias lost her mind and will prob­ ably die. During the funeral of William Kedsie, a veteran aged 79, at Adrian, Mich., Aaron Goodrich, another veteran, died, aged 04. Kedsie was the oldest member of Woodbury post, G. A. It. John Mackinley, Jr., the wealthiest res­ ident in Clark County, 111., while convers­ ing with his family in apparently the best of health, was suddenly stricken dumb and .the whole lower part of his body par­ alysed. He will die. Mrs. William Richard of Cateline, a small town forty-five miles from Duluth, rwas shot by ber husband. Both-husband and wife claito that the shooting was ac- cidental, but an investigation is being made. The woman ijnay recover. Thunder storms and lightning continue with fatal results in different parts of Austria-Hungary. Two persons were kill­ ed near Funkerichen, and two glris were killed and ten persons and 135 head of cattle destroyed between- Bekes and Cttaka. ^ M. E. Church, and Rev. Dr. John Potts of Canada, for the Canadian delegates. Following these speeches the conference was formally turned over to Dr. Steele, chairman of the general committee. Sacrament to 10,0. O People. At night Bishop I. W. Joyce presided and Bishop Galloway delivered the con­ ference sermon. A feature never before seen in a meeting of this size occurred in the administra­ tion of the sacra­ ment of the Lord's supper to fully 10,- 000 people. At 2 o'clock F r i d a y morning 3,000 to 5.- 000 of the delegate's made a pilgrimage to the top of Look­ out Mountain for the purpose of hold­ ing a sunrise prayer meeting above the brow of the mountain directly in front of Lookout Inn. When the sun appeared above the neighboring ranges its rays fell upon the faces of more than 2,500 dele­ gates, who had congregated in front of Lookout Inn to begin the day with prayer. Tire-services were led by Rev. George R. Stewart, who is associated with Sam Jones, the evangelist. Following the prayer service there was a wonderful ex­ perience meeting and several of the dele­ gates were so enthused by the fervor of the occasion that they shouted vigorously. The topic of the day was "Methodism, Its Life and Mode of Expression." The conference assembled at 9:30 o'clock, with Judge Estes, o f Memphis, presiding. The great choir led a short service of song, after which the morning topics were taken up in ten- minute speeches by the delegates. "Life in the Local Church -- I n t e l l e c t u a l D u ­ ties" was the first SEC'Y E. A. RCHET.T.. subject, by Rev. W. E. Ray, .of Macon, Ga. Rev. W. E. Mc- Cleman, of Berwyn, 111., delivered an ad­ dress along this line, emphasizing the idea of what to read, under the head of "Edu­ cational Opportunities." Bittrnest in the South. It is declared to have been the largest convention ever held in the South. It was certainly one of the most remarkable in its character as well as in the numbers in attendance. Nearly 12,000 delegates were present. And they came from every part of the country--North and South, East and West. It was an intersectional, international convention of the Methodist young people's or­ ganizations" known as the Epworth Leagues. Whatever be thought of its re­ ligious aspects, it was a convention which strikingly sig­ nalizes the wonder-^ ful change which has come over our coun­ try since that "bat­ tle in the clouds ' on lookout Mountain thirty-two years ago. \s has been well said, sectional and sec­ tarian lines are best obliterated by the feet of those who cross them. The Epworth League is an organization, started only a few years ago, for the nat­ ural development of the religious, educa­ tional and social life of young people, and has already over a million members. The. convention at Chattanooga was for Meth­ odists North and South alike. From this warm-hearted aud enthusiastic mingling of so many representatives from all parts of the country. North and South, as well as East and West, there is reason to ex­ pect a very considerable development of the finest sentiment of..patriotic fellow­ ship. GOVERNOR MATTHEWS. Seventh--U. S. Jackson, Greenfield; Charles T. Doxy, Anderson. Eighth--T. J. .Mason, Sullivan; Frank McKeen, Terre Haute. Ninth--Eli Marvin, Frankfort; C. C. Shirley, Ivokomo. Tenth--M. M. Hathaway, Winamac; J. C. Iladley, Logansport. Eleventh--II. B. Sniitty^Hartford City; E. B. Goldthwaite, Marion. Twelfth--Charles McCullough, Fort Wayne; S. A. Woods, Angola. Thirteenth--James A. Arthur, Goshen; George W. Matthews, South Bend. H A R D I N I S T H E W I N N E R . Nominated by the Kentucky Demo­ crats for the Governorship. P. W. Hardin,' of Mercer County, was nominated for Go\ ernor by the Kentucky Democratic State convention at Louis­ ville Only one ballot was necessary, Hardin receiving -itiOVi votes, against 308 cast for Cassius M. Clay, Jr., his only serious opponent. Sixty-nine scattering votes were cast, three being for Ilenry Watterson and three for Gov. Buckner, but they were entirely complimentary and thrown bv delegates who objected to H ardin's position on the financial ques­ tion but did not care to vote for Clay. The financial plank adopted was somewhat of a straddle. It reaffirmed the Chicago platform of 1S92 and added commenda­ tion of the President and Secretary Car­ lisle for their wise and statesmanlike management of public affairs. The mi­ nority report was amended by the silver men to read simply as au indorsement of the Chicago platform. Congressman Clardy declared that he would not support a ticket nominated on any other platform than this. IJeyoud adopting the plitform absolute­ ly ilothing was done at the day session. The disorder at all times was great, and once or twice it seemed like there would be a fight. Both Clay and Hardin made speeches after the^s^t was announced. Clay urged the jiarty to vote for his com­ petitor, saying the State could not afford to pass under Republican control. He declared himself for "sound money and Grover Cleveland." Hardin thankfully accepted the nomination and sat down. R. T. Tyler was nominated fot Lieuten­ ant Governor. . BISHOP FITZGERALD Told in a Few Lines. The reform wave has reached Saratoga. Gambling and other sports will, it is said, be abolished this, year. "The Official Railway List" for 1S95, with its complete roster of American rail­ road officials, has just been issued. A new trial of the Hullet_will case at Duluth was denied and the common Law wife of the millionaire will get the for- tune. B O I E S O N C U R R E N C Y . Ex-Governor .Takes a Stronger Ground thnn EwV'for Free Silver. Ex-Gov. Boies, of Iowa, has written another letter on the currency question, in which he takes stronger ground than ever for free coinage by this country indepen­ dent of action of any other nation. The letter is addressed to George II. Lewis, of Des M oinos. Mr. Boies sets forth that there are two classes- of enemies of free- coinage. the avowed ones and those, by far the largest and- HORACE BOIES. most dangerous fac­ tion, who claim to be for bimetallism, but demand that it be international and se­ cured under circumstances which they know are impossible. He urges that if this country will undertake free coinage of its own product it will so far enhance- the value of the silver in foreign countries- that there will be no danger of a flood of white metal to this country, and he sug­ g e s t s t h a t i f t h i s c o n n t r y l e a d t h e r e s t o f the Vorld will follow and the-restoratioo of the metal will bv assured*.