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' • J. VAN SLYtfE, Editor and Pub. Mchenry. ILLINOIS • ' 'I NO MORE SEEDS BUREAU AT WASHINGTON HAS BEEN ABOLISHED. Dr. Mary Walker Will Establish an "Adamless Kden"--China Cornea to Time--Lost on Lake Superior--Cnba'S Cry for Help Is Heard. Secretary Morton's Sweepina Reform. In accordance with the order, issued by Secretary of Agriculture Morton several weeks ago, the "Seed Bureau' of the De- - partment of Agriculture went out of ex­ istence with the close of Monday's busi­ ness. The bureau was brought into exist­ ence for , the purpose of purchasing and distributing such seeds as are rare and v uncommon to the country, or such qs eah be made more profitable by frequent change from orle part of the covmtry to an­ other. Soon after the advent of the pres­ ent administration* however Secretary Morton came Jo the-conclusion liuit the bureau was .made the medium, of use!ess, extravagant, gratuitous, and proniiseuous distribution of seeds through members • of Congr&ss, Jind by engaging the services of a press clipping agency he found that lie*was backed up in this opinion by the leading newspapers of the country. There­ upon he signed the death warrant of the. bureau, j In the matter of salfiri«« the saving effected will approximate $20,000 a. year,' The Attorney General supports the action of Secretary Morton. Asked to Aid Cuba. The cause of Cuba has aroused the sym­ pathy and gained the friendship, of thou­ sands of Americans, and botii found ex­ pression Monday night at Chicago in a monster mass meeting, which overflowed Central Music Hall with an audience of 5,000. and sent thousands to Association hall. Mayor Swift, John Mayo Palmer. Rev. Dr. H. W. Thomas. John Henry Barrows, E. F. Cragin. P. S. Henson, Wm. A. Vincent, Wm. J. Hynes, E. B. Sherman, F. W. Gunsaulus. Bishop Fal­ lows, and many other prominent citizens participated, and the speeches aroused a furor of enthusiasm. The resolutions 'twere red-hot: they quoted largely from ourown declaration of independence, and were adopted with a roar of approval, the echoes of which will be heard in Spain itself. They were signed by the following gentlemen: R. J. Smith, William P. Williams, John Henry Barrows. H. W. Thomas, William C. Pomeroy, Thomas B. Bryan. An Advantage to Manufacturers. The adoption of free wool in the Uni­ ted States tariff law has resulted in advan­ tage to the United States manufacturers, according to a report from United States Consul Schramm at Uruguay. He points out that the shipments of Uruguay wools to the United States have.largely increas­ ed by reason of the tariff change. "This is greatly beneficial to the interests of the United States," he adds, "from the fact that the fine qualities raised here have never before reached the United States. As these fine wools cannot be produced in the United States and at the same time are essential to the manufacture of various articles, it is evident that the cheaper they can be made to our manu­ facturers the more they will be enabled to compete for the world's markets as well as supply the home markets." rlally aid,*the fighting Cubans in their next bigvbattle. The vessel's cargo in- clades 2,500 miles. 900.000 rounds.of am­ munition and 000 machetes. Besides all this each man has his person&l arms, and there are 400 ixmnds of dynamite, with the material to manufacture death-deal­ ing bombs. The most unique bomb is the .Fleelm. or arrow, which is to "be fired from a bow over the heads of the "most forward of the enemy's ranks, and," ex­ ploding in the rear, creates consternation and havoc. WESTERN. A Female Dress Reform Colonj-. Dr. Mary Walker, who forty years ago preached the gospel of dress reform to the women of this country, and who was arrested in many cities for dressing an.) appearing in male attire, is the apostle of a scheme for tie bloomer giris Dr. Mart­ has bought a farm conraining 135 acres of land, seven miles west of Oswego, N. Y., and proposes to form a colony; in which man shall have io part. Only females who will bind themselves to a life of celi­ bacy while members of the community and to wear bloomers for life are to be eligible. They will work on the farm in all its details, plant and harvest the crops, dispose of them in market and take care of the stock. Initial steps toward holding a mid-con- tinental exhibition <in 1900 were taken at Indianapolis by official representatives from the Congressional districts, appoint! ed by Go very or Matthews on the au­ thority of the last Legislature. * A great sensation has been caused at St. Joseph, Mo., by the mysterious disap­ pearance of 15-year-old Maud Steidel, who stepped out of her mother's home the other night and has not been seen since. The mother of the girl openly ac­ cuses Dominick Wagner With having spirited her daughter away. Fire in the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce for a time threatened the de­ struction of the building. The flames were, however, confined to the upper floors, although, the entire building was drenched. The Chamber' of Commerce is a handsome five-story stone struc­ ture, at Third street and Fourth aventie south, two blocks from the milling dis­ trict. It was erected in 1884 at a cost of $180,000- It is the center of the grain trade, the Corn Exchange and Flour Ex­ change occupying adjacent cdrhers. The loss is estimated at $30,000 on the build- in sr and; $30,000 oil the contents. The in­ surance on the building is $125^000. The following notice posted at Poca- tello, Idaho'; has brought forth indignant protests: , '•Department of Interior. United States Indian Service. Notice: No­ tice is hereby given A. W. Fisher, Mrs. A. W. Fisher, his wife; .Tule Fisher, his son. or any immediate members of his familv to keep off the Fort Hall reserva­ tion. THOMAS B. TETER, "United States Indian Agent, Fort Hall Agency." The Fishers, who have considerable influence with the Indians, recently cir­ culated a petition for the removal of Agent Teter. Passengers at Spokane,_Wash., from Trail Creek. B. C.. report a horrible crime in that mining camp. Morris O'Connor, a prospector owning several claims, took a mining expert "named Cook to look at them. He and Cook camped out on a mountain, and during the night O'Connor; who had been drinking heavily, arose and, taking a pick, drove it through. Cook's brain, pinning his head to the ground. He then grasped an ax and fin­ ished his bloody deed by hacking his vic­ tim in a horrible manner. The mutilated body was found the next morning by some miners, who organized a posse and soon captured O'Connor. It is thought O'Connor committed the deed while crazy from drink. Cook represented a rich syndicate purchasing mines. Typhoid fever seems to be epidemic in Chicago. Forty-two deaths have oc­ curred in the last eleven days, out of a probable total of -nearly one thousand cases and physicians and health depart­ ment attaches ascribe the cause diversely to the condition of the water supply or to the impure milk and cream sold by deal­ ers up to the time of the department cru­ sade agaifist them. Health Commission­ er Kerr deuies the existence of an epi­ demic on the basis of the fact that onl^ three castfs were reported to the depart­ ment Wednesday. But, the Evening Post says, the fact that there were twen­ ty-nine deaths from the disease at the County Hospital last week and that there are eighty cases there now has a far stronger bearing on the question of the epidemic than the report of only three new cases. It is well known that phy­ sicians are careless about reporting cases of typhoid and even the hospitals fre­ quently refuse to make reports of the number of patients and of their diseases as required by the city ordinance. The schooner A. W. Comstock, Capt. William McArthur, foundered off Stan- nard Rock. Lake Superior, at 7 o'clock Monday morning. Her crew of eight men took to the.lifeboat and were tossed about in the tremendous seas until 10 o'clock, when they were sighted by the steamer John J. McWilliams. The Mc- Williams immediate^' went to their res­ cue, which was a most difficult matter. rijttsf Irtish the .Ctibau rebellion during the next three months or submit to inter­ national interference in the interest of humanity and commerce. That is the signlficanc.e of a series <?f conferences f'jjst held between Secretary Oluey and he Spanish minister, Senor Dupuy de Lome. The United States has agreed for the present to keep hands out of the trouble, but this is /accompanied by ji tacit warning that unless Spain Carries out her promise of suppressing1 ihe insur­ rection and restoring order to Cuba with­ in reasonable time she must expect the United States Government to pursue a- quite different policy. In other words, Spain is to be given one chance to dem­ onstrate her ability to rule the island, ferad, failing in this, tlie-chances are the United States Government will take the leadership in international intervention, . with the complete autonomy or perhaps the independence of Cuba as the objective point. A year, ago Commissioner of Pensions Lochren said that the limit had probably been reached in the number of pensions, or rather in the amount to be yearly ap­ propriated for pensions, and that for two or three years the payments would re­ main about the same. It was his opinion that there wtjuld be a slight reduction in the number qf pensioners on account of deaths, but that the allowance of new. pensions, with back pay and arrears, would probably keep the amount about even. While the amount of money paid; for pensions will not be materially dif­ ferent there has been added, to the pen­ sion rolls during the last year about a thousand names in excess of those that have dropped out, so mere has been an increase instead of a decrease,' Ther^ liflyfe been a great many outstanding pen­ sion claims adjusted during the year, and that accounts for the large increase. The';,year has; not been very fatal to •pensioners, the death rate being less than would Be anticipated at the time of life at which the veterans of the late war have arrived. TAMMANY IN CONTROL RULES-THE NEW YORK DEMO­ CRATIC CONVENTION. State Democracy Men Lfeave the Hall, nn l Senator Hill and His Friends Have It All Their Own Way--The Platform and Ticket. I). 11. HILL. Nine Die in a Gale. Reports of damage and loss of life caused on the lakes by the recent storm are coming to hand. The gale seems to have been most destructive on Lake Su­ perior. Only one Chicago fatality re­ sulted, Owner Johsou of the schooner John Raber losing bis life while trying to secure a tug to rescue his waterloggged vessel off Dune Park, Ind. It is thought eight lives were lost by the foundering of the schooner Elma in Lake Superior. Many lives may have been sacrificed, but there is still a lack of definite informa­ tion. / Amends for Murders. At London it is announced that China has accepted the British ultimatum and the Viceroy of Szechuen, who is held .to have been responsible, indirectly or di­ rectly, for the massacre of missionaries in the territory under his jurisdiction, has been degraded. lifeboat from the steamer, and the men hauled from the lifeboat to the deck of the McWilliams one by one, through the boiling sea. Ctipt. McArthur was badly hurt, having one leg and three ribs brok­ en. The Comstock had on board 51,500 bushels of wheat from Duluth^or Chi­ cago. She was a new boat, having been in service but three months. She was built by Smith & Sons, of Algonac, Mich., measured 778 net tons, was worth $45.- 000 and was insured for nearly that amount. The schooner Queen City went to pieces on Hog Island Reef Monday. Her crew were rescued by the Beaver Island life-savers, after a terrible night in the rigging. FOREIGN. All except $2,500 of the $77,500 which Great Britain exacted from Nicaragua in May last for the expulsion of Consular Agent Hatch and other citizens of Great Britain who had been accused of in­ trigues hostile to the interests of the re­ public has been paid over to the men who were expelled. The Loudon Pall Mall Gazette Friday printed a dispatch from Shanghai which says: "Appearances indicate that En­ gland is finally in earnest in regard to the massacres in China. Five warships are now on the Yang-Tse-Kiang proceed­ ing toward the scenes of the disturbances, and four more are expected to start to­ morrow." The Spanish newspapers at Havana a m again giving accounts of Gen. Jose Maeeo's death. He is known to be suf­ fering from rheumatism, which prevents him from riding on horseback? but letters have been received from him written two days after the battle of San del Indio, in which he says his health is rapidly im­ proving. In one of his letters Jose says the Spaniards had about 200 men killed and wounded at the battle of San del Indio, and when t£iey were retreating were met by some of Antonio Maeeo's cavalry, who had set a dynamite mine in the road where they had to pass. The mine worked marvelously well, extermin­ ating about 100 men. Over an area of fifteen miles pieces of human bodies were found afterwards, while shreds of flesh and skin could be seen hanging from high trees and vines. IN GENERAL Lord Aberdeen hastened back to Ot­ tawa, Ont., to meet Sir Julian Paunce- fote, the British ambassador at Wash­ ington. It is understood Sir Julian has received instructions to press for the im­ mediate payment of the claims of Cana­ dian sealers under the Paris award. Information has'come to the Federal authorities at San Francisco that many British sealing schooners have been car­ rying arms in open defiance of the treaty and that the hunters have boldly violated every clause of the law. Complaints will be made to the State DePaI"tment and the matter will be laid before the British Government. When the Pacific mail steamer City of Rio de Janeiro sailed from San Fran­ cisco for China and Japan with passen­ gers and merchandise she carried away the largest amount of treasure which has A heaving lin7hadT,'V throuVt^ Vh£| b,^n taken to the Orient in over two years. The total amount from the vari­ ous banks and Chinese merchants netted $1,134,200, of which sum $1(05,400 was in Mexican dollars and $227,000 in silver bullion. This sum will bring the total amount of treasure exported to China and Japan in September to a figure ex­ ceeding $3,000,000. The Coptic, the last steamer to. sail, carried over $1,000,000. SOUTHERN. BREVITIES. The Spanish cruiser Conde'de Yana- dito is reported to have landed marines GXL.the Florida Ivevs to search for filibus­ ters. Trouble has again broken out between Peru and Bolivia. Conflicts have oc­ curred on the frontier and the fear of war is again revived. /. Fire damaged the Omaha and Grant 'Smelter in Durango, Colo., to the extent of $50,000, destroying the receiving house, sampler, roaster house No. 1. and several smaller buildings. For two hours the en­ tire plant, representing $1,500,000, was in danger of destruction At San Francisco George Williams was sentenced to two years in prison for throwing a tumbler at Magistrate W. L. G. Soule. The St. James, an old Columbus, Ohio, hotel, centrally located, was damaged by fire to the amount of $10,000. Many guests had to be saved by ladders. No one hurt. At Middlesboro, Ivy,, there was a heavy frost Monday morning. Late corn and tobacco are ruined. The financial loss is heavy. Farmers from Bean's Fork re­ port ice a quarter of an inch thick. Vege­ tation is entirely destroyed. Jfci EASTERN. SsSpgw • New York Democrats in State conven tion at Syracuse placed in nomination the following ticket: Judge Court of Appeals. .. .Judge Teller Secretary of State Horatio C. King Comptroller...'. John B. Judson Attorney General ...Norton Chase Treasurer,......' ......D. C. Dow iState Engineer.. .Russell Stuart There is intense excitement among the Cuban resident^ in Boston over informa­ tion that the most formidable expedi­ tion from this country has succeeded in getting out.to sea.safely, and that, if all has gone well, it will be on hand to mate There was a terrible wreck on the Bal­ timore and Ohio at Tunnelton, W. Ya., Friday morning Train No. 1 crashed into No. 4, which was standing on a switch, and completely demolished a load­ ed sleeper. United States Marshal Gardi­ ner. of Wheeling; and William Ghley, of Charleston, were probably fatally scald­ ed by escaping steam. Miss Mary L. Downtain is also thought to have been fatally injured. A wounded lazador in the Mexican vil­ lage and a prominent Atlanta man lying at the point of death in the Grady Jtlos- pital are Tuesday's results of two sensa­ tions which developed some time during the night in the misty mazes of the Mid­ way at the Atlanta exposition. Women were, of course, at the bottom of it all: Both men had been badly cut--one in a regulation duel with swords, the other in a common, everyday cutting scrape. Gov. Culberson, of Texas, has kept his threat to call an extra session of the Legislature if nece. ;ary to stop the pro­ posed Corbett-Fitzsimmons prizefight set for Oct. 31 at Dallas. The Governor has been indefatigably looking up the laws on the subject and. with Attorney General Crane's help, made an exhaustive study of the question, Thursday even- every member of the Cabinet was in consultation with the Governor until 11:30. At midnight the Governor issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Legislature. As the reason for his action he says that, under the present condition of the law, the fight managers are liable to pull off the fight while the courts are rowing over it; that Chief Jus^- tice of the Court of Criminal Appeals Hurt has ruled against the State, and now thvre is a mandamus ease pending in the Supreme Court that may go in all entirely different line, raising a conflict between the two highest courts in the State. In order to settle all possible con­ tention he issued the call. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore 129 SO 43 .t5<)7 Cleveland 130 84 40 .040 Philadelphia .. . 130 77 53 .592 Chicago 130 72 58 .554 Brooklyn 130 71 59 .540 Boston 129 70 59 .543 Pittsburg 132 71 01 .538 Cincinnati 130 00 G4 .508 New York .. .130 00 04 .508 Washington ... .120 42 84 .333 St. Louis .131 39 92 .298 Louisville .131 35 90 .207 MARKET REPORTS. "• • How to the Tiger. There was an exciting scene in the New York Democratic State convention at Syracuse when the delegates of the - State Democracy rose in a body~and left the hall. This action, according to" a press dispatch, was caused by tfito adoption of the- re­ port of the Commit­ tee on Credentials. The anti-Tammany Democrats of New- York City consider­ ed a fifth of a loaf worse.than no bread at all. The proposi­ tion to give one-fifth of a vote to each of their delegates, giving four-fifths to Tam­ many, was rejected by them, though in­ dorsed by the convention. A final strug­ gle was made by the Cleveland men' in a motion to allow them one-third repre­ sentation, or 35 votes ;to: 7-0 for Ta.ni- many. This was voted down and they left the hall, taking their one-fifth repre­ sentation with them. Senator Hill voted with Tammany for the report and against the motion, an early morning conference having resulted in a, patching up of his_ differences with the tiger. The State Democracy might have ac­ cepted the one-fifth representation if it had not been coupled with the hard condi­ tions of a recognition of Tammany Hall as the regular party organization, en­ titled to recognition in all future conven­ tions. The one-fifth representation was to be accepted not as a right but as a sop to harmony, and the State Democra­ cy promptly decided to reject it and enter a vigorous protest. Charles S. Fairshild, of New York, said when he left the con­ vention: "The Associated Press can an­ nounce that we will have a ticket of our own on all local issues." The resolution adopted by the Commit­ tee on Credentials read as follows: "Tammany Hall is entitled to recogni­ tion in all future conventions as regular, and its delegates are to be placed upon the preliminary and other rolls thereof, and, in the appointment of inspectors of elections, the use of the party emblem and in every other way in which the question of party organization may arise, said Tam­ many Hall organization shall be recog­ nized and seated as the regular organiza­ tion of the party in New York County, but in the interest of harmony at this time the committee recommends, subject to the aforesaid conditions, that the sit­ ting delegates, as well as the delegates known as the State Democracy, be ad­ mitted to the convention with one-fifth of a vote to each State Democracy dele­ gate and four-fifths of a vote to each Tammany Hall delegate." The resolution was'adopted by a vote of 32 to 17. Senator Hill voted yea and William B. Kirk, of Onondaga nay. A motion to give the State Democracy one-third of a vote each was lost by a vote of 22 to 27, the nays including Hill and Kirk. The rank and file of the State Democracy were at' -first inclined to ac­ cept the half loaf, but when Mr. Fair- ^ child arrived he vig- R- P- flower. orously protested against surrendering any rights. The Grace-Fairchild people left the hall, and as they filed out there was a repetition of the scene in the Democratic convention of 1894 at Saratoga. They were alternately cheered and hissed. When the tumult had subsided the re­ port of the Committee on Permanent Or­ ganization was read, and the chairman appointed John Boyd Thatcher and James N. Sheppard to escort ex-Gov. Flower to the chair as permanent chair­ man of the convention. The platform as adopted declares for home rule in cities, economy in public ex­ pense, an orderly Sunday without blue laws, home rule in excise, equal .taxation, honest elections, good roads, opposition to trusts, Federal taxation for revenue only, "sound money," and a vigorous enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. The administration of President Cleveland is indorsed and that of Gov. Morton de­ nounced. The following ticket was'nom­ inated without opposition: Judge Court of Appeals. .. .Judge Teller CLEVELAND'S DEADLINE. « Which No Person Can Pass Without the President's Consent. When President Cleveland gets to Gray Gables, his country place on Buzzard's Bay, he feels quite safe from annoyiiig visitors. The place is so situated natur­ ally that it is impossible for anyone to get to the house without the President's eon- sent. Should the visitor attempt an en­ trance to the domain by water he would find at the floating dock, where alone it is possible to land, a man on guard who would tell him that "Mi-. Cleveland is engaged." Much the same performance is gone through with by those who approach on land. They have to traverse half a Miile of private road before they reach the lodged There is no other road leading to Gray Gables, a,nd any ontf on foot who attempted to "cross the marsh near the estate would have a sorry time of it. At the lodge visitors are met by officers of the secret service. If they fare per­ sonal friends of the President or are ex­ pected, they are allowed to go on. If they are there simply out of curiosity or with the hope of seeing Mr. Cleveland, they CUBA'S Bid VICTORY. THREE HUNDRED SPANIARDS MEET: DEATH. « euwtfl voj "tiNe 1AR5H ce-» a. IN "Buzz A RO'S ^ -3** V VAN f) ^ •. \\\ • MAP OF MK, OI JOT I, A KI>' S GliOCNDS. Secretary of State. Comptroller. ..... Attorney General. Treasurer State Engineer. .. . Horatio C. Kin . .John B. Judson ...Norton Chase D. C. Dow ...Russell Stuart IN AID OF COMMERCE. WASHINGTON. Secretary Herbert has awarded to the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company the contract for building two of the new tor- pedoboats authorized by the act of the last Congress. Mr. Herreshoff wasi the lowest bidder, at $144,000 for each bo4t. I A Washington dispatch says: Spain Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.r)0 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2-red, GOe to 01c; corn, No. 2, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 42c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 2%c to 4c per pound.,, Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 00c to 02c; corn, No. 1 white,.31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 00c to 62c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 38c to 39c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, "No, 2, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2, mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 44c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, N<u 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 44c to 45e. ToiedcF^Wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67o; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 42c to 43c, Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to.. $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No 2 yellow, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 59c to 61c; corn, No. 3, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 43c; rye, No. 1, 41c to 42c; pork, mess, $8.00 to $8.50. 9 • \ ' ' New York--Cattle, $3.00 $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat., No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 39c; oats, ,Np. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter, creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, West­ ern, 16c to 18c. are allowed to go to "the deadline" as it is called. Beyond that may no man pass without Mj\ ^.Cleveland's direct permis­ sion.' . ' s " ••.. '. This '"'deadline"- is established just west of the stables. It was placed there so that vehicles could have an opportunity to turn around in the open space in front of the carriage shed. The driveway is too narrow to turn in any other place. From this outpost messages and cards are taken to the house, while visitors wait with a hope that is almost sure to be blasted. The occasion for the establishment of "the deadline" was not so much to keep at as to put a stop to the great annoyance which over-curious people subject the President's family to. Until the "dead­ line" edict went forth, wagon loads of people from all around would drive into the President's grounds, pull up dircctly in front of the north piazza, the favorite ithering place of the family, and stare at the people who happened to be sitting there in a way that was, to say the least,' embarrassing, pointing 'out each indi­ vidual and commenting audibly. After a year of that sort of thing every day. with no holiday from the ordeal of inspection, even on Sunday, Mr. Cleve­ land established "the deadline." He said he was not only willing, but felt much complimented to have his fellow citizens make trips to see his -home and his grounds, but he seriously objected to hav- his family and himself put on exhibi­ tion like so many freaks in a museum. He thought lie was entitled to a little of the domestic privacy which is accorded with­ ont question to his 60,000,000 fellow citi- r.ens. General Maeeo's Patriots Achieve a Great Triumph--Dynamite Is Used with Terrible Effect -- Bartolome Masso Elected President. Killed by Hundreds. ^ , News of a battle in which the Spanish Were defeated' by the Cubans , .was re­ ceived in New York by President Palma. It camo in a letter, written Sept. 14, by Pedro Rovira, a Cuban private, who de­ serted, the Spanish ranks at Pera Lego, when Campos was defeated. In a later engagement" Rovira was captured by the Spanish, court-martialed and sentenced to receive 400 lashes,and to be shot, The sentence was carried out while Rovira was Shouting for Cuban liberty.' On Aug, 81 the Spaniards captured Francis, and Gen. Jose Maceo fortified his few men in a plantation house near the Casambra Hospital; -The Spanish were slowly clos­ ing in on him some days later when Gen. Oebreco and a Cuban column came to his relief and made the enemy evacuate their position. A hot engagement followed, in which tho Spanish regained their posi­ tion, but were unable to hold it long, as Gen, Antonio Maceo suddenly appeared on the scene, and, with Cebreco and Col. Mieuninit, succeeded in wresting it from Cana|le and GarikO;, who commanded the Spanish. This battle lasted from, 5 o'clock a. m. until 9 o'clock at night, when it was discontinued until the dawn AN INDIAN BOY'S PONY. OLD SPANISH FORT, SANTIAGO DE CUBA. CONVENTION OF IRISHMEN. jcaum.c wiis not »o u.ucn to Keep °J the next ^ ^ The Spanish distance importunate office-seekers j commenced to retreat until they reached the Igubanabano field, where they were able to use their cavalry, which was impossible on the mountains of Santa Maria. They did not gain any advantage, however, and after burning their provis­ ions they continued to retreat to Moun- tanin, which place they entered in scat­ tered groups. The Cubans had no caval­ ry, but made effective use of dynamite bombs, which, the letter states, struck terror to the eKemy. In the engagement tho Cubans' loss was forty men, wounded and killed. The Spaniards last over 300 men, forty horses and a large store of provisions and munitions of war. The Spaniards after tho battle sent a cable to Spain headed, "The defeat and capture of Jose Maceo," and also asked for the reward and the advance of the officers in the engagement. Cubans Elect a President. Letters received at Tampa, Fla., by prominent Cuban leaders state that on Sept. 10 a Constitutional convention was held at Najasa at which Bartolome Masso was elected President of the Cuban re­ public, Marquis of Santa Lucia Minister of the Interior, Thomas Estrada Palma Representative of the Government in the exterior and Maximo Gomez General-in- chief. Some time ago when delegates were callcd Santa Lucia was mentioned as President of the convention, and the impression prevailed that he was the destined Constitutional President. Mas­ so was born sixty years ago at Manzan- illo. He is highly connected' and thor­ oughly educated. He left Manzanillo Feb. 24 last, and was considered as tho head of the revolution in the eastern de­ partment. When this occurred Calleja sent a committee of proininent autono­ mists and some chiefs of the former rev­ olution to dissuade him, but he was not pliable. The committee went again, re- enforced by ex-resident Sportono, who, during his term, published a decree to put to death any person who should propose anything but Cuban independence. Mas- sAreceived him, but learning his purpose, told" him to leave the camp immediately or his own decree would be enforced. News has been received at military headquarters in Havana of a desperate fight at Mefi, near Palma Sola, province of Santa Clara, between 300 insurgents, led by Bermudes and Fleites, and a de­ tachment of Government cavalry under Capt. Riestra. The vanguard of the cav­ alry, consisting of a sergeant and seven privates, were first surrounded by tho A Militia Organization of Irish- Aiuericants Is Advocated. The great national convention of Irish societies was opened in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall in Chicago with a large 'representatioli of Irishmen from all parts of the country. Nearly 1,500 delegates were in attendance. The convention lasted three days. One gener­ al object was the formation of a united open organization for the furtherance of the Irish cause. Those who issued the call for the convention claim that it is not contemplated that physical force shall be used or advised in the attainment of the independence of the Irish people as a nation, "unless such means be deemed absolutely necessary and the object in view be probable of attainment." Little time was lost in preliminaries and the election of permanent officers was put through at a rapid pace and with uninterupted harmony. The report of the Committee on Permanent Organiza­ tion did not meet with the slightest oppo­ sition. the following officers being unani­ mously elected: J. F. Finerty, Chair­ man: J, P. Sutton, Secretary; J. F. Keat­ ing, T. II. McGravey and J. O. Strain, Assistant Secretaries; Vice Presidents, J. M. Kennedy, Montana; C. D. O'Brien, St. Paul; C. F. Dri XT mir Navigation Topics Carefully Consid ered at the Cleveland Conference. The International Deep Water Associa­ tion, which met at Cleveland, proved a large success in the number of attend­ ants. The real test of its practical im­ portance may not come for a long time yet. It is certainly encouraging to have this evidence of interest. The relative importance of water-ways lias greatly decreased, it is true, since the days of Do Witt Clinton and the Erie Canal, but from a positive point of view their importance has greatly increased. At the opening of the session a partial report of the Committee on Credentials was submitted, indicating the presence of 330 delegates from fifteen States and Provinces. President Howlahd said "that he had received a communication from Sir Mackenzie Bo well, Premier of Canada, designating an eminent engineer, Mr. Munro, to represent the Canadian Gov­ ernment at the convention. Mr. Howland then invited Lieut. George P. Blow, who came to the convention as a representa­ tive of the llnited States Government, and Mr. Munro to take seat#on*the plat­ form. He said the action of the two Gov­ ernments in sending representatives to the convention did not in any way com­ mit them to the policy of tho convention. After adopting a rule limiting speeches to ten minutes, discussion was .declared in order, and Mr. Richard R. Dobell, of Quebec, and Mr. A. L. Crocker, presi­ dent of the Minneapolis Board of Trade, gave abstracts of the papers which they had prepared on "Export Lumber and Timber Trade." Mr. Dobell in closing cordially invited the'convention to meet next year in Quebec. Alexander II. ninith, secretary of the Executive Canal Committee of New York, read a paper upon the subject of "An Improved Erie Canal Offered to Lake Commerce as a Substitute for a Ship Canal." Mr. Smith said that'the people of New York were intensely interested in cheap transports tion and the commerce of the great lakes. He detailed at length the proposed plans fot improving the Erie Canal and „ex pressed the belief that when the work of deepening that waterway had been completed the canal would easily accom modate the lake traffic to the sea. Prof. Emory R. Johnson, of tlie University of Pennsylvania read a paper on the "Effect of Deep Water Between the Great Lakes and the Sea Upon Railway Traffic and Profits." J. Judge, Holyoke; Cornelius Harding, Pittsburg. Considerable enthusiasm was created by a motion to add O'Donovan Rossa to the list of vice presidents, but Mr. Rossa declined. . Any doubts as to the earnest­ ness of the "new movement" towards freedom for Ireland, were set at rest when Chairman John F. Fineray, in an address to the convention, declared for an Irish-American standing army which shall be ready to do battle for Ireland whenever opportunity may present itself. The boldness of the plan as outlined by the ardent speaker created a sensation. i<£ \ Tte Sam Jones rises to remark that "the whole manhood of America is trying to hunt up a soft job." Sam seems to have found it. We have no desire to stir up trouble, but it does seem to us that the goldenrod poet Is rather late in coming to the front this year. A supposed case of smallpox in St. Louis has proved to be merely mosquito bites. Life in that town must be fully as pleasant as a summer picnic iii sheol. An Indiana man is accused of having ten wives simultaneously. That fellow evidently believes s that "life's grand- sweet song" should be a feminine chortis. John Berger was arrested at Chicago for robbing a church contribution box by means of a piece of sticky fly paper. There are no flies on that method 0*f raising revenue. The Michigan plan of shooting a sus­ pected train robber to death and giving his friends a chance to prove an alibi for him afterward is rather startling, £ut it may prove efficacious. The grammarians are now worrying about the question whether the plural of "Blackfoot" should be "Blackfeet" or "Blackfoots." What's the matter with "two Blackfoot "Indians?" When Mrs. Langtry was over here before it was understood that she was the sole support of a needy and deserving husband, If she gets a divorce now, who will care for Mr. Lily Langtry,? The Buffalo Express, in describing critical play in a baseball game, remarks that -"the fair patrons of the game wiped their eyes on the verge of hysterics." The new woman ought not to wipe her eyes on such a thing as that. His First Attempt to Ride It at a,Bnff» falo Hunt. i Thus led by those dedicated td relig­ ious service, the tribe leaves its vil- lagej .the people by families dropping into line--men, well mounted, be&ripjj their weapons ready for use; women, In gala dress, riding their decorated ponies, older ones leading the pack- horses; little children "in twos and threes upon the backs of steady old nags* or snugly stowed away, in the swinging pouch between_the tent poles; fffid the dogs trotting-complacently everywhere. Here and thpre along the line of the cavalcade is a lad being initiated into individual responsibility. He has been upon the hunt before, as one of the family, but this is the first itep toward goin^'independently uncared for as a child. The father has lassoed a wild \ horse, saddled and bridled him, and now bids his son mount the animal. The boy hangs back; the colt is a fiery ereature, and already restive under restraint. The father tells Ins son that the horse sbsJhbe his own when he has conquered it, 0^; the lad does not move. The lookers-on are smiling, and the cavalcade does not wait. "Get up," says the father. < . * , , . The boy slowly advances, and the colt quickly feeedes; but the boy, grasp­ ing. his mane, swings himself into the. saddle. The father lets go, and so does the c.6lt--rears, jumps, wriggles, humps his back, like "an Infuriated .eat, stands on his fore legs and kicks at Ms own tail, paws the air and stamps the earth, but the boy clings to him until with a sudden jerk the saddle-girth is broken, and lie is landed over the head of the excited creature, which runs for dear life and liberty. Brought back, pro­ testing by twists and shakes of his head, he is again mounted, and. again frees himself. • After two or three repetitions of this sort of thing, the boy becomes angry, and the mother grows anxious. She runs to her son as he is scrambling up. from the ground, feels him all over, and moves his legs and arms to see if he is hurt. He is impatient at the delay; he is going to master that pony now or die fer it. This time he stays on. In vain the animal lashes himself into foam and fury; the boy sticks to him like the shirt of Nessus, and the father at last leads the indivisible pair between tho tent poles which trail behind a sophisti­ cated family horse, and there, fenced In, they journey all day, trying to get used to each other. The pony does not $ee his way out of the poles, and is forced to keep up with the procession. At the first halt strife is renewed. The pony jumps over a nest of children {lung between tent poles and rouses the ire of the dogs. With the&i si his heels, and the boy on his back, he is an object of terror as well as of mirth to the camp. He goes where he likes. Alj^he boy can do is to hold on; but horn on he does, until at nightfall he" dismounts without the aid of the pony. The animal recognizes this as a defeat, Mid the struggle is over. An admiring nncle presents the boy with a whip, the handle of which, decorated in por­ cupine quill work, is terminated by a tassel of elk teeth; and thenceforth he rides his pony with the pride of a con­ queror, while the pony himself ;prances along as if he, too, Were proud of his own part of the performance.--Cen- tury. A Gold Thread. The quintessence of fine art in weav­ ing is accomplished in the making of the threads used in gold lace. It is effected by a process called "fiber plat­ ing," carried out in the following man­ ner: A i'od of silver is gilded by simply pressing and burnishing leaves of gold upon it. This gilded silver is then drawn through a series of holes of de­ creasing diameter*^into a wire so fine that one ounce lsjextended the length of 1,500 yards. Jg is then flattened be­ tween polished"steel rollers and further extended, so that a mile and a quarter weighs but one ounce. For this last drawing the wire is passed through ruby dies. The film of gold upon the flattened wire is much thinner than beaten gold-leaf, and has frequently been quoted as an example of tlie divisi- bility of matter, one inch of tho wire containing but the eighty-millionth part of an ounce of gold, while one ounce of gold covers more tnan 100 miles of wire. This flattened gilded wire is then wound over a fine silk thread so as to inclose it completely and produce an apparently golden thread. It is esti­ mated that 250,000 ounces of gol'd thread are annually made in Great Britain.--Philadelphia Inquirer. THE BAIJCAEZTEGUI. insurgents, and in the engagement every one of the vanguard was killed. By this time Capt. Riestra, with the main body of cavalry, thirty in number, came up and engaged the insurgents, whom he forced to retreat, leaving three of their number dead 011 the field. Their wounded they carried off with them when they re­ treated. As the cruiser Barcastegui, which was sunk by the merchantman Mortera Wed­ nesday night, constitutes a danger to vessels leaving or entering the port of Havana, it has been decided to break up the hull of the vessel with dynamite. The divers have refused to work upon the wreck on account of the danger from sharks and because of the insufficiency of their outfits. StNKS WITH ALL ABOARD. Schooner K. R. Williams Founders Off St. Martin's Land. The schooner E. R. Williams sank in the gale off Escanaba, Mich., and all on board are supposed to be lost, as it would be impossible for them to reach shore in such a furious sea. The cargo of the Williams consisted of 510 tons of iron ore from Escanaba consigned to a Toledo fuimace. The Williams was in tow*of i"hc--steamer- Santa Maria. The sea was running heavily from the south on Green Bay, and the schooner, laden deep in the water, made bad work of the head sea. The tow line parted add the Williams disappeared from sight. Tho Santa Maria cruised around for some time trying to find the Williams, but it was not until daylight that her topmast was discovered sticking, out of the water under St. Martin's Island. No trace the crew could be scan. The Willialis was! built in 1873, and rated 293 gross tftns. She was owned by W. L. Fay, of Elyria, Ohio, and was probably without insurance. The iron cargo was fully Cov­ ered. . - . Sparks from the Wires. The New York bootblacks Jiave organ­ ized into a protective union. " Fifty-four members of the-new House of Commons have written books. In England there are 70,000 girls en- •W«cd in public houses and drinking baw» "Tain't a Dog." "Miss, you can't bring dogs into the car," said a Third avenue conductor to a young Woman, who tenderly held a wriggling little object wrapped up in a shawl. "Tain't a dog," snapped the young woman, and the discomfited conductor retreated to the rear platform amid a general titter. He studied the case Bar a few minutes, and then, returning to the young woman, said: "Miss, you can't bring cats in, neither." "Tain't a cat," said the .young wo­ man; "it's a rabbit," and the long ears eerged in confirmation of her asser­ tion. At this the conductor looked puz­ zled for a moment, and then said: "Well, that's accordin' to the rules of the company; dogs is dogs and cats is dogs; but rabbits is insects; so you can stay."--New York Star. Casts Books Upon the Water. A sealed tin case, whieh, on being op­ ened, was found to contain a copy of Milton's "Paradise Lost," was picked up in th«. lower part, of the Penfcbscot river, Maine, a few days ago. Inquiry disclosed the fact that in a small town up the river lives an old tinsmith of lit­ erary tastes and some odd ideas, and that it is his custom to inclose all sorts of excellent books in tin cans, tightly soldered, and so constructed as to float easily, and to set them adrift in the river in tlie hope that they will be picked up by the residents of the many islands at the mouth of the river, who are not kept in close touch with culture, "or else by sailors. He thinks the pe­ culiarity of the way in which the books reach the readers helps to secure for them a reading.--Boston Herald. The man who carries a single State Is accounted now of worth; But ih early days old Atlas was The man who carried the earth,« •-•Iadianspolis Journal V T7 , V SiihiSfR