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..THE PLAINDF.ALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MOHENEY. ILLINOIS FOUGHT LIKE TIGERS b-Ay-- FANATICS ROUT TROOPERS IN BRAZIL. Government Loiei Three Thousand Men in Battle--Japan Mnking a Cen­ sus of Her Subjects in the United States--Eastern Floods. tM Awfnl Cnrnace. The New York Herald's correspondent ' In Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that au­ thentic information has reached that city to the effect that more than 3,000 soldiers have been killed in a big battle near the site of Canndos. The fanatics, number­ ing 10,000 men, all well armed, attacked the Government troops. Whole brigades of the soldiers were swept down and tram­ pled under foot. The full extent of the loss of life cannot be told- There is no reasonable doubt, however, that the loss in killed on both sides is more than 3,000. When the report of the battle reached Rio Janeiro it was.considered by the president and ministry, and it was directed to send the minister of war to the scene with 4,000 inch. They will carry with them a great store of ammunition and will enu deavor to dislodge the fanatics, from the positions they now hold. Fighting has been in process at Canudos for several weeks. In the meantime, while the fanat­ ics fought apparently with little loss, they have been gathering their forces from all directions. The result was the final at­ tack on the Government troops, which led to such awful results. Is ISK thought to be fatally injured arwFa n ber more are in a serious conditioik The steamer was damaged about $1,000. It was first alleged that lightning struck the boat, but It was later ascertained that a deck hand went into the hold to light his pipe and it is believed that the lighted match in a closed forecastle caus­ ed some naphtha gas to explode. A sensational report is in circulation at San Francisco that Claus Spreckels has now under consideration a plan to buy out the Stanford and Crocker interests in the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. It is being seriously discussed by men famil­ iar with railroad matters. There is no doubt that Mrs. Stanford would be glad to close out her railway interests if she could be assured they would not fall into the hands of C. P. Huntington. Mr. Spreck­ els has lent the Southern Pacific between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 in the last three years, and has money enough, if reports be Correct, to carry out such a gigantic deal as is rumored. The demand for vessels in all lines of foreign and coastwise trade continues at Philadelphia, and rates are advancing be­ cause of a scarcity of tonnage. Railroads are said to be blocked with coal for coast ports and vessels arriving with cargoes are being discharged on their arrival ^quicker than ever before. Steamers for grain Continue in good demand for July, August a nd September loadings. For Au­ gust loading the British steamship Boyne was chartered to load 11,000 quarters of grain at 3 shillings and 6 pence per quar­ ter, to Cork for orders, and the Mathew Bedlingtou was engaged at 3 shillings and pence per quarter for September- October loading. The British steamship Imperial Prince, now in port, was also chartered to load for Cork for orders at 3 shillings and 3 pence. There is also a demand for Vessels to load cotton at Southern ports for Liverpool, Havre and Bremen. Trainloads of wheat and corn are being hurried from the West to Phila­ delphia, Baltimore and Newport News to make way for the new crop, part of which is being forwarded for shipment on for­ eign account. Roanoke Miners Out. 4 The sheriff of Woodford County, 111., telegraphed to Gov. John R. Tanner ask­ ing for State troops, as it was stated that strikers in large numbers were marching 0-. to Roanoke to compel the miners to quit work. The Governor refused the request, as no trouble had occurred, but asked to ' &- be notified in case of disturbance. The y I night was one such as Roanoke or Wood­ ford county never witnessed before. All night long Sheriff C. A. Robeson and his -I );\ posse of seventy-five armed deputies pa- ll|§y trolled the town and kept guard around the company's property. About 4 o'clock in the morning the lights from the march­ ing men were seen up the Santa Fe tracks north of Roanoke and about a mile away the men stopped to investigate as to what kind of a reception they would re­ ceive. The partv was made up of 400 or 600 men from the mines at Minonk, Rut­ land, Wenona, Streator and Toluea. The threats made by these men were that serious damage might result if they vis­ ited the place and much uneasiness was f/; felt in every quarter. Just after day­ light the visitors sent a committee to con­ sult with the officers of the company. It is understood that they informed them that they would remain there until their demands were complied with. The com­ pany then decided to suspend operations, giving in con-pletely to the demands of the miners from the neighboring towns. Their point gained, the men left Roanoke quiet­ ly, the sheriff has released his deputies and peace once more reigns in the town JwEKSSji; SShkt Japan Counting Noses. \ While the majority of people laugh fit the idea of Japan going to war with the United States over the annexation of the Ha* rattan Islands, there is no denying the fact that the mikado and his ministers 'f ,*s are making inquiries and seeking infor­ mation concerning the country which they have never heretofore apparently consid­ ered of value. On the last steamer direct from Japan there came a message to a well-known Japanese in Los Angeles, Cal., in the shape of a circular of inter­ rogations as to the number of Japanese in that county and how many were Ameri­ can citizens. Much other information was asked, concerning their occupation, prox­ imity to lines of transportation, cost of fare to nearest port, etc. It is said similar circulars have been sent to every part of this country. Naneatuck River Swollen. Waterbury, Conn., is again deluged the storm of Wednesday night having swollen the Naugatuc-k river to an almost unprecedented height and caused the Manhan canal to overflow. The river has overflowed its banks all along the line The Mauhan canal became a torrent, and its waters escaping have carried away about fifty feet of the track of the Nauga- , tuck division of the New York, New Ha ven and Hartford Railroad, completely blocking traffic. Aroujid Saratoga, N. Y. great damage has been done to the crops In many places the lowlands are inun dated and crops entirely ruined. All lakes and streams in northern New York are swollen tc an unprecedented height for this season of the year. siPfew, Vtandinu of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs m the National Baseball League: WESTERN. was 'a' great surprise to tile tramps. They prepared to capture the in­ coming train when they saw it and sur­ rounded the car. Then the deputies pour­ ed out with drawn revolvers. The tramps scattered everywhere and showed no fight. Each deputy pursued and captured a man. Sik resisted and several drew knives, but the guns of the deputies in­ timidated them and twenty-eight prison­ ers were made. Wade Gillis, a Tekamah lawyer, was also arrested on the charge- of aiding the men in obstructing mail trains and resisting United States officers. It is said he had been retained by the tramps and was advising them as to what course to pursue and was taken in. Gillis was released on bail. The tramps who es­ caped scattered all over the country. SOUTHERN. T>avid Cody shot anii killed James Da­ vidson in Hancock County, Tenn., David­ son had arrested Toney Cody at Man­ chester, Ky., for killing James Mullins at a Baptist meeting. The Mullinses are known as moonshiners and the Codys as desperadoes. All factions are armed and trouble is expected. Fire destroyed the Casino summer the­ ater at Romona Park, Paducah, Ky# Fri­ day night. Fifty people were severely burned, and over a hundred crushed in the panic which ensued. The main build­ ing of the Peoria, 111., Grape-Sugar Com­ pany's pl&nt was destroyed by fire Friday evening. The loss is $500,0<o). the total insurance carried being $460,000, of which nearly $300*000 was on the burned build­ ing and contents. . ,. • FOREIGN. OP THE SUN. MOON PARTIALLY OBSCURES a OLD SOL. i 'V. mm The Japanese cabinet agreed to the, pro­ posal of the Hawaiian Government to submit the questions at issue between the two Governments to arbitration. A boat containing forty-five employes of the Hamburg engine works capsized in the River Elbe Friday at Hamburg, Germany. Six persons were drowned. A special dispatch from Grenoble says the body of young Sorrel, the daring Al­ pine climber, whose venturesome feats have attracted attention this summer and Boston ... Baltimore . Cincinnati New York. Cleveland . W. .54 .50 .40 .45 , .43 L. 24 Pittsburg .. 20 Chicago 20 Brooklyn ... 31 Louisville .. 34 Washington Philadelphia 40 42 St. Louis. . W. .36 .36 .31 .35 , 29 .10 By the will of the late Col. Charles _. Crocker of San Francisco all of the estate, valued at from $7,000,000 to $10,- 000,000, is bequeathed to his three chil­ dren absolutely. Father Tom Sherman, son of William . Sherman, has just arrived in Seattle, Wash., from the East. Hev is broken down in health and goes to Seattle for recupera­ tion. Among his personal friends there is Mrs. George M. Paschall, whose father, Maj. P. S. Turner, was an associate of Gen. Sherman during the Mexican war and one of his most intimate friends. Father Sherman will remain for several months. Six men and two women are under ar­ rest at Trinidad, Colo., charged with the murder of Deputies William Green and William Kelly when they were in search of cattle thieves in the sprihjgfcof 1896. Officers are in pursuit of twmaore men who are said to have been implicated in the crime. The prisoners are Juan Du- ran, Nestor Martinez, Macedonio Archu­ leta, DaTe Hodges, Luberte Archuleta, and the two women, Luz Duran and Lu­ cia Archuleta. Archuleta has made a con­ fession, in which he says that the two dep­ uties were killed from ambush and their bodies were burned and the ashes scat­ tered so that there would be no trace of the bloody work. The British ship Comliebank, which sailed from San Francisco Thursday morning for Rio Janeiro with a cargo of wheat, returned Friday afternoon. Short­ ly after the towboat cast off Mate Mar­ shall issued some orders which the sailors refused to obey. Marshall went to the forecastle to reason with them and was set upon by Seaman Elliott and one or two other members of the crew and dread­ fully beaten. Elliott drew a sheathknife and ordered the captain to hold off if he valued his life. Captain Storms was told that the vessel was bound for an infec­ tious port and that the men had resolved not to go on the trip. Captain Storms or­ dered the ship about and returned to San Francisco. Elliott was placed under ar­ rest, but Captain Storms will not prose­ cute, as the proceedings would delay the sailing of the vessel for a long time. Dissensions in the ranks of the Ancient Order of United Workmen have been causing the supreme and grand officers of that fraternal organization a great deal of worry, and threatening the disruption of one of the strongest orders in America. In fact, disruption has already set in, and the Grand Lodge of Ontario, which sends to the Supreme Lodge nearly $197,000 to­ tal membership tax, stands in the position of being in open rebellion against the Su­ preme lodge of the order. Its action is to virtually secede from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge. Upon the outcome of this tif-'ht hangs the life of the Ancient 0£der of United Workmen, as in it is in­ volved the authority of the Supreme Lodge over the subordinate lodges and the right of either a Grand Lodge or a subordinate lodge to secede from the order at will and set up a jurisdiction of its own. A. D. Hubbard, who was convicted at Topeka, Kan., of embezzling $8,000 as re­ ceiver of the Hamilton Printing Com­ pany, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge Hazen. Hubbard was a prominent lawyer at the bis arrest, was law partner to Lieun*fjrOv. Event Visible ii^ the United States-- With Sntolced Glass tho Fiery Cres­ cent and' Lunar Shadow Could Be Seen. Sun in a SlmdoW. On Thunsdny, between the hours of 8 and 10 n. nr., central standard time, the moon, in the course of her monthly round of the hen\ons, passed directly between the earth and the sun. The consequence was an eclipse of the sun, which was vis-,, ible throughout the United States, in Mexico, the West Indies, Central Amer­ ica, the northern half of South America, over a good portion of the Atlantic ocean and on the west coast of Africa. . <• To observers within the districts bound­ ed by an imaginary line drawn from the central part of New Mexico to Tampico and thence to Havana, the Windward Islands and Lake St. Roque the outer edges of the sun assumed the appearance of a ring of fire. To the fact that the moon appeared smaller than the sun was due the lack of totality in ttie eclipse as viewed from the earth, though to the putative inhabitants of some of the other planets the eclipse may easily'have been-' total. On this sphere there was, however, no region of total eclipse. And even in the Central American districts from which the annular band could best be seen, the fiery ring lasted for only a few minutes. At Washington and across the whole of the.United States at points in about the same1 latitude as Washington--38 degrees, 50 minutes--exactly one-half of the sun's face (the lower half) was veiled. Among tho thousand and one questions which occurred to the eclipse observers, the most perplexing, perhaps, was, why the area over which the eclipse was vis­ ible should be limited, since the sun was visible at the time over one entire hemi­ sphere of the earth, and why'the eclipsed who started July 18 to make the ascent of Mount Taillefer, has been found at the I sun shou^l appear differently to observers bottom of a deep crevasse with his neck 1 in WnHt;oa Th, broken. The Paris Gaulois says the forthcoming report of M. Potevin, the examining mag­ istrate in the Panama scandal, recom­ mends the prosecution of former Deputies Kurard, Sarlat, Planteau, Saint Martin, Gaillard, Richard and Rigaud, with Dep­ uties Antido Boyer, Alfred Naquet and Henri Maret and Senator Leveret. The Rome correspondent of the Lon­ don Pall Mall Gazette says that in spite of the intense heat the Pope is in his usual state of health. Indeed, he is feel­ ing much better than he felt last winter. He is again directing special attention to the question of international arbitration, which he considers a matter appertaining peculiarly to the Papacy. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Sunday cele­ brated the fifty-eighth anniversary of their wedding._. Many visitors joined in the family rejoicing at Hawarden and scores of the townspeople saluted the venerable couple while on their way to church. Both are in excellent health. Mr. Gladstone walked off with as much vigor as at any time in the last ten years, shak­ ing hands energetically and conversing with great animation. in different localities. The diagram given here will aid in auswering these ques­ tions. An eclipse of the sun is a quite differ- tral. The engines and hose carts were loaded, the track cleared for a rapid run and everything made ready, when word came that the fire was under control. The fire originated in an underground vault in the basement of the Michigan City Sash and Door Company, used as a storage room for gasoline, shellac, naph­ tha and benzine. William Bauman and Herman Lukow went Into the vault for the purpose of filling a can with naphtha to be used in the factory. Lukow carried a lighted lantern and Bauman was draw­ ing the oil, when the lantern exploded, setting five to the oil just drawn. In an instant the place was a mass of flame. WHKKE THE FIRE STAKTED. The fluids stored in the vault became ig­ nited, explosion followed explosion and the entire building was on fire before the employes realized what had happened. Fellow workmen dragged Lukow to a place of safety, but the heat being too in­ tense' to.permit re^entrance, and Bauman was left to his fate. The extension of the fire began with the ignition of three one-story frame cottages to the west of the factory. From these and the large building hot. cinders were blown across the street to the houses on the south side, and soon these were on fire. At 1 o'clock the wind died down, the firemen redoubled their efforts, and half an hour later, all danger to surround­ ing property was over. !' PANIC ON A STEAMER. Boat Cambria Collides with a Raft Of Lobs in Lake Huron. The side-wheel steamer Cambria, doing passenger business between Detroit, Windsor aiid Sault Ste. Marie, and along the Canadian shore of Lake Huron, was wrecked at an early hour Wednesday morning on the Canadian shore of Lake Huron, near the mouth of St. Clair river, and is a total loss. She had nearly 100 1 passengers on board, most of them on a BUT FEW NEW LAWS. / NALYSIS OF WORK OF THE EX- TRA SESSION. . fionse Passes Tariff Bill in Response to Request of President McKinley with Little Delay t but Senate Holds It Many Weeks. APPEARANCE OF THE H MQgs\_ I- B < <m t! --------- ..J) ECLIPSE AT ITS BEST. IN GENERAL. The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. Indianapolis. 54 Columbus .. .53 Milwaukee ..55 St. Paul.... .55 L. W. 27 Detroit 42 29 Minneapolis. 30 32 G'nd Rapids.26 33 Kansas City.25 BREVITIES. |p i ' , lite#' Ifel ffikt', life: ,v" A brief message has been received at San Francisco, announcing the loss of the whaler Cape Horn Pigeon in the Japan Sea during a furious storm. Captain Scul- lam and the crew of eighteen were saved. A dispatch from Barcelona, Spain, says that severe' storms have prevailed throughout Catalonia with devastating effect among the vineyards. Out of 130,- 000 hectares of vine lands scarcely five thousand have escaped. In the districts of Tarragona and Gorona at least 80,000 hectares of vine land have been seriously damaged. ; , The Belgian chamber of 'deputies has passed a bill compelling all foreigners who have had a year's residence to enroll them­ selves in the civic guard. The measure is the result of the very great increase of late in the foreign colonies at Antwerp t-, • _ , -- -'.n ss -» rK EASTERN. Mrs. J. D. Mallory, wife of the oyster and fruit packer of Baltimore, was thrown from her carriage and sustained fatal injuries. Mrs. Mallory fell on her head. The physicians in attendance say " the unfortunate woman's neck is undoubt­ edly broken, and she has but one chance in a thousand to recover, although an op- * eration will be attempted in the hope of saving her life. At 6:30 o'clock Friday evening a terri­ ble explosion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg State while she was lying at her slip at Bridgeport, Conn., and as a result liH mm Harvey and State president of the A.]P. A. of Kansas. When sentence was pro­ nounced Hubbard made a sensational speech. He said the trial was a farce and his conviction a travesty upon justice. He was convinced, he said, that he was convicted because of his connection with the A- P- A., and, if so, was proud of it. Mr. Hubbard referred to the prosecution as a persecution, but asserted that no man ever went to the penitentiary with a clearer conscience than he. Mr. Hubbard is an eloquent speaker, and there were many wet eyes in the court room when he finished. The sale of the Bonanza mine has been consummated at Baker City, Ore., and the papers signed. The price paid was $1,- 000,000. Fifty thousand dolftirs was paid on the spot. Half of the balance is to be paid in thirty days and the remainder in sixty days, although it is understood that all will be paid within thirty days, as the buyers deposited the full purchase price in a New York bank and had a certified check for the full amount with them. The purchasers are John M. Patterson of Pittsburg, George Crawford of New York, N. P. Hayes of Philadelphia and J. S. Wallace of Den­ ver. Albert, Louis, Emma, Edward and Frank Geiser had been the owners of the Bonanza for the last six years. Prior to that time it was operated by James Steele, cashier of the First National Bank of Portland. Two years ago the property could have been bought for $100,000. Friday morning 100 tramps gathered at Tekamah. Neb., and announced that they would permit no trains to pass through on the Omaha line unless the company agreed to transport them to Sioux City free. The first freight that approached from the south slowed up for fear of be­ ing wrecked. In a minute the tramps swarmed over the cars, menacing the crew and daring the crew to prevent them , from capturing the train. They at once put a guard of six men over the engineer and settled down to wait for the train to move. In three hours another train came in there and the hobo band at once divid­ ed their forces and captured it. This train carriedtfiKnaiL&ir, and the United States Obituary: At Racine, Wis., William A Browne, 50; James E. Lockwood; Dr. John W. Noyes.--At Pierceton, Ind., Ben­ jamin Yohn, 83.--At Joliet, 111., Mar­ shall Truby, 77.--At Terre Haute, Ind., ex-Mayor Alexander Thomas; Burns Dunlap.--At Dayton, O., Nethusala Wor- inan. In view of the present rush of travel to the Klondyke gold fields Secretary Gage has established a sub-port of entry at Dyea, Alaska. Dyea is about fifty miles north of Juneau, and it was desired to save passengers the annoyance of dis­ embarking at Juneau and awaiting an­ other steamer for Dyea, the head of nayi gation on this route'to the Yukon fron­ tier. The cabinet at Ottawa, Ont., decided not to attempt to enforce the alien law in th£ Klondyke district. The subject of royalty on the gold output was discussed. Eighty additional mouuted police will be sent on to maintain law and order, and the United States authorities at Washington will be asked to give the right of way through disputed territory. Two customs officers will be sent to Lake Tagish, on the British frontier, to collect customs duties. The report up to last week of tonnage of pro visions which has gone into the Yukon country by the overland route was 5,000, and in addition to this there are about 5,000 tons of live stock. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The end of uncertainty re­ garding duties on imports gives greater confidence alike to those who have op­ posed and those who have favored the change. The great strength in stocks, particularly in those of the granger list, reflects assurance of heavy crops. The remarkable rise in wheat, notwithstand­ ing that 'assurance, is based on heavy buying for export and belief that foreign demands w ill be large. The one retarding force, the strike^f coal miners, has caus­ ed the closing of a few manufacturing works for want of fuel, but negotiations for settlement are still pushed with hope. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. ii red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 38c to 39c; butter, choice creamery. 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 10c; new potatoes, 00c to 70c per bushel}.^ Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 38c to 40c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 37c to 39c. Toledo--Wheats No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; oats, No. ent affair from an eclipse of the moon. A lunar eclipse is catised by the passing of the moon through the earth's shadow. It is visible from every point on tli^Heartli's surface from which the moon itself is vis­ ible at the time--that is, over one entire hemisphere of the earth. Furthermore, a lunar eclipse, whether total or partial, pre­ sents one and the same appearance to ev­ ery observer, no matter where he is sta­ tioned, whether in Boston or San Fran­ cisco or Rio Janeiro, just as the shadow of a tree cast upon a house appears the same from whatever point of view it is looked at. A solar eclipse is caused by the passage of the moon between us and the sun. To see it one must be so situat­ ed that the range is right, just as to see a distaut house exactly behind some near object, as a tree, one must so stand that the tree is exactly in line with him and the house. If he moves from this line, to the right or the left, the tree changes its position with reference to the house, and when he bas moved to a certain distance it ceases altogether to range with the house. In the case of a solar eclipse tire sun is the distant house; the moon is the tree. Since this moon is a comparatively small body, only about 2,000 miles ,in diameter, while the diameter of the earth is nearly 8,000 miles, there is upon the earth ample room for getting off of the range when the earth is passing the sun. Thus, to an observer situated Thursday anywhere on the twenty-five mile line above lo­ cated, say at. Havana, the moon appeared to pass directly across the sun's face, Its center moving along the line marked on the diagram "Moon's Path," in the di­ rection indicated by the arrow. One cir­ cumstance only prevented the eclipse from being total for that observer, and this was that the moon being at very nearly her greatest distance from the earth, her ap­ parent size was at its least and showed less than that of the sun. For an observer at Washington the range was different. To him the moon's center appeared to pass along the line marked AB, so that its upper limb just reached the sun's center. An observer in about latitude 56 was still farther off of the range. To him the moon, could it be seen, would have seemed to move along the line CD. Its upper edge would have just grazed the lower edge of the sun in passing and there would have been no eclipse. Much, less could there be an eclipse for an observer still farther north. Away back in 1869 the last total eclipse of the sun which was visible in this par t of the country took place. Since then. hoVvever, there have been several total eclipses which were visible from other parts of the United States. The most notable of these was the eclipse of 1878. It was observed from the neighborhood of Denver and was fruitful of scientific results. Far more frequent are partial eclipses, the area which these cover being very wide. A total eclipse is a rare oc­ currence, and it is not often that the shadows from two of them are received by the same locality in a hundred years. summer's outing, and carried a crew of twenty men. She left Sarnia about mid­ night Tuesday night and went out into Lake Huron in the face of a howling gale from the northwest against the protesta­ tions of the passengers. When out about twelve miles the captain decided to run back, and was; within about three miles of Fort Gratiot when the boat struck a raft of logs in tow of the tug Vigilant. The shock threw the passengers out of their berths, and in an instant women and children in scant attire were rushing fran­ tically about, while men became alarmed. The passengers were assured by the offi­ cers, however, that everything was all right, and every one took time to get fully dressed and await developments. In trying to extricate herself the boat lost her rudder, leaving her at the mercy of the waves and amid thousands of logs that were continually pounding her sides. Shortly afterward one of her wheels was also broken by striking a log, and she was left in an entirely helpless condition almost in midlake in total darkness. The vessel then began to drift toward the Canadian shore, and after half an hour the boat struck the beach hard, and ca­ reened over to one side with the waves breaking over her. The captain refused to launch any boats until daybreak. Soon after daybreak all passengers were taken off in safety, women and children first be­ ing taken ashore, followed by the men, and lastly by the crew. The wrecked ves­ sel was valued at $17,000, and insured for $12,000. She was built in 1877 and re­ built in 1889. THE "TERRIBLE SWEDE" DYING. Noted Cyclist Is Prostrated After a Long-Distance Contest. John Lawson, the "terrible Swede," Chicago's favorite long-distance rider, is dying in Baltimore. Two weeks ago in Baltimore he rode in a race in which he was pitted against a cowboy. The dis­ tance was twenty-five miles and the cow­ boy changed ponies at the end of every MICHIGAN CITY FIRE. One Man Killed and Five Families Mado Homeless. One nan burned to death in a horrible manner, another suffering from severe burns, several overcome by the fumes of naphtha and heat, a property loss of $70,- 000, an entire block of buildings in ashes and five families homeless. These are the features of a fire which Wednesday threatened Michigan City, Ind., with de­ struction and resulted in a call upon the Chicago fire department for assistance. An explosion in the Michigan City Sash and Door Company's plant resulted in the fire which was subdued only by the four men are dead, three others auth< spec! naha were notified-and a thirty deputies to Teka- 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 37c to 39c; I persistent efforts of every able-bodied cjti- clover seed, $4.15 to $4.25. • zen- For a t'me lt l™ke? as lf tho entire city was to be sacrificed. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 3, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1, 38c to 40c; barley, No. 2, 30c to 34c; pork, mess, $7.50 to $8.00. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; slreep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 80.c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50;, sheep, $3.00 to *$4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to 86c; corn, No. 2, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 13c. The fire was beyond control, the wind high, the volun­ teer firemen unable to make any impres­ sion upon the flames which burned hose and apparatus and pushed their way to­ ward business houses and residences. A call for assistance telegraphed to Ham­ mond, Ind., was answered unfavorably by the officials of that place, who replied that they could not spare any of their ap­ paratus. A message to Chicago for help brought an immediate response from Chief Swtnie, who started engine com panies 40,42 and 1, in charge of Assistant Chief Campion, on a gallop to the quick­ ly prepared special of the Michigan Cen- JOHBT LAWSON. mile. Lawson rode a plucky race, consid­ ering the conditions of the contest, and finished with a terrific spurt on the home stretch. The next day he was prostrated and has not been able to rise from his bed since. John Lawson was born in Sweden May 13, 1872. He commenced riding in 1891 and did his best work in long-distance events. He was noted for his terrific spurts, which repeatedly won him a vic­ tory from seeming sure defeat. Because of his pewers as a winner in desperate contests he earned the title which he lias borne ever since, that of the "terribte Swede." Peter McNally, the Boston swimmer who made an attempt to swim the English Channel on Saturday and continued his task iptil within three miles of the French coast, is in good condition. He has received a large ..number of congratu­ latory telegrams. The business men sf Spring Valley, HI., held a nreeting at the city hall and agreed to buy a carload of flour for the needy miners in that city. The farmers of Put­ nam County, across the river, are going to donate 500 bushels of coni. . J • i Done at Washington. The Senate Saturday, by a vote of 40 to 30, accepted the conference report on the tariff bill. Within an hour President McKinley had signed it, and the measure was law. The President sent a message to the House recommending a currency commission, but no action was taken. At 9 o'clock Saturday night, the extra ses- sion took final adjournment. The extraordinary session of Congress which has just closed was called by Pres­ ident McKinley two days after he took the oath of office. It met at noon March 15. The special message transmitted by him on the open­ ing day explained the deficiencies in the revenues, reviewed the bond issues of the last administration, and urged Congress promptly to correct the then existing con­ dition by passing a tariff bill that would supply ample revenues for the support of the Government and the liquidation of the public debt. " -, - No other subject of legislation was men­ tioned in the message, and the tariff bill has been the all-absorbing feature of the session. Three days after the session opened the tariff bill was reported to the House by the Ways and Means Commit- tee, and thirteen days later, March 31, it passed the House. \ It went to the Senate, and was deferred to the Committee on Finance. The1 Re­ publican members spent a month and three days in preparing amendments sub­ mitted to tljie Senate May 7, and exactly two months later, July 7, it passed the Senate with 872 amendments. The bill then went to conference, where, after a ten days' struggle, on July 17, a complete agreement was reached by which the Senate receded from 118 amendments" and the House from 511. The others, 243 in number, were com­ promised"."'The conference report was adopted by the House July 19 at the con­ clusion of twelve hours' continuous de­ bate. The report was taken up in the Senate July 20 and adopted July 24. The tariff bill was signed by the President the satfie day. Congress did not devote its attention en­ tirely "to the tariff, though it did subordi­ nate everything else to this one measure. The four appropriation bills which failed epp, March 4 last in themselves would have compelled -President McKinley to call Congress in extra session even if the necessity for a revision of the tariff had not existed. Those appropriation bills Were the sundry civil, the agricultural, the Indian, and the general deficiency. These bills were introduced and passed by the House in the identical form in which they existed at the time of their failure of enactment into law at the preceding Congress, but they were amended in some important particulars by the Senate, and when they finally became laws contained more or less new legislation of interest and importance. Some New Appropriations. The general deficiency carried a pro­ vision accepting the invitation to take part in the Paris exposition in 1900, and appropriated $25,000 to defray prelimin­ ary expenses, and appropriated $150,000 for a new immigrant station at New York to replace the one destroyed by fire. By far the most important piece of new legislation in the bill, however, was that limiting the cost of armdr plate for the three new battleships to $300 per ton. In case the Secretary of the Navy should find it impossible to make contracts for armor within the price fixed, he was au­ thorized by this provision to take steps to establish a Government armor plate fac­ tory of sufficient capacity to make the armor. In the Indian bill, after a severe strug­ gle in both Houses, the question of sec­ tarian schools was settled by the fol­ lowing declaration of the policy of the Government: That the Secretary of the Interior may make contracts with contract schools ap­ portioning as near as may be the amount so contracted for among schools of va­ rious denominations for the education of Indian pupils during the fiscal yearA189S but shall only make such contracts at places where non-sectarian schools cannot be provided for such Indian children, and to an amount not exceeding 40 per cent, of the amount so used for the fiscal year 1895." The question of opening to entry the rich gilsonite deposits in the Uncompahgre reservation in Utah was a^so compro mised by opening such agricultural lands as have not been allotted to the Uncom palrgre Indians on April 1, 1898, to entry but reserving to the United States title in all lands containing gilsonite, asphalt, or other like substances, In the sundry civil bill the most import­ ant new provision was that suspending the order of President Cleveland setting aside about 21,000,000 acres as forest res ervations. The law also includes a gen eral scheme of legislation for the Govern ment and protection of the forest reser­ vations of the country, The Republican leaders of the House decided at the opening of the session to pursue a policy of inaction in order to throw the responsibility for delaying the tariff Oill upon the Senate, and therefore the committees were not announced un til the dose of the session, and only urg ent matters were considered. Fifty thousand dollars was appropria ted for the relief of American citizens in Cuba .at the solicitation of the President. $200,000 was appropriated* for the relief of the Mississippi flood sufferers; a reso lution was passed authorizing the Secre­ tory of the Navy to transport supplies contributed for the relief of the poor and famished in India; and $50,000 was ap propriated for the entertainment and ex penses of the delegates to the universal postal convention, which met in Wash in^ton. The only extensive pieces of general legislation enacted by this Congress, ex cept the tariff bill, were the laws' to pre­ vent collisions at sea and to place in force regulations to prevent collisions upon cer­ tain harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United, States, and the bill authoriz ing the President to suspend discrimina­ ting duties on foreign vessels and com merce. The Senate, not being Confined as to the t Bcope of its legislation, dealt with a num ber of important subjects both in and out of executive session. One of these, which attracted world-wide attention, was the general arbitration treaty negotiated by President Cleveland with Great Britain After exhaustive consideration, despite, the great pressure brought to Bear upon the Senate by religious and commercial bodies throughout the country, the Senate rejected the treaty. The Hawaiian treaty of annexation ne­ gotiated by President McKinley was still unacted upon when Congress adjourned In open session arfter much debate the Senate passed the Cuban belligerency res­ olution, a bankruptcy bill, including both voluntary and involuntary features, and the "free homes" bill. But none of these important questions received considera­ tion in the House. NAMED BY REEIX u_-- ( List of Committees aa Announced by . the Speaker of the House. Speaker Reed Saturday night announc­ ed the nouse committees. The commit­ tees on ways and meanB, accounts and mileage were announced at the beginning of the session. The chairmen of the va­ rious committees and the positions occu­ pied by the Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin men are as follows: Foreign Affairs--Robert It. Hltt of Illi­ nois, Robert G. Cousins of Iowa, William Alden Smith of Michigan, Charles L. Hendy of Indiana, Republicans. Appropriations--Joseph G. Cannon of IlII- noJ8> James A. Hemenway of Indiana, Sam­ uel S. Barney of Wisconsin, William H. Moody of Massachusetts, Samuel J. Pugh of Kentucky,- Stephen W. Northway of Ohio, Republicans; Alexander M. Dockery of Mis­ souri, Democrat. Judiciary--David B. Henderson of Iowa, Thomas Updegraff of Iowa, James A. Con­ nolly-of Illinois, John J. Jenkins of Wiscon­ sin, Jesse R. Overstreet of Indiana, Republi­ cans. Banking and Currency--Joseph H. Walfcfer of Massachusetts, Henry U. Johnson of In­ diana, George Spalding of Michigan, George W. Prince of Illinois, Republicans. Coinage, Weights and Measures--Charles W. Stone of Pennsylvania, Edward C. Miner of Wisconsin, Thomas Updegraff of Iowa, James H. Southard of Ohio, Daniel W. Mills of Illinois, Republicans; Samuel Maxwell of Nebraska, Fusion. Interstate and Foreign Commerce--Will­ iam P. Hepburn of Iowa, John B. Corliss of Michigan, James R. Mann of Illinois, Repubr llcans; William H. Hinrlchsen of Illinois. Democrat. ; Rivers and Harbors--Warren B. Hooker of New York, Henry A. Cooper of Wisconsin. Walter Reeves of Illinois. Roswell P. Bishop of Michigan, Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, Republicans; Agriculture--James W. Wadsworth of Nfew York, Vespasian Warner of Illinois, Edward Sauerhering of Wisconsin, Horace G. Snover of Michigan, William Lotlrner of Illinois, Republicans. Military Affairs--John A. Thull of Iowa, Benjamin F. Marsh of Illinois, Michael Grif­ fin of Wisconsin. Hugh R. Belknap of Illi­ nois, Republicans; Thomas M. Jett of Illi­ nois, Democrat. ' Naval Affairs--Charles A. Boutelle of Maine, George E. Foss of Illinois, Republi­ cans. Postoffices and Postroads--Eugene F. Loud of California, George W. Smith of Illi­ nois, William Lorimer of Illinois, Republi­ cans. Public Lands--John F. Lacy of Iowa, Sam­ uel S. Barney of Wisconsin, C. D. Shelden of Michigan, Daniel W. Mills of Illinois, Republicans. Indian Affairs--James S. Sherman of New York, James F. Lacy of Iowa. Horace G. Snover of Michigan, Charles B. Landis of Indiana, Republicans; William T. Zenor of Indiana, Democrat. Territories--William S. Knox of Massa­ chusetts, M. Griffin of Wisconsin, J. A. Hem­ enway of Indiana, William S. Meslck of Michigan, Republicans; J. Hunter of Illi­ nois, Democrat. Public Buildings and Grounds--David H. Mercer of Nebraska, George E. White of Illinois, Republicans. Pacific Railroads--H. Henry Powers of Vermont, William P. Hepburn of Iowa, Geo. W. Paris of Indiana, Republicans. Invalid Pensions--George W. Ray of New York, Vespasian Warner of Illinois. Sam W. Smith of Michigan, Republicans; Robert W. Mlers of Indiana, Democrat. Immigration and Naturalization--Lorenzo ,)anford of Ohio, Joseph V. Graff of Illinois, iepublicans. Labor--John J. Gardner of New Jersey, William Lorimer of Illinois,. Republicans; Ferdinand Brucker of Michigan, Democrat. Militia--Benjamin F. Marsh of Illinois^ George Spalding of Michigan, Republicans. The following are the chairmen of the less important committees: Elections No. 1--Robert W. Taylor, Ohio. Elections No. 2--Henry U. Johnson, Indi­ ana. Elections No. 3^James A. Walker, Vir­ ginia. Levees and Improvements of the Missis­ sippi River--Richard Bartholdt, Missouri. Education--Galusha Grow, Pennsylvania. Merchant Marine and Fisheries--Sereno E. Payne, New York. Railways and Canals--Charles A. Chicker- Ing, New York. Manufactures--George W. Faris. Indiana. Mines and Mining--Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio. Patents--Josiah D. Hicks, Pennsylvania. Pensions--Henry C. Loudenslager, New Jersey. Claims--C. N. Brumm, Pennsylvania. War Claims--Thaddeus M. Mahon, Penn­ sylvania. Private Land Claims--George W. Smith,. Illinois. District of Columbia--J. W. Babcock, Wis­ consin. Revision of the Laws--Vespasian Warner. Illinois. Reform In the Civil Service--Marriott Bro- sins, Pennsylvania. Election of President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress--John B. Cor­ liss, Michigan. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic--H. C. Brewster, New York. Ventilation and Acoustics--Joel P. Heat- wole, Minnesota. Irrigation of Arid Lands--William R. El- liss, Oregon. Expenditures in the State Department- Lemuel E. Quigg, New York. Expenditures In the Treasury Department --Robert G. Cousins, Iowa. Expenditures In the War Department-- W. W. Grout, Vermont. Expenditures in the Navy Department-J. F. Stewart, New Jersey. Expenditures in the rostoffice Depart­ ment--Irving P. Wagner, Pennsylvania. Expenditures in the Interior Department- Charles Curtis, Kansas. Expenditures in the Department of Jus­ tice--Cyrus A. Sulloway, New York. Expenditures in the Department of Agri­ culture--C. W. Gillett. New York. Expenditures on Public Buildings--D. G. Colson, Kentucky. Accounts--B. B. Odell, Jr., New York. Printing--G. D. Perkins, Iowa. Library--Alfred C. Harmon, Pennsylvania. BfflMMSfflBw Cycling is the sport of sports, and it is continually broadening its sphere of use­ fulness. , There really never was much of a move­ ment on foot for building roads until the movement was mounted on a bicycle. There threatens to be a clash between the organization calling itself the Nation­ al 'Cycle Track Association and the L. A. W. Michael is the greatest of living pace followers and is conceded by those who know to have every paced record at his mercy. Judge Olmstead of Potter County, Pa., drew the attention of the grand jury to their duty regarding the keeping of the roads in good repair. A farmer by the name of Inman, who hailed front Kansas, competed at the Kansas City meet on the national circuit and won a handicap handsomely. Irving A. Powell, the amateur crack of New York City, who rode in the circuit races at Rochester recently, will come in­ to an inheritance of $400,000 on his birth­ day. Eddie Bald states positively that he will go to Europe at the close of the national circuit for two morrths, there to rest until the opening of an indoor circuit, which he says is sure to come. Railroad managers continue to recog­ nize the needs of wheelmen. Many roads now have baggage cars equipped to carry bicycles by means of safety bars and hooks, on which wheels are suspended at the top of the car out of the way of other baggage. The brook in bicycle prices is the nat­ ural result of open competition, reduction ^n cost of materials, enormous demand: and consequent profit in the business. Ev­ erybody wants a wheel, and it looks as if comparatively fewr w;ould be debarred on account of price.', Says the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in the case of Strohl vs. Swan: "A party who acts so uncivilly as to endeavor to keep the road and prevent others with lighter and more active, vehicles from passing, or strives to run them off or re­ past them l»y unusual and reckless driv­ ing, richly deserves to lie made to pay alb damage incident to such temerity." v. ; . /