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m ' Si# •' - S* • :..v v-v;. • > •"•••• '" •' ^ V ' •'• " - :• THE PLAINDRALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY, - - - ILLINOIS WRECK AND HUNGER. TERRIBLE CONDITIONS CON­ FRONT GOLD-SEEKERS. Steamer Eliza Anderson Reported to Have Foundered -- Trading: Com­ panies Unable to Furnish More Food to Prospectors. Wrecked and Ruined. The steamer Cleveland with thirty min­ ors from the Yukon and treasure various­ ly estimated from £200,000 to $400,000, arrived at Seattle Friday night. Gloom­ ier even than the advices of the steamers Portland and National City are the reports that the old Atlantic liner brings down from the .north. Dawson and its tribu­ tary districts are hungry and. demand food. There is a sullen, note in the de­ mand and the/warning is to the transpor­ tation companies that continue to send rum to miners who want bread. The doors of the trading,.companies' stores at Dawson were closed and barred on July 26, for they had sold all their provisions. Unsheltered Dawson has-a mild epidemic Of typhoid fever^and «. few have died for sheer want of necessaries that their money could hot buy. There has not been licensed physicians enough to care for the "sick. The lack of food will drive hun­ dreds from the country, and it is expect­ ed that St: Michael's alone will shelter folly 300 during the long winter. Near­ ly every miner on the Cleveland believes has turned his back on starvation and reiterates the oft-told warning. The steamer Eliza Anderson of Seattle is probably a wreck near Ivodiak and Pu- get Sound awaits in gloomy doubt for the confirmation of the disaster. The block­ ade of Skaguay has come to St. Michael's. There are nearly 500 men there unable to get up the river. The embryo argonauts hold meetings, but their protests and de­ mands fall upon deaf ears. Ninety dol­ lars' premium was paid for passage on the Hamilton. The summer output of gold has veen very light and there may be a falling off in the winter production. blows fell thick and fast. One of the big women wrested the rifle from a depu­ ty's hands and struck him on the head with it, indictiAg serious injury. By this time 1,000 men, women and children had joined the crowd. The deputies slowly retreated, taking all of the above insults and injuries, but never firing a shot. The New York World's special inquiries throughout Ireland fully corroborate the alarming predictions cabled of the failure of the harvest and a consequent impend­ ing famine. In Mullingar. one of the most prosperous parts of the Midlands, the crops are now irretrievably destroyed. It will be impossible for the farmers to make anything of their cereals this year, as they are quickly rotting. Prayers itr fine weather are recited. In County Wex­ ford, noted as one of the richest in the country, the green crop may be described os a gigantic failure. The greater part of the potato crop is only fit for feeding cattle. These evidences of the widespread character of the ruin wrought by the in­ clement season are merely samples from numerous reports •„ received. The Irish Government has adopted no measure yet to cope with the threatened famine. WESTERN. Athletes of the Kiamon l, Following is the standing of the clubs Of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore . .b0 i53 Chicago 53 G4 Boston S3 o5 Brooylyn ... ..53 05 New York.. .75 41 Pittsburg ... .50 '34 Cincinnati . .(V> 49 Philadelphia. 51 07 Cleveland . .59 CO Louisville .. .49 70 Washington. 54 01 St. Louis ... .27 90 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis .88 34 Detroit 67 61 Columbus . ..S2 43 Minneapolis .42 90 St. Paul .... .80 49 Kansas City. .40 93 Milwaukee ..78 51 Gr'nd Rapids 36 88 Strikers Shot Down. The strike situation reached a terrible crisis on the outskirts of Latimer, Pa., Friday afternoon, when a band of deputy, sheriffs fired into a crowd of miners. The men fell like so many sheep, and the ex­ citement has been intense. Reports say more than twenty were killed outright and more than double that many woiind- BREVITIES, Snow fell for several hours Wednesday at Butte, Mont. Miss Pound is Western tennis cham­ pion. She defeated Miss Craven. President M. E. Gaites of Amherst Col­ lege is said to contemplate retiring. Fire in the Peninsular Lead and Color Works, Detroit, did $65,000 damage. Ohio gold Democrats have put up a full State ticket, headed by Julius Dexter for Governor. "Buck" Murray, the first of the Eldon (Iowa) bank robbers to be tried, was found guilty. Passengers on the Teutonic, which ar­ rived in New York Wednesday, naid $12,- 000 in duties on articles brought in their trunks. The Ministry of Fine Arts at Rome has officially denied the story that Mas- cagni, the composer, attempted to commit suicide. "7v4* ' • Maj or Edward F.' Winkler of Belleville, III., has been arrested for issuing a license contrary to law for pool selling at the St. Clair County fair. An Anglo-German syndicate, including the Rothschilds, has offered the Brazilian Government £5,000,000 for the Central Bailroad of Brazil. . Brazilian Government forces suffered severe losses in conflict with the fanatics at Canudos. The insurgents used dyna­ mite with terrible effect. Miss Anna Davlin of Dixon, III., who had .teen an invalid for nine years, says she has been miraculously cured at Holy Hill shrine in Wisconsin. An attempt was made to wreck the Chicago "palace express" on the Alton Road by saturating a bridge just outside Alton and setting it on fire. It is alleged that a mistake was made in the survey of the boundary line be­ tween Tennessee and Georgia and that Chattanooga is in the latter State. Jose Ventre, the French anarchist, who recently arrived in Mexico from Spain, will be expelled from the country as a per­ nicious foreigner under the Federal Con­ stitution. The national conference of miners at Columbus, Ohio, accepted the 05-cent rate for the Pittsburg district, and the men will return to work in ten days. Presi­ dent Ratchford says it is as complete a national agreement of the wage question as the miners have ever had. Nuttal, champion swimmer of England, gained additional honors in the 500 yards world's championship by defeating Cavill, the Australian champion in 6:03^. Police interfered with the Tommy Byan-Kid McCoy fight at Syracuse in the €(th round. Referee Siler called the con­ tent a draw. Ryan had McCoy "going" at one stage of t>he contest. It is now declared in Berlin that no •written alliance nor even a verbal treaty •was made between France and Russia, the phrase "allied nations" being used by the Czar at M. Hnnotaux's request to save the French Ministry. An explosion of liitro-glycerin .it Cyg­ net, Ohio, killed six persons.. . After the close of the session of the letter, carriers' convention, in San Fran­ cisco, a caucus of second-class city dele­ gates was held and resolutions asking for; reforms in the service were adopted. The ladies who accompanied the delegates from the. East visited the mint and the A c a d e m y o f - S c i e n c e s . " • • • . . i About 1,000 Apache Indians are off the reservation and are scattered tli rough the Pinal and Superstition Mountains, in Ari­ zona. killing deer and gathering wild fruits.. None of them is provided With passes and all are armed. They have committed only minor depredations around the ranches of the region, but the settlers are alarmed and are on guard. The annual convention of the National Railway Master Blacksmiths' Associa­ tion opened at the Leland Hotel in Chi­ cago, Tuesday morning with an attend­ ance of over 100 members. The associa­ tion is organized for the "purpose of dis­ cussing and disseminating information re­ specting the best methods of applying iron and steel to railway and car con­ struction. A member of the Nebraska Board of Agriculture, who has returned from au extended trip through the State, makes I this report as to the result <?f liis trip, and figures have "ben prepared which sliow that there are 100,000,000 bushels of old corn yet in the hands of the farmers of the State; 50,000,000 bushels of old corn in cribs in the State; 250,000,000 bushels of new corn safe from bad weather or frost and assured to the producer, what­ ever may happen to the late corn; from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000 bushels of late corn, which has been injured to some ex­ tent by the late hot weather, much of which, however, will be saved if rain comes to the State within a few days; and 75,000,000 bushels of wheat, rye, oats, barley and flax. This makes a total of 500,000,000 bushels of grain raised by the farmers of Nebraska this year, allow­ ing for 25,000,000 bushels of late corn to be saved out of the total acreage. It estimated further that of this crop there will be consumed in Nebraska 150,- 000,000 bushels, leaving 350,000,000 bush- els-to be shipped out of the State during "ihe next twelve months. The profit to the railroads for moving this grain will be $10,000,000. Thos. W. Iveene, the eminent tragedian, is nowr in the second week of his engage­ ment at McVieker's Chicago Theater. Mr. Iveene's engagement so far has proved very successful. The audiences have increased nightly, and Mr. Keene is to be congratulated upon the strength of his company and the manner in which he has staged and costumed all of his plays. It has been said by some that the legitimate drama is on the wane. This is not so. It is on the eve of a great re­ vival, and to-day there are more ".heater- goers in the United States than there ever have been. This ffl<?t, .mange to say, comes from the vaudeville and chc-ap theater craze. When the continuous per­ formances were inaugurated tliey were of the straight variety order, given by members of that branch of the profession. Gradually little sketches were introduced; then again, some actors and actresses were enlisted from the legitimate ranks and introduced a little longer plays. Now you go into one of these theaters and you will see the same audiences that were ac­ customed to' patronize the variety show listening attentively to plays and selec­ tions given by good artists. The people's tastes are becoming elevated and their intellect wants something better than the skirt dance or an acrobatic turn. Thea­ ter-goers will thank Tom Keene for his tenacity in upholding and sticking to the legitimate drama, which will never die as long as it has such a talented exponent as the above named artist. WASHINGTON. EASTERN. Harry Calbough, who was a clerk in the Second National Bank of Altoona, Pa., •when it was looted by Cashier Gardner three years ago and who was arrested at the tiuie for having changed figures in his books at the cashier's dictation, commit­ ted suicide by shooting himself. The efforts to evict the striking miners of the Pittsburg and Chicago Coal Com; pany at Orangeville, Pa., resulted in a riot of no mean proportions and the utter failure on the part of the company to ac complish its object. Headed by the worn cn, the strikers rushed upon the depuites with stones, clubs and pickhandles, and reported that tile legislation In many de­ cisions of the courts during the year 1897 was not based on the principles of equity and justice and was calculated seriously to injure the cause of labor and give cap­ italism an unfair and improper advant­ age. A dispatch from London says: "A panic is spreading throughout Ireland over the terrible prospect of the apparently com­ plete failure of the harvest. Reports from 110 parish priests from counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, An­ trim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Ty­ rone, all tell the same piteous story of ruined crops, impending destitution and famine." The Hawaiian annexationists are very much worried over the difficulty of .111 al­ leged attempt on the part of the anti-au- nexationists to influence Senators Morgan and Quajr who aire there on a tour of in­ vestigation. They say that Senators White of California and Thurston of Ne­ braska, who will lead the light against annexation in Congress this winter, will also visit Hawaii and attend the mass meeting of natives, which, it is alleged by the annexationists, has been called for the purpose of convincing Morgan and Quay that the natives bitterly oppose an­ nexation. It is stated that Senators White and Thurston will superintend the drafting of a, monster petition to Con­ gress, in which the Hawaiians will assert that the government was torn from them through the action of American Minister Stevens.1 It is also alleged that the mass meeting \vill be conducted entirely by Hawaiians, and will be tnade as dramatic as possible. The idea is to work upon' the sympathies of Senator Morgan and to persuade him, if possible, that, the na­ tives have been deprived of lands and power by a handful of rich and powerful Whites, backed by a treacherous Ameri­ can minister! It is believed that ex-Queen Liliuokalnni may arrive on the same steamer as the Senators, and that she will address the people at the mass meeting. ARM TO FIGHT FEVER. RIGID QUARANTINE IN ERN TOWNS. SOUTH- Law Will Be Bnforoed with Guns if Necessary--Guards Watch All Pass- ing Trains--Danger that the Pesti­ lence May Spread. Consul General Maratta reports to the State Department that for the six months ended June 30, 1897, there were received at the Melbourne, Australia, mint, oK),- 214 ounces of gold. This came from Aus­ tralia and the surrounding islands. The Agricultural Department is finding difficulty in supplying the demand from the live stock centers for inspectors re­ quired to examine the dressed meats for foreign shipment. There has recently been a very pronounced improvement in the European market for American meat, which the law requires should be in spc-cted befon? it is shipped, and as'n con­ sequence inspectors are called for from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and ether Western points. The shorta.. in inspectors is due to the fact that t'Le civil service list includes no eligibles for the work. The deficiency has been tem­ porarily supplied by permitting the re­ employment of persons who have hereto­ fore been engaged as inspectors. A recent act of Congress is responsible for breaking up two wedding ceremonies in Washington the other evening. Ac­ cording to this act no alien may marry in the District of Columbia without a cer­ tificate from the diplomatic representative of the alien's country stating that the con­ templated wedding would be legal in that country. Achilles de Lisle' of Belgium, the assistant librarian at the Catholic University, and Miss Mary Allen of \Y ashington were one of the couples, and John Kelly and Miss Ahem, an exquisite product of Erin, the other, to run foul of the law. The wedding guests were as­ sembled at the church when the law wsts brought to the clergyman's notice. The difficulty was overcome, however, t>y everybody taking the boat for Alexandria, Va., where the knots were tied beyond the pale of the district law. FOREIGN7~ IN GENERAL. At Toronto, Ont., Ware defeated Lefoy G--2 and (1--4 in the teunis tournament. The American Society of Professors of Dancing has declared that waltzing is romping and not to be permitted longer in well-conducted ballrooms. Jacob Wilson, a fruit ranch employe of Tulare County, California, has obtained a court decision which gives him a portion of the $17,000,000 estate left by his fath­ er a New York broker. The authorities of Alaska have awaken­ ed to the serious nature of the situation at the White Pass. They see in the con­ tinuance of the camp at Skaguay, -is now constituted, possibilities for crime and various other evils of great magnitude. Steps have been taken to break up the camp by dispersing the lawless clement that has gathered there from every State ill the Union. Col. F. S. Cliadbourne, State Harbor Commissioner of Califor­ nia, who was a passenger on the steam­ ship Queen, brought down advices to the above effect. Col. Chadbourne says Col­ lector Ives and a force of deputy United States marshals had determined to raid the town of Skaguay and clean out the whisky smugglers and saloon men and rid the camp of the disorderly element. Heretofore the authorities have been ut­ terly unable to cope with the disorderly people in the camp. It was the refuge of the worst class of criminals, confidence men and thugs on the coast. These, with the whisky men, had combined to block the trail, so as to keep the teaderfeet there all winter and fleece them as long as there was a dollar left in the camp. Serious as is the situation at Skaguay and White Pass, as portrayed by letters and by the men returned from the camp, disconsolate and appalling as is the con­ dition of the trail over thei^nountain bar­ rier between the 0,000 gold hunters and the paradise on the other side, the ac­ counts published from time to time seem to have but faintly portrayed the actual state of affairs. The news by the steamer National City from St. Michael's corroborates all that has been said of the prospects of short ra­ tions in the Alaska gold diggings of the upper river during the winter. The steam­ er, which connected with the river steam­ er J. J. Healy at the mouth of the river, brought three passengers iuto Eureka, Cal. One of these is J. A. Ralston, of 214 Mc- Callister street, San Francisco. He says there is gold and lots of it in the Klondike, but it is mostly still in the ground. It is believed that the claims now located could turn out fifty tons this winter if the scar­ city of food did not prevent full opera­ tions. He gives a rough guess that the Klondike is good for $250,000,000 before petering out. Six thousand men in the mines about Dawson City is the estimate of Ralston. The supply of the necessaries of life to feed these men, he says, is total­ ly insufficient. In fact, he estimates that the stores will be exhausted before the winter is half over, when the famine will be on in earnest, and especially as the number of men in the country will be greatly augmented by the later arrivals over the passes. There is whisky, beer and all kinds of liquor in profusion, he says. It is not that the men in the coun­ try have not money to buy supplies, but that the stocks of the stores are inade­ quate. Ralston says that one of the best claims on El Dorado is the property of James Hallack, of Missouri. It will turn out at least $1,000,000. Claim No. 12 on El Dorado is also very rich. It is no un­ common thing to take out two ounces to the pan from any part of the claim. Peril in the Plairue, The breaking out of yellow fever at Ocean Springs, Miss., New Orleans and other places has caused a very widespread alarm in the South. Practically every city and town In Alabama has estab­ lished the most rigid quarantine against Ocean Springs, New Orleans and other yellow fever inflected points, and most places a shotgun quarantine is the order of the day. " This is virtually true of Mobile, where the officials publicly proclaimed that the regulations would be enforced at the point of guns. Trains from the South and Southwest on all railroads passing through any part of the State are boarded by determined officers heavily armed, and no one from anywhere near the infected districts is permitted to leave the cars. At a number of small towns guards line the depot platforms as well as the trains. Many Alabamians summering at Gulf coast resorts are shut out entirely from the rest of the world, as trains between Mobile and New Orleans now run past all stations without stopping. It is feared that the delay of the health authorities in proclaiming the disease yellow fever will result disastrously, and it wOuld he no surprise should it break out at various Southern points at any moment. May Spread the Placne. For three weeks past people from ail over this and neighboring States have been leaving Ocean Springs in fright be­ cause, as they said, a peculiar epidemic was prevailing at that place. Those who thus got away before the yellow fever commenced are now scattered far and wifle, and herein lies the greatest danger. The Florida State Board of Health has "I found the fanners in Especially good spirits wherever ..I" went," he said. "There is no doubt that confidence is restored, and that the country is justified in its an­ ticipation of better times. The people are all busy in the West. Indeed, I do not believe there Is an Idle man west of the Mississippi who wants work." Mr. Wilson predicted n still further ad­ vance in the price of wheat, due to the fact that there is not only a short crop abroad, but also because of the tact that, according to his observation, the .crop will not be so extensive in this country as has generally been anticipated. "With the improvement^of the times," he said, "the average Anieriean is going to have all the flour his family can con­ sume, even though he may have to pay a little more for it. I believe that even without the shortage in the foreign crops the conditions in this country would have forced wheat to $1 a bushel. But," he added, "the improved condition of1 the farmer is due uot alone to the enhanced price in wheat. There has been a corre­ sponding improvement in all farm prod­ ucts." . LUETGERT'S LETTERS. Missives Wliicli Tend to Kstablish a Murder Motive. When Luetgert, the alleged Chicago wife murderer, entered Judge TuthlJl's courtroom Tuesday he smiled and nodded at the jury, but he failed to extend the sweep of his salutation to the crowd.' . The first business taken up was" the reading of translations of letters written by the defendant to Mrs, Christine Feld^ The reading of the fond missives sent by Luetgert - to the widow occupied much time, several being very lengthy. While Assistant Slate's Attorney Mc- Ewen read the epistles tho jury listened carefully. The reader was careful to place due emphasis on each endearing word or phrase and to fully emphasize all reference to the fact that the big sau­ sage manufacturer was anxious for the time to come when he would be free to wed-the object of his affections. When those portions of the letters containing reference to Luetgert's trouble in engag­ ing an attorney were read aloud it evi­ dently embarassed the prisoner. PfOOiL COAST ALONG WHICH YELLOW FEVER IS REPORTED. It is announced on good authority that the Spanish Ministry will go out within two weeks and will be succeeded by a Liberal Cabinet headed by Senor Sagasta. The admirals in command of ihe fleets, of the powers in Cretan waters lnive de­ cided to raise the blockade of the island, the cause necessitating the blockade hav­ ing disappeared and the insurgents hav­ ing accepted the autonomous form of gov­ ernment. The trades union congress met in Bir­ mingham, England. There were 390 delegates present, representing 1,250,000 unionists. The Parliamentary committee • ' -A ' . ' : / . r J - MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4..">0; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, Otic to -97c; corn, No, 2, 30c to 32c; oats, No'. 2, l'Jc to 20c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 52c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; new potatoes, 50c to 00c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, V9c to $1.01; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 51c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 9Gc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 51c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 50c to 51c. Toledo--Wheat, No. -2 red, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 51c; clover seed, $4.00 to $4.05. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 95c to 9Gc; corn, No. 3, 30c to 31c; oats, No, 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1, 5lc to 52c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 47c; pork, mess, $8.50 to $9.00. \ Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75 \vheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; corn. No 2. yellow, 30c to 37c; oats* No. 2 white 24c to 20c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs $3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50 wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.00; corn No. 2, 30c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c 25c; butter, creamery, 12c to 19?; eggs Western/15c to 17c.<= »..• *' ••• issued a proclamation excluding from the State all persons and baggage from the yellow fever infected points in Louisiana and Mississippi, unless accompanied by a certificate that the person has not been exposed to the disease within fifteen days from the time of departure. The salt water resorts between Mobile and New Orleans--Pascagoula, Scranton, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Bay St. Louis» Pass Christian, Waveland, the Southern Methodist Association camp grounds and all way stations on the Mississippi sound coast--contain at this season tens of thou­ sands of visitors from all sections of the South. Mobile now has representatives by hundreds at Scranton, Biloxi, Ocean Springs and the~camp grounds. These people, since the fever panic began, have been wildly anxious to get to their homes. Federal Authorities Act. The general Government will render all assistance in its power to check the spread of yellow fever. This will be done mainly through the agency of the Marine Hos­ pital Service. Dr. Walter Wyman, the head of the bureau, has returned to Wash­ ington and assumed active charge in di­ recting the work in assisting the State officials of Mississippi in their efforts to confine the disease to the locality where it appears to have started. Dr. Wyman says that as yet he has no opinion to ex­ press whether the disease is really yeilow fever, although he admits it looks very suspicious. The precautionary measures he has taken are based entirely on the declaration of the State Board of Health of Louisiana in the Gelpi case, which was that the disease from which the per­ son had died was yellow fever. Dr. Wy­ man says the situation at Ocean Springs is entirely in the hands of the State Board of Health, while the Marine Hospital Bu­ reau is doing everything possible to assist. Dr. Wyman has wired the physician in charge at Ocean Springs a copy of the treasury regulatioiis relating to the pre­ vention of the spread of epidemic diseases from one State to another. These regula­ tions prescribe the manner of surveil­ lance to be established over railroad trains coming from the infected district and give rules for the isolation of infected passen­ gers and the disinfection of their baggage. The Marine Hospital Service has ample camp material op hand. The splendid out­ fit which has been at Gainesville, Ga., has been sent to the vicinity of Ocean Springs, and if a camp of detention is fourid necessary the outfit will be used as occasion may require. The bureau also keeps portable apparatus at Savaniiah, Ga., intended for use in epidemics. It consists of machines for disinfecting and fumigating purposes. They have also been sent to the vicinity of Ocean Springs. EUROPE NEEDS WHEAT. Agent Atwell Sends a Report to the Btafce Uepartment W. P. Atwell, commercial agent of the United States at Robaix, France, sends to the State Department a report on the short wheat crop in France. He says the crop in France and in fact in all Europe has fallen much below the average, and that it is estimated that the United States and Canada will be called upon to exoort from 20,000,000 to 130,000,000 bushels more than they exported to Europe last year. France will require about 00,000,- 000 bushels to meet the deficiency in that country. Consul Hcenan at Odessa has made an extensive report to the State Department concerning the failure of the crops in Rus­ sia. In many districts it has been the wettest season ever known, and grain has been destroyed by both rain and hail. Much of the grain was not worth the ex­ pense of binding. The wheat received at Odessa is of a very inferior quality. The report predicts that little wheat will be exported from Russia during the season of 1S97-S, as there is little available for that purpose, the old stocks being prac­ tically exhausted and the new crop little more than sufficient for the home de­ mand. The failure of the wheat crop in Aus­ tria-Hungary, Rouffiania and Bulgaria, Consul Heenan continues, has brought buyers from those countries into Russia, and wheat which would ordinarily leave Odessa by steamers is destined to go by rail from the interior into the countries named. Secretary Wilson was at his desk in the Agricultural Department in Washington Tuesday for the first time for a month, having just returned from his tour of the trans-Mississippi States. He went as far west as Montana and Utah, giving espe­ cial attention to the agricultural interests of the States visited, with particular ref­ erence to irrigation, horse-raising and su­ gar-beet growing. Luetgert's leading attorney, ex-.ludge Vincent, smiled and the prisoner visibly winced when the sentence was heard in which Attorney Vincent was termed "greedy." TifeHetter went on to state that Luetgert intended to release Attor­ ney Vincent, as he did not consider hiai able to handle so important a case. In another letter Luetgert wrote to the ef­ fect that on the first day of the trial there was to be a great surprise for the police and the State. An attorney of world-wide fame was to be engaged, and when "the dogs of police" saw who it was they would quail with fear. This as yet unknown lawyer, Luetgert con­ tinued, wras to supeisede Attorney Vin­ cent and then the case would be properly conducted. Attorney Vincent shook with . silent laughter several times during the above and similar references. He seemed to re­ gard the matter as a huge joke. Luetgert, whose chances for life were so considerably reduced by the introduc­ tion of the letters as evidence, rocked to and fro in his chair, and occasionally forced a sickly smile, during the endearing passages in the letters. He evidently did not enjoy the public exposition of his amatory correspondence. After the letters were all read the re­ cipient, Mrs. Christine Feldt, a middle- aged widoAV, was called to the witness chair for the purpose of finishing her tes­ timony for the State. When Mrs. Feldt was called to the stand her former lover, to whose case tablisli the fact of Luetgert's motive in the alleged murd«r of hi> wife. ° The last witness called by the State on Tuesday was Nicholas Faber. Faber was employed as a fireman In the sausage fac­ tory and said that he had. seen Mrs. Luetgert enter the factory about 11 o'clock on the night of the murder. PROSPECTS OF GROWING CROPS. fe • ; ' Corn and Cottan Unfavorably Affected by the Weather Condition*. The weather bureau, in its report of crop conditions for the we<*k sn<,*s7 "In the central valleys and Southern States the w'eek has not been favorable, owing to general absence of rain and prev­ alence of high temperatures. Hot, drying winds have proved injurious in the States of the Lower Missouri and Central Mis­ sissippi valleys and rains, unusually heavy for fhe Beason, In Oregon and Washington interfered with harvesting and thrashing in those States, but caused' no serious injury to grain. "Corn has been very unfavorably af­ fected by the weather conditions of the past week in the principal corn producing States. High temperature and absence of much needed rain have checked grow'th of the late crop and caused premature ri­ pening, while the prevalence of hot winds have caused injury, particularly in the States of the Lower Missouri Valley. In Iowa and Missouri much Corn is past help and will be cut for fodder. The eondir tions, however, have been more favorable to corn in the lake region, Upper Ohio Valley and New England, and in the Mid- States the crop -is generally doing well. ' . "The general condition of cotton is loss favorable than in the previous week, and over portions of the middle and' eastern sections of the cotton belt, there has been marked deterioration. Absence of rain has caused it to open rapidly and to some extent prematurely. In portions of South and Southwest Texas showers improved late cotto«n and the 'top' crop, but over the northern portion of the State and over the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt the conditions have been un­ favorable, except for picking, which has progressed rapidly. "The bulk of the tobacco crop has been cut and housed, generally in good condi­ tion, except in Kentucky and Tennessee, where the crop promises to be very short, particularly in the first named State." SIX PERSONS ARE KILLED. Terrible Explosion of Nitroglycerin at Cyirnet, Ohio. " A terrible explosion of nitroglycerin oc­ curred at Cygnet, Ohio, •whijh resulted in the death of at least six persons. The explosion occurred at Grant well, located at the rear of the National Supply Com­ pany's office building, in the village limits. This well had just been shot by Samuel Barber, the shooter for the Ohio and In­ diana Torpedo Company. The well was a gasser, and when the 120 quarts of glycerin let down into the well exploded the gas ignited, and with a terrific roar the flames shot high above the derrick. As soon as the drillers saw the flames several climbed into the derrick to cut off the gas, but they had hardly gotten there when there was a terrific explosion. The burning gas had started the remain­ ing glycerin in the empty cans rtanding in a wagon near the derrick. In another wagon near by were some cans containing another 120 quarts of the stuff, and this was started by the force of the first explo­ sion. The second was blended with the first in a mighty roar and the town and surrounding country for many miles trem­ bled from the shock. Eight buildings are a total wreck and many others damaged. The town lias a population of about 1,200. Many bystanders were wounded. COSTS TEN MILLIONS. Extensive Coal Strike Proves Expen* eive for the Miners. It is thought that the miners' strike will soon end. It is understood that the na­ tional officials of the miners' union are willing to accept the operators' offer of a compromise at 04 cents, an advance of 11 cents, although the strikers wanted 09 cents. The battle has been a costly one for the strikers, according to estimates made by their own officials. The strikers have lost in wages $10,500,000. It is es­ timated that in the bituminous coal dis­ tricts of the country, including Pennsyl- she had done so much damage, refused to glance in her direction. He twisted uneasily in his chair, and then leaned over to Attorney Vincent and a consulta­ tion was held. Meanwhile Assistant State's Attorney McEwen proceeded with the direct examination, which dealt largely with the financial relations be­ tween Luetgert and Mrs. Feldt. The latter admitted having received funds from Luetgert prior to his arrest, and said that she had withdrawn the money at his demand from a safety deposit vault for his use. The sums she had with­ drawn at different times footed up $4,000, the entire amount which she had received. She asserted her ignorance of how this money was used by the prisoner, but ad­ mitted that portions of it had been re­ tained by her on his order for the care of his children. She also testified as to the substance of the letters and asseitcd that she had refused to lend Luetgert her own money upon the requests which :ihe had received from him in the letters. She testified to having received in all eight let­ ters from the big sausage manufacturer. The prosecution regards Mrs. Feldt as one of the most important witnesses, as through her t-estimapy they expect to es- vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illi­ nois, Iowa and other States, 12,000 men were idle. The average earnings of tho men is put at $1.40 a day. It will take two years of stisidy work for the strikers to recover what they have lost. Although the strikers are by far the heaviest losers, the operators claim that they, too, have lost, or rather will lose, $1,000,000. The operators say that up to date they have lost no money, because they have been able to sell at fancy prices immense piles of slack and mine refHxe that is ordinarily worth nothing. But the advance of 11 cents proposed will re­ sult in -their filling a number of large contracts at a loss, and for this there is no remedy until new contracts are made. The operators say there is but 1,000,000 tons yet to be shipped to the lak«s under contract, but they are afraid they will not be nb>e to get it out in tiuie, because there will be a sli&rtage of cars just as soon as the miners resume work. The roundhouse of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Road at Spring­ field, Mo., was destroyed by fire and sev­ eral locomotives were damaged. Loss es­ timated at $55,000. STRIKE Marching Miners! Brutally Slain by Deputies. m k m m I i STRIKERS' CAMP NEAR DE ARMIT'S MINE. OVER A SCORE KILLED Dead and Dying Coal Delvers Fall Like Ten Pins. Outskirts of the Little Town of Lati­ mer, in tbe Great Pennsylvania Coal District, the Scenc of a Bloody Slaughter--Shooting Held to Have Been Without Provocation and Re­ vengeful . Cries Arise--Troops Are Called Out to Preserve Order. i Twenty-two strikers wqre killed, thir­ teen fatally injured and between sixty and seventy more or less injured near Ha- . zleton, Pa;, Friday, by deputy sheriffs un­ der ̂ command of Sheriff Martin, and, the dispatches - say, without sutfieient. provocation to - w arrant even a clubbing. The entire region is wildly excited over the affair, and citizens of all classes are talking of what they consider a terrible outrage.' An in­ dignation meeting was held at night,, and Governor Hastings has been asked to or­ der an investigation, and in the meantime to place the command of the deputies in other hands than those of' Sheriff Martin. The citizens also ask that the deputy sher­ iffs concerned in the affair be discharged from ali authority and disarmed. They say the local police force is quite -com­ petent to take care of the strikers if any disturbance occurs. Governor Hastings called out the Third Brigade of the State militia in order to prevent further blood­ shed. Following their general " custom, the strikers assembled Friday morning and marched to the Hazle mines. The men were, at work there, but were forced to quit. From there the march was taken up to Latimer. The men walked without any special organization, much as any body of men would ti averse a road. They were elated by their success in driving out the men at the Hazle mines and their feeling of jubilation, combined with their antipathy for the operators, had some­ what aroused them. The road the men traversed was the public highway. As they reached the outskirts of the mining village of Latimer the marchers were met by a crowd of deputies, under Sheriff Martin. They were the usual kind of deputies, men and boys out of work. The strikers were ordered to halt. Being on a public highway the strikers re­ fused. With little ceremony they kept walking, muttering imprecations on Ihe men with rifles. Firing Is Kegun. Sudenly one of the special officers raised his rifle and fired point blank at the miners. It was the signal for a fusillade. The men and boys who were wearing the steei badges of deputies fired volley after volley into the marchers. Several fell dead at the first volley. The horrified cries of the miners could not drown the steady "crack," "crack" of the rifles. The miners stood terrified for a moment, the leaden balls mowing down their com­ rades. A few shots were fired back. Then, yelling and crying, they broke and ran for the woods. The scatter of the marchers did not stop the firing. As they lied in terror the dep­ uties spread out, each one seemingly pick­ ing his man, and shot the fleeing men. The strikers staggered and fell in every direction. Bodies of the killed lay here and there on the road and in the ditches. Piteous cries in foreign tongues came from the injured, some of whom were vainly trying to crawl to shelter. Plead­ ings to the deputies to cease firing min­ gled with the cursings of the less injured. The injured in the woods crawled away to safety. When the deputies has ex­ hausted the magazines of their rifles they' ceased firing and some turned their atten­ tion to the wounded and carried many of them to places where they could be more- comfortably treated. The deputies seem­ ed to be terror-stricken at the deadly ex­ ecution of their guns. The people of Latimer rushed pell-mell to the scene, but the shrieks of the wounded drowned the cries of the sym­ pathizing and half-crazed inhabitants. As soon as the news of the shooting re iched Hazlcton there was consternation. With­ in ten minutes the streets were blocked with excited people. Trolley cars on the Latimer line were sent to the scene of the killing, and doctors and clergymen re­ sponded promptly. , . Along the bank of the trolley ro.ul men lay in every position; some dead, others dying. Three bodies, face downward, lay along the incline, and three others were but a short distance away. On the other side of the road as many more bodies lay. The schoolliouse was transformed mfo a temporary hospital, and some of the wounded were taken there. The colliery ambulance was summoned to the place as soon as possible, and upon its arrival wounded men were loaded into the wagon. All along the hillside wounded were found on tlfco roadside and in the fields. Many ' others who had been carried to a distance could not be found. One of tho strikers, in his dying state­ ment said that there were no .veapons of any kind among the marchers, for before leaving Harwood on the tramp across the mountain a meeting was held and resolu­ tions passed forbidding any person to car­ ry weapons. This fact was verified by not finding any weapons on those who were killed or wounded. The dead were searched and no weapons were found on them. Sheriff Martin in a detailed state­ ment of the affair admits that he gave the command to fire. Told in a Few Lines. Prince Bismarck is suffering from neu­ ralgia of the face. Robfrt A. Magee. a bachelor farmer who lives near St. Matthias, Minn., was robbed of $1,500. At Ihe meeting of the Board of Direc­ tors of the Orejson Rajjway and Naviga­ tion Company A. L. Mohler was elected president. , Three tramps who were stealing a ride weie fatally injured in the wreck of a St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train near St. Louis. l)r. Frederick A. Cook, of arctic fame, has tailed from Brooklyn on the steamer Hiiveliue for Rio Janeiro. There he will join the Belgian antartic expedition when it reaches that port about- Oct. 1. There is to be a marked advance in the price of pine lumber as a result of the advance in agricultural, products. Tbe " list committee of the Mississippi YaUey Lumbermen's Association met to agree on an advance. PetaliHiia, Cal., can probably boast of an institution which is the only one of its kind in existence, as far as is known. It is a grcBHboue mill and horse abattoir, the product of which is intended ouly for dfcicken feed.