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IP THE PL.UNDEALER i. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. McHENRY. ILLINOIS ALASKA LANDSLIDE. FATAL DISASTER ON THE DYEA TRAIL. Sheep Camp Is Overwhelmed by an Avalanche and Eighteen Persons Are Supposed to Have Perished--New President for the Cosmopolitan. But One Bally Recovered. News brought Port Townsend by the tog Pioneer direct from Skaguay is that there, has been a destructive and death- dealing washout or landslide on the Dyea trail, as a result of which eighteen per­ sons, including one woman, are missing and it is certain that many of them were, drowned or crushed to deaths Ono body %as recovered. The accident was caused by heavy rains, aud was directly the re­ sult of either a huge landslide or the wash­ ing down the mountain side of one of the big glaciers which overhang the trail Along the summit. It struck the trail with full force at Sheep camp, where there were fortunately but few men eamp- «d that day. • Peary to Seek the Pole. Lieut. Peary doesn't think Andrcc- has one chance in a thousand of reaching the north pole and doubts if he is alive at this time. Peary announces that he will leave on a five years' cruise next July in search of the pole and will reach it or sacrifice his life in the attempt. He has made all his arrangements for the trip and claims to have ample financial backing. He gave the following outline of his plan for next year's trip: "When I leave again, which will be about the end of next July, it will be to remain np there until I reach the pole or lose my life iu the attempt if it takes five years to accomplish this.object. Next summer I shall take my vessel up to Sherard Osborne Fjord and make that place my base of supplies. My party will consist of a surgeon, possibly another •white tnan and myself, and the rest will be Eskimos." Fatal Toronto Fire. Fire originating in. a woodshed in the rear of the Musee Theater in Toronto communicated to a large warehouse ad­ joining end to the theater. The theater -- was ba d 1 y d a m a ged by fire and smoke.--A fire engine, stationed at the corner of Adelaide and Victoria streets, was left with the horses hitched to it. A jet of steam shot out of the safety valve of the engine with a loud explosion. This fright­ ened the horses and they ran away down the crowded street. The engine ran over Bertie Escott. 11 years old. killing him instantly. Seven firemen were so badly crashed between the engine and a wall that they had to be removed in an ambu­ lance to the hospital. Slap at John Bnll. The Politique Coloniale of Paris pub­ lishes a dispatch from St. Petersburg say­ ing that as a result of an exchange of Tiews between the chancelleries of St. Petersburg, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Constantinople, the sultan of Turkey will address the powers shortly on the subject of Great Britain's evacuation of Egypt, and Russia, supporting the sultan, will invite a conference at Constantino­ ple or St. Petersburg, with the object of settling the question on the basis of the autonomy of Egypt under the suzerainty Of the sultan. Athletes of the l>iamnti1. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. . W. L. fering with the Monongah miners. In de­ livering his opinion, Judge Jackson de­ fended his course, claiming such action on his part was good law and that the in­ junction abridged no one's rights. The attempt to resum^ work at Par­ dee's Lattimer, Pa„ mines was not suc- cesslrl, only 300 out of 1.300 men show­ ing up for work. The Huns are again threatening trouble. At Eckley when strikers attempted to prevent the miners tfyere from going to work. Companies C and E of the Fourth Regiment gave the would-be workers protection. WESTERN. Two cases of leprosy have been report­ ed in Walsh County, North Dakota. Shoshone, and Bannock Indians in Idaho are slaughtering elk and deer and the settlers are preparing to drive the redskins aWay by force. Richard and John McGriff, twins, have just ctelebrateji „the ninety-fifth anniver­ sary of their birth. One lives in Geneva, Ind., and the other in Ohio. Colored citizens of Alton, 111., took their children back to the old schools and placed them in seats. The principal refused to let the colored children recite. The body Of W. H. Hartman was found in the Ohio River at Sandusky. A tightly drawn leather strap around the neck gives rise to the theory that he was murdered* Edward Bellamy, the economical writer, has gone to Denver, to recover his health, which is said to have broken down while he was writing his latest, book; "Equal­ ity." . , - ' V; A gang of Oneida Indians raided and robbed a saloon in the outskirts of Green Bay, Wis. After a fierce fight With the sheriff and police five of them were ar­ rested. ' A Rock Island passenger train and Union Pacifice stock train collided near Muucie, Kan., aud Engineers J. W. Scarf of Kansas City and Charles Goodall of Chicago were badly injured. United States District Judge Foster of Topeka, Kan., made a sweeping decision when he declared the organization known as the Kansas City Live Stock Associa­ tion illegal under the provisions of the anti-trust law. The exchange is an or­ ganization of commission men, who con­ trol the sale of live stock in Kansas City. Judge Foster enjoins the commis­ sion from doing business. • The notorious Staffleback house, near Galena, Ivan., was burned by a mob at midnight on Wednesday apd every vestige of the old structure, where murders and crimes of the most diabolical nature were said to have been committed, was de­ stroyed. After firing the place the mob withdrew and watched the old structure burn. No fire alarm was turned in until the building was nearly consumed and then no efforts were made by the fire de- j partment to extinguish the flames. The search for the remains of the Staffleback family victims still goes on. The United States engineers in charge of the fortifications of San Francisco have directed that a survey be made on the shore line on the south side of the bay and Golden Gate from Black Point to Point Lobos. The purpose of the survey, which has just been begun and will be com­ pleted a week hence, is to accurately lo­ cate the forts for the information of the War Department. Army and navy of­ ficers think that the harbor defenses are now sufficiently -well advanced to stand off any fleet that Spain or Japan could put info action there, and they are strong enough, with the assistance of floating batteries of the Monterey and Monadnock type and with the aid of torpedoes, to make a splendid fight against the best fleet England would be likely to send. in common grades, has been cut down fn many cases and hereafter the younger officers will have considerably less time on shore. So far as the engineer cbrps is concerned, it is understood that En­ gineer in Chief Melville proposes to recom­ mend that oue hundred officers be added to the corps as soon as possible. The lack of enlisted men has been apparent for some time. FOREIGN. Baltimore . Boston New York., Cincinnati . Cleveland .. Brooklyn .. .88 37 Washington. 58 .90 38 Pittsburg ... .5(3 .81 46 Chicago 56 .74 54 Philadelphia. 54 .69 60 Louisville .. .51 .60 69 St. Louis 27 Premier Shot in a Duel. A pistol duel was fought between Count Badeni, the Austrian premier, and Dr. Wolff, the German nationalist leader, arising from insults addressed by the lat­ ter to the premier during a late session of the unterhaus. Count Badeni was wound­ ed in the right hand. BREVITIES. SOUTHERN. Nearly the entire business portion of Bainbridge, Ohio, was destroyed by fire and two men lost their lives. Leaders of the fanatics in Brazil have disagreed and the government has a good chance to suppress the insurrection. A private dispatch from Rome says that about forty persons were killed and many others injured by an earthslip at the Sul­ phur mines near Girgenti. The Minnesota Iron Company at Du lath, Minn., has decided to increase the wages of all its employes 10 per cent Mining operations will be conducted with a full force all winter. In respect to the report that the Cana dian Government Was making large pur chases of heavy field batteries and defense guns in England. Dr. Borden, minister of militia at Ottawa, Ont., in an interview upon the subject, explained that there was no new scheme on foot in regard to the defenses of Montreal or the water ways in the neighborhood of that city, and no new plans were projected by the de partment for frontier defenses. Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D. D„ LL D., formerly president of Union College in Schenectady, has accepted the presi­ dency of the Cosmopolitan Educational University. The Cosmopolitan Univer­ sity, it will be remembered, is the new institution founded by John Brisben Walker of New York, the presidency of which was offered and accepted by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, but later rejected when he withdrew his resignation as pres­ ident of Brown University. r The naval authorities at Washington are displaying significant activity con­ cerning Hawaii. As another aid in saving time in getting the cruiser Baltimore into active service upon the arrival of the Phil-: adelphia from Honolulu, Acting Secret tary Roosevelt has directed that 180 men be transferred from New York to Mare Island. Within the last two weeks notices of intention to construct 3,000 miles of new railways have been filed with the terri­ torial secretary of Arizona. There are thirty-one separate filings of almost as many separate lines of railways. EASTERN. ~ W. H. Osterliouf has begun suit for 5541,000 against Elmer aud Jay Dwig- gins, the New York stock brokers who have failed, jfle claims stock and bonds beld by the firm as collateral. The decomposed body of a man, sup­ posed to be that of Frederick Webber, of Chicago, one of the men who went over Niagara Falls in a rowboat with two companions four weeks ago, has been taken out of the whirlpool. Judge Jackson has made perpetual his famous injunction restraining Eugene V. Debs and other labor leaders from inter- With the exception of one store, the en­ tire business portion of Wilmore, Ky:. was destroyed by fire. The Mexican War Veterans, in session at Nashville, elected .Major S. P. Tuft of Illinois president. Light frosts are reported at Covington, Milan and Arlington, Tenn. Arlington is only a few miles from Memphis. A second death from yellow fever oc­ curred in New Orleans Wednesday, mak­ ing eight in all. The victim was Miss Elizabeth Nussbaum, aged 17 years, of 1300 Galves street. At Edwards, Miss., eight new cases, three deaths from yellow fever, is the re­ port. Indicatios at present are that noth­ ing but a killing frost can allay the dis­ ease. The disease is rapidly spreading, and while it is regarded as a mild type, it is feared it will become more malignant owing to cool weather now prevailing. The New Orleans fever situation was greatly improved Tuesday morning by a materially lower temperature, the ther­ mometer at 6 o'clock being 62. Incuba­ tion of yellow fever germs requires a sus­ tained temperature of 70 Fahrenheit, and if the present cool spell continues condi­ tions promise steadily to grow better. Dr. Touatre, an experienced yellow fever physician and a member of the board of experts, says in an interview: "The rec­ ords since 1853 show that yellow fever has never been declared epidemic. That was the case in 1853, '67, and '78. The history of the epidemics of the last half century proves that all epidemics waned with the first cold of October, disappear­ ing almost entirely in November. If we add a mouth aud a half more to the period of incubation for infectious foci to estab­ lish themselves, we are brought almost to the end of October to have an epidemic. An epidemic at that late date is out of the question." Dr. Touatre produces a num­ ber of instances where fever broke out in August, September and October, only to be quickly stamped out by the frost be­ fore it had assumed the proportions of an epidemic. Chiefs of the Mahomonds^fiave applied for a parley with the British, but were told they must first surrender all arms. A dispatch received in Copenhagen from Hammerfest, the northernmost town of Europe in Norway, says that the*whaling ship Falk has brought there the third pigeon dispatch from Prof. Andree, who left the island of Tromsoe in a balloon on July 11 last in an attempt to cross the polar regions. r - > The United States cruiser San Francis­ co, flagship of the European squadron, has arrived at Tangier, in order to investigate and obtain redress, if necessary, for the reported flogging of American eitizons at Mogadore and also to enforce the prom­ ised settlement of former claims of the United States against Morocco. According to advices brought by the steamer Empress of Japan, there is a re­ port in Japan to the effect that the Pa­ cific Mail stehmship City of -China may be seized to secure the Mikado's claims against the Hawaiian Government. The vessel is now under the Hawaiian flag, and in case of annexation would sail un­ der, the American flag and be entitled to subsidies for carrying the mails. A treaty has been concluded between Slatin Pasha, representing Great Britain, and Zobein Pasha, representing the niahdi, by which the latter will not oppose the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expe­ dition as far as Khartoum and Osman Digna's forces will remain at' the Bara River so long as Great Britain desires. The mahdi remains King of Khartoum and Zobein Pasha continues to exercise the functions of Governor of Darful, un­ der the protection of Great Britain. The London Globe, in an editorial on the futility of arbitration with a power "which disregards alike the legal prescrip­ tions and ordinary courtesies of civilized nations," says: "Lord Salisbury has treated the United States with a kindness it does not deserve, always wearing the silk glove, until America has forgotten the existence of the iron haud beneath it." In conclusion, the Globe remarks: "The idea of our being afraid of a fourth-rate power like the United States could only have occurred to sufferers from a severe attack of swelled head. America has lost all sense of proportion and has for­ gotten she plays only a minor role in the affairs of the world. We hope our re­ lations with America will hereafter be distinguished by a firmer tone, as the only way to avert trouble is to make her plain­ ly understand that we are determined not to be shouted out of our rights." There is high authority for the state­ ment that the dispatch from San Sebas­ tian to the Paris Temps, representing that the United • States, through Minister Woodford, has submitted to Spain an ultimatum to the effect that the war in Cuba must cease by October or the United States will intervene, is a gross exaggeration. No ultimatum to Spain has been issued by this government, and no crisis now exists or is likely to come for a long time. Officials of the State Depart­ ment emphatically deny the accuracy of the dispatch. It is true that Minister Woodford has, in accordance with the President's instructions, presented to the Spanish minister of foreign affairs the first of his notes of instruction, and rep­ resented the earnest desire of the United States that the war in Cuba be brought to a close. Ample justification for the effort of the United States to interpose its good offices to this end is set forth in the note which Minister Woodford read to the Duke of Tetuan. But there is no suggestion of an ultimatum in the corre­ spondence. State Department officials say it is absurd to suppose the President of the United States, would go at Spain in such undiplomatic fashion as to issue an ultimatum before politely sounding the Madrid Government as to its intentions. FEVER IN THE SOUTH. IN GENERAL PESTILENCE SEEMS TO BE WELL IN HAND. Cool Weather Favorable to the In­ fected Districts-One Tariff Bill 8ec- tionls Dead-Statement by Katchford on the Strike-Hawaii for Annexation Is of a Mild Type. The yellow fever scourge cannot be laid to be spreading, but It clings tena­ ciously when it once gets a foothold. Eighteen new cases were reported at New Orleans, but all are of a mild type. The cases at New Orleans now number 52, which is very few among a popula­ tion of 280,000. The deaths continue to show an extraordinary small percentage, Only five deaths having occurred among 52 patients. Of course there is enough fever in New Orleans to arouse appre­ hension there and to continue the dismay in other portions of the South. At Mo­ bile the disease is quite ugly, 11 new cases being reported on Saturday, 11 on Sun­ day, but only 2 on Monday because the weather has taken a favorable turn. The cOId wave in the Northwest seems to have spread its disinfecting wings over that city. There are no new cases at Ocean Springs, but the distress of the inhabi­ tants in that little burg is sore. • The town is so strictly quarantined that both food and medicine are very scarce. Cairo is recovering from its alarm. All the local physicians stoutly declare that the two cases at the marine hospital are not yellow fever, but a type of .sharp malarial fever so common in the autumn among those who live upon the south­ western rivers. This opinion, if con­ firmed by subsequent events, will knock out Dr. Guiteras of Pennsylvania, whom the government had employed at heavy expense as the greatest yellow fever ex­ pert in the United States. Dr. Guiteras is not the first expert who has found himself minus by subsequent develop­ ments. Nevertheless Cairo will omit no precautions against the yellow fever, and therefore it has quarantined against Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. The South expects to wait for the first frost before the yellow fever is thor­ oughly stamped out, but it is hardly probable that a sharp frost will be felt below the Tennessee line before the last of November. The postoffice department is in a quandary. Many of the towns in the Gulf States have quarantined against all mail matter, even after it has been fumigated. This shows the condition of alarm which prevails in many sections of the South. Now and then an incident is published which tends to show that the yellow fever can be ? f" In the senate chamber large crowds of best people of the islands, for the call an extra session was made the call lik wise for an assembling at the capital of the leading people from all the islands, aud the social side of the republic was at its best. As soon as. the fact was made known that the Senate had agreed to the rati­ fication there was great enthusiasm all through the city. It had been planned to make the occasion the excuse for the most elaborate ceremonies that have been car­ ried out since the republic came into power. There was nothing lacking to the appropriate celebration and the people joined in the ceremonies and jollification freely. SECTION 22 IS KILLED. Attorney General McKenna Holds Ii to Be Inoperative. The long opinion of the attorney gen­ eral upon the operation of section 22 of the tariff law was made public Tuesday after being considered for a second time by the President and his cabinet, and after, Senator Elkins of West Virginia and Mr. Richard C. Kerens of St. Louis had made a most determined but futile effort to persuade the President and the attorney general to accept their construc­ tion of the law. The attorney general construes the sec­ tion as not imposing a discriminating duty upon foreign merchandise imported in bond through contiguous countries, ahd holds that section 4228 of the revised statutes has not been repealed. There­ fore, goods purchased abroad and im­ ported in bond by way of Canada or com­ ing to ports of the United States in Brit­ ish bottoms will not be subject to a dis­ criminating duty of 10 per cent. The opinion is a disappointment to sotae owners of American merchant vessels and to those interested in the transcontin­ ental railroads of the United States. There is no doubt that it was the inten­ tion of the framers of section 22 as it be­ came a law to discriminate against the Canadian railroads and " foreign ships. Senator Elkins, who claims to be partly responsible for the added words which called forth the opinion, admits as much, and exerted his influence to the utmost to convince the President and the attor­ ney general that such was the intention of Congress. The methods adopted by the advocates of the discriminating duties are said to be in a way responsible for their faiure. Fearing to make their object too plain while the tariff bill was under discussion they framed a clause which they believed would have the desired effect and then had it inserted in the section while the measure was in conference. Senator Elkins has for some time ad­ vocated a bill to impose a discriminating duty upon merchandise imported in ves­ sels of foreign register, his object being ODD FELLOWS AT SPRINGFIELD. Sovereign Body of the Order Meets In Illinois Capital. The opening session of the sovereign grand lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was held Monday morning in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, 111., and was introduced with appropriate ceremonies, taking the form of a public reception, in which the hospitalities of the State, city and the grand bodies of Odd Fellows of Illinois were extended by their proper representatives. Gen. Alfred Or- endorff, post grand representative of Illi­ nois, called the meeting to order. Seated upon the speakers' platform were-Gov. Tanner, Mayor Wheeler, Grand Repre­ sentative J. Otis Humphrey, Grand Sire Fred Carleton of Austin, Texas; Grand Master George C. Rankin of Monmouth, 111.; Grand Patriarch J. D. Murphy of Bushnell; and Mrs. May D. Stone of Van- dalia, President of the Illinois Rebekah assembly. ' Gov. Tanner was the first speaker. He spoke in the highest' praise of Odd-Fel­ lowship and bade the visitors a hearty welcome to the city and State. Mayor Wheeler spoke briefly, extending a hearty welcome on behalf of the city, and Grand Lombard University has abandoned the system of self-rule by students. - William Harrison, the billiard player, made fifty three-cushion caroms in sixty- seven innings. Christopher Merts, of Elwood. Ind., has returned from a two years' stay in Alaska with $230,000. Mahelle defeated El Capitan at Dela- van Lake in the last race of a series. Yachts had hard, sailing in a gale. President Johnson of the Western League believes it cheapens base-ball to get an outside attraction like an ex-pugil­ ist as one of the main features of the day. Lieutenant Peary and his party of arctic explorers have reached Sydney, B. C„ on the bark Hope. All are well and satisfied with their summer work. They bring back the huge Cape York meteorite, the largest in the world. Arthur Jordan, a Scotch explorer, who claims to be familiar with the country be­ tween Spokane and Klondike, will soon leave Spokane, Wash., with six men for the Yukon country. He says that a man can get through with considerably less than $300, especially if there is a party of six going, in which case certain sup­ plies can be purchased and used in com­ mon. UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL AT NEW ORLEANS. communicated through the mail. It is related that a person in Mobile'received a letter from a friend in Ocean Springs. The letter was written in a room where a yellow fever patient was in bed, and the person who received the letter was at­ tacked by the fever. All these facts are not authenticated, but their publication widens the dismay and tends to make the people believe that the yellow fever town should be treated as the outcasts of the world. According to the statements of a phy­ sician who had experience in the plague of 1878, when from ninety to 100 persons died every day for months; the fever is in itself not nearly so dangerous as the panic which accompanies it. If the people would not become overcome by fear more of them would be saved. He says that probably 10 per cent, of all those who have the disease are likely to succumb to the fever itself, but when the plague is accompanied with excitement and panic the death rate runs up to 30 or 40 per cent, of all those who show the symptoms at all. When people have become inured to the scenes of the disease and.death and can look upon them without a feeling of panic or unusual excitement, the greater part of the danger passes away, and so it is that after any community has experienced dis­ ease for a short time, the ravages arc abated. If, when the first symptoms ap­ pear, the patient is given a hot foot bath and a strong dose of castor oil and put to bed where he can sweat out the poison, the great chances are that lie will recover within a short time. The disease is at its height nine days after the first symptoms appear. The presence of yellow jack in New Or­ leans and the consequent quarantine is killing the business of that city now. This is just the season of the whole year when the shipping trade is at its. height and the precautions of the health depart­ ment will be a crushing blow to the inter­ ests of the merchants. to encourage and build up the American merchant marine. Realizing that such a measure could not be passed at the last session he endeavored to accomplish his object by having the substance of his bill incorporated in section 22. The Pacific railroads and allied lines de­ siring to divert to themselves the bonded merchandise intended for the United States now carried over the Canadian Pacific railroad are said to be responsi­ ble for the other new words in the section. Having failed to impress their views of the meaning of the law upon the Pres­ ident and the attorney general these in­ terests will carry the question into Con­ gress, and will attempt at the next session to have the tariff law amended so as to in­ corporate the discriminating features they desire. It is understood that the opinion of the attorney general is entirely satis­ factory to the President and the Secre­ tary of the Treasury. MARKET REPORTS. WASHINGTON. Joseph B. Jackson, a dangerous crank from Meriden, Conn., was arrested at the White House door. He carried a revolver and it was feared he intended to kill Pres­ ident McKinley. "If the President does not take some action favorable to Cuba by December we, the members of Congress, will recog­ nize Cuba's independence, and that, too, at the beginning of the session." Repre­ sentative Livingston of Georgia who spoke the above, is a Democrat and a ippmber of the minority, but, a Washing­ ton correspondent says, he voices the sentiment of the majority in the lower hoq^e. The monetary commission appointed unr der the authority of the Indianapolis sound-money convention held its opening session at the Arlington Hotel in Wash­ ington, D. C., Wednesday. L. Carroll Root of New York and Parker Willis of Chicago were appointed to collate in proper form the suggestions that have been received for reference to the appro­ priate committees. The appointment of three general committees will also be rec­ ommended--viz.: On gold and currency, on United States currency and on the banking question, to which the sugges­ tions received will be referred. The necessity of increasing the person­ nel of the navy will be presented to Con­ gress in the forthcoming reports of bureau chiefs of the Navy Department. Both officers and men are needed to man the large number of ships now in commission. Capt. Crowniushield, chief of the bureau of navigation, in order to find officers for vessels is compelled to search the service with a fine rake. The tour of shore duty •f line officers, with the exception of thoSe Chicago--Cattle common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 47c to 48c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; new potatoes, 50c to 65c 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. 93c to 94c; corn. No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; whear, No. 2, 96c to 98c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; i ye, No. 2/45c to 47c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25 wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 48c to 49c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 96c corn. No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; oats, No 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 47c to 48c clover seed, $3.55 to $3.60. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, S9c to 91c; corn, No. 3, 28c to 30c; oats, No 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 1, 47c to 4Sc barley, No. 2, 35c to 43c; pork, mess $8.00 to $8.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00 wheat, No. 2 winter, 90c to 97c; corn, No 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. " New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50 wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to $1.00; corn No. 2, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white. 24c to 26c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western. 17c to 18c. END OF THE GENERAL STRIKE. SCALE IS ADOPTED. State Convention of Illinois Mine Workers Take Action. The Illinois State convention of the United Mine Workers at Springfield com­ pleted its business and adjourned. A scale" was adopted by the convention which is said to be satisfactory to all coal miners in the State. The scale is based on the Pittsburg settlement scale and is about 6 per cent, below the scale adopted by the convention held in August. A resolution was adopted by the con- ention which gives all miners the author­ ity to return to work as soon as the oper­ ators agree to pay the scale. This resolu­ tion afllo provides that all miners who re­ turn to work at the scale price shall eon- tribute 10 per cent, of their wages to the miners not working. Another resolution was adopted which censured the position the operators of the State had taken in not meeting with the miners to effect a settlement of the strike in Illinois. President Katchford Reviews the Vic tory of. the Coal Miners. M. D. Ratchford, President of the United Mine Workers of America, has given out the following authorized state­ ment: About 75,000 miners have resumed work In the bituminous coal fields of the central states. The strike generally has ended. This Is the middle of the twelfth week of its duration. The mining situation Is not likely to become disturbed again until the beginning of next year, at which time we hope to be able to settle wage differences amicably and without the necessity of strike. It is well understood that the fight will continue from the present time in all fields and against all operators who refuse to meet the rates. The greatest trouble will be found in West Virginia and a portion of Illinois. I am still hopeful, however, that the producers In those fields will conform to the change and put their mines iu opera­ tion. Fallini' to do this, we will fight them as we have done until the beginning of next year, at which time it Is said their present contracts will expire. I am well satisfied with the agreement reached and feel that it Is the greatest victory gained by trade unions for years. Of course, the victory Is not altogether one of the miners. While they have done ttie striking, trade unions and organized bodlr-s have supplied the* necessaries, without which the miners could not possibly succeed. Jt is a victory for organized labor and not for any particular trade, aud we want our friends who have helped us to feel that It is their victory as we.'l as ours. I feel very grateful for the assistance given the American Federation of Labor and the a ndly disposition shown us at all times by Mr. Gompers aud the members of hit executive committee. TREATY RATIFIED. Hawaiian Senate Adopts Annexation Measure. The treaty of annexation with the United States has been ratified unani­ mously by the Hawaiian Senate, sitting in extraordinary session. There was but one opinion on the subject, and the result was that the vote on the ratification was unanimous. There was nevet any difference of "Opin­ ion as to what the Senate would do. This body was elected after the revolution with the one idea of working for the an­ nexation of the islands to the United States. From the time in 1893, when the queen was dethroned, there has been no subject on which there was more unanim­ ity and there has been nobody with more of the feeling than the Senate. The meeting at which the ratification of the treaty took place was the most largely attended of tiny in the history of the government, not excepting the trying time of revolution. There were always ?/r :©F Tin)® New* ODDFELLOWS' BUILDING, SPRINGFIELD. Patriarch J. D. Murphy followed. Grand Master George C. Rankin spoke for the Odd Fellows of Illinois and Mrs. May D. Stone gave welcome in the name of the Rebekahs. V' Response to these was made by Grand Sire Fred Carleton, who paid tribute to the State of Illinois, its greatness as a producer of wealth, a center of popula­ tion, education and the banner State of Odd-Fellowship. He named the great men who had made the State illustrious. The genius of Odd-Fellowship is that it binds all races and creeds together. The Grand Sire said that this was not the first time this body had been welcomed by the Governor of a State, but it was the first time it had been welcomed by a Gover­ nor as a brother Odd Fellow. The regular session of the sovereign grand lodge was then convened by Grand Sire Carleton. The appointive officers and committees were named and a large num­ ber of resolutions presented and referred without reading. In the afternoon the local Rebekah lodges gave a very largely attended reception in honor of the visit­ ing Rebekah degree members and the sovereign grand lodge. Tuesday afternoon a fine parade of Odd Fellows was given under command of General J. P. Ellaeott of Chicago, com­ mander in chief of the Patriarchs Mili­ tant, and consisting of the Illinois Na­ tional Guard, commands, cantons of Pa­ triarchs Militant and subordinate en­ campments and lodges escorting the rep­ resentatives to the sovereign grand lodge. Following this was a prize drill of Patri­ archs Militant. Canton Muncie, No. 4, of Muucie, Ind., won the first prize, $300, in class A, and Canton McKeen, No. 28, of Terre Haute, Ind., won the first prize, $150, in class B. They had no competi­ tors. At night the past grand representatives held a reunion in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, at which addresses were made by Grand Representatives W. G. Nye, of Minneapolis; Lucius I" Ful­ ler, of Putnam, Conn.; and Stillwell H. Russell, of Dallas. Texas. HITS BOARDS OF TRADE. Sheriff Martin and General Weyler suf fer from the same disease. They are "nervous." A turtle which weighs 775 pounds and is 200 years old is exciting the wonder of Philadelphians by its speed. Queen Victoria is said to be much in­ terested in the Klondike gold fields. But she 5B warned not to start before next spring. If Tesla's wireless telegraphy is a suc­ cess we ought to be able to leam this win­ ter whether it Is really worth while to go to the Klondike in the spring. The journals of Mobile and New Or­ leans are busily engaged swapping yellow fever charges, which is strongly reminis­ cent of the old polemic:meeting of the pot uiid the kettle. V, "F Those Andree pigeons showed remark­ able discretion in landing in the Indiana gas belt just at a time when other news was mighty scarce and the correspondents were starving. A New York man who tried to commit suicide one day last week . married a widow the next. It is strange that in these days of prosperity any man should be so desperate as that. Possible Effect of the Decision Made by Judge Foster. Judge Foster's decision in the United States District Court at Topeka, in which he held that the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange was a trust, organized in viola­ tion of the Sherman anti-trust law, may result in closing all the live stock, grain and produce exchanges of the country. The decision, if it is upheld by the Su­ preme Court of the United States, to which it will be appealed, will be of the utmost importance, for it will class all exchanges which are organized on the same lines as* the Kansas City institu tion as unlawful combinations in restraint of commerce. Washington attorneys are uncertain as to the scope of the decision, for the rea­ son that there may have been some pecu­ liarity about the organization and meth­ ods of the Kansas City Live Stock Ex­ change which does not apply to other ex­ changes. As it is understood, however, this exchange is similar to others in which live stock, grain, cotton, farm produce and petroleum are dealt in, and if the Supreme Court of the United States should uphold Judge Foster's decision these institutions would have to close their doors or change tlieir organization and methods. MAY CRITICISE THE JUDGE. Wisconsin Court Hands Down a Deci sion Against Judge Bailey. Justice J. B. Winslow of the Wiscon­ sin Supreme Court handed down a de­ cision that is of particular interest to law­ yers and newspaper publishers. The opinion is in the case of the proceedings for contempt of court by Judge W. b. Bailey, of Ean Claire against H. C. Ash- batigh and L. A. Doolittle. The court Bays: k We are well persuaded that newspaper lomments on cases finally ,^1t^0(I. criml- the publication cannot be considered cjjml^ nal contempt. Truly, it !2Kf'h tvill lustlfv STUngi'. 'A I late for office becomes the accuser, judge ind 1tov and may within a few hours pun­ ish his critic by imprisonment. If there can be any more effectual way to gag the press and subvert freedom of speech, we do not know where to find it. Fierce Fight in India., Simla, advices say that the Haddah Mullah, with a large and well organized force of insurgent tribesmen, attacked the camp of Gen. Sir Bindon Blood, Fierce fighting, which lasted five hours, followed. Gen. Woodhouse was severely wounded. Dor. Hunter Is Acquitted. The jury in the cases of Dr. W. God­ frey Hunter, ex-Congressman John Henry Wilson, E. T. Franks and Capt Nc-el Gaines, accused of conspiracy to bribe members of the Kentucky Legisla ture, brought in a verdict of not guilty In 1S76 there were 13,728 physicians in the German empire. In 1887 the number was 15,824, and in 1896 it was about 24^000; no officinl count has been made since 1887. The figure of Britannia first appeared on the coin of the realm in the reign of Charles 'II. DEFENSE OUTLINES. Ex-Judge Vincent's Opening State­ ment in the Luetgert Trial. Ex-Judge Vincent sprung a surprise on theo prosecution in the Luetgert murder trial at Chicago in his opening statement by reference to a man named Robert Davey, who, he said, was the original medium through which all of Luetgert's trouble arose and whose actions resulted in Luetgert's b,eing arraigned before the bar of justice charged with murder. "A little over a year ago Satan in the shape of a medium-sized, well-dressed and educated Englishman named Robert Davey came to Luetgert iin$ was the cause of all his trouble," said ex-Jud&e Vincent. "This man came with forged' letters Of introduction representing him­ self as- a man of great means. Luetgert has always carried his heart on his sleeve, as you will see when he goes on the wit­ ness Stand." This was the first official notice that Luetgert Would testify in his own behalf and the announcement was received ,.with a show of interest by the prosecution and the spectators. "Davey told Luet­ gert he <ould be the sausage king of the world," went on ex-Judge Vincent. "And Luetgert believed him, for Davey was an artist in painting glowing pictures of wealth and fame. He told Luetgert . he represented an English syndicate, and that a company would be organized with a capital of $500,000. and bonds for an additional $400,000 would be .issued. The company would be.known as the A. L. Luetgert. Sausage and Packing Company, Davey said, and Luetgert would be given $200,000 cash ami $100,000 worth of sto'ik.- Out of the cash he could pay off $50,000 of indebtedness which was cov­ ered by a mortgage on his factory. "Mrs. Luetgert was delighted over the visions of wealth revealed by Davey's picture and Luetgert, uneducated, honest and without suspicion, was pleaded over the prospect of ranking with the Ar­ mours, the Swifts and Nelson Morris in the meat world. Davey had expenses during the time he was negotiating with Luetgert, whom he had induced to close his factory, preparatory to the change which was to have taken place January 1, 1897. He called upon Luetgert for money and got it--in all about $25,000. Finally, Davey told Luetgert the money and bonds were in the custody of the Contin­ ental Bond Company of New York. Luetgert and Judge Goodrich, to whom Luetgert had told iiis story, went to New York. But none of the bankers or bond companies of that city had ever heard of Davey. Luetgert had been swindled." The attorney told of Luetgert's strug- - gles after this. How his business had been injured by the closing of the fac­ tory and in addition to the loss of $25,- 000 to Davey he lost by the failure of E. S. Dreyer & Co.'s bank. Then he borrowed $20,000 from Foreman Bros., bankers, placing another mortgage on his factory. Finally the failure came and the disaster drove Mrs. Luetgert to the erge of insanity. Later the woman be­ came insane, the lawyer said, and wan­ dered away. • The life of Luetgert was briefly sketched. He arrived in America thirty- two years ago without a dollar, counsel said, and by industry and thrift had built up an enormous business. He made ,000,000 pounds of sausage a year and sold it all over the country and Europe. Often there were 100,000 pounds of meat in the factory at one time and the sales from the factory to local consum­ ers averaged $150 per diVy. Nineteen years ago Luetgert married Miss Louise Bickncse, the woman he is said to have killed. She was his second wife. They had four children--two boys and two girls--the latter are now dead. Ex-.Tudge Vincent denied that the couple lived un­ happily. He said their lives were not a continuous honeymoon, but the couple lived as happily as people in their station usually do. Attorney Vincent startled the prosecu­ tion by the magnitude of two of his claims. That Mrs. Luetgert is alive, he said, he would prove by witnesses who have seen her since May 1, and he would also prove that the bones found in the .vat were not human and were put there by the police authorities. As for the rings claimed to be Mrs. Luetgert's, the attor­ ney said he would show that they were not hers, and that she had never seen them. The attorney's speech made an im­ pression on those in the courtroom. TROOPS RUSHING IN. Soldiers from Japan Begin to Invade Hawaiian Islands. If the stories told by the passengers and crew of the steamship City of Pekin, which urrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong via Honolulu, be true a state of affairs exists in Hawaii which demands the attention of the State Department. When the City of Pekin arrived at Hono­ lulu the attention of the other passengers on board that steamer was attracted by the remarkably symmetrical movements of 174 Japanese steerage passengers who were disembarking. Although classed a* laborers, their well-drilled and military appearance was too palpable to escape ob­ servation and occasioned considerable comment. The Japanese were apparent­ ly under the command of a veteran ser­ geant and divided into squads of twenty under noncommissioned officers. During the voyage a military discipline was observed which created comment among the other steerage passengers and steamer's crew, and many conjectures were hazarded as to the meaning, of their being shipped to the islands. It was gen­ erally believed that they were sent to the islands for the purpose of forcibly resist­ ing annexation if necessary. Rumors of the presence of the Mikado's soldiers tire not new on the islands, and it is said that over 1,000 well-drilled men have already been landed there and 400 veterans of the Japan-China war are expected upon the next srteamcr. Of the I®4,000 inhabitants of Johannes-, burg, South Africa, 4,000 are bicyclists. The deepest hole ever bored into the earth is at Rybneck in Upper Silesitu and has now attained a depth of over 2,000 meters. During 1896 there were stamped in Austria 1,721,245 decks of playing cards for home use and 931,730 for export. Only 2,985 decks were imported. Yellow fever and cholera arte unknown in Australia, and malaria is of very in­ frequent occurrence. The very dry air of that continent acts as a.| remedy against lung troubles. Ostriches, which are supposed to flourish only in very warm climates, have been raised successfully in Southern Kus- sia, the feathers being of good quaiity and the birds healthy. - Bulgaria has produced this year 527,- 750 muscals of rose oil, a muscal being equal to 642 ounces, and au ounce being valued at $L40. The quality of this year's oil is considered good. butj the'quan- tity is 72,250 muscals less than last year.