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11 SLYKE, Editor and Pub. 'M KCHENRY. ILLINOIS THE INDIAN FAMINE. LARGE RELIEF FUND RAISED IN ENGLAND. O There Are Still 1,1500,000 Persons Re- iceiylng Rfclief-- Millions of Pounds'for the World's Pliilantlirojij- -- Thanks to an American Lady--Good Business -- Lord Mayor's Report, At the final meeting of tho committee of the Indian famine fund at the Man­ sion House in L'itMiori the lord mayor, Sir George Fandel-Philliffs, aiiiKivtnood that the total subscriptions amounted to £549,300. For every poiind collected 19s ll%d had been remitted to India, demon­ strating that, the expense1 of adndiiistej> lag the fund hadbeen'most.'minute; There are still 1,500,000 persons receiving relief. The total of subscriptions from '.Great Britain, the United States, the British colonies and India, the lord mayotv con­ cluded, amounted to nearly £1,500,000, and the total cost of the famine was over £10,000,000. The lord mayor, in replying to the address of thanks of the secreiftry cf state for India, referred gratefully to the efforts of Mrs." Hausei* of Chicago as having been the Initiator of the plan, for sending latge quantities of clothing to the sufferers in Efdia frcm the famine and plague, adding that the clothing so Col­ lected was distributed with remarkable success." Dnn Is Optimistic. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "While failures were the smallest ever known in any quarter since/ 1892, and business payments through) banks the largest by $2(58.000.000 ever .known in September, the speculators wh®> profess anxiety about Cuba, or fever at the South, or a municipal election, still have some influence. Yet business is still increasing. < The productive force steadily enlarges, the distribution of wages affords an increasing fund for purchases, and the foundations axe laid for a larger business hereafter. Crop reporters who have wide­ ly-differed now agree in putting the yield of wheat from 580,000,000 to 590,000,000 bushels, which is nearly 200,000,000 bush­ els, more than will be required for home use, keeping stocks as they were July 1, the lowest for seven years. With less favorable reports of yield, com exports fall short sljghtly, with small difference, in price. Cotton ,is unchanged in price, with larger consuming demand, though big crop estimates do. not appear to be disputed. Building of more vessels on thie•-lakes and seacoast, heavy orders for sheets, bars, rods and pipe have caused advances averaging half of 1 per cent on classes of Ciron. Wool has now reach­ ed an average of 20.37 cents per pound, a rise of 8 cents1 since a year ago, with a much heavier rise on some qualities. Spec­ ulative sales still account for most of the aggregate. Failures for the week were 213 in the United States, against 296 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 46 last yearv"---- •" Richard Kissinger was discharg­ ed, the foreman alleging that he had tried to kiss one of the girls employed at the plant. Both Kissinger and the girl make denials and it is claimed that the foreman reported Jvissinger to the management because he wanted to get rid of him for other reasons. About .175 men and boys are out and the tin mill "is idle. Because she did not keep her promise to become the wife of Arthur S. Melcher, "ItrfL Hadley, formerly Miss Louise M. Dingley, a relative of Congressman Ding fey, was senteoced at Auburn, Me., to pay $1,7§9 damsgts. It is the first time in th^,hf?|ory of the State that such an ac tfaft Ms been brought by a man against a woman. Mr^;. lladley. who until a few months ago was Miss Louis-e^M. Dingley, is a cousin, and, by marriage, a niece of Qpngrpssyian Dingley, the father of the present tariff la w. She had suitors by the score, and just whet it was pretty well settled in everybody's mind that Mr. Mel­ cher was the favored one, she suddenly appeared as the wife of Mr. Hadley, to whom she-had been married a few days lifter having met him at Poland Springs. Mr. Melcher is 50 years old and a widow­ er. Mrs. Hadloy is about 30 and a dash­ ing blonde, and she is commonly reputed to be the possessor of a mind of her own. Mr. Melcher made oath that Mrs. Hadley, while she was yet Miss Dingley, not only solemnly promised to marry him, but that the engagement was made at her sugges­ tion; in other words, that it was Miss Dingley; *sho did the proposing. WESTERN. Star Pointer paced a anile in 2'.01% at Ottmnwa, facing a strong wind. Henry Carter of Chicago, .while tempo­ rarily insane from illness, attempted to. climb on the stage of a New York thea­ ter and join in a ghost dance, and was taken to a sanitarium. While attempting to extinguish a small blaze which had been caused by a lamp explosion, Mrs. Delia, Klingenhagen of Chicago was burned about the hands and face. She will probably recover. A passenger train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway ran into wagon containing seven, persons at Dead Man's cut, three miles north of Willow Springs, Mo., instantly killing six and fatally injuring the seventh. % William McCaleb cut the throat of his wife, Annie, in Chicago, with an ink eraser, killing her almost instantly. After satisfying himself that the woman was dead McCaleb shot himself in the head and hreastand then cut his own throat. The Aneient Order of Hibernians of Washington are formulating an appeal to Congress to rectify the mistake made in omitting the name of Thomas Moore from the'roll of poets inscribed on the walls of the new congressional library. Mayor James M. Jones of Kansas City, with a gang of sixty men, tote up 600 feet of track on the river front which tho Missouri itailroad Company had laid be­ tween Saturday night and daylight Sun­ day. The railroad company, it is claim-" [ed; had trespassed on city land. ; Five hundred thousand acres of fine land aloidg the Big Piney, La Barge'and Fontaneile creeks and Green river, Wy­ oming, which has recently been surveyed, will be thrown open to settlement under the United States land laws after Nov. 1. The lauds comprise eight townships, all in Uinta County. During a quarrel, George^VPfetffer, a Jape Going: to Hawaii. Twelve hundred Japanese laborers are en their way to Honolulu from Japanese ports to fill contracts for plantation labor­ ers, and it- is asserted by prominent Jap­ anese in that city that about 9,000 will be j&ipped there by the 1st of December. It i% Claimed that if the islands are annexed in December, under the laws of the Unit «d States, Japanese laborers who are \there under contract cannot be forced to return to their own country upon the ex­ piration of their contract, and that they will have the same citizenship rights as will be accorded to the present citizens of the republic. BRKVITlfcs. * ' - Krr • - : > Allen W. Van Deuzen, art editor of Out- sng, of New York, is dead at Gowanda. N. Y. Cecil Rhodes, the former premier of Cape Colony, is seriously ill at Intanga, South Africa. At Atlanta, Hoke Smith, former Secre­ tary of the Interior, has been elected president of the Board of Education. Sister Gonza'ga, the oldest sister of charity ip the Uuited States and for over fifty years the superior of St. Joseph's or- phan' asylum, Philadelphia, is dead. Sis­ ter Gonzaga was born near Emmetsburg, Md., in 1812. Francis Gambler and Annie Lower, •while buggy riding in Milwaukee, were run down by an electric car. Gambler was killed instantly, and Miss Lower is so badly injured that tlA-re is little hope of her recovery. Tjty fll State Senator F. Q. Felts has filed •with the secretary of the Nebraska State board of transportation complaints and applica­ tions for orders to compel the express and telegraph companies doing business in this State to reduce their charges one-third, Ethel Sprague Donaldson, granddaugh ter of Chief Justice Chase and daughter of ex-Govv. Sprague of Rhode island and Mrs. Kate Chase, who was the belle of, the court during the Lincoln administira tion, has gone upon the vaudeville stage. The drouth whifch has prevailed in Col­ orado, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Ten nessee, Kansas, Nebraska, the eastern portions Of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Arkansas. . Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and othei portions of Illinois, luis been broken by abundant rains. At Philadelphia, the representatives,# twelve breweries located in the cej$ra2 .eastern part of Pennsylvania signed .an agreement for the consolidation of the twelve concerns into one corporation,, to l>e known as the Central Pennsylvania Brewing Company. The company will have a capital of $10,000,000. ' Fire destroyed1 the flouring mill and •warehouse of John M. Cain, at Atchison, Kan., together with tlte-eontents; th« flouring mill and contciffs belonging to the Central mills; the Cain block; a two-story brick structure, containing four stores, and five small frame buildings. The ag­ gregate loss is about $75,000; insurance about one-third. „ • A girl in the St. Paul Hospital is being kept alive by artificial respiration pro- • duced by attendants constantly working her arms. The patient is suffering from Landry s paralysis, and the physician* think there is a chance for her recovery. EASTERN. Rukeyser & Bash, manufacturers of neckwear at New York, have failed, with liabilities of $100,000. Fire broke out in Austin, Pa., and in five hours', time every building in town but five was burned to the ground. Prob­ ably 500 people are homeless. The fire was started by a load of hay being run Into a gas jet. In all, about 100 buildings were biUM£,~^BOBtly residences, among Ike 'losses hoi™ Methodist Church, Presbyterian ChurchTaJJ# house. The tinners and dusters at^te New Castle, Pa., Tin Plate Works havestfuck St. Louis stenographer, shot his father-in- law, Robert Delaney, through the brain and then killed himself. Delaney had been in the habit of coming home drunk and making trouble. On this occasion De­ laney came in as usual and a quarrel with his son-in-lrfw ensued. Indiana has quarantined against refu­ gees from the yellow fever districts of the South. The State board has been author­ ized to expend $1,000 of the emergency health fund in establishing a quarantine. Immediately the board will station agents at the Illinois-Indiana line whose duty it will be to inspect trains from St. Louis, and at the Indiana-Kentucky line to in­ spect trains from Louisiana. Three Chicago highwaymen fought with three Klondike gold miners at Clark and Monroe Btreets. in. that city. They beat the miners and robbed them Of gold nug­ gets valued at $500. From one they ob­ tained a draft for $1,800. The victims were John, Elmer and Alfred Larson, brothers. Their home ig in Pennsylvania, to which they are returning after three- years in the Klondike Country.; a. The Chicago and St. Louis express on the Chicago and Alton Railroad was held up within a few miles of Kansas City. This train has been held up three times within a year and at nearly the same place each time. Three masked men did the work at what is known as Washing­ ton Park cut, six miles east of the city. It is claimed they secured nothing. Dexter Park horse market, the center of the Chicago stock yards horse trade and comprising the oldest of the stock yords buildings, was destroyed in a fire that in twenty minutes swept over as many acres and threatened to eHgulf all the business and residence property of the district. Eleven men were killed. The loss will reach $117,500, which is par­ tially covered by $103,600 insurance. The steamer Victoria brings news to Tacoma, Wash., of the most disastrous floods that have visited China for many frears. Sixty villages near Tung Chou, containing over 80,000 inhabitants, have been destroyed by floods and the people drowned or forced to flee. There is no means of: finding how many thousands have been drowned', but the number is estimated by Chinese authorities at 15,- 000 to 20,000. The flooded district is within twelve miles of Pekin, the capital of China. Great distress prevails. ico. (Carlotta, sister of the King of Belt gium and widow of Emperor Maximilian), attempted to commit suicide by repeated ly stabbing herself in the neck find cut­ ting off the end of her tongue. Prince Hohenlohe,. it is reported, has thrice tendered his resignation as imperial chancellor of Germany, but each time has been induced to retain office because no suitable successor could be found. Great Britain's answer to the bimetal lie proposals will be delated. Arrange­ ments have now been made to hold an in­ formal conference with the chancellor of the .exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and other British officials on the one side, and the United States monetary commis­ sioners and Col. Hay, the United States ambassador, on the other side, for the purpose of securing amore definite under­ standing. as to what- the United States and France expect ' The news from the Indian frontier is favorable to the English. Sir William Lockhart's forces will soon commence the advance of Tirah, the summer headquar­ ters of the Afridis, from Peshawur, mov­ ing in three columns. Sir William Lock- hart and Maj. Gen. Lord Methuen have already arrived at Ivohat. The Mullahs of Tirah, on hearing of the advance con­ templated, began their preparations to op­ pose it, but it is how also reported that they are prepared to offer terms on behalf of the Afridis, the Mobmunds and the Malakand tribesmen. • .United States Minister Woodford's note to the ̂ Spanish Government asked the Spanish cabinet to say before Oct. 31, the date at which, according to the Spanish Government's judgment, Spain will be able to consider as finished the Cuban war. The note declared that the purpose of the American Government in asking Spain to make this declaration before the American'Congress meets was to enable the United States'Government to report negotiations. Senor Sagasta says: "We will answer the American mote in terms to suit ourselves, but always within the bounds of friendship." A severe fight has occurred between the insurgents and the Spanish fortes of Pinar del Rio at Llanada Dolores. The insurgents finally defeated the Spaniards, who retreated, leaving on the field; forty1 one killed*and twenty-nine wounded. The Cubans lost six killed and twelve Wound­ ed, The insurgents were under Col. Se- rafin Garcia. The forces, of Aritiguerra had an encounter at Cumanayagua, in Santa CHra. province. The-combat lasted two hours and the. Spaniards were defeat­ ed with heavy losses. The volunteers on the island are making threats of leaving the service of Spain if Gen. Weyler is recalled. They: have, cabled to Madrid;' asking that Weyler .be permitted to re­ main. Gen. Weyler says the; revolution will be ended in a few-weeks mbre. ; One thousand seven hundred Spaniards left for Spain in one da^. The town of <j*uay- abao has been attacked and captured by the insurgents, - It is in Pinar del Rifi, province. :The, Spanish garrison stirren-' dered. All -the stores in Havana'! were closed and large signs were displayed: Long Live Spain." "Long Live Spanish Cuba." "Cuba Will Always Be Spanish." Death to Traitors." "Death to Uncle Sam." p The officials of the British foreign office in London have communicated to the United States ambassador, Col. John Hay, the final decision of the Government that Great Britain must refuse to take part in apy sealing conference with re; seiitatTves of Russia and Japan. The British Government, however, asserts its willingness to confer with the United States alone, but it insists that Russia and Jap-iu are not interested in the Ber­ ing Sea seals to a degree entitling them to representation at the conference. The British Government does not suggest any date for a conference with the Uritted States, and it is thought probable in Lon­ don that Great Britain's withdrawal will result in two meetings, one between-the United States, Russia and Japan and the other between the United States/ Great Britain and Canada. It cannot be too strongly reiterated that the withdrawal of Great Britain from the Washington conference is due to Canada's insistence, and that until the Canadian officials in­ formed the foreign office in London of Canada's objections to meeting Russia and Japan,.out of fear of being outvoted, Great Britain fully intended to enter the conference. RELIEF GIVEN CUBA. SAGASTA MINISTRY DECIDES TO GRANT AUTONOMY. Campaign to Be Continued 8a Long as Rebellion Exists-- Weyler Declares He Will Not Resign -- Seven Girls Die in a Fire. Spanish Butcher Defiant. At a cabinet council in Madrid the Spanish Government decided to grant au-. tononiy to Cuba under the suzerainty of Spain, and to continue the campaign as long as may! be necessary. iSenor Sagasta, the premier, has received a cable mes­ sage from Captain Gerieral Weyler, who offers his services to the Government and says: "I shall not resign." Senor Gallon; minister of foreign affairs, explained to the cabinet the position of the diplomatic negotiations with the United States. £ The first important step: of the new Spanish Government was the decision to- grant autonomy to Cuba; So far as learn­ ed in the meager telegrams received this plan of autonomy is to be subject; to the suzerainty of Spain. Information is lack­ ing as to its scope over legislation and -taxation, the most significant factors in the self-government of any Country. From the fact, however, that the statement is made that the Sagasta ministry intends to continue the causpaign in Cuba so long as rebellion exists, ttbe logical deduction is that tlie autonomy agreed on is limited that it will not satisfy the insurgent leaders. ' ^ But whether limited or liberal, it .is feared this ,concession. to the rebels will create a siorm in Spain. Taken in con­ nection with a dispatch saying that Weyr, ler has refused to resign as captain gen­ eral, thus compelling .the Sagasta gov­ ernment to recall him, the/affair will fbr- nish effective "campaign" material . for the Spanish conservatives'. The latter * t^iir. undoubtedly point to Weyler's determined operations against the Cubans and tell the. electors that , his withdrawal means the island will be lost to Spain. ' With relation to American ^intervention, : Sa- gasta's step is considered shrewd-dipio-; macy in that It will tend to postpone, a' settlement. Diplomats say that Amer­ ica's hands are nOw Virtually tied until the autonomy plan , is giveii a trial ̂ Cuba. ' - v t ' PASSING OF NEAL DOW. "IT'S MINE! IT'S MINEI THIS POLE IS MINE!" Brief Sketch of the Veteran Prohi- •... bitionist Leader's Career.. It was on the 20th of last Mafdi ^that the wholes' temperance world; celebrated the ninety-third birthday' of Gen. Neal Dow, whose death is now recorded, For half a* century previous, he,.haft held^a unique plaee in the public eye and for €.ev-> v..,' •-- IN GENERAL. Helen Gould is reported to be engaged -to Alonzo Potter, eldest son of Bishop Potter. Edward Langtry, former husband of the "Jersey Lily," has been sent to an insane asylum. Mrs. Ballington Booth says the report that the Salvation army and the Ameri­ can Volunteers may unite is without foun­ dation. Prairie fires have caused great devas­ tation in Manitoba. At Beausejour two women and five children were burned to death. The villages of Casselman, South In­ dian and Cheney, southeast of Ottawa, on the. Canadian Atlantic Railway, have been destroyed by bush fires. A great schism is threatened among the Masons of Canada. A new lodge has been started, composed of French and Italians, under a charter of the Grand Orient of France, which does not believe in the Bible. Other lodges disown them and have written to the Prince of Wales for instructions. SOUTHERN. Bishop Gaines of Georgia believes that the colored race in America is gradually being absorbed1 by the white, and that ip. a few years the negro characteristics will disappear. Editor W. C. Brann of the Iconoclast of Waco, Texas, was publicly beaten by Judge J. B. Scarborough and two stu­ dents of the Baylor University because of a published attack on the school. | Two^prisoncrs were roasted to death in the burning jail at Opelika, Ala. The jail was a dry pine building, and burned like tinder.' Laura Bennett, in for drunk­ enness, and Jim Ferguson, for street work' dues, were the only prisoners confined. They were shackled to the floor, hence could not help themselves, and were burn ed to death. When the fire company reached the spot there was nothing to do as the building was merely a pile of ashes FOREIGN. United Stivtes Consular Agent William J. Scanlon at Port Antonio, Jamaica, died from yellow fever. He was appointed from the District of Columbia July 30. Osman Digma, the principal general of the khalifa, is fetiring with his army on Omduriuan, opposite Khartoum, leaving the Toad between Suakinx and Berber open. Adolph Kuttner, one of the wealthiest and best known citizens of the San Joa­ quin Valley, California, has just returned from Europe and confirms the previously telegraphed report of l;ow he was barred out of Russia because he is a Jew. Anna Stiller, who was formerly a lady in-Waiting to the former Empress of Mex- MARKET RgPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 90o to 91c; corn, No; 2, 28e to 29c; oats, No. 2, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 47c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 14c; new potatoes, 38c to 50c per bushel. •, ;• Judiaifcapolis--Cattle# shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light,, $3.00 to $4.50; Sheep, cpraimon to choice," $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, &lc to 93c; corn, No. white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. ' St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00' to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 297c to 99c; corn, No. yellow,t 20esto 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 42c to 44c. Cincinnati-- Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25: wheat, No. 2, 93c to. 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c. Detroit--Cattle^ $2,50 to $5.25; hogs $3.00 to $4.50;. sheep, $2.50 Ho $4.00 wheat, No. 2t 93c to 95c; corn, No. ' yellow, 30c'to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; i*ye, 47c to 49c. Toledo--Wheat; No. 2 red, 95c to 96c corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; oats, No, 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 47c to 48c clover seed, $3.20 to $3.30. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. ,2 spring, 85c to 87c; corn. No. 3, 28c to 29c; oats, No 2 white, 2lc to 23c; "rye, No. 1, 47c to 48c barley, No. 2, 40c; to 43c;" pork, mess $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75 wheat, No. 2 winter, 95c to 96c; corn, No, 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; 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, 99c to $1.00; corn. No, 2, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, cresimery, 15c to 23c; eggs, Western, 16c to 18c. H*|[SS m heat j-ield in Minnesota and the Da­ kotas has proven a disappointment, the aggregate being only 129,000,000 bushels. The shortage there is in a measure coun­ terbalanced by the good yield in Nebras­ ka, Oregon and Washington. The report says the corn crop is exceedingly disap­ pointing at an outside estimate of l,t50,- 000,000 bushels. Drought during the past two months reduced the average con­ dition from 82.3 a month ago to 78.9 on Oct. 1. .An average of .oats yield of 28.7 bushels per acre suggests a crop of 814,- 000,000 bushels, 100,000,000 more than last year. GIRLS DIE IN A FIRE. Burning of a Dormitory at the South Dakota Industrial School.. At Plankinton, S. D., seven persons are dead as the result of a fire which destroy­ ed the gills' dormitory at the State in­ dustrial school betw;een 12 and 1 o'cloxjk Wednesday, morning. All'others; num­ bering about twenty-five, succeeded fn .es­ caping; but they saved nothing, and had no time to dress, getting out in their night robes and with great difficulty. TUie origin of th"e fire is unknown, but-it is supposed to have caught from the" explosion of a lamp. The loss is about $25,000, and includes the printing office of the institu­ tion and the chapel. All were asleep and the building was en­ veloped in flames before any one discov­ ered the danger. The State school now accommodates about 100 inmates, from young children to offenders 18 years old. Besides the burned building is a hoys' cottage, in which dwells Col. Ainsworth, the officer in charge, and there are several GEN. MAL DOW. nty years of his long life he had been a eader in temperance; work. His first novement in this direction was when he ndttced the town authorities of Portland, He., where he was born, to abstain from inging the old town bell at 11 and 4 >'clock for the citizens to take a drink. In 1851 the Maine Legislature, after years >f Dow's bombardment, passed the fam- >us prohibition law. . - At 60 years of age he raised-the Thir­ teenth Maine and led it to the front, was;, shot four times and landed in Libby pris- jn. At an age when most men are dead be lectured all over the earth on temper­ ance. Sixty-seven years ago he was mar­ ried and in 1880 he was the candidate for President on the prohibition ticket. Death was due to old age. barns and sheds. The burned building will probably be replaced at once. It was tiiree-story frame structure, . only re­ cently completed. The night watchman, who went from building to building, .'dis­ covered the fire. There is no fire protection at the school, as it is a mile and a half from town, and within twenty minutes from the discovery of the fire the building had fallen. Sup­ erintendent Ainsworth was in Illinois at the time, but Mrs. Ainsworth had the help of the entire town. Those who per­ ished in the flames got out of the build­ ing, but returned for clothing, and it is supposed they became bewildered. There was no insurance whatever on the build­ ing, but it Is , learned that it will. be re­ constructed at once. s . VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT. Gen. Ignacio Andrade, Whose Election Is Announced. The election of Gen. Ignacio Andrade as president of Venezuela is regarded as a signal victory for the proposed arbi­ tration between Venezuela and Great Britain. Gen. Andrade has always been an earnest advocate of that means 'or settling the long-standing disputes. His election was considered for a time in doubt, owing to the violent opposition, of political schemers in the Venezuelan con­ gress to the treaty recently ratified largely through his efforts. If he had been de feated it would have meant a serious set­ back to the work already accomplished by the State Department. Aridrade has long been a conspicuous figure in the na­ tional life of his republic. He is 58 years old, and is the son of Gen. Jose Escolas- tico Andrade, one of Venezuela's 'famous figures. He lived in America for some­ time and is closely in touch with Ameri­ can ideas. His brother is the Venezuelan minister in this country and has proved himself a very astute diplomatist. Gen. Andrade himself is an 6ld friend and ally NEW PKESIDEST Of VENEZt)EI,A. of President Crespo, and will pnjoy the ac tive support of that statesnjan in all^his official acts. WHEAT CROP ESTIMATE. Figures on Threshing Returns Indi cate a Yield of 589,000,000 Bushel^. The Orange Judd Farmer, in its final estimate of the year's wheat crop, says that figures based on actual threshing re turns indicate a total yield of 5S9,000,000 bushels, of whtt-Ii 373,630,000 is winter and 215,470,(HK) bushels spring 'wheat With the exception of Illinois and Mis souri, the winter wheat yield represents the full capacity of the soil. The spring Lieut. Gov. Mcintosh of the Northwest Territory (referring to the Bafllnland story and speaking for John Bull)--It is all British territory right up to the north pole, and there is no need to assert formal sovereignty. Any person who 'dis­ covers tho pole from -.the'Occidental, side will-"have to reckon with me, for it ia all within my province. FOUND HIS FORTUNE. Michigan Man Who ftrnck It Rich in Alaakn: Frank Phiscator, the Michigan man who returned to San Francisco with his Tickets full of gold and millions staked out for the future, is just the sort of a boy that likes the life Of the mountain and the wilderness. His father died twen­ ty-five years ngo, and his mother passed away ten yeorB ago. Frank "lit out" for the boundless West when he was 10 years little before 3 o'clock. They spread with startling rapidity. The attendants who rushed to the rescue of the 500 horses be-, ing kept there \\*ere chased from stable to stable by the flames, and their duty was only accomplished at the imminent risk of their lives. In, fifteen minutes it was evident that the horse barns were doomed beyond any possibility of salvation. In thirty minutes their destruction was so nearly complete that their frameworks had disappeared and. nothing but a mass of flames and fire marked their location. The whole region was in a panic and men came hastily from every side to aid thejfiremen in their struggle to save the surrounding buildings. The wind that hl.ew strongly from the south carried the flames and burning pieces of timber di­ rectly upon the great doomed pavilion, which is :the center of the whole horse traffic in the yards. At 5:30 o'clock the flames finally were got under control. The fire was the worst that has taken place in the stock yards district for many years. ;. The drought of the past months arid the heavy wind that was blowing combined to make its progress very easy. The firemen, who. were called from' all parts of the city to fight it, came exhaust­ ed froni hard work in keeping down the prairie fires that had been threatening the suburbs in' half a dozen places, and were iri poor condition to work against a holocaust. ' "»:.' CABINET IS MADE BP. SAGASTA'S AIDS IN THE SPAN- ISH MINISTRY. One of Its Members Discloses tha Policy of the Liberals - Spain's New Premier Credited' with Threat* Should Uncle Sam Make Demands* Bold Tajk Is Indulged. The new Spanish ministry is constitut­ ed as follows: Senor Sagasta, President of the Coun­ cil of Ministers. .* Senor Gullon, Minister of Foreign Af­ fairs. Senor Groizard, Minister of Justice. General Correa, Minister of War. • Admiral Bcrmejo, Minister of Marine. Senor Puigceryer, Minister of Finance. Senor Capdepon, Minister of the In­ terior, .Count . "Xxguena, Minister of. Publia Works. SeriOr Moret, Minister for the Colonies. The ministers after an informa^'meeting proceeded to the palace and.took the oath* of office.' *" In Madrid the cabinet is regarded as fairly strong, although some disappoint" ment Is felt that Senor Gamazo, Senor Maura, Senor Armijo 'and others who had been looked upon as probable mem- KING CHRISTIAN. Aged Monarch Who Recently Re­ ceived Severe Injuries King Christian, the aged monarch of Denmark, who received painful injuries KINO CUItlSTIAN. while ascending the spiral staircase to the beacon light at the Mittelgrunde. for­ tress. a few. days ago, is still suffering a great deal. He is now- staying at Bern- storff in the island of Seelaiid, where his physicians are giving him very careful attention. King Christian was born April 8, 1818. He is the fourth son of the late Duke Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glucksburg and of Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel. He was appoint­ ed to the succession of the crown of Den­ mark by the treaty of London, "May 8, 1852, and by the Danish law of succes­ sion, July 3, 1853. He succeeded to the throne on the death of King Frederick VII., Nov. 15, 1S63. In 1842 he married Queen Louise, wEo was borp Sept. .7, 1817, and who is a daughter of Land­ grave Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel. FIERCE FLAMES IN DETROIT. l'KANK PHISCATOR. old. He longed for room to move about, and Michigan was overpopulated. He drifted to Yellowstone Park. He took to horseback riding naturally, and was. soon engaged carrying the mail over a sixty- mile route. He liked the work and en­ joyed himself as he put away his salary. This sort of life gave him muscles as hard as rock and as strong as steel. He won health and fortune out Of his work. About eighteen months ago he returned to his home"hi Michigan and amazed his town folk with his Western ways and. his dis­ play of wealth. It was said that he had then about $3,000. Phiscator heard about the mines ir. Alaska and he struck out for the Yukon. There he met with, F. W, Cobb, a Harvard man who had been knocking about the West for two years, and who went to Alaska for gold. Cobb and Phiscator became partners. The Michigan man worked up the Ivlondyke while Cobb followed Bonanza Creek until he struck the field to whioh he later gave the name of Eldorado. He turned back, found his partner, and the two staked out claims that are now said to be worth millions. Phiscator is 35. He is now in 'Frisco. Opera House and Two Business Honses * • Are in Utter Ruins. The center of Detroit was the scene at 1:o'clock Wednesday morning, of a con-: flagration which .totally destroyed three •large buildings and Contents, damaged several others and threatened tho destruc­ tion of at least an entire block of the most valuable property in the city. The blaze originated on the stage of the Detroit opera house. Simultaneously with the breaking out of the fire there were several loud explosions, presumably the bursting of the stage lighting apparatus. The flames quickly enveloped the rear oi the theater and made a furuace of the in­ terior. The opera house, with all its con­ tents, was destroyed iu short order. The rear of the ten-story building occupied by the H.' Leonard Furniture Company caught fire and nothing of the stnicture or contents remains but the steel frame. The four-story building of the Michel Ta ble Supply Company east of the theater was gutted and partially destroyed, and Several ether buildings were slightly dam­ aged. The lo^esj jt is believed, will reach the \Mcinity of ̂ l?K),(ib0. A *block of tene­ ment houses at the foot of HasSugs street caught tire from sparks from the opc-ra house fire arid were destroyed. PANIC AT A BIG FIRE. Residents of Chicago Stock Yards Dis­ trict Terrorized by Flames. Ten acres of ground a waste of ashes, the homes of a dozen families destroyed, the. entire Chicago stock yards district threatened by flames, five persons'injured and one said to be burned to death, and a property loss of ov-c-r $80,000. This is the result of a fire that for two hours Wed­ nesday afternoon had tho people living near the stock yards in a panic of terror that led them to .believe that the gieat j-conflagration of 1871 was to be duplicat­ ed almost on its twenty-sixth anniversary. The rfames were first seen in one of the stock yards horse barns, just opposite the end of Forty-fourth street at Halsted, a WA SENOB SEGA8TA bers are riot included. It is understood that-Senor Maura, who was the author of the first Cuban home rule bill, felt that he could not act satisfactorily with Senor Moret, while Senor Gaipazo, who is a relative Of Senor Maura, feared that his presence might imply'a leaning toward the Maura^scheme of reforms. Consequently Senor Sagasta was compelled to take less prominent men. At a cabinet council it was decided to appoint Senor Amos Salvador, minister of finance in.th^ SSagasta cabinet of 1895," Aw A ̂ 4- V* A ' ri nlr' " AP C!*mi in f lice of that y.°0 ' Bold Ttflk by a New Minister , , A special dispatch from Madrid priblistf-* ' jed in London gives the substance^?f an interview between a newspaper corre­ spondent and an unnamed member of the new Spanish cabinet. The latter is quot­ ed as saying that Senor Sagasta will car­ ry out the Cuban reforms proposed by Marshal Martinez Campos ten years ago. These include the granting of autonomy to Cuba on condition that she shall take over the Cuban debt, Including the war debt, and accept Spain's customs tariff. Continuing, the new cabinet minister is said to have declared that- .Premier Sa­ gasta would not consent toa^ customs union between the United States and Cuba, and that if the former were not satisfied Spain was prepared to fight, as the Spanish navy was regarded equal in strength to the navy of the United States. Further, if necessary, Spain, according to the cabinet minister, would have recourse to privateering. In conclusion the new minister H al­ leged to have said it was impossible that Spain would consent to recognize the in­ surgent debt, but Premier Sagasta would not prevent the new Cuban Government* dealing with it. HUNDRED HOMES BURN. Five Hundred Unfortunate Persona Left Without Shelter. At Austin, Pa., fire broke oat Monday afternoon at 2:45 in Weed's livery barn in Turner street. In five hours' time every building in town but five was burn­ ed to the ground. Turner street was the principal residence street of the town, and probably R00 people are homeless. The fire was started by a load of hay being run into a gas jet. In all, about 100 buildings were burried, mostly residencies, among the losses being the Methodist Ghureh, Presbyterian Church, opera house, Welch's meat market, Hellwig's drug store, Gallup's livery and Weed's livery. The loss is placed by insurance experts at from $150,000 to $200,000. The town was practically without water supply, the mill pond on which it depended for water for fighting fires having been drained •while undergoing repairs. SIX KILLED AT A CROSSING. Mint Breaks Its' Recor'• The United States mint in ..Philadel­ phia completed the greatest coinage in one nionth in its history. The total num­ ber of pieces turned out was 14,000,000, although only 12,128,841 pieces, valued at $3,370,449.50, were United States coins. The coiner's statement for September is as follows: Gold $2,292,373 0C Silver «46,(;92 5G Five cents 184,092 00 Cents 47,472 0C Attendance Over n Million. For the month of September the attend­ ance at tue Naslmlle exposition amounted to 273,724 and the total attendance since the opening op to Oct. 1 is 1,190,085. The seal question is looming up again oh the horizon, but indications are that no international fur will be permitted to fly ou account of it.---Boston Herald. It is to be hoped that the mariner who has gone to sea in a barrel will have a staving good time. Passenger Train Near Willow Springs* Mo., Strikes a Wagon. A passenger train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway ran in­ to a wagon containing seven persons at Dead Man's cut, three miles north of Wil­ low Springs, instantly killing six and fatally injuring the seventh. The train was stopped and the; remains of the dead and the injured were brought in. Conduc­ tor Hallaway says proper signals " for crossings were given, but they were not heard. The crossing is considered one of the most dangerous In the country. The persons'killed lived in Texas County, Mo., andtwere on their way to Arkansas to pick cotton. Sparks from the Wires. Crude petroleum has been found at Sun Prairie, Wis. The accounts of ex-Postmaster Siple of Hamilton, Mieh., who recently disappear­ ed, have been found short. ) Two masked highwaymen held up the Boonville stage near Ukiah, Cal., and J. R. Barnett, a passenger, was shot by one of the robbers and instantly killed, A deal has been closed whereby Car­ negie obtains Control of the big Nbrrie iron ore mine owned by the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company of Milwaukee. Green City, Mo., was visited by a fire which devastated one side of the public square and caused a loss of $40,000. The fire was incendiary. John B. Finley, 65 years old, president of the Page Gold Mining Company, died in a New York hospital from cerebral hemorrhage, caused by a fractured skull, the result of falling or being thrown from a cable car. - It is probable that Jose Ventre, the an­ archist recently expelled from France, will be sent back to that country. United States Consul Maguire, writing from 'Tnmpico, Mexico, says that this action will likely be taken by the Mexican au­ thorities